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La prensa. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1912-1924, 1918-03-30
BUENA

Sc vende un Hotel con a Guar
tos, bien amueblados, situado en-
Ell numero ia de la calle Conner
cial. Ell propietario Sc We obliga-
do a venderlo por tener que irse
a la guerra.
La prensa. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1912-1924, 1918-03-30

No dele de mencionar a LA
Prensa" cuando patrocine a nues-
tros anunciantes.
La prensa. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1912-1924, 1918-03-30
LAS vERDADERAS C0NDICI0NES
y DE LA FRONTERA :.

NV NT7TS
de las fuerzas americans que
g~uarnecen una region de la from
terra, pidi6 al Sr. Emilio c. Forto,
ciudadano americana residente en-
Brownsville, Texas, por mas de
~cincuenta amos, y quien ha desem-
pefado los cargos de Sheriff y
Juez del Coudado y otros muchos
empleos publicos, que lie diera por
escrito un informe acerca de las
condolences de esa region. FL in
forme dice 10 siguiente:
Brownsville, Texas, Febrero
II de 1918.
"Sr. Coronel H. ]. Slocum,
u. S. A.
mi querido Coronel Slocum /:
Me refiero a nuestra reciente con-
versaci6n y a mi promesa de es-
cribir a listed mis- apreciaciones
respecto de 10 que discutimos-a
saber, las actuales condolences a
10 largo de la frontera marcada
por ell Rio Grande. Deseo hacerle
presente que tengo verdadero gus
to en- contribuir con este grano de
arena teniendo la seguridad de que
Vd. personalmente esta familia-
rizado con la frontera mexicana v
con SID historic.
He gastado mucha parte de mi
tempo tratando de analizar las
condolences de la Inca d~ivisoria, v
especialmente las que en- la actua-
lidad tenemos que confrontar, v
como resultado de mis- esfuerzos
he llegado a la conclusion de que
existen cuatro diferentes causas a
las cuales p%odriamos atribuir
nuestras dificultades:
1.-Falta de entendimiento sim
patizador entire las dos razas.
LA r%epugnancia que tienen
los am~ericanos, relativamente nue.
vos en- esta region, de aceptar a
los mexicanos con sus habitos v
costumbres.
3-La introduction de tantos
~reglamentos e innovaciones que
son incomprensibles para la c1ase
ignorante de mexicanos por I'LL
timo, pero no como menos causa
LA imprudente manera en-
que Sc ha permitido a indisciplina-
dos "matones", guardias rurales
y otras autoridades c%iviles, que
sin facultad ninguna, Sc constitu-
yam por 81 mismos en- j~ueces, ju-
radios y verdugos.
FL mexicano de la frontera es
por naturaleza pacifico, respetuo-
so a las 1eyes y amante de la ale
gria. Nunca busca ell NAL de
otros y por regla general siempre
esta dispuesto a compartir su pan
hasta con ell mas envilecido extra
no. Las mujeres Sc sienten a sal
vo en- presencia del mexicano vi
las historias horribles de atrope-
los criminales, tan frecuentes en-
todas parties de Estados Unidos,
no tienen lugar aqui. Una mu-
chacha puede andar a media no.
che por las GALES de Brownsville
y aun por los caminos reales con
el convencimiento de que esta Sc
gura. Desde los memorables AMOS
de 1860 a 1865, cuando la guerra
estaba en- su apogeo, Ell nlmero
de asesinatos en- esta poblacion
Tue Ell 10 pOr cientO menOS que en-
Dallas y otras grandes ciudades.
Esta pob1acion esta compuesta en-
mas de un setenta y cinco por
ciento de mexicanos y natural
mente tiende a aferrarse a sus
ideales y costumbres y ALI es
donde Sc deja yer la falta de en-
tendimiento simpatizador. No.
venta por ciento de los america
nos no parecen comprender y no
quieren aprender las costumbres
hi respetar los ideales de los me-
xicanos.
En- general Ell mexicano de la
frontera es analfabeta y por con-
eo~.o-.:. - oo4x ..x-x hsan sof0r-
La prensa. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1912-1924, 1918-03-30

-Senor, u esta en- la puerta
Ell cobrador y dice que de todos
MOODS tiene necesidad de verle.
-Pero iimbecil! lno lie has di-
cho que hace una bora que me he
muerto repentinamente?
81, sehor, pero el dice que no
importa, que hablara con su cada-
ver.
81 20 tie regalo diez centavos
y luego cinco, lcuantos centavos
tendras.
-Veinte.
-iC6mo veinte? :
ST, porque ahora tengo cinco
en- casa.
La prensa. [volume] (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1912-1924, 1918-03-30
Entire borrachos

