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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-31

journey from sheer exhaustion. Inc
story of their narrowing condition has
just been described by an eye-wit-
ness.
A Pitiful Procession.
"Along the roads that lead to the
nllied lines from territory that is
still in German hands there pass to-
day pitiful professions of broken,
starving men-prisoners newly re-
leased from prison camps in Belgium.
The sight of them makes ones heart
ache. They are mere shadows of men
In rags and t~atters, stumbling along
rough stone roads, their sunken eyes
strained for the first glimpse of the
allied khaki.
"The Germans opened the door of
their cages on Thursday morning and
told them they could go. They walked
into free air like men In a dream,
and were set upon highways that
would take them to outposts of the
halted allied armies. Empty-handed,
without great coats to protect them
from bitter air, some of them indeed
with nothing but a fragment of old
tunic pinned across their wounded bod
les, they have walked the weary road
toward home scarcely able to keep
upright.
"Some of them died upon the way,
and their bodies lie in rough graves
where they fell. Others barely kept
body and soul together until they
came at last into the hands of their
comrades within the lines.
zone such procession passed the
outposts east of Courtrai very re-
Gently. The men who composed II
bore little resemblance to British sol
diers. They wore German caps and
the horrible prison uniforms which
made them look like German soldiers,
and at first troops who received them
could not believe they were their own
people.
In Shocking Condition.
"They came from prison camps at
Halle, west of Brussels, where they
had been employed in loading ammu-
nition, chiefly bombs for airplanes
which attacked towns behind the al
lied lines. All of them were taken
prisoners during the fighting around
Givenchy, Festubert, and the Lys
last March and April. These prison
ers had only two baths In eight
months.
'They were herded like cattle and
fed far less. One boy of twenty
might have been a lad of ten, so
shrunken was his body from syste-
matte starving. Many of them were
disfgured by untrimmed boards and
ragged hair, and their faces and bod
les were covered with sores. 1t is Inn
possible to give an adequate picture
Of their shocking condition.
''The little column was taken first
to a divisional rest camp and when
the men had been medically exam
med they were sent to the nearest
baths and then fed and given fresh
clothing There are said to be sew
eral thousand allied prisoners re-
leased from camps in Belgium now on
their way into our lines at various
points. Kindly inhabitants are feed
,ng them on their journey and doing
what they can to alleviate their suf-
~ferings,"
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06

"The enormous increase in travel to the park early in the summer dis closed the fact that it would only be q matter of year or two before all available camping space would be taken long before thr height of the season; also that the streams of the park, unless carefully stocked each year, would be tished out before the sumner would be half gone. Antic- pating the inevitable need of more camping grounds. the Giant Forest boad has been continued from Vol verton to the Marble Fork river. where Il splendid opportunity for the development of q fine big camp area exists. There are no sequoia trees here, but there is q fine forest of pines and frs, and the ground is coy cred with clean white gravel that will make camping especially satis- factory. This new camp area will be near the best fishing waters that are at all times accessible, and an effort will be made to keep these waters well stocked with trout"
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
CAMPING PLACE OF NATION
That Seems to Be the Manifest Des- tiny of the Sequoia National
 Park

