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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
MOTOR TRUCKS SAVED
DAY AT THE marine
Ingenious Americans Repaired
Them and Took Yankees
to Front.

A spot in France dear to the American
heart is Chateau Thierry, where the
Yankees helped to stop the Huns and
save Paris. The story of that glorious
action will be recorded in history, a
fragment of which will have to do
with the part played by motor trucks
on the critical day when the German
hordeS were forcing their way across
the Marine by sheer weight of mum.
bers.
1t is story of pluck, efficiency and
| resourcefulness. 1t is told by an Of
ficer who was one of the participa nts
and who has just returned to this
country to help train men for the
| duties of the Motor Transport Corps.
In the dark days when the Germans
were pushing toward Paris there was
an overha I'll park somewhere to tbs
south of Chatea u-Thierry. where dis.
abled cars and trucks were sent fol
repair. On July s the situation at the
front was particularly bad. as ths
French were being worn down by
overwhelming numbers and were Civ.
ing way at several points. They need
ed help badly. and the Americans were
their only hope. Accordingly Cen
Foch ordered the Yankees in. They
| were needed in a hurry. and the
overhaul park was telephoned to have
every possible truck ready for service
within three hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
$50 Trucks Made Ready.

At that time there were in the Park
$40 trucks, many of them fully re-
paired, but a large number on which
work had not been started or was still
in progress. The commandant put
every man to work on the essential
things. officers donned overalls and
got busy with hammers and wrenches.
Many of them were sl1illful mechan-
les in civil life. and others had driven
and cared for their own cars. SO the
work was not wholly unfamiliar to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11

is a pretty maneuver. and is accom-
pIished in a surprisingly short time.
they were going up to the front for
and fairly leaped into the vehicles.
The drivers were just as eager as
the rest, and there is many man
in France today whose proudest rec
objection is that he helped to move
the crown princes advance and turned
the tides of war.
Speed being the requisite factor. at
times the vehicles were hitting q
twenty-five mile gait. and they swept
up to the firing line at full speed and
with very few casualties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
QUALITY TO GOVERN.
Basis for the Purchase of Beef
+. for Military Forces.

To protect fighting. forces and bal
ance conditions in the live stock in
1ustry beef purchases in this country
Cor the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
hereafter will be on a basis Of quail
ity, irrespective OF weight.
An agreement to this effect has been
made between Food Administrator
Hoover, Secretaries Daniels and Hous-
ton and representatives Of the quar-
termaster general of the Army and
The paymaster general of the Navy.
The new Specifications will leave an
adequate supply for citizens at home,
it is believed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11
WOULD KEEP PRESENT TINE.
Under Bill Passed by Senate Clocks
Will Not Be Turned Back

Under a bill passed by the Senate yes
terday, amending tho dayligt,t-saving
law, tho clocks. WIN not be turned back
the night Of tho last Sunday in October
one hour. but will continue Indefinitely
as at present
TINS Dill now goes to the House for
approval The passage of the bill has
been requested by Bernard Baruch,
chairman OF the War Industries Board,
on the ground that it will result in con-
serving coal, light and power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11

resolution Of July. 1917. The military
situation changed in Germanys favor;
the result was the Brest-Litovsk and
Bucharest treaties and the open
scouting Of the reichstag resolution,
as something which had served it's
purpose.
Displays Clearness and Caution.
president Wilson's reply displays
ciearness and caution, which are alb
solutely essential
Lord Grey repudiated the idea that
a league of nations was to be league
OF the allies for the purpose of main
tanning the supremacy particularly of
group Of nations, and also the idea
that the league of nations project
could be utilized as a substitute for
the successful termination of the war.
a league of nations. he declared, must
arise out of the successful termina-
ton of the war.
Viscount Grey agreed with Presi-
dent Wilson that the league cannot be
formed now. Though personally he
would have been delighted to see a
working model at the earliest possible
moment, he would not have been
afraid of such model degenerating
into league entirely different from
the league President Wilson was ad-
vocating, for the United States would
not remain a party to the league, if it
were being used except to carry out
its ideals.
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Put on War Service Committee.