Entire borrachos:
IA quien podemos mandar
para que de a Tomasa la noticia
de la muerte de su marido, POGO a
POGO.
-Mandaremos a Jorge, que,
como es tartamudo, no podra dar-
lie la noticia de golpe.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-27
Frenchmen in Tree

In the center of the mimic battle ground was tree one of the tanks waddlcd slowly by and detachment of infantry moved forward Then, tie Of machine gun fire burst on the Americans The officer in charge of oretically wiped out. Every man dropped to the ground for cover, as he would in a real engagement, and then looked for the machine gun. The Frenchmen had mounted it in the tree. They had also withheld their fire until the tank had passed, and made their play for the men-and got them. The tank was signaled to come back to put a cannon shot into the tree This done, so that they were theoretically destroyed, the French men climbed out of the tree in glee.
 When il came to the real fight, the Americans were as cool as In the re- hearsal They followed the tanks over. and ran ahead of them in their enthusiasm. The whitening artillery preparation had demolished the Ger man trenches, but the Americans went at the job of "mopping up" and clearing the village of any remaining Boche in a businesslike fashion. Iheh came the job of holding on
 Counter-attack after counter-attack was hurled against the new American
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-27
Changed Course of War

tAIll'l IL b'i'H '' b' INV ''' iA''' VI '''' best type of men she has to offer in the cause of democracy in the fighting on the Marne But during those five days when thin line of Americans stood between the German and the. road to Paris, the entire course of the war for the coming months was changed The American despite his lack of technical training, had won for himself a place in the line of bat tie alongside the seasoned troops of the allies. He had demonstrated that the fighting instinct of the American had only to be stirred to respond In stead of requiring long periods of training. he had shown that with the instruction he had received at home, when he stepped from the transport to French soil he was ready.
 On the Marne the American proved his worth as a stout-hearted open field fighter. either on defense or offensive.
 At Cantigny he displayed his quail ties as storm troop
 There was vast difference between the fighting at Cantigny and about Chateau Thierry. On the Marne it was, first. resistance against wave after wave of advancing Germans coming across open country, through waving wheat fields or woods Every third man carried machine gun. The American was forced to find such cover as he could. also in the open. From behind a rock or from a hastily dug hole in the ground he poured his rifle and machine gun fire into the Roche lines. Then he fought his way forward and drove the enemy from his advantageous positions in Bour- esches and Bos de Belleau. Behind the fighting man the munitions men and wagons worked tirelessly to keep him supplied Positions were con. stantly being changed Food was un- certain. But the American hung on, and is there today.
 Rehearsing cantisny
 At Cantigny the American showed his adaptabil:ty to carefully planned movements. witnessed a complete rehearsal of the attack on Cantigny days before 1t actually toow place It was in great open field back of the lines. French machine gunners r played the hole of Germans. They | had their machine guns hidden in pits . and elsewhere in the field Other . soldiers, forming a long line, waved green branches of trees to represent . the artillery harrage. French tanks . positions corresponding to those they were 10 take in the actual fight French and American officers care. fully instructed the men who were to mak" the attack as to just how they were to follow the barrage. how machine gun nests were to be cleaned out, and how they were to work in conjunction with the tanks. Then came the signal, the soldiers "carry. ing the barrage began waving the green branches the infantry and tanks moved forward and the Ger man" machine guns began firing As the barrage moved forward, lines were reformed and the advance continued . The machine gun nests were cleaned out in good shape. but the clever French machine gunners put over" one on the Americans that they did battle.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-27
In Training

During the early months of this year. the Americans in France were merely training They could not be figured as real fighting units in the intricate game of trench warfare. First. northwest of Toul, then on the Chcmin DcS Dam"s, then near Lunc- AIsace. American units appeared. They were put in line with the French, and soldier. and officers alike learn ed from their French instructors the tactics of the new war game. It was an nksomc job. Losses were almost unnecessarily heavy at first Then the Americans began to learn They learned how to talk" cover during shell fire. They learned when to keep quict-in other words when it Was 10 their advantage not To shoot. They became trained. reliable troops When the gigantic German offensive broke in March some were put per manently into the line in the Bacarat region and northwest of Foul in the place of French divisions which were rushed away 10 the big battle line. Others followed the French and in Picardy took their place in the line which they still hold, and which they extended by the capture of Cantigny,
 On the Marne as bright a page as is to be seen in American history was written by the Americans who stopped the German advance there. For five days they fought increasingly. They met the best divisions the Ger man high command could throw against them All were turned back. Munitions carriers, ambulance men, supply men-in fact, everyone worked or fought day and night. It was the extreme test of American stamina to date, and was met glori- ously. The best traditions of America were more than fulfilled. The Ger man rush toward Paris was stopped. The morale of the French was raised to new heights at the sight, and by the story, of these Americans on the winding Marne, insisting even in the face of the last extremity that the German should not cross.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-27

