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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

were piled UP like mountain haystacks,
The well boring machinery hlling ono
park made II look like Pennsylvania
oil region. Another park had camou-
mage material Another had stacks OF
building paper for sheathing BARRACKS.
Pontoons and bridges and all the
material for crossing rivers will come
along In due time for II was pointed
out that this will be needed to cross
the Rhine"
Along one side Of the depot 500 cars
were bringing In this huge stock OF
war material just as It came from the
ships, and on the other side 500 cars
were taking IL away to the advance
zone after II has passed thru the pro-
cesses Of arrangement,-each train
standard train with n fixed space for
each article Of the soldiers food ration.
each article Of clothing. ordnance, and
all the requirements along the fghting
front which have to be kept UP day az
ter day with unfaiiing regularity
Tours Plant With Automobile.
With the commandant Of the depot
the Associated Press correspondent,
made a tour over the plant. soTne
twenty miles ny dutoHopbS ~" wy
maze Of activity and vast material re-
sources. At one point remount sta
ton begun three days ago was well
along toward completion. and 1t VIII
soon be enc OF the main supplies for
horses. r..
One whole depot, was devoted to the
new devices for gas attacks. defensive
and offensive. WITH great stocks OF gas
masks. and the gas itself. and guam
titles Of phosphorus and disinfectants
to sprinkle in trenches and camps az
ter the deadly mustard gas has been
in the air.
Medical supplies require ten entire
buildings for cots. filters. mattresses,
oxygen tanks and the great stocks Of
hospital and medical supplies.
The signal service has two large
buildings and much open storage. with
huge stocks Of telegraph and telephone
wire for the army communication sys-
tenn which now spreads all over
France.
The warehouses for food, clothing,
and all quartermaster's supplies extend
along>a frontage of several miles all
the buildings uniform. 500 by 80 feet.
Uniforms, clothing. -four, and what are
called sack, goods are kept under cover
in the warehouses, but much Of the
stock in crates. boxes and barrels is
stacked along the depot streets for
miles.
The one item Of gasoline is huge
thing owing to the part motor traction
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

Correspondence Associated Pressl
0isvres. Central France, Aug. :s.--
Today Z forest, tomorrow a building.
the next day Workshop.
This II the, way the astonished
French people describe how the Ameri-
cans have suddenly constructed huge
establishment here, turning what was a
pinA forest into warehouses and then
turning these into vast and busy CEN
ters for the huge mass of army sup
plies on the way to the front
0ievres 10 sort Of halfway point.
midway between the coast and the mr.
Ing line. and IL the central supply de-
pot OF the intermediate zone. Here
things are sorted and arranged as they
come pell-mell from the ocean ports
In vast miscellaneous masses just out
OF the holds OF steamers, food, guns,
clothing, barbsd wire, medicine, carrier
pigeons. refrigeratsd beef, rolling kitch-
ems. and all the conkiomeration Of sup
plies needed by million men. Every
thing must be, in order before 1t goes
forward to the advance zone where the
fighting IL going on. and this Is where
the order is brought out OF the seeming
chaos in this tidal wave OF army goods
sweeping in from America.
The Gievres depot has been laid in
elongated diamond-shape, and COM
pared to baseball diamond. It Is seven
miles from nome plate to second base,
and two miles across from FIRST to third
base. Within this enormous diamond
are eighty huge warehouses and scores
Of other buildings, some OF them OF un-
precedented magnitude. One of these
is refrigerafinS plant srivaling those
in the Chicago meat estrict. When we
went into II today K-s&d over 10000. :
900 pounds Of frozen rIeef.--enough to
feed 100000 men twenty days
Everything csntss,ed Here.
This Is only one deA I'll OF the vast
depot Of the intermediate zone with
it's miles of buildings and yards stack
ed with soldiers food, soldiers cloth
ing. ammunition and ortfI ance stores
of all kinds. medical supplies. soldiers
libraries, furnished BY the American
Library Association, and all the Y. NJ.
C. A. supplies sent TO It's countless
branches, for everything for the army
is centered here before it goes forward
to the men.
The yards are on the same vast scale
as the warehouses. with stocks Of coal
half a mile LONG and eighty feet high,
Ia comforting assurance for the
warmth Of the troops next winter
and miles Of baled hay for artillery
horses. Shovels and wheelbarrows
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
Yanks Sho,0 Skill
in Keeping Close
to Retiring Huns

