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The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-01-04

II was - degrees below 10f0, Wa o0.
lieved to be the coolest town In the
country.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Of Labor Wilson IL III
from overwork on his long trip
through the West mediating labor dis
putes.
General Tasker H. Bliss viii be re-
tanned ON active service ~ chief Of
staff Of the army although he has
reached the retirement age.
There were twenty-one more deaths
In the national army last week than
during the week before. but forty-five
fewer In the national guard.
The Interstate Commerce Commit
tee postponed from Jan. to July l
the date on which locomotives must
be equipped with high power head
lights.
President Wilson directed that max.
imum prices previously fixed upon
iron ore. coke. pig iron. steel and steel
products be continued in effect until
March 81.
As the first practical step In the
governments operation Of railroads.
which began Dec. %. Director General
McAdoo drafted the railroad war
board into the government service to
work out plans of unified operation
and submit them to him for approval.
For seventeen minutes. shortly AZ
ter o'clock Friday morning. Dec. %.
the moon began to hide it, face In the
second eclipse Of the year. The earth
came between the moon and the sun
the first time in 1917 on Jan. The
year 1917 has been the first since 1905
In which there were seven eclipsos.
the greatest number possible.
The conditions surrounding Count
Czernin's proposals for . basis Of
peace cause officials At Washington
to feel some apprehension for their
sincerity. There is = great disposition
to feel that the object Of the German
plenipotentiaries 10 simply to protract
the negotiations ~ long ~ possible
without any expectation Of an imme-
date peace agreement with the dou-
BILE purpose Of leading the German peo-
pie to believe that their government
really 10 DESTROYS Of making peace.
and Of gaining time for the further
strengthening Of the German lines
FOREIGN
The Berlin papers dilate on the irn'
portance Of the Brest-Litovsk peace
negotiations and declare peace offer 10
free from lust"
There are persistent rumors at Pet
rograd that King Ferdinand Of Ru-
mania has abdicated In favor OF
Crown Prince Charles.
Marshal Joffre IL now an "immor.
tai" Members Of the French acad.
envy at Paris voted by . large majori.
ty to take the famous soldier into the
group known AZ "immortals."
Tho delegates Of the central powers
to the peace conference at Brest-Li-
tovsk agreed to = ten-day recess In
the peace negotiations. which will be
resumed Jan. 4 at . place not deter.
mined.
More than 800 members OF the Ger.
man minority Socialist party were ar.
rested on Christmas eve by the Cor.
man military authorities, according to
Zurich dispatch given out In London
by the Wireless Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
CHAPTER vi.


Fritz Does Little "Strafeing."
My outfit was one of those that saw
the Germans place women and chill
dren In front OF them as shields
against our fire. More than third Of
our men, should say, had been pretty
tough criminals in their own countries.
They always traded their pay against
handful Of cards or roll Of the
bones whenever they got chance.
They had been in most Of the dirty
parts Of the world. This war was not
such a much to them; Just one more
job In the list. They could call God
and the saints and the human body
more things than any boss stevedore
that ever lived.
Yet they were religious In a way.
Some Of them were always reading
religious books or saying prayers In
different ways and between them they
believed In every religion and super
stition under the sun, 1 guess. Yet
they were the toughest bunch I ever
saw.
After they saw the Germans using
the Belgian women the way they did,
almost every man In my company took
some kind of a vow or other, and
most OF them kept their vows, too, /
believe. And those that were religious
got moro so after that.
Our chaplain had always been very
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

