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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
IN ANCIENT
TOWNS OF FRANCE
Are Billeted In Famous Old
Places Where Decorations
Indicate Great Age.
az FRED S. FERGUSON.
United Press Staff Correspondent.

With the American Army in Picardy,
by aiD.@Thc young American Off
GER in France again is getting accus-
toned to wax flowers in glass cases.
such as he used to see about his grand
mothers house. They are part OF the
decoration Of the room assigned to
him as a billet. He is also getting
blase, and ceasing to wonder at OLD
French mirrors that would cost more
ut home than the house In which n e.
hang in France. They also are to be
found in billets in villages some dis
lance back of the line. Then there are
the French beds-butlt 30 high as TO
make a fall pr~ecartous. and topped by
fat eiderdowns.
But as you draw nearer the front.
billets become scarcer and more bar
rem. There's where officers and men
hit the barns M the bare floors.
That's in the reserve positions. You
move up again and you may pc IN .
cellar, If there are no dugouts.
The villages occupied by the Amcri-
cans i'm E'icardy as they were moving
into the line were the oldest the France
travelled fighters from home had seen.
Some OF the houses were lettering to
an early fall. The villages had not
be tired, n were sinking down to =
rest. The outer walls of some * them
were of clay and straw. This appar-
emily is am effective mixture. but 1t
won't last long. Some of these houses
had Deer up only 100 years or so.
With the line only a short distance
away, many Of the villages had been
There were no stores. Nothing, but
places to sleep. In the farming viii
lagos, the house i'm France is merely
incident to the farming establishment.
The barns n living quarters form q
hollow square. Their is the barn
yard. Ducks. geese. rabbits. chickens.
dogs. horses-everything but human
beings.
In looking for the United Press bill
let in a certain village you might easily
have made a mistake and have gone
into a horse's stall close by. but it was
a good horse. The geese insist on
wandering in, SO when 1t became evil
dent that they could not be repulsed.
and entente cordiale was affected.
With the bari rat, 1t wasn't possible
to be so c~onsiderate. No n with an
army minds having a rat or two run-
ming around the floor. But when the
rat stops and starts to make a meal
Of the only pair of boots you have with
you. 1t has gone far enough.
But the American officer is welcome
in the French village. The housewife
not only will do her best to make him
comfortable, but all h animals join
in h welcome. The barn yard rooster
will pick a place just outside his win
dow to crow about a a.. m. Then the
dog that he petted the night before
will stick his nose in the window, bark
q couple of times just to make sure
the visitor Is awake, and beg to have
his ears scratched again. All these
things were don for a mere cores
pondent, so an officer is certain of as
royal a welcome.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
MYSTERIOUS CIPHER
ON CRIPPLED BIRD
Pigeon Caught In New York
May Have Come From
U-Boats Off Coast.

A wounded carrier pigeon with a
message in cipher fastened to it's right
leg and AIRED celluloid ring around the
other, was picked up the other morning
by Thomas Dalton near his boathouse
on the North river. The writing was
turned over to the naval intelligence
bureau, which refused to give out any
information regarding it.
Dalton had just started to walk down
the tracks of the New York Central.
which u between his boat house and
Riverside park, when he noticed a
white pigeon futtering OF the bank Of
he river near his house. When he
picked it up he noticed that 1t was
wounded as il it had been grazed by
parts of an exploded she'll. Thinking
that it might be in some way connected
with the submarine activity in this VII
cinity, Dalton informed The naval in
telligence bureau. which sent a repre-
sentative: Meantime he examined tho
paper cylinder around the birds foot
and found that 1t was about half an
inch wide and clamped together with
two pieces of metal.
When this paper. which is said to
have been black, raj removed, 1t was
found to inclose another cylinder OF
green paper. on which something wa
written in cipher. These, with the red
celluloid band, were taken away by Mr..
Hoagland OF the naval intelligenco bu-
reau, who's only comment whom he
saw the bird was that he Thought IL
was a foreign one. "
Dalton's wife took the bird in charge.
n after she fed it. it showed signs OF
reviving. She expects to keep Il if
the government does not take 1t over.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04

