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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-26
Letters From Our
Boys ''Over There
From Frank Moser

(From The Elmwood Press)
Somewhere in France,
Aug. s, 1918.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14
HUNS CHOKE PRISON CAGE
 | IN LORRAINE
 |ortiorl of 419th German Regiment Captured Early l Friday Morning.
|0CHE MAJOR IN TEARS WHEN TAKEN
|merican Tanks Do Deadly
 Work, Taking Prisoners
 By the Wagon, Load.
| Associated Press.

With the American Army in France, kpt. 13.-Prisoners continue to ar ve in the back areas from the front. lone corps headquarters was choked Nth Germans this morning, the pri- |ners including a major of the 419th giment wh ohad been captured with entire staff.
 Checks Wet With Tears. His cheeks were still wet with ars, shed over his capture. Eleven Iemy ammunition dumps are known have been blown up by the artil- ry of one corps alone.
 The fine work done by the tanks the beginning of the offensive is |ustrated by the execution of one hchine in charge of Sergeant Gra- Im
 Captured Battery.
 This tank ran far ahead of the in |ntry and captured a battery of Ger an 77's, 1T heavy machine guns, five eht machine guns and 75 prisoners. When the tanks went into action the rgeant crawled to the top of the rret and directed operations from ere.
 Another tank, unaided, took thirty lis0ners.
 The losses to the tanks have been (ry small.
 Tank Tank Men Die. Only two of the machines have been stroyed entirely and in the tank rps the Americans have suffered ny four casualties.
 Not man has been killed in con- ction with the operation of the nks
 American AyiatOrs at Work. AMerlcan aviators have been talk tne most active possible part in nghtlng and notwithstanding the weather, have been flying over n, rman territory without opposition. mere seemingly can be no more A ol Germany mastery in the air. IS declared that German balloons kleted).
 one daring flier swooped down to 'ack retreating battery and shot ol the officers dead from his ,ne prisoners taken by the Ameri- sis nave come from seven German ,slons, among them men from the %ruwenr % and Landsturm.
 e Austro. .Hungarians made pri- RI s;st came from the 192nd 10th 77th, ysa M ana 5O7th regiments.
 sae prisoners assert that the ,asual- . 'ssultlng from the American fire !e very heavy.
 f.aOng the captives were numerous mn s.s' who freely criticised the high dna..a drma Tor what htey termed bad nf,.,s M sue evidence at hand tends to .n aal aIteb sne belief that the Germans 6rh seetnef unprepared to resist sinst ie[ce es as General Pershing sent
 usiSlon aS on a certain sector sent s. call for endorsements. The n V assponse P to this appeal was a visr...osnh ~ hold the sector at all costs tbs bsnsulies, a little town that sits as ths ,.snern naN end of the valley that ih;sIa sas northern entrance to the Mt Iss'esns Iss ans; last night. > ball natsa, tss to er, get there was only 3 rge fnraa fES.aol. l. This was supported by a onr ase tha mat moved down the ridge hd in e ~ northern edge of the forest &ualluu lew as hours the trap was eff lAed closed and a new line estab.
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OFFICER FIRED"
 FOLLOWING FIGH1 THURSDAY EVENING Charged He Used Unusual Force in Exerting Author
 ity Invested in Him.

Officer Jack Needham of the Pine Bluff police department was discharg- ed Friday morning, by Chief of Poice J. F. Stewart, following a series of difficulties encountered by the officer Thursday night and early Friday morning. These difficulties are alleg- ed to have been of personal nature.
 Certain compliments against the officer who were in municipal court Friday, asserted Needham used un- necessary force force in his actions and they suffered bodily injuries as a result.
 In personal encounter at local restaurant and delicatissen store it is asserted both the officer and the proprietor of the establishment suf- fered marks of an encounter.
 The police officials state Needham has been on the force only twelve days and that his actions have caused much criticism by persons who were arrested by the officer. One negro bore marks which he alleged the of ficer was responsible.
 On reporting for duty Friday Chief Stewart informed the officer his ser vices were no longer required by the city. Officer Needham was on the night shift.
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TWO AIR MEN ARE KILLED IN FALL
 AT FORT WORTH

