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The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
CHAPTER VII. The Attack on Hill No. GO.

The Aetaok on NH NO. oO' a T last we came to the place where H the communication trench began, and l explained 1t to him. The trench lay about 100 yards on the road, running parallel to 1t. It was awfully muddy and one of the dirtiest holes to get to that ever saw. He noted this and wanted to stick to the road, 50 shut up and said no more for 6 few minutes. ...s.-
 Pretty soon a few shells began to come over, and I could see them burst ing farther up the road. spoke again , and pointed out the danger VIC were running into. He had to consent then, so we slipped and slid through the mud and finally got into the trench. It was easy after that, and we reach ed the trenches just in time to have some lunch.
 In the afternoon he was shown all through the trenches there and then came back and asked to see some bombs thrown. They threw some bombs for him and then started firing rife grenades. Everything was lovely un- til about 4 o'clock. Suddenly some thing whIzzed over and landed in trench not dozen feet from where we were standing. I didn't wait to gee what 1t was. didn't even hesitAte. My feet just acted automatically, and think I broke the worlds record for the standing broad jump right then and there. As 1t happened, the thing didn't explode, and it's good thing it didn't, for the colonel just stood and watched It. ....
 Soon after this he decided to so back, so we returned the same way we had come, and all the way back he had me picking up shell noses and pieces of shell until, when we reached the car again, resembled a junk wagon.
 To put the finishing touches on 1t all they were shelling Viamertinghe when we returned, and we passed through trat place as fast as that car could travel, while the houses were tumbling down on either side of us. Taken all in all, It was about as exciting & day as I wanted.
 But my troubles were not over yet, for l was informed that was to take him to the Ploogsteert trenches the next day. did not mind that so much. for the Saxons were holding the trench es opposite us on that part of the line. and they did not bother us very much. Sometimes days would pass with hard ly shot being fired. or course the German artillery gave it to us just the same as everywhere else, but the Sax ons themselves are pretty decent chaps.
 The village of Ploogsteert is a very interesting place, as there had been S great deal of hand to hand fighting there in the earlier days of the war and the houses and trees left standing were all scratched and cut hy bullet marks.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
SYNOPSIS

William J. Robinson, a young American on a business trip In London, catches tho war fever and enllsts in British cavalry regiment and lands at Ostend in October, 1914
 Made driver of an armOred car and takes part in battles about Ypres. Transferred to the army service corps, has further fighting experiences as a motorcycle rider with machine gun attached and as dis patch rider.
 Describes Christmas of 1914 in trenches south of Ypres. Fearful losses. Kills snlper and tells of Belgian spies.
 A brush with German cavalrymen. Tells of motor work and work of chaplains, doc tors and nurses.
 Witnesses Royal Horse artillery in ac- ton. Has narrow escape and takes ref uge in a cellar. Is sent to Paris.
 Describes bomb throwing and aeroplans attacks and the bombardment of village. Kills trench digger
 The mining and capture of Hill 60. &c., cures leave and describes war incidents In Glasgow. Returns to Ypres In midst of bombardment.
 Motors with an officer through Ypres to Potizze amid bursting shells and bombR dropped from 6eroplanes. A terrible ride.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18
WASHING WITHOUT WATER
ls Like Trying to Get Rid of Dandruh
 Without HerpIelde.

Did you ever see any one trying to wash themselves without soap or water?
 If you did what would you say of him?
 It is every bit as foolish to try to get rid of Dandrufr and to prevent Bald ness by feeding the germs which cause 1t. with Canthrarides. Vaseline, Glycer- inc and similar substances which form the principal ingredients of most so called Hair Vigors.
 Newbros Herplcide is successful De cause 1t attacks and kills the parasitic germ which feeds on the hair roots.
 It Is the original and only genuine scalp Eermicide manufactured.
 Sold by leading druggists. Send ioc ir stamps for sample 10 The Herpicide Co., Detroit. Mich.
 One Dollar bottle, guaranteed.
 At all Drug StorSe. Adv
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18

