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Rev. Tom Huxley
Writes from France

Rev. Thomas L. Huxley. formerly OF
this city, but now engaged in Y. M. c.
A. war work with the the United
States army in Francs. has written
the following letter to relatives here
which will be read with interest by
his many friends in this community.
He says:
On Active Service With the American
Expeditionary Forces, Somewhere
in France, Seprember IL. 1918.
Dear Mother and Sisters-Your good
letters reached me here toby. l got
lot of mail today. Two letters
from Norma and one from Brother
King. l have enjoyed them all ! am
glad you like the picture of men in
uniform. l hope to come back and
show you how l look in my working
uniform and my steel hat and geEl
mask. You would not know me. Weg1
you Will read the papers about the
great American victory OF these gio-
rious days OF September IL. 13 and IA.
When you get this letter you will know
that l was there. | have been work
ing as hard as ever did to get cakes
and tobacco. jam and gum up to the
boys at the front. The Americans
have just given the Besche fore
taste of what Is TO come He will
know what he is up against soon.
These are glorious days and am glad
that l am here and and in IT., shall
never forget the opening OF the great
battle on the morning of September
IL. The greatest sight ever saw.
II was like hell let loose. Well.
hope to see tho war ended before very
long. think that in the spring can
come home. l will be glad TO do so.
hope to see DIR. Wilkinson soon over.
You can write him and give him my
address and he can write to me and
then win know what unit he is In
and may get chance TO look him
up. Am well and strong a. can be-
Have all can eat OF good food S-eep
well at night. Work hard all day.
You need not worry about me- ! am
safe. will take care for I hxse n
lot to so back to in America. must
close now; win write soon again. Lots
Of love to all OF you. Your loving sou
and brother,
TON L. HUXLEY
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Orders Issues
to Change Time
October 9th

General order No. 45. issued by Di-
rector General Of Railroads w. G. Nc
Adoo. sets forth the following instruc-
tions. which must be complied with
on October 27. 1t is in conformity
with the daylight saving and the
standard time" act OF the United
States.
At 2 .. M. present standard time,
Sunday. October 27. all clocks and
watches in train dispatchers' offices.
and in all other offices open at that
time, must be turned back one hour to
indicate a. m. Employees in every
open office must. as soon as the
change has been made. compare time
with the train dispatcher. Clocks
and watches in all offices at the first
opening. at or after the time the
change becomes effective. must be
turned back to conform to the new
standard time. and employees before
assuming duties in such offices. must.
after the change is made. compare
time with the train dispatcher.
Regular trains must be held to con-
form to schedules after change in
time.
Railroad time regulates public time.
Prepare to set your time-piece with
the new standard time.
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Children Cry
FOR FLErcHER's
casio RIA
Some Huge
Potatoes from
Custer County


James Kettle placed in the window
Of The Record Office this morning for
public display four mammoth potatoes
grown or, the ranch of Ray Adams in
Custer county. eight miles north OF
Westciiffe- The quartet weighs a lit
tie In excess of six pounds. One OF
them "A potato OF the Early Sunrise
variety. tips the beam at two and one
half pounds and another. a Peachblox.
weighs 80 ounces. Mr.. Kettle. whr
returned TO Canon City las, Saturday
evening from several days visit to
the Wet Mountain valley. says the po-
tato crop in that section this year is a
splendid one. The yield on Mr.
Adams ranch will be especially heavy.
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cAAprER XIV.
Observations In q Belgian City