ROCKVILLE. October 1L@State
Senator ]. Dawson Williams has been
appointed the Montgomery county
member OF the executive committee
Of the Maryland organization of the
War Camp Community Service. of
which S. Davies Warfield Of Baltimore
ia cha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11

The awarding of honors to horses
| and dogs for ''gallantry In action" is
/ not without precedent. The late Lord
Roberts was carried on the memorable
march from Kabul to Kandahar on the
back of an Arab steed. Queen Vic
tori1 bestowed upon this animal the
KabHl usasi and the bToase KsndahSr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-11

them. At the end Of the three hours
the park was able to report $50 trucks
in condition to go out.
Most of the trucks in for repairs
had no drivers. SO volunteers were
called for. Promptly to the minute
the $50 trucks rolled out to their
assigned destinations. with an array
of captains and lieutenants on the
drivers seats such as had never been
seen before during the war.
Loaded in Record Time.
A three-ton truck usually carries
from twenty-five to thirty men, with
their packs. II We assume the small
er number as the average, the $50
trucks had capacity of 1850 men.
When troops are moved under normal
conditions seats are put into the
trucks and the speed is automatically
limited by the governors on the en-
gines to fourteen miles an hour.
There were no seats this time. how
ever. The troops were loaded in rec
ord time. and stood in the trucks
like Broadway straphangers.
Loading trOOpS on a motor train
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
THREE KILLED, ONE HURT:
AUTO HIT BY BIG q TRAIN

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. g.
Three men were killed and one man
was injured when an east bound
passenger train on the Big Four
railroad struck an automobile in
which the men were riding, at a
crossing here at $3.50 o'clock Friday
afternoon. All we're residents of
indianapolis The dead:
A. 3. Jenkins, 40 years old. cleo
trician.
Harry L. Dillinger. So years old,
electrician.
Morgan H. Evans, so years old,
carpenter
r. NJ. Bronson, driver Of the car.
was cut about the face with glass
from the shattered windshield but
was not seriously hurt. A fifth
man in the machine escaped I'M
hurt
The men were employed in con-
struction work at an aviation camp
being built near here. According
TO Bronson the driver of the car.
attempted 20 pass in front of the
approaching train but his engine
stalled in the middle OF the track.
Jenkins was killed instantly but
the other two men were still alive
when the train stopped and they
were placed aboard 10 be taken to
a hospital. However they died be-
fore the train reached the city sta
ton. Bronson insisted in putting
the men on the train.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
Hertling Can't See Stockholm
AS Place to Negotiate Peace

BERLIN. via Amsterdam. Jan.
Count von Hertling. the i'm
perial chancellor. spoke again Fri
1ay before the main committee Of
he reichsfag- In referring 90 his
remarks of yesterday in which he
had said that Germany had 90 deal
with incidents which might change
he Russo-German position from
lay TO day, the chancellor proceed
- 70 allude 90 the Russian proposal
% transfer the peace negotiations
% Stockholm as such an incident.
In this connection ne declared:
Apart from the fact that we are
not Boz "a position 10 permit the Rus
slams 20 prescribe where We should
continue the negotiations, the trans
terence 20 Stockholm would lead to
sreat difficulties"
Addressing the reichstag main
committee Thursday, Chancellor Won
Hertling said In regard 90 the Rus
sian rejection Of the peace proposals
iealing with disposition Of the occu.
pied Russian territory:
we can cheerfully await the fur.
her course Of this incident We
-eIy upon our strong position. our
oval intentions and our just rights
Passes Job TO kuchlmann.
The chancellor announced that Dr.
e0u Kuehlmsnn has been instructed
TO reject the Russian proposal to
transfer the peace negotiations 20
Stockholm.
Chancellor Won Hertling said he
greeted with satisfaction the oppor-
tunity Of the government and peo-
pies representative Of comforting
ON the weighty and fateful decisions
which at the present time were be-
ing discussed.
The government would take ad-
vantage OF this opportunity, the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05

