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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-27
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. EHIND the brief announcement

II EHIND the brlet announcement
~ of the engagement of Miss
Ethel NJ b. Hartman and
Lieutenant Henry Potter Russell, U.
5. A., lies a very remarkable and IN
spring war romance
Miss Ethel enjoys the distinction
of belonging to one of the richest
families in America, and of being at
the same time practically without
money herself. Her father was a
cousin of the late Z. II. Hartman,
American greatest railroad builder.
Miss Hartman has been doing val
liant ambulance work right behind
the firing lines in Europe, and it was
there that she met her fance under
singularly thrilling circumstances
and finally consented to become Mrs.
Russell, instead of devOting herself
exclusively to war. The incident
that led to this decision has never
been reported, probably because it
was stopped by the censor, but from
an American who has just returned
from the other side some interesting
details concerning it have been gath
cred.
Miss Hartman first met Mr.. Rus
sell. who Is a grandson of the late
Bishop Potter, at dances and Junior
League entertainments in New York.
Just after the European war had
broken out. according to one of her
friends, he was exceedingly devoted
TO her, although few noticed it. Miss
Hartman. schooled in her mothers
ideas of serious public work. took
little interest in a nice looking young
man WHO had done nothing.
Make a reputation for yourself
as a soldier or an engineer or some
thing worth while before YOU bother
about me, - was in effect the young
woman's ultimatum.
Very well Ethel. | will show YOU
what can do, and don { forget your
part. was the answer
Immediately young Russell left
Harvard and joined the Harjes
American Ambulance, which was
then doing a splendid work for
France in the most critical field of
the war. that is. at Verdun. For
nine months he labOred bravelv UNI
der fire in the most sanguinary bat
tie area the world has ever known.
Then the United States entered
the war and Mr.. Russell hurried
back home and entered the Harvard
Officers Training Corps. In rec
ord time he obtained a commission
in the Field Artillery Corps, a ser
vice which is probably the most i'm
portant in modern armies and to
which the most scientific officers are
assigned.
In September last he left for
France and has since been on duty
with the advanced expeditionary
force of the American army. He
had been so busy with his duties
that il seems he could have had lit
lie time TO think Of that affair Of the
heart
Tn the meantime Miss Ethel had
been equally busy with serious duties.
She joined the American Woman 5
Ambulance. organized by her mother.
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. ar Wash
ington This consisted of three au-
tomobile ambulsnces and a field kit
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-27

chen, in charge of twelve uniformed
women drivers. They gained their
first military experience carrying sick
soldiers from Fort Myer to Wash
ington and taking supplies to the
camp.
Miss Hartman is one of the best
automobile drivers and all-round
women athletes in the country. She
won much admiration by flying the
hydrO-aeroplane of Mr.. W. Earl
Dodge far out over the ocean at
Newport two seasons ago. This was
a most hazardous and unusual feat
for woman
She has splendid, powerful, tall,
superbly formed figure, mass of
beautiful blond hair and winning,
fearless features Altogether she is
the best type of the Open-air Ameri-
can girl.
Last Summer Mrs. Hartman and
her daughter went TO France with
their ambulance. At first Miss Har-
riman was associated with Y. NJ.
c. A. canteen, conducted by Mrs.
Vincent Astor and other American
women. Her duties consisted large
ly in carrying food and medicines to
war-Stricken sufferers.
1t was not supposed that any of
the women ambulance drivers would
be sent TO the firing line, but Miss
Hartman was one who lid not
shrink from such an experience, but
actually looked for it. There was
an urgent demand for drivers TO
carry wounded and munitions from
a desperately tried section of the
French line, the location of which
cannot be specified.
Miss Hartman insisted on going
there. For days and nights she
passed through a most terrible ex-
perience carrying wounded men over
the shell-pitted ground back of the
trenches. At last there came a night
when her car, loaded with cruelty
wounded men, broke down on her
way to the base hospital. High ex-
plosive shells and Illuminating pro-
jectiles were bursting overhead.
German aviators were lowering in
the air and one of them was liable
TO swoop down at any moment and
blow her and her precious charges
out of existence.
In spite of her skill as a motorist,
Miss Hartman was completely baf-
fed TO find the cause Of the trouble
The situation with the wounded men
grooming at the delay was becoming
terrible.
Strange to say, at this moment
there came dashing along the road
in a military automobile, Lieutenant
Henry Potter Russell, Z. s. A. 1t
was just like scene in Secret Ser
vice" or some play Of that kind he
had been ordered to this section on
a mission concerned with famiiiariz-
ing the American Army with French
artillery. At least that is how the
returned American explains IL.
Can l be of any servicef" asked
the American officer.
You certainly can. said the fair
driver, pointing TO her engine.
In q minute the American officer
had opened up the engine and was
looking for the trouble he found
an obscure short circuit In the igni-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-27