we were on, the juiict"H" or the paths being about 100 yards ahead of us We could hear the poor devil whistling as he came along, but his whistle was cut short by the crack of rife. We rushed to the spot where he had gone down, and we found that he had bullet through his right lung.
 I got out my field dressing bandages, and we bound him up, tying the pad on the bandage tight over the bullet hole. We carried him down until we came to the artillery quarters, and there we gave him over to his con- rades. who rushed him to the nearest field ambulance. l do not know whether he recovered or not; l have often woDdered about it..
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18

when he saidy m" you hear Any snip CTS you might let me know. I'm get ting rather deaf lately"
 Well, I admit that swOre.
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(Continued Tomorrow) 3uDEcribe for the Daily Alaskan.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-01-18

During the winter 1S171s our regular train ser vice will be maintained South Bound between skAg way and whhors trains leaving both terminals on Tuesdays and Fridays gEsif-E, ur|g '
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
VOICES PROTEST

Protest against the recent appoint
ment Of j. II. wentzel, Of Auburne. n
Y, as chief probation officer OF the Ju-
venile Court, has been made by the
Voters Non-Partisan League. In letters
TO the Levy Court and the Mayor and
Council. The league also protests the
appointment OF Chester II. Wells. OF
Montclair, N. j., as special commits
sioner Of health for Delaware, by the
State Council Of Defense.
The appointment Of Mr.. Wentzel, the
league says, is contrary to the consti-
tuition OF the State, inasmuch as the
constitution provides that mo person
shall be elected or appointed to an
office within a county who shall not
have right TO vote for a representa-
tive In the General Assembly, and have
been resident therein one year next.
before his election or appointmnt, nor
hold office longer than he continues TO
reside in the county, unless herein
Otherwise provided
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
Christmas China

Just the thing for a Christmas remembrance is
of these dishes They in variety of decorations
and almost every kind of dish is here.
This stock is limited however, and practically
imported china has been shipped recently it is wise to
lect now. Here q few suggestions:
Bon bon dishes from SOC to $3.50 each.
Sugar and creams $100 to $500 set.
Mayonnaise SETS S1.50 to $3.50 set.
Cracker and cheese plates, $1.50 to $3.50 each.
Cracker jars, s1.25 to $3.50 each.
Cake plates, soc to $3.50 each.
Chocolate sets, $500 to 5000 set.
Tea sets $3.50 to S1206 set.
Cake SETS S400 to $500 set.
Ice Cream SETS $4O0 to $500 set
Fancy plates, 50c to S150 each
Jelly SETS S150 to $3.50 set.
Tobacco jars, s1.00 to $500 each
Child S oat meal sets, 65c set
Chids cup, saucer and plate, 65c set.
Bureau SETS S150 to $500 set.
Manicure sets 85c to S150 set.
Nut sets, S1.75 to $3.50 set
Pin trays 25c to $1.5o each.
Hat pin holders, 25c to SOC each.
Fancy flower bowls and blocks S150 to $500 each.
Hair receivers, 35c to $3.50 each.
Puff boxes 35c to $3.50 each
C. B. trays, 50c to s4.50 each.
Comb and brush trays, Soc to $3.50 each.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
CHRISTMAS SALE BAZAAR.

The Christmas sale bazaar, being
( held at the First Methodist Protestant
Z M&16urcb- Seventh and Walnut streets.
!. ~ very well attended last night.
1ny fancy and useful articles. as well
r. cakes, fruit, candy and ice cream
1nre offered for sale and found ready
aYenn. The lecture room is very taste
235Y decorated for the occasion, the
nlkt(on4l c0iors predominating. Each
!booth Ii OF different design, giving 6
very pretty effect to the whole. The
bazaar Will continue tonight, at which
fIus handkerchief donated by Ms
&Alnndrnpv Wilson. will be auctioned to
,the highest bidder. There is no charge
fos admittsnco. and the public 10 cor
1iaJiy invited
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
A Comfort I?

