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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

The park bill for the week is one
or the best vaudeville shows this sea-
son. The headline, Macs
PaxtanS tro and Company, pre-
Park sent a juggling and ac-
Theater robatic act that is the
one original novelty in
inns line that the stage has produced
IN several seasons. The other acts on
the park bill are selected from the
better class of vaudeville attractions
Next week the park theater man
asement will offer musical comedy in
stead of vaudeville at their park play
mouse. The first attraction under the
new policy will be a musical comedy
entitled THE Bachelor Dinner" with
A. Seymour Brown, the well-known
song writer and comedian, in the lead
ing role. Mr., Brown will have the
chorus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

The present bill at the Majestic
Theater, which contains plenty of
good laughs. and which
At the will complete it's stay to-
Majestic night, will be followed next
week by Pretty Baby" the
splendid tabloid musical comedy
show that has the distinction
of holding the Majestic Theater rec
ord. Pretty Baby" played a week
at the Majestic last winter, and at
tracted larger crowds than any other
attraction that Wilmer and Vincent
have sent to the Walnut street vaude-
vile theater. There are twenty five
people in the cast of this musical COM
edy, eighteen of them pretty girls,
who make frequent changes of cos
tune and keep a lively fire of song
and dance running through the piece.
Splendid comedians fill the leading
roles. 1t is believed that the Majestic
will again next week be the scene of
those huge crowds, for pretty Baby
has lost none of it's charm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-22

Coatesville is now one of the busi-
est towns on the Reading system.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

American Bombing Base.-Dr. Albert
M. Stevens of New York, medical Off
Ger at this base, owes his life to the
fact that he was taken prisoner by the
Germans, while DR.. Harry j. Dooley OF
Chicago, successor to Doctor Stevens,
assistant surgeon, owes his liberty to
the fact that Doctor Stevens is a pris-
oner.
1t is one of those weird romances
of the sea and war.
Word was flashed to the bombing
base one afternoon that a seaplane
was down on the surface of the water
about thirty miles off the coast. A
fast motor boat, ready for such emer-
gencies, was sent out. A surgeon al
ways accompanies such expeditions.
Doctor Dooley in ordinary circumstan-
ces would have gone. But Doctor Stew
ems was just retiring from the post,
and he thought the trip might do him
good.
81 think I'll co." he said to Doctor
Dooley ct will be my last trip and
the journey will be something of re-
lief"
He jumped into the boat and was
off. There were six others aboard.
They reached the stranded seaplane in
a little under two hours. The flyers
men had got her into condition again
and were just ready to start off. They
left the motor boat and landed back at
the base in good time.
SheIIed by Germans.
1t was dark. The surgeon, seeing
what he thought were lights of a town
near the base, headed the motor boat
in what he supposed the correct direc-
ton. They surged through the light
seas for an hour or more. They APP
preached close to the supposed home
lights, when suddenly the scream Of
a shell was heard coming straight at
them. It exploded directly in the back
of the boat. A second shell dropped
about two hundred yards in front.
1.-THE Germans are Smelling u.s." call
ed one Of the men.
"Where are WEI" asked the skipper.
They were under German guns. The
lights they thought their base lights
had been far off. They had been steer
ing straight toward German-held
ground.
slump into the water" commanded
the surgeon.
A strong current was running up
the shore. Doctor Stevens and one 9TH
er man, being strong swimmers, head
ed for the nearest point of land. They
reached the beach. They were drag
ging themselves through the surf and
had just reached the shallow water
when squad of German soldiers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

c., jumped into the camp jitney and
started for the place where the res
cued men were. He had to drive over
exposed roads, but he made the up
journey safely, his car loaded with
blankets. He took the men aboard
and started home. Suddenly SHELLS
began exploding in front of him and
back of him. But through the canopy
of bursting shells the little jitney made
speed safely for more than five miles,
getting in without even a scratch.
Meanwhile the German bombing
planes started to raid the base. The
sound Of exploding bombs dropping
around the air base was heard by Mr.
Moore even before the automobile was
near home.
where is Stevens?" asked the ex-
ecutive officer, as the car drew up.
"Taken prisoner by the Germans
was the reply.
swell, j guess he is lucky at that.
His pet place, in which he always
stands when the raiders come, was
blown to pieces half an hour ago."
"We have been wondering who is
the luckier of the two-Stevens or
Dooley," said the executive officer |;
''Dooley for not being captured or
Stevens for not being killed."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
IMPORTANCE OF
FARMER IN WAR
Food-Production Problems Are
Growing More Acute With
Progress of Conflict.
MORE men CALLED TO army
Department of Agriculture Officials
Assured From Every Section That
Man Behind the PIoW Will Not
Fall in War Task.

