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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-11-29

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
SELECT YOUR SEED CORN
EARLY Fob NEXT YEAR

ear 1t Is for this reason that plenty
of time should be given 10 the Job Of
selecting seed corn lit is no chhd's
play
Some men se'ect their supply Of seed
corn at husking time. picking out the
incest ears as they ind them. AT that
time they have little opportunity TO
study the surrounding hills or to mak.,
any examination Of the relatives that
VIII influence the Yield Of that particu-
lar ear in future years. Al husking
time storms may have blown consider
able of the corn down SO that not very
much importance can he placed in the
matter of barren stalks. down stalks.
etc.
Ears with mediom length shanks
should be selected Those that are too
long tend to produce corn that is more
or less weak in vitality. Do not worry
about the shape Of the ear. Many years
Of careful testing have shown that the
tapering ears give just as good yields,
if not little better than cylindrical
ears Barren tips VIII Weld as much
a nicely flled tips. although they may
not look as nice Smooth ears will yield
practically as much corn as denied ears.
but they won't score as high in the corn
show.
Get YOUR seed corn now.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05


CROWN POINT. IND. Sept MANY
years ago the arguments Tor selecting
seed corn from the standing stalk in the
field were not so convincing as they are
today Careful experiments prove that
corn grown from corn which has blown
Gown each year for several years Will
produce corn having a tendency to blow
down. This cannot be detected by Sc
letting seed corn from the crib. Anoth-
or point which scientists have determin-
I'd is that ears grown "a medium height
on the stalk. say approximately four
and one-half feet from the ground. will
produce a heavier yield per acre than II
they grew close TO the ground or high
up ON the stalk. You cannot pick seed
corn out Of the crib and tell at what
height II was located on the stalk.
Seed corn should be selected early in
Lake county from the old native varie-
ties or from those introduced varieties
which have shown beyond any doubt
NAT they will mature corn at this lati-
rIde. IN selecting a seed corn field.
particular emphasis should be placed on
The proximity Of the proposed seed ear
20 barren stalks. down stalks. and hills
containing but single stalk The
rollen from these undesirable relatives
will influence the hereditv Of the seed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
Pilots Pass Tests.

The effective range for wireless
transmitted fro mthe air has been
largely increased. Not so very long
20 the limit was a few miles but this
aas now been greatly exceeded by
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

Get YOUR seed corn now.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
GeOrgettes $8.95

Navy, bisque, flesh and
white, many richly braided
or embroidered. Round or
square necks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
From Forest Meyers.

To Mrs. Tho. Tennyson. asa Indiana
avenue. Hammond. from her nephew.
sergeant Forest E. Myers. Quartermas-
Ter Corps. A. E. +. A. P. o. 712
on Active Service With the
A z. F.. France
Aug. ;, 1915
Dear Aunt and Neice:
Received your letter today OF the 9TH
of July and viii answer Tonic de suite
Everything is lovely over here. except
that trafac between here and Berlin is
sin congested but not quite bad as
previously and we will soon have a York
special running on regular time to Pots
dam. KEEL. Berlin and all points east.
We are all somewhat disappointed, as
Kaiser Bill. a very prominent man (in
his home town.. has been promising to
ray a visit to Paris and vicinity all
spring and summer. but for some reason
or other ne has mot been able to get here
yet: in fact We have given up all hopes
~ him coming as he has some very
had roads to travel over ha! Ia!
We have seen quite a number Of his
friends travelling in that direction but
they seemed to have had very rough
tirne Of II and didn't seem 10 be enjoying
he trip at all. and one might say they
were being compelled TO so as they were
being guarded by a bunch of toughs call
81 yanks. and who they said had been
using them real mean. especially at
chateau Thierry- There they say these
same toughs jumped onto them when
hey wasn't looking (which wasn't fairy
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
Cooper Wire Used.

