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The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
How Foch Saved Calais and Baked the
Hun.

Baked at the Marine, the German war
lords turned their attention to the chan
mel ports on the French CO asst. Calais lay
directly across the Cham ell from Eng
land. If they could capture Calais, Eng
land would have to send troops in ships
down the other side of the French coast
The U-boats would have better chance
to sink transports and drown men like
rats.
Foch was shifted to the threatened
zone. says William Heylger in the cur
rent issue of Boys Life. 1t was race to
see who would get to the coast first. the
Germans or the French. At Ypres Foch
found himself in advance of the German
flood With the same fearlessness that
had distinguished him on the Marne, he
threw out his forces and attacked. 1t
was on the eve of this battle that he ask
ed the army chaplain to pray-saying
that he had put all his trust in God. And
on the morrow the German flood broke
and Calais was saved.
At Dixmude, in the early days of the
war, after the Germans had been re-en-
forced and it seemed the French must re-
treat to the Somme River, it was Foch
who ordered his soldiers to open up the
sluices of that low country after his own
men had taken high ground. The land
was flooded and the German cannons
were begged. That stroke of the French
general spread CONSERVATION in the Hun
ranks for the time and the flooded land
scape presented an impossible barrier.
The water that Foch and his men had
loosed crippled the German hope of a
smashing victory.
"God gives me IDEAS" said Foch.
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21

Livestock subcommittee Of the Agri-
cultural Advisory Board, together
with special swine members ana tne
representatives Of the packers, to I'M
prove the present unsatisfactory stu
alton, which has unfortunately result
ed because of the injection OF uncon-
trollable factors.
We ask the producer to cooperate
with us in a most difficult TASK.
The members Of the conference
were:
Producers-H. c. Stuart, Elk GAY
den, Va, Chairman Agricultural Ad-
visory Board; W. M. McFadden, Chi
cago, III. A. Sykes, Ida Grove, la.
John M. Evvard, Ames, La. J. ii. Mer-
Ger, Live Stock Commission for Kan
sas; J. G. Brown, Monon, Ind; e. @.
Brown, President Chicago Livestock
Exchange; N. H. Gentry, sedalia, Mo. !;
John Grattan, Broomfield, Colo; Eu-
gene Funk, Bloomington, ILL.,; Isaac
Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. D.; c. w. Hunt,
Logan, Ia; G. E. Yancey, w. r. Dod-
son.
Food Administration Hoo
yer, F. 8. Snyder, Major E. l. Roy, G..
H. Powell.
Department Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
D. Hall, F. R. Marshall.
The packers present and others
sharing in foreign orders were repre-
scented by the elected packers commit
tee. Those represented were:
Packers-Armour & Co., Chicago,
ILL.,. Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago, Ill. /;
Morris & Co., Chicago, H.; Swift &
Co., Chicago, Ill. Wilson & Co., Chica-
go, ILL.,; John Agar Co., Chicago, ILL.,;
Armstrong Packing Co., Dallas, Tex. !;
Boyd Durham & Co., Chicago, Ill. !;
Brennan Packing Co., Chicago, ILL.,;
Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati,
O.; Cleveland Provisions Co., Cleve-
land, O.; Cudahy Bros. Co., Cudahy,
Wis. J. bold Packing Co., Buffalo, N.
Y; Dunlevy Packing Co., Pittsburg,
Pa; J. E. Decker Il Sons, Mason City,
Ia. Evansville Packing Co., Evans
vile, Ind. East Side Packing Co., East
St. Louis, ILL., Hammond Standish &
Co., Detroit, Mich; G. A. HORNED 4
Co., Austin, Mimi. Home Packing &
Ice Co, Terre Haute, Ind; Independ-
ent Packing Co., Chicago, ILL.,; Indian
apolis Abattoir Co, Indianapolis, Ind;
International Provision Co., Brooklyn,
N. Y; Interstate Packing Co, Winona,
Mimi Iowa Packing Co., Des Moines,
Ia; Powers Begg Co.. Jacksonville,
ILL.,. Kingan & Co., Indianapolis, Ind;
Krey Packing Co., st. Louis, Mo-. Lake
Erie Provision Co., Cleveland, O.; Lay
ton Co., Milwaukee, Wis Oscar Mayer
& Bro, Sedgwick and Beethoven
streets, Chicago, ILL., J. T. Mcmillan
Co.; st. Paul, Mimi; Miller & Hart,
Chicago, ILL.,. J. Morrell & Co., Ottum-
wa, la. Nuckolls Packing Co., Pueblo,
Colo. Ogden Packing and Provision
Co., Ogden, Utah; Ohio Provision Co.,
Cleveland, O.. Parker Webb & Co., De-
troit, Mich; Pittsburg Packing and
Provision Co., Pittsburg, Pa; Rath
Packing Co, Waterloo, Ia; Roberts &
Oake, Chicago, Ill. Robe & Bros, New
York City; w. c. Routh & Co., Logans-
port, Ind; st. Louis Ind. Packing Co.,
st. Louis, Mo-; Sinclair & Co., T. M.
Cedar Rapids, Ia; Sullivan & Co., De-
troit, Mich. Theurer-Norton Provision
Co., Cleveland, O.; Wilson Provision
Co., Peoria, Ill. Western Packing and
Provision Co., Chicago. ILL.,; Charles
Wolff Packing Co., Topeka, Kan.
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
I1e Your Kidneys We'll /?
=, - o.orle Know the Importance
by 'F'' n Healthy Kidneys