officers had little sleep, food or water They lived on hardtack and raw bacon But they held on. And as the Ameri cans on the Marnc, they are there today.
 Confidence eoundIess
 The confidence of the American sol dicr in his officers, in the organiza tion that is going to keep him led and clothed, and in the doctors who are going to care for him when he is wounded. is boundless.
 \ wounded man arriving at a field hospital or dressing station displays Childlikc confidence in the doctor who bends over him. If unspoken, writ ten on the boys face there is always:
 Now everything is all right. Maybe | have been without sleep and maybe am tired; that's all over now Here's the man who will take care Of me.
 His wounds dressed. his blood again sent coursing warmly through his veins, the boy drops off to sleep.
 This confidence of the fighting man in the organization behind him must not be shaken As the number of men in France increases the problem of food, clothing and medical atten- tion multiplies The groundwork of meeting all of these problems has been laid in France in the shape of gigantic warehouses. railway lines and vast docks at the seaboard. Upon the war organization at home falls the burden of keeping them supplied.
 Not All May Fight
 In so far as man power is con cerned, it should also be remembered that 1,000,0 900 men in France does not mean 1.OO0.000 fighting men. Taking division as unit, it requires ap- proximately 12,0O0 men and from 5000 to 5000 horses to keep 1000 bayon- GUS anu HI tue llht. ply this by the number of times 1000 men you believe it will take to win the war, and you can estimate the total number of men who must be transported and cared for.
 America's infantry and artillery that has been in action has made good The American fiers now on the front are using French machines chiefly. They have taken quickly to the game. German machines have been brought down. and German towns have been bombed But there are acres and acres covered with French and Brit ish hangars and airplanes in France On single night saw more than 100 French planes leave one fielv on a single bomb ping expedition. This Is nightly occurrence. not only from this field, but from scores of others. We have yet to show our power in the air.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-27
AMERICA HOLDS
 POWER BALANCE
Stan Correspondent Copyright,

1918. by United pressD
 WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, July Cby maiD.-As the world war enters it's fifth year, the fighting forces ol America hold the balance of power in the greatest struggle in the time of man.
 The fighting men of America have been tried on the worlds most his toric battlefields, and have proven that for bravery. for stamina, for all of the things that it takes to win bat ties. they need bow 10 none.
 The American in the field is a man ul fighting heart.
 He represents America's balance of power that will carry the democracies ot the world to victory over German autocracy. ssk
 But how this power is administered. how il is equipped, how it is fed, how it is clothed. how it is munitioned, how it k given "eyesight" by airplanes that it shall not fight in the dark, how it is nursed when ill and wounded upon these things depends the dis tanCr to victory.
 No Pause Till Victory
 It may be near, or it may be far, and Americans, Frenchmen, Britishers (und Germans) may know that the American fighting man will not con- slider his job done, until the Allied is not to be measured by the resist ance of the German alone. lncom- petence at home, faulty leadership in any of the branches dealing with the war is going to mean q longer path, and a path dyed with American blood.
 Representatives of Americas bal ance of power are arriving In France by hundreds hourly. As this is writ ten more than 1.000,000 men have landed. Every man brings the hour ot victory nearer. but the administra- tion. the leadership. must be behind him.
 l have been with the Americans in every important action to date. from the first raids in Lorraine to the talk ing of Cantingy in Picardy and the second battle of the Marne. The men taking part in these actions were from every corner of the United States. They ranged from newly enlisted men tO veterans.
 But always there was the same spirit. regardless of the difficulty of the task or the hardships involved: cheerful obedience of orders. anxiety to get at the job and complete il, and certainty of execution and then modest disclaimers of having done any more than was their duty,Or more than any Otho" American would have done.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-27

line. The artillery fire was so hot that ration parties could not come up, there being no communication officers had little sleep, food or water. They lived on hardtack and raw bacon. But they held on. And as the Ameri- cans on the Marnc, they are there
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23

