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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-24
France, Nov. "a, 1918

France, Nov "a, 1918.
Dear Father: Today is Dads day
and every soldier in A. E. F. is asked
to write their Dad a Xmas letter so
here is where I write my dear old Dad
a letter, but my paper and ink is so
poor | cannot do very good writing,
but if you can read it is all | care about
Well, father we have now won the
war and given the Germans what you
told to give them, and we have
showed them that we were not TO play
with. Well | have gone through the
ers have been with me and Ted, and
may we hope that they will be with
us the rest of our life and that we can
soon meet face to face and with a sea
of love and cheer brighten our good
old home that waits to welcome us
home. | have not heard from Ted so /
don't know where he is, but / am in a
little village not far back of the firing
line, but I am safe and feeling fine and
hope that thsi letter will find you all
the same at home.
We was just going up to do our bit
in big fight when the word came tina.
the Germans had laid down their
guns, and bells begun to ring and the
white flag came UP to greet us that we
were soon going to be free once more.
and now we sit around the fire at night
and talk about the home are going
to have when we get back, and we are
just full of business, and every soldier
wears a smile on his face. They seem
to have forgotten that they are in the
army
Well we have had hard time Of l.
I would not have wanted to been no
place else than in khaki with the rest of
the boys, for now | can say | have done
my bit and you can be the proud father
of two soldier boys who have done
their part to help wni this war and you
have the right to feel proud and you can
be sure that we feel proud of dear old
Dad too, for he sure is a good old
Dad, and I will always have a good
word for him. At night we sit and talk
about our life when we were little boys
at home, and how our dads used to get |
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-24

PVT. CARL E. NELSON,
$40 Battery Trench Artillery,
L L
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
GENERAL ORDERS
BY LIEUT.. WIN. r. SHIELDS
Camp Upton

Camp Upton
/. TO take full charge OF this my
post
And guard It well at any cost.
3. To walk It as = soldier should,
With bearing military, good,
Observing well and hearing, too,
All things In earshot or in view.
3. TO make report II rules that I
Am to enforce be broken by
No matter whom; represent
Americas great Government.
4. To keep alert while on pa- beat,
And calls from distant posts re-
peat.
s. To stick to this my post-not
QUIT
Till I'm relieved in manner At.
6. TO hear. receive, obey, pass on
To him who takes, when have
gone,
The post held, ali orders that
From my Superiors gat.
Z. To hold my tongue-no useless
talk
VIII I indulge In while walk.
8. In case OF IRE or strife, lest harm
Result, to give at once alarm.
9. To let no one commit or be
A nuisance on the post see.
10. Should something new and
strange befall,
The Corporal I'll promptly call.
IL. All officers I must salute,
And colors cased not; no recruit
Will / resemble-full of pep"
Shall be my movements and my
step.
IL. To be, especially at night,
Both keen OF ear and sharp Of
sight,
And don my post with watchful
care,
To keep a ceaseless vigN there,
Allowing none to pass unless
I know he ought to-I'll not
guess,
But be assured before let
The challenged one advance, you
bet.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
BOXING PREPARES MEN
FOR CRUCIAL MOMENT'

An interesting account of the metR1
cd used In teaching boxing to the men
Of the Eighth Division at Camp Fre3
mont, Palo Alto, California, as basis
for their bayonet training is related
by H. Wilfred Maloney. camp athletic
director, in o report to DR.. Joseph ~
Raycroft, chairman of the athletic Dis
vision Of the War Department Coma
mission on Training Camp Activities
The report follows:
"A series Of boxing lessons-16 10
al1-was drawn up consisting pri1y
cipally Of blows and parties and en2
failing footwork that would coincide
with bayonet drill. Emphasis was
placed on the control of the lower
limbs and the coordination Of the
eye, hand and foot. which are vitality
essential In the development OF Z
good bayonet fighter,
"a school for boxing was inauS
gurated and given the same place In
the military routine as the bayonee
and grenade work. The instruction.
covered Q period OF two weeks, at the
end Of which the members of the
classes were returned to their untt4
az instructors. These men started In
at once to teach the men OF their coufs
mands to box by arranging company
tournaments In which every one had
to take part.
1.-THE company tournaments were
followed by regimental, battalion,
brigade and finally division champion4
ship bouts. 1t is estimated that more
than $4,000 persons saw the finals
In which between five and six thou
sand soldiers participated.
mo one will ever know, except
probably the enemy, to what extent
boxing has developed the efficiency OF
the Eighth Division" the report con-
cludes. when these men are asked
to give their all in another fight they
will not be found wanting They-will
have learned many things in theft
friendly bouts with their comrades
that will serve them in good stead
when the crucial moment arrives"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
sBLACK HATTIE" TELLS
or PERSHING'S BOYHOOD

