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The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
LIEUTENANT JESSE IN FRANCE
Columbian In Letter to Parents, Tells
of Experiences at the Front.

OF Experiences at the Front.
Lieutenant William Jesse, son oi
Dr. and Mrs. r. H. Jesse, tells in a
letter received by his parents this
morning, of his experience since he
went to France the latter part of Sep
tember.
Lieutenant Jesse was one of the men
to receive a commission at Fort Riley
last summer and to be sent to France
in the early fall. For about two
months he was in a French artillery
school, but in December he was sent
to an American field school closer to
the front. Here the men were taught
telephone, radio and general COM
munication work.
At the close of this school, Lieuten-
ant Jesse with nine other officers, was
chosen to remain as an instructor.
He expects to be there until the mid
die of March.
In the latter part of December. Lieu
tenant Jesse was sent to a British
post at the front for short trip. In
writing of this, he said although, ac-
cording to the British officers, the
firing was very light in that sector
at the time he was there, it was plenty
warm for him.
Lieutenant Jesse hopes to be sent
to the front soon for active duty.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
REPORTS LARGEST STAMP SALE
Charlotte, Mich, Town of 5000, has
100 Per Cent Success.
By Associated Press

Charlotte, Mich, Town of 5000, has
100 Per Cent Success.
By Associated Press.
CHARLOTTE, Mich, Feb. 1S.-
Charlotte was the first town or city
in the United States to report 100
per cent success in its thrift stamp
campaign. A whirlwind drive of three
days by a local committee, which is
considered a model for effectiveness
and cooperation, caused every man,
woman and child residing in the tows
to buy at least one thrift stamp,
Charlotte's achievement was officially
recognized by the national organiza-
tion in charge of the war savings
stamp campaign, and as the feat was
chronicled broadcast, many queries
have been received as to how Char
lotte did it."
Charlotte has about 5000 popula
ton. The campaign was started on
January 20. The town was cut into
about twenty-eight districts. Com
mittees of two men each were assign
ed to the various districts, which
averaged about fifty homes The COM
mittees had but one object in view
to sell every resident stamp. A few
poor families were aided by popular
subscription, but many interesting
stories have since come to light as
to how poor people without coal and
with little food, scraped up enough
money to buy a stamp.
Thousands of pennies from chill
dren were collected by the committee
Many quaint, old coins, found their
way into the melting pot of public
generosity. Two of the first stamps
bought were paid for with Canadian
script
One old man, Civil War hero,
bought two 25-cent stamps and later
the committee learned that he pur-
chased the securities with his last
half dollar. A Chinese laundryman
also is numbered among the patriotic
citizens
The campaign didn't stop when the
goal was attained. Since the cam
paign closed, subscriptions have been
pouring in at the rate of $500 a day.
This total is larger than the total
for any day during the campaign.
"Stampitis' is the word which citi-
zens use to describe the situation.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
TRACTORS CAN WIN
WAR;: SAYS lehman
University Professor Brings
Back Message From Kan
sas City Exhibit.
URGES FARM USAGE
Machine Will Offset Lack of
Men for Agricultural
Labor.

Tractors will win the war if used al
home as well as abroad This was the
message brought by Prof. E. W. Leh-
mann of the department of agricul-
tural engineering of the University
from his visit to the tractor show in
Kansas City. If America is to help
most effectively to win the war she
must increase her use of the tractor
was the consensus of opinion there
among both military men and vivil-
ians. The tractor as used in the war
the tanks the caterpillar type.
Captain Munroe of France, who spoke
in Kansas City, said that it was blood
and tractors" that won the battles at
Ypres, Marine and Verdun. At Verdun
there were four lines of tractors and
trucks bringing up munitions and sup
plies.
America must use the tractor in the
field more if she is to counteract the
lack of men, said Professor Lehman.
Most tractors can do twice as much
work as one plow hitched to horse.
The advantage of the tractor lies in
its size. The great task for America
is to teach the farmer how to use the
tractor in order to get the most bene-
fit from it,
The University is doing its share in
teaching the agricultural students the
use of tractors. There are five in the
machinery building that are being
used. These have been lent to the
University by different manufacture
ers and are left for two semesters
every year. If new styles are introduc-
ed they are sent here. Thus the ma
chimes are advertised and the students
learn how to use them.
There are sixty-five regular and
thirty Short Course students who are
learning the use of the tractors. This
marks an increase of $50 per cent
over last year. The students will soon
go out to plow up the University farm
lands.
Besides the tractors, the University
has gas engines. plows, cultivators and
harvesting machinery that are lent
by different manufacturers for use
here. In all this represents from $40,
900 to $4,000 worth of machinery. A
few of the manufacturers pay the
freight.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
SENDS SONGS FROM FRANCE
Former Student Writes That Soldiers
COMPOSED Words to Tunes.

