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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-06-15

Germany is hungry and Aus
tria is exceedingly hungry and
the kaiser is making a vain ef-
fort to end the war before his
people turn upon their govern
ments who deliberately started
the war and thus brought all
this misery and suffering upon
the people of central Europe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-06-15

The French policy of coun-
ter attacks before the enemy
gets ready seems to be work
ing admirably.
~0S-@-SS~
The Russians will all become
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-06-15

Farmers will soon be through
about crop conditions
and will have the job of get
ting some four or five million
bushels of grain into ware
houses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
PLAYS TRICKS ON sENTRIEs.
Barbed Wire EntansIements Become
Living Things at Night.

Correspondence Associated PreSS.l
With American Armies In France,
Sept. 7.-Barbed wire which protects
the trenches plays odd tricks on the
soldier sentries.
The ground under the wire becomes
a runway for all the small things OF
the night Rats make trapezes out OF
the taut strands. weazels follow them
and the fight which ensues may set
dancing all tho empty jam tins strung
along the wire as alarms so that SEN
tries over a long stretch OF front will
fire repeatedly into the night, bringing
the guards to their posts and awaken
ing soldiers over wide area
At night the wire takes on a ghas'ly
aspect The cool dews settle on the
picket posts and the wires contract
raining with little rustlinS, and
creeping noises or chatting and chatter
ing like a living thing. The muffled
sen,ries prick their ears to listen and
peer anxtously thru the darkness. now
and then discharging shot into the
black night, for ii is sometimes dirl-
cult to tell whether the noise Is that OF
the wire or that Of enemy meddlers In
"no-man's- land, secretly cutting a
pathway thru the defenses.
When the barbod wire Is new and
freshly erected, and secured to its stout
scaffoldings and stakes 1t looks ike
some carefully planned work OF eng1-
neer,ng. the skeleton perhaps OF some
concrete rampant or breakwater. Time
we,thers il at first to an ugly thing OF
red rust and su1len neutral tints, bN'
later it may blossom in amazing beauty
as the rich weeds and underground
climb thru its meshes, leaving corn
flowers and blazing peoples to cloak It's
ugliness. :.
The wire has voice OF It's own. II
sings and drones in the WIND, carr9fh :,
back the memories Of the men who 81
behind it to the dusty roads OF Con-
necticut or Missouri or Alabama, whefe
the tail telegraph pUioa sin5 d s.''..:~
song and lazy insects re-ecno the
| chorus.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
MANY HUNS DESERVING.
Reports That Germans Fear Bad
Treatment N Captured Untrue.
(By British Wireless.)

(By British Wireless)
London. Sept. l.-German wireless
reports asserting that the detection OF
captured Germans is due to fear OF
bad treatment rather than weakened
morale are refuted by letters written
by German prisoners in England.
Referring to the political conditions
in Germany one prisoner wrote: Il
should think those who have been de-
ceived would be pretty tired OF 1t by
now and their eyes opened.
Regarding German officials the
writer says THE next Reichstag cleo
ton after the war will show these gen.
try what's what"
Writing to friend In America
prisoner describes conditions in Ger
many as unbearabie. Good luck. !
am not there" he says. otherwise
would be no more among the living.
can only advise you not to go back
unless You are forced to do So"
1t Is only for n mad clique OF mill
tarsts who are dragging our honest
names into the dirt and whom we are
I'd curse for our pittful situation. but
! hope the rest OF the world will bring
them back to their senses soon.
have not heard Of my brother.
Wilhelm. lately. Poor lad. he has to
night for his mad kaiser out i nave
strong hopes that he will soon become
such brave soldier as I AMI hope
you will understand"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
SPUDS SAVE GREAT BRITAIN.
Huge Supply Alone Enabled Her TO
Continue War. Official Says.

