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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Every little "jim-crack" that means
uu eliivening touch to the house vndi-
cnies It's appearance these days. for
there never was Il time when ii was
more worth while to keep up all the
PLEASANT little amenities of life.
T., erything that win contribute toward
making an atmosphere of cheerfulness
in our surroundings is more needed
now than in less anxious days. To
dress up our homes and keep ourselves
we'll groomed shows the right fighting
spirit AT the same time we are re-
minded To save as much as possible
and 90 on accommodating Thrift stamps
and War Saving stamps. Therefore
we turn to paper, that costs next to
morning, to make the bits Of bright
furnishings for our homes and gifts for
our friends.
In the illustration above there Is Il
toilet basket for the new baby and Il
flower basket for the table, both made
1T paper. The tiny cradle is niltle OF
wire and paper rope in very pale g11iy
md lined with rose-cofored SILK and
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18
Petticoats Are Narrow.

In tailored suits the narrowness OF
the skirt has rung the knell of the pet
ticoat. but for thin frocks this most
feminine of garments necessarily nolds
it's own. The petticoat must be OF the
same length as the frock under which
it is worn, and it may be made or
batiste, fine nainsook, mousseline de
sole, tussor or white crepe de chine
They are forcedly narrow, for fashion
has decreed the skimpiness of skirts.
1t is, however, quite permissible to full
them slightly, especially If the dress
that covers them Is slit at the hem to
make walking easier. With conserva-
tive women delicate hand embroidery
will always be the favorite trimming,
Imitation lace and fine picot tulle give
an effect of greater fiuffiness and are
much less costly.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Now that war times make the Gus
tom of wearing evening wraps among
those that are more hOnored In the
breach than in the observance, we
have coats to take their place. Among
new ones are some very elegant cloth
coats that have been designed to see
their wearers through the day and
evening, too. They are quiet In color
and beautiful in lines--equal to all re-
quirements of dress. Besides these
there are very handsome capes of cloth
In distinctive styles that make one
question the ACCESSIBILITY of ever in
dulging in more snowy wraps.
Two of the handsomest coats are
pictured above. The coat at the left
Is of silvertone a soft wool ma
terial with fiecks of white all through
it-with collar and deep cuffs of fox
Silvertone appears in taupe, blue,
brown, gray-all the seasons colors-
and the minute white f1ecks in 1t give
it a slyery look. This coat hangs
straight at the back and front without
fulluess except In the gathered side
panels of the skirt portion. 1t fasten,
with three very large buttons at the
front and silk pendant ornaments
are placed at each side of the panels
1t Is lined with plain satin.
There is a suggestion of cape In
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Washington. - Acceptance in any
degree of the German reply 10 Presi-
dent Wilson's note means the loss OF
the war for the allies, Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts minority leader ana
ranking Republican of the foreign re-
aatfons committee of the senate, de-
nlnrnl
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Conservative colors and sensible
tnts, which are almost nannish in
their effect, are the features in shoes
for women for late fall business. job
befs report that retailers are now
looking for shoes of this sort not only
from the desire to steer clear of doubt
full novelties, but because, in the bust
ness which they have already done
over the counter for fall, there has
been comparatively little demand for
anything else. Mahogany and dull
black calfskins are the most popular
In tailored walking boots, while in
Shoes for more dressy wear black pat
eat feathers and few shades of gray
are selling.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Especially for the young girls, the
new beaver Tam o Shanters that are
shown In the shops are very smart.
lhey are made of heavy. soft beaver,
with pulled, one-sided crowns and a
snus-fitting band about the head. They
come in blnck, dark blue and other
cOlors
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

the graceful coat of smooth duvetyn
at the right Of the picture. 1t is in
taupe gray. with shawl collar and deep
cuffs of martin fur. Three big buttons
III the foot of the front panels are the
only ornamental feature In this very
dienified wrap. The design could hard
ly be improved upon, and IS OF the ex"
cellent character that never grows tire
some.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Chicago. ~ There can he no peace
short Of unconditional surrender Gov
s.rnog Frank O. Lowden Of Illinois
nverred in a speech at the dedication
Nj the Illinois Centennial monument
Sund.y
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18
Pockets Remain

