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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27
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we moved and settled down to work
and have been working hard ever
since.
Is Wonderful Country.
France is certainly a wonderful
country, and could write much more
about it if it were not for the censor
ship. The coolest it was over here is
about like March in Richmond. 1t is
like May here now March 49, The
fields are all plowed, and gardens dug
and planted SO you can imagine how
green the grass was for st. Patrick S
Day. The French madamoisells are
quite a feature over here too. They
all seem quite proud to converse with
the American soldiers. That is we
converse with what little French we
speak I am gradually getting the
vocabulary, but it is a little hard at
first
My duty consists of assisting the
cook, so l don't get great deal OF
time to spare. In fact no one does, as
we are pretty busy all the time. |
heard an engine working just now, so
went and looked out the widow of
the barracks, and it was an ailplane
just passed. making the secona today.
Quite a number went over yesterday.
We see them often.
Quite a number in our company
get the home papers, and / will GER
tainly appreciate getting some now
and then. When | get some l can be-
gin to brag about my town too. I do
it anyway, but then l will have some
thing to show for it. The sight Of
the Palladium will look like fried
chicken on a Sunday bill of fare.
Hope everybody is well, and in the
best of spirits, as we will have the
Kaiser soon.
PRIVATE BYRON B. OLDAKER,
Co. A, 503rd Engineers Service Bat
talon, A E. F., France, via New York.
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ALLIED Line
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British positions there and further
retirement in the next few days Is
not unlikely.
Southwest of Ypres, the Germans
are now on a line running from the
northwest of Bailleul through Loore,
Ypres-Comines Canal. Field Marshal
Haig admits a retirement along the
canal and Berlin claims the occupa-
ton of ST. Aloi, two and one half
miles south of Ypres. Berlin also
says that the prisoners in the present
Flanders battle have increased to g.
500.
KENNEL Hill did not fall without
struggle and it remains a monu-
ment to the bravery of French regi-
ment which, cut off from the allied
line, held out until surrounded on all
sides by the Germans. The ultimate
fate of the French defenders, fighting
| tremendous odds, is not known to the
allies Fronca-British troops at
tempted strong counter attacks to re-
take the hill, but were driven back by
the Germans, who are using nine d.
visions on a front of about eight
miles.
HeIeians Still Holding.
The German attack in the north,
unless it can gather much greater
momentum, does not yet threaten the
Belgian line from Dixmude to the sea,
although it does affect the British
about Ypres. The enemy must adj
vance still further before the Belgians
will be compelled to give up the his
toric line of the User which they
have held for so many months.
Successes were gained by allied
troops in a counter-attack south of
the Somme from Villers- Bretonneux
to south of Hangard. The Germans
were driven back all along the line
and most furious fighting ragged In the
village of lanyard, the western
quarter of which is now held by the
French South of the Luce the
French also gained enemy positions
and the fighting goes on.
This success was aided greatly by
the fact that the British had recap
tured Villers-B retonneux Thursday.
The fighting in and around V1llers-
Bretonneux, the scene of battle in
the war of 1870. will be notable for
two things. In it British and German
tanks met for the first time and the
Germans were Worsted. while British
infantry wearing gas masks for prob
ably the first time in an attack retook
the village from the Germans who had
hurridly donned gas masks under a
heavy attack of gas shells.
General Radcliffe, director Of mill
tary operations at the British war off
ice, anticipates an enemy offensive on
big German scale than yet attempt
ed in a great effort to break the juno
ture of the British and French armies.
He thinks this will fall on the line
from Arras to the Somme. Fighting
will continue through the summer and
man-power reserve will bring victory.
General Foch, according to General
Radcliffe, still base the allied reserve
army almost intact.
There are no indications that the
relations between Holland and Ger
many are any nearer a peace adjust
ment. The leaves of absence in the
Dutch army and navy have been sus-
pended while it is reported the Dutch
government is taking certain military
measures. The German press has TAX
en- up the cudgels against Holland
and threatens the little country, alleg-
ing that German patience is almost
exhausted
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27
100 Bushels of Seed
Corn at Greensboro