You can't make mistake in selecting one of these
warm and downy comforts. We have complete assort
ment and the price range is extensive.
Comforts cotton filed, can be had in variety Of col
and prices They have saeen borders and fancy
ters and marked $500, S4.75 $3.50 to $500 each.
Lambs wool comforts, the finest of all, covered
with sateen silk in attractive patterns and marked
$500, $780, $10.50 S11.50 up to S21.00.
Down comforts of the finest kind range from $500
to s22O0.
Baby crib comforts in cotton and lambs wool are
marked $500 and $500 in cotton, and $500 to $3.50 in
lambs wool
Cotton blankets grey, in full size marked $3.50
per pair and up Cotton and wool blankets grey in full
size, $500 per pair and up.
Cotton and wool blankets white soft and feecy with
pink blue borders marked per pair $1,000 to $3.50
Crib blankets, cotton and wool, marked from
$500 to $1,000 per pair.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10

Bed davenports in imitation leather with mattress
are marked $4,000 to $4,000.
Lots of other living pieces will appeal to the
sensible gift seeker Comfortable easy chairs and rock
in leather, tapestry damask marked from
$4,000 to $4,000.
And then there is the push button chair Strongly
made in oe mahogany finish and covered in imitation
leather II be converted at touch into reclining
chair of several positions to suit your comfort All
fitted with foot rests and marked $500 to $1,000.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
DeSks-fOr Living
or Bed Room

There is no more appropriate sensible gift than
writing desk We show over hundred patterns and in
all woods and finishes Some in sturdy mission
styles for den or living in fumed jacobean oak
others In mahogany in period styles suitable for living
or bedroom There is great variety to choose from and
at wide price range. Fumed oak S2100 $4,000 Ma
hogany, S2S00 to $4,000 They be had in maple and
enamel
Evening journal., 1918-12-10

chair. In oak, $1,000. En-
amel, $1,000. Others $3.75
to $1,000.
Nursery chairs for the
wee little ones are in oak
or white enamel and are
marked S3.75 to $500.
Over a dozen styles to
pick from.
And we have numerous
other little comforts for
the youngsters. Baby
scales, $500 to $3.50.
Baby wardrobes in white
enamel, $1,000 to S22 90.
Baby walkers, $500 in
mahogany; $3.50 in white
enamel. Baby costumers,
8f cR
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
A New Rug may
be the Thing!

1t will certainly be acceptable. We have the best
makes obtain and in sizes to fit most any room.
These rugs at odays prices way below the present
market price. Wilton rugs the finest domestic rug OBJ
tainabe marked in the 9x12 $500 to S11200 s3x
10.6 $4,000 to $10100
Administer rugs noted for their long wearing quail
ties, are soft and luxuran to the tread, marked
9x12, $4,000 to $1,000.
S3x106 $500 to $500.
6x9 s25.25 to $500.
3x6 $500 to S875.
q in. "a in. $500 to $500.
Rag rugs, quaint and attractive, particularly desir
able for bedroom use,
9x12 $1425 to $3.50
sx1Q, S10.75 to S1400.
6x9, $725.
Small mat sizes are ST 90 to $225
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
Their Chair!