Miss Esther Cook received a letter
yesterday from her brother, Albert C.
Cook in France, which contained two
songs composed by the soldiers to
well-known tunes. Mr.. Cook was in
the University in 1914-15. He has
been in France with the Second En-
gineers since the middle of Decem-
Der.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Western Educator Here.

Prof. A. A. Cleveland, dean of the
School of Education at the State Col
lege of Washington, spent today in
specting the work done at the Uni
versity High School and the Univer-
sity Elementary School. Dean Cleve-
land is organizing practice schools
at the State College of Washington and
is making a study of such schools
throughout the county.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
ORGANIZING TANK REGIMENT
First American Unit of This Kind Now
Being Formed. (.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-A tank regi-
ment-the first 10 be formed in an
here under Colonel A. d. Ferguson
and Major Walter Allen. Fifty men
the nucleus of the regiment-will re-
port at Camp Upton, Long Island, at
once with the probability that the full
strength will be recruited as soon as
the War Department deems necessary.
Men of initiative, of brain, Drawn
and demonstrated ability, are being
chosen for the advance guard of the
"tankmen." Many are being selected
because of special experience which
fits them for the work; still others
are being admitted on nothing more
tangible than personality"
81 have selected some men because
liked their looks, Major Allen said.
While army officers here were un-
able to give detailed information con-
cerning the formation of the tank
unit. they stated that the regular
strength of regiment of engineers,
which is 1.5O0 men, would probably
be required of the tank regiments al
So
How many tanks" go to make up
a squadron Major Allen was unable
to state Tank regiments are new to
all of us over here" he said, "and
for that reason it is probable that the
British organization plans will be fol-
lowed at the outset.
THE first fifty men will be sent i'm
mediately to Camp Upton. 1t is most
likely that they will be schoOled in
tank manning before the remainder
of the regiment arrives, thus being in
a position to aid the staff officers in
the drilling of the recruits.
Because of the exacting duties
which will fall to them l am using
the greatest care in selecting these
men. In the first week there were
more than $50 applications, and from
this number 25 were selected Nerve
and initiative count high in the Sc
lection. Preference, too, is given men
who have worked with heavy ma
chines-tractors, steam shovels,
dredges, locomotives.
Among the classes of men most
frequently turned down are chauf-
feurs. Most of them think that be-
cause they have had experience with
a light automobile they are qualified
to drive tank. This is not true. Me
chanical and specialized training
is necessary, of course, but nerve and
personal ingeniousness must also be
considered"
Major Allen stated that he was
particularly anxious to get in touch
with members of trade unions, but
added that the response from this
class had been disappointing. The re-
mainder of the regiment, Major Allen
said, might be recruited from the
National Army. This plan, he believes,
would bring out the men best adapted
for tanks in the quickest possible
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
TIGER TEAM ALSO A QUARTET
Basketball Squad Passes Time When
Travelling by Singing M. u. Songs.

A quartet made up of members oi
the Missouri basketball squad sings
on the train and in hotels while on
basketball trips.
The quartet consists of John
Shorty McCann, first tenor; Leslie
Wackher, second tenor; Eric Schroe-
der, baritone; Clyde Slusher, bass
Last Friday at Ames the rest of the
squad went in to dinner and left them
singing Missouri songs in the hotel
lobby.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
M. U. GRADUATE q. s. MARSHAL
George F. Alexander Becomes Officer
In District of Oregon.

