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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
Other Editor, Than Ours
THE PRESIDENTS NOTE.
indianapolis NeNTs.l

The presidents recent note to the German govern
ment seems 30 with approval, both at home
and abroad. this country there few dissenting
voices the part the press in de-
mand for surrender, the elimination Of the
lords OF Germany. More than that, il is admitted
the has been presented 20 the German gov
eminent in such way TO make evasion difficult
Whatever discussions there be in the future
should between Germany and the allied governments
as whole, since the matters presented in the recent
German note have been referred 10 the allies II is
for them 10 say whether they think armistice
advisable. Further that. the president made it
plain that the question OF arnistce purely
military lie made quite plain that there could
be armisuce that did not make IL impossible for
Germany TO continue military operations.
whether the correspondence viii bring peace or not
TO one can say Meanwhile the lighting will go on
viii continue TO move over the sea-more
than 100000 OF them having already The only
safe assumption is that the so on, which we
think quite likely. The presidents blow delivered on
Germany's front may help toward victory by de-
Iyeloping a longing for liberty.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
THE MELTING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
LITTLE 30 BBIE'S PA.
BY Villa m T.. Kirk.

Us kids started new gang yes
terday, it is called the Boy Bolshe-
veekys.
Why did you talk that Main? sed
Ma.
Able Blumenstine gave us our
naim, 1 sed.
1 dident know you played with
Sweeds, sed Pa. What is yure
order going to do now that you
have started it, sed Pa.
We are going to fife for Ideels.
I sed.
I dident know thare was any moar
Ideels left unprOteck- ted, sed Pa.
Our noabel army is talking cair o.
the Ideels worth while. sed Pa.
1 know, I sed. but The Boy Boil
sheveekys is going to help our old
err brothers witch is fiteing in the
trenches & workshops. 1 sed.
Good for you. sed Pa. That is the
way to shout. L am sure yure
noabel band of yung heroes will do
CRATE things until you start sum-
thing else & fergit about the Boy
Bolsheveekys, sed Pa. Wen I was
yung, Pa sed, us kids was all the
time starting sumthing & newer
furnishing it, sed Pa.
I was eeleckted President, I sed
to Pa.
That is too bad. sed Pa. You have
CRATE responsibility, sed Pa.
You are likely to lose sum of yure
trends. sed Pa.
A President always has plenty of
friends. 1 sed to Pa.
You wait &, see, sed Pa. The only
President 1 know that has plenty Of
trends is our CRATE President VIII
son, sed Pa. Peepul cant help bee
ing his friend. But presidents of
raiIrodes & clubs, etc, has pritty
ruff going. sed Pa. Watch yure
step, BObbie. sed Pa.
You must not discourage our lit
tel son, sed Ma. II the other boys
though enuff of Bobbie TO max him
President of thare order sed Ma,
you should feel -plimented. l
! hoap you dident expeck them TO
make you thare President, sed Ma
to Pa.
Certingly not, sed Pa, ] was meer-
ly warning Bobbie that Uneesy lies
/ the he'd that wares a crown. sed Pa.
| Talk His Nibs the Kiser for a ex-
| ample, sed Pa. He is losing wate
4 laitly, the paipers say. His he'd is
about five pounds liter than It used
/ 20 be. II is too bad. too. sed Pa
/ beekaus the German peepul are vary
/ hard up for faG
Well. sed Ma, am glad littel Bob
bic stands so well with his play
mats that thay have made him
thare cheef.
It Is in the blood, sed Pa. AS ]
have offen toald you. il was the
saim with me wen I was littel. The
other boys always wanted TO rally
/ around me, sed Pa.
Yure mother toald me that vile
thay was rallying around YOU thay
/ affen sent you hoam 70 her with 9
/ long story Of woe, sed Ma.
Deer old mother, sed Pa. she fer.
| gifts. LitteI do the old reecal of the
| Triumphs OF thare children, sed Pa
1 guess that Is so, sed Ma Yure
/ mother newer menshuned any Tri.
! umphs 10 me. But hoap Bobbi5
I gifts along famous-ly with his Boy
/ BolsheveekyS. sed Ma. II is such :
/ cute naim. & yet so feerce. sed Ma
You bet We are feercer than Boy
/ Scouts. anyhow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02