London. Sept. 19.--The huge addi-
tionaI potato crop grown in England
in 1917 enabled that country to main
tain its position as belligerent. Visit
ing American editors were told AT d
dinner today. Rowland E. Pothero,
president of the board of agriculture,
the speaker said that but for this one
crop Great Britain might have been
starved into submission. Continuing.
Mr.. Prothero told what the agricul-
turists had done to help win the war.
Nothing. he said so stimulated the
farmers to do their best as 1.-THE argu-
nent that every ton Of food they
raised helped to bring over the Amer
lean army to shorten the road to VIC
tory" Concerning the aid which the
government has given and Is giving to
increase production, he said:
1--WE are finding men to replace the
labor they lost-something like 10000
returned soldiers. Thanks to the en-
crgy OF oar army ne have something
like 10000 German prisoners at work
on the land, and we have increased
the number Of women land workers
by upward of 100000. For the harvest
we provided an additional 10000 SOL
n
| diers"
Among other provisions made to help
the farmers. which he enumerated,
were $4,000 tractors. 100000 thrashing
machines, and 100000 horses. The re-
suit. judging by acreage, he said, was
the largest crop Of wheat, barley, oats
and rye ever produced in the United
Kingdom. Some 100000 tons Of food
were raised by allotment holders alone.
Sir Worthington Evans spoke on the
| production Of munitions. and predicted
that even the gigantic scale on which
England was producing munitions Am
erica would equal, II not surpass.
4 Major John L. Baird parliamentary
secretary TO the air board told the cdr
tors that You can produce more ef-
feet upon thc enemy and 40 more 10
ward shortening the war by turning
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19

tracted the attention Of some friends
and got back to the American consuls
house.
But wi the massacres spreading II
became unsafe for US to stop any longer
at Harput. so we decided to escape.
our plan wac TO disguise ourselves as
Kurds-the wandering tribes who arc
left alone by the Turks.
'3!y neither, my two s!sters, my liitl"
brother and myself got away unde-
tected and endeavored to make our
way to Baku. For many months we
were with the Kurds. On the roa dside
we saw hundreds Of the mutilated
corpCs of our .countrymen who had been
cruelty put to death by the Turks.
AT last we reached the Caspian Sea
and got to Baku. where We were safe
among our own people. At Baku they
were looking forward to the coming OF
the British soldiers. Our party crossed
Russia TO Murmansk. So long as We
had money we were able to get SUI
! ficient food.
When we reached Murmansk the
| British were there. The people there
said the English soldiers were very
kind and they and the Films there also
were delighted"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
PUTNAM, CHIEF ACE, KILLED.
Credited With Nine Enemy Plans ant
Probably Destroyer Of Twenty.

With the American army In France,
Sept l9-Ayiator Putnam. the leading
American ace, with nine aerial VIC
tories officially credited to him. has
been killed. He has been buried In
field golden with buttercups, on the
Toul front. beside Lufberry. Blair and
Thaw.
David E. Putnam. OF Brookline .
Mass. direct descendant OF Israel
Putnam, succeeded Lufberry and Bay
lies as the premier American ace after
the deaths in action Of his two pre-
decessors. He held both the French
war cross and the military medal FOR
distinguished saiiantry.
While officially credited with nine
enemy machines, his actual record was
between fifteen and twenty and he was
considered the most spectacular OF all
the American air fighters on the west
front.
His banner achievement was the
downing Of five German planes on one
day. last June TO-
Young Putnam entered the air war
on the west front last November as
member Of the Lafayette escadriile.
He soon rose to sergeantcy, being
cited twice for gallantry. :
Later he was transferred to the
American air service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
War Diet Remedy For
Obesity Better Than
Cures of Mdrjenbad
Correspondence Associated Press.l

