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of Anjou and the world famous war
rior maid Jeanne D'Arc, whose many
acts Of heroism fill page after page of
French history. The French revolu-
ton brought out many of the fighting
women of France. Some of them
showed great bravery and were ada
mant when they captured spies. They
refused to listen to any mitigating cir
cumstances and death was always the
fate melted out. During the riots of
the French Revolution hundreds of
women wearing mems clothes were
found among the dead having gone
with their husbands and sweethearts.
Mollic Pitcher
The American Revolution too
brought out the woman soldier and
what school boy does not revel in the
story of Captain Mollie Pitcher, the
heroine of Monmouth. History tells
US how she was carrying water to the
men of Proctors battery on that hot
and bloody afternoon in July when
bullet crashed in the skull of her hus-
band just as he was ramming charge
into his field piece, and he fell at her
feet a bloody corpse. Lie there my
darling till avenge your DEATH" ex-
claimed Molly, and Selling the ram
mer she went on with the work which
death had cut short, while the men
cheered her all along the line. All
through that afternoon tin night COW
cred the landscape and closed the bat
tie Molly stood by her gun and made
good in her husbands place, swabbing
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hundred were killed in one winter, the
teeth extracted and the carcass al
lowed to rot on the ground. Great
herds of these elk can be seen by
travellers grazing on mountain sides
and the graceful animals are petted
whenever they come near enough to
the hotels to become accustomed to
people. 1t is somewhat difficult to
estimate the exact number of these
Or other animals in the Park-espe-
cially as the elk are in two herds
the northern and southern mainly
distinguished by their wintering
grounds. Recently, members of the
Forest Service, the Biological Survey,
National Park Service and Boone and
Crockett Club made survey.
Animals Fed In Winter
Though most persons see the ami
mails of the Yellowstone in summer
there are certain enthusiastic animal
lovers who go to this remarkable Park
in winter that they may see them as
they come to Gardiner, the entrance
to the Park to get the alfalfa hay
which the Government harvests each
year for winter food for the Park
animals Though in summer all kinds
of animals roam in the higher parts
of the Park, the winters are so severe
that they are glad to come down to
get food. So at Gardiner, one can see
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time being. Recent reports declare
that the woman's regiment met the
Bolsheviki in battle and defeated
them. Perhaps a few more regiments.
of women might go far to stiffening up
Russia's back bone. This regiment isl.
under the command of Madame Vera
Bochkareva, who is their Colonel. E
This lady is no visionary nor is she a
patriotic fanatic but a person of stead
fast determination and one who be- =
ieves that the safety of Russia ide-.f
ponds on the defeat of the KAISER -
Most of the battalion are women be1s5
tween the age of IS and 25. They were
recruited from all classes, from the%eE
most ignorant peasant to the daughteR65
of a nobleBlan. They are of the usuafA
thickset burly type of Russian andflf
are such excellent hand to hand ffght->dl
ers that they kill many Germans ms
bayonet duels. They eat the regula-
ton army fare and carry the regular
equipment of the infantry except that :
they use the Cavalry Carbine, which
is five pounds lighter than the infan-s
try rifle. Colonel Bochkareva is the
widow of a Cossack who was killed
enlisted by permission of the Gar. At
first the officers and soldiers refused
to take her seriously but finally they
began to admire her ability as fight.
er and permitted her to go lover tlle5s
top" She was wounded and while
recuperating in a hospital she con--~
ceived the idea of organizing the, Bat
talon of Death" .,...e. -
Another woman of war in the pres
emit conflict is Sergeant Major Flora
Sandes, who went to Serbia as nurse
but carried rifle and fought beside.
the Serbian soldiers. She was wound7--
ed by Bulgarian hand grenade and
decorated with the Cross of Kara
George for bravery in the field" .-
Our part in the war has just begun
and who can predict that before it
ends the United States may not pro-
duce another Mollie Pitcher, Kady
Brownell or perhaps an American
Bochkareva. A
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in this Park, where the waters have :
been planted" annually ever since
1891. It is great fun to go fishing
in the lake or streams and catch the
Loeb Levin, rainbow or brook trout.
