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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-07
Disposition of Proceeds.

The provision for future disposition
of the proceeds follows:
After the end of the war any claims
of any enemy or of an ally to any
money or other property received and
held by the alien property custodian or
deposited in the United States Treasury
shall be settled as Congress shall di-
rect"
The amendment for acquisition of
the Hoboken properties authorizes the
President to acquire title and take
over the Wharves and other terminal
facilities of the North German LLOYD
Dock Company and the Hamburg
American Terminal and Navigation
Company. Payment of just" compen-
sation, 10 be determined by the Presi-
dent. also is provided, and, if an agree
ment cannot be reached. the amend
ment provides for partial payment of
40 per cent Of the sum he fixes, leaving
the other % per cent to arbitration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-07
q. S. May Take Piers.

The committee, by party vote, how.
ever, with republicans opposing, also
approved an amendment to authorize
the President to take legal title to the
German steamship piers and property
at Hoboken. n. ]. The republicans op-
posed it, fearing that il might lead to
government ownership and operation of
shipping facilities after the war.
In taking over other enemy property
and selling it, under the provision
agreed upon today, the price would be
fixed by the alien property custodian.
The value of German property subject
to such disposition would run into the
hundreds of millions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-07
GERMANS Drawing
NEARER PETROGRAD
hamburg, SO Miles From Rus
sian Capital, Is Captured
by Invaders.
SlAV VIEW OF PEACE PACT

By the Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, March The
central executive committee OF
the soldiers and workmens coun=
Gil. while recognizing that the
German peace terms were those or
political bandits" has called on
its delegates to the Moscow con-
rress to vote for the ratification
of the peace, says the lzvestin, the
bolshevik organ. This action is
advised because the peace mas
afforded the social revolution
an absolutely necessary res
pite.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. March The Germans
have captured hamburg, east of Narva'
while the Tureo- German offensive Is con-
timing beyond Trebizond, says Rus
sian official agency dispatch received
here today. This action. adds the state
ment, is despite the official announce
ment by the German high command that
bostilities against Russia have ceased.
Sixty-Eight Miles From Capital
(Jamburg is on the railway line from
Reval to Petrograd and only sixty
eight miles from the Russian capital
The Germans were reported in yester-
DAYS dispatches TO have halted at
Narva. approximately 100 miles from
Petrograd. Trebizond is on the Black
sea coast of Turkish Armenia The
Turks were reported TO have reached
the Trebizond region in their offensive
when the recent peace treaty was
signed)
The German advance eastward into
Russia stopped early Tuesday. accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph dlsPatch
from Petrograd. dated "Wednesday ou'
was resumed during the night on sew
eraI sectors in order to allow the Ger
mans to reach and consolidate the ilns
between hamburg and Gdon teaSl OF
Lake Peipus and south of Narva)- II IS
reported in Petrograd that banks have
been reopened, the property OF land-
lords restored and other conditions ap-
proaching the old regime~revived IN
towns occupied by the Germans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-07
Move Forward as Trained.

Replacement troops sent from the
United States are fed into the war ma
chine in France at the third line. They
move forward in regular order as their
training progresses, and arrive at
front-line trenches to FL casualty gaps
only when they have been thoroughly
seasoned.
To fill the functions of any, army
corps it has been found necessary to
place under corps commander, in ad-
dition to his six infantry divisions,
approximately 10000 men, known as
corps troops. These comprise artillery
units, engineers and all types of serv-
ice battalionS for work on the commu-
ncation lines of their own corps A
similar organization of about 900
men is necessary for each field army of
three corps. The field army troops
maintain the lines from the advance
base of the army back to the sources
of supply. In the case of Gen. Per-
shing's forces this line connects with
the ocean transport service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-07
WEATHER.