CORRESPONDENCE Associated Press.l
Amsterdam, Sept. 3.-War diet III
Germany has accomplished a greater
reduction of the corpulency Of the aV-
erage German than all the Marienoad
curoures. Russian hc:hs and drastt"
courses of exercise.
Obesity. writes Professor Albu, in the
Berlin Lokalanzeiger. has disappeared
TO an amazing degree, especially IN IN
urban centers. The disappearance OF
excessive flesh has been more thorough
than any medical treatment could nave
effected. says the professor.
The war diet. he asserts has oeen an
education and a cure for many who mad
given UP all hope 1t has upset medical
DEMONSTRATIONS that were once re-
garded as incontrovertihle.
Il have known people said Profess
sor Alhu. who in two years time drop
ped 90 and 100 pounds so that their
friends scarcely knew them. They
could almost cut up an old SUIT ana
make two new ones out Of the material
without having to bother about Z
clothes card
The writer than repeats the no"
trtte remark that I'VE all eat too much
| and the adds that most corpulent per-
sons involuntarily reduced their Sirtr
without any injury to their health
whatever. He emphasizes the fact tha'
J this attenuation is not due to under
nourishment alone. A very great zeal II
| due. he says. to unaccustomed boolls
exertion and severe mental strain. Sor
row and vexation. the thousand ana
one domestic worries and troubles
caused by the war tend to prevent the
| formation Of flesh. People at home are
generally more prone to give away u
mental worry than the men In thf
trenches. Hereditary obesity, ne ADDS
| has in no way been cured by the redut
| ed war diet.
| Professor Albu says he has found
distinct improvement in the state O
health Of diabetes. who can now ca
with irnpunity bread. potatoes and otheI
foodetuffs that were formerly taboo t
them.
Sufferers from govt have also bene
fitted by the reduction in the meat die
and by the enforced abstinence iron
alcoholic liquors. rheumatism. espe
cially Of the muscles. has also becom'
rarer.
Indigestion has. in Professor Albu'
opinion. certainly improved on m
smaller bill of fare. which has had
beneficial effect on the activities OF IN
digestive tract.
All sorts Of slight nervous ailments
especially among women. have disap
peared because less attention is oein
paid to them in these strenuous times
| OF great scientific and practical Valu
is the discovery that among the sol
diers at the front sundry nervous al
fections Of the heart, stomach and IN
testines have often completely vanish
ed The professor ascribes this to
strictly regular life in the open air. II
the field as well as at home, especiail
among women, tagging nerves nav
received d marvellous 5Tt.cI-up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19

out airmen and aero engines than per-
haps any sphere of military activity.
General Brancker, whom We commits
stoned to go to, America at your re-
quest, sends this message: please tell
our American friends that they have
unlimited supply of the most magnifi-
cent pilots it is possible TO imagine.
Tell them also that the Liberty engine
Is better than c"cn :hcy seen: &c
guess"
Major Baird added that some people
were of the opinion that the war
might be ended In the air. This he
doubted, adding that altho aviation
might not finish the war it would
make all other wars impossible. be-
cause carried to a logical conclusion.
the air forces can be developed to such
an extent that the idea of war from
the air would be so appalling that the
human race would not stand for II.
"Out of this. marvelously efficient
war weapon" Major Baird declared.
ut is conceivable that we should forge
a weapon for peace more potent per-
haps than any other weapon"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19

Beaumont, Tex, Sept ls.--The ver-
sat.lity OF Americans probably is no
greater exemplihed anywhere than In
xhc shipyards OF Beaumont and other
tuif points. The ships % help bridge
the Atlantic are being built by crews
made up larsely of mca who year
ago were booSkeepers walters, bar
bers. farmers stockmen and profess
sional athletes.
A boat every ten to fifteen days Is
the program here for the duration of
the war.
Hog Island may not lay claim TO
possessing tbs only Amer lean shlpyard
located on spot that a little more
than a year ago was a swamp. Beau
mont has already built and launched
tor the emergency Iieet corporation
half a dozen Ferris type wooden ships,
and has under construction many oth-
ers in yards evolved from lowiands
that in pre-war days were but breed
ing places for mosquitoes. Beaumont
has other yards that always have been
high and dry.
In peace times the progress OF ship
building here and at other gulf coast
points. would make a story with ro-
mantle phases. AS II is ;his great un-
Gertaking has become a commonplace
and the people OF this city, which was
cnce noted as a center or oil produc-
ton in the southwest, have adapted
themselves Us if they never had en-
gagged in other lines Of industry.
a o.. NsA-
came so urgent, there was one small
plant engaged in building fishing and
coastwise wooden vessels here. Now
there are four large shipy ards working
on government contracts. and three
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
American Versatility Sho,un in Shipyards