By Associated Press.
 Fort Worth, Texas, Sept. 13.- Lieutenant c. R. James, of Chicago, was instantly killed and an enlisted man named Lants fatally injured here today when their airplane crash ed to earth in a spin. Lantz died shortly after the accident.
 Lieutenant James was an instructor in the accuracy stage and was classed one of the cleverest fiiers at local aviation fields. Lants, whose home address and initials were not imme- diately available, was timekeeper at one of the flying fields.
 First Methodist Church SOuth-The Downtown Church. E. R. Steel, pas- tor. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m. Morn ing service with sermon by the pas tor, 10.50 a. m. Epworth League topic, "A Good Conscience and How to Maintain It." by Arthur Mills, 7:15 p. m. Evening service with sermon by the pastor, 500 p. m. Wednesday 8:O0 D. m., prayer service.
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BELIEVES PEACE
 IS NOW NEARER

By Associated Press.
 London Sept. Notwithstanding the declination of Germany's peace offer, Count von Hertling, the im- perial chancellor, is convinced that peace is nearer than is generally sup posed, according to address made by the chancellor before the trades un- ionist leaders in Germany, says a despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen.
 The chancellor declared that both the German government and army leaders desire an understanding and peace.
 Count von Hertling said the gov ernment and the army leaders were against all conquests.
 As soon as he .was' convinced of the impossibility of an agreement with the upper house on the suffrage question, the chancellor said he would dissolve the lower house.
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LOCAL EXEMPTION
 BOARD NEEDS MEN
 FOR CLERICAL AID Unless Volunteers in Limited Service and Deferred Classes Report
 They Will be Drafted.

Local draft board number one of Pine Bluff has issued call for volun- teers to aid in the stenographic and clerical work of this board. Limited or deferred service men are desired.
 The responses have not been num- erous and the board now faces the al- formative of draft men for this pur- pose.
 If the help is not secured in the next few days certain registrants in deferred classification or in the linn ited class will receive notices to report for duty at the local draft boards headquarters.
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Learn When to Be Silent.

The union of good talker and lis
 tener Is Irresistible. Tact should teach us when to be silent We have made progress when we realize that it is un. necessary to continually be explaining everything in detail. We flee from the statistical fiend, and the too per- sonal II" in conversation, personally reiterating the 'T have done" and T have not doDe'-an attitude sign,fi- cant perhaps of women's penchant. for failing to grasp ideas in large WAY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14
COUNTRY FACES GREAT SHORTAGE
 CRUDE OIL SOON
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Washington, Sept. 13-Unless some method is devised to encourage de- velopment of oil lands, the country will face a serious shortage of crude oil to supply the American and allied armies, the senate finance committee was told today by J. Henry Covington, representing the national petroleum war service.
 The oil supply, he said, must be kept up by new explorations and new developments.
 Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania announced that he would ask that the food administration officials be con- pelled to explain the oil shortage.
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PULLMAN OF STATE
 ARKANSAS SAYS ID
 SEND LARGE FR0CE
American Troops to Italy, 100000 or 300,000 in Talk
 With Wilson.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 Washington, Sept. 13.-Presidsnt Wilson was urged today by Represen- tative Tillman of Arkansas to send 100000 or 300,000 American troops to Italy.
 He predicted that such a force as- sisting the Italian armies would put Austria out of the war.
 Mir. Tillman, who recently returned from the war zone, said General Diaz, the Italian commander in chief told him that if such a force had been available at the close of the nine day drive of the Italians along the Piave river, he could have invaded Austria.
 During visit to the American front, MT. Tillman said, General Per shing told him that if the U. S. sends the men and supplies the war can be ended in 1919
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14