facturers to- stir up any ilI-feeling
among their men by not affOrding
them all the time that the law al
lows; this without penaIizing re-
straints TO be applied through the
pay-envelope for the exercise OF their
right OF franchise.
We mention it i'm passing. Atten-
ton has already been called to IL
by Chairman VI. T. Foley of the
state council of defense, and by the
federal department OF Justice. Gov
ernment agents may also be here 20
keep tab on violations of this order.
and OF others.
Newberry methods, as they have
operated i'm Michigan at the pri-
mary, and threaten to repeat. will
hardly be tolerated i'm northern In
diana, if vigilance can detect IL. We
might just as well understand each
other and meet the situation like
patriotic, self-rcspecting. AmeTi-
canized men, "baIreIs of Doodle
supplied to- corrupt, or cOerce, in be-
half Of the privilege seekers. not
withstanding.
INCIDENTALLY we have a great
long telegram from the National
Security league, sO-called. Its dis
guise OF monopoHsts OF American
patriotism and infaIliblists as 10
what constitutes legislative wisdom,
having had something OF a hole
kicked into it, il is beginning To-
threaten.
We are frightened, terribly fright
ened. We know they are great law
ycrs, these counsel for the arms and
munitions manufacturers, whose
only seeming idea of wise patriotism
Is arms and munitions making, and
big congressional appropriations to
fatten the makers, but we guess we
have a right to print facts from the
Congressional Record, and are not
so very particular about their roar
Had they only approached US
without an evasive Iie-insinuative
prevarication on their Iips,-We
might feel different about il, but
when they say as they do, ''that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
DEARTH OF CASKETS IN
WARSAW.

Warsaw undertakers have eX-
hausted their supply of baskets be-
cause of the many deaths there as
the result of the "fiu," and have
been compelled to borrow from their
brethren in adjoining towns. w. US,
find out if any of your departed citi-
zens were pro-Germans or copper
heads" and then borrow your
neighbours pillow. Pine boxes would
even be too expensive for such pur-
poses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
ED NAY co no WAR.

Ed Rimpler is endeavOring TO en-
list in the United States army
Goshen News-Times. Too late to be-
come a hero now. Ed. Ought to
thought of that a year or more ago
maybe you'd been more successful
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02
NEWS FROM THE FRnNr

Special Extra!-Wilbur f. Welty
Of Nappanee has been qualified for
general military service by the
Warsaw draft board. John Schock
Of Syracuse was rejected.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02

If the United States had put the time and into
teaching English to foreigners which she put into
teaching German Americans. there would have beer
for establishing schools at the military
the foreign soldiers the meaning of gun -
cannon" Forward, march" and ION to Berlin"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-02

the ages of 10 and so years not 60
be engaged in some useful Occupa-
ton. This leaves South Bend about
the last town in the state that has
not passed such q war ordinance.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
GET LEAVE TO MEET KIN
Soldiers Allowed to See Relatives Re-
turned From Germany.

Soldiers whose close relatives
specifically father, mother, children,
brother, sister or wife-have been
repatriated after Imprisonment in
German territory will be given spe-
cial leave of absence to meet them
on thein return, according to a ruling
of the French war department. They
have only to present an attestation of
the mayor of their home town that
the facts are as represented.
What this means to the Pollu can
well be imagined, since some of the
repatriates just now coming through
the Swiss border have been prisoners
almost since the beginning of the war.
If the soldier had to wait his'turn
for his regular allowance of leave
there is no telling how long it would
be before the reunion could take place.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
YANKEES give HUNS
Christian. BURIAL
Mercy Is Shown to Dead and
Wounded Enemy by
Americans.

Paris.-The spirit which prompted
perhaps cannot be better exemplified
than the way in WHICH German
wounded who fall into American
hands are cared for. 1t is likewise
evidenced in the Christian burial Civ
en- German dead and in the care taken
by the Americans to properly mark
their graves.
For while the creed of the Ameri-
can soldier is to give no quarter IN
battle, those wounded are given every
consideration when they call out that
they have surrendered, Then it is
that mercy is shown.
In little cemetery near MeauX
there are now graves of about thirty
Germans, each of whom was given
Christian burial and each grave was
marked with a neat black cross, upon
which the name of the German was
Inscribed. A few yards away is an
other cemetery-that of French and
Americans. The only difference In the
manner of burial Is that the American
and French graves are marked with
white crosses.
Moreover, caretakers of the Gene
terry, whenever they have placed flow
hrs on the graves Of fallen heroes of
the allied armies, have also strewn
the ground covering the enemy's sol
Hers with flowers. The cemetery it.
self Is ms neatlv lOoked after as that
n the Americans and French.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
singers WEAR GAS
MASKS AT THE FRONT
Versatility of the "Tin Hat" Is
Demonstrated by Y. NJ. C.
A. Worker.