were properly posted and were on the
job. A shell whizzed over his head
and landed just behind the parados
and the dirt spouted up like imagine
Yellowstone geyser looks.
Another officer came up to the lieu
tenant-a new one who had only
Joined the company about week be-
fore. They had walked about ten
yards when another shell whizzed over
them. They laid to and a third one
came. There were three in less than
five minutes, directly over their heads.
Then shell landed on the left side
of the trench and poilu yelled that
four men had got it. They were all
wounded and three died later. The
lieutenant went over to them and just
after he passed me a lad got 1t square
not far from me and was knocked
over to where I was lying.
The lieutenant came back and
helped me with the first-aid roll and
then the Germans began using shrap-
mel. The lieutenant was swearing
hard about the shrapnel and the Ger
mans and everything else.
Farther to the right shell had just
struck near the parados and made a
big crater and across from It, against
the parapet, was a young chap with
a deep cash in his head, sitting on
the IRE step and next to him a fellow
nursing the place where his arm had
been blown off. Our bread ration lay
all about the trench and some of the
poilus We're fishing 1t out of the mud
and water and wiping the biscuits of
on their sleeves or eating as fast as
they could. Only some OF the biscuits
had fallen In bloody water and they
did not eat these.
A young fellow, hardly more than
boy. stumbled over the parados and
fell into the trench right near the
lieutenant and the lieutenant dressed
his wounds himself. / think he was
some relation Of the boy.
The lieutenant asked him how he
felt, but the boy only asked for water
and smiled. But you could see he was
In great pain. Then the boy said: !:
,Oht the pain Is AWFUL. l am going
to die" eaess its
"You are all right, old man." the
lieutenant said. "YOu will be home
soon. The stretcher bearers are COM
Ing" So we passed the werd for the
stretcher bearers. a,s
Ia IN ir1s- - - - -
Then he took the water bottle from
the boys side and sat him up and gave
him some water. He left the water
bottle with the chap and went to
hurry the stretcher bearers along.
When he got around the corner of the
trench the boy was slipping back and
the water bottle had fallen down. So
I went over to him and propped him
up again and gave him some more
water.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

friendly with the men, and while I
think they liked him they were so
tough they would never admit Il, and
some Of them claimed he was Jonah,
or jlnx, or bad luck of some kind. But
they all told him their vows as soon
as they made them and he was sup
posed to be a sort of referee as to
whether they kept them or not.
During my second stunt in the front
lines things got pretty bad. The Ger
mans were FIVE to our one and they
kept pushing back parts Of the line
and cleaning out others. And the
weather was as bad as 1t could be
and the food did not always come reg
ularly. Now, before they took their
VOWS, every last man in the bunch
would have been kicking and growing
all the time, but, as it was, the only
time they growled was when the Ger
mans pushed us back.
Things kept getting worse and you
could see that the men talked to the
chaplain more and quite few of them
got real chummy with him.
One morning Fritz started in bright
and early to begin his strafe. The
lieutenant was walking up and down
the trench to see that the sentries
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

tween 70 and so degrees B., prefer
ably at 80 to 50 degrees F. Do not
disturb the film that forms, for this is
the true mother, the acetic acid bac.
terra which turn the fermented Juice
to vinegar. Do not exclude the air.
The acetic acid bacteria must have
air for growth. Taste the juice every
week, and when 1t is sour, as It will be-
come-that Is, doesn't increase in acid,
or when 1t Is as sour as desired
syphon off and store in kegs, jugs or
bottles, filed full and stoppered tight.
II this Is not done after reaching the
maximum acidity, the acid will gradu-
ally disappear and the vinegar will
turn to water" If stored in we'll.
stoppered, full receptacles, this cannot
happen, for the absence Of air prevents
this change.
If the directions are followed, espe-
clally as regards temperature, the
process will usually be completed in
six weeks to two months in cases
where only few gallons of juice are
used.
Apple vinegar may clarity itself
spontaneously, but If it should remain
cloudy and turbid, must be clarified to
make Incorporating product. A
common method is to store the vinegar
In barrels, undisturbed for q consid.
cradle time, and then track off," that
is, draw off carefully, SO as not to dis.
turb the sediment. This is repeated
several times, and usually gives
fairly clear product.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
CHAPTER V--contlnued.