About LOG bushels of seed corn still
remains in the Martindale elevator at
Greensboro, according to ]. C. Kline.
Wayne county agriculture agent who
said Saturday that the farmers should
call and get this corn at once.
This is a shipment recently secured
by Martindale and it has all been or
dered by the farmers, most of whom
have called for their allotment
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27

Next Saturday morning. waste
paper will be collected, the pro-
ceeds to he used for the Day
Nursery. boy scouts will assist the
women In collecting. Everyone Is
asked to have their magazines.
newspapers and waste paper tied
separately and put out en- the porch
10 as to make the work of the col
lectors easy. Every woman in
Richmond Is urged to help In this
work by giving all their waste
paper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27

The sector of the western front pic
tured herewith represents the battle
area from Verdun, In the northwest
corner of the map, to Toul, on the
southeast, and gives an idea of the
character of the country In which
American troops recently have with
stood and successfully countered some
of the heaviest German attacks against
them since they have been in the great
conflict.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27

In the region around Seicheprey,
northwest of Toul, American forces
were withdrawn temporarily a few
days ago when the Germans attacked
in force. only to be driven out later
with a loss, estimated in General
Pershing's report at close to 500 men.
Seicheprey was recaptured by the
Americans and French and is now oc-
cupied by them, together with the
country west of 1t.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27
$4,000 BEDS FOR ARMY

WASHINGTON April q. When
hospital construction now under way
is completed more than $4,000 beds
will be available for army purposes.
according to statistics compiled in the
office Of Surgeon General Gori:as.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27

American forces are also to the
north of st. Mihiel.
On the extreme right is the Moselle
valley, while the country just west OF
this, running for twenty-five miles or
more north and south, is the Woevre
region. more or less open to attack and
In the nature Of a plateau. All the
advantage afforded by the character of
the country in this sector is with the
allied forces.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27
Registration Of Women For War
Work to Continue Through Monday

that women are eager to be of service
and that almost every woman in the
ward is signing for some kind of war
work Many Of them are surprised
when pay is suggested, the women in
charge of the registration say, and are
especially eager that their work shall
be noted as volunteer without pay.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27
Thirty Eaton Conscripts
Want to Work on Farm.

EATON, O., April 27.-Upward Of
thirty applications have been filed by
Preble county conscripts for furlough
for farm work, according to the local
county draft board. 1t is said there is
a market shortage of farm labor
throughout the county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27
GIVE BENEFIT MUSICAL

The young women of the North A
Street Friends meeting gave farce
and musical program at the West
Richmond Friends church Friday eve-
ming for the beneit of the Friends re-
construction work in the war zone.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27

2432-Crepe in any Of it's pretty col
orings, lawn, batiste, silk, satin, wolfe
dimity or dotted Swiss may be used
for this model. The skirt portions
are gathered to form a heading over
shaped yoke sections, which are cut
in one with the sleeves. The neck
edge is finished with deep collar.
The Pattern is cut in sizes: Small
1924; Medium, 1888; Large. 1912 i;
Extra Large, 44-46 inches bust meas
ure. A Medium size will require Ga
yards of 36-inch material.
A pattern of this illustration mailed
to any address on receipt of 10 cents
in silver or stamps.
Name
AoNress ...................
CITY ...................
Size
Address Pattern Department. eaIla.
dunn.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-27

The Chinook salmon, scarcely
known commercially seventy or sew
enty-fve years ago. is today one of
the most important food fishes in the
world.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

