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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

letters sent to some training camp or
other In this country were forwarded
to the great central A. II. Il. post office
In France, Mt Tours. and there held
until the addressee could be located In
France. 1t Is estimated that 100000
letters month were delayed on this
account. Captain Frazier points out
that 1t is necessary that every soldier
should notify his correspondents at
once when he Is assigned to definite
unit In France.
Delays in the delivery OF mall
which cannot be avoided are likely to
occur mt any time during period OF
great activity and secret movement of
troops" Captain Frazier explains.
where the success of troop move
ment on the front depends upon Sc
crecy mail cannot be sent to members
of mobile force until the troops are
established at the selected designation.
Whether the delay be OF hours or sew.
eral days It must be accepted as =
military necessity.
Some Letters Just Miss Ships.
Every care Is taken to expedite the
mail for wounded men In hospitals.
The only delay Is that which Is abso.
lutely unavoidable. A wounded man
may be sent from one hospital to an.
other, and even to several before
reaching n permanent base hospital
There is no delay whatever I'm mail
sent home by or for wounded men.
"Only two causes OF delay have oc
Cured at the port OF embarkation In
this country. One Is the posting of the
letter just too late to make the trans.
port and with week ensuing before
the sailing OF another transport. The
other cause Is the limitation placed
upon ocean transportation facilities
and lack of information as to the DIES.
tination of ships.
Unless the military port sofricer at
the port of embarkation knows where
steamship IL going TO land, mail can
not be sent by that steamship. This
defect has been cured by war de-
partment order which directs that the
information as TO destination be fur
nished to the military port officer. One
of the most puzzling things to the pub
lie has been the frequency with which
letters were received In France of
later date than letters that came after
ward. One explanation Of this Is that
the postmaster of the port of embarka-
ton has been assigned definite linn
tied cargo space. If 1000 bags were
ready for shipment and he could get
space for only 800. 1900 bags would
lie over, and these might include let
tiers written previously to letters In the
800 bags"
All in all, Captain Frazier sees
great improvement in the service and
predicts n constant betterment-if the
people at home will use care.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
YANKEES
ENTER FRANCE

are fleets OF ocean traffic. transports
conveys, torpedo destroyers. patrol and
fishing boats. sail.steam auxlllarles--
craft OF every possible relation to the
sen. One day you may count scores of
ships, and the next hundreds. Mys.
terry covers the flight and return Of
these interallled shuttles of steam and
steel.
Follow the splendid roads TO Brit
tany. by fragrant pasture lands. You
VIII Ind air stations where American
flyers are hidden. guarding the en-
trance OF the English channel. helping
with convoy and patrol to make the
U-boat menace n nullity.
Welfare Work.
On the way back. stop mt one of the
clearing houses of the troops. Let us
choose 1.-THE Barracks" Familiarity
called. There are 1900 men here. II
has housed troops since Napoleon's
day and before.
As you stand ut the door OF the Y.
nj. G. A. canteen, your view takes In
a vast field, all In monotones, brown
earth, brown tents. brown men against
background of green. under a bowl
of silvery blue.
The American flags are flying free
over the French casernes. Men. glad
to stretch their sen legs. are drilling.
playing ball, running. walking. The
bands play gay melodies. So great Is
the rush for the canteen supplies that
the doors have to be closed frequently
to facilitate the waiting.
A bugle note sounds high and clear.
Instantly every man on that immense
parade ground Is at attention while
La Marselllaise" and "The Star
Spangled Banner" are played.
Fathers and mothers ask what well
fare work is being done at this port
for their sons. The Y. NJ. C. A. is busy.
Ii aims first to attract and then hold
the boy until corrupt influences are
nullified.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
BEGINNINGS Of Great Things.