Fair, colder tonight; temperature
about % degrees; tomorrow fair.
Temperature for twenty-fouT hours
ending 2 pm. today: Highest, II. at
4:10 pm. yesterday; lowest, A.. at
am. today.
For full report see page II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-07

tContinued on Second Page
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
FROM THE BOYS IN SERVICE
Recent Letters Descriptive of the Life of the Boys
in Army and Navy

The following letter was written to
the editor of the Holyoke Transcript
by Private Herman Heyer, brother of
Mrs. Frank NJ Strceter of Walnut
street. Brattleboro lie enlisted in
Fairview, Mass, with Company f, 5sth
infantry. Private IIeyer is still con
fined in q hospital in France with bull
let wound in his leg.
Editor Transcript: just a few words
in regard 10 my experience over here
in No Mans Land No Man = Land is
MS nice a place as ! have ever seen.
Why in some towns where | have been
you would not think France was at
war. but other places l have seen you
would know France is az war all right.
Some Of the incest grain fields that
have ever seen are all ploughed up, but
il was not done with horses, but by
those 75's and sixinch high explosives
better known TO us as whiz bangs be-
cause when they come sailing you can
hear them whiz, but when they land,
and 90 bang, look ont.
NV first experience of real war came
in July when our company held the
third line trenches, but only in reserve.
We only stood in trenches two days,
hut while we were there, the Germans
greeted us with some of their whiz
bangs A morning early in July we
left the trenches to 90 on a hike which
was n hike of all night and about II
=. M. it started 10 pour and thunder
but still Uncle Sans boys liked. Fl
nally after good 90 mile hike we
halted nj $50 a. M, and at a. m. we
started our great drive, that is still 90
ing on fine and dandy. Thursday morn
Ing at ] a. m. promptly our artillery
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
WEST BRATTLEBORO

There viii be no community sewing
meeting today on account Of the Val
ley fair,
F. A. Churchill has returned to his
work in Greenfield after stay of a
few days at his home here.
/. II. Knapp returned Monday eve
ming from Bellows Falls, where he Wis
tied few days with relatives.
Alfred Betterley and Miss Clara
johnson have returned from vaca-
ton of several weeks on Higley HILL
Floyd Woofendon of Wilmington,
who was in the Melrose hospital for
medical treatment, was discharged
Tuesday and returned to his home.
Miss Ruth Prentiss will return Fri
day to Montpelier academy to resume
teaching after spending the summer
vacation here with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles r. Prentiss.
John Henaer of Claremont. \. H..
, victim of the railroad accident near
Dummerston a week ago who was
| brought to the Melrose hospital, is
| seriously i'll. He was injured internal
| ly.
Miss Georgia Ormsbee returned Mon
day night from Millers Falls, where
she was called Saturday by the Hines
and death of her brother, d. G. Orr. $
bee. j. s. Jillson west to Millers Fails
Monday to attend the funeral.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

