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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-05

day, March 80, at the home of the
Rev. A. E. Peterson. The bride is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H. ].
Neiswinter. Mr.. Magunson is con-
nected with the Hinkson-Crawford
Advertising company.
Continued on next page)
The Pulaskian., 1918-05-10
WE'LL WIN
What does it mean to you to know that your
American Red Cross:

supporting oooo French children
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medical
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What does all this mean to you? And that is
but a fraction of the work your Red Cross has done
and is doing. It means that without this ceaseless
heroic work of the American Red Cross we could
never win this war.
Without your Red Cross quick, vital help to keep
Italy in the fight for Liberty would not have been
possible
Without your Red Cross thousands of French
soldiers now calamity fighting for you at the front
would have died of wounds exposure and lack Of food
And great and wonderful as has been the work
Of the American Red Cross in the past still greater
and more wonderful must it be in the future-for
your boy is in the fight
Your Red Cross cannot neglect France, England
Italy, Serbia, Roumania and little Belgium 1t must
give them all constantly increasing help, for the
of these countries have been fighting our battles.
But now we must all redouble our efforts and
sacrifices for our Red Cross because million mothers
sons going to carry the stars and stripes to the
greatest victory God has ever given to men fighting
for honor and liberty.
With the help of your Red Cross your boy will
win.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
EN- LOS ARSENALES Sc
NECESITAN MAS De
TRES MIL 0BRERQS

Fuimos informados aver de que
mas de mil tr~abajadores Sc estan ne
cesitando en- la actualidad en- los ar
senales Y astilleros de este pals, debi-
do a que, por disposition del Gobier-
que Sc ha propuesto ensanchar la
production de barcos : de armament
to, Sc han alberto nuevas secciones en-
aquellos lugares donde Sc construyen.
Los sueldos cue tanto en- los arse
males como en- los astilleros Sc estap
pagando son muy elevados, pudiendo
asegurarse que en- aquellos sitios es
donde mejor Sc paga al obrero.
Las aplicaciones para If a desem-
penar traoajos de eSta especie pueden
hacerse ante ell senior c. E. McClene-
hay, Jefe de la Oficina del Servicio
Civil de los Estados unidos, cuyo des-
pacho Sc encuentra en- la Oficina Fee
derai 0 sea en- los altos del Correo.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
HACE PRUEBAS CON
LOS TRACTORES
EN- MEXICO
FL Representative de Mr..
Ford inicio su trabaio
en- la capital
po- Co-r.o. nara Ia PRENSA."

PCr Correo, para la PRtNSA
MEXICO, p de septiembre.-Des-
de el dia II de los corrientes Sc en-
cuentra en- esta capital ell senior Ing.
NJ. F. de Cordova, hcspedado en- Ell
Hotel Cosmos, quien ha venldo a Me-
xico en- representation del multiml-
llonario americana Mr.. Henry Ford,
con la comision de estudiar detenlda-
mente las condolences en- que sc haila
nuestro pals, a fin de yer en- cuai
de los Estados de la Republica sc es-
tablecera la primera fabrica de autos
tractores que ell f]abricante de los au-
tos que llevan su nombre tieae en- pro-
veto ~establecer en- Mexico.
Varios son los ingenieros tecnicos
u componen la comision envlada
O Mr.. Ford a este pals, y parece
u algunos de ellos vienen eH Ca
miro de esta capital, pero han hecho
escala en- algunas de las ciudades
mexicanas de importancia, como
Monterrey, San Luis Potosi Y Que
retaro, Y Sc espera su arrlbo a Me-
xico en- unos dias mas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
A SAN ANTONIO NO HA
LLEGADO LA LLAMADA
INFLUENZA ESPANOLA

HablanGo aver en- la malara con
uno de los medicos militares que
prestan sus servicios en- ell Campo
Travis. desmintio ro~tundamente la
especie que corria de que en- esta ciu-
dad hubiera ~empezado a propagarse
la epidemic conocida o q nombre
de Influenza Espanola" J que a al
gunos puntos de Ia costa del Este
llevaron los submarines aiemanes que
hace tempo por ALI apareciefon.
Agrego el citado militar que lasta
ahora no Sc ha d@Go en- el Campo
Gonde el presta sus servicios nj IN
solo case de esd enfermeGai y que
no saba de ninguno que hubiera a.
caecido en- la ciudad.
Dijo, ademds, que en- los mismos
puntos donde habia aparecido la en-
fermedad estaba decreciendo nota-
blemente, debido a la energica cam
pana que Sc lie he hecho.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
PRACTICES