sou,h They had one mill within
h,'f mile of the new yard, and others
scattered thruout cast. TaSas. the
little available river front land on the
Il auuon. side was quickly secured as
the site for two more yards, operated
by Mcbride & Law and j. \. Mc'am-
mon.
There was, however large tract Oh
swa.Ip land on the opposite size oi
tho Ncchts, ami a New York company
Duncan. Young & CO., established the
Lone Star hf,5u'dIng plant t'ach
of the companies had contracts from
the feet CORPORATION. None OF them
had ever built a ship. The ground had
to be cleared Of timber and jungle
growth, filed H. to prevent overhoWs'
end graded.
one slrDerin tendent came here from
tho Hell Gate Bridge joS and found
that his company's land had pr'stu-
cally nothing on it but trees, under
hruth and water. That was in NO
vcmber. 1917. Eight months later that
ward launched its first ship. ana now
has under way four others, almost
completed, with contracts for an ad-
ditional four. A boat every six weeks
Is the program here. Sixteen nuns
built elsewhere are to be equipped
with machinery at this liant,
The same problem confronted an
other large ward which has already
launched two vessels, and has four
more building, with eight more to
come.
Two other yards had less difficulty
for they were on higher ground. one
of these. the Mcbride & Law plant
has already launched TWO vessels, ana
is building two more. \ yard along
side Will soon launch the first OF two
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19

three quarters millions are in Franco.
General March's plan is to have
called to the Colors between now and
next July 100000 men, which added
to the 3,2O0000 now under arms. VIII
make a grand total, with all allow
ances for casualties and reflections, Oh
1900, 900.
General Crowder estimated that hall
of the 200 900 men to be called In ths
next year will he obtained from regis
,rants Of 10 to 20 years and 81 to 80
years.
II is believed by officers that with
the constantly increasing monthly iig-
ures of laying Gown the troops in Eu-
rope the whole number OF the drait
necessary to raise the 100000 will DC
in Europe on various fronts by the
middle Of July.
The tremendous number OF Amer
leans to be under arms in Europe VIII
make 1t necessary to further CLASSIFY
the total into groups OF field armies.
which calls for great expansion OF
classification.
stimuli aneously with General March's
statements to the house committee, the
war department issued statement
which calls for q grea texpansion OF
the air service.
The program of General March is
evidently based on the proper equip
ment OF every arm Of the service. and
an unlimited number % planes OF al
kinds Is necessary to complete the ef'
fectiveness Of American troops In the
field.
II was doubtless due 10 the needs OF
the colossal army to cross the seas os
July OF next. year that the air serv-
Ice has made arrangements to I'M Its
ranks with men from all classes Of the
Sraft.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
Try This If You
Have Dandrulf

There 10 one sure way that never fails
20 remove dandrun completely and that
IL to dissolve II. This destroys II en-.
tirely. To do this. Just - about four
ounces Of plain, ordinary liquid arvon;
apply It at night when retiring; use
enough 70 moisten the scalp and rub II
In gently with the finger tips. ~
BY morning. most, y not All ,of ypuS
dandruf will be gone. and thres o. tour
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace Of - no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will md. too. that all itching and
digging Of the scalp viii stop Instantly.
and your hair will be nuny Nstrou
.,o..v, silky and soft, and look and feel
a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. 1t is inexpensive. and four ounces
,s all you will need. This simple rem
edy has never been known to fail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
WOUNDED SHOW FINE SPIRIT
Humanity Experiencing Religion Al
Over Aoain in Trenches.

Paris. Sept. l9.-"Eo human power
could provide accommodations fast
enough for the great influx of wound
ed such as came in after the great
drive in July. said the KEY. Dr. rrdn-
ces l.. Frost. OF Staten Island, y. Y"
protestant chaplain OF the American
Red Cross military hospital No. at
Neuily.
Many Of the boys had to wait while
the more serious cases we're being
cared for first. Some o. them had not
eaten in twenty-four hours or more.
Some were thirsty. All were in pain.
Yet there was never a word OF COM
plant. The more they lost the more
cheerful they seemed. one boy who
had lost the sight Of both eyes told me
that he considered himself lucky! 1t
might have been worse he said.
They get the finest care possible
from both surgeons and nurses. 1t Is
only while the camions are unloading
their freight so fast tina: all can not
be attended TO at once.
The spirit of the men is a reve!a'
ton. Naturally, every one expected
great things of them. But they have
lar tr3HSCenueu al cApttNdt4oiiS'
1T is not pulpit oratory that tbs
boys want" went on DR.. Frost. 1t Is
a friend. The opportunities for chap
| lain to serve are too numerous to men
| ton. Why. in one round a day in the
I fifty wards here at No. !, | write let
! tiers home l run errands and attend Il
! business matters for them, besides be
! ing often taken into their confidence
| in regard to their personal troubles
| They turn of their own accord TO tht
| man who, they know, is there just fol
| that-just TO be their friend.
One usually thinks OF a chaplain a
! the bedside OF the dying. 1t is there
! that we have orr supreme call. o
| course Sometimes they ask me II
pray with them; sometimes they wo'll'
rather thai l prayed silently BESIDE
them. Often they thank me just TO
! staying with them until the end. The.
know that | will write home to thei
parents and it comforts them ant
helps their passing. And then---
DR.. Frost spoke like one who ha-
had a revelation.
Humanity is experiencing religion
all over again in the trenches. IN
deep religious feeling Of these boy
| who have stood face to face with thel
God out there is beyond description
One of them whom I attended in hi
last moments said to me, WhateVe
we are We have one common bond-re
ligion.' That man was Jew. And hi
words are prophetic
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
Probate Notice.