The man behind the pillow, depart
ment of agriculture officials believe, is
the man behind the man behind the
gun, and the idea has been embodied
in striking poster that is soon to be
used throughout the country in ham,
mering home the Importance of the
American farmers big war job.
Edward Penfield, poster artist of
New York, painted the picture, which
shows a plowman working in the fur
rows to produce food for the men in
the trenches. Against a sunlit back
ground are seen the silhouetted fig
ures of soldiers in battle.
Farmers Not to Fail.
Food production problems are de-
scribed as growing more acute with the
progress of the war, the increasing de-
mands for food, the calling of more
men to the army, and other results OF
America straining every nerve toward
one objective. But department of ag-
riculture officials are assured in every
mail and from every section of the
country that the farmers are not going
to fail in their war task. Farmers
have gone over the top for the period
of the war. The new poster is intend
ed to impress upon people of the cities
and towns the great Importance Of ac-
commodating agriculture in its require
ments of labor, finance and marketing.
Farmers Place Recognized.
re- fIe fo in
the organization of American resources
to win the war was expressed by the
secretary of agriculture in his recent
appeal 'to the patriots on the farms"
to go "over the top" this fall for
great harvest of wheat in 1919. In this
appeal the secretary said:
"You have occupied and do occupy
the first line trenches of the food
army. You have to fight difficulties,
too. T am not unmindful of these. In
the department of agriculture we con-
slider them daily, and daily we give
our best efforts to help you meet them.
You know of the difficulties in your
community, but I know of them in
many communities of many states, and
SO seriously do they impress me that
I might almost consider them 1nsur-
mountable had not American farmers
last year, and again this year, revealed
the true American fighting spirit and
ability to meet serious situations.
''Let us SOW literally for a big har-
vest in 1919. 1t has been called the
Liberty wheat harvest. We all hope
it will be. But let us undertake the
task with the determination that we
will sweat our blood for many more
If need be before we yield one measure
of our freedom to Prussian domipa-
ton. Let us fight in the burrows"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

lasting damage to the woodlands I'M
less precautions are taken. On the
other hand, the cutting of cOrdwOOd
affords each owner of woodland an
opportunity to clear his land and put
his timber in better condition. To ac-
is to remove for cordwood the poorer,
less valuable trees, leaving the better
ones to stand. In removing the fuel
wood the greatest precaution should
be taken not to injure the more valu-
able trees or the young growth.
Briefly, the material which should
be removed is as follows:
Sound sticks lying on the ground,
including tops left in logging opera
lions, and trees blown over by wind,
crushed down by snow or otherwise
toppled over; dead trees which are
sound and still standing; trees which
are diseased, or are so seriously in
jured by insects that they will prob
ably die, and also trees which are spe-
cially subject to serious disease or
insect attack; crooked trees which are
crowding out straight ones; large old
trees unsuitable for lumber, and hav-
ing big tops which shade out numerous
smaller trees growing beneath them,
small trees which are overtopped and
stunted by larger and better ones,
trees of the less valuable kind which
are crowding good trees of the more
valuable kinds, trees which by some
chance are growing on ground insult
ed to them; slowly growing trees
which are crowding out equally valu-
able kinds that grow faster; trees
badly fire-scarred at the butt, which
usually become. rotten and are among
the first to be blown over by heavy
winds.
The ideal trees for cordwood are
those which range from four to about
ten inches in diameter. The yield Of
cordwood from trees smaller than four
inches in diameter is very slight, and
trees larger than ten inches in diam
eter are usually more valuable for
some other purpose, unless they are
defective.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

London.-America has poured a
veritable army of her womanhoed into
war-torn Europe. To date over l2,ooO
American nurses have been sent over.
Within the year there will be rignt
here on the ground more than 24,uOo
of these American "girls behind tne
men behind the guns"
This is the estimate of Miss Carrie
M. Hall Of Boston. head of all Ameri-
can Red Cross nurses in Great Britain.
OF the 10000 now here. between
600 and 700 are working in Great Brit
ain in the dozen or more American
hospitals that have sprung into being
within the past six months.
With the arrival of American sol
diers at Vladivostok came contin-
gent of nurses from the American Red
Cross unit at Toxic, Japan.
All Highly Trained.
All women sent over SO far are high
ly trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo-
gists. dietitians and college trained
hygiene experts. The war department
in Washington has ruled that only
these trained women may be sent over
FOR the time being, at least.
FOR this reason General Pershing's
recent call for 5000 girl workers with
the American army in France will be
filed by British instead of American
girls. England's women's army, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

continued fighting for three hours
after he was wounded. Here is how
he tells the story:
"We started out two hours previ-
ously and we certainly did give the
Huns merry chase. In that time we
advanced about two and one-half
miles, taking prisoners and sending
about as many to the land beyond /
have come to know the German sol
der, and / call him cowardly dog.
BE will hold up one hand and keep
me 0tiher on his gun But we can give
them a dose of their own medicine.
1T didn't bother me much when I
got hit. looked back and my leg
was still there, so was satisfied. We
advanced a few yards. l could still
walk, but could crawl better 1
stayed for three hours with the men
l had charge Of before left the field"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
Time to Overhaul Machinery.