opened with a big and Manageable
barrage fire which the Germans could
not face and il lasted for five hours,
and while the harrage fire stopped we
were advancing Just like hell toward
the Germans, who were retreating as
fast as they could When our artillery
opened fire at 4 a. m of course the
Germans answered and my hair stood
pretty straight on my head for few
minutes, but when ! got look at some
Huns my blood got hot, and / wish
you only could have heard a few curses
that were said Then we quickly sent
about 1000 nice hot bullets at the
Huns. when all of a sudden a bunch
came running to our lines, calling us
comrades and waving white handker.
chiefs. OF course we gave them com
rade. Yes, cold steel comrade.
was on the firing line some time
when a German sniper who was up a
tree put a bullet in my leg. That 5 a
great place for Germans, up a tree
even women Snipers. 1t seems as if a
German has not machine gun he can Z
fight; that seems to be their pet.
Where ! am now is a fine place and
we have good eats, smokes and pretty
nurses, and we sing them our nice
songs, SO guess you can see yourself
we have it pretty good. We sing the
nurses our song, q Don't Want tC
Get Wdl, and, believe me, they love
that song.
Now ! hope YOU will find interest il
what ! wrote and try and make room
in your paper for it, also am sendins
my best regards to all my friends il
| lIolyoke and Farview | thank YOU.
Yours truly with Old Fighting Glory
HERMAN HEYER.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The public library will be closed all
day tomorrow, on account of the Valley
fair.
The Baraea class of the First Baptist
church will hold a corn roast tomorrow
night in Centerville. Those wishing to
go should take the car which leaves
Prospect hill at clock and get off at
the bridge near II. f. Weatherhead 5 in
Centcrvillc.
Doris Emma. ,. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Perry of Compton, r. l.,
died last night in the home of
Frank Reome of 4 Hunt avenue after an
illness of two days with spinal meningi
tbs. The body was.taken this afternoon
to Compton where the funeral and burial
will take place.
Miss Katherine Doyle, about 65, of
Maiden, Mass. died yesterday noon in
the home of lfr and Mrs. John T. Kaine
of Elliot street where she came week
ago today 10 visit Miss Doyle had been
! i'll with grippe previous to coming to
Brattleboro and the effects weakened her
heart. She had been blind the past eight
years and made the'trip here alone. She
leaves one nephew, Thomas Griffin of
Frost street. and several cousins In this
town The funeral win be held tomorrow
morning at 0 o'clock in st. Michael's
Roman Catholic church.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Jane
| (Knight) Akeley, who died in the Me
orial hospital Saturday night following
an operation, was held yesterday al
, clock in her home at Is Reed
street. Rev. Douglas G. Guest. pastor
of the Methodist church officiating
+. II. Miller of Dummerston sang Near
er, Ny God, to Thee, Crossing the Bar
and Rock of Ages The bearers wer,
Lester c. Akeley, Carl ID. Knight, T. +,
Knight and Henry f. Akley The bur
ial took place in the family lot in tn,
Prospect hill cemetery. Those from
out of town who attended the service
were j. f. Akeley, Mrs. L. T. Shields
and Mrs. Charles +. Akeley of Leomin
ster, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl ID. Knight o
Worcester, Mass, and Miss Haiti
Cragin of Merchantville, Pa.
The Crystal Springs Ice Co. will max
no deliveries of ice Thursday, Sept. 1e
the second day of the Valley fair.
1917
Hats off Red, white, blue asters, Is
dozen, until ESQ. A. II. Harvey. 153-t
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
NEW LIBERTY LOAN SLOGAN.
Suggestion May Be USED
4o,coo,ooo Times a Day.

WASHINGTON, Sept. ls.-Thomas A.
Edison has suggested that every letter
written in the United States during the
next five weeks shall close with the
words. yours for the Fourth Liberty
Loan"
The suggestion has been adopted by
the Liberty loan committee, and is being
sent broadcast throughout the country.
If every person, business firm, or cor
poration follows the suggestion, the post
office department estimates the slogan,
yours for the Fourth Liberty Loan, "
will be uttered more than 10000, 900
times every "a hours.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
WEST TOWNSHEND.

Mrs. Don sprague was in Brattleboro
Tuesday.
Samuel Bishop has been home for a
few days.
Mrs. Celia Smith is at the home of
her brother, c. H. Grout.
Rev. John P. DeMerritt supplied the
pulpit Sunday. A good number were
present and enjoyed the sermon.
Mrs. L. ]. Harris and Miss Edith
NJ. Clarke attended the annual district
meeting of the Rebekahs at Wardsboro,
Thursday evening" 81
Mrs. Kathryn Kritzer has returned
to her home al John Bishops after
spending the summer with her daugh,
ter in Mortified, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18
MISSIONARIES
BEING SENT OUT
Mailed to Registrars of Sept. 12-
Much Work Being Handled in Of
flee of Local Draft Board.