Observations In q Belgian City.
One night shortly before left this
G our airrnen raided the place. /
don't venture out Of the mousse Mt the
time, but the next night l thought i
would 60 out and see what damage
had been done.
When It became dark left the
house accordingly and mixed with the
crowd, which consisted largely Of Ger
mans. went from one place to an
other to see what our "strasing" had
accomplished. Naturally avoided
speaking to anyone. II a man or
woman appeared about to speak to me,
just turned my head and looked or
walked away in some other direction.
must have been taken for an un-
social sort Of individual good many
times, and II had encountered the
same person twice ! suppose my con-
duct might have aroused suspicion.
l had a first-clnss observation Of the
damage that was really done BY our
bombs. One bomb had landed very
near the main railroad station and e
II had been only thirty yards neapss
would have couplefeiy demoIiS 4od 4.
A. the station NeS undoubtedlx ~
nirman's objective ! WIS yerT nsueh
impressed With the accuracy q HI
aim. 1t u BY no means an easv thkn9
ID. "
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" 0eesneo 6ettef 10 SarroI O1c 0G11s8us
little faster. hoped that they would
find another seat before they came to
nearer and nearer and I realized with
sickening sensation that they were
headed directly for the two seats at
my table. and that was indeed the
case.
These two seafs were in front Of the
table facing the stage and except when
the officers wOrld be eating or drink
ing their backs were toward me, and
there was considerable consolation in
that. From my seat / could have
reached right over and touched one of
them on his bald head. 1t would have
been more than a touch, am afraid.
IL could have gotten away with 1t
safely.
As the officers seated themselves,
waiter came to us with a printed
bill-of-fare and program. Fortunately,
he waited on the others first and /
listened intently to their orders. The
officers ordered some light wine, but
my Belgian neighbor ordered Book"
for himself and his wife, which was
what had decided to order anyway.
as that was the only thing could say.
Heaven knows I would far rather have
ordered something to eat. and l was
afraid to take chance at the pronun-
ciation Of the dishes 1t set forth.
There were a number Of drinks listed
which ! might safely enough have or
dered. For instance, / noticed Lemon
Squash. 1.50," ''Ginger Beer, L."
Sparkling Dry Ginger Ale.. L.
"Appoiinaris. L." and "Schweppes
Soda. 0.s0." but 1t occurred to me that
he mere fnct that selected some
thing that was listed In English might
attract attention to me and something
In my pronunciation might give fur
ther cause for suspicion.
1t seemed better to parrot the Bel
| gian and order "3ock" and t..at was
what decided to do.
| One item on the bill Of fare tantn-
| Iized me considerably. Although It wns
listed among the "Prixzeu der
drnnken." which took to- mean
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POPULAR HOTEL
CUTS OUT FEATURE


In instant, loyal response to Her
bert Hoover's suggestion. made in the
new public eating place regulations.
that afternoon teas are "unpatriotic
and unnecessary" Calvin Morse. man.
ager OF the Brown Palace hotel in
Denver has done away with one of the
most charming and well patronized
features OF the Brown Palace. the
Lounge tea"
Henceforth for the duration OF the
war. persons wanting food In the aft
ernoon may be served at one of the
Browns restaurants, but no afternoon
.ea will be advertised, music will be
lone away with. ana the social func-
ton Of tea In the lounge abolished.
Elmer e. Lucas, chairman Of the
sotel division of the food administra-
lion. urges other purveyors OF after
room teas to take the same patriotic
rtep.
Mrs. r.. a.. Arthur, secretary Of the
home service. Fremont County Chap
Ter Americsn Red Cross, il III At her
home On West Canal street
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OLITWt7 I NO
II Fl IL HIN
L1T lFlfTFkIANT II - !
= pkT 1'HRIEN.
eee zeuxlM oae41v
,..y&e

III the platform directly opposite th,
stage and took the seat against tn,
wall. The whole place was now II
front of me. 1 could see everythin.
that was going on snd everyone VII
came IN. out no one, except those VINO
sat ut my Own table, would notice me
unless they deliberately turned around
to look.
The place began to fill up rapidly.
Every second person who came In the
place seemed to me to be a German
soldier. but when they were seated at
the tables and got chance later on
to make a rough count, found that
In all there were not more than a hum
dred soldiers in the place and there
must have been several hundred civil
ians.
The first people to sit at my table
were Belgian and his wife. The Bel
gian sat next to me and his wife next
to him. was hoping that other civil
ians would occupy the remaining two
seats at my table. because did not
relish the iden of having to sit through
the show with German soldiers within
few feet of me. That would certainly
have spoiled my pleasure for the even
ing.
Every uniform that came In the door
gave me canse to worry until was
sure It was not coming in my direction.
l don't suppose there was a single sol
der who came in the door whom l
didn't follow to his seat-with my
eyes.
Just before they lowered the lights,
two German officers entered. They
stood at the door fer a moment look
ing the place over. Then they made a
beeIlne in my direction and must
confess my be;ut started to beat a
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had nm attack Of
grippe which lasted
Ill winter and lsft
me IN = weakened
condition. / felt ct
times that / would
never be well again.
1 read Of Ly6s e
Pinkhsm,s vege-
t. BILE Compound
and what Il did for
women paBsin r
through the Change
ofLife, % ! told my
doctor ! would try
It. I soon began to
gain In str renRth
And the annoying
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CHARLES ROPER or
TEXAS CREEK HERE