MASCALES PRACTICES
&c IN peso q Hno).
Manual dc AEricCltura
Manual de Artes y Ofcic>
Manual dc Aceites V JahoAS
Manual dc Alhidiieria
MzauaI &c Ca-pinteria De Taller
Manual de Cer-ajerie y O5ras &c alerra
Manual del Cohetero y Pofvorista
Manual del Cu-tidor de Siel=
Manual &c OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Manual Gel DestilaGc--Licc-is2
Manual de Electri-idsd
Manual de Fo.ogrsfia
Manual del Hoiaate-o
Manual de J~ar6inerfa y BorrcrIturs
Manual Gel Laborero de Ainas
Manual de LscherEa
Manual de Necanics Industrial
Manual del Pinco-
Manual del T~ele--asta = T~esefonista
Manual del Relolero
Manual del Ssstrs
Manual Del Fab;:ea2:e de Veas
Manual de Veterina-ia y Eguitaciop
Manual del Zapats-o
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
O DEFENDER A SU
NOVA UN JOVEN
FUE MUERTO
I'm carrancista hizo lujo
de la fuerZa armada
con que Contaba

ZACATECAS, 10 de septiernbre.-
Una escolta carrancista que estaba de
vigilancia baio ell mando del tenien-
tie Fernando DomingueZ, asesin6 ano-
che, a ESQ de las siete, a un joven muy
conocido en- esta ciudad, llamado An
tonic Rodriguez, quien en- companla
de Il senorita que era su novia, sa-
liza de un cine q la bora dicha.
Ell teniente Dominguez, que tam
bien murio, solo que antes de ser ase-
sinado Rodriguez, era muy dado a ga
lantear a las senoras O senOritas con
q~uienes tropezaba en- la Gale, no I'M
portandole que algunas veces estas
fucran acompanadas por alguna per-
soma de su familia.
Por una de las GALES &c Las Casas
Coioradas pasaba, del hrazo de su no
VIC Antonio Rodriguez, n senorita
de esta ciudad, cuando en- sentido on
trario marchaba ell teniente Domin-
guez. Al yer este a la senorita que
iba con Rodriguez, la dirigio un piro-
pc acompanado de esta pregunta:
mo ME acompana?"
La senorita NADIA contesto, pero ell
| varon que Ia accompaniment creyo su
deber de hombre interpelar al inso-
lente militar, Y asi 10 hizo, %recibiendo
en- contestaci6n n injuria y viendo
que ell tenientc tomaba del brazo a
la senorita para ~llevarlo consigo.
En- deteaSG propjc.
Rodriguez acudi6 en- defensa de 81
novia y entire los dos hombres Sc en-
table una lucha a brazo p%artido, He
vando en- ella la peor parte Ell mill
tar. pues su adversario era mas fuer-
te.
De prontc, ell teniente echo mano
de su pistola para dispararla sobre
Rodriguez. pero este. advertido del
peligro Que c~orria, violentamente a
rrebato al militar ell arma y sc Ia
disparo a quemarropa.
Ell galanteador militar rodo por ell
suelo.
La escoita a cuyo mando estaba
ell teniente Dominguez, Sc acerco al
escuchar la detonacion, Y los solda-
dos que ia formaban. al YER u su jefe
en- terra Y a Rodriguez armada de
una pistola, lanzando gritos de fu-
ror tendieron los canones de sus ri
lies hacia ell pecho del matador de
su teniente. sin que v~alieran para
calmarlos las palabras de eNplicacion
que les dirigia Rodriguez nj los gri-
tos de suplica que lanzaba la novia
de est".
La muchacha, que Sc abraZaba a
su novio para iibrarlo del peligro que
l. amenazaba, fu6 retirada violenta-
mente por los fuertes brazos de dos
suldados. V en- tanto los Gemas dispa-
raban todos sus armas sobre Rodri-
guez, cayendo este acribillado a bala-
los y muricnGo acknowledgements.
En- las ayei.gue>:ones que - han
hecho. aparece que la m~uchacha hugo
sin que lCs solladcs lie hayan daCo al
c2nCe: pCru = ca caso que alguaoj We
cir.os iuto..nan que !eSpues de Ia dos
carga que SC supo fue la que privo
de la vida a Rodriguez. escucharon
Ito, por 10 que Sc cree que la seno-
rita fu& llevada quien sabe a donde
por los soldados asesinos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27