have taken advantage Of the new
regime to III for prosperity along tenn
perance lines. Jazz bands have been
retained-in some cases have even been
augmented. The same tables-the
same walters; the same bars-the same
b~artenders; everything IL the same,
apparently. excepting the beverages.
Proprietors in cases are optimis-
tic concerning the future. Many be-
lieve that with the elimination of al
coholic drinks there viii pass a a
percentage of the drawbacks of their
business. These changes, they hope.
will not interfere to any appreciable de.
gree with their patronage. some
cabaret hope to profit by cater-
Ing to q restaurant trade-a more or
less perfunctOry adjunct Of the cabaret
of pre-May days. BY giving additional
attention to the cuisine they believe
that. after all. the law that threatened
to drive them from business may have
the more Statutory effect Of putting
their places on q more stable basis.
Cabarets that before May 1 were
claased - 'undeairable'' are Also takinr
= new interest u life ana an reeound.
Ing with Jazz music Tor DANCING and
giving restaurant ana saft drink eor-
Vices With the danger % c(fIcjal "a.
ter9cse1ce leassne4 ~ ths eliminAtion
Of a1oo6ol
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
An Air hospital.
From the Dallas News.

ON OF the most interesting Of the new
Innovations to be inaugurated at Love
Field. Tex. for tho safety Of the prac.
ticing flying cadets has been
by Adjutant Wyman. It u an emergency
airplane manned by \ slkillful pilot and
= physician. Such = machine. 1t was an
nounced. y now kept In readiness at all
hours OF flying practice. that time may
be saved in Fastening to assistance Of
an aviator who has fallen.
The hospital ship. as It II termed. il
ever ready for Instant use. That there
may be no delay. the emergency machine
II "cranked up every - minutes through
out the day. 20 III tho engine may be
kept warm and ready 70 produce lev best
speed Whenever needed.
ohseevsrs, equipped with field Clauses,
kssp . watctful eye upon the men In
the ar IN The time. and The instant 4
fyer eeArts failing tnformation 10 tels-
efaphee . The asnAulauos. tho Tire Wagon,
the seoq1y gA1g~ NJ The hospitai shto.
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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
This Machine War.
kn.ppen. Writing From p,troit to tho Now York Tribune.

Notified in camouflage to look like
frogs. artillery caissons are taking
form In the army and navy section OF
The Ford motor plant. Long and ardu-
OuH are the prenatal processes. but
prolific h delivery of the wal imple-
fnents when their time has been full
filled.
Shrouded in military secrecy are
most Of the preparations and move-
!nents of this protean war. Who. for
instance. outside the inner circles
knows what our artillery preparations
are? Here is q glimpse that suggests
It's magnitude. q glimpse h a cannot
Dy n possibility give aid or comfort
to the German: In h Ford factory
alone they are making 1000 caissons
for field artillery. Presumably that
. 1900 guns. When the apex
or production IL reached one caissOn
Will come forth every 10 minutes.
somewhere about that time, or not
long thereafter, a gun will be pro-
cuced every 10 minutes.
Difficult Simplicity.
There are about 700 parts in such
e simple looking affair N n caisson.
To a layman 1t looks like a box on
" wheels. just a cart In which to
carry shells and powder. Completed
that is what 1t is. 1t wouldn't take
= group Of workmen very long to
make one But When they had made
one. it would take them just as long
to make another. To attain quantity
production takes time in preparation,
but when the preparatory period is
over. making and putting together
those 700 parts il done almost auto
m~atically and entirely by machinery in
some form Or other. Just to get ready
20 make %caissons. the Ford plant has
had to install 800 machines. These
machines had to be made. Then they
to be equipped with cutting tools,
sdtcs. jigs and fixtures adapted to the
making Of all the different parts. All
Of these require thought and elaborate
drawings. Their making is q ask of
time nj infinite care. Upon their
accuracy depends the success of stand
a~rdization and interchangeability.
Thumbs and Inches.
The thought naturally arises that
since the guns that are to go with
these carriages are of French caliber.
ie not of actual French manufacture.
why did we not just send to France
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
TEMPERANCE BARS
DOING BIG BUSINESS
Michigan Saloon Men Change
Business Only As to Goods
Dispensed.

