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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-31
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! With q wink hs replied:
There was no damage; ~ missed
them again"
After several fruitiess Inquiries Of
the passersby. I decided 10 60 on my
own 10 search Of ruin~A buiidings and
scenes Of destruction. boarded bus
which carried the through Tottenhsm
Court road. Recruiting posters we're
everywhere. The one that Impressed
mo most was a llfr,siss picture Of
Lord Kitchener with his finger point.
Ing directly as me. under the eapsioo
OF ''yoar King and Country Need Yoa.-
No matter which way l turned. the
accusing finger followed me. was
40 American. In mafti. aud had little
American dag In the lapel VI my coat.
! had no king. and my country bad
seen AZ not to need me. but stiil that
pointing finger made nc feel small and
III 1t ease. | got on tas bus to try
to dissipats this feeling BY mixing
with the throng Of the sidewalks.
Presently came to . recruiting Of
Ace. Inside. sitting At . desk was
ffen~fy Tommy Asss@s l decided u In
tervIew htm I'm regard to tciuins tho
british army. opened the door, He
licked up rad crested me WITH ~iesys
mytA want 10 tyke orr
Hooked at him and answered. "weil,
whatever that Is. III take chance
at IT,"
without the aid OF m Interpreter. !
found out that Tommy wanted 10 know
II cared to Join the British army, He
asked me "Did yon ever hear Of the
Royal Fuslliersr Well. In London.
you know. Yanks arr supposed to know
everything. 40 1 was not going to ap-
pear ignorant and answered. "Suv."
After listening for one hall hour TO
Tommy'a tale Of their exploits on the
firing tine. | decided 10 join. Tommy
took me to the recruiting headquarters.
where I met typical English captain.
lie asked my nationatity, Imme<ii-
ately pulled out my American passport
ana showed It to him. II was signed
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-31
40 BE CONTINUED


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tiaa with the santher country vas. 81
cours.. vheliy by ships and vhea eas
was expected the coseaists wcee al
eaeeraess for the news frtsra bore.
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e~~n the arSt, Of a certain CAPTAIN
SswYo-ts expected return errr7 EaS
laad. az or near the psscv Eos esS-s3a
his nsze. = large number a rtrsoss
collected % receive 'Sswpo-gs aesS'
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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-31

tnck T'be Saving sna prsssseetinn NJ
scs'3 has ssF4s'ynr a direct military enn-
'fil.atiesi n the winning Of the wv
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-31
FoREwoRD


"0ver the Top" Is a true
story Of trench warfare on
The French front, written by
a American solder who
got Into tho great war two
years ahead OF his country.
Sergeant Empey tells what
the fighting men have done
and how they have done Il.
No knows because he was
one Of them. His expert
ences are grim, but they are
thrilling, and they are light
ened BY q delightful touch Of
humor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
SHIPS TO FRANCE
Brazil Reaps Fortune OFF In
termed German Vessels.
Charters Thirty Ships to France
for $22,OOO,OOO.
BY H. D. ROBERTSON.

Rio de Janeiro, March 1S-When
Brazil 'requisitioned'' the forty-one
German ships interned in her harbors
since the outbreak of the war, the
great southern republic accomplished
an exceedingly good stroke of BUSH
ness.
BY an agreement now completed
thirty of these ships have been char
March, 1919, for a consideration of
$22,00O,O00. The entire fleet will sail
under the Brazilian flag and each ship
VIII make approximately rs round
voyages between Brazil and France.
They will be used exclusively in the
transportation of foodstuffs and raw
materials for munitions needed by
BraziTs allies in Europe. 1t is esti-
mated that these ships will carry more
than S20,000,000 worth of foodstuffs
600 bags of coffee already under con-
tract
Damaged by Crews.
Altho many of the ships were dam
aged by their German crews and Off
GERS before the Brazilian seizure in the
idea that they could not be used by
Germany's enemies, several of the
steamers are already in service and
the remainder will be in commission
in the near future. AS far as has been
announced but one of the ships will
necessitate repairs beyond the facili-
ties of Brazilian shipyards. The S. S.
'Leopoldina,' a $4,000 ton steamer
will be towed to the United States for
overhauling and re-outfitting.
1t is probable that the Establishment
of the new service between Brazil and
France will free many ships now en-
gagged in the European traffic for ser
vice between the United States and
Brazil. The addition of thirty or more
first class ships to Atlantic service will
be a considerable relief to the short
age caused by the submarines activi-
ties. Many of the steamship lines
running to South American waters
have suffered severely during the war.
altho the additional patrols afforded
by the United States and Brazilian
squadrons have materially cut down
these losses during the past eight
months. The new Franco-Brazilian
line will have a much better protec-
ton than other transatlantic lines
had during the first three years of the
war.
The former German ships will be
controlled by the French government
but will be operated by Brazilian
crews
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
MATERIAL is SCARCE
X. Z. Will Have a Hard Time Building
Baseball Team.