~ wss forced to put a stop 20 the
laying OF keels.
Mr.. Sanford contradicted the tes-
timony Of Rear Admiral Bowles Of
the feet corporation, who declared
that pine producers had fallen
down on deliveries. Production
was retarded in the summer. he
said by the feet corporation's
changes in specifications, but he
predicted that all the lumber call
ed for in the contracts would be de-
livered by next July the time set
for final deliveries.
Move To Transfer Workers.
The shipping board was advised
by the senate commerce commission
Friday night 10 commander ferry
boats and trolley lines in the New
York city district il necessary to
transport workers 20 and from ship
building yards.
The committee put its advice, in
the form of a resolution after hear
ing Charles s. Bookwalter, district
officer at New York for the fleet
corporation describing the poor
housing facilities and transportation
conditions in the vicinity Of Staten
Island ship yards.
Mr.. BOokwalter declared the
ship owners were asking exorbitaLs
prices for the rental OF ships 20
transport workmen from New York
city and Brooklyn 10 the yards and
that trolley service on the island
was particularly bad. One owner,
Mr.. Bookwalter said, wanted S13,-
500 a month for the use Of his boat.
The Staten island yards, accord
ing TO the witness, need immedi-
ately 10000 additional workmen
who cannot be moved TO and from
work under present conditions.
Sen. Calder was particularly in
terested in Mr.. Bookwalter's revela-
tions and announced that he would
take the subject up Immediately
with the New York authorities.
Shipping board officials tonight
said that the senate committee's
suggestion probably would bring
prices down, but that all facilities
necessary would be taken over if
they cannot be obtained at reason
able prices.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
Water Power Bill
To Save Millions
In Wasted Energy

WASHINGTON, Jan. ). - Pres't
Wilson laid before a conference Of
house leaders Friday night the draft
of a bill designed to establish a def
mite legislative policy TO develop the
nations water power, 35,000,O00
horsepower of which is estimated by
government engineers TO be wasted
annually. The result Of the con-
ference was plan TO create a spec
ial committee of the house to take
over all jurisdiction OF water power
problems now dealt with by vari-
Gus committees, and to pass the
presidents bill promptly in the
house and send it to the senate
W III the administrations support
behind it.
The president told the conference
of his interest i'm water power leg
islation and urgent hope that both
houses would speedily enact the
new measure drawn by the interior
war and agricultural departments
He said the bill was designed to
reconcile divergent views which
have interfered with necessary leg
islatiOn.
The bill follows closely the pro-
visions of the Ferris bill, which has
twice passed the house, but failed
through opposition in the senate.
Participants in the conference ex-
pressed the view that with unified
house support and with the stamp
of the presidents approval favor
able action in the senate now was
10 be expected.
The bill provides for a commits
sion to be composed of the secre-
taries OF war, interior and agricul-
ture. 1t proposes to lease the wa
ter power privileges on public lands.
Indian lands. national forests and in
navigable streams for not exceeding
so years when the project may be
taken over by the United States,
again leased to the original lessee or
leased TO a new lessee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05

chancellor said, 10 make communi-
&C tions on the course the peace ne
g0tiations so far had taken and he
said ne wished 20 receive further
suggestions from the representatives
OF the people.
Count Won Hertling said Foreign
Sec'y Won Kuehlmann after a stay
OF only two days in Berlin had re-
turned TO Brest- Litovsk. He there
fore. 70 his regret, was unable him
self 10 report on the course OF the
negotiations with Russia The un-
der secretary for foreign affairs.
Baron Won Dem Bussche- Hadden-
hansen. would undertake the task
instead.
Under Secretary Made Goat.
The under secretary then gave 70
the main committee the history OF
events leading 20 the peace negotia-
tons. He said the armistice negO-
tiatiOns had taken rapid and
smooth course, and had reached a
general satisfactory conclusion on
Dec. Is.
Parallel 10 the negotiations a
Brest-Litovsk. the foreign under
secretary said, ran the negotiations
at Fokshani for an armistice on the
southeastern front at which cot
ference Roumania was represented
The peace negotiations which fol-
lowed. the baron said. naturally
were very difficult as they had to be
conducted between the coalition on
one hand and a power on the other
hand. AS TO the course Of the ne
gotiations, the public had been in
formed 10 a greater extent than
usually was the case. This had made
the negotiations more difficult as the
entente powers were enabled 10 i'm
pede the negotiations by circulating
false news"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
To SPEND TWO
BILLIONS ON
SHIP PROGRAM
Board Asks Authority to Let
Contracts for Another
0O,00O-PIan
No New Yards.

