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RECOGNITION UNLIKELY,

Special Cable Despofch TO THE sux
Copyright, 1915; oil rohts reserred.
LONDON. Jan. 4.-The attention which
IL being devoted by the Entente Govern
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40 Jar :. WI cpe.i.s sis ,irn r;s.cers
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PASSPORTS WITHDRAWN.
sevesty UsssIe - sais for U. ..
On Nueuw Amstercam.

AMsrbRpAaf, Jan, t.--AccordinE 10 the
Teiegraa| seventy persons who iutende.
TO sail on the steamship Nieuw Amstel .
dam for the Un,tsd States VIII b. vo.
able to do so because their INssporis
have beer Withdrawn. Tho newspaper
does not give the T.s7en for The can
ccllatlons.
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WILSON ANNOUNCES RAIL WAYPLAN;
BILL PROVIDES $500, 900, 600 FUND


PRESIDENT address
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New York Temperature
Still Elirts With Zero

THE temperature table for New
York city yesterday and
early to-day, rs recorded by the
weather Bureau, follows:
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: Continued on Third Paoe
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| '.a.,. on Fodvth roge.
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lnS' 5efore the meeting Of the rail.
"p'' Ven az the Fuel Admjuistra ton
MI wa. meeting OF hotel moi, there
h. ha np OF an panicky IA collection OF
I''' p'oprietors Az ever got together
" "'' room. Virtually all of them
sP''.'1 that the hotels they repre-
"'.e In narrow straits and that II
=, ~ no rclicc for them by to-day
. " quarter Of the largest hotels In
T.. would have 20 send their pa
Wy and cSoHc thsir doors. n
fore ihcY were about
'.r..t. GH Fourth raua
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
A Story and a Message to the
Men OF Camp Hancock

who have allotments to dependents and
Liberty bonds to carry. 1t says to these
men, If you want insurance and have
not sufficient money to pay for it; you
may cancel as many Liberty Bonds as
will enable you to take care of your de-
pendents by allotments and take care of
yourself by insurance and still retain at
least $3.50 in your pocket for spending
money Liberty Bonds are fine things
to have tucked away when you come
home from the war, but if you happen to
run into a piece of ''Kultur' and come
back minus part of your health vigor
will insure you without a physical eX
animation is a much greater comfort. If
you do not take out policy within the
next twenty-one days you will not have
that knowledge to cheer you up.
Then, too $3.50 may seem a small
amount to keep in your pocket to last
from one pay day to the next, but you
must remember that when we go "over
there an increase in pay for foreign
service is due and that money goes much
further in France than in America You
need go through no long correspondence
to cancel your Liberty Bond, either. Sim
ply say to your company commander l
want to take out insurance and have to
cancel some Liberty Bonds to do it," and
the next day he will have authority to
do so. The money you have already
paid for your bonds will be returned to
you.
If you decide that you do not want in
surance you must go on record with q
statement to that effect. Before the
18th day of next month any men who
have decided not to take our insurance
must sign statement that the pro-
visions of the Insurance law have been
explained to them, that they understand
them. and that they do not want any Of
it. BY doing this, everyone connected
with the insurance work, from your COM
mander up is protected from any COM
plant in after years that you never had
insurance put up to you for decision. .
Is there any man in Camp Hancock who
will go on record as not wanting to, be
a participant in the most liberal offer of
it's kind ever made nation to its fight
ing men? If we understand the caliber
of the Pennsylvanians we do not think
so.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