The aerial on an aircraft consists
Of a length OF copper wire. with lead
weight on the end rolled on a drum.
This can be wound or unwound at
VIII BY the observer. but care must be
taken in unwinding. for If the winch
is left to run free the lead weight viii
snap the wire and render the whole
outft unserviceable in a second Most
people have seen an aerial on board
ship; it is the wire stretched horizon
tally between masts.
Another form Of communication be-
tween aircraft and the earth consists
% a message bag This Is long. thin
brightly-colored streamer. with a 1T
tie weighted pocket at one extremity.
The aviator also frequently talks
by means OF daylight signalling
lamp. This is a device for flashing
the Morse code. somewhat on the prln-
ciple Of a searchlsht. and is chiefly
used in flying at low heights when CO.
operating with the infantry during an
attack But these, and the other meth
DDS used. have rather narrow limita-
tions compared with wireless teleg-
raphy
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05
lIRMEN TALK To
EARTH FROM SKY

LONDON. Aug ,. (By MaiD.-what
oald be more natural than that the
.rman who forces the hidden power
the atmospheric air to maintain his
raft aloft. should again employ that
anne ether to carry his message 70
arth There are other methods OF
-a mmunication. OF course. but wire
rs telegraphy Il predominant
The wireless branch is a very h Oh
&. snacialized department Of the Royal
If force. and its work'is Of first class
aportance. on land, its chief but not
sole function IS concerned with
.potting artillery. British airplanes
v for hours at a stretch over the
;erman lines: circling comparatively
slovly over given area. they register
ra the guns below until the work Of
-struction has been completed
Far below. IN the advanced positions
the field batteries are the wireless
geography mechanics receiving correc-
rs by wireless from airplanes. Their
sioux involves considerable exposure
81 she'll fire
At sea wireless IS extensively used
4 connection with submarine chasing.
aplanes. flying boats and airships
.arrv out long patrols in cooperation
3. .th destroyers. Immediately the air
.aft sight a U-boat the destroyers
y informed by wireless OF its exact
l.eation This method IS highly sue
eesful for a submerged submarine
hich IS invisible from sea level can
a seen clearly from the air. in good
s. Gather. 1t is a significant fact that
very German submarine is fitted with
an anti-aircraft gun.
Pilots Pass Tests.
Every pilot in the British air service
rlust pass certain tests in wireless te-
legraphy before he is allowed to grad
nate. and in consequence at practically
very home training station the air
Is made musical by the sound OF many
practice 'buzzers
Enormous strides have been made
curing the war in the use of wireless
biography in aircraft One OF the
chief difficulties was to overcome the
noise OF the engine. But SKIN and in
genuity conquered this difficulty almost
completely. Il is not permits able to
state Just how it was accomplished.
Tor in these matters Germany has not
set discovered the secret of various
methods successfully used by the Brit
ish.
The effective range for wireless
transmitted fro mthe air has been
largely increased. Not so very long
ago the limit was a few miles but this
aas now been greatly exceeded by
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

means of more powerful current pro-
vided by electric generators these
generators are run off the airplane en-
CINE IN the larger machines. and take
the place or comparatively weak ac
curlulators hitherto enlnlnved
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-05

Buy a Thrift Stamp and lick the
Hun.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18
314th Ambulance Ccupanv.

The fine marching Of the 18th on the
hike to Baltimore was largely due to
Sergt. George DuTgan, who kept up the
spirits among the men by leading IN
the singing Of all the popular songs.
The ambulance work was done by
the enlisted men OF the ambulance cam.
panies of the 314th and slsxn Ama.u-
lance Companies. This work vas nm
der the supervision of SerRk waters.
Private Marcus Emg1s and Private
Morgan are popular men Of the 314th.
The men Of the 31Ath welcome back
to the barracks Prfvafes G. TOwIer.
George Anderson and Ha1ricA. These
men are well known as entertainers.
The 314th is becoming . real organi-
@ation under the able supervision Of
the company commander, Lieut.. w, d.
McC1eIland, who finds something each
week for the boys to do to benefft the
company. For several weeks the COM
pany has had some pretty stiff inspec-
tons, but up to the present tAARe have
been no adverse reports by the inspec-
ton officer.
Three men Of the coRDpazy have been
transferred. They are CoEn Ralph Co
Jumbo, Privates Gormley and Howard
Beers.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18
AT BALTIMORE THEATRES.
TORrrS