Though Time has whitened her
hair. her skin retains the rich hue o.
polished walnut and her fingers have
lost NO skill LIP frisking up such com
Done and fried chicken % haunt the
memory.
Kansas City knows her % Mr.. Gil
lam. But In time agone she was
"Black Hattie Lewis" and those were
the days when she used to attempt TO
spank little "Jack" Pershing and get
Kicked on the shins for her trouble.
LAclede, Mo-, the town which gave
birth TO Americas field commander,
still remembers her a. ''Pershing's
Black Hattie" And she remembers
John quite we'll. She even has heard
that he's In the army, though mot
being much Of o reader, she has little
notion Of his rank or Just where he's
stationed. Even detailed. explana-
tons have left her curiously unemo-
tiopAl.
'Blaek Hattie" glanced back over
the years and declared that John was
Q terror" and such he win relnaln,
90 far O. she Is concerned.
''Oh. my SOUL" uuoth she, you
couldn't make nothin' Of him. II you
slapped him he'd hit you back-yes,
he would! II I slapped him to-day
he'd bust me tomorrow. don't care
how little slap It was. he'd get It back.
"He was full Of tricks. Always in
to eomethin' all the time. His brother
Jim was more blond and quiet, like
his mother, but John was O terror.
lone time he made little sled and
coasted 1t down hill-right smash in
to me-on purpose. And teasei He
used to sing q colored folk song Just
to get me mad. Something about
comm from the cotton and the corn.
I can't exactly remember 1t, but II
sure made me mad. and he knowed
it."
John was particularly averse to
putting good clothes on, according to
BLACK Hattie" He used to protest
In fights and kicks, she said. Fur
thermore, he didn't like to get up In
the morning.
II used to wash him and dress him
and send him to school," she ex-
planned, "and he said one time he'd
kill me-sure didl Used to call me
niger. Oh, he was full OF tricks.
had TO night with him all the time.
Seemed like he was always work
in on something, though. Always
busy. He was what call ambitious
always doin' lot Of tricks. Kick
me on NAH shins, hit me with stick
he'd get 1t back on you. I never
got the best Of that John, no time.
II remember him just . little after
he went away. He'd come back to
town In summer time. They said he
was awful smart. They said he was
smart In school, too.
my sister worked for the Per-
shings. too. They was fine people;
always had help round the house. II
John sees the paper with this in, he'll
know who It II. Guess he ought to
remember me, the way he used to
lambast me around!"
KAN THE KAISER TO KINGDOM
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
SAY, TELL Us is THIS LAD ALL THEREq
PERHAPS HE BLAAfEs TT ON 1.-THE l.IR!"

My proud
bird picked the Signal
My pals In that section
today
it's FranceYe GODS watch
take the
Gothas come Huns! Wen teach guns
snucks It's no use gatng until into
So week. Oh Boy I've got to learn
stun they talk about when those French
on then Sn you heroes ALL to where Jack Pershns the ba
the
boob IN show who's Yankee rubel
Helas! heas I'm there q
week until we start? Say. Mister Baker, a
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
you WILL FIND

Trench and Camp mighty interests
ing reading" when you get back from
cover There" The best way to if1
sure the safety of all your copies Is
to send them home regularly. Your
mother and other relatives will be
delighted to receive the news of your
camp.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10