A man prominent in the newspaper
game stepped into the Division Insurance
office a few days ago and While there ask
ed how many men from each organization
were expected to take out insurance with
the government When answered he de-
clared that he could not understand why
any man in Uncle Sans service could be
short Sighted enough not to take adj
vantage of the marvellous offer of his
Uncle TO protest himself and his family
and to go the limit in so doing,
He is man who has had a broad eX-
perence with men and conditions and is
at a time in life when he can see an OPP
portunity that the youth of today have
which he did not have, and understand
to the fullest extent the comfort and as
surance a man who takes advantage of
that opportunity has, both as TO himself
and the folks at home.
When the gentleman made these re-
marks he was familiar with only that
, part of the insurance act that provides
for the fnsuring Of men in the service
during the period of the war. He saw, as
every one else who understands the priv
ileges of the law must see, that far
greater amount of insurance can be taken
out, at a time when every man in uniform
needs as much protection for himself
as he can possibly get, at a much lower
rate than the man could possibly hope to
buy while in civilian life before the war.
| When it was explained 20 MIN that any
man carrying a War Risk policy with the
government has the privilege, at any
time during a period Of five years after
the war, of changing his policy into any
kind of a standard insurance policy rec
ognized by regulations, and carry his pol
icy with the largest and strongest insur-
ance company in the world, the United
States government, and at a very low
rate, his wonder Increased.
1t is not strange that the newspaper
man wondered why any man in his right
senses would allow such a chance to slip
by, and any man who was in the service
on October 18th, and who fails to apply
for policy before FEBRUARY 18th, less
than a month away, will do that very
thing, let his golden opportunity slip for
ever from him But there is no reason
why there should be such a case in the
Twenty eighth division. The government
has made liberal provision for the men
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

where the officers were lying. The
spectators of this barrage had been
hidden to lie down so as to avoid any
flying fragments of shell from the high
explosives and the shrek of the shells
flying over their heads and the explo-
sions and destruction wrought in front
of them gave most of them their first
taste of what real war was like,
A telephone ran from the point
where the observers lay to the guns
two miles in the rear and an artillery
officer explained the workings of the
barrage and the actions of the shells
as they were exploded in front. A A.
minute barrage was fired by three bat
teries of four guns each, completely
covering the stretch Of land designat
ed as the target and the accuracy Of
the artillerymen's fire was shown by
the fact that in the center of this
stretch of land there was an unoccu-
pied house and barn which the demon
strator explained the gunners would
endeavOr to spare and the only dam
age done to the house was when a
fragment of one of the shells tore a
hole through the roof, while on both
sides Of the buildings the ground was
swept with a continuous line Of eX-
ploding shells. The shrapnel was so
accurately timed that invariably the
white puffs of their explosion could
be seen always about the same dis
lance above the ground and in line.
Three-inch field pieces and point
seven howitzers were used.
Surprisingly Accurate.
French officers present said that the
firing was surprisingly accurate and
we'll timed, and that the men behind
those guns were apparently ready for
the real test along the edge Of No
Mans Land.
This barrage firing was the furthest
step forward made by any artillery in
this country as yet.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

Columbus among the American troops il
France has received the hearty approval
Of General Pershing, and plans are be-
ing made to extend the work nov under
way on a much wider scope" said Wal
ter N. Herman, overseas commissioner Of
has been in France since November.
General Pershing told him that he was
glad to give every support to the work,
not alone for the benefit it will be to the
men of his command but also to demon
strate to the Germans that America S
part in the war has the hearty support
of the Catholics. Mr. Herman states that
shortage of mechanics and the material
for building recreation halls is a serious
drawback to the field work of the knights.
1t is the hope of the knights of Columbus
to have buildings located near every body
of American troops in France.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

which may teach them to turn properly
from Broad Street into South Penn
Square, but has no direct application
to trench fighting, until the men were
all heartily sick of it. And you can't
blame them. They came here to
learn how to fight, not how to march
This is no Mt. Gretna encampment.
And Major General Muir, working
with his chief of staff, Col. King, and
his assistant chief of staff, Major Flu
qua, both of whom are regular army
officers, has started right in to
change this. He is tearing things up
brass tacks, which is what Camp Han
cock needed.
Some Real Shells.
Before General Muir had been in
command of this division ten days he
gave the Pennsylvania officers an OPP
portunity to hear the Shrek of real
shells sailing over their heads, see the
explosion of real shrapnel and high ex-
plosiVes, and witness a real artillery
barrage fire, probably the first artil
lery barrage that has ever been fired
in this country 1t was a long step
forward in the training of both the
officers who witnessed it and the ar
tillerymen who fired the barrage.
The artillery having collected suf-
ficient ammunition for the firing of a
barrage, all the officers of the division
were notified to go to certain point
on the artillery range about two or
three hundred yards from the section
that had been selected as the target
on which to lay down the barrage.
The guns fired the shells, both shrap-
mel and high explosives, over the heads
Of the officers as they lay in a cotton
s1rr- ~
the rear, and a stream of explosives
was laid down over stretch about two
hundred yards in width and some two
or three hundred yards in front 0
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
PICK AND SHOVEL