Analysis shows that the very large increase in visitors to the Sequoia National park last summer amount ing to nearly 60 per cent over the rec ord attendance of the summer before, fact which strongly emphasizes what has been called the manifest destiny of the Greater Sequoia as the future summer camping place of the nation.
 The report of the director of the national park service says:
 Tt was q most pleasing sight to stand in the midst of Che Giant For est during the summer and gaze upon the attraetNely situated and taste fully deeorated camps nestled each at the base of an enormous sequoia If was peaceful scene and q beauti- iul one. There was nothing To dc in thr forest but rest, breathe the health restoring air. drink the clear, cold water. and contemplate the dignity and beauty of the biggest and oldest living things Fishermen came and went, and inc hikers anG horseback riders took the trails and returned from the higher attitudes of the park, but the peacefulness and quietude of the forest was never disturbed. Camping in the Giant Forest Is all that anybody has written about it and more. It is a glorious experience.
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clared the captain proudly. 1t ain't often you can tnd marine engineer who can cook and do as good an imi- tation of q dog aS that"
 But why" 1 fixed the captain with n malevolent eye-"why did he initiate a dog at this particular moment? What is the cause of this character study of a canine under 1oorf Why not a dog out in the yard chasing his tail T q Newfoundland pup having an argu- meut with q dilapidated shoe?'
 Why, this was little idea of my own,' stated Captain Perkins modest ly. When l see Miss Green was go- ing to be all broke up if nothing an- swercd when she whistled l told Jim there to go downstairs and pretend to be the pup. just so's shed feel better" What want to know, Mir. Blainey." Jim asked, with brightly inquirfng eye, lis how did you know just where that bed wasY'
 "I know where l sew that dog last" exclaimed Kent as one inspired.
 "Where?" Lucille turned to him.
 "He was outdoors hittin' the breeze this afternoOn.s
 "Outdoors? She isn't allowed out. What was she doing?
 "She was yamping up the beach, and MT Blainey was running after her" Guilt seeks out the criminal and fastens her brand upon him publicly. Policemen are but jailers. Detectives are only men who let nature do their work for them.
 There was q nasty staccato laugh. l did not need to look to know that 1t was Bopp.
 "Mr Kent seems to have a very observant mind" he said.
 Lucille looked at me responsibility. 'Is this true?' she asked.
 Yes" George Washington could have done no more.
 You didn't catch herr"
 "No."
 Nothing more was to be said. had been tried, convicted and sentenced. The telephone rang. Lucille went to answer it. The rest Of us followed more at our leisure. When We had
  arrived downstairs Lucille was talking to some one over the wire, evidently her mother.
 I'm glad you're all right" she was saving, and that you have had some thing to eat. Don't feel badly about breaking the fast. No one planes you a bit That's all right. We would, too, if We could"
 A pause, during which she listened, a frown gathering on her face
 Don't you worry. mother. We're all right-all except Tootles. She is lost. Whats the matter? You saw some one outside in the moonlight? A man with whiskers? Nonsense No one lives there at this time of year. Ev- erybody left in September Just go to bed and don't think about such things"
 (To BE CONTINUED
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without apparently getting any nearer.
 She's there somewhere declared Tootles foster mother. puzzled, but still determined. keep on until you find her"
 I had taken up all but half dozen of the boards when my foot slipped from the cross floor beam on which l was working and struck the lath which was nailed on the other side.
 The lath offered but slight resistance. The plaster was even more fragile, and I went through rather hastily, clutch ing wildly at nothing in particular. My last recollection was of Lucile's horror stricken face as she saw me sinking from sight, like the villain in Lorna Doone."
 My next conscious remembrance was of sitting flat in the middle of bed, the springs of which were gently bouncing me up and down after tue fashion of net into which trapeze performer had dropped from the top of the tent. Above was a hole in the ceiling. around me were chunks of plaster and splinters of lath and sit ting in chair by the window was Jim, his mouth open, emitting a series of short, sharp yeps.
 Lucille, Vida, Bopp, Kent and the captain made ring of faces around the hole in the ceiling.
 "Stop barking, you darn fool !' shout cd the captain after a moment devoted to startled surprise by all concerned.
 Aye. aye. sirr replied Jim. salut- ing
 ''Then it wasn't Tootles al all" Lu- ciIe was overwhelmed by grief that was all the more poignant because it had been held off so long by hope.
 You have to admit that Jim is an all around bright young fellow" de
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06

~ DESSA. the Russian seaport. S "A captured by the Germans not A Y long ago, has been widely
 known as an important center of shipping and commerce, but it's interest does not lie SD much in it's great docked harbor, it's fine churches and public buildings, is factories or it's size-it had half q million people at the beginning of the war-as In the fact that century and quarter ago there was none of these in exist ence.
 New Yosl, Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia are cities almost ancient in comparison with Odessa. Odessa is q sort of Chicago or Kansas City of Europe-a "neW town" in the lan- guage of the West. Just as there were Indian trading posts where Chicago and Kansas City bad their beginnings, so there was q wretched little Turkish village on the future site of Odessa in the time of Catherine the Great of Russia. Russia saw the possibilities of a port on the Black sea and reached out and took 1t, with little or no pro- test for Hdjl Bey. as the Turkish vil- lage was called, was not worth quarrel ing about Catherine founded Odessa by rescript in 1794 and the blooming" of the new city began.
 Grain Built the City.
 The Russian pioneers" built their town on the plateau which forms Il ter race from 100 to 150 feet above the water front. Today great staircase, which is one of the wonders of Odessa, leads up in broken flights from the harbor to the city proper. Located at the northwest angle of the Black sea, midway between the estuaries of the great Dnieper and Dniester rivers. Odessa was the natural commercial outlet for the vast stretches of grain- producing valleys beyond and it's growth was like that of the Western trade centers in America. The Eng fish ships found their way there to load their holds with grain, and exporting, as the years went hy, grew steadily
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06