Charles Roper Of Texas Creek was
q business visitor In Canon City Sat.
urday- He reports tho ranchers in
the westtern part Of the county a.
busy with their crops end getting
crops rsady for winter. Very ilttIc
SNOW, hs ssys, has yes fallen on tho
contineatsl dlvids.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETchER'S
q a 8 T Q RIA
Fremont County
Oversubscribes
Bond Quota

The people OF Fremont county sub
scribed a total Of s4es.750 to the
Fourth Liberty Loan. or $500 in ex-
cess O: its minimum quota. which was
placed at s4s5. $50. The campaign was
closed at 6 O'Clock last Saturday after
noon. and the success OF the undertake
ing was announced to the people OF
Canon City by four long blasts from
the FIRE whistle at the plant OF the Ar
kansas Valley. Railway. Light ard
Power Company. The achievement
was a magnificent one and is matter
OF pride to every patriotic man and
woman in the county.
There were approximately $500 in
dividual subscribers to the Fourth
Liberty Loan In this county. In the
Third Liberty Loan in this county.
in which se25.55o worth OF bonds were
sold. the number Of subscribers was
5000. or 1900 more than In the last
drive.
In the third loan campaign nearly
two-thirds OF the bonds were sold for
cash: but in the one just closed the
percentage OF those purchasing them
on the installment plan was consid-
erabiy larger or the l.47S custom.
ers Of the Fremont County National
Bank purchasing bonds of the Fourth
Liberty Loan issue, s77 paid cash for
their securities and sol bought on time
payments. OF the First National
Banks patrons about one-half paid
cash for their bonds The remainder
took them on the installment plan.
Something like a similar ratio Is cred
tied to the customers Of the two Flor
ence banks.
There were 1874 subscribers to the
Fourth Liberty Loan amnog the rail-
Fourth Liberty Loan among the rail-
they took bonds to the value OF s13,.
800. In the third loan rs per cent
Of the people OF Fremont county, or
one out of every four of the popula-
ton. purchased a bond. In the fourth
loan one out Of every six OF the popu-
lation bought bond. Fremont
county people invested s1.119.000 In
the two last government loans. In
addition to this they have pu,-;Sased
about s1s1.000 worth OF War Savings
and Thrift Stamps in the last 10
months. making anaggregate invest
ment by them of s1.400. 900 in govern.
ment securities during the current
year.
Maj. ID. N. Cooper, commander OF
the Liberty Loan army in Fremont
county. states that he feels duty
bound to report to the officials OF the
Federal Reserve Bank at Kansas City
who have supervision of the Liberty
Loan campaigns in Colorado, that
there q few financial delinquents, or
"slackers" In Fremont county. These
men. according TO Maj. Cooper, have
not subscribed to government bonds,
although amply able to do so. and have
failed to measure up to their patriotic
responsibilities. Their neglect to re.
spond to the appeals OF the govern.
ment, while not necessarily an evi.
dence OF disloynity. shows an indifer.
ence to a great patriotic cause and
subject them to ceusure.
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CLARA KELLY HERE.

Miss Clara Kelly. who has been in
Denver fer the past six months EN-.
pioyed with the Mountain States Telc-
phone and Telegraph Company. ar
rived here Saturday for two weeks
vacation with her mother. Mrs. Kelly
on Orchard avenue.
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appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has msdc me well, strong woman 60
90 an my own hcusework. ! cannot
ssScmTsnd .sSSs Tss Lydis .,,S p pinkham's We're
passin9 through the Change Of Iifs.I
Mrs. FRANK HnNsoN. l8i8 s. Orchsds
St. Urbana, III.
. Wemen who suffer from nervousneas,
ND s'the blues'' shouId ~ t6is fcmo;,s
not end herb .rsmedy. fydIs 81 Pink.
aem's Vsgstsbls Compe9nd
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WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
Need Help 10 Pass the Crisis Safe.
H-Preef that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compeund
Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, III. During Change Of Life.
IN addition 70 its annoying symptpms. I
Evening star., 1918-06-07
FRENCH DEPUTY CERTAIN
PARIS WILL BE GUARDED
War Budget Committee Head Says
American Women Working
There Are Safe.