NOvELAS DE \ 50 CENTAVoS
Amor ) MaEti-io.
Artc &c Busca- Aa-lGo
Calya-:o dc Amo-
e Inferno de los hcmbres
Fl Novio Prestaco
FL Pu-gato-io de las Soltc-ss
e Pa7aiso dc las Mulcrcs
Fl Hada dc los Mares
Fl Nido de Ru;sehores
Il Collar de Esmeraldas
I'll ST &c las Ninas
FL Alma en- IN Ses0
IA Ei;a de las Flores
La Hiei en- los LaeloS
L. Nina DC los JazmIne,
Ia Viada Allegro
l. Corte del Amor
la Princcsa del Dollar
Ia Hiiz de Venus
las Eras Modernas
Las Obrcras del Amor
Las Hiias del Champagne
Marina . Ia Hija &c las Ola
Malditas sean las huieres
MalditoS sean los Eombre
Malditas sean las SrsSras
Maldi:o sea el Amor
MalGitos sean les Celos
Pas!onariaS de Arlc-
Pcrouc 50 Casan los Honbres
Po-Quc SC Cssan las Aujeres
Porque Pecan las NG5e7es
Po-qus Iurrauran las Vieias
Po-Gue reinciden las viudas
Por SsSujr . una Mu!cr
Su Ma:estad c. Amor
Viva mi Noviai
Maria. poS Jorge Isaac
e. Hiio MalGito
e BeccrEo de Orc
81 Maausc-ito de mi Msdre.
CARTILLAS CIENTIFICAS
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
Declaraciones a la prensa.

Fl senior ~ingeniero Cordova. entire
vistado por algunos representatives
de diarios de esta capital. MANIFESTO
cast esta SECURE del eXito de la
empresa que Sc proyecta por Ell milo
mario americana en- nuestro pals, y
que al efecto va ha hecho algunas
~observaciones que seran reforzadas
con las que sus companeros hayan
hecho en- su vista a algunas capita
les mexicanas Y las que hagan en- es-
Ia capital.
Agrego que, en- So concepto, de las
regiones de Mexico cuaiquiera es
propicia a la installation de la IA
brica que Sc proceda a e~stablecer
primero Y que sera Ia f%undadora de
las varias que a esta seguiTan.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
C0rdova sc muestra 0ptimista.

FL Representative dc Mr.. Ford sc
muestra optimistic dc los resultados
uue .dara cl stabIciminto d las IA
bricas que Sc ~proyectan en- nuestro
pals, Y opina que las condolences un
POGO dificileS porque atravlesa en-
NADIA perjudicaran a la negotiation.
una vez que esta Sc halle eStablecl-
da, V al contrario, esta servira para
que las condolences generates de Ia
naci6n vayan mejorando paulatina-
mente, va cue muchos millares de
hombrcs encontraran IN la nueva IN
dustria trabaio constante, productive,
de p~orvenir V bien rcmunerado.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
Ina excursion & TeXcccO.

- SO
Igualmente cl senior Ing. Cordo-
va estuvo a visitar al Ing. Jose Du-
WALTON, Director General de AgrIcu!-
tura, con quien ccnferencio amplia-
mente, V arnbos senores hicieron un
viaie a Texcoco. en- donGe p~resencia-
ron las pruebas que sc hlcleron de!
~tractcr que fue obsequiato por e! MI
llonaro Ford a nuestra Repuhlica,
pruebas a Sc ~llevaron a efecto en- los
campos que proceden de la desecacIoA
Cue Sc ha hecho dc n gran parte
del refcrido lago por los conces!ona-
rios para esos trabajos.
De los i~nfornles que proporciona
el Ing. Cordova Sc desprcndc que las
prueoaS a que fue sujetado el trac-
tor dieron los reSultados mas alagllc-
nos, h~abi6ndose visto por ellos que
los campos quedan perfectamente a
biertoS Y listos para las slembras u
ma veG que los tractores han sido he
chos funcionar sobre clos.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
Ensrevista cen Pastor RouaiX.