On July 20, 1S47, the first electric
magnetic locomotive was exhibited and
operated. The exhibition was made
in the town hall Of Dover, N. H., by Its
inventor, Moses G. Farmer. 1t carried
several people. who were doubtless
the first passengers transported on a
railroad by electricity In the United
States Farmer lectured upon the in
vention ar various Eastern points,
after which he opened telegraph Of
fee, where he devised the well-known
fire alarm apparatus. AS early as 1850
Professor Farmer predicted, among
other results, the talking exactly as
we talk today by telephone. and he
also saw the feasibility Of electric
traction by means Of the storage bat
terry and trolley system now In use. He
also invented flying machine. but
his sudden death prevented his bring
ing 1t before the world.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
"Duration Of War"

The phrase duration Of the war" Is
more poked about in England than In
America.
"You will realize how philosophical
we are become out here" an officer
writes to the Evening News, when I
tell You that we have just been In.
vited to enter team for divisional
football competitlon-to be an annual
event.
my men seem very keen. especially
as cup Is Offered. / suggested, quite
gravely of course, that winning three
times would mean Keeps and they
cordially acquiesced."
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

lain is supposed to be sacrosanct. Bn
everyone knows that to the Hu" the
safeguards of the Geneva convention
0re as obsolete us the Sermon On the
Mount Is To them.
A Brother to the Wounded,
The hospital is one of the principal
fields for the chaplain's endeavors. AS
one chaplain puts 1t: ''In the hos
pital. they can't get away from me-"
But there Is more powerful element
I'm the chaplain's success among the
sick boys. AS soon as they feel help
less. they reach out involuntarily for
friendly hand. and II Is rare for a
man in hospital not to be glad to
see the chaplain.
The most impressive story I have
heard was given to me by friend OF
mine who Is a chaplain. He had be-
come greatly interested In one OF the
men who was seriously Ill and not ex-
pected to live. Every time the chap
lain came to see him. the fellow would
ask him to "say just one little prayer,
won't your? Toward the end they
thought that he would be delirious.
But he was not. The chaplain came,
aud the soldier whispered his Gus
tomary request for prayer. The
chaplain prayed. When he had I'm
ished he asked:
"Dld you understand me then,
GrayT
EYES," the dying mas whispered. Il
understood. I can understand anything
about God. It's wonderful"
Those were his last words.
The army has learned that men may
worship God in different ways, but
they all need the same kind Of broth
ering. So the army chaplain looks
after all his boys alike, whether they
have faith or whether they have
none. He knows. better than any
other officer. that Uncle Sans boys
are not mechanlsms. but men. Because
he comes so close IN touch with the
human side of the army he Is In po-
sition to stimulate that morale with
out which fighting men are powerless
to win battles.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
Why He Would Not Build.

1t Is I'm n Jewish legend that Methu-
selah declined at the age of six hun.
dred or so to go to the trouble of build
ing a house because the Lord answered
his question as to how much longer
he had to live, and the patriarch de-
cided that three hundred years was
too short a time to warrant him in
making the exertion. Undoubtedly
Methuselah preferred his tent and was
ready to grasp at any excuse for stick
ing to 1t.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
Amusing Trick Is Simple.

on. Of the most amusing tricks in
fireworks Is the serpents egg trick,
where little pellet when lighted turns
into horrible snake, 'many, many
times the size of the pellet. How
nwe-inspiring II Is TO the youngster!
Most people have no idea what in the
world causes the snake to appear. The
explanation Is simple. Mercury sui
pho-cyanid burns with voluminous
ash. The little pellet is nothing more
than some mercury sulpho-cyanid.
The heat causes the ash to move Off
81 quickly from the burning pellet that
II writhes and dlstorts itself into the
shape of miniature snake.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
Japanese Ceremonial.