There are few restrictions and if one
stream shows depletion there is al
ways another to turn to. The guards
enjoy winter fishing for some of the
streams near the entrance are too
rapid to freeze over completely. Three
watersheds find their beginnings with
in the borders of this Park, and all :
trout streams are of high degree Of ;
excellence. Hawks, eagles, swans
peIicans, crows, blackbirds and robins y,
love this tract in summer and-sfoF-iz
tunately reptiles are so rare, that the
summer visitor can experience little =
danger in pIucking the many gorgeous
wild flowers that make the roadside
radiant. as~
1t is worth trip across the con-
tinent to see the animals in this Park,
and one can always be sure of a few
geysers thrown in for good measure. y
And yet, this wonderful spot, more
wonderful than similar areas in New
Zealand and Iceland, lay hidden for
long years, while a tide of trappers,- 2
explorers and hunters surged by and
beyond it. John Golfer of the Lewis
and Clark Expedition was the firstsa
white man to record a visit. This was
in 1SO4-6 and along in 1910 Jamesa1
Bridges saw some of the geysers, butTs
it remained for the Washbrun4Doaue33
Expedition in 1870 to give the first
authentic account of this wonderful
place. 1t took many years for people 2
to believe that such wonders existed
on this continent though member Of
the American Fur Company tried to -
give an idea of the marvels in small
paper published in Buffalo in 1912. a.
Though there are over thirt5' wells
known geysers in the Park the animals
appear totally unaware of their exist s.
ence unless it be that they are prudent
enough not to get close to the hot
waters. Here, in this Yellowstone
Park, which is located at the headwa- e.
tiers of the Missouri and Yellowstone
rivers. we have not alone some of the &
most marvellous of known tgeysers. butse y
the largest game preserve. 1t is in-s7
valuable to all of the American peo-L
pie, for it is the home of animaiss-
which otherwise would become extinct.
and be known to future generauonsg
only by name and picture.
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deeds on the fields of battle The
Southern women as we'll as the ones
from the North took up the musket
and sword
Loretta Velasquez
One of the most noted of these was
a Cuban girl, Sonora Loretta Velas-
quez, who persuaded her American
husband to desert the Union Army and
join the Confederates and then begged
him to allow her to enlist under his
command. When he refused she
dressed herself in one of his suits and
ran away, to New Orleans where after
being fixed up by a tailor she raised a
regiment of recruits and took them
to her husband at Pensacola. This
time the husband taught her how to
drill the men and humored her whim
for soldering. He was killed shortly
afterward, but Sonora Loretta con-
tinued under arms, calling herself
Lieut.. Harry Buford. She fought at
Bull Run and was successful as !, spy,
gaining much valuable information.
Beebe Bean
During our war with Spain women
again came INTO the ranks. one Oh
them, Miss Beebe Bean, served our
country in the ranks for twelve
months. In order to reach the seat of
war in the Philippines Miss Bean dis
guised herself as boy and enlisted
on a steamer to Manila in the uniform
of cabin boy. Once there sne Sc
cured soldiers uniform and followed
the service for twelve months before
her sex was discovered. Other women
tried to get into the ranks of Spanish
American War. but they were invari-
ably discovered before they had gone
very far. ......
The Battalion OF Death
The present war, however, has
brought ont q, fresh crop of Amazons
in the Russian Battalion of Death
that sturdy band OF Russian women
who did what they could to save Rus
STA. On one occasion when the Rus
slams were in retreat the Battalion of
death went at the Germans" and
succeeded in saving the day for the
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Sketches of the Most
Prominent Women Who
Have Fought With Men
In the Ranks for Their
Country's Cause.
Copyright, 1918, by The International
Syndicate.

"LTHOUGH HISTORIANS in
their chronicles of war always
give prominence to the achieve
- . ments of men, women from the
earliest times have been found in the
midst of the conflict fighting side by
side with the men in the ranks, often
their sex remaining unsupported for
months. 1t is true that it has been
the portion Of millions of women to
suffer in silence at home and mourn
their dead. With others their intrigues
and fatal gift of beauty have caused
strifes innumerable. Women have
also inspired heroism and knightly
deeds, but it is of those who have
actually taken part in battle that the
writer wishes to speak.
Some of these women have Joined
the ranks to avoid separation from
those who were dearer to them than
ease and comfort or life Itself, others
from a pure love of romance and ad-
venture and others from mental
hallucination that victory and deliver
ance would come to the war burdened
land only by the sacrificing of their
lives. No hardship has been too great
for these female warriors, many of
whom have fought with a tenacity and
courage rarely equalled by men. They
have come from all walks of life ready
to suffer and perhaps to die for their
country's cause.