And mo matter how mamy were
solling about I'm the eCuppers kinktng
up the oesOphagus, there were always
enough present who cOSlld nibbIo on
fneiR supply Of crackers from the cam
zen and get o Mt<ao questionable bar.
AAony out % "Who's Going 60 Love
You When I'm Gone1'.
ON sRIPRoARb ANYBoDYs
POUR suO0T
AND, BMI1EvN US. OLD CAP.
em, Y0U NEED md
S4sp9s suss Sgtsdis would be : good
time % profnotS 4 remnant sale.
r 4sck ipaes siilised ses ha3mocf
oo1n ono pfas.tAs AFTER taking q
80 . Ground 49, be captain 4 he
:: :''s| IL IT,, x: : !; r d
He turned org Ell previous txadi-
o4a regarding The snktchAng Of set.
oral healthy wSMk1 aSsSe nrSS call
o1Fgsg M!kESN nAys OUT
SzdsS fazis h5assg&s ~ -
And whe9 some ccppeesmitA hap.
>neAa IN And declares that he removed
bis cl0thing and docs While he slept,
everyone wond@S e hQ expects 30
@ske . tEy foe Ne Nobnlty aftsf he
Yes issst sossrsgy get Sssd 10 . f,w-
And II ycu removed yoar shirt
you'd feel % strange 40 o civilian I'm
b cantonment city.
Aftev yos get tkree0A sletpiMg 90 &k;b-
koerd 0W SOS kavt 70 DO SS 90 ysua4 ab
90 yow ere 5wllS $rs&ored feg tie dsy's
Ak10jeWtD.
ALL THE sEA.DOGS sAY THERE
10 NO CLOSED SEASON ON COOTs
LES.
A-hsxtis0 ne Wsli 90.
ONE SOLDIER, JUST BEFORE
QEBARKING, TOOK ONE FOND
LOOK AT HIS MESS KIT BEFORE
BE CHUCKED IN IN HIS PACK AND
THRILLED THE FIRST LINE OF
s'THE ROSARY,
1.-THE HOURS I'VE SPENT WITH
THEE, DEAR HEART~-4-.M
"Yos've fse-lOok;ng soldier" Nor
eoH deeiGred. "Ye9r face Is 80 thin It
tUonld hold q svseks rain.
Never nsi1d," Stanley yetoy.ed. IF
the Germans eyer e0Mght yoH they could
q"sp.tote yoyt nose and use 1t for q
fosvder h0sN,s
And about that time the quartet
rushed In with:
"You'n be washed Of all your sins
or else youth drown"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10

KAN THE KAISER TO KINGDOM
KUN.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10

"Yos've a fss-look;ng soldier" Nor
eoH deeiGyed. "Yger fdFe Is 80 thin 1t
SUould hold q wseks Yai,p.
Never niMd," Stanley yetoysed. IF
the Germ0ns eyer caught you they could
q~spntote yovt nose and use 1t for q
fosvder hoyn.s
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10

And about that time the quartet
rushed In with:
"You'u be washed Of all your sins
or else youth DROWN"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10

And mo matter how mamy were
solling about I'm the sCuppers kinkms
Up the oesOphagus, there were always
enough present who coNld nibbIo on
fMefR supply Of crackers from the cam
Ten and get Mt&lc questionable bar.
NAony out q "Who's Going g Love
You When I'm Gonef's
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
oGFTaT rJ HHb al A. 6gsr eyT
E kaaR3alls2:M.3]f:EStss MH It'd fc ST re F.

and when some coppersmitA hap.
De- IN ind declares that he removed
his cl0thing and docs while he slept
everyone wondGgN e hQ expects b
eeke . try FOE Ne nobnlty after hs
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10
A-hs~sisg ne svsll 90.

ONE SOLDIER, JUST BEFORE
QEBARKING, TOOK ONE FOND
LOOK AT HIS MESS KIT BEFORE
BE CHUCKED IN IN HIS PACK AND
THRILLED TIE FIRST LINE OF
ssTHE ROSARY,
1.-THE HOURS I'VE SPENT WITH
EHEE, DEAR HEART--A-.1
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-10

ALL THE sEA-DoGs sAY THERE
% NO CLOSED SEASON ON COOT.
les.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
REPUBLICANS ARE
QUOTED ON ISLAND
|. BY PRES|DEN7" CRY
SENATOR THOMAS, IN SENATE,
CITES SPEECHES OF REpuBLL
CAN LEADERS IN 1893.
QUOTES NEWSPAPERS ALSO WHO
ADVOCATED SAME POLICY AT
THAT TIME.
FLAYS REPUBLICANS WHO oP-
POSE DEMOCRATS SUPPORT
ING ADMINISTRATION.
Especial to THE WORLDLY

WASHINGTON, Oct "a III it was
orthodoxy in 1898 to preach politically
the Republican doctrine of standing
by the President. it is not heterodoxy
today for the Democratic party to do
the same thing. Every reason exists
today in multiplied form which exist
cd then for the recognition. above
everything else, of the administration
engaged in the supreme task of wag-
ing war against public enemy"
With this as his theme Senator Charles
s. Thomas, of Colorado, today chided
Republican leaders who have attack
ed as unfair the Democratic campaign
cry of Stand by the President. and
who, at. the same time, are fighting
Democratic senators who have sup
ported President Wilson in the pros
ecution of the war.
For or Against.
Speaking in the Senate today he
said: Zone thing is absolutely GER
tain tits that one of the great politi-
cal parties as a party sustains the
United States administration It is that
another of the great political parties
does not sustain the administration in
so far as a common interest is con-
cerned. With regard to domestic af-
fairs the conflict is perpetual 1t must
follow, therefore, from an outside
standpoint, that an election that does
not seem to support, but ON the con-
trary seems to be a disavowal of an
existing administration must be re-
garded as in conflict with it, if not in
enmity with it."
Quotes Colonel Roosevelt.
Senator Thomas quoted Colonel
Roosevelt. who, when a candidate for
governor of New York in 1898, said:
"A refusal to sustain the President this
year will, in their eyes (The eyes of
Europe) be read as a refusal to sus-
tain the war" Colonel Roosevelt. at
that time had excellent company,
Senator Thomas continued. Former
President Harrison, pleading for the
election of a Republican congress on
that occasion, was quoted by the Phil
adelphia North American as saying II
the word goes forth that the people
of the United States are standing sol
idly behind the President, the task
of the peace commissioners will be
easy. But if there is break in the
ranks, Spain will see in it CLEAN
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
DRIVES OUT THE
ILLS DATING BACK
TWENTY YEARS
Mrs. J. B. Welty, Eloquently
Tells How Nerv- Worth
Does the Work.