'TI8t701 sound Game From
 @aedo'a Packered Lips.
 tor,.- e' ftii7Nj.es which Imcile was per in t'a| h Ve she aiH't got enough steam deogo.,p Te, piler Jim was earnestly en- she,s -, ltz htHe Way she looks think perior officer S"ia n's Su- from ,''s' faint hlssing sound came ni6das aaeAie's Puekered lips. No right ed |, aos would ever have recogniz- Il as summons to heed, but I
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
IS LATEST FAD WITH GIRLS
Sweetheart Monument at Camp Dev- ems Is Rising by Leaps and
 Bounds.

Camp Devens, MaSs.-Thv sysees heart monurneut' at this eaatonfaene is rising by leaps and bOuHdS hEery girl who has sweetheart among ths troops here k supposed fo add Rock If Love" to the moHunaenf Ss ths girls pass the cantoument the5 Sa4eet u eood-sizcd stone and carry + 70 The monument site. where they hease 1T onto the pile. II i- tvueefga that be fore the Var ends a tremendous monu- mpnt of Love" Hill he raised hers
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heaved q sigh of relief. I knew at last that Lucille was safe anyway
 After a pause Lucille asked. Did you hear anything?"
 Not yet" Jim replied. Why don't you try singing through a comb?"
 v meant did you hear Tootles bark"
 No, maam"
 Then she's dead" Lucille nearly broke down. She looked around for d bosom on which to weep, but scorn- cd both Bopp's and mine "I loved her SO
 There was Il whispered consultation between Captain Perkins and Jim, and Jim tiptoed downstairs mysteriously.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
PRESIDENT ASKS
 PEOPLE ID SAVE
Requested to Buy Only Thiugs Necessary to Reaii0
 and Efficiency.
THRIFT FLEECE ALSO ASKED
All Citizens Must Be Economically hdjusted to War Conditions if Nation Is to Play Its
 Part fn Conflict

Washington. p. C-Ta >ave mate- ri.ds and labor for nee -ary var pur- poses. President Wilson appended to Americans "to buy only those thiuEs which are essential to ,hc iHdltiduat health aHd efficiency" and to volun- teer on ar before June 2S, Natfonae Thrift day, to ipvest systematically in War Savings and Thrift Stauge "r other government securities.
 This war k one of natinus-nog of armies said the president. and AIg of our 1oo.0ooooo people must he economically and industrialiy adjusted 10 war conditions If this nation K tes play its full part in thc conflict.
 Pledge Is Sought.
 "Tho problem before LIS is not pri- marly financial problem but rnthcr a problem of increased production of war essentials and thc saving of he materials and the labor necessary for the support and equipment of oar army and navy. Thoughtless expenB- ture of money for nonesseutiats uses up the labor of men, the products of the farm, mines, and factories. and overburdens transportation. ai of which must be used to the utmost and at their best for war purposes
 The great results which we seek can be obtained only by the partieipa- ton of young and old in nationat thrift movement. l therefore urge that our people everywhere pledge themselves, as suggested by the secrte- tary of the treasury, to the practice of thrift: to serve the government fp their utmost in increasing production, in all fields necessary To the winning of the war: to conserve food and fUef and useful materials of every kindS is. devote their labor only to tise Ioosf necessary tasks. and to buy only those things which are essential to indiyid- ual health and efficiency
 Buy More U S Securities"
 "The securities issued by the freasa ury department are, so many of them. within the reach of every one that inc door of opportunity in this matter is wide open to all of uS.
 "T appeal to all who now o~e either Liberty bonds or War Savings stamps to continue to practice economy aud thrift aud To appeal to all who eio not own government securities ta do ns7s- wise and purchase them te the extent of their means. The man who buys government securities transfers the purchasing pouel of his money to the United States government Uptfl after fhts uar. and ta thar same degree does nat buy in competition with the gov eruueut.
 "I earnestly appeal 10 every Tnan- woman and ehJI Ja pledge themselves on or before June ~ To saNe= constant ly and t0 buy a~ regularly as possible the securities ef thr government
 sThe 9-th of June ends tm4 special period of enlistment in the great vol mteer aru5 production aHd saving hcrc at hone May there be none un- enlisted .,n that day."
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
CHAPTER XII. "Oh, Ms Poor Tootles."