AmaZonS
The Amazons were perhaps the first
organized company of women war
riors selected from a race of people
who dwelt upon the banks of the river
of that name in by-gone ages. Many
of their deeds are so interviewer with
legends that it is almost impossible
to separate the truth from the myth.
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KLTHOUGH HISTORIANS IN
"a their chronicles of war always
give prominence to the achieve
y ments of men. women from the
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national, State and city-and for
geological gardens, when Government
permits. In recent years many of the
animals particularly the elk, bears and
bison have been quietly taken captive
and shipped away to various parts of
the country
Small Herd OF Buffalo
In early days buffaloes existed in
large numbers in the West and ranged
from the Middle West to the Rockies.
Now the only place where they are
found in their original habitat is the
Yellowstone Park. The pronged horn
antelope and a large variety of moose
found near Yellowstone Lake are 9TH
er interesting park animals. Every
little while some Of these animals are
shipped out and Boston, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis, st. Louis, Toronto, Phila-
delphia, Kansas City and other places
have bUffaloes obtained in this way.
The shipment of elks increases yearly.
Howard Eaton, the well known ranch
er of Wolf, Wyoming, has captured
and made numerous shipments of elk
some going as far as Virginia and
Arizona.
Well Guarded
In early days the Park was not so
well guarded as now and poachers
took advantage Of the situation, but
this was ended in 1gHl and vigorous
measures are now / ken with such
depredators Efforts are also being
made to preservethe animals when
they get beyond the Parks boundaries
for at one time many were slaugh-
tered Tor their canine teeth which
were made into watch charms. This
has been stopped. but not before five
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. HE FAME of Yellowstone Park
81 has been so indelibly associated
With its wonderful geysers that
W. few persons know that If is tho
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a has been so indelibly associated
With its wonderful geysers that
We few persons know that it is the
only spot in the United States where
thu public can see in large numbers
the arirIals of the forests and wifds in
thor ,'atural state. In reality it is
n. most successful wild animal pre-
serse IN the world.
Only those who personally know
the West appreciate the changes that
have taken place in its animal life in
the past forty years. Thirty years
ago elk and antelope existed in large
numbers in the Rockies from Mexico
TO Canada, but these animals were
killed with no thought that they might
ultimately be extinguished. 1t was
fortunate that when the Yellowstone
Io ational Park was established. in
II tefe It occurred to some public mind
sen a uviduals that its 81 by 63~square
ie Sholo' ould make a wonderful game
'e'"eeh AS result there are enough
les anu yoow in this park to be of
tween crlspest and in years to come it
'eIerE' cueu1 epitome of conditions in
Spanish stel'=s that once existed in
broadway enc the West. ,
i've outdoor life ds OF Animals
is and keep well, hundred antelope,
lip you to get suppot deer, more than
me eggs, IL lem, four hundred buff
Is of olive oil, 1 cupmountain sheep.
am. little sugar and Rnd grizzly bears,
sn the yoiks Of the ege thousand elk.
lowiy added the oil and Fark their
Ie while beating hard andt protection.
axes quite a thick paste, now being
49, - other parks
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lin Robinson, San Francisco: John II.
Dudeni Springfield. Vt. Adam j. Rutos-
Ky Syracuse, N. Y.
Mechanic Lawrence L. McCnnnon,
Plano, Iowa
PRiVATES.
Alnlo Domfick. Brooklyn. Orvnl Cheno-
weth, Des MOines. Iowa; John COnuelly,
brooklyn. James B rrnhnm. BrUOklyni
Henry r Hart, New York. Clarence j.
Jcglum, Toronto, 8 D.. Shirley A. kim
hnll ClcHr Lake, lown; julius kuhlayi
bridgeport. Conn, Ntlo.A McGowan
Dcsoto Iowa. Alfred f.. Martin, Acush-
net. Mass Victor Muss0, Santa cruz
cat; Henry Nelson. East Boston Mas.
Peter pozeles. Philadelphia. Pa; Georr,
T. PepperRAn, Jersey Shore, Pa Free
] Peterson, Somcryille, Mass, Joseph O
Rose. lrvlngton. Cal; Arthur Salvas
pawtucket, II IT, Lawrence schIf Nrw
York; Frederick X Schiittler, New York
Howard A. Short. ChandlerviIle, III, APN
r Sorenson, Cedar Falls, Iowa, James S
Stansberry, Newark, n j., Wesley wal
laco. Antwerp. n V; Llsl' i Walsh
Mason CITY Iowa Harley r. Young, pc'
Moncs. Iowa, William Inpolsid Shcnru.
donh, PA George Martin AclshnDi
AlIgs.