Correspondence Associated Press.]
With the American Army in France.
Aug. $40 hang to the heels Of
retreating army and keep pegging
away 1t him day after day is not an
easy undertaking. even veterans.
when tho Germans recrossed the
Marine nngthWard, bound, with the
Americans not far behind, various
units Of the American army were
called upon for operation in this kind
OF warfare for the first time. But
even German prisoners taken by the
!. Americans gave credit to the Yankees
for their spirit Of persistence and mar
veled at their ingenuity and recuper-
alive abilities.
Field operations for the Franco Am :
ericanj offensive virtually were COM
pleted in . night. One American d.
vision marched all night,part of the
next day and that night, and went into
action at daylight, July IS. Other d.
visions accomplished similar tasks
equally as strenuous. several OF them
! coming some distance and the boys en-
jcountering strange terrain which ap-
peared to stimulate their thirst for ad-
venture as they went on and on not
knowing what to expect next.
The me didn't know exactly just
what the schedule called for-that is,
they hadn't been told officially. Even
captains and lieutenants say they
were not notified formally of the at
tack Observation-Disclosures is the way an
army works-but like their men they
had pretty good idea of what was In
store for them, or rather of the sur
prise that was in the makeg for the
Germans. 49,
when the Americans, in conjunc-
ton with the French. started the Of
fensive that morning and kept going
until the Germans reached the Vesle,
automatically began the tasks OF the
various departments in keeping IN
touch with an advancing army and
furnishing it with ammunition. food
4 and great stores ofsupplies which only
armies need.
Several times while the advance was
at its height 1T became necessary for
certain American division head
quarters to move ever day or two. ON
number Of occasions the- divisional
officers moved their headquarters once
ever twenty -four hours for three con-
secutive days.
To establish an officer with teie-
phone connections And provide work
ing room for various assistants, with
their clerks and typewriters and quar-.
ters for different individuals OF the
department one morning, and Their
move on the next morning and, in the
mean while, to keep -up with IMPORT
ant and rapidly developing work at
battle front, is but one of a Thousand
or more routine details with which the
commanding officers had to contend.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
CARE FOR REJECTED MEN.
Conference TO Consider Assistance to
Be Given 1ubercuIar Soldiers.

New York, Sept. 1S.-How to solve
the problem iWesented by thousands OF
men rejected by draft boards or at
camp. or discharged from the army on
account Of tuberculosis, Will be the
chief question taken up at the north
western tuberculosis conference to be
held in Spokane, Was.., on Sept. y
and %. That announcement was made
today by the National tuberculosis
Association, under whose auspices the
conference will be held: The seven
states of Washington, Oregon, Montana.
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah ana Nevada
vii, be presented at this gathering, at
which army officers. federal, state and
local officials and tuberculosis and Red
Cross workers will lay out the con-
crete measures needed TO restore these
rejected and discharged men to health,
self support and usefulness.
The northwestern states, the an
nouncement points out. must assume
respor spbility FOR the condition OF large
numbers Of these men. At present
boards of health tuberculosis-associ
tions and the civilian division OF the
Red Cross III these states are receiving
from the surgeon general Of the army
thru the medium of the National Tu-
;berculosis Association, the names and
addresses OF all men rejected or dis
charged at camp as tuberculosis. Fol-
lowing a CO. operative plan these sew
eral agencies are endeavoring to get
into touch with all such men and to
provide treatment for those who need
it.
Is Tho substantial progress Is being
made, this tier Of states. the assocla :
ton declares is still somewhat back
ward in attacking this problem, so far
as the tuberculosis societies are con-
cerned. At the Spokane conference
the difficulties in the way will be con :
sidered and practical means Of obtain
ing maximum results in future Will he
worked out.
Among those who will speak on this
subject are Mai. Ralph c. Matson. o.
Camp Lewis, wash; DR.. B. ]. Lloyd
of the United States public health. SER
vice, Seattle; frank p. Foisie. director
civilian relief. northwestern division,
American Red CIoss, Seattle: DR.
David r. Lyman, Wallingford, Conn,
president Of the National Tuberculosis
Association. and Dr. Charles j. Hat
field, OF Philadelphia, the associations
managing director.
Another spscial topic OF the confer.
cnce Will be the reduction OF tUbercu-
losis among children, in connection es.
pecially with the children's year drive
of the federal children's bureau and
the movement known as the modern
Ihealtli crusade In which close Y
/, O0O, 600 children are enrolled. Tut
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

