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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-07
RED GUARD HAS
SURROUNDED
'TAhllylERFORS
Reported that Gen. Manner
helm Commanding q Gov
ernrnent Forces, Captured

London. Feb. THE Finnish Red
Guard have surrounded Tanmerfors
and have defeated General Manner.
helm. commander Of the government
forces in Finland, according to i; dis.
patch from the Russian oficial new.
agency in Petrograd. General Nam
nerheim's forces are said to be In re-
suit. SO
General Mannerheim and hts
White Guards are retiring toward
the Gulf Of Bothnia. Tammerfors
:Waa defended by 10000 government
troops. The losses on both sidss
\ 80 heavy. The fightin1sa ad 10
haYAs begun early Monday nnorainE.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-07

/. Dispatches from Stockholm We'd
nesday said that General Mannerheinl
had captured uleAbor and TANNER
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-07

AbUAkD, Ilk0I Gk[t
FORCES; / Is NUMBE| |:
Report. 10 War And State Departments Place Missing At
267, But British Admiralty Messages Place Number
AT l68-Details OF Sinking Are Lacking.
Ship Was Conveyed By English Vessels Which Did Heroic
Work lii Rescuing Soldiers disaster Occurred In
District Not Previously Visited By U-Boat..
London, Feb THE Tuscania was torpedoed on
Tuesday night.
Washington, Feb THE latest official dispatch
received here the loss of the Tuscana places the
number Of American troops missing at 116; others
81; total 210
London, Feb. THE loss of life on the Tuscania
is now estimated at only 10l. This total is given in
dispatch from correspondent Of the Associated Press
in Ireland and subsequently confirmed by the .
American embassy. s 81. ss..s4s3 5i &
At one point there aze $50 aurviyors,eight Of J
hospital At another point there are
$3.50 survivors. eighty of them in hospitals number
Of survivors, including the second officer of the Tus
cania, were landed at Scottish port. IA 5@>
. The majority Of the missing were members of the
crew. Il,
Londonderry Ireland, Feb THE submarine
which torpedoed the Tuscania was attacked by de-
stroyer An American officer gave intirnation that
the submarine was destroyed.
This officer was to last to leave the Tuscana.
He gave fhe Associated Press vivid Of the
disaster. .t
The second torpedo fred by the submarine missed
its mark he said. Thereupon destroyer which
the sinking liner dashed off toward the subfa
rine using bomb dropping device The claim is made
ft1A fh1S
exploded.
The American officer said:
'.Everytling went well with US during the yoy-
age. Many of DUR had never been to before
and must say they stood II like soldiers
We were one Of a powerful convoy .S
Washington, Feb. 7.-For-pedoed and sunk BY = Ger
submarine the Cunard Liner Tuscania bearing 17
officers and Of the Thirtysecond National Guard d
vision lies at the bottom of the North Atlantic oda.
and at least 1853 troopersprobably moreare missing.
There IS every hope that the lower number will prov
TO be correct British conveys o torpedoed sh
closed in quickly and did heroic work the comparatively
cania off the north oreland, evidently headed fo
England, such that numbers of British patro
ships and rushed to and il that
thelTosses were 1nnimzed sass+
Such were Al hand early today gave de
tails how the supposedly heavily conveyed
fell in with the but il regarded
probable that the ship stumbled on the rate
than that the disaster the first shot much ad
vertised German offensive against the line America
troops and supplies. A SS
ttsWas thought possible here that survivors of til
British Of in war department
advices account difference III figures as I'd
the number of fnlissing s sass# y
There was some spec,la among naval officers d
The possibity have struck mine
The location of ts disaster region ho
previously ed by but
detailed az the are available tai stud
there Il nothing 1o behind
Il ment
III doubtful thai the route usual
followed American iii,
der BritislI the troop
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-07

/ A wireless dispatch received at Fer
lin from .Kiev and forwarded to An-s
sterdam Tuesday said that Ensigns
Krylenko and his staff has been Ares
rested by the insurgent Poles. IS
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-07

London, Feb. $50 far as known
at the time the announcement was
given out at the admiralty shortly be-
fore noon there were 1897 persons on
board the Tuscania of whom 2,187
were saved. w..
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