Miss Ethel M.
B. Hartman,
the only
Poor Girl"
IN the
Hartman
Family, Wearing
Her Uniform
as a Driver in
the American
Women's
Ambulance Corps
IN Which She
Has Been
Saving Lives
Under Fire at
the Front and
Incidentally
Capturing the
Heart Of a Gallant
American
Soldier.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
CLEAN SEED BEFORE SOWING.

Cleaning and grading the small
grains for spring sowing should be
done before the spring rush in pre-
pairing the land and sowing the seed.
Wheat, oats, barley, and flax can be
improved for seeding by running the
seed through the tanning mill at least
once. The cleaned grain will run
through the drill or other seeding ma
chinery more evenly and thus insure
a more uniform stand than can be OBJ
tanned from uncleaned grain.
Cleaning grain removes most of the
weak and diseased kernels, many Of
which may not grow at all, or if they
do grow are likely to produce small,
weak plants. Uniformly large, plump
kernels terminate more evenly, pro-
duce stronger plants, and yield more
than ungraded grain containing small,
shrunken kernels.
Thorough cleaning also removes a
large part of the weed seeds the grain
contains. The preparation of the land
for seeding destroys many seeds that
are in the ground and thus helps to
keep weeds in check, but the value
of this work is largely lost If foul seed
is soWn
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
Red Cross Relief Work.

The Commission of Relief in Belgium
in connection with its relief work in
occupied territory of France and Bel.
GUM asked the Red Cross to collect for
1t a certain amount Of used and surplus
clothing. We have agreed to do So and
i'll order that this work may not become
regular activity of the Red Cross or
be precedent for a continual collec-
ton of such articles. the week 18th to
March 26th only. will be devoted to this
purpose. Care should be taken to re-
ceive only those articles that are need
ed. Garments however need not be in
perfect repair as they can be repaired
and ren1ade in workroo1ns of the Com
mission i'll occupied territory of France
and Belgium which provide occupation
and living wage for the women there.
The Red Cross Committee solicit such
clothing to be delivered at Odd Fellows
hall every afternoon this week. or COM
municate with the committee.
Mrs. A. l.. Robinson.
Mrs. w. r. Powell.
Mrs. A. Grindeland.
Mrs. F. Bakke
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
PURCHASE ONLY
LABELED SEEDS
Farmers Urged Not to Take Any
Chances With Product of
Poor Quality.
MAKE A TERMINATION TEST
Home Made Device Will Tell Value of
Seeds-Clean Small Grains Be-
fore Sowing-Send Sample to
AGRICULTURAL CoIIeqe,

The seed trade has voluntarily agreed
to label all field seeds with the per-
centage of pure seed that will grow,
giving the purchaser exact information
as to quality. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture urges all farmers
to buy their seeds only from dealers
who comply with this agreement and
not to run the risk of buying high
priced, unlabeled seed that will not
give stand in the field.
!: Make termination Test.
\ Get your seed early and make a ger
nination test of it before sowing.
Count out 100 seeds; put them between
folds of moist paper or cloth between
two dinner plates and keep at room
temperature for four days; then count
the sprouted seeds. If 95 seeds sprout
the seed is good; if only a small part
Of them sprout the seed is either poor
or the test was not properly made.
# in doubt as to the value Of the seed
send a sample to your state agricul-
tural experiment station or to the Seed
Laboratory, United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. c., with
the request that it be tested for quail
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
Gifted Writers Indolent,