Pockets are trimming feature that
remain in good style in spite of the
fact that they are no novelty. Real or
seeming pockets, faced or lined with
white or colored satin, are used smart
~ on some of the new models of navy
blue serge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18
Garmany's Tricky Peace Move Is
Baked by President Wilson's
Diplomacy.
ARMIES OPPOSE ARMST|cE
Cambria Captured and Huns Defen
sive Line Smashed, Compelling Gen.
craI Retreat-Yanks Success
full in Champagne-Beirut
Occupied by the French.
BY EDWARD w. PiCkARD.

Prince Max of Baden, the new i'm
peral chancellor of Germany, re
questing President Wilson to arrange
for an armistice and subsequent dis
cussion of peace terms, and stating
that Germany accepted the presidents
IA points as basis for the negotin-
tons. evoked three separate and dis
tlnct replies President Wilson an
swered that he could not suggest an
armistice while the German armies
were outside the boundaries of Ger
many, and then asked whether the
German government accepted the
terms laid down by him and whether
its object in entering discussions was
only to agree upon the practical de-
tails of their application; furthermore,
he wanted to know whether the chan
celIor was speaking merely for the
constituted authorities of the empire
who have so far conducted the war.
The people of all the allied nations,
soldiers aad civilians alike, answered
Prince Max with n tremendous shout
of unconditional surrender"
Marshal Foch responded with one of
the most powerful attacks of the al
lied armies, capturing the important
city of Cambrai, smashing 20-mile-
wide breach through the Hindenburg
line. and forcing back the German
armies all along the line from Nerdun
to the sea.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18
american Submarine Chaser sunk.

Washington An American sub
iuarlne chaser. designated as the 219.
sank ia foreign waters October .,
after an explosion, with the death of
one enlisted maj ira he injury of one
officer and eigl men
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

ANY agreed cessation OF fighting ut
this time. short of the abiect surren-
der of the central powers. would bit
terly disappoint the soldiers of the
allied armies and the people who are
backing them up. Foch's forces have
the Germans on the run. and If they
are permitted to follow up the Huns
en- their retreat 60 the Meuse they VIII
destroy a large part of their effective
ness and capture probably half Of their
material On the other hand an armiS-
tice would permit the Huns to retire
wilhin their borders with their armies
intact and prepared 10 maneuver effec-
lively behind their shortened md now
crfully fortified lines. Animated by
a spirit, not of vlnd.ctivenesS, but of
retrihative justice, the men of the al
he'd armies feel that no peace shou,d
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18

Nearly all authorities agree that the
chancelor'a proposal was insincere +;
that the request fnr an armistice was
made merely to give the military com
mand chance to reorgani2e the shut
tered armies. and that Prince Max
knew the suggestion for peace con
terence, as he made it, would he re-
icctcd, giving HIM the opportunity to
say to the people of Germany: Il have
offered to end the war on the enemv's
own terms and he refuses. The Cor
man nation now must unitedly fight
on"
At first tl.Nre was some disaDNO'nt-
ment hecnuSe President Wilson IA
rot reject the German proposal s'-'ift
ly and bluntly. but q little ccnsdera-
ton has convinced almost everyone
that he eyaded a trnp and by his al
rect questions put the German d'n-
lomats in position of the utmost diff
Guilty. At the same time he left the
door open for ultimate negotiations.
aftcr Germany hos accepted his II
points ard given full guarantees. As
Tor the armistice. he did not rgree TO
that even were the German armies TO
l.e withdrawn frcm all occupied ter"'-
tories. recognizing the fact that the
declaring Of an armistice is mn "a
the military commanders. The pres-
dents note was fully approved. prob
ably in advance. by the allied govern
ments, and was given the highest
nrnise by the press In England anil
france as well rs America.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
MOST DANGEROUS JOB
Men of Ambulance Service Work
Under Fire.
Risk Their Lives to Get American Sol
diers Wounded in Action to
the Surqeons-