Red Cross will take an active part in
the program.
Mrs. =. b. Buchanan. executive sec
Rotary Of the Washington Association
for the Prevention and Relief of Tu-
bcrculosis, Seattle is secretary of the
conference. DR.. Christen Quevli. Ia
coma, Wash. is president.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
Can Now Eat and Sleep in Comfort

II troubled with indigestion or sleep
lessness you should read what Miss
Agness Turner, Of Chicago, H.. has to
say: "oY/rwork, irregular meals and
carelessness regarding the ordinary
rules OF health. gradually undermined
1t until last fall l became wreck Of
my former self. | suffered from con-
tinual headache. was unable to digest
my food. which seemed TO lay as a
dead weight on my stomach. ! was
very constipated and my complexion
became dark. yellow and muddy as J
felt. Sieeplessncss was aided to. my
misery. and l would awake as tired as
when went to sleep. heard Of Cham
berlain's Tablets and found such relief
after taking them that kept up the
treatment for nearly two months. They
cleanscd my stomach, inyigorated my
system. and since that time can eat
and sleep In comfort. am today eli :
!! ..:s!!y ;w$s!!!! ..-!Adyerti.e.nent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
WILSON 70 FIX COTTON PRICE.
Will Act After Quiz by Board-Hits at
SbecuIation

Washington. Sept. 14.-President Will
son announced yesterday that fair
price for raw cotton will be fixed il
that should be deemed necessary after
the committee to be appointed by the
war industries board has completed its
inquiry into the general cotton stu
alton.
During the investigation separate
committee of three soon to be named,
will buy cotton for the use Of the
United States government and the
allies at prices to be approved by the
president.
Since most OF the cotton OF the coun
try is required for war uses, this gov
eminent buying is expected to stabilize
prices, N e.
The presidents statement follows:
1.-THE demand for hiEh grade cotton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
CrImean War.

The Crimean war occurred In 1853
IS, between Russia on one side and
the allied forces Of Turkey, France
and Great Britain on the other. 1t
grew out Of dominating and aggressive
claims by Russia. The war took Its
name from that 1t was mainly waged
in a Russian peninsula on the border
Of the Black seq. strip of country
called Krim or Grim by the Russians
and Anglicized as Crimea, pronounced
Crim-e-a, with the I short rs In Grim
inal and accent on the second syllable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
EcoroImy.

Tommy" said the fond mamma. lis
It not rather extravagant to eat both
butter and Jam on your bread at the
same time 2"
"Oh.. no, ma, was Tommy's reply;
.i i. :::e.s he sc me piece
OF bread does for both. 4 A,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

The first characteristic of q good
and wise man at his work is to know
that he knows very little; to perceive
that there are many above him wiser
than he; and to be always asking
questions, wanting to learn, not to
teach.-RuAkin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

Fully Aooo,eoo Msw Enssssd In "Nhsls
Time" laber In Kingdom.