Lawrence, Kan, March 1S.-With
only two letter men to build on and an
entirely new coaching staff. Kansas
university will have a baseball team
less formidable than usual to start the
coming season. The two veterans are
H. Schoenfeldt, second baseman. Jay
Bond, football coach, who will whip
the 1918 team into shape, will have to
develop battery men. However, there
are eighteen men out for these two
places.
AS only three schools-Kansas.
Missouri and Ames Aggies-in the
Missouri valley conference will have
baseball teams this gear, Kansas prob
ably will play several of the state
school teams. Only twelve games are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
DON'T NOTCH RIFLES
DR.. Mary Walker Has Novel Scheme
for Conserving Fuel.

Oswego, n. Y, March 1S.-Doctor
Garfield. fuel administrator, for all
his activity in conceiving means for
conserving the nations fuel resources,
has overlooked the one best bet, ac-
cording to the belief of DR.. Mary
Walker.
Doctor Walker is woman of
broad vision. If the nations coal sup
ply is short, or impossible of delivery,
then wood is the natural substitute
Ergo. wood must be conserved. And,
following out the logic of that con-
clusion, Doctor Walker cast about for
the most prolific form of waste in
wood.
For days she knit her brows over
the problem. but it came at last. Her
plan for extensive conservation of
wood was briefly and Succinctly out
lined in a telegram she sent to Doctor
Garfield today.
She urged that American Sammies
in France refrain from notching their
rifles every time they kill a Hun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
QUIT A $4,000 JOB
Democratic Candidate Wants to Save
Fair Name of Wisconsin,

La Crosse. Wis, March 1S.-Joseph
United States senator, who is said to
have the backing of the administration
in Wisconsin's senatorial fight, invaded
the home town of James Thompson,
LaFollette candidate Friday night.
Davies was given a rousing recep-
ton. He did not refer directly to his
Republican opponent, other than stat
ing that there is an element in this
state that does not sympathize with
the aims of the government in this
war" Davies will get none of this
support and would not accept it.
IF you ever had lived away from
home and heard your own state reviled
and scoffed at then you would realize
why 1 gave up a $4,000 job in Wash
ington to return to Wisconsin to make
this fight to save the good name of
this commonwealth" he said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
DOCTORS DISCOVER
TRENCH FEVER is
CARRIED BYLOUSE

With the American Army in France
and British doctors have
made the important discovery, as a
result of research work, that the
trench fever" prevalent on the west
front is communicated by body
louise. The germ has not yet been iso-
lated.
Majors r. P. Strong and U. r. More
had charge of the research work
Seventy-two enlisted Americans vol
unteered as experimentation subjects
permitting themselves to be bitten
by all varieties of trench lice
More baths and "do-lousing' sta
tions will be established near the front
Immediately.
Elimination of trench fever will be
of the greatest consequence to the
allied man-power
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
CELEBRATE VICTORY |
Topeka Basketball fean Won First
District Championship at Horton.

Topeka high school students today
were celebrating the winning of the
First district basketball championship
at Horton Saturday. The victory of
the Bearg team puts Topeka in the
running for the state title and means
that the locals will go to the Lawrence
tournament with big ambitions.
The Topeka five won the right to
play in the finals by defeating Valley
Falls At to %. In the big game the
Atchison team furnished the opposi-
ton and the locals got sweet revenge
for their recent defeat at the hands of
the Henderson squad. The final score
was Il to 10.
In the girls contests the Hiawatha
team won the championship, defeating
Atchison in an extra period of play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
HAD HIS GOAT"
Young COrbett Worked PsychOl-
Ogy on Terry McGOvern.
McGOyern Admitted That He
Had His Number.
BY JACK VEIOCK.