New York.-American singers who
are assisting in the entertainment
provided for the American soldiers
overseas by the Y. NJ. c. A. are wear
ing gas masks.
Baritones and tenors in the Ameri-
can sector need only the "alerts" TO
slip their nosebags, because IL they
do not do it quickly they will be out
of luck, according to Albert Wider
hold, who sang in DR.. ParShursts
church, Madison avenue, New York.
Widerhold was member of the first
Liberty quartette sent to France to
sing for the soldiers in the Y. NJ. @. A.
huts.
"No one is allowed up there with
out a helmet and gas mask" he said,
referring to the front line trenches.
GAS you pass a certain line you see n
sign Gas mask at the alert which
means you get 1t up on your chest,
unbutton the clasp and have 1t ready
to put on In six to eight seconds. All
the men over here want to get up
to, the front. A lot Of them got there.
/ take OF my hat to those chaps"
The versatility of the tin hat Is re-
vesled In Widerhold's description of
his sleeping quarters. my main
trouble" he said. twas to get my tin
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11

sion of the divisions which preceded
1t, II began to send units into the first
line TO FIJI in the gaps. On the Goth
II was at Joumignes and on the Both
at Bruyeres.
June I found the entire division In
the lines relieving tired troops in fact,
II had entered the battle. II attacked
at BONES, then marched to Bussiares.
where II encountered French and
American troops and underwent cruel
losses. II was there, to the south of
Chevy, that this division met the Amer
leans, to whom IL yielded veuilly and
Bussiares.
Lost one-Third Of Electives.
Since the One Hundred and Ninety
seventh divisions entry into the battle
on June l its losses have been very
heavy, and are estimated at about q
third of the electives of June 2 and
80 per cent of those of June 3.
Such system of wear and tear EN-.
plOyed for such a long period has
wrought havoc in the ranks of the Ger.
man army. The electives have suf.
fered heavily and every possible means
has been employed to obtain combat.
ants with which to fill in the ranks.
The anticipated calling up Of the
youngest classes took place some time
ago, almost Mt the outset of the of.
fensive. The Germans have already
sent TO the front the greatest part of
the 1919 class.
According to the official bulletin OF
the Fourth German army, issued last
May, In order to augment the depleted
divisions 1t has been found necessary
to employ men of the auxiliary services
in the fighting ranks. II has also been
established that all Germans drafted
out are replaced by men of the aux
Hilary services.
There is still another method which
the Germans finally resorted to. They
have had to break up and dissolve
whole regiments and, being unable to
reOrganize the units which had suf-
fered too heavy losses and to re-en-
force those that were still of some
value, they decided on the fusion of
numerous regiments.
1t has been said that the strongest
walls would crack if in order to fill
up its holes and crevices other holes
were made and under pressure of a
violent shock would crumble alto
gether. Critics point out that the al
lies will be in Il position to deliver this
violent shock when enough Americans
have arrived in France.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
JAMES SUCCESSOR IS NAmED
C. w. Martin for Kentuclttvaaancy-
Gov. a. O. Stanley Seeks
Full Term.

Frankfort, Ky, Sept 9.-Gov. \. O.
Stanley announced his decision TO ap-
point George Brown Martin, an attor-
ney of Caticttsburg, to fiji thp unpx-
pired term of t1le late United States
senator, Ollie NJ. James, ending March
4 next. Governor Stanley is the party
nominee for the full term.
Mr. Martin IS forty-two years old,
a son of Il former state senator and is
credited with being an advocate Of
woman suffrage and in sympathy with
the war aims of President Wilson.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
inUIspOseG.

inGlspOSeG.
This infant pig Immediately enlisted
her sympathies and she announced
that nothing was too good for friend
pig. so she prepared q bed in her room
and took more care of it than If it had
been a star boarder.
The pig was delicate and particular
about the way its food was admins
tered, so she very carefully prepared
milk for it in a bottle and saw that II
was fed in all the style that was al
her command.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
American Hospital In ireland.