WASHINGTON. Jan. g. -- Plans
Tor $4,000. 900, 900 government
ship building program were reveal
sd Friday when the shipping board
asked congress for authority TO
place s7O1.OOO. 900 worth of addi-
uonaI ship contracts. At the same
time an immediate appropriation Of
$50. 600. OOO was asked for the ex-
tension Of ship yards and 20 provide
housing facilities for workmen.
Thus f. the board has been au-
thorized 10 spend for ship building
S1.2S4. 600. contracts for most
Of which have been awarded. Fri
DAYS request was for "A further au-
thorization and an additional ap-
preparation. bringing the estimates
of funds needed for ship building 10
s2.OIS.O0O. 900. If the additional
funds are made available they will
be put largely into fabricated steel
ship contra cts. although some con-
tracts for ordinary steel ships will
be let. as viii "a few for wooden
ships on the Pacific coast.
No new ship yards are planned
by the board. The fabricating yards
have contracts for about 500 ships
now which viii Keep them constant
a. employed into 1919. but the board
is anxious to place more contracts
and begin on the task of providing
materials.
The boards housing plans call for
the expenditure Of about $4,000
GOO. The remainder of the $50
600. 600 asked viii be used TO ex-
pand ship yards already built.
The senate commerce committee
investigating the progress Of shin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05

Receipts during year .......... 152f7S
Total 81 balances and receipts 2Gtsl.-sl
Disbursements during year. 2.0O9e9
FiuaI balances Dee. 81 1917. 5 655S1
TUITION FUND.
BAL on hand De-. 81. 1915. ....S e.S76af
Receipts during year ......... 2.66. -
Total Of balances and receipts 1912 -
Disbursements during year. 2.716o0
Final balances Dec. 81. 1917. 3 3126S2
TOTALS OF ALL FUNDS.
Bal on hand Dec. 81. 1916....S 69l3f6
Receipts during year .....-.... 11.494 40
Total of balances and receipts 1S4O1 ~
Disbursements during year,. Il 291.11
Final balances Dec. Il. 1917. : 711O.59
Total balance a. shown by this
caS gPI in depository Dec II. 1917 4i iIS5
NV service account is - days.
amount '...--.- ..-.....--...- ttWVo
CSee itemized report
Expense account ............... 1900
T. James T. Nltabe. the Trustee Of
Lincoln Township. ST Joseph County.
Indiana, do solemuly swear tor affirm
that the preceding report 81 Receipts.
Disbursements Balances. and Service
Account Is true and correct as I verify
believe; and ] further declare that the
sums with which ] am charged IN this
report are all Of the sums received by
me- and that the various items n eX-
penditures credited have been fully paid
in the sums stated. and without express
or implied agreement that any portion
thereof shall De retained 10y or repaid 10
me or any other person. And ] further
declare. and swear, that / have received
NO money. nor article Of value, in con-
Sideratiou of any contract made by me
as Trustee of this Township.
JAMES T. McCABE
Trustee of Lincoln Towns hip.
This report was received. accepted.
and approved by tile Advisory Board Of
this Township at their annual meeting.
this the First day OF January. 191S
WAL BEATTY.
DAVID WALTER.
u. G. RUPEL.
Advisory BOarl. Lincoln Township.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05

building Wednesday took up alleged
high profits allowed IN letting con-
tracts. wooden ship construction
and the subject Of housing.
Anege Huge Profits.
Questioning OF Theodore Z. Fer
ris chief constructor for the Emer-
gency Fleet corporation, in connec-
ton with a report by the corpora
tons district officer at Seattle,
brought out that the Clinchfield
Navigation Co. was alleged to have
obtained profits amounting to $743,-
600 on ship contracts when in fact
the company was not an actual
builder OF ships The company, it
was testified, sold TO the government
at a profit Of $4,000 four ships
which the Sloane Ship Building
corporation of Seattle was building
for il, aQd that it received a com
mission of S323.OOO on contracts it
obtained from the fleet corporation
for y ships which the Sloane cor
poration is now building.
Mr.. Ferris denied that he had
anything TO do with the contracts,
but said he introduced officers Of
the Clinchfeld Co. to Maj. Gen.
George W. Goethals, formerly. gen
eral manager of the fleet corpora
ton
Justifies Lumber Prices.
Conditions affecting the CONSTITUTE
ton Of wooden ships were outlined
by +. a. Brown, general purchas-
ing officer for the fleet corporation.
and F. L. Sanford. a member Of the
southern pine emergency bureau.
Mr. Brown explained the fleet cor
poration's granting of an increase
in lumber prices and said he
thought it was fully justified in
view of the fact that timber sizes
were made larger. He said that
the sizes were made so large that
pine producers could not make de-
liveries, but that the corporation
expected TO have delivered from
Oregon within 60 days enough fir to
furnish the heavier timbers for zoo
wooden ships.
Delays in pine deliveries were at
tributed by Mr.. Brown to some ex-
tent TO the fact that builders. anx-
ious 10 draw on the fleet corpora
tons advance funds, laid down too
many keels instead of going ahead
with the construction Of ships al
ready laid down Their contracts.
he said. called for the payment of
money advances when keels were
laid and many builders took advan-
tage of this TO get money quickly.
The fleet corporation. he said, final
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
DIES AT PRAYER MEETING