Many Have Glass Eyes. More than 3OOOOO persons in the United States wear glass eyes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14

opinion of many observers.
 1t is out of all proportion to the extent of the territory regained or the forces employed, it is said, for the re- moval of this menace in the rear of the French citadel of Verdun, has re- leased the french armies from that point to Rheims for active offensive operations.
 Liberates Railway.
 It also has liberated the railway line from Verdun to Commercy Toul and Nancy, which will be of the ut most value to General Pershing and to the French armies on his left in supporting future operations along this front.
 It was the loss of this railroad sev- cred by the Germans in 1914 with the capture of St. Mihiel which placed the Verdun fortress in danger, and brought on the battle of Verdun.
 Smashed The Enemy.
 General Pershing now has signaliz- ed the entry of the American army in- to the war by smashing the enemy's only remaining salient on the whole battle front, and smashing it in less than two days of fighting.
 Several Divisions.
 Early renorts fixed the number of prisoners taken by the Americans at 12,O00 and these probably represent the wreckage of at least three enemy divisions.
 No estimate of the war booty cap tured has been received. As the lines were reported tonight, there was noth- ing to indicate that the American ad- vance had stopped.
 The German official statement was that a new line had been prepared, but the nature of the country where the American troops stood late today indicates that the German defense positions must be farther back toward Metz where better natural obstacles are available.
 It was expected here that American patrols would push forward to feel out this line before new advance is undertaken.
 The German statement that the salient had been evacuated without serious interference caused much amusement among officers in view of the number of prisoners captured.
 Severn Divisions.
 It has been estimated that seven divisions of the enemy were in the salient, including those standing guard at it's Hanks.
 Probably not more than four divis- ions have at any time been in the depth of the pocket and of these more than one fourth have been captured.
 Officers say that retreat of such cost hardly can be considered as a successful evacuation and they are inclined to accept the German state ment as promulgated for home con- sumption.
 It was said that fo rthe high com mand to acknowledge that the first American blow had plotted out on the less than two days salient that had been held for four years and also cost the Germans more than 12,O00 pri- soners in addition to their dead might further agitate the German civil popu. lation.
 At the same time it is not doubted that the German leaders expected the stroke and made such preparation as they could toward getting their mail l forces out of the salient. The swiftness of the American ad vance on the Hanks, however seems ts have upset their plans. i And it is believed here that the fig ures on war material captured vii bear out this view.
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Woman's Hearty Recommendation.

Worry and overwork causes kidney trouble and women suffer equally with men. Miss Sara Western, Belvid- ere, H., writes: "I could not stoop and when down had to crawl up by a chair. was so lame l suffered agony. Now feel like 8 new person, stronger and better in every way. heartily recommend Foley's Kidney Pills Mann's Pharmacy. (Adv.)
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Writers Cramp,

Writers cramp is disease to which those who do much writing are liable toward middle age, and a person af- flicted with it has no complete con- trol over the muscles of the thumb, middle and foreflnger. The typewriter has proved the best resource of those who suffer from the ailment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14
THOMAS WATSON
 CONTESTS VOTE
,v The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Macon, Ga., Sept 13.-Thomas B. Watson will contest the close vote in Wilkinson county which decided the rencmination of Congressman Carl Vinson in the Democratic primary, said a message from Irwinton the county seat today.
 The Taliaferro county vote also will be contested, it is aid. If the con- tests fail, aWtson's friends say he will oppose iVnson as an independent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14
When Children Start to School.

School opens at time of year when the change of seasons is likely to cause coughs, croup, hay fever and asthma. Prompt action at the first sign of infection may keep children in prime good health and help them to avoid loving time. Foley's Honey and Tar is the ideal home remedy. Mann's Pharmacy. (Adv.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14

DIR. A. H. SELLARS, OSTEOPATH,
 CITIZENS BANK BLDG, THE TREATMENT YOU WILL EVENT UALLY TAKE. 8-3-dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14

About 1,100,00O women are expected to vote in the November election in New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-14
DRIVE FIRST WEDGE
 FOR BIG VICTORY

Continued on page five)
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18

machine others with intimate now
readily admit that there big
and
admin
having machines harvest excellent
harvest they su
GENTLY adjusted meet conditions that OF
all
100 threshed be saved
by
bundle that all which es therein shall
be :
percentage
piles to be fed later the animals
a overlooked
benefit
wheat should be
sections Of Kansas threshng outfits
hreshing outfits
Of wheat by this Refreshing process
thhng
This includes keeping the cylinder to
puys belts
delivering sufficient with safe margin OF
arranging supplies hand
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
Men Having Gray Eyes Have
Proved to Be Best Marksmen