Pretty soon the cook poked his head
In the door and shouted: Hey. Yank.
come out here and clean your dixie 7"
l protested that had wasted q half
hour on IL already. and had used up
my only remaining shirt In the at
tempt. With q look Of disdain hs ex-
claimed: BLOW me. your Shirt Why
In - didn't you use mudr
Without word In reply I got busy
with the mud. and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most Of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. / used
my spare time 10 chop wood for the
cook and 20 with the euarfermaster TO
draw coal / got back Just In time TO
Issue our third meal. which consisted
OF hot tea rinsed out my dixie and
returned II 70 the cookhouse, and went
back 10 the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
/ had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared In the
door Of the billet with: 'Blime me, You
Yanks are lazy. Who in a-goin' to
draw the water for the mornin' teal
Do Jon think I'm s-goin' tor Well,
I'm not" and he left ] filed the dixie
with water from an old sQueaking well,
and once again lay down In the straw.
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

kftr Tommy looks up and answers.
Yea In the leg"
After dismissal from parade. we re-
turned 10 our biIlets and I had 10 get
busy Immediately with the dinner is
snA Dinner consisted OF stew made
from fresh beef. q couple Of spuds.
bully beef. Maconochie rations and wa
ter-plenty Of water. There IL great
cpmpstuon among the men 10 spsaf
With fhsir forks The two lonely pota-
oDeA
Aftse dinner I tx1ed TO wash out
shs dlx1s with cold water and q rag.
and learned another max1m Of the
trenches--It can't be done" slyiy
watched one Of the older men from
another section, and was horri6ed 10
see him throw into his dixie four or
llvs double handfuls Of mud Then he
poured In some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out
I thought he was taking an awful risk.
Supposing the cook should have seen
himi After half an hour Of unsuc-
cessful efforts returned my dixie to
ne cook shack, being careful TO put on
the cover. and returned to the billet
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04
CHAPTER VII.
RatIona

ha&StR&
Just doxing on: Mr.. Lance Corporal
butted In
In Tommy's eyes q lance corporal is
one degree below a private In the
corporal's eyes he is one degree above
Q general
he ordered me TO 70 with him and
help him draw the next days rations.
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening. from each platoon or
machine-gun section. q lance corporal
and private 60 10 the quartermaster
sergeant st the company stores and
draw rstions for the following day.
The Quarter as the euartermaster
sergeant 10 called. receives daily from
the orderly room tcaptain's ofscel q
shp showing the number OF men en-
ufisd 20 rstions. 50 there Il no chance
Of putting anything over on him. MANY
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom. but
The former always wins out Tommy
says the quarter" got his Job becsuse
~ vas q burglar In civfl life.
Then spread the waterproof sheet
a the ground. while the quartermas-
ters batman dumped the rations on n.
NE corporal was smoking a fag. /
ehrried rne rauons DEck t0 she billet
The corporal was stfn smoking a fae
How l envied him. But when the issne
commenced my envy died, and / real
lied that the first requisite Of a non
commissioned oficer On active service
70 diplomacy. There were 10 men IN
cur section. and they soon formed s
eemicircie around us after the corporal
had called out ~Rations up
The quartermaster sergean, had
given q slip to the corporal on which
was written q list OF the rarions. Sit-
cng on the floor. using a wooden box
- q table. the issue commenced. On
me left Of the corporal the rstions
were piled. They consisted Of the fol.
lowing:
Xix ioavss Of fresh bre.
ef different sire. perhaps one ouf os
me six being as fiat as a pancake. the
result Of an army service corps man
placing box Of bully beef on IL dur
Ing transportation
Three tins OF Jam. o..e a,..., III.
other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda oulo.s an
ferent stzes
A piece Of cheese In the shape Of a
wedge
Two onepOund tins Of butter.
A handful OF rassins.
A ttn Of biscuits. or as Tommy Gala
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04
Continued next week.)
YoJ AHFUL BRIDE TELLS
OF NEW GRETNA GREEN

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April l.
Wellsburg, w. Va. is the Gretna
Green where nuptual Knots are tied
more easily than anywhere in Amer
iea- A woman taxicab triver meets
all trains for the purpose of taking
eloping parties to the marriage license
ONCE and the alter without a NOM
ent's loss of time.
This information was given by Mrs
Otto Schneck, aged sixteen years.
when her plea for divorce was heard
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04
them ~jaw breakers.