Long-standing and deep-seated all
ments these, but let Mrs. Welty tell
how at the cost of dollar they dis
appeared. She wrote as follows to
her Martinsburg, w. va, druggist:
2. G. Shepherd want to tell you
what Nerv- Worth has done for me.
/ have suffered with nervous head.
acheand indigestion for twenty years
and hape tried all kinds of medicine
but there has none done me as much
good as Nerv-Worth' has. I have Ia
ken one bottle and feel ONE HUN
DRIED PER CENT BETTER. can
highly recommend Wentworth and /
am satisfied it will cure ME.
MRS. u b. WELTY.
32S Spring ST., Martinsburg, w. Va.
q. G. Shepherd sells Nerv-Worth in
Martinsburg. Your dollar back if this
famous family tonic does not benefit
you.
Neighborhood agencies: Robert Glib
son, Shepherdstown; Miller's Yhar-
macy, Charles Town.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25

OF hope and a renewal of hostilities
will follow. More war may be neces-
sary to. secure TO us what we have
won
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
MAYOR TONK|N NOT
TO RESIGN OFFICE.
WILL NOT TENDER RESIGNATION
AS HEAD OF CITY GOVERN
MENT.

Although he will soon report for
service in the medical corps of the
army, Mayor Fl. G. Tonkin will not
resign as head of this city's affairs.
This the mayor stated today
1t is the intention of the mayor to
hold the position and in case the war
should end soon to resume his official
duties in this capacity.
Tonight Mayor Tonkin has called
an executive session of the City Coun-
Gil, when some plans are expected to
be presented by him to the council.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25

OF hope and renewal of hostilities
viii follow. More war may be neces-
sary to secure TO us what we have
already won.'
Cites Lodge Speech.
Il wish now to quote from the lead
er OF the minority in this chamber, the
senior senator. from Massachusetts
chr LODGE The senator delivered a
speech on the sixth day of October,
1898. before the Republican state CON
vention and he is thus reported in the
Springfield Republican,. But there
lis one question on which I do desire
to say few words, and that seems to
me TO override others 1t is whether
we shall stand by the administration
and the President at this juncture. Ii
we give victory to his political OPP
Donents we say, not only TO the Unit
ed States, but to the world, we say
to the Spanish commissioners in Paris,
that the people of the United States
repudiated its result and repudiated
the man who has led VIGOROUSLY the
war and is now leading us back to
peace, William Mckinley That is the
great and oyershadowing question. To
my mind the hostilities have ceased,
but this war is not over There are
only two parties in the country when
there is a great question like this to
settle. One is the party that sustains
the American President who will do
his work well, and the other is COM
posed of those who do not
He quoted Senator Penrose who, in
1898, said: 1T is difficult to overesti-
mate the supreme Importance of sus-
tanning the President o. the United
States and the Republican party at
the present critical crisis in our for
eign relations.
Newspapers Advocated Same Policy.
Senator Thomas then turned to a
number OF newspapers, citing, among
those that had advocated support for
the President in the midst of foreign
troubles by the election of a congress
in sympathy with him, the New York
Tribune, New York Sun, Chicago
Tribune, st. Louis Globe Democrat, j
Kansas City Star, Topeka Capital, and
Seattle Post-Intelligencer These au-
thorities, he said, justified the Demo
cratic appeal to Stand by the Presi-
dent"
Flags Republican Opponents,
Turning to the action of the Repub-
licans in opposing Democrats who have
supporter the President, Senator
Thomas said: In Nebraska the Re-
publican nominee is. our colleague,
Senator Norris. If you remember cor
rectly, he placed the dollar mark upon
the American flag in a speech which
he made in this chamber about the
time OF our declaration of war; For
the purpose of uphoIding the hands Of
the Democratic President, Nebraska
Republicans are asked to support the
sitting member (Mr. Norris).
@Fhe Republican nominee for sena-
tor in the state of Kansas is the pres
ent governor, He is, or has been at
least, notorious in his pacifism. There
San be no question about the loyalty
of his opponent But Senator Thomps-
son is to be defeated, according to this
program. in order that his opponent,
Governor Capper, may come here and
uphold the arms Of the administra-
ton
Political Advertisement.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
IL care for the Needy.