Calming earth's spirit, ceremony
peculiarly japanese, which is supposed
to date from the time Of the first EN-
peror Jimmu Tenno, was recently per-
formed at the site Of the shrine erect
ed In memory Of the late Emperor
Mutsuhito. 1t was conducted with
and was attended by the ministers OF
state and high officials. The signifi-
canoe Of the ceremony, which usually
Is performed on a lesser scale before
the erection of any building In Japan,
is that OF publication Of the land,
homage to the deity of the earth and
the destruction of any evil spirits that
may exist.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
t4oosIer narbers "oo un.n

Elkhart' Ind.-No more viii Mr.
General Public stroll into Elkhart bur
her shops, dlvest himself of hat nnl
coat, climb into the chair, get hl,
shave, hair cut, massage and "tonlc'
ana expect TO get away with change
enough left out Of n dollar bill to pnr
chase two-fer. BARRIERS In ElEharl
have revised their scale Of prices. ard
as result hair cuts will be 80 cents
and shaves 20 cents, with messages.
shampoos and so forth up In proper
ton.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
Historic Sionals.

Our books on naval history which give,
In terms of flags. Nelson's signal at Ira
falgar, will have to be brought up to
date TO include In Morse dots and
dnshes, the immortal "St. George for
England" OF Zeebrugge. Our japanese
allies will be the first to note the fine
watchword for Togo, an intense ad-
mirer of Nelson, employed variant
OF the Trafalgar signal in the great
sea battle with Russia. Said he In his
report: II ran up this signal for all
the ships in sight: The fate of the
empire depends upon this event every
man Is expected to do his utmost
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

There isn't trench deep enough on
the battlefield to conceal nil OF the
eight feet one inch OF Bernard Coyne,
the twenty-one-year-old giant seen In
the photo. or course young Coyne IL
not worried overmuch about 1t, be-
cause he figures there will be no more
trench fighting anyway. II he ever
gets n wallop at Jerry" or II he ever
lays eyes on the kaiser himself, oh.
boy! there Is going to be a funeral In
Germany due to the strength displayed
by the youngster. Young Coyne has
just registered mt Des Moines. In. In
the picture are Il. ID. Van Meter Mt
the left of the giant. ana Samuel wy
mer OF the United States revenue
Office directly under the Outstretch-
ed hand. Young Coyne has been
growing rapidly for several years.
He was over six feet tall when he
was eleven years old. His greatest
years growth was Az inches. He add
ed 2a inches during the past year.
Coyne wears No. % shoes. and other
articles OF apparel equally as large.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
The Pipe Of Peace.

What Is the magic of n corncob piper
No matter how peevish or irritable
my husi and may be, when he is smok-
Ing his Missouri meerschaum he will
do anything ask. Couldn't something
about rorncob pipes be put In the mar.
riage mpny?--Philadelphi Public
Ledger.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

The mail Of more than $4,000 SOL
diers In France Is delayed and per-
haps can never be delivered because
of incorrect addressing. While delays
due to this cause and to the fact that
the military authorities have objected
In some cases to furnishing civilian
postal authorities with information ms
to the location of troops have been nu-
merous and disagreeable, nevertheless
Captain Frazier maintains they have
constituted small part of the service,
which amounts TO the delivery of l.
100000 letters "A day to the troops
abroad.
Three Weeks the Average Now.
Delays caused by military objection
to furnishing location OF troops are
now being cured in measure by CIV
ing such information to army officers
directing the mail service. Military
mail officials are now provided with
transportation facilities that were de-
MED to the civilian service. Only In
exceptional cases does 1t take more
than three weeks for n properly nd
dressed letter to reach soldier In
France who Is attached to an organ
lied unit of the army. The great mass
of letters to and from the expedition
AIRY forces come and go on time"
One OF the causes of delay has been
duplication of names. Another has
been that hundreds OF thousands of
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
HUNS TAKE POLISH TIMBER
Germany Is Devastating Forests Of
Poland for It's Own
War Needs.

Copcnhagen.-Germ Is devastat.
ing Polish forests for her own war
needs. In Il protest printed In the
Glas Narodu, Prof. j. McrOzowicz
stated that Of 2100OO acres OF nation.
M forests In Russian Poland prior IN
German occupation more than one.
third has been consumed bJ Germany,
largely in rebuilding that plrt of Ca-,
mnny invaded by Russia ia 1914.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
HADN'T Quite Understood.