Don't put the IL in thrift--Bostor
The. country may submit to a pork.
less day, but congress-never.- New
York World
Daniels hopes that we will not hate
the Germans. But we can dislike
them--Philadelphia Public Ledger
SO far as treaties are concerned. one
signed by Trotzky IL Just as good as
one OF the kaiser's.-New York Morn
ing Telegraph.
~ about senate inquiries into the
shortage Of necsssities.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
It is feared that when Russia final
" finds herself she Will not know
what it is that she has discovered
Kansas City Star.
1t must be consoling to Rumania 70
know that she has the Teutons in
front Of her and the Bolshevilzi behind
her.-St. Louis Star.
Siberia might get good and even for
generations Of oppression by exiling
political prisoners TO Petrograd-NeH
York Morning Telegraph.
The Bolsheviki are reported to have
abolished all church weddings. This
IS carrying their peace campaign alto
gether too far.-St- Louis Star.
Germany makes a raft Of singles,
doubles. and three-baggers, but some
how most OF her men are left out
there on the bases.-Honolulu Star
Bulletin.
Even the kaiser's best friends in
congress are willing to declare war on
Turkey and Bulgaria. The Bulgarian
and Turkish vote isn't important
Emporia Gazette.
We don't know when Germany will
strike on the west front. but It is our
business to see that what she does
strike will make a large dent in hel
anbitions.-Chicago Herald.
New Russia's first donation to the
cause OF world wide democracy MAY
be the release Of about a million OF
German prisoners whom German au-
tocracy can use in beating up democ-
racy.-St. Louis Star.
These young chaps who feel that
they must wear one Of those swaggeI
belted trench overcoats might be re-
minded that they can get one. free OF
charge. from their Uncle Samuel
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Dernburg gives good advice to the
German diplomatic staff when telling
1t to show some respect for the proba-
bilities in telling a lie. Cur lies" he
complains, ARE clumsy and improba-
BILE" which statement may be taken
as expert testimony.-San francisco
Chronicle.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

:" he RECRUIT is the egg OF {
sailor. a battleship hatche.
= hundreds every year.
Eggs are collected. examined
Grated. and shipped By recruiting Of
fices throughout the country. Since
the war began $4,000 have beer
passed out Of 10000 offered. Some
were too fragile. Many were under
weight; and not a few were Jus;
plain added.
An average recruiting week in the
east coast division. from Maine tc
Virginia. is represented by 27s Of
flcers and men working in 10 cities
and towns including New York, Bos-
ton. and Philadelphia. For six days
the total number of applicants was
sS41 Of whom 576 enlisted OF course
a great many found they were too
old or too young or otherwise I'M
qualified and consequently did not
take the physical examination.
Numbers OF men who are exam
ined for military service seem
perfectly sound and fit. Certain
defects are undereStimated by the
average youths bad teeth for in
stance. Good strong boys other
wise desirable may have let their
teeth 20 to pieces through ne
Eieet. Bad teeth. unless remedIed,
undermine digestion and increase
susceptibility TO disease.
Eyes are another great disqualifi-
cation. No sailor can afford to have
weak eyes. He must point guns,
read signals. study distant objects.
and frequently on watch endure pro-
longed periods OF eyestrain. Original
lrwaGa
ability or even blindness. Color
blindness is of course not to be per
mitted aboard & warship. The fate
Of a vessel may depend upon the
striped bunting OF assignal flag.
Heart murmurs. flat feet. bad
| lungs. and other more obscure physi-
cal imperfections are instantly spotted
by examining surgeons. All are prac-
/ ticalIy incurable and throw a man
very shortly upon the charity Of the
government.
On the other hand II a candidate
is short in height or weight he may
be given a little leewhy on the sup
position that proper living and food
will soon bring him up to standard.
This is true Of many boys who under
sea tutelc ge turn out TO be splendid
men.
1t IL usual to discover that lads
underweight eat and drink enough
just before the test TO measure
mp to the rule. They don't aus-
pect that a doctor can tell in n
moment whether its muscle or
water that tips the scale. One
ambitious yOunEster Is reported
to have stretched himself nearly
two inches by means of weights
and straps in order to pass. He
didn't shrink back again either.
From the recruiting office success
full ones are modified at camps or
training stations for a short prelim-
mary picking over and repacking
before being put in the nest. Clean
illness is sought first. The fleet is a
model Of sanitary tidiness. Disci-
pline starts in the orderly ranks and
uniforms and the snappy treatment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Lille Interviews