PARIS. June THE parents and
relatives of the many American wom-
en- working in Paris and the sur
rounding region need not be alarmed
with regard to their safety, in the
opinion Of Deputy Paul Benazet,
chairman of the war and armament
budget committee. As he presides
regularly at the joint meetings of
senators and deputies who are spe-
cialists on military questions, he is
qualified to discuss the situation ere
ated by the German advance.
Deputy Benazet was asked by the
Associated Press il he was uneasy
over the possibility Of a new German
thrust toward Paris He replied:
u have always thought that the
Germans had one objective only
Paris. The entente. however, still
possesses important forces. most pow
erful war material and enormous re-
serves of munitions.
Naturally precautionary measures
must be taken to preserve the capital
of France. The government has TAX
en- them and they will be efficacious.
If. therefore, we resist, and every
Evening star., 1918-06-07
SHORTAGE OF METALS
CAUSES GERMAN ANXIETY

LONDON. June ) British admiralty
per Wireless Press).-The shortage of
metals in Germany continues to give
anxiety to the authorities there. The
demand does not seem to have been met
by the capture of Booty" about which
SO much has been said in the German
communicates. The Germans appear to
have taken the stories OF the war lords
so literally that the authorities respon-
sible for the metal supply have had to
issue an official statement on the mat
ter.
The official statement adds gloomily
that the demand for these precious
metals" especially copper. continues
to be SO great that it has been neces-
sary to issue new "conf1scation" orders.
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Admiration for France.

1t must be recalled in this connec-
regarding the present offensive is
moderate compared with the COM
ment on the March offensive. An ex-
PLANTATION may be found in the fact
that while the first offensive was di-
rected against England. which has
been considered the arch enemy of
Germany. the present offensive is
against France, whose gallantry is
warmly admired by the whole host of
German leader writer's
Many persons in Berlin believe that
Germany will make peace overtures
in some way or other in case the Ger
man armies seriously threaten Paris.
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Work Is Exacting.

This is very exacting work. They
have given up their Saturday half
holidays and this week worked vol
unfairly all day Sunday The long
range German guns spit regularly
and the glass roof, of course, afrords
no protection. At the beginning Of
the offensive In March the lombard
ment disturbed the workers an dthe
building was cleared in three minutes
Evening star., 1918-06-07
WOMEN OF PARIS
DEFY HUN SHELLS
Work at High Tension Making
Bandages to Care for
Wounded.
BY EUNICE TIETJENs.

CableEram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
PARIS. France. June 6.-One of the
grim necessities of the great defen-
sive Is practically limitless supply
of sterile dressings for wounds Front
packets particularly are demanded.
and in response to this call the wom-
an workers of the American Red Cross
surgical dressing department in Paris,
which is the principal source Of sup
ply of American Army front packets,
are now working to the limit of en-
durance. In great glass-covered
half in the Rue Montdidier and in
other adjoining rooms hundreds of
white clad French and American
women are working at high tension
nine hours daily.
Evening star., 1918-06-07
TO ERADICATE HooKwoRM.
Rockefeller Commission Going tt
Jamaica to Plan Campaien

CableErnm to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, June s.-Dr
L. O. Howard. who is in charge Of the
Rockefeller commission to the ives,
Indies for the eradication Of the
hookworm and who is expected here
this month. will discuss with the gov.
eminent plans in connection with
the expedition.
The sending Of this expedition wa,
requested by the authorities here anG
the proposition was agreed to by the
institute. The funds for the purpose
nave already been voted by the legis
lature.
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Read "The Digest for Impartial Inf

The great war, the subject uppermost in all
racies, when engaged in life and death struggle
essentially vocal They love air their troubles
and the papers here and abroad full of question
ings of Investigations, and of criticisms Of govern
mental efforts. How, you learn the truth in such
cases, when the journals reporting the events are
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Reduced to a Science.