:: Gray.eyed men, says Fort Worth
correspondent, are the best marksmen.
This has been proved after eight
months experience at the rifle range
Of Camp Bowie, and besides old army
experts will tell you the same thing.
When Capt. e. r. Breese was here
giving his instruction in the use Of the
new rife he said that proficiency in
craftsmanship usually ran according
to the color of the eyes, men having
gray being the best shots, gray-blue
coming next, blue third, hazel fourth.
brown fifth, and black sixth.
Records show that soldiers whose
eyes are light brown to black cannot
shoot with accuracy at . distance
greater than 500 yards and at 500
yards miss the target altogether.
Even with different nations the
color of the eyes has determined
shooting ability. Nearly every Mex
lean has brown or black eyes and they
well. they are the poorest shots In
the world.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
Women As Farm Helpers
MAY Abk Assist IN Solving The FanL abos Pobem-ay Way
Rendes Service

While complex and rather
understood that the
certain lighter tasks
men adapted for farm labor
labor and because
Of the extra help
departments Of agriculture and labor
the which have been planted
responsibility commune
pursue In all and cities
who
time the
spared ordinary business and industry from
might adjustments must be made
communities affected into full
realization Of the necessities Of the case -
time
speaking it will become and necessary
for Of men in all occupations
Cities actually
vegetable cultivation fruit gather
Of utilizing cannot
be taken that
housed and from
needs for labor
endevorng Of
personal visitation make
helpful
cities during the periods Of labor
stress Of the farms
of American
cooking washing hospitals France
No good would hesitate
women little while Of
romantic binding wounds
that If the soldiers
be fed. ....
Il does possible uniform moing
thing problem American people specially
realize necessity they depended
the problem and the In the best way
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
Fish a Valuable
Food
By the u. S. Department Of
Agriculture

Fish, which have always been reck-
oned as valuable food. have been
shown by q series Of digestive expert
ments conducted by the department Of
agriculture to deserve q more impor-
tant place in every diet. The tests
show that fish are completely. utilized
In the body.
In the experiments Boston mackerel,
butterfsh, salmon and grayflsh-a va
riety not generally used in this coun-
try-were made into fish loaves" and
served as basis Of a simple mixed
diet to young men Of healthy appe-
tites.
Both the protein and the fat of the
fish were well utilized. Following are
the percentages Of protein digested :
Boston mackerel, 93.1 per cent; but
terflsh, 91.9 per cent; grayfsh. 92.8 per
cent, and salmon, 93.2 per cent. The
percentages Of fat digested were
found to be: Boston mackerel, 95.2 per
cent; butterfish, 1854 per cent: gray
fish. 94.3 per cent: salmon, 93.7 per
cent. W" ars~' a. 80 y.
In addition to the fish loaf the diet
included potatoes, crackers, fruit,
sugar and tea or coffee. On the aver.
age the subjects each day ate 40
grams of Boston mackerel, Al grams
Of butterfish, 40 grams Of grayfish. or
955 grams of salmon, indicating that
in every case the fish was eaten with
relish. ...s.-
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
No,* nlet.x.e
Onions Good Disinfectant
in Any Case Of Infection

Much has been said about the vir-
tues of the onion, but few know Of IT'D
use as disinfectant, says the LON
don Chronicle.
!, An onion cut IN half and set In q
room will attract to itself all manner
Of germs, leaving the air sweet and
pure: 1t is therefore most valuable
in cases Of injection. You should
take care. however, to burn the onion
afterward.
{ No part Of an onion should ever %
used for domestic purposes after hav-
ing been allowed to lie about over
night. The eating Of raw onions Is 2
great personal protective IN time OF
epidemic, and II taken with cucum-
bers the breath IL left innocent g
any Objectionable odor.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
Var Develops There Are
Many lniterates in j. s.