Correspondence Associated Prces.l
London, Sept. 2.--Frully 6.0o0, 900
women In the United Kingdom are en-
gagged I'm whole time work. much OF
which, In ono way or another. is es-
sential ta the war" Harold BeShie. an
English journalist and novelist. writes
In a London newspaper. I'm three
years SCI 900 women were added to the
payrolls OF Englaad's munition FAC
tories he asserts.
Incomplete, figures which ne had
compiled showing the number OF
women In various trades and occupa-
tions follow:
Metal, chemical and textile
trades ............ ,..,....z,'os'ooo
Admiralty. dockyards,
ordnance, etc. ....,........ 2lo,ooV
Finance. banking. commerce. >g4S. 900
Transport. including trans ;. 1ll,O00
Local authorities service 49,. $4,000
Agriculture mot including
isis recr,i,ts) ............. $4,000
uosn,,a,s $1,000
Civil service CncludirS post
office $3.50. .....,,,.,.,,.. l9",VVv
Hotels. ,oyerns. theaters. etc. 100000
In addition, there are nearly 100000
women employed in a service of a mill
tary nature, such as the Queen Marys
Auxiliary Corps and the Women's
Naval Service.
our Amazons,' Begbie says. have
saved W.. 1--WE could not have con-
tinued the struggle without their help
They have not only enabled millions OF
mon to be enrolled in the army: they
have doubled and trebled the national
output of munitions OF war.
Behind tn pretty girls In attractive
uniforms. who are doing most useful
work. there are millions of women toH--
ing in the sweat of their brows' rom
morning to night at work either 80
hard tina. 4, was thought before IVA
no woman could perform 1t, or 80 dan
gerous that no man ever dreamed Oh
asking a woman to do. ..
The spirit in which these women
have come forward TO take the place
of men is beyond praise. They have
been a steadying influence in trade
disputes. They have shown the utmost
courage in moments of danger or panic.
Many of them are doing either exceed
insly hard work or extremely mono
tonous work. Their physical endurance
has eruaIled their powers OF nervous
resistance to fatigue. Their morality
has been superior to that of men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
s;ne.r. cr.tl,tud,.'

Mrs. William Bell, Logsnsport, Ind,
writes. st deem It my duty to express
my gratitude for the good Chamber
laih.s Colo and Diarrhoea Remedy did
me when I hadia severe attack OF diar-
rhoea three years ago. It was the only
medicine that relieved me."-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16
Ll.... rhinr. IL Majority.

Really the most fortunate people In
this world are those who can get lots
of comfort out Of everyday little
things. for we find good many more
little things In life than big ones.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

defeat and enable them to put out
peace tentative based on the plea that
stalemate exists on the western
front"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

When you have Baekaehs the iiwsf
or kidneys are sure to be out q
gear. Try Sano!, It does Afcndsfss
for the liver, kidneys and biadd er,
trial soc bottle win convince YOU:
Get it ut the McBrids = WILL I1ssag
store. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

The average weight OF the Greenland
whale is 100 tons. equal to that OF
eighty elephants. or that OF 400 bears.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-16

Statue Of General Kirby Smith.
This bronze statue OF General kiroy
Smith, famous confederate leader has
been installed in statuary hall at the
national canttol. It OILS contribution
from the state Of Florida.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-08-10
WAR DEPARTMENT
BUREAU GROWING

WASHINGTON, D. c.. August Il
When Mr.. Emmett ]. Scott, secretary
of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute, was called to Washington
last October to serve as Special AS
sistant to the Secretary of War, he
Immediately requested the Depart
ment of Commerce to release Mr.
William H. Davis, who for many years
had been performing stenographic
and other technical work in that De
partment of the Government, and who
for many years has been official stem
ographer of the National Negro Busi-
ness League. Mr.. Davis was accord
ingly released and has been serving
as secretary and first assistant to Mr..
Scott since the beginning of his work
in Washington.
The office force was later enlarged
by the addition of Mr.. Charles A.
Wilson of Boston. Mass, a stenog-
raphic helper, and within the last
few weeks by the further addition of
Mr.. Charles L. Webb, of Chicago, ILL.,,
stenographic helper, formerly sta
tus clerk in the United States Gen
eral Land Office. Interior Department
and Mr.. r. w. Thompson, the we'll
known correspondent, who has been
transferred from the Treasury De.
partment to serve as an assistant in
handling the many intricate problems
which come to the office of the Spe-
cial Assistant, whose bureau looks
after matters affecting the interests
of cOlored soldiers and colored citi-
zens generally during the period of
the present war, and is acting in con-
junction with the Committee on Pub
lie Information and other agencies O
the Government in the important work
Of stimulating the continued loyalty
of colored Americans.
The duties involving upon Mr..
Scott have grown steadily in volume
and gravity and it has been neces-
sary to steadily increase his office
force to keep pace with the over
whelming mass of correspondence that
flows daily in the office and to prop
erly care for the welfare of the hun
dreds of cases that constantly press
for attention and touch every possible
phase of the activities of the colored
people of the nation.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-08-10
CLOUDBURST AT
RAY DAMAGES
MUCH: PROPERTY
Colored Citizens Of Ray Suffer
Most In Flood Which Sweeps
Over the Town
Especial to The Tribune)