A large dwelling house, with a con.
siderable area of land attached. has
been acquired near Queenstown for an
American naval hospital. II will be
used for men from American warships.
Wooden dormitories will be added to
the existing building so as to bring the
capacity Of the hospital up to $50 beds.
The dormitories are being built In sec
lions In America and shipped to Ireland
In knock-down form. :
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
Pig IN HER BEDROOM


Knoxville woman. has fine. healthy
lot Of pigs. and was most proud Of
fham until one seemed to feel little
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
RED CROSS

STONE ROOT AND BUcHU COMPOUND
OF unexcelled value for the treatment
of kidney diseases. Pains in the back
and burning sensations are symptoms
OF kidney troubles, which are quickly
overcome by use of this remedy. This
and more than one hundred other Red
Cross Remedies sold and guaranteed
only by
A. r. Fisher, Cloverport, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11

hat hung in just the right place 10
catch the drip, for the roof had not
been repaired since the last borhha"d-
ment. That part taken care of and
with one blanket pulled up TO keep
the rats from running over any face, l
slept pretty WE'LL"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11

A. r. Fisher, Clov&port, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11

The question of electives today
holds the first place in the general dis
cusson of the war. II has become par
ticularly alarming for the central pow
ers, since, it has been shown, they
have nothing to oppose to the fresh
masses of American troops which ar
rive each day.N To make up the ines
Unable difference they can only ask
for greater efforts from the units that
are still intact and employ all sorts
of expedients to fill the gaps made by
their terrific losses.
How can these great losses be ac-
counted for and what were the contrib
uting factors in the systematic wear
ing away of the great German divi-
siOns? Apart from tn" highly efficient
intelligence bureaus of the allied gen.
eral staff, Swiss sources offer the next
best opportunity for learning facts
about the German army which are
generally not published. From one Of
these sources was traced the history
since the beginning of the year of one
of the famous German divisions, the
One Hundred and Ninety-seventh. This
brief history may be taken as an ex-
ample of the overwork to which the
German troops are subjected and al
low us to form an estimate of their
losses.
One Division Traced.
Formed in June, 1916, this division
remained on the eastern front till Feb
ruary, 1918. After losing many of its
best soldiers the division was brought
to the western front shortly before the
beginning of the March offensive with
out being in any way REINFORCED, GER
tain of its regiments containing com
panies of only 100 men. In May it Oc-
cupied a section of the Chemin DIES
Danes sector, there representing that
type Of division which the Germans
call ''front divisions"
It's participation in the attack of
May 26 has been clearly traced; dur
ing the night of the Goth it sent out
numerous patrols TO protect the work
of constructing bridges over the ALL
cite and at'the same time to be within
a useful distance TO participate in the
attack on the Chemin DIES Danes. The
StOrming divisions then replaced it at
the moment when the artillery prep
aration began.
In the evening of the 27th the divi-
sion returned TO Grandclain, north OF
the Ailette, which it left again the
next day for the Vesle in conformity
with the movement of the troops which
preceded it. On the evtning of the
2Sth it was at VauXhertin, and arrived
at Cerseuil during the night. From
that pOment. on account of the eXten-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
HUN MAN POWER
IS DWINDLINC
Germans Fail to Keep Up Supply
of Electives.
BEST TROOPS ARE Shattered

Enemy Patches Up Worn Out Divisions
With Inferior Men-Now Facing
Endless Stream of First-cIass Fight
ing Men From America on Western
Front--Eiistory Of a Division in Ger
man Army Traced.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
RED CROSS AMRICO TOOTH PASTE

An antiseptic refreshing paste, that
leaves q delightful after-taste. Clean.
ses the teeth without injuring the
enamel. The antiseptic properties aid
in keeping the teeth and gums in
healthy condition. This and more than
one hundred other Red Cross Remedies
and Toilet Preparations sold and guar
anteed only by
A. r. Fisher, Clov&port, Ky.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-09-11
REPORT LElINE IS DEAD
Travellers From Russia Contradict
eolsheVlk Reports That Premier
Still ls Alive.