The musical comedy which will be
the vehicle used by RlcAaR6 Carrie dur
ing his coming engagement OF one
week ct Ford's On April 3. is "Furs
and Exilla." The azthOF, Edward
Ozark, has succeeded admirably, it Is
said, In fitting 1Gr. CaT1e with a comedy
role which eurnlahes him with the full
est opportunity for de most effective
work Of his career. MH. Carrie will be
remembered as the star OF 'SThe Ten
derfoot," 'Mary's Lamb" The Spring
Chicken" Jumping Jupiter" the Co
han Revue and other big musical pro-
auctions.
THE ACADEMY.
A musical play production Of COM
plete meAroDolitaa caigbaT. as regards
book, music. company ana scenic fea-
lures. - promised In '-rhe Kiss Bur-
GAR which win be gfFeA tn premiere
at the Academy OG Music on April %.
The cast L. one OF the most notable
Fay BANTER. whose metropolitan sue
ce@seS kave given her suvisble celeb
rfty. 10 to have prominent role.
Among the other members Of the bril-
Liant Company aEe Cyril Chadwick,
Harry Clark, Denm@a 1aley, Grace
Field, Armand KafGK Grace Ellsworth,
Margaret Cus@ck, Gertrude Harrison,
Janet Belle ana Paul DulZelL
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18
CONTEST TODEC|DE BEST
REGIMENT Of SINGING

Regiments here have We'd with one
another in singing, Now comes the an
nouncement that q singing contest will
be held in the main auditorium Of the
Y. M. c. A. First, second and third
prizes will be awarded. No definite time
has been set for the event.
Following out the idea that "sing-
ing army makes Q victorious army"
r. r. Leonard, social director of the
Y. II. c. A.. who conceived the plan Of
holding the contest, 10 now arranging
details with the st3th. S1Eth and 31sth
Infantry Regiments and the S12th
Field Artillery, the units that will
be entered.
Each regiment win be represented
by 100 men known 90 Q unit. The sing
ers must be selected entirely from the
regiment contrasting. Zach unit will
be allowed two leaders and one or
more accompanies.
'"The Star 9pangaed Banner" "God
Save the King" '-The Marseillaise."
there's Long, Long Trail" and one
original song Of military character, or
parody Of military character are the
selections required. Each unit will be
permitted to sing two verses and two
choruses Of the songs chosen.
Judging WIN DO On the following
points: Spirit Of performance, 10 per
cent; volume. so per point; enuncia-
Hon, Is per cent: expression. is per
cent; harmony, 10 per cent. The hfth
song viii be judged as follows:
Originality Is per cent: appropriate
ness. 10 per cent; tuns1ulness. rs per
cent: usefulness. 10 per cent: tempo"
10 per cent Each unit win be judged
as o whole ON the ee3ar1&y and the ex-
cellence Of its formation and general
character Of performance.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18
COLORED MEN APPRECIATTVE.
Praise 7. III. G. A. Secretaries fo1
Work They Are Doing.

The members of the colored COM
panies Of the 154th Depot Brigade are
loud in their praise Of the service being
given them by the 7. NJ c. A. secre-
taries who are looking after their in
terests. Secretary e. e. Thompson Of
Boston has tight grip ON the new
corners due in part to hts genial dis
position and earnestness. he has for
assistants NJ e. Leftwich Of Richmond,
Va, and T. ]. Lee Of Tarrytown, n. z.
The secretaries are located in O big
tent in the upper section Of the brigade
block and are doing o splendid work
IN the barracks as well The building
CC stan has been working in close
conjunction with the new seeretaries
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18
Apportionment of Soldiers Paw.

Regulations provide that soldiers
must retain at least one-Quaxter Of
their pay, or $3.50, a month. The SOL
half must be-sent to the folks at home;
then comes insurance, which amounts
to more than Sc q month. IL the soldier
carries the maximum amount-$1o.0e0
then, too, there ia the monthly laun-
dry bill OF $40. Thus, it can be seen
that, when further deductions for lib
erty bonds, credit at the post ex-
change and other things are made, the
soldier cannot live up to the regula-
tons, because there isn't $3.50 a month
left
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18