Word has been received here of the
recent appointment of George F.
Alexander, formerly of Gallatin, Mo-,
as United States marshal for the dis
trict of Oregon. Mr.. Alexander, son
of Congressman ]. w. Alexander of
Gallatin, is law graduate of the Uni
versity. He practiced law at Gala
tin after graduation from the Univer-
sity, later moving to Portland, Ore,
and taking up practice there. His ap-
pointment, made on the Endorsement
of Senator Chamberlain, came unso-
licited.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18

time. Recruiting in the regular man
ner, he pointed out, might be too
slow. However. applications for en-
listment in the tank regiment, which
is the sixity-fifth Engineers, are con-
tinuing and many applications are
being received and accepted at the
Chicago office.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Hospital Unit No. ss to Camp.

Duke N. Parry, "a senior in the
School of Journalism of the Univer-
city, left last night to join Base Hos
pital Unit No. 2S in Kansas City in
which he has been enlisted. This
unit, which has been mobilized now
for several weeks, will entrain Tues
day for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Several
University of Missouri men are in this
unit.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Father Asks Custody of Child.

Divorce proceedings were filed to-
day by Lee l.. Barnes against Lucy A.
Barnes, charging incompatibility and
desertion. Mr.. Barnes asks for the
custody of the one child, Floyd
Barnes, years old
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
4s GALLONS OF CHEMICALS USED
Fire at Home Of Mrs. E. F. Palmer Re.
quired Amount of Extinguisher.

Forty-three gallons of chemicals
were required to extinguish a fire on
the main roof of the home of Mrs. E.
F. Palmer, S12 Rogers street, shortly
after O'Clock yesterday morning.
The fire was caused by burning SCOT
falling on the roof. Damages amount
ed to about $50. An hour later the
fire department was called back to
7xtinguish blaze caused by burning
SCOT on the kitchen roof. Little dam
age was done this time.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Gag. Freshman to be Entertained.

The sophomores in the College of
Agriculture will give a stunt for the
freshmen at the Missouri Union Build
ing at o'clock tomorrow night.
About 100 are expected to attend.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Removal Notice.

l have moved my office from the
rooms formerly occupied, by Smith
and Digges Dentists, to those across
the hall. numbers 401, 402, 403 Ex-
change Bank Bldg. C. W. Digges.
D-132
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
DIR. Mitchell Bacterioloeist, Resigns

DR.. Oliver W. H. Mitchell, former
professor in the University of Mis-
souri,, has resigned his position as
city bacteriologist of Syracuse. N. Y.
Doctor Mitchell is also associate pro-
fessor Of bacteriology, hygiene and
sanitation In the College of Medicine
of Syracuse University.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Another Marriage License Issued.

A marriage license was issued to-
day to Dewey Baden Kemper and
Miss Nettie Lee Breedlove. They are
from the neighborhood of Hallsville.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
SHIPPING STRIKE is ENDED
Carpenters Agree to Go Back te
Work.

NEW LONDON, Feb. 1S.-The strike
by carpenters in Atlantic seaboard
shipyards engaged on Government
contracts is over, John Rice, the ma
tional organizer of the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners. said
today. Several thousand men who are
still idle are expected to be at work
tomorrow morning.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Fink to Take Naval Academy Exam.

B. W. Fink, Jr., sophomore In the
School of Engineering, has left for
his home at Bloomfield, preparatory
to taking the entrance examinations
for the United States Naval Academy.
The Evening Missourian., 1918-02-18
Probate Court to End Tomorrow.

The February term of the probate
court will close tomorrow. The dock
ct ended today but several cases were
unfinished.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
How Soldiers Appreciate Books.