washington.-Most dangerous of all
the work of the American Red Cross
is the ambulance service. The drivers
and attendants of these ambulances
are always under fire.
Lieut. Frank Dempsey talked inter
estingly about the life of a Red Cross
ambulance driver in the Verdun sector
where the fighting has been the hot
test. The Germans know the country
and are able to drop big shells with
great accuracy on the roads the ambu-
lances must travel
sOur work Is never out of range of
the big guns" said he I'VE go up to
the third-line trench. gather the
wounded and take them back a mile to
the dressing station Here only the
toughest bandaging IS done and then
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
Merchant Marine Has an Official
Chantie Man..
Stanton II. King of Boston, an Old
Salt, Teaches Rockies to Sing
Sea Sonus

Boston.-Stanton n. King of Boston
has the only war job of its kind
He is official chantie man for the
American merchant marine.
His work Will be to revive chantie
singing among merchant sailors who
will join the country's new cargo ships
through the United States shipping
board recruiting service, national head
quarters of which are at Boston.
While chantie singing has declined
on all seas, owing to the change in re-
cent years from sailing vessels to
steamers-there not being much op-
portunity to 'sheave and haul on
board a steamer-its revival is consid-
cred important for two reasons.
Chanties insure team work when a
crew is pulling on ropes. even aboard
steamers; while the building of large
numbers of American schooners means
an increased demand for men who can
"reef, hand and Steer on sailing YES
sells, where chantie singing used to
flourish.
The shipping board trains men to
serve on steamers, but If certain per-
centage ship on sailing vessels and
carry with them the almost lost knack
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

OF chantie singing, they will be the bet
ter equipped for their work, according
to sharps on the seafaring game
Stanton 81. King probably is the
country's best-known chantie singer.
Chantie singing is part Of a weekly en-
tertainment he gives Jack ashore at a
mission of which he is head
The program is usually varied and
to hear Mr.. King lead his sailor friends
in Shenandoah" Bound for the Rio
Grande" or elbow the Man Down" is
to understand the psychologist punch of
the well-sung chantie.
Mr.. King is an old salt and learned
chantie singing on deep water vessels.
He began going to sea 50 years ago,
from the Barbados, in the merchant
service.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
SEA CLOCKS ARE IN BIG DEMAND

watch or clock. that would prove i'm
pervious to changes of temperature
His first great feat was the production
OF a "grfdiron pendulum clock" the
first chronometer. which in 1875 he
took to the royal commission. It was
tested by the commission by being
sent on a voyage to Lisbon.
The test was not decisive, and Har-
rison continued to work on his chro-
nometer, seeking the great prize, for a
ty-eight years old, Harrison announced
that he had solved all problems in
volved In his work. He produced a
chronometer which the commission
sent on a voyage to Jamaica, to test
for heat. 1t varied but two minutes
on the entire voyage of several months.
The commission demanded another
test, and the chronometer was sent to
Barbados, varying but two-thirds of
a second a week in a voyage of five
months.
Harrison had now fairly won the
prize, but he was paid only half of it,
the chronometer being given further
exhaustive tests before, when eighty
years of age, he received the balance,
in 1773.
The result of his life work was ex-
traordinarily beneficial to mankind, yet
conservative mariners continued to find
their longitude by dead reckoning for
half q century after the perfection of
the chronometer. Today a captain
would almost as willingly put to sea
without q rudder as without a chro-
nometer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

women.''-Mrs. JOHN KoPPELMANN, r.
No. 1, Mclean, Nebraska
This famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, has been restoring women of
America to health for more than forty
years and it will well pay any woman
who suffers from displacements, in
fammation, liberation, Irregularities,
backache, headaches, nervousness or
''the blues" to give this successful
remedy trial
For special suggestions in regard to
your ailment write Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your service.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
STEP TO VEIL TARTAR WOMEN
Mohammedan Order EnIarges Hand
kerchiefs to Hide Face Of
Wives and Daughters