The office of the local draft board
began today to mail questionnaires to
men who registered Sept. - A large
amount of work is being handled in
the office and Private Victor Space,
who was called into service recently
and sent to Camp Devens, Aver, Mass,
for uniform and orders, has been re-
turned to Brattleboro to assist Miss
Lettie +. Burnham, who is clerk to the
board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

the passenger trains did not in any way
affect rule 5l3
Testimony was also taken from Her
bert f. Wood, master mechanic at Lvn-
donyille, Austin d. Paige, railroad exam
liner, Edward f. Gates, supervisor of sig
mails, Lawrence McCme. signal mainte-
nance man, and Michael J. Baker, assist
ant track supervisor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

Hats off Red, white, blue asters, 15c
dozen, until ESQ. A. II. Harvey. 153-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

The Crystal Springs Ice Co. will make
no deliveries of ice Thursday, Sept. 10,
the second day of the Valley fair.
169-170
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-18

Drivers Move and Live in Their Trucks
as Turtle Lives in It's Shell-Trans-
port Machine Gunners to Very Rim
of Battle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

Wall Street has nothing but praise
for Mr.. McAdoo now. The Times
has an approving editorial comment,
in which it takes Congress to task for
its assault on wealth via the war rev
enue act engineered by those reck-
less demogogues Penrose and Simmonso
This, 2 says the Times, does not
exhaust the list Of things which have
been put into the law by those who
did not enact it. The list is long
enough to make it worth while for any
man of considerable business to make
his tax return upon advice, and not
upon his understanding of the law.
The teeth were put into the law by
Congress. The dentistry is done by
the Treasury. sss ss
The question arises whether it Is
worth while for Congress to bother
about revenue measures at all. Mr..
McAdoo and his assistants seem cap
able of attending to the entire matter,
and in way that meets the approval
of our most prominent financiers. i
they are satisfied, why should Others
complain? The Public.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
IDEAS OF INVENTORS APPLIED
CORRECTLY AID NAVY
. DEPARTMENT

Since war was declared the naval con-
sulting board has received more than
10000 suggestions, plans or models
of ingenious devices for use by the Navy
Department more than tWo-thirds of
them concerning the problem Of combat
ing the menace of the enemy submarines,
All suggestions received careful attention
those Of merit being brought to the ar
tention of the Secretary of the Navy.
While many proposals have been
found to be impractical, much valuable
aid has been given to various branches
of the war service. The Naval Con-
sulting Board and the Navy Depart
ment have prepared for free distribution
pamphlets giving general information
to inventors that they may avoid
misconceptions one of the most gem
eral being that some miraculous machine
may be conceived by the use cd which
the seas may at once be cleared OF sub
marines.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

ty-five Of the total membership are
non-residents. Forty members drew sick
benefits during the year amounting
in all to $774.6O. With cash on hand
Jan. 1st., 1917 Of $757.12 the total
receipts during the year amounted to
$2679.75. OF the sum thus collected
$1117,74 was for dues The total
expenses during the year aggregated
$1332.45. The cash resources of the
society are given at $$7407 30, which
includes cash balance on hand Of
$847.3O.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Wd. Eibner,
pres; Mich. ]. Lang, vice pres; Alex
+. Ranweiler, rec. sec; And. ]. Tauer,
asst. rec. sec; Christ. Flsen, fin. sec;
Christ Sprenger, treas; Fidel SCHNEIDER,
Rud. Marti and Jos. Wiltscheck, trus-
tees; Conrad Zankl, Albert Kunz and
Alois Eibner, finance committee; Geo
Puchner, marshal; Lorenz Altenburg,
sentinel; And Biebel, confidential agent,
and Rev. Robt. Schlinkert, chaplain.
7e > .
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
MR.. McADoo's GENEROSITY.