never saw a battery better con-
cealed than this one. Up on the ground
you couldn't see the muzzle twenty
yards away-and that was all there
was 20 see at any distance. There
was q ruined garden just outside the
gun quarters, and while the gunuers
were there picking apples there would
be hiss and an explosion, and over
would so some Of the trees. or maybe
3 man or two, but never a shell struck
nearer the guns than that. The poilus
used 20 thank Fritz for helping them
pick the apples, because the explosions
would bring them down In great style.
Shells from our heavy artillery passed
3ast over the garden, too, making an
awful racket. But they were not in IT
with the "T5s-
They gave me 8 little practice with
q "75" under the direction OF expert
French gunners before I went to my
I4-inch naval gun, and, believe me, It
was a hne little piece. Just picture
70 yourself a little beauty that can
send 8 3s-pound shell every two sec
onds for five miles and more, IL you
want II to. and land on Fritz vest
button every time. There is nothing
1 like better than a gun, anyway, and
have never since been entirely salts
fed with anything less than "75."
As you probably know. the opposing
artillery in this war is so widely sepa-
rated that the gunners never see their
targets unless these happen to be
buildings, and even then it is rare. So,
since an artillery officer never sees the
enemy artillery or infantry, he must
depend on others to give him the range
and direction.
For this purpose there are balloons
and airplanes attached to each artil-
lery unit. The alrplanes are equipped
with wireless, but also signal by
smoke and direction Of flight, while
the balloons use telephones. The OBJ
servers have maps and powerful
glasses and cameras. Their maps are
marked off in zones to correspond with
the maps used by the artillery officers.
The observations are slgnaled to a
receiving station on the ground and
are then telephoned to the batteries.
All our troops were equipped with
telephone signal corps detachments
and this was very important arm
Of the service. The enemy position is
shelied before an attack, either en-
barrage or otherwise, and communica-
ton between the waves of attack and
the artillery is absolutely necessary.
Bombardments are directed toward
certain parts of the enemy position
almost as accurately as you would use
a searchllght. The field telephones are
very light and are portable to the last
degree. They can be rugged up or
knocked down in very short time.
The wire is wound on drums or reels
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

no BIG coNTENuHDa
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

and you would be surprised to see how
quickly our corps established COM
munication from a newly won trench
to headquarters, for instance. They
were asking for our casualties before
we had finished having them. almost.
Artillery fire was directed by men
whose duty 1t was to dope out the
range from the Information sent them
by the observers in the air. Two men
were stationed at the switchboard,
one man to receive the message and
the other to operate the board. AS
soon as the range was plotted out IL
was telephoned 20 the gunners and
they aid the rest.
The naval guns at Dlxmude were
mounted on fiat cars ana these were
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

Itthew Adams Service
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
Tomato VINEGAR.

In attempting to utilize the tomato
in as many ways as possible, 1t is not
uncommon practice, especially with
"tomatO club" girls, to make what Is
termed tomato vinegar" This prod
uct Is not vinegar, although it has
sour taste and to certain extent, as
in salads and for table purposes, can
be used as a substitute for vinegar.
1t Is really Tactic acid fermentation
instead OF acetlc acid and for this rea-
son is more like sour milk and sauer-
kraut juice. 1t spolls rapidly after
fermentation unless it is put into bot
ties, filed as full as possible, and
corked tight. After opening and ex-
posure to the air the product will spoil
unless kept very cold. In making lhis
product the juice is collected and al
lowed to stand in warm place fos a
few days. After 1t becomes sour It
should be filtered or strained and
stored In bottles filed full and corl.sd
tight. It is said that prodlcts OF this
type are being used as substitutes ttr
vinegar In Austria. There appears Is
be no reason why such product could
not be used in salad and ISeat dress.
ings with entire satisfaction.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
VINEGAR DoN,TS

/. Don't put the freshly ex-
pressed juice into old vinegar
kegs or barrels without thor
oughly cleansing and scalding.
2. Don't add mother" to
freshly pressed juice.
8. Don't add old smother"
from the bottom Of an old vine
gar barrel.
A. Don't put in cold cellar.
8. Don't store in full barrels
and expect it to make vinegar.
6. Don't put in too warm
place or expose to sunlight in
summer to hasten fermentation.
z. Don't expose to bright light
after adding vinegar.
8. Don't leave vinegar ex-
posed to the air after 1t is made.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

Two dIshpans instead of one make
dishwashing much easier. The sec
ond should be tiIIed with hot water.
and when the dishes are drained they
need only touch Of the. cloth to dry
them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03
DICTIONARIES VOW VENGEANCE WHEN GERMANS HIDE
BEHIND BELGIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