Stockholm, Sept. 9.-ConTary to re-
ports received from official bolshevik
sources, travellers who have arrived az
Haparandu, Sweden. from Moscow as
sert that Premier Lenine IS dead.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NEWS
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-11
War Summary
fBy The Associated Press,

SN (By The Associated PreSS)
From DoHai to Verdun the tide of
retreat of the Teutonic forces over this
far flung line appears to have begun
some time yesterday.
East of Cambria the enemy has
abandoned LIE Cateau which has been
occupied by the British and Ameri-
cans. Further south the French have
pushed their advance further eastward
from st. Quentin.
Just north of La Fere where the
enemy has held his positions since
early in September, the French have
taken the village Of Servais, which
marks the point where the wedge is
entering the st. Gobain stronghold in
which the Germans have almost i'm
pregnaple positions.
Pushing eastward along-the Chemin
des Danes the French have forced the
enemy across the Oise-Aisne canal
and just to the southeast they crossed
Oeuilly. In the Champagne sector the
forces of General Gouraud have swept
ahead and occupied Termes and
Grandpre which stand on the north
bank of theatre river as it winds
through the Argonpe forest.
East of the Argonne forest. Ameri-
can divisions have smashed their way
d1lOdo, Idh1AS o0AA4ilClo iSC, SAAGN1OiSS
and Marcq. This brings them nearly
up to Grandpre. Further east they
have rectified their line on each side
of the Meuse.
The significant feature of. this fight
ing is that in the Champagne, Argonne
and Cambrai-St. Quentin sectors there
has been but little resistance to the
advance of the Allied armies. East Of
Cambria the Germans seem to be in
full fight. This too, is<the case furth-
er sou<h where the French are march
ing virtually unimpeded in the direc-
ton Of Guise.
The advance of the French near La
Fere and along the Aisne to the south
Of Laon seems to be quite significant.
This part Of the battle line has the
strongest natural positions to be found
anywhere along the front. The st. Co
balm forest is almost fnvulnerable
while the hills north Of the Aisne.
further south, lend themselves admir-
ably to defensive operations. East Of
Oeuilly where the new crossings of
the Aisne has been made. further
ground has been gained north of Ber-
ry-Au Bac. 3
In the Champagne and Argonne Sec
tors the Kriemhild liRe, built by the
Germans by long labor to be the uIti-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-11
WANTED 10 GO TO WAR.

Camp Kearny. San Diego, Cal, Oct.
IA large, healthy looking recruit,
whose shoulder, were bowed by years
of work which required him to bend
over. was passing through the physi-
cal examination aoom here He
reachedI the tuberculosis board was
examined by ono medical officer and
found doubtful. examined by two 9th
ers and Lpassedtand went to the gem
efal surgical Examiners. He grew
more nervous Nat every step.
One Of the examiners took hold
OF his shoulders and pressed theme
trying to s%traighten the man up.
whats the matter man?' said
the examiner. cant You straighten.
those, soldiers?"
There wG nothing which exercise
would not correct wrong with the
man but he started~Ahd tears came
into his eyes. Doctor" he said, '.for
Gods sake don't throw me out Of
here! I want to fight"
He was passed. ~
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-11
LOSTBATTALI0N
READY TO FIGHT
UNTIL The END
Every Man Ready to Push
on Even Though Sur !
I rounded on All Sides.

~, ~ - U-. ~
With the American Forces North
west Of verdun. Wednesday, Oct. g.
(By The Associated Press.)-The
brightest spot in the heroic and amaz-
ing story Of the now famous "lost
battalion" which belonged to the 18th
division, as yet untold, was the
climax to the fourth day Of the troops
beleaguerment in the Argonne forest.
When the men were long foodless
and almost wholly without ammund-
ton and when many were weak from
exhaustion, but not n despairing, an
American who had been taken pris-
oner by the Germans suddenly APP
peared at the little camp surrounded
in the valley. The man had been
blind folded from the German head
quarters with a typewritten note to
Major Whittlesey reading:
Americans, you are surrounded on
all sides. Surrender in the name OF
humanity. You will be we'll treated"
Major Whittlesey did not hesitate a
fraction Of a second.
Go to~h-l! he almost shouted.
Then he read the note to those around
him and his mG, Notwithstanding
their weariness and hunger, and in
imminent danger every moment.
cheered SO loudly that the Germans
heard them from their observation
posts.
None Of the battalion could know
that relief would come within "a
hours; none felt very sure that it
could come at all before It was Itoo
late, but the same spirit anipating
them to plunge aheadln the forest~to
their p%erilous position maintained at
that moment and every living man,
wounded or well, in the battalion en-
Enthusiastically approved Major Whit
tlesey's abrupt answer when the pews
Of it was circulated through the ipQ--