The war has, a. Secretary Lane puts
it Id his letter to President Wilson ana
the chairman Of the congress commit
tees on education. brought facts to
our attention that are almost unbe-
Nevable" with respect to the preva-
lence Of illiteracy In this country, OBJ
serves the New York World.
Nearly 10000 men Of draft age
cannot read or write In any language.
There are over 100000 illiterates
above twenty years old or more. n
literates above ten years Of age-the
common basis Of acknowledgements
5,516,16S
OF an army 20 vast that, marching
in pairs % miles q day. 1t would be
two months passing the White House.
as Mr.. Lane figures, over So per cent
are white ana 100000 are native
born whites. Immigration IL By NO
means the sole factor IN q condition
that caps the economic as well a. the
mental resources of the country.
IAN uninformed democracy - not
q democracy" Secretary Lane asks
the attention Of coogre9 for . bin
forming Q bureau Of ed1eatton ter
~ 6esaseatioa oe adult initEelE
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
Infert:ile Eggs
Keep Best

The greatest loss in preserved eggs
comes from the fact that fertile eggs
are preserved, according to G. s. An
derson Of the Colorado Agricultural
college. Fertile eggs will keep equally
as well as infertile eggs, providing at
no time they have been brought to a
degree Of heat where the germ starts
to develop. In holding fertile eggs for
preserving, they should not be allowed
to get above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
During the early spring months this 10
easily done, but In warmer weather
poultrymen should take the precaution
and produce infertile eggs. Fertiliza-
ton il not an incentive to egg produc.
tion among domestic fowls. and the
number Of eggs produced viii be in no
way diminished. &
The fertile eggs contain no germ to
be developed, withstand more heat.
are slow to decay, and can be preserv-
ed with the minimum amount OF loss.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18
Whales and PROPOSES Are ~ -.
Often Taken for Submarine
BY the Watchful Gun Crews.

There is peril in being q whale or a
porpoise in the north Atlantic these
days, according to Nelson Collins In
the Century. II you are whale. par
ticularly spouting whale, you are
apt to be mistaken for submarine;
and IL you are porpoise, you are apt
to be taken for a torpedo. There is
many>a shattered carcass and abashed
gun crew. In the phosphorescence Of
even winter nights porpoise just nm
der the surface can make an expert
enced lookout have a moments sus-
pense. The line of white is a little
narrow and little high for torpedo
but in the first moment lookout isn't
given to exact MEASUREMENTS. The
white at bow and stern on a phos-
phorescent night Is conspicuous evil
dence Of a ship. though 1t is q ques-
ton how plain 1t would be through
periscope at about its own level. From
the decks Of the ship itself or from the
deck of an emerged submarine 1t flash.
es plain. II it could only be camou.
tagged along with the smoke. And on
such a night in the zone there is the
eerie sense of more than one subma.
rine that has worked her way along
in the white wake Of a slow ship, keep
ing tab so through the night and wait
ing for dawn to sheer of and strike.
That is why, as dark comes on. de-
stroyer is apt to drop back from the
side of the ship and Turk along the
wake, seeking its prey also. I remem-
Der one velvety black night. Sudden.
~ great white trail shot across our
bow from port to starboard and Just
few yards ahead. II a porpoise is too
narrow to make a torpedo trail, this
seemed too broad, but deep enough. It
was the wake Of a destroyer that had
cut across in q hurry. III ~s
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-07-18

must be close to thirty-three years Of
age, yet to look Mt him In action one
would never suspect that the Califor.
nian has seen nearly teD years of serv-
ice In the major leagues.
He has not been troublesome at the
bat thus far In the series, but he IL all
over his side of the field, and the base
runners never take more than a pass
ing chance with his arm.
Apparently Chase has forsaken his
desire to create trouble for the man.
agement or ownership, too. Hal seems
to be one of the most satisfied mem.
bers Of the Reds, and he works like q
Trojan for Matty. Like q good many
other star FASTENERS, Hal possessed
the disposition Of prima donna when
in the American league, but his serv-
ice In the Federal and since with Gin
cinnati has wrought big change in
the clever first baseman.