Petrograd.-The Mohammedan Tar
tar men of Tchistopof district, province
of Kayan, have ordered their wives
and daughters each to sew half a
square of extra material to the hand
kerchiefs with which they cover their
heads.
The women long ago ceased to veil !;
but when meeting unknown men they
took tab of the bow formed by tying
handkerchiefs beneath the chin, and
held the tab before the face In place
of veil.
Unluckily. as the handkerchiefs with
the passing of time grew smaller, fhe
tabs ceased to cover the face, and the
act became only a symbol. To make 1t
again q reality husbands and fathers
are insisting on bigger handkerchiefs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
EMPLOYEES WEAR
WAR SERVICE BADGES

Portland, Ore.-"War service
badges" are being proudly worn
by employees of the Northwest
Steel company here. The con-
Germ is engaged in building g.
SOO-ton freighters for the Emer-
gency Fleet corporation and its
5000 employees have all been
exempted from the draft. The
"war service badge" is about
three inches long, two inches
wide. and is oval in shape, of
nickel and bears the words
"War -Shipbuilding."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

we start back another mile or SO to an
other station where the most desperate
cases are operated upon
I'm the first week We handle the
wounded four or FIVE times and finally
leave them in the evacuation hospitals.
From there they are carried to the
base hospitals, usually on trains"
Thus the Red Cross ambulance driver
risks his life to get American soldiers
to the surgeons Lieutenant Dempsey
had his ambulance blown to pieces
while he was a short distance away
picking up a wounded man.
When the wounded soldier gets to
the dressing stations or hospitals he is
assured of the best bandages because
loving hands in America In Red Cross
chapters have prepared them And
CHEEKY Red Cross nurse will smooth his
pillow and make his convalescence
pleasant.
The dollars given to the Red Cross
are doing more than 100 cents worth
of good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

This letter from Mrs. L D. Bohrer. OF
Cabool. Mo-. should convince all who suffer
from kidney bladder trouble that Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and only Dodd's. what
they should for fmm ediate relief
For nine years I suffered with heart d.
cease and bladder inflammation: At timea
I was tired. nervous and irritable and be-
came easily exhausted
IT secured relief until I took Dodds
Kidney Pills After taking two boxes of
these Pills my health was much Inn
proved that bought four more boxes.
still feeling fine and working hard
every day as we all must do on a farm
My little boy was troubled with his kidneys
He took few of these Pills and says they
have cured Nm. and thinks they are the
stuff. going to send and get several
boxes as don't want to be without them
in the house"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
Mar Causes Shortage of chro-
nometers Used in Ocean
Navigation.
NONE IN THE OPEN MARKET
Price Jumps From $500 to $500 and
Over-EngIishman Who Perfected
Instrument Won Prize of $780,
600 and Thanks of Mankind.