Eggs Ordinary tirsts, 44@45c;
flrsts, Acc.
cheese-Twins. 24@25hc; Youn,
Americas. 28@2Skc.
Potatoes-Recei 26 cars. all
grades, S1.70@1.80 per cwt.
Live poultry Ducks, 2S03oc,
geese. 20025c; spring chickens, Csc;
turkeys, 25c.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Flour-
Quiet, firmly held.
Pork-Strong; mess, $500.
Lard-lStronger; middle west spot
$27.1O@27.20.
Sugar-Raw, quiet; Centirusa1
test, COOS; refined, quiet; cut loaf
$685.; crushed. 1870: powdered,
$3.50; granulated. $7.45.
Coffee -Rio No. on spot, $50
Skc.
Tallow-steady; special. 17Ae;
city, 1910.
Hay--FIrm: No. i, s1.s5@2oo; No,
2. $1.e0@1.SO: clover. $1.40@1.s5.
Dressed poultry Firm: turkeys, "a
@3sc: chickens. 24@35c; fowls, $50
38c; ducks. L. l., Soc: live poultry,
firm: geese. ao@s5c; ducks, Csc,
fowls, csc: turkeys, 25@35c; roost
ers, 27@35c; chickens. 36c.
Cheese-Firm: state milk common
to special. 2O@2611c; skins common
to specials. 8@20hc.
Butter-Quiet; receipts, 4,S75:
creamery extras, sic; dairy tubs, AZ
@5Okc; creamery held on storage,
44@471ac.
Eggs Steady; receipts, 1913; near
by white fancy, 65@66c; nearby mix.
ed fancy, 62h@63ho; fresh, 62hQ
63c.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Bar silver
New York, 85Sc.
Demand sterling. $4.75A.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
WHY WOMEN
DREAD OLD AGE

Don't worry about old age. Don't
worry about being in other peoples
way when you are getting on in years.
Keep your body in good condition
and you can be as hale and hearty III
your old days as you were when
kid, and every one will be glad |"
see you.
The kidneys and bladder are the
causes of senile Affections. keep
them clean and in proper worklne
condition. Drive the poisonouI
wastes from the system and aVGi y
uric acid accommodations. Take Gull
MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules per,
iodically and you will find that u.
system will always be in perfecs
working order Your spirits VIII ps
enlivened, your muscles made strohs
and your face have once more nv
look OF youth and health.
There is only one guaranteed pranu
of HARLEM Oil Capsules, GULL
MEDAL There are many fakes ~
the market. Be sure you get .ns
Original GOLD MEDAL Imporlsaa
Harlem OIL Capsules. They are lns
only reliable For sale by all iHss
class druggists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
ONE OF FOUNDERS
OF u. P. is DEAD
Hamilton 3. Clark Died Of Heart
Failure at Age of Forty
seven, on His Cali.
fornia Farm.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
SANDIEGO, Calf, Feb. 23.-Ham-
ilton 3. Clark, one of the founders
and for several years president OF the
United Press associations, died at his
country home, Chula Vista, ten miles
south of this city. early today of
heart failure.
Clark was forty-seven years OF age
and became identified with e. w.
Scripps, controlling owner Of the
Scripps newspaper interests in 1896.
Two years later, with e. F. Chase
and E. H. Wells, he founded the
Seattle Star and In 1903 was one of
the founders and principle stock
holders of the San Francisco Daily
News. In 1907, he became one of the
founders of the United Press
He sold all his interests in the
Scripps enterprises about two years
ago and retired to his farm at Chula
Vista. Besides his widow, three chill
dren, Francis, Mary and Charles, and
both his parents survive him. Fun
eral arrangements will be made later.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
DANGERS OF A COLD
keokuk People viii Do Well to
Heed Them.