Observation-Disclosures cabarets. wine
less winerooms and peerless bars
ara making q determined play for ex-
sistence in dry Michigan. When the
amendment to tho state constitution
prohibiting the sale, importation or
sH~oes0ssiOn OF wines, beers or distilled
liquors became effective May l. 1t failed
20 Close all the saloons. In Detroit, es-
pecially. the bars continue In business
In majority Of cases, the only change
being the substitution Of ''neals., heers
and tho elimination Of drinks pro-
htblted by the amendment. Similar
conditions peevnll In oth1r cities Of the
sat-. g IL seopper country" OF Lake
! 0upeI1nr.
L'eeas sasss wiasresn preprsstors
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04
Helped Rescue Party Whose Dusout Was Ht by a Gas She'll.

American medical officers are play
Ing an equally heroic part in the war
with the rest of the United States men
at the front. The details have just
reached America of how Lieut.. Theo-
dore Higgins Sweetser of IN Alneri-
can medical corps has been recon-
ended for the British war cross be-
cause Of gallantry and devotion to
duty near Passchendaele.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-04

The report tells how another bat
talion's headquarters was hit directly
by a gas she'll and their medical officer
gassed. Sweetzer attended 40 gas vic
Tins, although he was suffering from
effects of the vapor. He also assisted
in rescuing 81 party whose shell hole
was hit by a gas shell. Lieutenant
Sweetser is a graduate from the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons OF
1917.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
Grewsome Sights Of Battle Fall
to Shake Nerves Of
Yanks.
QUICKLYADAPT THEMSELVES
Admiration Of French and British Vet
Grams ls Aroused by Conduct Of
Americans on Bloody Bat
tIsfelds Of France.

With the American Arfny.-The cal
lousness ana steady nerves OF fresE
American troops In recent advances
have gladdened the hearts of veteran
British and French who have observed
them, as well as fillsd with pride thelI
own officers.
The horror of warfare Is more ap
parent during an offensive when an
army is advancing than at amy other
time; even during a defensive action
in setreat. Attacking troops advance
over the enemy's positions, dotted with
dead and dying, then dig I'm and fight
among the corpses and maimed. Often
In counter-attack they are temporari-
ly thrust back a few yards, and there
dig in and fight again, this time among
the bodies of their own fallen com
rades.
When their advance becomes deeper
and the enemy's retreat more general,
as in Won Boehm's retirement from the
Marine to the Vesle, the terrain be
coAe& even more ghastly. A wide belt
Of country is Uttered with dead men
and dead horses. The advancing army
eager to maintain contact with the
enemy at all times, has no time to
Sury or burn these corpses, respec-
lively. The supporting troops follow
Ing up the advance guards must live
and eat among these grewsome sights.
Never Feased Them.
Fresh, untried Americans, who had
not seen the frightfulness Of war, al
though they had been trained in Its
artifce and had been In the line in
quiet sectors, traversed the CHASTITY
country like veterans never turning
hair at the sight Of dead, friends
or foes, even when they came upon
such sights as Reddy farm, Bellevue
farm, Cierges, Seringes ct Nesles and
Sergy.
In these places, particularly the
first two MENTIONED the bodies Of the
Prusslan Guardsmen we're literally
lying In heaps, for these picked troops
had been told to maintain their
strong point positions until death, and
In most cases they followed orders.
The dead were in the distorted posi-
lions that indicated how the end had
come to them. Those killed in ma
chine-gun pits were smashed to bits,
the effect Of hand grenades and bombs
which American advance guards had
tossed In among them after working
round their TANKS and getting in be-
hind them.
Occasionally one saw German snip
ers or machine gunners sprawled fiat
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
SIGNAL MEN HUSTLE