eltar the blood.
c,s kidneys ll It5 and nd day.
d 1% work 'l'g n. ave- impurities.
Weak kidneys a''0"
,ho,ld he neglected.
H. kidney VI 5io LANCER in delay.
TSera o0ss .rD.o1 vs. dizzy or worn out,
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
Eastern Steam ship Lines
INCORPORATED.
BANGOR LINE

Between Boston and Rockland, Cam
den, Belfast, Searsport, Bucksport, Win
terport and Bangor.
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
'''ept no More for Officers Schools.

lm5,,.,ni aYe gone out to the heads of
Ice ,b a departments to discontinue at
niss,o, 4toCeptance of applications for
mo N W me central officers training
rdog ~ H. oeciSlon has been reached re-
ess oIs ,ne classes now in progress at
al M S:aeeS' but it was intimated here
npete t fhsuuents would be permitted to
orders re, department has countermand-
& Cam mr. p ~ for an officers train
'nmodstsa a. On lamp am Fremont, CAL, to ac-
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
STEAD|ER HOG MARKETS PLANNED
Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Repre-
sentatives Of the Food Administration and
Agricultural Department and Adopt
New Plan Of Regulation.
New Plan Of Regulation.

In accordance with the policy of the Food
industry on occasions
Importance special branches Of the
Subcommittee m tho
representing the .r
o
time mot with tho
committee of the fifty packing firms
The o conference
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
b WISHED 70 BE TERRIBLE
...ot soobs. Seemingly So Gentle
~. 4sr- sss. inocuiated With
the Deadly Virus.