Libraries are maintained on all
craft belonging to the navy, including
submarines, submarine chasers trans
ports, receiving ships, and warshipS
On the warships the chaplain has SUI
pervision of the libraries. From the
United States ship Iowa comes the fol-
lowing:
'Do you ask if the boys appreciate
the books from the library? There
would be no question In your mind if
you had the privilege some afternoon
of standing on our berth deck shortly
after knock-off.' They come from all
parts of the ship They read every
thing, from biography and science to
the technical books of trade, from the
textbooks of college to the latest popu-
lar fiction, and they are at it all the
time. Anywhere, after working hours
you can find men perched near any
light plugging away the lonely hours
with fascinating novel of adventure.
Nearly every man not standing
watch can be found porting over
book somewhere in the decks"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
How Dog Got Revenge.

Sport, a little white dog which Pc
destrians had evidently abused, sought
revenge by tying up traffic on the
eastbound track of the elevated the
other day, says a Philadelphia cor
respondent.
Sport walked upon the platform OF
the station at Fifty-second street, only
to be kicked upon the tracks. Bu'
the tables were turned. Sport sat up
as big as could be in the center OF the
track until a train arrived, and then
he took the lead down the track III
front of the train at a slow gait, lbe
motorman footed his whistle for Sport
to get out of the way, but each tiin9
the whistle was footed Sp It stoppeu'
wagge1 his tail and replied Win
bark.
Followed by three electric tralu''
Sport kept on. When the processiOa
reached Twenty-foGrth street spol.
was removed from the track ana "en'
on his way.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
WHY
Wild Geese Had to po..
pOne Trip Norm OsI'

Large fiocks of wild geese foo
fly across the mountains on tba'1
gratory visit to Northern cllmeg e.. ial'
summer, ere stranded in the Soc.o- ne
to river, near Redding,taccordin,e, '' =
Sacramento (Cal.) correspond. - 2
New York World.
This is report from Deprtv "
den j. S. White of Shasta co,n,v : ~ a.
trict to the state fsh and ramo o ny
mission. White states thar bnn5- IN
of geese are lettering about bac. va asI
and can make no further progress - = y
ing unable to negotiate the ranids - !.
the Upper Sacramento.
State Deputy Commissioner Coo.
Neale explained the unusual conditio9s
as being due to the great abnndana'
of goose grass up and down the vano'
because of the late rains. When n!
and Mrs. Goose found tbemselva'
weighted down by suddenly acgniroS
avoirdupois they took to the river a.
the next natural thing to do. since A.
ing was out of the question. Swim.
ming was good until they encountaraa
rapids, and now they can 90 no fnrtbe,
Deputy White says the geese are 90
tame as house cats, but he is guarding
the floeks until some disposition Is
made of them or means found fo,
boosting them over the mountains on
their way north.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23


"They hoisted our biggest flag and
decked the boat in bunting, like Q
bride. To our delight we saw that
from some way off Aonzo hoisted his.
too, in answer TO us. They were
safe as well.
81 don't think we were within four
miles of our port when my lads, W.
der the delusion that they could ha
heard, kept shouting out landwsrd
Two Yiribus Units We've sunk two
Viribus Unitis'
you won't succeed in persuading
the enemy that they weren't the vic
tins of spies. But / assure you that
there was neither spying nor treacts-
cry in the whole thing. The Primes
Eugene, which Aonzo torpedoed.
sunk on her way home and lies near
the Austrian coast, as our hydroplanes
soon afterward found out. The ST.
Stephen sunk where she was torpe-
decd. Those dogs won't venture out
again now. All they've left to do Ia
to carry their dreadnaughts' carcasseA
off and send them to Lubiana.
1.-The greatest enemy our torpedo
boats have is the moon," concluded
the commandant. Had it been a
moonlight night, we should all have
gone to the bottom without doing them
any HARM"
Ancona is doubly grateful to Rizzo.
for there is no doubt in the minds of
its inhabitants that the enemy feet
he dispersed was making for them to
lombard them off the face Of the map.
All the heroes of this enterprise
have received honors and decorations
from the king of Italy, prize money
from the admiralty, and a large sum
of money from the Italian public.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
Salisbury Court, Favorite Hunt
ing Box of Charles |, Now
a Hospital.
RED CROSS DOES The WORK
American Women in England Carry on
Vast Aid for Wounded - Con-
VaIescents to Reeuperate Amid
Pleasant Surroundings.