A bottle Of mustard pickles.
The bully beef spuds. condensed
milk. fresh meat. bacon aud aMacono-
chic rati0nsr Ga can filed with meat.
vegetables ard greasy waterl. had been
turned over TO the company cook to
make a stew for next days dinner. He
also received the tea. sugar. salt. pep
per and -four.
Scratching his head, the corporal
studied the slip issued TO him by the
quarter. Then In a slow, mystifed
voice he read out. NO. ] section, -
mel- Bread. loaves. six" He looked
puzzled and sollloquized In q musing
voice:
Six loaves. nineteen men Let's see.
that's three in loaf for fifteen men
well. 10 make II even. four Of you'll
have TO muck In On one loaf"
The four that got stuck made howl.
but to no avail. The bread was dished
out. Pretty soon from q far corner Of
the billet. three indignant Tommies ac-
costed the corporal with:
what do you call this, q loaf of
hreadf Looks more like q snipins
plate"
The corporal answered:
"Well, don't blame me, didn't bake
IL; somebody's got to get II, 20 shut
up until I dish out these blinkin' ~
lions"
Then the corporal started on the
Jam.
Jam. three tins-spple ona plum
two. Nineteen men. three tins Six
10 tfn makes twelve men for two dina
seven In the remaining tin
he passed around the lam. ana
there was another riot some didn't
like apple. while others who received
plum were partial 10 apple. After q
while differences we're adjusted and
the Issue went on.
Bermuda onlons seventeen
The corporal avoided a row by ny-
Ing that he did not want an onion. and
] said they make your breath smell. 90
] guessed would do without one too.
The corporal looked his gratitude.
Cheese. pounds. two"
The corporal borrowed a Jsckknife
tcorporals are always borrowfnr1. ana
sliced the cheese-each slicing bring
Ing forth pert remark from tAe on
lockers as to the corporsrs eyexght.
-Raisins. ounces. eight"
BY this time the c0rporars nerves
had gone west. and in despair he said
That the raislns were 10 be turned over
% the cook for dur (plum puddinsl.
This decision ELECTED a little -grous.
ing," but quiet was finally restored
Biscuits. tins, one"
With his borrowed jackknIfe ths
corporal opened the tin Of biscuits ana
toid everyone TO help themselves-oo-
BODY responded 10 this invitation
Tommy Is fed up" with bIscuita
Butter. tins two"
Nine In one. ten In the other.s
Another rumpus.
fickies. mustard. bottles, ona.
Nineteen names were put m n sfssa
helmet. the last one out winning ~.
pickles On the next issue thera -.
only 10 names, as the winner is satmi-
mated until every man In the sset,o.
has won q bottle.
Inc rafae is closely watched b~csus.
tommy La suspicious when II come 30
gambling with his rations.
When the issue is finished ths CO..
porai sits down and writes A lsfs.,
nome asdng them II they cannot -
some NJ p. tmember OF psrliamsrt, \.
nave him transferred to the Royal IN.
tax eorps whars As waax - = -
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

At the different French estaminets
In the village and at the canteens Tom
my buys fresh eggs, milk. bread and
pastry. Occasionally when he is flush,
he Invests In a tin Of pears or apri-
cots u: II: -; 49, :: :: Only : shillins day,
"a cents, or cent an hour. Just imag-
tne. q cent an hour for being under
0re-not much chance Of getting rich
cut there.
When he goes into the fire trench
front hne). TomIny's menu takes q
tumble. He carries In his hayersack
what the government calls emergency
or iron rations. They are not supposed
TO be opened until Tommy dies OF star
vation- They consist OF one tin Of
bully beef. four biscuits. a little tin
which contains tea. sugar and Oxo
cubes (coneentrated beef tablets).
These are only 10 be used when the
enemy establishes a curtain Of shell
nre on the communication trenches
thus preventing the carrying In" Of
ntions. or when In an attack q body
Of troops has been cut OF from It's base
Of supplies.
The rntions are brought up at night
BY the company transport This Is q
section OF the company In charge Of
ths quartermaster sergeant composed
OF men. mules and nmbers (tvo-
wheeled wagons). which supplies Tom
my's wants while In the front line.
They are constantly under shell fire.
The rations are unloaded at the en-
trance to the communication trenches
and are carried In" by men detailed
for that purpose The quartermsster
sergeant never goes into the front-line
trench BE doesn't have 10. and have
never heard OF one volunteering to
do So.
The company sergeant major sorts
the rations and sends them in
Tommy's trench rafions consist of an
the bully beef he can eat, biscuits
cheese. timed butter (sometimes II
men 10 tln). Jam or marmalade, and
occasionally fresh bread (ten TO a
loaf)- When II is possible he gets tes
and stew.
When things are quiet. and FRITZ Is
behaving Ike a gentleman. which sell
dcns happens, Tommy has the opporrn-
niiy Of making dessert. This ,s
trench pudding" Il is made from
broken biscuits. condensed milk iam-
a Little water added, slightly favored
with mud-put into "a canteen ana
evoked over little spirit stove known
as "Tommy's cooker"
"a firm In Blighty widely adyertises
these cookers as a necessity for the
men In the trenches. GullIble peonla
puy them-ship them TO the TommIes
VINO. Immediately upon receIpt of same
tnrow them over the parapet. Soma
umes a Tommy falls for the ad ana
uses the cooker IN a dugout IA the a,.-
gust and discomfort Of the other oc-
cupants.)
Inls mess Is stirred up I'm a tin and
tuowed 10 simmer over the fara.
rom the cooker until Tommy der,da.
tnat n has reached sufficient fgluesIks,
consistency. He takes his bayonet ana
~ means OF the handle carries the
mess up In the front trench TO cool
Affer II has cooled on he tries to eat n
GENERALLY one or two Tornmies In .
secuon have casf-iron stomachs and
me TN Is soon emptled. Once I tasted
ueneh pudding, but only once.
In addition to the regular ration In
ne Tommy uses another channel 70
enlarge his menu.
IA the English papers q .Tone,y
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