Washington--Among the busiest
people supplying the United States
with war materials are the makers of
thermometers Great care and pre-
cision are necessary in turning out
these navigating instruments, which
are the most accurate portable time
keepers known to science.
Hundreds of chronometers have gone
to the bottom of the ocean since
the war began. This alone would
cause shortage in the ordinary sup
ply, while the equipping of the new
American merchant marine is creating
an unprecedented demand for new in
struments. Each of the 1,6OO ships to
be added to the national cargo-carrying
fleet under the shipping boards con-
struction program, will carry two, and
many of them three chronometers.
At present there are virtually no
chronometers to be had ins the open
market. Before the war England sup
piled the world with most of its fine
chronometers. Chronometers are also
made in America, though the English
type still is most esteemed by sailors.
In ordinary times q good chronome-
ter costs about $500. The present price
is $500 or better, according to the trade
made. The supply in this country
passes through the hands of few ex-
perts, who are doing their utmost to
meet the demand, and to expedite the
output of the manufacturers.
From six months to a year and a
half are necessary to make and adjust
chronometer. The mechanism is of
the finest metals, and specially adapt
ed to resistance to extremes of tenn
will keep just as good time if kept in
cold storage six months as in ordinary
temperature, while a voyage in the
tropics will not seriously change its
time-keeping qualities.
In appearance a chrOnometer is a
small, metal-faced clock. 1t is kept in
and is swung on gimbals, to keep it
always on level 1t is sensitive to
rough handling, and care is always
taken not to jar it.
Errors Are Noted.
No clock or watch has ever yet kept
perfect time, so there is always a
slight gain or loss to chronometer.
For this reason the thermometers rate
of daily gain or loss is determined by
observation ashore, and card show
ing the rate is made out, and deliv-
cred with the instrument. This rate
of error is allowed in all notations Of
time made from the instrument for
working up observations made at sea.
A gain or loss of n second a day is
considered a large rate" for a good
instrument.
The chronometer completes, with
the compass and sextant, the trio of
indispensable instruments required in
modern navigation. By its aid, longi-
tude. or the east or west position of a
ship, is determined.
Longitude baff1ed all navigators I'M
til the chronometer came into use in
1735. The ancients and later naviga-
tors, including all the great discover
ers, could find their latitude by OBJ
servations of the suns height, but they
could determine their longitude only
by dead reckoning" or estimating
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
THE FLY
BY Theodosia Garrison
of The Vioiiantes.

The bearer of fool-storfes, I
Would liken to the Household Fly,
Who is, considered at its best,
A Germ Conveyer and Pest.
1.-The Red Cross sells the things we
knit
"Our camps are evil-men unfit"
These are the germs they bear about
To spread distrust and gloom and
doubt.
With Sense and Science let US try
Elimination of The Fly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
TO ALL WOMEN
Who ARE ILL
This Woman Recommends
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Personal Experience.
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Compound to q IL
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

their ships progress from day to day.
This system was uncertain, and
caused great many shipwrecks-
Longitude is merely the difference
of time between two points on the
earth's surface, and it became appar-
ent to students of the problem it pre-
sented that if an instrument could be
devised that would keep accurate time
at sea, it would be possible to find the
longitude of a ships position whenever
weather conditions were favorable.
Time at the ship could be determined
by an east or west observation of the
sun, morning or afternoon, worked out
by accepted tables. If the time of a
given point on shore was known
aboard the ship, the difference in time
would give the longitude of the ship.
England was the first nation to cope
with this great problem. In TIA it ap-
pointed Commissioners for the Dis
covery of Longitude at Sea-" and au-
thorized the payment of large prizes
to stimulate research to the desired
end. This commission existed until
1923, and distributed more than $780,
600 in prizes.
Wins s4oo. 900 Prize.
The chief prize offered by the COM
mission, 100000, was won by John
Harrison, Yorkshire matchmaker,
who spent his life in perfecting the
chronometer.
Harrison made the best watches in
England. Although of limited educa-
ton, he conducted many original re-
searches in the expansion of metals,
in search of materials for an improved
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pferce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

knowledge is power, but it can't al
ways provide straws for a drowning
man to clutch at.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

Using radium, a European scientist
has forced woody plants to bud in dor
mant seasons
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

How would You kindle the fires of
romance7"
Il think the best way would be with
love matches"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
His Role.

II heard Blinkfns boast that he had
stormy part in the new play
$50 he has In the big storm Scene,
he is one of the ocean waves
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07

Men who are capable of handling
horses are still wanted for the VET
Urinary corps. They must be physi-
caily fit and not of selective service
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
DO You Want to Buy Cattle8
Pure-Breds or GradeR.

We have many customers in Wan
kesha County desiring to sell their
surplus stock at reasonable prices.
Tell us what breed. age, and the
number of head you want, and We
Will get them for you. High Grade
HOlstein Heffer Calves 825. 90.
and If you are pleased we can shin
YOU more.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-03-07
Too Rare.

Too Rare.
''He is a man of rare qualities"
yes; they are so rare they're negli-
gible."