ANDERSON. Ind, Jan. .. - Mrs.
George II. Berry. 46. died OF apo
plexy. while attending a neighbor-
hood prayer meeting here Friday
night.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
LEGAL NOTICE.
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT.

To the Advisory Board Of Lincoln Town
ship, It. Joseph County, Indiana,
January. 1918.
John kiinEerman. repairing n0or
District No b.................H 30
~. -r-sa-af Stssa hanh &C., 49,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-05
IN THE
South Bend News Times

Daily Beginning Next Sunday.
A Daily Short Story Full OF World
Evening journal., 1918-11-19

in
SPANISH LA InPPe) hno a'ed iron
Inne6O
Evening journal., 1918-11-19
HOW TO AVOID
INFLUENZA

The mysterious germ Of Spanish In
iuenza. In it's tidal wave across the coun-
try, win leave no individual untouched.
Those who are weak. rundown and OF low
vitality win not be able 20 resist this
germ, and consequently win become IN 10
a more or less degree. while those who
have plenty Of nerve force win be able to
resist. and avoid the ravages Of disease.
The best way TO build up this nerve
force and conserve the necessary strength
and energy to ward of disease is to take
a ive-grain food phosphate tablet (known
among druggists as Bitro- Phosphate) with
each meal. Bitro-Phosphate being the sub
stance. the composition OF which is almost
identical with the nerve structure itself,
Is readily converted into healthy nerve
tissue
II will be found highly beneficial also
In bringing back the glow OF health and
normal weight after an attack Of any dis
ease. II Is sold by all good druggists at a
reasonable price
Evening journal., 1918-11-19
HURRYING STATE
HIGHWAY WORK
Putting Finishing Touches
on du Pont Road Between
Glendale and Milford
MAKING PROGRESS
ON PHILA. TURNPIKE
naciai tn rhe Evening Journal.

Special 10 lne tNthihe -.t.
DOVER. Nov. i9.-Work on the Slalc
highway is progressing as rapiuly as
possible. with the idea Of getting muoh
of the preliminary work out OF the way
before the severe winter weather sets
In. The rough grading on the contract
from Ellendale to Milford has been halI
finished as well as one-half OF tle
bridges built The completion OF this
contract will conclude the dupont ROAD
In Sussex county.
On the west side OF Sussex county
the contract between Soaford ana bridse-
vile Is progressing satisfactorily, WINE
the road from Delmar to Laurel, wilicn
was temporarily held up on account OF
machine trouble, is now prosresslhs'
Between Dover and Smyrna the ROAD
has been finished from Denneys Corner
to Cheswold, and work began yesterday
from the Dover end, working toward
the Denney's Corner road.
The bridge at The Garrison mill IS
now about completed and the I'LL across
the causeway is being made. On the
Philadelphia pike, especially good
progress has been made. With the shut
ting down of the war industries, con-
tractors have been able to get more
labor as we'll as more material. II the
weather permits, within two weeks THIS
road will be finished from Penny Hill
to Bellevue quarry and from Claymont
to the State line, with the exception OF
a short strip to the Worth Steel Com
pany plant. The remainder OF the ROAD
VIII be maintained, suitable for all
kinds of trafile.
At recent meeting OF the Highway
Traffic Association, held in New York,
the problem Of reconstruction was gen
orally discussed, and lt was stated by
the fourth assistant postmaster genera!
that 100000 trucks could be put into
service and very properly utilized IN
establishing parcel post routes. Many
instances were cited where already d.
rect service was being successfully
worked between principal cities. From
a business standpoint large returns can
be had by this system. Already parcel
post routes have been established De
tween New York and Chicago AMI from
Maine TO Alabama, including tlrst-class