Melbourne tAustralia) criminal court
recently when slightly deaf juror
was being sworn. The judge repeated
to him the words. II swear by Al
mighty God so To do" Wherein the
,Cyyman declared. ~ swear by AL
mighty God I'm sorry for you'll"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
MONEY FOR SHOWS AT FRONT
Theater Managers Promise Stars and
Pledge Benefit Performances
in Every House.

New York.-Theatrical managers, at
a dinner OF Americas Overseas Thea
ter league, pledged S150,000 to enter
tain the men Of the army ana navy
and each one promised tI urge stars
under his management to give two or
three months of their time to perform
nnces at the front. In connection with
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

the announcement that some theatrical
units sent by the league had already
arrived in Europe, 1t was stated that
benefit performances were being ar
ranged for every theater In the c0un-
try. Fifty entertainers n month viii
be required 10 carry out the leagues
overseas program.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
Cheerful Man Always in Demand.

Give us. o give us. the man who
sings ut his work BE his occupa.
ton what II may, he Is equal to any
Of those who follow the same pursuit
In silent sullenness. He will do more
In the same tlme--he will do II bet.
ter-he will persevere longer.-Car-
lyle.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
WILL GET MAIL
IN THREE WEEKS

Observation-Disclosures or made
quate addressing is the main cause
for delay In the delivery of mall to
soldiers In France, according to Capt.
Frank Il. Frazier, assistant director
Of the A. Il. +. postal service In
France.
Captain Frazier suggests that every
person writing to soldier In France
follow the following model:
:: Return to Stamp.
4: Mrs. Walter Smith.
: - Street.
4: Boston, Mass.
+. Private John Walter Smith. Jr..
: Co. l., 102d Infantry.
/: Via N. Y. American IL. II.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
One Exception.

at is not true that IN III wind
blows nobody good" How do you
make that OutT' isn't an III wind
good for the doctors?"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11
Out OF Siuht.

Some men mysteriously disappear.
and others marry famous actresses
AtchisOn Globe.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

He serves his party best who serves
his country best.-Ruyherford b.
Hayes.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-11

The entire school board OF Medford,
y. j., is composed Of women.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
Substitute for Tea.

1T is said That there are now on
the market as a substitute for tea
the leaves of a plant which Niebuhr
described as long ago as 1775. The
plant is the Catha edulis, or Arabian
tea, which is cultivated or grown wild
on the East African coast from Abys-
sinia to Natal, in the Nile valley, and
in Arabia. The leaves are called by
the natives kat" and when boiled give
off a liquor which is said to be
a powerful stimulant. The natives
drink this tea before starting on long
marches or other strenuous labOrs.
The tea is said to have pleasant
aroma and to be useful against neu-
ralgia, while in many regions the
plant is considered to be a protec--
ton against plague.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
WAR DEMAND FOR PLATINUM
Is Essential in Production of Sulphuric
Acid, indispensable in Manufac-
ture of Explosives.

Two universally known products
one rare metal, the other common
acid-have lately assumed Importance
that is mystifying to the laity. Plati-
mum has become virtually the king of
metals, and sulphuric acid the king of
chemicals. The reasons for tlfS are
most simple. Platinum is obtained
chiefly from the Ural mountains. Owing
to chaotic conditions in Russia, little
of it is being mined. 1t is absolutely
essential in the manufacture of sui
phuric acid. Without a small amount
of it being present, oxygen, water and
sulphur dioxide will not unite chem
hand, was probably the most indis-
pensable product used in the prosecu-
ton of the war. It's tremendous affin-
ity for water made it vitality important
in the manufacture Of high explosives.
For instance, one obtains fairly
harmless liquid by mixing glycerin and
nitric acid. IL Sulphuric acid is added,
it combines the two chemically by
taking an atom of hydrogen and one
of oxygen from the nitric acid, an
atom of hydrogen from the glycerin,
forming water, and taking it unto it.
self. One then has nitroglycerin. In
similar manner sulphuric acid is need
ed for the manufacture Of guncOttOn.
and INT. Thus we had the pecu-
liar cycle of circumstances that made
it unpatriOtic for an American to have
in his possession more than an ounce
of platinum in the form of jeWelry.
Incidentally, however, there is said to
be good reason for the belief that a
very large proportion of the so-called
platinum in modern jewelry is COM
posed wholly or at least in part Of
cheaper metals.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
IN THEIR LAST LONG SLEEP
Beautiful Spot in Which Have Been
Laid American Soldiers Who
Died in Liberty's Cause