Not content with his decree against
further taxation of wealth to meet this
years war budget, Secretary McAdoo
has now presented Wall Street with a
Xmas present so generous that it has
surprised even that none-too-modest
community. For several weeks past,
banks, bond houses, stock gamblers and
individual investors have been dumping
gilt-edged securities onto the market at
absurdly low prices in order to register
heavy losses when making up their in
come-tax and excess-p profits tax returns
at the end of the year. Those who
know how" says the New York Times,
"can use the market for that purpose
without losing their securities. They
can be bought back at a small less, or.
perhaps even at profit. 1t was a
method that involved annoyance and
brokers' fees, the advantage being that
such sales served to depress the price of
stocks and thus to increase the showings
of loss for the year, as well as to impress
Congress with the fact that business is
bad in spite of the unexampled disburse-
ments of extra dividends. Now, thanks
to Mr.. McAdoo, these losses can be re-
corded in the tax returns without going
to the trouble of actually selling the
securities, They will be constructive"
losses. United States Steel may be
earning at the rate Of more than $780,
100000 a year, but because the stock
market has been manipulated to show
a decline in the value of it's stock to
about $81, millions of profits can
be wiped off the tax returns. The
ruling applies only to dealers an
ambiguous phrase, but, adds the Times,
''no sooner was the news received than
there was demand that the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue 60 a step
further and make the regulation app
plicable to banks, insurance companies,
corporations, and individuals who have
investments in securities. It was said
by persons in close touch with Wash
ington that the prospects Of having
the ruling extended further were en-
couraging. "
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
ST. JOSEPH SOCIETY ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS


Last Wednesday afternoon the St.
Joseph's Society Of this city held: S
annual meeting at the Catholic School
house. This was the And annual
meeting. From the annual report pre-
sented at that time it appears that the
society now numbers 456 members,
all Of whom with the exception Of SO,
are active members Of the organization.
Nine new members were added to the
society during the past year and there
was a loss Of six thru death. Besides
the losses thru death four active and
one honorary member allowed their
memberships to lapse and three were
transferred to other societies and The
membership Of one was cancelled. Six
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
Cheap Help Comes High

1t develops from the investigation
With the quartermaster's department
hat Boston concern offered the govern
ment certain quantity of wool in April
which offer was not accepted. Some
months later this same quantity of wool
was bought, at an increased cost of
$4,000, 900. 1t might be. interesting
to find out whether the delay in pur-
chasing had anything to do with the
increased profits and the investigation
would hardly be complete unless this
phase Of the matter were also looked
into. At any rate it comes high to have
people work for the government at $1.OO
per year.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

F. L. French who taught the agri-
cultural department in the Spring
:ield High schools the past few years
las been appointed county agent at
arge for this state by A. d. Wilson,
Federal Food Administrator.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

in the Northwest. !"
The work of the poultry show as
sociations was discussed and form
ulated- From 1:15 to 2:4O the time
was devoted to the interests of poultry
show associations and clubs. From
2::5O to 4:30 or later, there was a general
conference Of poultry raisers, with short
addresses by able speakers.
Later in the week E. c. Branch,
of Missouri, one of the board of dir
.ectors Of the Missouri Experiment
Station, will address the poultry group
on Bigger Profits of Standard Bred
Poultry" and 1.The Value Of Experiment
al work to Poultry Raisers. =
There viii also be held to-day
conference of farm bureau organiza-
tons and the Beekeepers Association
will hold conference Friday. Ways
and means Of keeping up the standard
OF honey production during the war
and if possible increasing the amount
produced will be considered. *
From all this it would appear that
ample provision has been made by the
state for the purpose Of disseminatiuga
valuable information to all those WIZ
are engaged in agricultural pursuits and
it IS npsto those who are willing to learn
TO take part in these gatherings. Meet|
ing and brushing elbows with those wlp
have the same problems TO solve
prove time and none, well spent. 8
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

It is good plan to mulch lawn
shrubs lightly with manure. This can
be spaded into the ground in the spring.
It will keep the snow about the shrubs
this winter.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02

Go over the ferns and house plants
carefully and remove scale or other in
|sects. Keep the plants clean if you
would be successful.