soldier column IL run. This d fur
tne soldiers at the front who are sun
posed to be without friends or ~.
uses. They write to the papers snd
tneir names are published 0iris ana
"emen In England answer them. s,a
seno out parcels Of foodstunH d.
reffes. candy. etc I have kucvr :
lonely" soldier 70 recsavs q lIoay =
nve parcels and sasvsa lsessrp n -
week.
Continued NEXT week)
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04
in the divorce court here.
Plea for Woman Power.


Ss hAusaAh NeNh o<ftAueJ
BOSTON. Mass, April l.-Aa
Frances Sayre, daughter of Presides
Wilson, made an appeal at Ms
meeting at Simmons College for W
man power to aid in the fight e
world democracy. Her definition 2
freedow was: Freedom of right ~
ing, under right ideas, is the only irss-
dom and is the greatest freed'n
Just as We need man power, we ne'
woman power. We need the woIhS'
power Of the United States right hs''
at home"
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

MIR. ]. p. Sisk of Camp Bear
gard arrived in Oxford TuesdH
night to visit relatives. He sas'
he win soon be on his way !"
France.
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

BUY A LIBERTY BOND.
Oxford eagle., 1918-04-04

.ssfs isi.cf IA .-S CARY fsxs :.
ssoundcd Toiamies. whrn s.r-r.....
bearer arrives ai.asSide Of Ton..ss,
who has been his the following conyer-
sation usually takes place: Strefcher
eeaEsr-want fagf whsrs are you
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22
DAILY SECRET SERVICE.

The United States has secret service that is won
derfuy efficient and its work has been won
ders of all the nations Of the world II has given ex-
after OF German intrigue this country.
In every community there is secret service which
is not connected with the government but with ones
daily activities. In every community people are meas
ured by their living. by their who tries
to live beyond his cannot deude people long lie
is soon found out People know about their neigh
bors than these neighbors think they do
Irving Bachelor. in The American Magazine has
interesting article "Society's Secret Service.
which describes the secret service of every community
which is follows:
There's kind Of secret service among and
women Of which every one is a member This secret
service is constantly talking and comparing notes on
the character Of individuals within the circumference
of its observation Ny young friend. do not be de
ceived- They know all about you. They look as limo
cent YOU but they know step your going and
coming though you covered by the darkness
of tahe night. There thousand eyes and ears and
and e keenest wits this great busy detectives who
lives in your neighborhood He himself who thinks
he fool this alseeing detective Therefore ID paws
to be sincere and genuineto be. short Just what
in public and private and action at home
and abroad The beginning of bigness absolute sin
cerity and something would call it living the
truth"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22
- " - " " - y
HIT BY THEIR OWN WEAPON.