Apropos to the idea of teaching the men
in the Twenty eighth Division how to use
the pick and shovel properly, i. e., the
most work for the least labor, here is ne
soldiers view of it:
We never went to college, thought they
say the greatest knowledge
Is that which can't be gathered in the
confines of our schools;
We have never studied Laten, nor can we
repeat verbatim
Passages from famous authors-and l
daresay we're no fools.
At medicine or letters I admit we have
our betters
Though l think you might look farther
and see many who are worse
We're no wiz2rds or magicians, nor
plumbers or Electricians
And we never never never had ambitions
as a nurse.
When we get trife older we may each
learn how to soldier;
That's a matter of mere practice and is
hardly any trick;
But I'll be hanged if any fellow, wear
ing khaki service yellow
Must be taught to use a shovel or the
way to swing pick.
CORP. WERTENBACH,
Co. G, 11lth Infantry, Camp Hancock.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
GIRARD COLLEGE MEN
MONTHLY SUPPER

On Saturday evening, January 18th, a
number Of Girard men had their second
supper, This is a monthly affair and each
month is getting better than the one pre-
ceding There were IS men present and
The supper was fine and every one did
full justice to it and after all had tried to
eat everything in sight and all were
satisfied, we had some speeches and re-
miniscences. Every man got up and said
his little piece and Musician Davenport
of the Third Infantry Band, attached to
the 10th Field Hospital, gave us several
amusing approximations of old Doc Hay
and Mr. Hay, etc
Next meeting is February 18th. Save
that date.
F. G. HEINZLER,
Tooth Infantry.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
PREMATURE PUNISHMENT.

The doctor and the lawyer had diff
ference one evening
Il tell you" the lawyer later told
clergyman, doctors are callous. brutes
with not a spark of human feeling-with-
in them"
Come, come" replied the clergyman
trying to calm his friend, that's rather
a sweeping statement you know"
mot a bit of it," declared the lawyer
"Why, when I was i'll a few weeks ago
for 5lD the S doctor Doctor P e moaned sem m
suffering the torrents of hell What
Already! was his unfeeling retort!'
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
SUPPER TO SOLDIERS
AT LOCAL Y. M. C. A.

Announcement was made Friday by
Secretary Leon Farmer that the Augusta
Y. NJ c. A. had gwen the Soldiers Wei
fare Committee the use of the associa-
tion's kitchen and auditorium on Sunday
nights
committee are to serve suppers to vari-
Gus groups of sold. ers each Sunday night
and it is the purpose of the committee
to entertain all the men of the camp at
these suppers before the soldiers are re-
moved from here.
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OPEN FOR BUSINESS
TENT NO 231.

(Serving 109th Field Artillery, 103rd
Trench Mortar Battery, 103rd Ammuni-
ton Train and Base HospitaD.
Building Secretary, M. f. Hausmann,
Erie, Pa.
Physical Director-F. D.. Sherwood,
Wausan, Wis.
Religious secretary-W. r. Owen,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Assistant Secretary-A. o. German,
New York City.
Assistant Secretary-W. II. McIn-
tyre. Greensburg, Pa.
Our tent having been destroyed in
the storm we have no regular program
of events but are open for distribution
Of letter material and the sale of
stamps from 8 A. NJ. to 10 p. NJ.
aDdf uWXt.. ,gWuO If
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
CATHOLICS SUPPORT WAR
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

General Secretary-R. J. McGreevy, Jr
Secretary Building No. John e,
Crowley.
Post Chaplain-Rev. VIM. J. Lallou.
Post Chaplain-Rev. James Banahan.
Owing to the storms which destroyed
the LIBERTY Tents last week. the knights
Of Columbus at Camp Hancock turned
over their building to the Liberty Enter
tainment Company for a few hours on
certain evenings of the week for the
production of professional entertainment
These amusements are under the super
vision of the War Department and oper-
atcd by the Fosdick Commission and
stage class of shows which would un.
der ordinary circumstances demand fancy
admission prices. The boxing shows and
other routine performances VIII be car
ried through without interruption.
On next Wednesday evening at O'Clock
Mrs w. A. King, the first of many tai
ented lecturers whom the national com
mittee has booked for work among the
camps will be present at the K. of e.
Building and entertain the men with
mirthfu lecture Mrs. King is one of the
most charming lecturers and readers in
the country today.
A review of the preliminary work OF
the Knights of Columbus War Activities
shows that 10 buildings have been erected
a various army and navy camps at an
outlay of approximately 100000 and that
5000 600 has been expended for equip
ment John D. Rockefeller recently made
a subscription Of 100000 to the K. of c.
fund. r
Field service work of the Knights of
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JUST ORGANIZING