money, but at the price S-sssed hogs
are selling for now, the hog raisers
ought to be making handsome prof.
it. if they are not"
Winter grains in the lower valley
viii be benefited more than I can es-
innate now By the moisture following
the snowfall" said A. G. Graham.
There IS a considerable acreage in
winter wheat and barley, all of which
was badly in need OF moisture. The
snowfall will therefore mean many
dollars TO those who own the crops"
villa money for souvenirs now sells
at the rate OF 200 pesos for 25 cents"
said Gilberto Prado. THE paper
money Of the Villa government is sold
all over the United States to people
who wish to put It in collections. Car
rama paper money, known as infalsi-
ncables-' is also in demand by collec-
tors and the market price at present
is $3.50 per thousand pesos. This
money can be used to pay certain per-
centsge Of customs duties in certs.Il
cases There is large demand in
FL Paso for Mexican paper money
from all over the United States. while
much is sold here FOR souvenirs"
People have no idea hardly OF the
amount Of literature we receive on
the question Of food saving" said
James A Dick. chairman OF the COM
mittee on price interpreting. at
would take the time Of one man quite
awhile each day to read it all. There
are cards and pledges for retail deal
ers to sign, together with other iitera-
ture Of interest on the subject. This
must be all distributed to reail deal
ers. The pledges for retail dealers are
somewhat similar to those signed by
wholesale dealers earlier"
The protest OF the public against
the service Of the street cars seems
unavaiiing. but something ought to
be done at once to save the health and
tempers Of the people" said J. B. Van
Allen The people in Chicago refused
to pay their nickel unless they were
given seats, and when the conductors
attempted TO put them off the cars the
company was sued for assault and
battery. Good service was then given.
Something ought to be done to force
the street car company to give good
service here. It is perfectly ridiculous
that the street car company can force
the jitnes out Of service. and then
make people stand for over an hour
the happiness OF the citizens is i'm
paired, and the growth OF the city
lessened under such conditions.
Strangers coming here will ask what
the car service is, and II they hear the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

AND want the ''beanies."
WHEN THEY knit them.
BECAUSE I have letters.
FROM SCORES of sailors.
WHO WANT them.
AND I'VE got to get them.
AND I can't knit 'em myself
BECAUSE THE man
WHO WROTE the instructions.
DIDN'T WRITE them.
so I could understand them.
AND ALL (! can do.
IS TO hold the hank.
WHILE SOMEBODY else.
WINDS UP the ball
AND FL DO that
ANY TINE.
ANYWHERE.
FOR ANYBODY.
IF THEY'LL feed me.
BETWEEN HANKS.
/ THANK you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Marriages of Minors in
Colorado Held as Leeol

Denver Colo. Jan. 12.-Nfarriages
or boys and girls not OF legal axe
are legal in Colorado and cannot IL
annulled.
This was the decision OF Judge J.
A Denieon in the district court in de-
nyinE the petition OF Mrs. Nav Gard
rer for an annulment of the marriage
OF her daughter to Don Bigelow.
Mrs. Gardner told the court that
Mrs Bigelow was not Is years old
when she became a wife, and that
Bigelow was less than 20 at the time
he obtained a license to wed. Judge
Denison held that there is no law In
Colorado making the marriage OF mi
nors Illegal. but that the official who
performs such ceremonies Is subject
TO fine and Imprisonment.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
The Drouth Is Broken

4 SPECIAL word Of thanks is due the proper power
a for these recent rains and snowstorms which have
L - broken the monotony of months Of drouth. The
southwest generally has received good and in the
mountains here and there eat fields have made their
appearance We might call them banks where water
has placed deposit to be withdrawn in the spring
thaws the ground again and help along the growth
of the range grass and fill up the water holes where the
cattle, sheep and horses drink their fill.
The drouth a serious matter and becoming more
serious daily Some losses have resulted and will fol-
low until the grass is up, but this soaking that
grass will in time and it just that much better than
unbroken drynes The precipitation of rain and has
been worth millions the southwest and the whole region
would welcome of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12

~ All not an expert on hog rais-
ing" said Frank Valentine.
but I sometimes wish I were,
considering the high prices being paid
for ham and bacon. along that with
The tact that we now have a packing
house right here in FL Psso. have
heard the complaint made that FL
Paso butchers offer only eight cents a
pound on the hoof for valley raised
hogs. and that it costs about six cents
a pound &c produce a 200 pound hog.
] don't know jzst who IS making the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
TUcSONS CITY ENGINEER
IS UNDER FEDERAL CHARGE