A movement has been set on foot BY Interna-
tonai Cross Society OF Geneva with view TO IN
ducing all the begerent nations to abandon by consent
the Of poison gas in war Reports show that the
movement is being strongly supported by German pac
fists resident Switzerland
Poison gas was first made use of weapon in
warfare by in the spring Of 1919 So little
rad the possibility Of such device been imagined that
the clauses Of the international which for
the OF shells designed 70 emit poison gas had
made mention Of the emission OF such sas in clouds
from cylinders or appliances and such idea
had not entered into conception Of competent
authority. except in Germany The commission Of this
crime therefore been long premedated, since the
manufacture preparation Of the and its appl
ances the training Of the personnel could only have
the fruit Of many months work
With as little delay possible. means Of protec-
lion were devised by the Allies the troops
Bur adopted did stop there When the
introduced this and deadly means o. war
fare they put the OF their enemies weapon
which could be used against themselves The use Of
poison gas in clouds is dependent upon direction
o wind. study of the meteorological records
northeastern France shows that for every day on
which the wind blows from the east or norheast-the
directions necessary allow the Germans TO use gas
there at least days which it blows from the
southwest. the quarter favorable the Allies
Time and superior industrial resources have also
assisted British and the French in catching on
the original hsndicap and the participation of the
United States the about TO throw the bal
ance Overwhelmingly on the Allies side. At the present
moment the respirator worn by the German troops
markedly inferior in protective TO those with
which the British French and American armies are
equipped which penetrate the German respira-
tor but not those of the Allies already en-
played by the allies with marked effect On the other
hand the respraors OF troops give complete
tection the lungs and against all hitherto
used bv the enemy.
1t i at this stage that the German government is
exploiting movement the abandonment on humani.
tartan grounds OF gas warfare.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22
A POOR KIND OF RELIGION.

The home Of Indianapolis minister has been
raided by the Marion county food administrator who
found concealed in til attic eighteen sacks of -four
which the official seized and the minister stands charg
ed with boarding The minister's wife quite indig
the outrage told told the officials that
the -four had all been purchased before the food
ninstrations order into effect The preacher.
we'll his wife. knew that they boarding; that
boarding not only against the law but the
OF giving aid to the enemy and was wrong Yer every
Sunday that minister stood up his pulpit fashion
able north side church and preached against wrong
and rallied al law breakers and admonished
and, we suspect. mingled in with his lot
of patriotic talk, which since he himself law
breaker. and aiding the enemy" hypocrisy
TO put it mildly We have mighty little respect for the
kind of religion preacher of that possesses-Co
lumbus Republican
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22
UNITY IN WAR.

In New York City. where they raising a fund
of 100000 for the Knights of Columbus army camp
recreation fund only Catholics, but people Of other
faiths are united the they the
Y. NJ. c. A. fund Both organizations seek to do
similar work.
A feature of the New York campaign adver-
tsement in newspaper inserted by William Fox prom
inent in Jewish circles Mr. Fox stated he had
been named head of of the knights finance com
mittees and he called upon Jewish people assist him
10 make a good showing.
Where there is such and admirable forgetfulness
religious lines and all working toward the same
end, help America win the the spectacle must
be very calling to the pro-Germans
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22


and said
NOT any more thank vou"
IN .comnan,, with the. other tennessee
doree
WE, admit that = has been
AN awful winter for cbapped legs
AND We have often sang balleluiahx
ARE exposed vertically ana -
ABOUT an ineh and half round
SOMETIMES we are more than CRATE
WE suggest that an investigation
BE started to see
WHY LafolIette is not being investi-
SOME men idea OF working on
s,,,sra If lawn
nor, -t., eo,,. a., ,...-.- .,,.4
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22
THE REPUBLICAN POLICY.

There is no doubt but what exchange puts it pat
and very perty when it says that republicans il
gress may trusted give their support
isration long the admnist alton prosecutes
with vigor. The chairman Of the repub
lican committee, after thorough of
the situation, is able make unqualified announce
this effect But If tn administration fails n
all-mportant matter of providing ships troops
and supplies is not expected that the republican party
will hesitate this fact in the autumn campaign
advantage Evidently. the Administration
realizes the danger involved in further delay OF ship
building.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22

No mention is price The conQuerng armies
paid the precious grain for the good reason that no
price paid.
Farmers here in America are getting pretty good.
price their Government which Is only
asking in return that this money paid for the
crops be loaned back that wheat may be bought.
1t il better to lend 10 our government than TO Withhold
funds to conduct this war and have Germany carry
away the crops and pay nothing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-03-22
INTE SLING.

arrived in from somewhere us just before
dusk somehow for somewhere else They came from
vessel somewhere that was there or some
where else for purpose of other purpose
and from somewhere will go to somewhere else. Thus
reports be written the movements OF our
army and navy Isut it interesting Machias Ode3
Republican.