BUILDING 232, between Gen. Lo-
gan's Brigade and Machine Gun Bat
talions.
Building Secretary o.. -. o.. .. e..
Religious, Work Secretary. e. e.. -.
Educational Work Secretary-C. D.
Plank.
Physical Work Secretary-T. G. KEEL
Ter.
Asst secretary-C. F. Martin, 3rd. !
Asst. Secretary-B. E. Richards.
QUARTERMASTER'S HUT, No,
234:
Secretary-H. E. Bicksler.
RIFLE RANGE:
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4 beyond any
u be provided
Arters, where
bon as a whole
1 the progress
regiment.
raining board
! get it beyond
reached, and
be decision and
THAT it needed
The officers
he and intelH-
eded able and
| higher up.
le division are
Is on the aver
ng themselves
drilling they
he dull routine
lse order drill
e fields day in
ID the same old
squads left"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
LUTHERAN SOCIAL

An entertainment will be even tonight
at the Soldiers Social Rooms, Herald
building, second floor, by the Lutheran
churches of Augusta. All soldiers in
Yited.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

Secretary-A. B. Robinson.
Secretary-C. +. Heuck.
CHAPLAIN SCHALL'S HUT:
Secretary-Luther D. Miller,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23

Company "B" of
the entertainers.
building before
filed up the re-
Company "B"
boys who We're
c move, and $50
became "first-
es arranged by
g morning at II
Casual Company
lanics Regiment.
hiding, at which
e and Mr.. Tebbs
company sing
ust out of quar-
inely eager for
thoughts away
mp life. The APP
G was company
tie" to company
week, the pro-
ark deep in the
ssemble at the
'e with us Cap
e and DR.. John
a week when
| rist will find adj
IS and lives of
4.
Y.
dress, DR.. o. J.
Infantry night.
captain W. B.
services. Motor
ashioned Hymn
Ray Ewers.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-18
AUSTRIANS BEATEN TO A STANDSTILL BY ITALIAN ARMY;
MAY SPELL COLLAPSE OF OFFENSIVE ON WESTERN FRONT
SAYS AUSTRIANS
SENT TO OVERRUN
NORTHERN ITALY

fBy Colonel Ancrigo Pho. who
has seen desperate fighting with
the Italian armies. wounded three
times. who arrived here from the
front four days ago.
Washington, June 1T.--No long
or Is there any doubt that the
Aust ian armies have been sent
forward in the supreme attempt
to ovcrr,in Northern Italy and
reach the back door Of France. 1t
IL plain that the German staff Of
fcers directing the drive are CON
tinuing the plan OF action pursued
early I'm the year. As yet the en-
envy has failed to achieve any adj
vance OF value.
The military man Is not inclined
10 predictions. The battle IL al
ways uncertain. and one does not
care TO promise conclusions which
rest upon uncertainties. But II
appears to me that the enemy will
he held. am confident that IT
the allied forces opposing him con-
tine the battle through Thursday
in the manner in which they
fought for the past two days that
the Austrian offensive will be
halted.
The claim Of the Austrains that
they have taken ten thousand
prisoners appears to me to he ex-
aggcrated. But prisoners arc al
ways taken in mountain fighting.
frequently by both sides. ii is be-
cause, the roads are few and large
groups of men are more frequently
cut OF from their supports than
Is the case where the battle Is on
a level country Offering many ave-
nues Of escape
In conclusion. ii Is well TO re-
member that the Italians hold
many mountains. which have been
transformed into fortresses. There
j. Monte PABLO. Monte 1omba-
Monte Grappa. Monte Azelene and
Monte kabciIabe. These form the
great line OF the Italian defensive.
To take them will require super
men and supcr-efforts.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-18
Of TRENCH
FEVER NOW KNOWN
Secretary of War Reports That
Deadly Disease Is No
Longer Puzzle.
sIXTY-sIX HEROES HELP
Men From American Expedi-
tionary Forces Voluntarily
Bare Back to the
Trench "Cootie.''