New York, March 1S.-When Ter
defeat before Young Corbett at Hart
ford in two rounds. he did not sue
cumb to fistic prowess alone.
Young Corbett had Terry's goat.
He had something about him that
worried the Brooklyn boy; something
that Terry couldn't explain and never
attempted to. But it was there.
On that Thanksgiving afternoon in
Hartford, when the great McGovern
was to defend his title against the
practically unknown battler from
Denver, there wasn't a fistic fan in
town who wanted to back Corbett on
the ridiculously short end of bets that
were offered. Every one thought Nc
Govern was invincible. and up to the
day of the fight McGovern thought so
himself.
Used Unfair Tactics.
There is a story told by several
sports who were on the scene of the
battle that tends to prove that Cor
bett used more than fistic ability in
beating the champion.
Just before ring time, so the story
goes, Corbett went to Terry's dress
ing room, banged loudly on the door
and shouted that it was time for Nc
Govern to come out and take his beat
ing. IT'S said the Denver lad added
other remarks to his TRADE which sent
McGovern into a rage.
At any rate, when McGovern en-
tered the ring he appeared to be I'M
usually nervous and uncertain of him
self. For the first time in his life he
was facing a man who carried so
much self-confidence and bravado
about him that it made Terry uneasy.
McGovern didn't know that it was fear
that had a grip on him, but he was
desperate and far from being himself.
McGOvern Admitted 1t.
1t is history how Corbett knocked
out the great Brooklynite in two
rounds; how Terry's reign as king of
the featherweights was cut short in
an unusually brief space of time, and
how. when he tried TO win back the
title in 1903. he took the count in the
eleventh round at San Francisco.
Harry Tuthill, trainer of the De-
troit Tigers, was young Corbett's
trainer at the time, and he came back
east on the same train with Meow
ern. Tuthill says Terry admitted to
him that Corbett had his number.
Terry had a bunch that Corbett's
victory in Hartford was shattered
with luck" says the Tiger masseur.
but after his second defeat he told
me he could not understand what was
the matter He said he could whip
every one else-any one Corbett could
llck-ln less time, but so far as the
champion went he acknowledged his
lnferlority in the ring"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
SHE REACHES SWEDEN
But American Woman-s Husband Re
mains Captive of Germans.

Boston, March 1S.-A cable message
announcing her arrival at Stockholm
was received here today from Mrs.
Henry Crosby Emery, whose husband
has been detained by Germans on the
Aland islands. The message came to
former Chief Justice Lucilius A.
Emery of the Maine supreme court,
who is visiting in Boston.
My son went to Petrograd nearly
two years ago as the representative of
the Guaranty Trust company of New
York." Judge Emery said. With his
wife. he was leaving Petrograd on a
neutral ship"
Prominent Yale Professor.
Washington, March 1s.-Henry
Crosby Emery, who was among the
British and Americans taken prisoner
by Germans as they were leaving Fin
land on a neutral ship, is a former
Yale professor of economics and was
chairman of tariff board during Presi-
dent Taft's administration. He is
known to college men the country
over as probably the most popular
professor at Yale since Charles Sum-
ner and is recognized as a leading
student of economics.
Officials here today were awaiting
further word of the protests to Gen
eral Mannerheim, commander of the
White Guard, the Finnish government
forces, against the arrest of the Brit
fsh and Americans. Recent dispatches
from Stockholm, telling of the arrest
of the civilians. said the Americans
and British of military age would be
taken to a German internment camp
Professor Emery is within military
age.
Protest Against Arrests in Vain.
Washington, March 1S.-A report
on the arrest on the Aland Islands of
Henry Crosby Emery, a former chair
man of the tariff board, said to have
been captured with a party of Brit
ism by the Germans and taken to
Germany, was made to the state de-
partment today by Minister Morris
at Stockholm News dispatches have
tons at Stockholm had started repre-
sentatives of Finland carrying a for
NAL protest against the arrests to
General Mannerheim, commander of
the Finnish government forces. Mr.
Emery, Mr.. Morris's dispatch dis
closed, hold a majors commission in
the reserve of the American army.
Minister Morris said nothing as to
the final disposition of the prisoners,
altho press dispatch said they
were taken to Danzig, Germany.
aboard German steamer All
women members of the party and
men more than SO years of age were
permitted to proceed to Sweden. The
min ser said the party was captured
after it left Abo and that they were
taken to Ekero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
MOTHER OF REGIMENT
Boston Woman Devoted to Work for
Soldiers After Loss of Son.