On the wooded slope of a steep hill
the River Seine lies a little plot of
earth that is as much America as is
the national cemetery at Arlington or
the hallowed ground of Gettysburg. Tt
is a quiet and peaceful spot, for. al
though Paris is near-the slender pin
nacle of the Eiffel tower is in plain
view over the treeS-the city is Sepa-
rated from the American cemetery at
SurnesneS by the green eXpanSe of
the Bots de Boulogne. The heart of
the city that is the heart of the world
is not five miles away; you would
think it at least fifty. 1t is a spot far
removed from war, and yet there are
enough of the accoutrements of war
about it to remind the visitor that the
700 graves here are the graves of sol
diers-mOstly of soldiers who died of
their wounds on the journey in from
the front or at one of the hospitals in
or near the capital. Further up the
slope frown the ramparts of the fort
of Mount Valerien, one in the chain
OF QoI0nSoS CndC surround PdflS. DuF-
ing hostilities planes flew from field to
field, the drone of their motors never
so clear as in this quiet countryside.
And more warlike still, an occasional
cannon shot echoed from a testing
ground in the neighbOrhOOd. The lit
tie cemetery itself, with its we'll
aligned rows of white wooden crosses
will some day be as green and fair a
Gods acre as any in France. 1t is
becoming so as fast as the loving
hands Of the living can convert it into
one. Even in these fresh fall days,
the graves are all abloom, and hardy
shrubs add a touch of somber beauty
to the little corners and round points.
Stars and Stripes, Paris.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28


'1S pagan holiday, and that
those who do render thanks
q will do so not as a heather
l-SsN1 philosopher, bOasting that he
is not as other men, but in greater hui
mility because he has perhaps been
more greatly blessed than others.
Outside of the many material bless
ings that have come TO the American
people during the past year, which are
good in so much as they contribute to
wholesome human happiness, there is
reason for the people of this country
upon this Thanksgiving day to be I'M
usually thoughtful concerning their
place in the world, and to remember
how this eminence has been obtained.
Who can look back and not see the
band of Providence shaping the des-
tiny of America? This liberty which
is the marvel and the hope Of the
world today was set up on these shores
by GOdfearing men-the pioneers who
inaugurated this very Thanksgiving
holiday. 1t was for the love of the
service of God that liberty was estab-
lished in America, and it was this lib
erty that has been the basis of our ma
tional greatness and which is to be
the political salvation of the world.
America cannot look back upon its
history without seeing God, and by
taking thought cannot fail to acknowl-
edge it's gratitude for all his benefits
With that stage of our development
passed we are now permitted to enter
upon that new era when America par
ticipates in abolishing tyranny and in
justice, ever hateful to God, and to
carry to the oppressed nations of the
world those principles of liberty
through which our own chief blessings
have come.
This is the supreme service that one
nation can render to anOther-tO safe
guard the liberties of its people. In
this momentous time the burden of our
Thanksgiving this year it seems should
be that we are to be chief among the
ministers in working out the Divine
purpose to have all men-Greek and
Rarhariau-frQo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-28
All He Had Left.

The conjuror was giving a sleight
of hand performance. One of his feats
was to make a marked dollar bill dis
appear in the sight of the crowd, which
he did successfully.
"That marked dollar bill will be
FOUND in the vest pocket of that gen:
tleman,' said the conjuror, pointing
with his magic wand at Sam Lawsing.
All eyes were riveted on Sam, who
advanced to the front, took some
money from his vest pocket and said
"Boss, here's your change, Alive
had two beers and cigar out of that
dollar you told me to keep in ma
pocket till you called for it."