Many bad cases of kidney trouble
result from cold or chill. Con-
gested kidneys fall behind in filter
ing the poison-laden blood and back
ache, headache, dizziness and dis
ordered kidney action follow. Don't
neglect a cold. Use Doan's Kidney
Pills at the first sign of kidney
trouble. Follow this Keokuk resi-
dents example:
Mrs. Kate Ressler, 906 Concert
ST., says: MY kidneys were not act
ing right at all and / was troubled
by dull, throbibng pains in my back.
/ tired easily and had frequent head
aches and dizzy spells. In rainy or
damp weather, had rheumatic pains
and the least cold settled on my kid
news, making my condition worse. l
used Doan's Kidney Pills, getting
them at Scott & O'Reilly's Drug
store and they soon relieved the
backache and other symptoms of kid.
ney complaint"
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MRS. Ressler had. -Milburn
Co., Mfgrs.. Tuffalo, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
Late Market Quotations

receipts 30. Native beef steers, $500
Q13.50; yearling steers and hel1ers,
$7.0061350; cows, S6.0oWll- oo'
stockers and feeders, $4,000 1910;
calves, s6o0@16.00; cows and heif-
ers s6.OoQ10.0o.
Hog receipts 1000; market 5@lOc
higher. Mixed and butchers, S1735
@17.55; good to heavy, $17.40@17- so;
rough, $16.00@16.50; light, SIT 30
1850; pigs, s13.Oo@16.25; bulk. SIPS
@17.55.
Sheep receipts ESQ; market steady.
Ewes, $1O5OQ12.00; lambs, $14.o0Q
17.75: Gamers and choppers, 5000
900; wethers, s11.5o913.3o.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 23.-Cattle
receipts 900; market steady. Steers.
s7.50@13.75: cows and heifers, $500
@12.OO: stockers and feeders, 5000
1900; calves, $700912.50.
Hog receipts $500; market steady.
Bulk. sl7.25@1750: heavy. $1,000
l7.75; medium, S17.S0@17.70; light,
s1715@17.50.
No sheep receipts: no market.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Feb. 23.-Cattle receipts
1000; market steady, lower. Steers.
s9.OO@131O; cows and heifers, $3.50
@1O.5O; stockers and feeders, $1,000
11.5O; calves. $9.00@13.00; bulls and
stays, s7.50@10.50.
Hog receipts 1900; market steady.
Bulk, s17.1O@17.25; top, $3.50.
Sheep receipts $50; market steady.
Yearlings, S11.50@14.50; wethers,
S11.00@13O0: lambs, s14.25@16.5O;
ewes, s1188@i288.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Butter-Ex-
tras, 481kc; frsts. 4Sc;; dairy extras.
46@471sc; dairy firsts, 431s@45kc.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23

day. The federation plans real base
ball for fans in at least seventy-fve
cities throughout the country. Mer-
chants and other business men will
gladly back the sand-lotters, the fed
Grafton believes.
Rules governing inter-city competi-
ton for the national city champion.
ship be revised at today's session.
A representative of the national
baseball commission was expected
here to cement the relationship be-
tween the two orga nizations. Or
ganized professional baseball has
been unfrtendly toward the amateurs,
it is claimed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
Chicago Cash Grain.


CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Corn-No. s
yellow, $1.55; No. yellow, $1.40@
LOO; No. white, $1.75; No. 4 mixed.
$1-63@1.72; No. mixed, s1.5O@1.56;
No. 6 mixed, $1.40@1.45.
Oats-No. white. 91N @92Ac;
No. white, s9@91hc; standard, 90
@93c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Hog receipts
$4,000; market slow, 15c lower.
Mixed and butchers. s16.s5@17.4O;
good heavy, s171o@17.40; rough
heavy, s16.5o@16.65: light. $16.S5@
17-45; pigs, s12.75@16.25.
Cattle receipts 5000; market weak
Beeves, $S.75@14.15; COWS and heif-
ers, s6.60@11.90; stockers and feed
ers, S7.50@1O.90; calves, $8.75@14.25.
Sheep receipts 5000; market
steady. Native, $1o.35@12.75; west
ern, s11.35@13.25; lambs, $13.50@
1910; western, s13.75@16.75; ewes.
$1000@131O.
St. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Feb. 23.-Cattle
receipts TOO; market steady; Texas
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
Eleven Miners Entombed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
IRON RIVER. Mich, Feb. 23.-
Eleven miners are shut OF in level
of the Amasa Porter mine here today
without food or water. They have
been there two days and the super.
intendent said it may be another
forty-eight hours before they can be
reached. Air is being pumped to
them through pipes.
The men were entombed when
bulkhead broke and tons of water
flowed into the mine. There is still
forty feet Of water at the bottom OF
the shaft. Rescuers are pumping
day and night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-23
AMATEURS TO
GET TIE STAGE
Class A Amateur Teams to Take
Place of Professionals Mus
tered Out Because of
War This Year.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 30
Class A amateur baseball teams for
every city that loses its professional
club because of the war this season.
that's the plan Of the National Base
BAN federation, which met here to-