Made just like the grown up How the kiddies
will enjoy chair of their very They in oak
and enamel and priced from S3.75 to S700
High chairs for the little be had in oak ma
hogany enamel One pattern old,timer but always
desirable is adaptable and can be made into rocking
Evening journal., 1918-12-10

The desk illustrated is exceptional value. Made
In quartered oak acobean finished ony it is 80 inches
wide and fitted with long drawer, two small drawers
and pigeon holes There only about dozen of these
desks and they marked at the very low price of $780,
Then, of course, there the spinet desks always
popular beautifully made in mahogany finish and solid
mahogany. Priced from S27.00 to $4,000.
Incidentally desk is ideal gift for school girl
or boy.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10

Little doll BEDS mahogany finish, made just like the
big ones mean many of pleasure to some little tot
Complete with mattress and pillows, S27o to Sf0o The
quantity is limited.
Little Martha Washington sewing tables ~ mahog-
any finish will delight some little seamstress, $500.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
A Gift to- the
Living Room

The whole family enjoy big comfortable daven-
port Here they in all sizes and in variety OF COW
ers They are all twne tied construction with the best OF
spring work and filled with and hair. Davenports
range from $1,000 to $4,000.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10

And there are hundreds of
little odd tables that make
exquisite gifts, such as the
old time gate leg tables in
mahogany, $500 to $4,000
Davenport end tables in ma
hogany, $1,000 each up.
Nested tables, three to a
nest, in mahogany and
fumed oak, $1,000, $500
and S21.50 for the nest.
Round center tales in ma
hogany with pedestal base
from $500 to S21.00.
Evening journal., 1918-12-10
Tables-Big. and
Little

No matter what room we have the table for IT, Ii
brary tables in all sizes in fumed and golden oak
and mahogany and marked at various prices.
Davenport tables, long, slender and graceful, are
marked, in mahogany only, $4,000 to $1,000
Tilt tables, with decorated tops, very
lent for cards little lunches marked $500 to $4,000
Bedroom tables in oak, maple, mahogany enamel
walnut with drawer and some with drop leaves
marked $3.50 to $500 These tables distinct ad
junct and very useful in any bedroom
Console or hall tables in mahogany some with mir
to match are marked $500 to $4,000.
Willow reed tables, round, in various sizes
from % to SO inch, in natural, brown grey and
marked S825 to $25.00
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-25
JERSEY CITY LAWYER
IN FRANCE
Richard Boardman in Y. M. c. A.
Work Overseas

A letter from Richard Boardman Of
the Jersey city law firm of Condit,
Condit & Boardman will interest many
of our readers as he is the second son
Of the late Rev. Joseph Boardlnan, for
nearly 20 years pastor of the Congrc
gational church at Barnet.
Lawyer Boardman left his law prac-
tice when the United States entered
the war and in company with H. H.
Henderson of Indiana sailed for
France as a Y. M. C. A. worker The
first months of his experiences were
spent in Paris. Their headquarters
were spent in a palace built by Ma
poleon III. afterwards the residence
Of Mrs. Ogden Mills here in these
quarters. Mr.. Boardman came in
touch with United States soldiers
from all departments of service, some
before going to the front, those re-
turning from the trenches and from
going cover the top" and the wounded
men in the nearby hospitals. He tes-
sifies rs to what the combination of
IuAIbdIy I1dl1lIlS anu 0AoSiPAiAlC oho
the spiritual work done by the Y. M.
C. A. and other like organizations
has done for the boys for their up
lift and up-keep. Nh. Boardman
writes, "the typical American soldier
is "a fellow with the pictures of his
wife and child or mother in his
pocket"
Later following their stay in
France, Mr.. Boardman and Mr.. Hen
derson went to Athens to Introduce
the Y. NJ. c. A. work into the Greek
army, both here and at Salonika and
almost spontaneously a National Y.
NJ. C. A. organization was organized
in Greece. Additional American Z.
NJ. C. A. secretaries came to Greece
md supervised organizing branches
Ill over Greece, officials of the
Greek government cooperating with
the Y. NJ. C. A. workers.
NJ. Boardman was then prevailed
upon to return to America and take
Up with the International Y. M. G. A.
committee the matter of bringing the
Greek branch into this international
organization.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-25
Little Romance of Today.