Depew author of the story tells of his service
the United States which he attained the chief
hrstclass world
receives his honorable discharge from the
with determination enlist
assigned the deadnaugh Cassad where his craftsmanship
his experience
Dlxmude.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

Depew goes aover the tops
and "gets" his first German In-a
bayonet fight. Read hIs story
Of this exploit In the nexs IN
stalIment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-03

Try washing the wristblnds ana
collars Of the mems shirts with a
small, stiff scrubbing bru,b. Lay
them fiat on the board, wet the brush
and rub It across the bar of soap,
then scrub the cloth with short strokes
Of the brush.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11
London Press Approves Presi,
dents Address on Peace to
Mexican Editors.

lUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, June 1.-THE London
press unanimously approves Presl-
dent Wilson's recent speech to Mex
lean journalists.
President Wilson has revealed
himself as the architect of the
worlds future the Daily News said.
THE loyalty of the United States to
Russia from which it has nothing to
gain, is one of the redeeming cpl
sodes of the war. When history is
written, Wilson will shine like a
beacon light in the darkness"
President Wilson's International
ism is so far away from mutual jeal-
ousies and diserust that it seems like
an unattainable dreamland," said the
Daily Express. However, it is a
bridge that can be entered with faith.
1t is something that Wilson's creed
has been accepted by the most vigor-
Gus and hardest headed people on
earth"
Great Britain and the United
States together can exert an unequal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11
YDA1S CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS KEOKUK NAMES

Purcell, Philadelphia, Pa; Privates
James A. Burns, Wausau, Wis; Leon
Campbell, Athens, Pa; Frank Cara
lunas, Tamauqua, Pa; Cecil G.. Craig,
Phillips, Okla; Paul F. Cross, Shelby.
vile, Ind; Joe F. F'rentbel, Canton,
Ohio; Chas. B. Hackney, Knoxville,
Tenn; Paul L. Hargreaves, Jamaica
N. Y: Zeed S. Honaker, War, w. Va. /;
Forest G. Johns. Ticonic, Iowa; Archie
Lackshire, Sawyer, Wis; VIM. c.
Lindsey, 1755 Mabel street; Ottumwa
Iowa; Cirenus E. McCary, Chief
Mich; VIM. P. McGrath, Cleveland
Ohio; Charles Maggione, Syracuse, N
Y; Edward C. Pitt, Rocky Mount, N
c.; Marion D. Thompson, Levering
Mich; Noel Troncy, SO Hallam St.
San Francisco; Victor Tuttle, Newport
Maine; Henry Urbanowski, Detroit
Mich; Edward F. We'll, Cleves, Ohio;
Paoset Zaico, Russia.
Died from wounds received in &C.
tom
Sergeant Fred s. Murphy, Framing
ham, Mass; Privates Dewey G. Burr
Bristolville, Ohio: Bernard Hurst
Oldenburg, Indiana.
Died of disease
Lieut. Edward Hines, Jr., Chicago;
Corporal Arthur H. Kuoni, Sauk City,
Wis; Privates Louis Jass, Horatio,
Ark; Louis Erwin, Bethel, Tenn; Al
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11
German Drive Avoids Spot Where United
States Troops Prepare to Meet
Any Blow.
0M|N0us QUIET NEAR CANT|GNY
Yankees in Lorraine are Eager to Take Part
and Equal Their Comrades Feats
on the Marne.

Mem IN charge Of transportation de-
clare the q boats have had absolute
ly no effect upon June shipments.
Their coming made these men grit
their teeth and say go ahead"
And this Is what they are doing.
Their theory was that any relaxation.
In troop and supply transportation
would be a confession Of weakness,
merely playing into Germany's hands.
However, more June tonnage is TAX
en- up with supplies than was in the
case IN May. This means June troop
figures prubahly wI1l be somewhat
lower than May f1gures-
On Tosh FROM
[By Frank J. Taylor, United Press
STAR Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
EN- LORRAINE, June ll-Both artif-
leries were increasingly active on the
Toul front yesterday evening and last
night. German gums attempted to
seek out number Of American posi-
tions, but were unsuccessful.
A heavy rain has caused cessation
OF aerial operations.
The Americans here are eager to
participate in the Dig fighting and feel
qualified to duplicate their comrades
feats in the Marne district
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11
Calls WILSON ARCHITECT
OF WORLDS FUTURE