... .... Yrs the little old Boche.
.. r. rr vent through the
a. ... 3 faotSht which every
...-. .... PRISONERS starts in one
.. -..1 many. When first
'... uau of 10 new column, he
.m.. loGeulous-in contra
... .. fauboyant image the
y ruiers have tried to
... N~.i he was so small,
..r bis clothes We're so wrin-
a. ea> SO IiriY he ran so Gag
Co.,. f- tar.l compassion seiz-
a... 81. e.- wounded; he ran, en-
..... u aHl uf friend, and his
. .t weakly as he ran. He
,.5 .uwrted beard which curry
t.... ue end; he was about
Ar a., t...- ald he was the hum
Alas. ...u- tile man. He sat down
r ... he iugout entrance;
b.. ,loWn, but his head
.. 40 his small, narrow
5n .-.. .s and then his thin little
s-. .... rai-ht to the sky; and
-..,. ..fIlv pale. one of our
-.. to him and with long
f..g. I,t..lIS,n Tho cod
of lr earth, heavy with
..-.I. f.. .0 the shoulder was a
r.. Ou -Iiu& right down into
H.. t-la. later, when l passed
be- r.t. ia s4-on, lying dead on his
~ abandoned on the ground.
.. .a mingly in a last wab-
b.. .. r.r neck; his thin beard
a,. -. ,rp sky in a slender spiral
,..e- rot- lack slightly, We're the
d., tH .1II'> he seemed really so
.v ribs poor little old Boche.
fs ara IT The irony of the fate
aiH af peojpitated him into the
;a- H u0s gigantic adventure-he
1a t.- 'rpn meant so little for any
sir-r, me Of our hospital corps
ra ,jlo1 near, seemed to feel
>2- ...,. The poor little old fell
m hIje ] was carrying him."
p
7 vos by chance fell on the
III rs ON one finger was a
- sis0et Of that ring was
@r Ms .jzed by crossbones!
----. u'1 icing. in his own child
also to the best of his
-ht To be TERRIBLE
... .l..r ~ Golfers Weekly.
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21

A- lht>phate deposits on
M~H aHt island and Ocean
s - about midway between
/. I ID and Solomon islands,
D~'H.. rv Zealand. are said to
Dr. "- .a, vO1abie deposits of the
Ea. 70. world The islands, Of
cF have for ages been
ta -aa- 1T sea birds, which have
deno~'s hat has impregnated
u7 .-"-t inning phosphate rock
g ..4. 'Ir' The quantity Of
Yl'> "4'ahie is estimated at
~''F NH r~. and as fertilizer it
y -'-. ~ a the famous nitrate
ar.-' VT 'tH This phosphate pos
ss'' PER- cent If manurial value.
a. a--a+ ""4r = per cent Of the
Os>' f'E.a pho~phate, according to
'H"-N"H In New Zealand Dairy
Hl
6"..e war these islands belong
g IN 'ermnr but have since been
NA'h bl he British government,
.lI 9'" " is urged that they be turn
W over +" Australia and New Zealand,
0..- @"' If this phosphate is need
" wy H agricultural districts of
I~' 1850 Countries.
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
BELFAST AND BURNHAM BRANCH

On and after Sept. 90, 1918, trains con-
Meeting at Burnham and Waterville with
through trains for and from Bangor, Wa
terville, Portland and Boston, will run
daily, except Sunday, as follows:
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
WILL lARf WORK AT u. OF M.

III -y-'--e eAtTcises at the University,
4 NJ ''.e suspended, have been resum-
MI I- .l ''1eeata Army Training Corps
.rt .l,t1a- he military and academic
b s,. sl'lHo' Interruption regardless of
eeo "'''a''ee Major H. M. Halls has
In a AZ .aed by The committee on educa-
h f .a'. plans have been prepared for
% C l,-'' OIL the Students Army Train
N lofps under conditions brought about
L. ...o '' illSuce, which will be sent to
ss tss- we authorities as soon as same
" l's' authorized.
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21

cStops to leave passengers.
Fare from Belfast to Boston, $7.61.
M. L. HARRIS, Gen'l Pass. Agt.
D. C. DOUGLASS,
General Manager, Portland, Maine
The Republican journal., 1918-11-21
metropolitan Line.

Direct between Boston and New York
via Cape Cod Canal.
Service is being maintained between
the above points. For all information
apply to.
FRED W. POTE, Agent, Belfast, Maine.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
Great Home Army.