Lieut.. Burrage. Supply Company, 311th
Field Artillery, Is going to send his
boy to Culver Military Academy, and
hopes universal service will be in vogue
going to get an awful licking and de-
serve one, too.
The next wedding in the s15th In
fantry will be Lieut.. McKeown's!
When Egan, who came to the 9th
Engineers from Butte, Mont, went to
the Annapolis rife range, he could not
hit the target. When he came away
he was sharpshooter. Can you beat
Power of the WILL" by Paddock, is
the kind of reading Tom Catch OF B,
9th Engineers Is doing to beat the
ty. Md. and used to be with the Con-
solidation Coal Company in West Vir-
ginia, where he had wonderful train
ing.
Everybody will remember good old
Dean, in A. 311th Field Artillery. Well.
he is now on his way to the front.
Besley of Arizona, now Of the 9th
Engineers, was coming through Char
lotte, N. c.. when an old lady asked
him on the train If he knew the name
of the camp through which they were
passing. He said he did not.
well. you are supposed to defend
your country and you ought to know"
said the lady
OF course. Besley was too much Of .
thought she had knit pair Of
socks and forthwith wanted to run the
Army.
An "alley-rabbit in the Central in
Philadelphia, Shuman of e. 310th r. A.,
Is rather proud of the record of the
rabbits. Twenty-Five out of the TWEEN
ty-four are now in the service. An
alley-rabbit was one who lived in a
dormitory with narrow hall.
Lieut.. Ford of the prize-winning Com
pany l., 315th Infantry, IL q son of
Manager John T. Ford Of Ford's Opera
House, Baltimore. He makes the boys
''go to it."
Did you ever see such beaten
headquarters flags?
A new ticker Of '.piano-ivories'' is
Pears of the 2Sth Engineers. He just
Did you hear:
That t half the boys in the parade were
That the funny drum major of the
S6Sth Infantry was to be court-mar-
vior?
That the guards in Baltimore were
watching German spies?
That the 311th r. A. had been sent to
Tobyhanna Pa?
That the Sammies shot the kaiser?
Well-it isn't SO.
Minnehan, in the 9th Engineers. was
going around the officers quarters
when a commissioned gentleman spied
him and. hailing him, asked what he
Faith, sir, to be perfectly honest
with you. sir. I was trying to evade
you sir"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18
INTERESTING FACTS CONCERNING
LADS FROM MANY SECTIONS

His father. a Baptist preacher, Ander-
son Of Company C. 9th Engineers, for
meriy Of Birmingham. Ala, IL q regular
''hum-dinger' with the British Enfield
rife.
''They make the bayonets Of DUN steei."
he said, $50 the Germans can't see them
coming. And. oh. but these are wicked
Instruments"
Eberts Of e, 310th r. A., took some of
those patriotic letter seals to Baltimore
with him and his wife admired them 50
much that she kept them.
But she treats me fine.'' said the Red
cord and for proof just look at this
brand-new wrist watch and compass
which she just sent me-"
To become a successful farmer after
having been in the saloon game was the
experience Of Callahan of d, 310th r. A.,
VINO owned farm Of $50 acres near Gam
DE7lrs, on the w., B. & A., before the war.
The land has nearly tripled In value.
"The liquor game was meas,' he said
Boys. it was Ellsworth's tenor lead!
That is the name Of the Curly head"
in headquarters, 311th, whose voice stood
Dixie during the boxing tournament in
that lad!
ing"
With that several members of c, eth
Engineers. who had stolen away to the
~ Thursday morning in the rain,
ran around the building to escape de-
lection.
But the boy with the chevrons was
too quick for them and the fun was
Ames of the 14th Infantry, Field
Hospital. is still recalling the fun he
had as Tommy Gordon" bantam fight
err around Erie, Pa. He is even heavier
than a lightweight now. but might
take on good boy In a little bout
just for the sport of it. Who will fight
him?
Over in B. 31Oth Field Artillery, is
Teitelbaum, who went to Columbia Uni
versity and taught French and Ger
man at Bucknell. This boy has the
philosophy Of the war down to fine
point and anybody who wants to spend
a pleasant evening might do worse
than to look up this erstwhi1e pro-
fessor.
Speaking of last weeks rain, hail,
snow, wind and what-not, F. HI Bodah
of B, 9th Engineers, who just arrived
from Camp Devens. northern Massa-
chusetts. says the weather in Devens
was fine compared with Meade's. He
should have been here in zero time.
Fred Green, in C, 9th Engineers,
used to live in Utah. but he did not
become q Mormon, and he is not even
married at all. He was sending PEN
nants home to his four sisters, and was
asked IL the sisters would have gotten
the gifts IL he were married.
You bet-cha," was the reply.
They say Beacham, B, 310th Field Ar
ti1lery, is very respectful to his Of
ficers, except in his sleep: then he gets
back at them.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18

When we were q child the only bread
problem that worried as was to eat As
little as possible 50 as to save room for
the pie.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18