ed economic pressure on the enemy
and compel the enemy to come
around to our ideas Of culture, peace
and world liberty" the Chronicle
said
1T is the only basis upon which an
enduring peace can be founded, the
Graphic declared
Pan-Ar1ericansnn.
WASHINGTON, June 11.-Pan-Am-
ericanism, a pact of all of the Amer
icas for self protective purposes is
advocated by President Wilson.
This developed today with the
authorized publication of President
Wilson's recent address to a group
of Mexican editors visiting here.
Declaring the Monroe doctrine to
be a case of telling Central America:
I'VE are going to be big brother to
you whether you want us to be or
not" the president said the policy
contained nothing that protects Mex
leo from aggression from u.s." As
result, the president declared he
had observed some sister republics to
the south were uneasy lest ''our self
appointed protection (Monroe doc
trine) might be for our own benefit
and our own interest and not for the
interest of our neighbors."
He then revealed that he had pro-
posed to the countries a common
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11
usy-sx Killed in Action,
aes Died of Wounds and
s'sf Eighty Wounded.

IsHITTeesgsLe u pTess Leased Wire Service !
sraaai.NsI;ToN. saa .s;Il June 11.-one hun.
tbs ,alrty s casualties were report. bort
follows; M eiiient today, dfvid-
~ isonn m xs.t action, twenty-six; three
kss. a th,s wounds; seven dead from from
cspsa, aree dead from accident , and
h; ses; ,ores; forty-eight wounded elue se'
emined. wounded, degree
Of tjsssard tsjasard Hines. 1r., Chicago,
\, Nsa Nsease S and Lieuts. Edm,snd Id
i Allan Ng~ York, aud James avu J. LAW.
an'a' We're wounded severe.
|ouota,.,ip 4, Previously reported Sinsnam. ssnara.
fded. Is now reported slightly
''.l list follows.
u oo n action
Pa. ralmadge W 1emsi; Gera1s Ian Ian.
hsb, R.,S. 2. G.; Mechanics Cecil
~'enwood. W. Va: Wm' "A. 4.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-11

eay Wood, United Press Staff
correspondent.l
HI THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
FIELD, June 11.-The new
II drive between Montdidier and
l. rapidly becoming the fierc-
most cruel battle Of the war.
k the Germans apparently are
nined to throw their last re-
In 4 supreme effort to sep
lie allied armies and reach
hefore Americas full participa-
NESTS from them the last hopes
pp.
Dady the steady flow Of Amerl-
lhIian and British divisions
anee, coupled with the terrific
Inflicted upon the Germans
March q, practically has wiped
e numerical superiority with
ths Germans opened the Of
certain that IL the allies hold
y months longer the Americans,
present rate Of arrival, will
Mem an incontestibie and crush-
Ipefiority.
I consequence the French are
ing In the battle with extreme
y equalied only by the prodiaal-
IA which the Germans are rush
their last resources.
onser is 1t a secret that the
d expected the present attack
sefe as fully prepared as effec-
and material would permit. ;.
likewise known that the Ger
Knew the French expected and
ed for the attack, yet, facing
eaW losses which such a situa.
necessarily must entail, the en-
|unnesltatlngly attacked. They
up reserves to replace their
until more than twenty divis-
100000 men) had been fed into
attle to date.
~" wings, where the French
ssseo'y holding out, villages
|.ou'eel!es have changed hands
wv nours, day and night, since
s"e began. The last carrier
!. rom lePIemont, which was
E.s.eIy ~ eneireIed, brought word
~ french there were still hold
tss a'tnoush they now possibly
0sen submerged.
(.,s .,sns ...as still are making their
\" effort in the Matz valley for
I co. Use of reaching the Disc
n m."tp'esne, thus forcing evacu-
.ne entire Noyone salient.
49,. q sne extreme northern point.
NJ. .". wood, on the east side of
80 ana Mount Renaud. on the