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FIRST CALL
CONTINUED From Page ~

cessful Promotion OF this war. These
men should be hanged as traitors
,hooting is too good Tor them
Before the United States entered the
war, the genuine paciiist was to b,
respected as ono who had the strength
OF his convictions, but now that IN,
United States is at war, it is up tC
every pacifist to help, not hinder. The
pacifist today is either a pro-Gcrmar
or a traitor to ms country and should
be treated as such. Give 4 few of them
Jail sentences ahd/see how quickly the
rest become patriotic.
The flag flying from the front OF
gour home is your flag. our flag; our
.athers shed their blood to put it there
now it is up to every man and woman
Of us to shed our blood, if need be, to
keep it there. II YOU will not do this
.uu are not an American and America
does not want you Go over where you
belong, under the German flag of muir
der rapine, dishonor, and trcachery.
ITO BE Continued
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THIS MAN SAYS
WIFE WEIGHED
ONLY Is POUNDS
After Twenty-Five Years of
Suffering Takes Tanlac
And Gains 20 Pounds.

"My wife has gained twenty-ninc
pounds and now We just sit back and
talk about the happy days Tanlac has
brought US" writes L. A. Beatty OF
Sclmcr. Tennessee, in a letter, dated
July 18th, to the Tanlac offices.
II Just want to say that | have no
dou5t that Tanlae has saved my wite's
life" his letter continues, "and now
the future looks bright as silver dol
lars to US. twenty-five years ago she
was given up to die and | have been
told every year since that time, that she
couldn't live have tried everything
Travelled all over the country with
her-and spent great sums Of money,
but nothing did her any good. She had
run down TO where she weighed only
seventy-sIx pounds.
81 saw Tanlac advertised, bought il
for her and she soon commenced to
pick up, and now she weighs one hun
dred and five pounds,-has actually
gained twenty-nine pounds. ! wish you
could have seen her before she took
Ianac and then see her now, you
wouldn't take her for the same person.
Before, she couldn't do anything, but
now she does all her housework and
tends to her flowers and a yard full
OF chickens besides.
"I can prove what say is true by
my county officials and lots Of other
good people You may know it make
me feel good to see my wife well and
enjoying life after suffering for years
and | honestly believe that Tanlac Is
the best medicine on earth. I'm Just
walking, talking booster for TanlaC
because Of what it has done for US and
have been the cause Of many others
taking it, Later on may tell you how
happened to pass an old fried's house
and recommend II TO him lie had
given up. but he's o X. today Thi,
can be proven too Well. | could write
columns and then not tell half But LET
me say again believe Tanlac is the
prandc medicine on earth and will
answer anybody'S letter and tell them
Just whatl have written you
Faulac is sold IN Oklahoma City by
The Wesiiall Drug Co. and leading
druggists and dealers everywhere
(Ady)
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PARIS, Aug. l2,-The Germans
are reacting on the allied lett with
certain amount of success, having
had time to get into line divisions
rushed frantically from the north
1t is believed here the fresh troops
are being thrown into the fighting
in desperate cndeayor 10 block
the alliod advance toward NcsIc.
General Won Hutier who escaped
badly damaged, from the Mont
didrr pocket, is trying now to halt
temporarily ON the Roye- Noyon
line lie is strong enough at Noyon
end, where his flank rests on the
Disc but should the British succeed
in debouching from the villages OF
LihonS, Chilly, Franlart FreSnoy
and Goyencourt in the general dl-
rcction of Ncde, Won Hutlcrs
right at Roye would not only be
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
BRITISH

LONDON, Aug. l2-The text Of
the British official report today fol-
lows:
yesterday evening the enemy
again attacked our positions south
OF Ligons. He was repulscd.
AS a result of a successful op-
Grafton Immediately south OF the
Somme, we captured 200 prisoners
and linked up our positions east OF
Merincourt with the line east OF
Etinchem on the north bank of thr
river.
"On the right Of the fourth Bril-.
ish army, our allies made progrcs
yesterday afternoon in the direction
of Roye, capturing the villages of
Armancourt and Tilloloy
"On the northern portion OF the
British front We effected local i'm
provemens in our line east o..