after a division that Is continually
gaining ground.
las soon as the infantry makes a
push you have to get telephone line
strung into the farthest ruins or woods
or wheat field, no matter how many
German shells are scattering madly
over the area.
Then, about the time you get a wire
stretched along the ground and in
working order, call up headquarters to
tell them, "This is the new post at
Aqueedunk; give US ring to see how
she works." along comes another Boche
shell and cuts the communication,
There's nothing to do but 90 out and
find the cut and fix 1t, and probably
more Boche shells are trying to make
more cuts in communication, or even
cut you off.
The signal corps had wires every
where, in bushes, along the ground, on
poles left by the Boches, underground,
through ruins. Headquarters say they
never had such quick service, and they
were never out Of communication with
regiments longer than the few minutes
1t took signal corps man to inspect
the wires and repair a break.
A signal corps man was strlnglng
some wires across a wheat field. "Some
war this" he said. II haven't had
sleep for more than two days. / sup
pose I'd fall asleep on the job IL 1t
weren't for these shells that come
whlstling along Duck, There comes
one"
After II exploded he said, "They kind
Of scared me at first. thought every
one was meant for me-"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
HUN SELLS SUPPLIES SEIZED
French Forced by Germans TO Pay In
Coin for Rstlons They
Once Owned.

With the American Troops in
France Renewed evidence Of German
ruthlessness in dealing with the civil
Ian population Of Invaded territories
is contained in a captured army order.
II prescribes the treatment and the
procedure to be followed in a section
south Of the Yesle river (Marne sali-
ent).
All the inhabitants capable Of work.
ing, the order says, must be used for
the needs Of the army. regardless Of
their age. Their salaries are to be
paid In paper currency at the rate Of
SO cents day as the maximum for
men: 40 cents for men and women be-
tween the ages Of seventeen and TWEEN
ty; and 80 cents for boys from fifteen
to seventeen.
The inhabitants, however, must pay
In French gold or silver for their Fa-
tons The supplies, OF course. were
taken from the population before be-
ing sold back to them.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
HARD DAYS FOR THE CROOKS
Pas@ Dram Law Makes II Easy 10
Hunt Down Criminals.

Cieveland.-It's getting harder every
day for an honest crook to get BY. Po-
lice here are not satisfied to hunt
crooks in the regular way, but are go
ing out Of their line to look them up,
according to the plants Of the under
world. 1t isn't enough to make them
give up their easy life, earned at the
expense Of the city, to register and go
to war, but now the local police are go
ing to get a lot more Of them by means
of registration cards for the draft.
Many Of the robbers and other Grim
inals have escaped detection through
a series of aliases, but with their reg
lstration under the eighteen to forty
five call they had to make known their
right names, and police assert that 1t
win be "easy picking now to gather
in number Of men who have been
wanted for some time.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
CALLOUS AMID
HORRORS OF WAR

on the ground at the foot Of a tree
after they had been shot out of their
camoufaged positions among its foil.
age. The most slckening sights were
where bodies Of the enemy had at
tempted to make stands in bitches OF
beside sunken roads and had been
trapped by American enfilade machine
gun fire. The deadly automatic rifles
had ripped through whole lines Of
Germans, and investigation frequently
showed that every mans body was
pierced by seven or eight bullets and
that frequently the same bullet passed
through three or four men. These
corpses looked like heaps OF rags or
discarded uniforms and equipment, 50
closely did they overlap one another.
Mo Trace Of Nervousness.
But, despite all, the Americans
marched forward, stopped TIRES or
four times a day for meals and then
made camp, and slept at night amid
the horrible surroundings without ever
doing more than showing q surprising
preliminary Interest in tbs matter. IL
they saw corpse in khaki they looked
1t over closely TO see If they knew who
It was. Only occasionally did they
have time to Inter 1t; that was left to
the burylng parties that followed them
up, AS they walked through woods
and fields to get water or supplies, they
implanted rifles, bayonets down, In the
ground to mark the spot Of every dead
American they discovered.
But there was no trace Of nervous
ness and no evidence of any of the
men worrying or brooding over the
fate of their fallen comrades. The
oorpses were entirely impersonal to
them and never ratified even the new
est recruit.
The doughboys showed no back
wardness about appropriating Luger
automatic pistols, the most priced
souvenir to be had, from dead Boches,
nor did they hesitate to pluck off we'll
camouflaged helmets from the pates Of
Hun cadavers.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply win not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste liver gets sluggish, stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mofherl II
coated, or your child is listless, cross,
feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily. full of cold or has sore
throat or any other children's ail-
ment, give a teaspoonful of "Cali-
fornia Syrup of Figs" then don't
worry, because 1t is perfectly harms
less, and In q few hours ale this cone
stipation poison, sour bile and fer.
menting waste will gently move out Of
the bowels, and you have a well play.
full child again. A thorough INSIDE
cleansing is oftimes all that is neces.
sary. It should've the first treatment
given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrupa
Ask your druggist for bottle Of "Cai
ifornia Syrup Of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children Of
all ages and FOR grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
Ind see that II Is made by the "Calh
fornia Fig Syrup Company,"-Adv.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08