More than 100000 boys and girls
were reached through club work last
year, according to a compilation re-
Gently made by the United States de-
partment of agriculture, which super
vises this work in cooperation with
state agricultural colleges. OF this
number approximately 100000 made
complete reports, which show that
they produced and conserved products
amounting to $10,000O00. In the SO
Northern and Western states 840,606
boys and girls were enrolled. OF this
number 160,625 made complete reports
and produced and conserved products
valued at $3,7O0,000. In the South
there were 115,745 boys enrolled in
the regular work, who produced prod
ucts valued at $4,500,0O0, and 1906
girls, who produced and conserved
products valued at $1,500,000. In the
emergency club work in the South the
club leaders reached over 100000 boys
and approximately 100000 girls, who
produced and conserved products val
ued at more than 100000.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
Potash From Cement Dust.

Extraction of potash from dust is
claimed as a possibility. James d.
Rhodes, Pittsburgh manufacturer,
claims to have made the discovery,
and at his own expense has arranged
to erect large experimental plant adj
joining the plant of a cement company
at Castalia, O., for the purpose of ex-
perimenting for 100 days.
The Castalia plant is In the hands Of
a receiver and It was necessary to
get permission of the United States
district court before Mr.. Rhodes could
enter into any agreement with the re-
ceiver. This was granted.
Mr.. Rhodes said he could extract
large quantities of potash for fertilizer
from the dust and waste Of cement
mills that will be Of great benefit to
the country In increasing the supply.
1t is understood that the United
States government is watching the ex-
pertinent with interest.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
HAVE QUEER PETS
Lonely Men in Signal Tower
Welcome All Sorts.
cockroaeh That Likes Tobacco and
Drinks Ink Is One Vlsitor-Toad
Game Regularly for Its
Feast of Files.

A Boston and Maine railroad signal
towerman tells this story of pets he
has made in his lonely perch above the
tracks:
At midnight nine months ago a cock
roach crept out from under the tele-
graph desk and began to drink out Of
the inkwell; just about that time laid
my cigar down on the desk and began
to work the telegraph key.
The cockroach walked over to my
cigar and sucked at the moist end for
a second or so, then ran to the ink
well again and took drink, then came
back to the cigar; he repeated this
performance several times and stag
gered away drunk as a lord.
Every night around midnight for the
past nine months this cockroach has
drank from the inkwell on my desk
and either sucked the moist end of my
cigar or some moistened tobacco
place near the inkwell for him.
One of the boys found tiny musk
rat in the marsh back of the signal
tower one day, and he brought it into
the tower The muskrat became very
tame and proved most affectionate
pet. He slept on the desk near the
telegraph instruments for over two
years. Although he went out very
often. he wouldn't stay long, and
would scratch at the door until some
of us would run downstairs and let
him in. Unfortunately our pet was
killed by freight train while cross
ing the tracks near the tower one day.
After the muskrat died we brought
in tiny woodchuck that a trainman
had captured out on the line, and he
became very much attached to all of
us, and, like the muskrat, he became
very clever and amusing pet.
"Shuck" stayed with us two years, and
finally he disappeared one day. Pos
sibly some dog got him, or he may
have been crushed by train.
For the past 20 years an English
sparrow has nested in the caves of the
tower, and this sparrow flies in and out
Of the tower at will, picks up bread
crumbs on the floor and catches an 90
casional cockroach. What worries the
tower men is that our pet sparrow may
some day eat our pet cockroach.
Last year toad hoped up on to
the doorstep of the tower and sat there
blinking. One of the boys fed him
fly and the toad gobbled 1t in an
instant, and every afternoon all sum-
mer long that toad hoped up on to
the step and ate flies as fast as the
railroad men would feed them to him.
The boys took turns and fed him in
relays; the yardmaster said the boys
were neglecting their work to feed the
toad; but he became SO fascinated
watching the performance that he
caught flies for an hour one day and
fed the toad.
I'm afraid the toad will go hungry
this summer If he shows up, for we're
too busy moving war supplies to both
err with feeding pets around railroad
yard.
Every stray dog that ever wandered
into the ward has found haven in the
tower, and several filters of puppies
have been born there.
We've had cats galore; one cat in
particular was snake catcher, and
she brought in a snake nearly every
day.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
LITTLE CAST ASIDE
How Military Stores on Mexican
BOrder,Are SaEaged.
Nothing That II Is Possible to Repair,
or In Any Way Make Useful, Is
Ever Thrown Away as
Worthless.