This morning at 10 o'clock at Red
Cross headquarters the health service
men spoke at meeting of women Of
the city who are interested in any ar
rangement which VIII result in elm
mating the influenza.
At the meeting it was decided to ap-
point certain persons to canvass each
ward and report cases OF the disease
each day. and TO care for victims who
are not financially able to secure prop
er attention. For this purpose DR..
Claude Thomas was appointed to care
for the white people of the city who
are i'll and who are not able TO obtain
the services Of physician, and DR..
Gray was named to look after the sick
among the colored people.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
CITY CHURCHES
Continued from Page one.)

is no doubt but that the malady viii
be stampe dout, is the opinion Of the
mayor
The health men, too are asking the
public TO observe the regulations, to
avoid large crowds. evpectorating on
the streets, and TO do all in their pow
er TO end the epidemic.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
All Eyes Here s>-

We buy the best that we
can find in every lire and
we charge as reasonable
a price as present-day eondi-
ti0ns will permit.
It is hard to suit the
tastes and the appetites of
everybody who must eat
away from their own table,
but we pride ourselves that
we do it better than any
body else in town.
Come in and try some
thing when you are look
ing for the best place to
eat.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
Can Quarantine CITY.

DR.. Herald and Mr.. DeLand, who
have already surveyed conditions IN
the city and county. are on an inves-
tigation journey through this section.
They have the authority to issue or
ders and, il they are not obeyed, the
government has the authority to quar-
antine the city. Locally, however. it IS
not expected that any business man
or Individual will balk at the new rec
ommendation.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
5000 Cases in City.

During the epidemic about 5000 per-
sons were stricken, according to es-
Inmates furnished by Dr. Laura Keisk-
er. This. the doctor states, is not one
half of the population of Martinsburg;
and she warns that, if the epidemic
were to start on a larger scale, a great
number of persons who have thus far
escaped the disease, might be among
the stricken, and that deaths would
certainly result.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-25
Not Worse Than Others.

Today, when asked about conditions
in other towns which they had can
vassed, DR. Herald and Mr.. DeLand
stated that Martinsburg was not much
worse than many other towns of this
section. They named Moorefeld and
keyser as being tvs of the smaller
towns that were hard hit
The Carlisle independent., 1918-04-11

not say he wishes it according to Mir. Wilson's desire. "
 An official dispatch from France quotes the manifesto as follows:
 As Tn each year the Austrian people will leave of work the first of May and will make dem onstration in favor of aa eight hour day and also in favor of a general peac-. We are tired of war. On the universal fete day of the working class we shall mani fest for general peace. We want to show the leaders of our country that the mass of the peo- pie does not want violence shown the enemy nor does it want con quests (passage censored). but only want true peace of concil- iatioD and understanding. J
The Carlisle independent., 1918-04-11

Mr. c. s. Ayres, formerly of Carlisle. but now of England was in the city Tuesday looking after business matters.
 Prof. ". L. Frensemeier left Saturday for Baltimore where he has been called to run an cleo tric plant for the government.
 Mesdames E. M. Proctor. ". E. Lipe, J. R. Urton and Miss Halibess Proctor spent last Thursday at Hazen the guests of | friends.
 The Carlisle Telephone Com pany is showing it's patriotism by carrying a page ad for Liber- ty Bonds in thls issue of the In l dependent.
 Paul Bacus arrived home Sun day from Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Ill. for a few days visit with his wife and oth- CT relatives.
 Bill Thompson and Tom Bur nett were called to Little Rock this week on the post office rob bery case that occurred here several weeks ago.
 Mrs. James Patterson has sold S4, ,600.00 worth of liberty bonds since the drive started. We would like to have the reports of other ladies for next week.
 J. E. Deeter and E. L. Chap man made business trip to Lit tie Rock Tuesday in Mr. Chap mans car. Mr. Deetere say S Liberty Bonds are going like hot cakes.
 ] Now is a good time to place your order for printed stationery with the Carlisle Irdependent We are turning out a nice line of work as cheaply as it can be done anywhere.