Robecq and between NieuNsBerquiu
and Merris."
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Hutier Is Lost If British \
Can Push Out from Lihons;
Huns Fight at Bay at Roye

turned but he would be cut off and
hopclesSly lost The entire line, it
is believed here, would then go
down.
Should Won Hutier succeed in
holding on sufficiently to get his
guns and material away, his next
move probably would be back to-
ward the Sommc, piyoting on No
yon. lie would swing his right
back on the line OF 'Ne,le and
Noyon.
The Germans now are fighting
for time to make this possible and
the fighting is likely to be even
more desperate today than it was
Sunday. The Germans so lar have
done no more than check the allied
left north of the Ayre 1t is be-.
llcved to be certain that they will
spare nothing in an endeayor to
push it back.
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Section Three.
KILLED IN ACTION.
NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeants Harry w, Marson. Waterloo,
Iowa; Alexander ShAuof. phlladelphia,
Corpornls John CannarozEi. New York
Chas. A. GroulN, Ogdonshurg, n. Y.
Henry +. Hopp Mason City. Iowa: Rob,
crt +. McLrchllu. Dry Ridge. Ky,
George L. Mitchell. Hodredge, Ncb
Henry Phillips, Gray's Landing Pa.
Homer G. Rahorn. Gainesville. Fla.
Lawrence T.. Thompson Thurman, N G.
Edward Brennan. Long Island: Joseph
Gibson Dale, Lansford. Pa; Edward J
GEM, Elizabeth. n. j.; Floyd n. Girton
Wadron, Ark; Edgar ". Hall, Chap
man, Ala; Clayton Hammonds. Gate
city, Va; Ira ". Holman, Moravia,
Iowa; John J. Kelly, New York; Harvey
Raymond Moses, TRmauqua. Pa. Joseph
Pray, Redlauds, Cal; George J. Silvery
Thomns. Smithport, Pa. Sassel Vim
son, s. Iouis, Mo; Clarence Waters
Arcadia, Texas
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] Nowak, Rochester. N. Y; John d.
ungerdcht. Henning. Tenn.
Bugler a. II. PfHlzgran, Dumont. Iowa
PRlVATEs.
o. Anderson, Crcston, Iowa; Julian q.
Cox, Milledgeyillc, Ga Fred Edwards,
Andcrsonvlllc, Ga Leroy G, Fisher, DeH
Moincs; Philip j. Flood. Corona, n. Y:
Clarence Frenzel. Waterloo. Iowa; Fred
hon G. Griffin Rod Cnk Iowa Fred
Gulda. New York city; Leon c. Gunter,
PITTS Ga; Eddy iurlburt. Creston
Iowa: clyde II. Jones. Creston. Iowa;
Alfred T.. King, Clinton. Iowa; Arnold
w. klcmme, Gerald, Mo; Samuel j
Levin. New York city: Roland Long
SAN Diego, cal. William T.. !. MalontJ
OtiumwH. Iowa; Karl G. Ortman, Littlo-
port. Iowa; Adelard Sauye, New Bed
ford Mass.
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WOUNDED IN ACTION.
Corpl Bern r. Hall Bellwood, Neb.
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FRENCH.

PARIS, Aug. l2-The text Of the
French official report today fol
lows:
Between the Avre and the Ois.
the situation is without change
During the night there was artillcr
firing in the region OF Marqui
Ssilers and Grivillers Nothing Is
reported from the remainder Of the
front"
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WOUNDED SEVERELY.


Harry Amundsen, Edgarton, wis: Leo
Il. Atwater, Lakcylew, Iowa; Arthur
Boyer. Chicago. III Joseph +. Burc.
Brinktown. Mo; George Burns. Provi-
denCr, r. l.; James Bruce, Raudleman.
$ c.; Paul L. Cordes KRmrar, Iowa
Lloyd v. Johnson. Webster city. Iowa
Dominick u. Moore, Maynard. Mass
John OShanltck, Lake Pop8tCOng. N. j..
Walter |TaFc, m Pleasant Mills. Pa:
John J, Quirk. lorida, N y; Eugene u.
Robertson, Maynard, Iowa; Fred W.
Simpson, Fort Dodge. Iowa; Walter
Sohczak. Milwaukee Wis; Robert l..
StalIlnEA. Barnesville. Ga.