The most extensive dealer In junk
on the Mexican border wears an olive
drab uniform, two bars on his shout
ders and a serious look, for business is
always rushiAg with Capt. Fred Fee
lix, Uncle Sans junk man in the cav
airy division here, writes the Fort
Bliss (Tex) correspondent Of the New
York Sun.
AS head of the salvage and reclama-
ton department of the general quar-
termaster depot here, Captain Felix
and his force of enlisted men are re-
pairing and salvaging supplies which
have been discarded by the United
States army In the border district.
Three warehouses, a part of the fort
machine shops, and lpg yard down
town, are used for this work.
Tents which have been torn by the
winds are repaired by men who have
been sailors or who have experience
in repairing canvas. Canvas cot COW
ers which have been torn are cut up
into small pieces and made into cloth
ing bags. These cot covers were for
merly discarded. A tailor shop has
been established where worn and torn
uniforms are repaired, buttons sewn
on, the uniforms steam cleaned and
pressed and returned to the owners.
Army shoes which have been worn
by many marches over the desert
sands near the fort are half-soled by
machinery, ripped places stitched, new
laces inserted and the shoes sent back
for further wear. Not a scrap of
leather is permitted to be wasted by
the reclamation and salvage depart
ment. Shoes too badly worn to be
repaired, and cavalry boots, are rip
ped to pieces and the leather used for
repairing other boots and shoes. The
scraps are then sent to market for use
in the manufacture Of composition
betting.
Recently Is meat grinders for pre-
pairing meat for cooking were con-
demned and sent to the reclamation
department to be sold for junk. In
stead, the parts were separated, reas-
sembled and five good grinders obtain
ed, while the remaining parts were
stored for repairing other grinders.
Broken parts were sold for junk.
Wagons, automobiles, tank wagons,
soup kitchens and every other kind Of
field equipment is received by this de-
partment Wagonmakers replace worn
parts of transport and ammunition
wagons with new ones. All automo-
bile parts are classified and crew Of
garage men repair the cars as they
come to the shops. Even tracks for
caterpillar~trucks are kept for repair
ing those big trucks which haul sup
plies over the desert.
Broken spurs, ragged guidons and
flags, eyelets from wornout puttees,
harness, saddles, the ropes and even
"bull whips" used by the army mule
drivers are salvaged In Uncle Sans
big junk shop here, and the govern
ment is saved thousands of dollars by
repairing army property which other
wise would have to be replaced with
new.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01

Judge Shields got a regular
bounding at the hands of his par
ty. He is charged with aiding
the son of a wealthy merchant to
evade the draft. The proof is pc
culiar, as the young man, j. V.
Verhine, aged 81, seems to have
asked only an extension of time,
Judging from his own letters pub
lished in the Hamilton County
Herald, of Chattanooga, the
young man alleging business de-
mands being urgent.that he get
more time, and stating that he
was willing to head the first
regular second draft call. " This
young man was the only son at
home, his brother being in France
in the u. S. Service.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
Stole Sugar by RucketfuIs.

Sugar thieves employed an ingenious
method the other day at Launceston,
Australia. A quantity of sugar had
been bought for export but, ships not
being Immediately available, it was de-
cided to store the stuff at the port. Ac-
cordingly huts were built on the
wharves, but as the decking had shrunk
somewhat, tarpaulins were first laid
down, and then the sugar bags
placed on this. The doors were
locked, and Waterman placed In
charge When the time came to empty
the sheds the bottom tier Of bags
were found fiat and empty, with a slit
in the under side. Each slit CORE
sponded with one in the tarpaulin d.
rectly over spaces in the planking. The
method of the sugar thieves was SIM
pie. When the tide was about half
way up the piles, boat was taken
under the wharves as near as possible
to the stores, and then it was only q
matter of crawling over the ties, knife
and bucket in hand, until the right
spot was reached.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
GOOD POINT.