The proper time for overhauling
farming machines is during their Pc
Rod Of inactivity and before the rush
of spring work. If put off until need
ed, delay incident to getting repair
parts promptly, press of other work,
and the hazy recollection OF the past
seasons difficulties may hinder the eff
ficient prosecution Of this work.
At the end of the seasons work 1T
is a plan well worth while to make
out schedule of needed repairs and
adjustments for a particular machine
and file it in a convenient place, so
when opportunity arises the work may
be taken up and prosecuted expedi-
tiously. The machine itself represents
capital invested. 1t should be housed
properly and not left in a fence COR
ner or other out-of-the-way place for
wooden parts to rot and metal parts
to rust, which, even for short periods,
may cause more deterioration than the
seasons use.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
YANKS ENJOY CHOW

With the American Army in France.
-"ChoW time" means one of the most
picturesque sights along the front, es-
pecially with the Americans. 1t seems
TO mean more to the Americans than
to any other army, perhaps, because
American grub is better.
Happen along through a ruined vii
lage or a woods in an American sector
fifteen minutes before "chow time" and
YOU would think the place deserted.
Probably there wouldn't be more than
one or two stray doughboys in sight.
Come along fifteen minutes later and
YOU wonder where in thunder they all
came FROM"
They'll be lined up, and in front OF
each line therell be field kitchen
steaming away, with perspiring army
cook dishing out grub that makes you
want to "grab some tools and get in
1ine' too.
There's lots OF animation at "chow
time" among the Americans. A crowd
Of Frenchmen is quiet while eating,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
CUPID GETS HELLO GIRLS
Lcndon Telephone Company Has DIFF.
ficuIty in Keeping Corps Of
Operators.

London.-Dan Cupid is playing hav-
oc with the London telephone system.
So many ''hello girls" have been mar
ried lately that the staffs of the va
rious exchanges are very short-handed.
Wages up to 81 week and the lure
of the telephone brings in raw re-
cruits, but as soon as they are suffi-
GENTLY trained some cooling voice over
the phone interferes and there's new
unframed girl on the job next day,
telephone officials complain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
TAKEN PRISONER;
HIS LIFE is SAVED

marched down the sands with drawn
bayonets and commanded:
Surrender You are on German
territory p
Doctor Stevens and his companion
surrendered.
One of this trio was drowned. The
other two got to land and were cap
tured by the Germans. The two men
who were left swimming in the current
were in a weakened condition when two
British officers ashore made them out.
The Britons jumped into the surf,
swan out and dragged the men ashore.
They ran to a telephone and called
the bombing base.
''We have two of your men suffer-
ing from exposure and exhaustion.
Their boat was sunk by Germans and
two of the men taken prisoner" said
the voice.
Maurice NJ Moore of Washington, D.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
Use Farm Woodlands Wisely.

Farm woodlands are being drawn
upon for large quantities of timber for
war purposes. There is big demand
for logs of black walnut, white oak,
hickory, spruce, black locust, yellow
birch, yellow poplar, rock elm, ash,
white cedar Tin the southern states),
and also for the bark of chestnut, oak
and hemlock if near tannin-extract fac
tories. Large, sound trees of these
species should be cut and marketed
for war purposes, and Under no consid-
GRAFTON used for cordwood except as
their tops and branches may be utilized
for this purpose.
Farm woodlands are also furnishing
perhaps double the ordinary amount
of wood for fuel This increased de-
mand may result in considerable and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

the only time French soldiers are
quiet. They MUNICH their bread and
meat and vegetables and drink their
wine in silence.
Not SO with the Americans. It's a
big time. First of all, there's specula-
ton on whats the chow for today"
Then, as they sit around on the
ground, on ruins, or under trees, and
that satisfied feeling of having eaten
a good meal grows upon them, there's
lots of life and joking among the
doughboys.
"Doughboy chow" is good. Usually
there is soup. Then there are meat
and vegetables, usually two kinds.
There are always big slices of white
bread and coffee. Nine times out of
ten there's dessert, probably pudding
or fruit.
| Each man has a pan with handle
that folds into it, and a cup. Some
way they get some of everything in a
four-course meal into these two instru-
ments and never mix foods.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

the sidewalk stopped to
a
right that has interfere with that
He
medding"
they Ike a o what call work."
critics, felt vital details
the returned the bricks ask the old
p c. A. The laughed
with a hear:
That's old fellow
hay
of ljudgng
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

w "
treaten? the prisoner
"What done?" ured
"Oh murdered "Wha
youin herefo
bu dontk
1t, because 1 didn't him
Shortly afterward Hall with
WIDE suddenly springs
and frightened to
Look man. look see ghost What is it? there it is It's
ing
Now look, quick; It's the o a young
Hall
do ither"
Outside the CELL within
officials
o'clock the morning when they
Hall
II lost nights because
awful lonesome that JAIL
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
Negro Women as Nurses.