0 IA AYBE if you tried again, As said the captain to Lucille
 ~ the pup might hear you
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
FIND POTASH IN CoL08AR0
Richest Vein Ever Discovered in United States Uncovered by
 Trapper,

Longment Colo-What geoiosists say k the richest vein of potash cver uncovered in the United States has just been found in the foothills a few miles from this city Tho strata was discovered by trapper. Et crops out of rocky fault in the hills. ss four feet thick at the surface and can De traced for almost half mile. The depth. of the vein has not ben deter~ mined. An assay shows the substance to run 95-100s of one per cent potash.
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
The Enthuslast.

There is the man whose eye ineylt- ably eXae-erates whose ear inevitably hears what is unt, whose Imagination inevitably helps out his five senses. He is the hero Worshiper the enthusiast, the romantic. He is the sort of fellow who, if he were baeteri0logist, would report the bacillus typhosus to be as large as q horse, as lovely as d gazelle and intelligent as Aristotle II. l.. Mencken in the New York Mail
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
CHAPTER Xi.-Continued.

H.
 4yon knew where Mrs Green was in no ,aida,a of the afternoon ragged ponn ,aT tnrufng on ne. and you didn't ii ,aIi me hat let me tramp my feet off 'ontins for her? Here am, dying of n,oarfpess and lack of sleep, when q word might have saved me.
 Kent Sr0iled in.
 asaq Nr Bopp." he said curiously, twill yoH tell ne one thtnsF
 "Vhr. certainly
 .uou did vou ever come to find that ,bolf on fae=efilf where you Were sleep Ing aII the afternoon? l passed you q 1o7oo tmes. and I'd never have seen gor af =aH if | hadn't heard yon snore.' . Vida came in carrying a pair of sboes. a coat q pair of trousers and q bat
 Hes gone she said briefly. As ,oon as he saw me coming he dived Into the Iake and swan off rapidly He looked hael, from time to time He was afraid you would swim after him. explained. Are you in he market for old clothes?' indi- ated her burden.
 No. these are his. He left them on the bank. and 1 thought l might as well bring them in. I suppose he will be killed"
 "WhoY asked Lucille and Bopp. "Mr. Clair,' Vida answered He Is trying to reach the mainland by swimming
 "Oh. the brave fellow" Lucille ex- claimed. He is risking his life to get supplies to us To think that I didn' [ like him very well at first.'
 explained gently that if Mfr. Clair ever reached the shore, which was very doubtful, he would probably never think of us again.
 1T wish l knew where Tootles is." worried Lucille
 "She must be in the house." Vida said
 i've looked everywhere" Lucille de eared Independently
 But she is such little dogeie." Vida insisted "Is there an unfinished par of the house in the attic where she mi1bf get in under the floor or between the inner and outer wallS?' Why yes there's an attie." admit ted Lugle eueoura-ed
 We all mounted the stairs
 IH WHizt1es BueiIr sad. and then ve9l h. .s-sas q4Ie; as possible. If she ea-4 aasVar Ua.'s
 Answer y4aa ceH he whistle. too?" askei Jaa- lAe. fa.=as ffa engineer. @No ef eaaras not. when l whistle. f Shas alive #tea whine and bark @S.a' M Lcf Asr whfsflo.' . oo'aas.# PerEns. "T npv- eF kh-e could vHis- tie eo~'aH0 rFae T aaau-t nnloa one Of bef frue uHH sAa couldn't any more
 'sh e agInsa hand on the seados
 Afief eugase Jlm asked. "Why don't she waa#eE
 Shes t1#H t5." explained tho cap @in, ~aa ea=-a ty interpreted the fa=
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
Rla laSit.

..Thai hasHer is sufiF 3tf IcEc@ often Ae won't speak te VAeu { moot hlm on rhe street
 .That's onlx gte tHEss az ha;at- He's so usea to eHt=.Us aHs asqHaint- ances.8
The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06
The universal Excuse.