Kindly paste this fact in your
hat and look att long and well
before casting your ballot next
November: Had England built
up her local industries by a Pro
tectiye Tariff, las Germany did,
she would have been immune to
submarine attacks and this war
would have been over long before
now. American Economist.
The above from the American
Economist is a pretty good point.
1t simply shows that a country
with a protective tariff builds up
and is Independent of other coun-
tries. This may be called Ger
man materialism by some, but It
is simply the development which
follows sane business methods
A country where the manufact-
urer prospers is bound to be a
success, and not dependant on
other nations for substance for
it's people, for they are independ-
ent, enjoying the result of their
mutual prosperity.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
Red Hill.

| Sfst.aItO tie Mans.
Mrs. r. L. Myers is here visit
ing relatives. She is from Mont
lake, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Pickett call
ed on Jim Station Sunday.
Misses Emma and Irene Rob-
erts spent Sunday with Miss
Georgia Gam.
Miss Beulah Hixson has been
visiting at Tracy and reported a
nice time.
A large crowd. attended Sun
day school Sunday.
Our school began today with
Mr.. Henry and his sister, Miss
Verna, as teachers.
Miss Hettie Standifer is teach
school at Sulphur Spring this
year.
Clyde Hixson called on his
best girl Sunday evening.
Some of the girls are very
much worried because their best
fellows have gone to war. We
hope they will come back soon
and bring the Kaiser with them.
Miss Myrtle Holloway enter
tanned number of Young folks
Wednesday with a dinner and a
party in honor of Charlie Shirley
who left Friday for training
camp.
Miss Nellie Bray has been sick
the past week, but is better now.
A crowd of young folks attend
ed church at New Hope Saturday
night.
Mrs. M. M. Chadwick spent
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Lee
Penley. Two Chums.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
ENCOURAGING WORDS
FROM TRACY SUBSCRIBER
Editor News:

Editor News:
| am glad you are going to contin.
ue the publication of the Se1uachee
Valley News, notwithstan ding the
very obnoxious postage law recently
enacted. Yes, we will all help YOU
to retire John A., if we can find ont
he worked for or voted for the law.
My time will be out the 10th day
OF August, and am enclosing a one
dollar william. Am always glad to
get the paper, as we get news from
SO many places, written by your cor
respondents. will have to give
"Lone Star" of Dallas, Tex, and
peggy" Of Ringgold, Ga, the praise.
] just can't can't keep from hunting
for their pieces first when | get my
paper.
Best wishes to the editor, readers
and all the correspondents.
ISAAC BROWN.
Tracy City, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01
DOGS on the Battlefield.

Experiments made In the training
of dogs as messengers with the ar
mics in the field have, 1t is stated,
given satisfactory results. The dogs
which have proved most receptive
under instruction are chiefly half
bred collies and retrievers. A rather
poor breed Of bob-tailed sheep dogs
has also done well. All have been
trained to perform their errands
during heavy firing, both rifles and
guns. They can be fred over as
easily as the ordinary sporting dog.
and, what is quite another thing, they
will face fire at close range. Many
have shown amazing skill In getting
over. under and through all sorts of
obstacles, including wire.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01

Reports from the war are very
encouraging. American troops
are marching forward into terri
tory once held by the Germans.
who are retreating, though not in
a route. Now, if the attack is
pushed vigorously and without
allowing the Germans time to set
their heavy guns in positions
hard to capture, there is reason
to be believe more speedyterm-
ination of the war than the ma
jority of the American people
expect.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-01

In selecting County Court to-
day watch for the man who wants
to increase taxes, and vote against
him Before you vote for a JUS
tice in your district, ask the man
you are contemplating forthat inn
portant position that question,
and if he says he is for more tax
es, vote for somebody else. This
county must have a lower tax
rate.