RAY, Ariz., Aug. S.-Tuesday morn
ing about 8 o'clock the elements
seemed to open and flood of water
was poured upon the town of Ray.
The colored people all live right down
in the bed of the creek, and when the
torrent of water came down it took
three houses. Two belonged to Nose
Davis and one was owned by Anthony
Smith. Every house in the camp was
damaged to some extent by the flood.
Fortunately no lives were lost, but
the property loss is great. The ex-
tent of the damage done the colored
settlement has not been determined,
but it is known to exceed $1,000. We
are busy clearing away the debris and
have little time to write. A detailed
account will be given in next weeks
issue.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-08-10
RED CROSS NURSES
ARE -PREJUD|CED
AGAINST COLOR

Does not the very fact that the
120 white nurses and internes of the
county hospital of Los Angeles threat
en- to strike If colored girls are ac-
cepted for training, make evident the
dire necessity of Negro Red Cross
nurses?
These nurses object to working
with Negro nurses and such time
as this, too. when black men are
making the supreme sacrifice on the
altar of Liberty and Justice that these
white women may retain their chas-
tity and freedom.
Are the wounded hearts of the
wives and mothers of those men who
are seeking only the right of minis
tering to the wounded of their own
race to be torn again by the fury of
race prejudice?
Again, it is conceded by every sur
geon that after the poor MANNED body
of soldier has passed from the op-
Grating table, his life lies in the hands
of the nurse. Imagine this black boy
being attended by one of these white
nurses whose aversion to a black
skin is so great that she cannot even
train with Negro nurse
Just so long as our hearts are
wrung by the departure of our boys,
just so long are we Negro women to
yearn for the chance to nurse. and
comfort our boys and to relieve the
Negro hating nurse of the odious
task which to us seems but "our won
derful bit were we but properly
trained And is it Just to deny us
that training because our skins are
black?
Helen Harper Vance
Phoenix tribune., 1918-08-10
STUDENTS COMMANDER
AT TRAINING CAMP

WASHINGTON. D. c.. August =
Lieut.. Russell Smith has been de-
tailed as commanding officer of the
Washington Student Army Training
Camp just opened on the Howard Uni
versity grounds
Lieut.. Smith is native of Coving-
ton, Va, where he was reared and
received a rudimentary education in
the public schools. He enlisted in the
10th United States Cavalry and served
with Troop B of that organization
thirteen years. He saw foreign ser
vice with the gallant 10th Cavalry
in the PHILIPPINES and in Mexico. He
attended the Reserve Officers Train
ing camp at Fort Des Moines last
year and was graduated, receiving a
commission as first lieutenant His
most recent military service was at
Camp Dix, where he served ON de-
tail with the 153rd Depot Brigade
and with field artillery regiment at
that station His commission and
assignments have been earned by dill
gent and meritorious service.
The Student Army Training Camp
at Howard is for the instruction of
representatives of colored colleges
throughout the land, to the number
of 300, who will be given intensive
training in military science and tao
tics for a period of forty-seven days,
after which they will return to their
respective institutions to train others
in the work which they have learned.
Provision has been made for the for
nation of a student army corps which
will be advantageous to the national
army when the young men are eventu-
ally called to the colors. Many colored
schools are taking advantage of this
training offered at Howard Univer-
sity.
Phoenix tribune., 1918-08-10
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love him. that he's the only man in the
world you can think Of
Clip little articles from the papers
and magazines and enclose them,
things that have interested you.
Send photographs-un pic
lures of everything and everybody he
knows. of grandma, and the grocery
store, and the dog, and the children,
and yourself, and Bill and Jim and
Tom and Susie, and all the rest Lit
tie snapshots you take yourself are
best. No matter what he writes you,
do not allow yourself to be hurt or
worried; keep up the cheer; by the
time he gets your answer he will have
forgotten what he said; he will only
see the brightness you send him.
Every letter you write. say to your
self. it may be the last he will get, and
you will want to make it the kind that
will put smile in his soul
And keep on writing. whether you
get answers or not So you will be
doing your bit, for him and for your
country. You will be putting pep into
soldier of humanity. i,