Washington, June 17,--Sixty- of
the American expeditionary forces VOL
unfairly barred their backs to the
"cootie" or trench louise behind the
the British lines in January and as
a result today the secret of trench
fever is known TO medical science. ac-
cordtng to an announcement from the
secretary of war
In the medical annals of the war
these sixty-six heroes as truly as
though they had gone over. the top.
Their achievement is ranked with the
work of walter Reed. who also direct
ed a fever squad from the army in de-
tecting the cause of yellow fever.
Trench fever has ragged among the
armies on the west front, and while
probably never fatal. yet though its
recurrsnt attacks has represented one
of the greatest caused OF disabilities
and consequent loss OF man-power 1t
may leave its victims permanently un-
At for military service. but in any
event the average loss of time to each
man is about six months.
American med icai science attacked
this problem Immediately on the ar
rival OF the expeditionary forces in
Europe The problem presented two
angles Was the disease caused by
germs, and II so. how was 1t spread
Attempts to use animals to solve
these were failures. NO animals SUI
sceptible 10 the disease could be found.
The "cootie" would not nest in the
fuzzy name of the Missouri mule, even
though the bray had been surgically
removed nor in the long hair OF the
French poodle. though the hair was
so fuzzy and tangled as to protect IT
from the yapping teeth of the animal
Volunteers were called Tor and the
sixty-six barred their backs Not
heroes of the front line trench were
they. but members of the field hospi-
tails ambulance units and other nom
combatant branches OF the service.
They were picked from a big batch
of volunteers as the healthiest and
huskiest specimens and best able to
stand the long siege of fever 1t was
believed that each little "cootie" car
ried around In his shooting apparatus
Every shot case Of fever" was
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-18
Four Men Are Indicted in Con
nection With Deal for 100,-
900 Raincoats.
CLEVER TRAP IS LAID
Manufacturer Promises to Pay
Commission Besides $500
TO Fix. Federal
Official.

Washington. June 17.-Sensational
disclosures of alleged graft conspiracy
in connection with government con-
tracts were made today by the de-
partment of Justice in announcing the
Indictment in Philadelphia of John
Fleming, John T. Cavanaugh, Eugene
Sullivan and Joseph kohn.
They are charged with having Of
fered to obtain for the Quaker City
Raincoat company. OF Philadelphia.
a contract for 100, 600 army raincoats.
provided the concern split profits and
granted them large commissions for
the use OF their influence" in getting
the order.
The department in announcing the
capture of the men severely scored
the practices OF contingent fee con-
tractors" and promised to round up
numbers OF men engaged in these
practices in Washington, New York
and other cities.
Today agents of the department and
officers OF the military and naval
intelligence spread a network over all
sections of the country where the sys-
TEN has prevailed, and the private pa
pers OF hundreds of corporations hav-
ing contractual relations with the gov
eminent. were put under searching
examination.
The four men arrested fell into a
cleverly laid trap set by the govern
ment b. A. Bittan. president of the
raincoat company. having disclosed
to the government the improper pro-
posals. the four men were induced to
come to Washington and at a local
hotel drew up with Bittan formal con-
tract under which commission was
to be paid.
The sum of $500 in cash was to be
exacted of Britain for the benefit OF
an officer in the quartermaster's corps
who the four men assured the rain
coat manufacturer had to be fixed,
Referring TO the fact that the de-
partment OF justice had on April 5
issued a warning against the system
OF contingent fee contracts, the de-
partment in a statement issued this
afternoon said:
"Instead OF taking notice OF this
warning the system has continued It's
practices. There are today number
of brokerage and contingent fee cor
porations who boldly circularize the
manufacturers of the country, stating
they have close relationship with some
or all OF the departments of the gov
eminent, and in some instances In
fiuence with individuals in these de-
partments, sinister in character. whicf
give them power to obtain favorable
contracts for their clients in consider
alton of commission which runs from
to 10 per cent Of the amount OF the
contract. In number of cases thu
contingent fee man has informed tbs
| manufacturer that the latter could mo-
deal with the government excep
through him. and that unless the man
ufacturer paid the contingent fee HI
| could Not get the contract.