Boston. March 1s.-Mrs. Alice S.
Weeks of Boston has been officially
voted Mother of the Regiment by
the foreign legion of the French army
after more than two years of devotion
to the interests of American boys in
that famous fighting organization, it
was announced today at the head
quarters here of the home service for
American soldiers abroad.
Mrs. Weeks began her mothering of
the Americans fighting on French soil
after the death of her son. Kenneth
Weeks, who joined the foreign legion
early in the war. In 1915 she fol-
lowed him to Paris but he was killed
before he could obtain a furlough to
visit her. The number who looked to
her for sympathy and care grew until
it was necessary to form the society
known as the home service for Amer
lean soldiers abroad, with Colonel
Roosevelt, DR.. Morton Prince and
Maj. Henry L. Higginson amoug its
directors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
ALLEN IS AT WORK
Kansan Assigned to Red Cross
Duties in France.
He Will Direct "HOme Conf
munication Bureau"
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH BOYS
Connecting Link Between Sol
dierS and Their Home.
Means of Wiping Out Worry
Between Relatives.
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH BOYS

Paris, March 1S.-Henry ]. Allen of
Kansas has been placed in charge of a
new American ed Cross bureau
which has for its object the linking
together of American homes and the
soldiers in France. The organization,
made up of four sections. is called
1.-The Service of Hone Communica-
tion,'' and will take charge of activi-
ties that will touch every American
camp, every soldier in a hospital,
every prisoner taken by the Germans,
every American grave in France and
the home of every soldier in America.
The section concerning missing men
and prisoners is required to search
for the men, whether they fall in No
Mans Land, disappear in bonn bling
operations or are taken prisoners. A
line of communication has been opened
thru Switzerland by which mail and
SearcherS who visit camps and hoSpi-
tails interview the comrades of missing
men for the purpose of obtaining de-
sired information.
Keep in Touch With Folks"
The section for the sick. wounded
and dead will send home information
relating to men unable to write for
themselves. Sensible, sympathetic
women will write letters from bed
sides to the next of kin in America.
When man dies of his wounds, the
searcher will send his family a letter
giving the circumstances about his
burial. Stenographers will aid in
sending letters to relatives of the sick
and wounded.
The army has turned over to the
third section of the bureau the work
of photogra phing graves. An effort
will be made to send a photograph of
each burial place to the next of kin in
America. 1t is probable the Red Cross
will place a small enamel marker over
each grave as soon as it is registered
by the army until such time as the
government can place a permanent
marker.
A Breath of Home.
The section on emergency welfare
will form a connecting bond between
the American soldier in France and
his home in America. If a soldier in
camp or hospital loses touch with
home or is worried about the welfare
of his family, the Red Cross will take
up his case with the home service de-
partment chapter in the community
in which he lives and the local chap
ter will be pledged to care for his
family in emergency.
The bureau also will act as a means
of communication for all families in
America who have not heard from
their soldier relatives and are con-
cerned about their welfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
JUDGE WOULD SET
UP WHIPPING POST
FOR HOME SLACKERS

Chicago. March 1S--Installation of
a whipping post for wife heaters and
inen who decline to support their fam
lilies was urged here by Judges Prinde-
Vile, Barasa and Swanson, Of the mu-
nicipal courts before the council sub
committee on crime.
The judges said this class of GRIM
ipals prefer being confined in prison
to working for their families.
They also urged the creation of a
fund to aid the destitute families of
imprisoned men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
MILLER IN CHICAGO
He Is Trying to Sign Fulton and His
Manager to Contract.

Chicago, March 1S.-Col. ]. C. Mil
Ter. promoter of the coming row be-
tween J. Willard and F. Fulton, here
today was trying to entice Fulton and
his manager to Chicago to draw up a
black and white contract. Miller and
Willard have talked themselves out
and both are satisfied with arrange
ments thus far completed 1t is be-
l1eved that Fulton will be quick to
sign. Miller is hoping the parties can
get together early this week
The only definite bid for the cham
pionship match is from the Tortritch-
Hinkle firm. bidding $105,0O0 for a
show at New Orleans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
EXPLOSION KILLS 80
Factory Near Paris Wrecked by Two
Violent Blasts.