"How dld you come so pat anythins so compromising as tnaE down in baaca and white?"
 "I didn't My mother-in-iaw wrpsa ? 1t in my letter when l wasn't seess'-
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in volume for Il number of years.
 The Crimean war interrupted Eng fish trade with Russia, but when the conflict WAS over the British traders returned to Odessa. Ii was at this pc riod that they were forced to divide the trade with Germany, for German shippers had seized the opportunity to gain foothold in the port.
 The war offers just now an odd par allel of that War of trade Waged 50 years ago. Ii may be of significance to recall that the ultimate result of the Anglo=German contest fer Russia's Odessa trade was that the Jews gain ed absolute control of the exporting business of the city.
 Bloody Revolution in 1905.
 In 1905 Odessa was the scene of a violent revolution. The Russian navy mutinied and trained the big guns of the warship in the harbor on the city. The disorders were quelled by the czar'S military forces, but not before there was bloOdshed and suffering which centered the worlds attention on the city.
 Odessa before the war was proud of it's beautiful parks and bouleyards. The refuge of many French nobles in the time of the French revolution, the streets are evidence of the fact, for they bear names reminiscent of roy alty of France. The main thorough fare. however, is the Street of the TranSfiguration, which begins at the magnificent cathedral and ends at the gate of the consecrated ground of the Orthodox Greek cemetery.
 The population is largely Tartar, on which has been grafted Slay, Teuton, Morse, Finnish and Lettish stock, but at the beginning of the war it was said to be still Tartar In the main. Cat acombs extending under the rich city and its beautiful suburbs through va rioUs periods of Odessa's career have housed the miserably poor, and at times the underground inhabitants have numbered as many as 35,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-19
Will Present Portrait
sof Dr., MOffatt TO W. & J,

Special Dispatch to The 1nteNiEencer.
WASHINGTON. Pa. March INA
movement to have the alumni or Wash
inzton & Jefferson college secure 4 por-
trait Of the lato DR.. james u. Noliat
flor over quarter OF a century preSioen1
OF tho institution. to be presented to the
college. is now under way under direc-
tion of DR.. James ~ kclso. president
OF the Western Theological Seminary.
Pittsburgh, and chairman OF commit
tee which comprises also on its member
ship James f. Sterrett OF Pittsburgh
ara A II. Tcmpleton. OF Washington.
This committee was appointed last
commencement ut the General Alumni
meeting to devise means to raise a tuno
to- purchase portrait or Dr. ho'ta't'
which the alumni desire u give me COL
loxe Announcements are now oeinS
sent to the alumni Of the plan TOT ralS-
inx the money. II has been oecloea |"
raise a fund OF $500. shares In which
anc 70 be sold at 81 each and every
alurnnus or former student is priFusEeo
10 purchase ore or moro shares. me
share price was put low III order 1hat
every alunnu$ who att"nd"d w " -
,,nder DR.. Motfats regime might be aoln
to- participate IN the movement Inc
1ats president was universally loved BY
the students and alumni and Dr. kclS"
states that he has no fear about qa'cNIS
securing the amount needed.
The portrait will not be painted ul'ti
tho fund is raised. II has been nope"
+o have the portrait ready for prcScHth-
tIoo at the coming commencement OUT
tho decision 10 close college on May
IN: instead of late in June as originally
orovided means that the abbreviated
commencement, will not be featured with
tho presentation this year.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-19
HINDU and AMERICAN
GIRL CHARGED WITH
ESPIONAGE VIOLATION

NEW YORK. March lN--Sailsndrt
Nath Chose. q Hindu under :'s!iCt'"'n,
in the federal courts IN san Ernncisro
with Franz Bop2. fnrm"? German CON
Sul and others. on 4 charge or plotting
a military uprising In India. was ;sF-
rested here today. charged WITH peiaS Z
fugitive from justice. together win
young woman naIn.d ASn"S Srr"dicy.
The Hindu. together with MISS Smeo-
Icy. who is ais" Known. according 10
the authorities as Agnes Bruut. wsr"
also accused by Charles l.. Lloyd OF
the United States army intelligence ser
vice with violating the espionage act by
representing themselves To b. diplomatic
agents Of the Indian nationalist party.
Az such. 1t was charged. tG"Y sent an
appeal to aid in the establishment OF
a democratic federated republic m India
to, the Brazilian embassy III Washing
ton, to Leon TrotZky in Russia. and the
governments of Panama. Paraguay. Den
mark Chile and other countries.
Chose and Miss Smcdley denied the
charges when arraiGned before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock ard
both were held. the Hindu IN SS1.og"
hail for examination on March -. Eaii
FOR Miss Smcdlcy was fixed At $lp."e"
IL, default of which she was sent u IL"
Tonbs prison, where Chose was locked
up. Miss Slpcdley. It Is said. is Cal
ifornian and has been in this city only
q short time. She described herself as
q writer.