The larger sizes take longer pack
ages and are as hard and solid when
finished as cotton bales, they are dip
ped in paraffin and can resist any
amount of rough handling on the diff
ficult journey to the front line dress
ing stations.
The making of these packets has
been reduced to an absolute silence.
The Workrooms are as efficiently or
ganized as the great munition fac
tories.
Woman workers are also working
to the limit of endurance in great
glass-covered halls, some making
shells to kill men and others dress
ings to save lives. These things the
women of Paris are giving to the
great defensive.
Evening star., 1918-06-07

thing authorizes US to hope SO, we
shall have time to await the arrival of
the troops on which the civilized ma
tions are basing great hopes.
"Russia's treason is the sole reason
for the momentary success OF Ger
manic imperialism. but a million
brave Americans, filled with courage
and afire for the sacred cause of lib
erty. are worth ten times the allies
who betrayed u.s.
Being asked II he was hopeful Of
Evening star., 1918-06-07

for anything like peace and still
durable peace unless we are ready to
give up annexations of non-German
territory. 1t is proba BILE that there is
something behind this sudden peace
talk by those in Germany who have
always placed their confidence solely
in the sword to force the allies into
submission to Germany: probably it is
some secret government move"
Evening star., 1918-06-07

largely partzan? The answer is simple. Read THE
LITERARY DIGEST" which presents the facts as
and single eye to the correct information of its
readers. 1t provides you with all shades of opinion
and makes you both judge and jury Begin reading 1t
today and keep accurately informed on the war and
all other issues.
Evening star., 1918-06-07

in perfect order. The workers then
took refuge in designated shelters.
but now nobody pays any attention to
the shelling. They have work to do.
Front packets are made in three
sizes and are used for dressing
wounds of soldiers in the front lines.
The smallest size contains one abb
sorbent pad. four gauze wipes. two
cotton tampons. one quick applicator,
one muslin bandage and two nom
sterilized bandages. They make 4,800
of these daily
Evening star., 1918-06-07
LAUNCH DESTROYER
IN SEVENTEEN DAYS
U-StS. Ward Put Out by Mare
Island.

Tho United States destroyer Ward
was successfully launched Satur-
day at the Mare Island Navy Yard,
Cal. seventeen and a half days
after her keel was laid. The nearest
approach to this record was tho
launching Of s33-foot cargo YES
sci by tho New York shipbuilding
Company of Camden, n. J.. in twenty
seven days.
The record was accomplished as
tho result Of a now system Of CO.
ordinated. effort, 400 mon being en-
gagged night and day in bringing
completion. It is hoped the vessel
will be completed within a month
of the date when the keel was laid.
Twenty. years ago the first six
teen destroyers were authorized for
the size Of the warships now in use.
yet their average time from the
laying of the keel to launching was
two years. During tho past year the
In making the record on tho Ward
prepared in advance. Buikheads.
keel sections. deck houses. bridge
bling on nearby docks. They were
then quickly swung into position and
riveted homo as the vessel reached
its successive stages of completion.
When launched the shell of tho
Ward was riveted up, with all out
board wales. bilge keel. tenders and
tight bulkheads and structure stan
chions complete. boiler and engine
foundations, deck houses and fittings,
mast and topmast installed. and the
bolted for installing boilers.
Evening star., 1918-06-07
Annexations May Be Proposed.

There is apparently well founded
suspicion that the KreuzZeitung's
move is only for the purpose of fore
ing the government to announce
whole series of indispensable annexa-
tions while the Germans are advanc-
ing in the west. The idea is to take
advantage of the initial military sue
cess to commit the government to
demand for a German peace. But all
the liberal newspapers have been
quick to denounce the move as en-
tirely wrong.
Theodor Wolfr in the Tagebiatt
says:
ut is absolutely impossible to hope
Evening star., 1918-06-07
GERMANY IS URGED
TO OFFER TERMS
Press Suggests That Definite
Peace Proposals Are
Now in Order.
By RENE FEIBELMAN.
CabIegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

AMSTERDAM, Holland. June s.
German newspapers seem excited
about a proposed peace offensive.
The Kreuzzeitung urges the govern
ment to state its peace terms. because
I'VE cannot live alone in the world
after the war and must reconcile our
selves witk our enemies in the bitter
end" The government paper, the Ger
mania. only demands that the govern
ment, the reichstag and the army
leaders shall do nothing single-hand-
ed in such an important matter.
Evening star., 1918-06-07

the situation. Deputy Benazet said:
How can I be otherwise? We are
at the most citical moment of the
war. Soon the reinforcements you are
sending US will restore the equili-
brium, and then will end the regime
of horrors and crueltfes."
Evening star., 1918-06-07

The former Austrian premier. Count
Won Bienerth. has died at Vienna He
served as premier from 1908 to 1911.