Kansas City, Mo.-The first free
school in the United States to train
negro women for nurses for negro SOL
diers with the American expedition
airy forces in France has been estab-
lished here. DIR. William J. Thomp-
kins has charge of the work under the
supervision of the city hospital and the
health board. The course of training
will be eight weeks.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
Record War Stamp sales.

Albany, N. Y.-post Office employees
here claim a record seller of Thrift
and War Savings stamps in one of
their number, Edward G. Ainsworth,
letter carrier. Ainsworth has already
sold over $4,000 worth of stamps and
declares he hasn't really started yet.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
AVERAGE HUN is COWARD
Yankee Corporal Says German Soldier
Shows Yellow Streak
in Fight.

San misunderstanding the Ger
man soldier as "cowardly dog" Corp.
w. P. Goggin, Company G, Fifty-ninth
United States infantry, who was
wounded at the battle Of the wheat
fields" on July 10, has written to rela-'
tiyes here giving vivid description
of conditions as he has observed them
on the battlefeIds. Corporal Goggin,
although having been shot in the leg,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
nHackn Is Mere Shadow.

London.-'While in Germany" said
Earnest Pyke here, 81 met George
Hackenschmidt, the famous wrestler.
who used to weigh 252 pounds, now a
mere shadow. He complained that he
had 81 different cards emitting him to
u rations.
81 can't get any, and the only thing
/ can do will be to eat the cards, lie
said"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
-zgy1(IEEzMlsJE]RAL
6EARM15ft0psEfsSS

In view of the present high cost of
other building materials, concrete
should have more consideration.
The present demand for hay and
other forage necessitates the growing
of full crops on our hay and pasture
land.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

GROW WINTER GREENS

In the milder portions Of the
country it is possible by the aid
of cold frame to grow lettuce,
radishes, spinach kale and pars-
ley throughout the winter. The
cold frame may be any size from
three feet by six-this being the
size Of the standard cold frame
sash-to six feet by any multiple
of three feet. A four-sash
frame-that is one six by twelve
feet-would be large enough to
supply the average family with
winter green's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

OIoglst is, Of course, his regular Job,
and what he knows about fishes, large
and small, would fill the ocean and
rivers, friends declare.
He also is a botanist. Flowers are
a sort of hobby with him. He knows
and loves them all, violet, rose, lily,
etc., along with those that haven't
such pretty names. Friends who tell
me about Doctor Kendall say that al
though he doesn't pretend to be flow
er expert, he really knows more about
botany than many experts. He is the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
WILSON NAME ON MEMS GARB
President SuppIants King George v.
on Latest French Popular
Style Label.

Paris.-The name of President Will
son has supplanted those of King
George V of England and of the late
Emperor Nicholas of Russia as a label
for popular styles in mems wearing
apparel in the Paris shops.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21
Mr.. KAISER OF BERLIN
FIRST TO REGISTER

Berlin, Conn.-That this town
is doing it's best to live down it's
name was indicated when SOB
men of the town stepped up to
register. And first among them,
strange to say, was J. III. Kaiser.
The town was one of the first in
the state to erect huge honor
roll, which is evidence to visi-
tors and passing autoists that
there is 10 local lack of patri-
otism.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

jogging. Then the Woman ran IN IrOnL
Of the team with both hands and voice
raised high and shouted to the hay
man:
"Stop there Stop, tell you'll
want to speak to you"
The driver and his horses doubt
less had conscientious scruples about
running down stout ladies, for the
wheels stopped and the lean and some
what stiff-jointed farmer man climbed
down and stood politely, hat in hand,
to take the ladY's orders. And while
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

Of
value by scientists He M He started out as
scientific
fol Sebago Me-
wishing funny asked him gravy what ne did
relaxation"
replied with equal gravity:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-21

turkeys that mad Strayeu out OH INC
main road, when Uncle Tip, our farm
hand, came along with the empty OK
cart, after hauling a hogshead Of to-
bacco to the boat. The post Office is
up that way and, for wonder, he had
letter for me. don't get many let
tiers and, as for invitations, reckon
this one was about my first. 1t took
my cousin just one page to let me
know that his wife was down with the
influenza and that, being head over
oo,.e, An work ba couldn't wait on her