Paris, Friday, March 1.-Two very
violent explosions today in a factory
at La Courneuve, north of Paris,
caused the deaths of thirty persons
and the injury of a large number,
mostly slightly, according to an Off
cial announcement made tonight.
General Dubail. the military gov
ernor of Paris, has instructed Cap
tain Lurcher, the judge advocate of
the first court martial of Paris. to
open. an investigating of the accident.
The causes of the explosions have not
vet been definitely determined.
La Courneuve is seven kilometers
from the Cathedral of Notre Dame, in
the direction of ST. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
Call Camp Recreation Meet.

Louisville, Ky, March 1S.-An-
nouncement was made today at Camp
Zachary Taylor that a special meet
ing of thu Fosdick commission for
war recreation activities, to include
eleven national army training camps
IN the central west. has been called
for March 25 at Camp Dodge, Des
Moines. Iowa 1t is expected that
ambitious plan for inter-camp tour
namerts will be formulated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
KANSAN WINS GOLD MEDAL
FOR RESCUE FROM SHARKS

Washington, March 1S.-Hero-
ism in rescuing a seaman from
sharks in Philippine waters nearly
two years ago. won for Wallace
Odell Prater of Stafford, Kan, a
machinist's mate, a gold medal to-
day.
Prater is now serving with the
navy in French waters. The med
al was awarded by the secretary
of the treasury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
EAT LESS WHEAT IN SOUTH.
Substitute Cereals More Adaptable
There, Hoover Claims.

Washington, March 1S.-Further
Limitation of the consumption of
wheat products in the south will be
asked by the food administration if
the experiment of combining the flour
ration to six pounds a month, begun
today in Texas, proves success.
The south is such a large user of
other cereals than wheat that addi-
tionaI curtailment of the sale of wheat
will not work a hardship, it is de-
clared
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
REB RUSSELL A HOLD OUT
White Sox in Camp With a Casualty
List of Four Men.

Fort Worth, Tex, March IS
Manager Clarence Rowland of the
White Sox on arrival here today re-
ported the absence of four players.
Reb Russell at the last moment was
stung by the holdout bug, Hap Felsch
suffered a sudden illness and Bruno
Haas apparently made good his inten-
ton to join the aviation forces. Kid
Gleason missed the train. The Sox
will begin their real work at Mineral
Wells today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
Sixth ..Raise., for $4,000.

Chicago, March 1S.-About twenty
five thousand employees in the vari-
Gus plants of the International Har-
vester company received notice today
that on April l an increase in pay ap-
proximately 10 per cent will be grant
ed. 1t is the sixth wage increase dur
ing the last two and a half years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18
To Start A. L. Games Later?

Chicago, March 1S.-The American
league is taking official notice of the
daylight saving bill this week. debat-
ing the feasibility of starting games at
o'clock. President Ban johnson is
urging the possibility of larger crowds
by adopting the later starting time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-18

ward and down. bayon>~ 1rotruding
from his waistline, .Ach himmel, and
has was dripping case, too.
AS l turned about to look after
my frs one, Tommy grinned mean
ingly."
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~ up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
NJ FROM EVERYWFiEKE.
SEASONS 1ST SCORES
Big Leaguers Play Their First Prac-
tice Games in the South.

Six major league clubs got into ac-
ton for the first time Sunday and
played regular games, the first of the
season. Some of the games were with
soldier teams and some with Southern
clubs. The scores:
Americans.
At Shreveport, La. r. H. E.
St. Louis Americans. .......11 13 1
shreveport
Batteries: Sothoron, Davenport,
GalIia and Nunamaker; Forman,
Munsell, Napier and Wells.
At Hot Springs, Ark. r. H. p.
Boston Americans -........11 16 0
Brooklyn Nationals ..--.... 4 2
Batteries: Bush, McCabe, Jaynes,
Wyckoff and Agnew. Mayer; Holman,
Plat, Kruger and Wheat
At New Orleans, La. r. H. E.
Cleveland Americans 1890. 3 10
New Orleans ..........--. 2
CTwelve innnings.)
Batteries: Covelskie, EnZmann,
Morton and Billings; Johnson, Smith,
Pons and Peters.
At Montgomery, Ala. r. H E.
Soldiers. 8 Z 5
Batteries: Reuther. Schneider and
Wingo, Smith; Few and Conway.
At San Antonio, Tex. r. H E.
San Antonio ....-..-.....- 6
St Louis Nationals. ....-.. 2
Batteries: Barfoot, Ross, Harper
and Gibson, Anderson; May, Murchi-
son and Brock, Benton.