Tucson. Ariz. Jan. 12.-City engineer
c F. Won Petersdorff was in federal
arrest today on a charge, it is re-
ported. Of consDiring TO set on foot an
armed expedition against q friendly
nation He was a lieutenant in the
German army in his youth. but va
major in the California national
guard from 1897 to 1888
Mr.. Won Petersdorff vas held b.
United States commissioner Edwin F.
Jones II $4,000 bond to appear before
the federal district court OF northern
California He was arrested by Lieut.
A MacLennan. who arrived here yes
terday from Los Angeles. The au-
thorities refused to discuss his ar
rest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
RECRUITING IN KINGMAN
FOR THE U. S. ENGINEERS

Kingman, Ariz-. Jan. 12.-Maj. o. B.
Perry, 9th United States engineers,
has started at Kingmen in the re-
cruiting Of Arizona men for his regi-
ment. Already the local recruits
number 80. all men OF experience as
miners, driilers hoistmen and pump
men They are to be sent to Camp
Meade, MARYLAND. for military drill
prior to Deiag sent 10 France.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Recruits Are Eggs" In Navy.
ITzHUeH GREEN, Z. 5. y.

The period Of incubation is about
six months. At the end OF the third
month a distinct scratching is audible
inside the recruits she'll He begins
to make noises like a real sailor and
occasionally acts like one. He sub
stitutes below" for downstairs" and
calls the floor a deck. BY the fourth
or fifth month he can swim. climb
a mast. signal shoot q gun, and eat
beans twice a day.
Finally one morning he rolls out
OF his hammock. ambles 20 the rail
and spits to windward. remarking
Jaw, jus wait till I gets me own
farm out in -"
The egg is Matched: another sailor
has come into the wicked world
Copyright 1918 by George Matthew
Adams.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Wishes He We're Hog Raiser; Sees Money in Swine Meat
Winter Grains in Valley Helped Greatly by the Snowfall

answer which is coming from thou
sands OF threats daily they will be apt
to seek 4 city where the street car
company does give adequate service"
"As I recollect, during about 30
years I have lived here. there have
been only two murders here that were
not directly traceable to liquor" said
Horace B. Stevens. Those were the
Kohlberg and Lyons killings"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Uncle Walls Denatured Poem.
Snowy Weather

TIE is deep wheEeer walk benah now and
then IAN block which sprains ankles
wooden teeth The spread the deep
more tnougn the children
IN TACT makes me sore For all lurking plague
me human frame inaugurates rheumatic thrills
P ana boost the druggists game When
inos al val and y1p they talk Of nothing
aaes that have them the hip
OF
word about rheumatic One talks
makes h feel how he laps nostrums
get cannot
nm day an night aching tooth throbbng worst is
yer GOMEZ nere more snow IN sightl The
and wheat VIII win the
cheers for and seet; that's what lungs are for.
coDyriEht MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Pig Finds No Welcome
In LdUish Apartment

New York. Jan 12.-AIrs. Benjamin
W Tone, who lives in a beautiful
apartment. owns a pig. She won it
at the recent Hero Land bazaar.
She can't keep it IN the oarlor be-
cause OF objections BY the health de-
partment- She can't keep it In the
traitor.
Further. the food administrator be-
lieves one whole pig too much for
small family. There Is no place in
the apartment for farm extension
work
It's one or the other" she said.
We must either give up our apart
ment and retire to the country life
or else renounce my new pet This
suspense is awful"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
How to Make a Beanie" for Sailor;
Just as Simple as Making an AirShip

HOW TO KNIT A "BEANIE. FOR SAILOR

A SAILOR
70 !
inches The border inches
6-narrow-repeat plain
Knit 5narrow-repeat
2
Knit 1narrowrepeat etc Knit plain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-12
Die schoeEste Leneesssch.

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It costs you nothing to call on me
and learn Of the splendid opportuni-
ties I can arrange for you. Do not
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wants that absolutely facilitate mat
ters FOR you. and make you feel more
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waukee real estate agent.