Misunderstanding Court, an old
Jaeobean mansion that stands back
almost hidden by the tall elms off the
Southampton road and is said to have
been one of the favorite hunting boxes
of the first King Charles, has been
converted into hospital for 5000
Americans by the American Red
Cross.
The work of the latter organization
now comprises more than twenty de-
partments, and is carried out by Amer.
lean women who were residents of
Great Britain before the war, many
of them the wives of Englishmen and
the others wives of relatives of Amer
leans in business in this country.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow of the
former American ambassador to Great
Britain, was a pioneer in the work of
the American Red Cross in this coun-
try.
The American Red Cross has pro-
vided q number of hospitals in Great
Britain. some of them established be-
fore America entered lie war, for the
use of the British wounded; others es-
tablished since that time for the ac-
eommodation of both British and
Americans.
One of the Best.
one of the finest is the Mossley Hill
bospital at Liverpool, which is stated
nv American army doctors and nurses
under Mai. Udo j. Wilo, formerly pro-
lessor of surgery in the University of
Michigan. Another American hospital
lie luxe in London is the new naval
hosnital on Park lane. which occupies
Aldford house, the home of Capt.
frederick Crest, NJ p, who placed it
a. the disposal Of the Red Cross.
There are several other American
hoSnitals In London, notably the Ian
caster Gate hospital for officers and
American Hospital No. "A, given by
AR and Mrs. A. Chester Beatty of
New York. But the largest of all the
American hospitals in Great Britain
j that at Salisbury court.
No more ideal spot for the purpose
conld be imagined. Standing in a
grear park OF 1s6 acres Of thickly-
wooded coverts and gently undulat-
ing pasture lands the grounds dip
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
EXAMINING ONES OWN MOUTH
How Sufferer From Tocthache Nav
See for Himself Why He Needs
Dentists Attention.

1t will no longer be necessary for a
person who desires to count his teeth
or to see whether they need the at.
tention of a dentist, to turn and twist
himself before a mirror, with his
mouth open, trying to make the light
strike so that he can get view Of
his molars and bicuspids and other
dental appurtenances No, he can
now put the light inside of his mouth
thanks to a new device which is com.
pact enough to permit this, says Pop
ular Science Monthly.
This device, expected to prove Of
service to dentists. and physicians is
in effect, an attachment to any eec
trio light socket, fitted with a voltage
reducer so as to light a small opal
bulb, to which is attached small
magnifying mirror. and which can be
inserted into the mouth and held in
place with an attachment to the
cheek.
The hollow tooth in the rear can now
be examined with ease, and a plug Of
cotton saturated with oil of cloves in
serted to insure a ''sleepfup night.
This invention is not intended to
rob the dentist of his livelihood II
simply enables the toothache sufferer
to obtain temporary relief until it is
convenient to undergo a dental opera.
ton.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-23
ITALIAN NAVAL HERO
TELLS OF HIS EXPLOIT

and made off too. The same destroy
er that barred his way went for me.
Our motor boats were only hun
dred yards apart. 1t was just as IL
we were trying to escape from a loco
motive by running along the railroad.
The cannons buZzed and roared round
our heads. ! thought dose of the
machine gun would do them good, but
1t didn't. They were very close and
our moment seemed to have come.
Like angry mastiffs they rushed after
us, their prows looming over us from
above. Then / tried them with two
fOrpedoes. The first fell foul, but the
second hit its mark. There was a
terrific explosion and the destroyer
wobbled and began to turn over. |
made for safety as hard as l knew
how.
"The whole thing, from the time
we attacked till 1 fired that second
torpedo against the chasing destroyer.
didn't take more than a quarter of
an hour
Crews Mad With Joy.
when we got into the open, safe
and sound, | was able to smile again.
My five lads were still astounded with
the rapidity of events. Then one of
them cried, We've been in hell = And
they went mad with joy, hugeing,
cheering, kissing, crying in a fine
frenzy of glory at what we had done.