Office OF tho clerk of ttane district
court.
state q lows Marshall county -
District court September term, A. =
1918. Ii
TO Whom II May Concern:
You land each OF you arc hereby
notified, to appear at the court hotisS
IN Marshalltown. lows, In. said coun-
ty, at Q. o'clock q. m, on the seventh
day Of October, 1918. to attend the
proof OF and rrobating IN instrument
In writing purporting to be the last
win and Testament Of z. u. Reimer,
late Of Marshall county. Iowa, de-
ceased, 1t which time and place Vol,
war appear and show cause. II any,
1waas1. ss.M VII! sher!d not he admitted
to probate. ss III y n. s.{ 81
Z In test imony whereof have hereto
subscribed! my name and mixed " ;tslEe
seal OF Inc district court. this eleventh
day OF SagDtarIbcr. a. ID 1914, 3.
i6scail al yaiibsrt.
Al a nssk ~ ~ 3lsifse9 Y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
SUNDAY CHARTERED At RITZ.
EvanaeIists Soldier Son Stops at Best
Hotel in London.

London, Sept. 1s-Among the Yanks
enjoying the classic repose of London
is First Lieut.. George Sunday, son OF
Billy Sunday. Lieutenant Sunday Is
in the purchasing department OF the
signal corps at base headquarters ana
has been attached here for about SIX
weeks. He has lived during this time
at the Ritz nvtei, o.o os Lo3Scas
finest.
Another Yank quite comfortable IN
London Is Private IAnnigan, OF Maine
No matter how many arduous chores
Private Lannigan may have to perform
for exact!ng officers during the day.
he retires in Intervening to a palatiai
suite of three rooms at the Baldor.
There his parlor, sittingroom and
bedroom give surcease from the hot
footing Of the day and breakfast served
in majestic style starts him of well IN
the morning.
No, Private Lannigan is not gettine
away with 1t on a doughboys income
His father a. wealthy lumberman
writes encouraging letters now and
then, tuckins in drafts for $500 and
other tidy amounts. At least such is
| the gossip at base headquarters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
PROFIT ~ THIS.
Don't Waste Another Day.

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Price so cents at all dealers Don't
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Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-19
FIVE FULL FIELD ARMIES.
American Troops May Be Sent +
Other Fronts Than France.

Washington, Sept. 10. - Five fuzzy
equipped American field armies in Eu-
rope IL the astonishing prospect dis
closed to the house military commit
tee by General March. chief Of the
United States army staff.
The greater part OF these armies Will
go to France, but 1t Is pointed out a.
the war department that II Austria,
Turkey and Germany should deter
mine to die IN the trenches sorpe OF
tho American field armies will be found
On the Itnlo- Austrian and the Mace
DOMAIN front.
Secretary Baker. speaking some time
ego about the desire To help Italy
stated there would be no limit to the
assistance as soon a. the circum-
stances warranted the dispatch Of
forces to her consistent with her de-
mandS
Specifically, General March vtatea
there would be- in existence by: July
A. 1919, an army Of 100000 men. ana
ne nas, therefore, stated that = field
army consists OF approximately one
million men, X \, N
There In, he ~aid :. 200, 100 II rlcn
lundsy arns, Of whom nearly one ai'd