Peters, adjutant Of the regiment, su-
perintended the building of more than
], 200 miles of roads in California. He
was a member of the California high
ways commission.
The men Of the regiment will have
build the roads and bridges "over
there" Their equipment for such work
cost several million dollars and is said
to be the finest collected by one or
ganization since the ancients started
to lay out thoroughfares. Some Of the
implements are SO up-to-the- minute
that the makeup of them is being kept
a secret for fear the boches might want
to steal some OF the ideas.
Many From California.
There are thousands Of these road
builders. There is Charley Aclkard, who
toiled on the biggest jobs in California,
and Wayburn Daniels, who made the
way easy for automobiles in Nississip-
pi, and Ed Perry. from Los Angeles, and
Sam Mcmillan, who comes from the
San Joaquin section OF California. Cali
fornia has more men in the organization
than any other state, approximately.
LOT.
There's a big bunch from Seattle and
other parts of the state Of Washington.
In that crowd il Bill Peiton, who spent
several years in Alaska helping to build
the Alaskan railroad, around the con-
struction Of which have been written
several novels. William l. Rochester,
ton in the Arctic regions. mp near Stef-
anson's base. is no longer with the Esd.
He Is now a student at the o6acers'
training school at Meade.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-18

Minnehan. in the eth Engineers. was
going around the officers quarters
when commissioned gentleman spied
him and. hailing him, asked what he
was doing about that part of the block.
Faith, sir, to be perfectly honest
with you. sir. I was trying to evade
you, sir"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-26
LADIES OF PARISH ORGANIZE DRIVE
WHICH WILL REACH EVERY HOME
able to buy BONDS or not.
~ "a "a

able to buy bonds or not.
At mass meeting of the citizens
of Bogalusa, held Friday evening, the
Parish Chairman said of the Wo-
mans Committee:
1.-The Woman's Liberty Loan Com
mittee is a national organization. It
has its head in a committee of twelve
appointed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. From this group there
has grown an organization, reaching
into every state, every parish and
every city in the United States, and
its work has been admirable. It's
past accomplishments, however, are
only "a drop in the bucket to what
the future will bring forth.
Speaking for the women of Boga-
Iusa, / want to tell you men some
thing right now! In this Liberty
Loan drive we women are going to
work. We are going to think Lib
erty Bonds, talk Liberty Bonds, sell
Liberty Bonds and BUY Liberty
Bonds, and if you men don't look
out, "yo' shore is gonna git trompled
onw
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-26
LOAN is
THE FIGHTING LOAN

AS the campaign for the Fourth
Liberty Lean approaches the Ameri-
can Army in Frances moves on to-
ward Berlin. Under our own lead
ers the great American army has
wen a notable victory.
The Fourth Loan must be great
success. The Fourth Liberty Loan il
the fighting loan.
When our soldiers on the battle
front are Drawing death, each one
Offering to make the supreme sacri-
fee for his country and the great
cause, we who remain safely at home
surely should give them every sup
port, should make every sacrifice to
strengthen them. If we can not fight
ourselves we can make our dollars
fight.
It is a great cause for which Amer
lea is engaged in this war; it is a
great struggle in which the very hope
of the world is bound up that is be-
ing waged in Europe and on the
high seas. It is an honor to have q
part in it and All Americans all of
their lives, will be proud of the part
they had in it or ashamed of their
failure to do their part.
The Fourth Loan is the fighting
loan. Every subscriber to the Loan
strikes a blow for liberty, for vic
tory.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-26
ANOTHER MT. HERMON
WOUNDED in FRANCE

Another Mt. Hermon boy, being
the eighth or ninth from the little
little city 28 miles from Bogalusa
that has either been killed or wound
ed, appeafed in the list issued Sun
day. The latest victim Of the Ger
mans is ALFRED n. King. His wounds
are said to be Of very serious na-
ature.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-26

o SCHc4- from CnS Elu6 Tree INT,
Mrs. Saux. From the Colonial, Mrs.
&c. 2. Reed. From the business dis
trict in North Bogalusa, Mrs. G. L.
Black and Mrs. c. H. Stearns. Boga-
lusa Hospital, Miss L. Kendrick.
From the school teachers, Mrs. F. T.
Sullivan.
Such is the city organization and a
similar plan IS being carried out in
each Of our parish towns.
New as to what is the aim of the
Women's Liberty Loan Committee
We work with these ends in view:
That every person, no matter how
humble, shall be reached one or sew
eral ames; that every home shall
Be entered and information concern
ing Liberty Bonds, the war and the
government be dispensed in each
ease. A very important part Of the
Women's work in the Liberty Loan
campaign is the Reputation Of Ger
man propaganda; the moulding Of
public opinion is our greatest
weapon. We win 60 into every home
and talk about Liberty bonds until
the man or woman there is able to
repeat what we have said. We viii
ten them to repeat il, whether are