call them, the advance was three miles
a day.
1t was these same French light tanks
which preceded the Americans in their
advance upon Juvigny and Terny on
the scissors plateau. One Of them
manned by a lieutenant, killed more
than 200 Germans on the plateau.
Documents that have come into the
hands Of the French staff show that
the Germans are greatly worried by
the light tanks and are studiously
coaching their men in methods Of de-
Tense against them.
The light cars have the advantage
of greater speed and Of being more
easily handled than the heavier tanks,
They require a crew of only two men,
a driver and a gunner, and carry one
Misunderstanding gun and a machine
gun.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
Careful Washing Saves cIothIno.


Shortage of cotton for wearing ma
terial with Its consequent high price
has made the housewife take an I'm.
usual interest in the conservation OF
garments.
Conservation In cotton cloth means
saving a war material as well as the
money and labor necessary to replace
the garment. The original appearance
of an article made Of colored material
may be kept If due precautions are
observed.
Buy cloth which has the color dyed
in the piece or dyed before weaving
rather than a printed pattern.
Set the color by soaking for at least
On hour in salt water made In the pro-
portion Of two tablespoonful Of salt
to a quart Of water.
Avoid high temperatures, because
they make colored goods streaked
Boiling, or ironing with too hot an
iron is a cause OF fading and streak
ing.
Do not use strong soaps, as they
dull the color and often the alkali in
them causes the color to run.
Wash each garment separately and
thus avoid any possibilities Of dulling
or changing shade by mixing colors.
Dry in the shade to avoid fading
action Of direct sunlight.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-11-08
Careful Storage Saves Vegetables.

Careful Storage Saves Vegetables
Sweet potatoes may be kept until
January If cleaned, dried. and packed
in char so that they win not touch
one another.
Potatoes are kept without difficulty
in cool, dry. and dark place. Sprouts
should not be allowed to grow in the
spring.
Carrots, parsnips, and turnips, etc,
remain plump and fresh If placed IN
earth or sand-filled boxes on the cellar
floor.
Pumpkins and squash must be thor
oughly ripe and mature to keep well.
They should be dried from time to
time with a cloth and kept, not on
the cellar floor, but on a shelf. and
well separated.
Cabbages should be placed In bar
rels, with the roots uppermost.
Celery should be neither trimmed
nor washed, but packed, heads up, In
long, deep boxes, which should then be
filled with dry earth.
Tomatoes may be kept until January
If gathered just before frost, wiped
dry, and placed on straw-covered racks
in the cellar. They should be firm and
well-grown specimens, not yet begin
ming to turn. AS they ripen they
may be taken out for table use, and
any soft or decaying ones must be re-
moved.
Apples, II for use during the au-
tumn, may be stored in barrels; but
II they are to be kept till late winter
or spring they must be Of a variety
known to keep well and they must
be hand-picked and without blemIsh
or bruise. They should be wiped dry
and placed with little crowding on
shelves in the cellar. AS a further
precaution they may be wrapped sepa-
rately In soft paper.
Pears may be kept for a limited
time in the same way, or packed In
sawdust or chaff, which absorbs the
moisture that might otherwise cause
molding.
Oranges and lemons are kept In the
same way. Wrapping In soft paper
is essential, as the uncovered skins II
bruised offer good feeding ground for
mold. Oranges may be kept for long
fiYon IN rsood condition n stored vuhnrA
it is very cold but where freezing is
not possible. Lemons and lines are
often kept In brine, an old-fashioned
household method,
Cranberries, after careful looking
over to remove soft ones, are placed
In a crock or firkin and covered with
water. A plate or round board placed
on top and weighted serves to keep
the berries under water. The water
should be changed once month.