There is u flavor Of sheer romance
about that Partizanski flag with its
Scottish thistle, English rose, and Rus
sian bear embroidered by the English
ladies of Kermanshah, which figures
in a striking little dispatch from a cor
respondent of the Times of London.
Partizanski is a Cossack under the
command Of Bieharakoff, ''the man
with the face of an iron dreamer met,
with his troop, by the way. at Kasri
Shirip. There was Colonel Leslie
among that Cossack troop who spoke
no word of English and only word or
two of French, having been an ''exile,"
as he put If, -"for over three hundred
years" an ancestor of his having come
to Russia in the reign ofsIyan. He
had read of pipes, sin his family rec
ords. but it was at MendaH, on The in.
hospitable Borders of. Lurtstan, that
lie heard the music of them for the
first time, and sitwas a Puni0bl piper
who played the Cessaeks in.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-25
German Chemists at Work.

The activity of German chemists is
shown in technical journals received
through neutral countries. One of the
new products is a safety detonator,
which is stated to be a cheap and eff.
fective substitute for illuminate of
mercury. The latter, besides being
costly. is very dangerous to handle and
in the caps is unstable, little damp,
ness causingsit to attack the copper or
brass, forming; copper salt far more
explosive sthan the illuminate itself,
The new filling is mixture of potas-
SUM chlorate and antimony sufphide
neither explosive. Held against this
by thin strip of tinis varnish of
gum lacquer containing ground red
phosphorus and a little disphemyla-
mine, and as the hammer strikes the
cap. ignition is produced by friction of
the PHOSPHORUS against the charge.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-25
PRESS COMMENT
The Cost of the War

Any attempt to figure losses caused
by the war, at this time, is futile An
estimate made by the national foreign
trade council shows that 8,509,000
men had tfen been killed and 7,175,-
500 permanently disabled up to the
close of 1916, maxi ng a total of 49,
6S4,000. There has been continuous
fighting and great losses ever since.
Figuring or the value usually placed
on human life by life insurance COM
panies, thj: makes an economic loss
up to the close of 1916 of $45, 900; 000,
900.
Other los ses to be considered are
the loss g, workers-partially offset
by the use of women here and abroad
and the loss of population not only
for the present, but for the future.
One estimate is that in 1919, Germany
will have 100000 fewer children
shan the country would have had
under normal conditions. Austria, it
is held, will suffer loss in normal
growing population of s per cent and
the loss III Hungary will be 9 per
cent
Up to the close of July, 1918, the
money spent by the seven leading
powers for war purposes had reached
a total Of approximately $134,000,-
100000. This is more money than
all the other wars in history have
cost. The belligerent nations were
100 years accommodating debt which
Jour years of war increased six times.
One Of The great burdens that all of
these countries must face is interest
on the war bond issues. The inter-
est on American war bonds, already
issued, rurs into the hundreds of mil
lions annuslly.-Indianapolis News.
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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-25
Fellows Falls will celebrate Thanks

Bellows Falls will celebrate Thanks
giving day as Victory day. There
will be two parades, one at 10 a. m.
by Co. N end other fraternal orders,
and an Italian parade at 2 p. M, with
decorated automobile trucks and
members of the Italian colony in line.
In the evening there will be speaker
and music by the Rutland band at
the opera house and at the state az
mory there will be concert, lecture
and dance under the direction of Co.
NJ. Union church services will be
held at the Baptist church at $50
q. m.
The>annual roll call and supper was
held Friday evening at the Methodist
church al Bellows Falls and the
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-25
The Telephone Under Private

The telephone has not only become
a commercial necessity; it is now an
arm of public service which should be
handled on strictly business principles
and strictly divorced from politics.
Mr. Vail, at tho outset of the war,
undertook to prove to the government
that it could get frst-ratc, first-hand
and preferred service through private
ownership, and no one has ever claim
cd that anything otherwise was true.
One of the first acts of Congress,
in the interest of mere public effieien-
cy. should be the return of the wires
to their rightful owners and the res
toration of the splendid morale which
even year of government ownership
could not entirely Rutland
Herald.