Ell senior Cordova ceiebro va Il en-
~trevista con el senior Pastor RoualX,
Secretario de Agriculture y Fomento
en- ell gabinete de Carranza, y parece
que las impresiones que cambiaron
ambos personaieS fueron del TODD
f~avorables al proyecto que ell prlmero
de ellos rae entire manos Y que es
de vital importancia para la Repu-
blica puesto que vendra a establecer
una inusitada actividad industrial! en-
varias regiones de nueStro pals.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27
DE 5000 00, 900 DE DOLARES Sc
RA Ell CUARTO EMPRESTITO

Telccronsd Especial pare La PRENSA.
NUEVA YORK, septiembre 20
En- un discourse que pronunci6 el Sc
cretario de Hacienda McAdoo en- el
Carnegie Hall anunci0 que el cuarto
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27

emprestito de la Libertad seria por
valor de seis mil millones de dola-
res Y que la campana correspondence
para que sea subscribe ST abrira ell
proximo sabado y durara tres soma
mas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-09-27

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CHAPTER XIII.
Gas Attaoka and snIea.

Three days after we had sllenced
Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. II
did not catch us unawares, because the
wind had been made to order, that Is,
1t was blowing from the German
trenches toward ours at the rate Of
about five miles per hour.
Warnings had been passed down the
trench to keep a sharp lookout for gas.
We had a new man at the periscOpe
oil this afternoon in question; 1 was
sitting on the fire step, cleaning my
rifle, when he called out to me:
"There's a sort Of greenlsh, yellow
cloud rolling along the ground out In
front, it's coming"
But I waited for no more, grabbing
my bayonet, which was detached from
the rifle, 1 gave the alarm by banging
an empty shell case, which was hang.
ing near the perlscope. At the same
instant, gongs started ringing down the
trench, the signal for Tommy to don
his respirator, or smoke helmet, as we
call 1t.
Gas travels quickly, so you must not
lose any time; you generally have
about eighteen or twenty seconds In
which to adjust your gas helmet.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
SPRAYING POTATOES
TO CONTROL BLIGHT
Experiments Prove That Bor-
deaux Mixture Is Effective.
Results Given Of Tests Conducted
Last Year In Aroostook County,
Maine, by the Department
Of Agriculture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
That thorough spraying will control
late blight in seasons of bad infec-
ton has been proven many times In
the past and most recently in tests
conducted last year in AroOstook
county, Maine, by the United States
department of agriculture in cooper
alton with the Maine agricultural ex-
pertinent station. Some potato grow
ers have expressed their opinion that
1t does not pay to spray potatoes for
this disease. Growers Of this opinion
claim that when the weather condi-
lions are such that the blight is Sc
we're, spraying does not control 1t sufi-
ciently to give an appreciable increase
in the yield, and that In seasons when
the attack is light the increase In the
yield from spraying Is not sufficient
to cover the added cost. In n block
where small test plots sprayed with
standard bordeaux mixture were In
terspersed with untreated check
plots, the average yield on IL of the
former was at the rate Of 1872 BUSH
els per acre, while that on IN equal
number of untreated plots was at the
rate Of 1875 bushels per acre. This
was an increase of 37.7 bushels per
acre, or more than 20 per cent in
favor of bordeaux mixture.
In another similar block the aver
age yield of five plots sprayed with
bordeaux mixture was at the rate of
nearly 237 bushels per acre, while that
of the four untreated check plots In
the same block was 174.3 bushels.
The gain here was 62.5 bushels per
acre or about 80 per cent due to
spraying. Six applications were made
on all the aforementioned sprayed
plots.
On these experimental plots, spray
ing ought to have been started ten days
or two weeks sooner, or by the end
of the first week In July. IN spite OF
this fact, the yields given above indi.
cate quite plainly that spraying paid.
Moreover, many persons who saw the
plots during the latter part Of the sea-
son have testified to the striking diff
.ferences on sprayed and unsprayed
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28

to disguise the location Of his machine
gun and get his range. Some Of the
most commonly used stunts are as fol-
lows:
At night, when he mounts his gun
Over. the top Of his trench and wants
to get the range OF Fritz's trench he
adopts the method Of what he terms
getting the sparks" This consists Of
firing bursts from his gun until the
bullets hit the German barbed wire.
He can tell when they are cutting the
wire, because a bullet when it hits a
wire throws out q blue electric spark.
M~achine-gun fire is very damaging to
wire and causes many a w ing party
to go out at night when II is quiet to
repair the damage.
To disguise the flare of his gun at
night when firing, Tommy uses what Is
called a flare protector. This Is a stove
pipe arrangement which fits over the
barrel casing Of the gun and screens
the sparks from the right and left, but
not from the front. So Tommy, always
%resOurceful, adopts this scheme About
three feet or less in front Of the gun he
drives two stakes into the ground,
about FIVE feet apart. Across these
stakes he stretches q curtain made out
Of empty sandbags ripped open. He
sOaks this curtain In water and fires
through 1t. The water prevents II
catching fire and effectively screens
the flare of the firing gun from the
enemy.
Sound is a valuable asset in locating
a machine gun. but Tommy surmOunts
this obstacle by placing two machine
guns about one hundred to one hun
dred and fifty yards apart. The gun
on the right to cover with its fire the
sector Of the left gun and the gun on
the left to cover that of the right
gun. This makes their fire cross; they
are fired simultaneously.
By this method 1t sounds like one
gun firing and gives the Germans the
impression that the gun Is firing from
n point midway between the guns
which are actually firing, and they &c
cOrdlngly shell that particular spot,
The machine gunners chuckle and say
Fritz is a brainy boy, not 'alf he
amt"
But the men in our lines at the spot
being shelled curse Fritz for his igno'
rance and pass a few pert remarks
down the line in reference to the ma
chine gunners being "wlndy" and
afraid to take their medicine.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28

Fritz became a worse nuisance than
ever. He was getting fresher and more
careless every day, took all kinds of
liberties with us-thought he was in
vincible.
Then n OF u crew got a brilliant
Idea and we were all enthusiastic to
put 1t to the test.
Here was his scheme:
When firing my gun, / was to play
my tune, and Fritz, no doubt, would
fall for 1t, try to initiate me as ar
added insult. This gunner and two
others would try, by the sound, to To-
cate Fritz and his gun. After having
got the location, they would mount
two machine guns in trees, in a little
clump of woods to the left of our Gene
terry, and while Fritz was in the middle
Of his lesson, would open up and trust
to luck. By our calculations, it would
take at least a week to pull Off the
stunt.
If Fritz refused to swallow our bait,
1t would be impossible to locate his
special gun, and that's the n we were
after, because they all sound alike, a
slow pup-pup-pup.
Our prestige was hanging by a
thread. In the battalion we had to en-
dure all kinds of insults and fresh re-
marks rs to our ability in silencing
Fritz. Even to the battalion that Ger
man gun was a sore spot.
Next day, Fritz opened up as usual.
I let him fire away for a while and
then butted in with my "pup-pup-pup-
pup-pup-pup." 1 kept this up quite q
while, used two belts Of ammunition.
Fritz had stopped firing to listen. Then
he started In; sure enough, he had
fallen for our game, hts gun was trying
to initiate mine, but, at first he made q
horrible mess of that tune. Again ]
butted in with a few bars and stopped
Then he cried to copy what 1 had
played. He was a good sport all right
because his bullets were going away
over our heads, must have been firing
into the air. I commenced to fee
friendly toward him.
This duet went on for five days
Fritz was n good pupil and learned
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
KEEPING THE TRACTOR BUSY
Owners Of Power Outfits Urged to
Make Good Use Of Them In In
ereaslng Food Supply.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Owners Of tractors which are not
kept busy through the blowing and
seeding a will perform a patri-
otto nelghbOrly duty by granting use
Of these outfits to neighbOrs, who may
be short of labor or hands to prepare
seedbeds. A reasonable rate Of hire
for the tractor would enable the trac-
tors to make a return during other
wise idle periods, but, most important.
will make It possible for others at rea-
sonable expenditure to have a full acre
age and add to the nations important
food supplies. The same might be fol-
lowed with regard to horses and va
riOus farm machines, which should not
be allowed to remain idle when a food
producing neighbOr can keep them busy
on victory crops.