De Quincy has called Coleridge "a
man of infinite title pages" and he
says he heard Coleridge admit that a
list of the books he meditated but
never executed would fill a large vol
ume. In this respect the two opium
eaters were rivals. Perhaps their fer
tlity in projects was due, as Coleridge
fancied, to an overactivity of thought,
"n'odified by a constitutional indol-
c2ce," and had nothing to do with
opium. On the other hand, De Quin.
ccy believed that his opium eating pre-
vented him from writing the book he
intended to make his life work, the
slow and elaborate result Of years OF
til, to which he had presumed to
':;ve the title of an unfinished work of
:pinoza's, w.t., De Emendatione HUI
::>ani 1ntellectus.' In later mood he
!"Tised |'Eroiegomena to All Future
Systems Of Political Economy" and
:.l;''lc arrangements with a provincial
printer for its production, but it's au.
.;l'r never even got as far as the pre-.
-'.-,.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
ENorninq Exercises.

Calisthenics taken in the early morn.
ir@ do much to keep up the general
health. Standing, warmly but loosely
r'ad, at an open window and inhaling
deep breaths of fresh air will stimulate
Tie blood quickly. This might be fol-
lowed with two Or three easy exercises.
One might consist Of doubling the fists,
placing them at the shoulders, and
:hen thrusting them out at arms length
swiftly. After that it would be we'll
to bend, trying to touch the floor with
the finger tips without bending the
knees. These calisthenics might be
concluded with a final one Of knceling
and bending forward the foe from
the waist. The whole performance
need not take more than five minutes,
and will do more to make circulation
lively and muscles in good condition
than any amount Of medicine.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
U. s. EXPECTS NO DRIVE
War Department Considers Ger
man Talk Bluff.
Enemy to Attack Only II Forced to
t-Much Of Weekly Review De. 49,
voted American Activities.

Washington, March 19--Americar.
military men are no longer impressed
with Germany's threat of great
spring offensive on the western front.
IN it's weekly review the depart
nlent records the conclusion that the
enemy in spite Of his vast prepara-
lions will not take the offensive unless
forced into it. This confirms the opin-
ion many officers have expressed for
weeks in the face of official forecasts
% the contrary from both sides of the
Atlantic
Regarded as Defensive Move.
The nature Of the information upon
which the opinion is based is not els
..lo:ed. 1t is noted that fresh German
divisions have arrived on the western
lrcnt and the German lines are said
20 be approaching the point in density
Beyond which it would be impossible
go without choking communications
ines and hamper:ng forward move,
ment OF reserves. App rently, however,
his concentration has come to be r.
5arded as defensive, not an offens-
i've, movement.
Much of the Statement is devoted to
the activities of the American troops
40" engaged on five separate fronts,
one Of the sectors lying close to the
Swiss border.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
unlWelcome sound these warm spring
days when breath Of fresh air may be
enjoyed during working hours.
RED CROSS NOTES
BY Mrs. F. P. Bernard

The latest word from Headquarters
Is, that no more jackets are needed at
present, but we are requested to keen
right on with sock knitting. So let us
finish up the jackets that are on the
way and then as many as can knit
socks. get busy OH them.
knitters, what do you say to our
knitting some socks for the BELGIUM
babies: One skein of yarn will knit at
least three pairs. II all who have bits
OF yarn will send it in. either on Satu1-
days or Wednesdays, to the Red Cross
work room. | will sort it and give il ont
to those who desire to knit. l will fur
nish the directions, which are very
simple and easy to follow. ANY white
or colored yarn of suitable texture can
be used, and two colors can be COM
bined when necessary.
Mrs. Eckstrom reports that the work
in surgical dressing is coming along
nicely. but that more workers are need
ed. If those ladies' who cannot come in
the afternoon would come for few
hours in the evening. it would help
greatly. The Thursday evening class
will be discontinued until Mrs. Hanson
the supervisor, returns.
There is at least one man in the city
who does not despise the art of knit.
ting. MIR. j. 0. Herrick has turned in
two beautifully made sweaters. We
congratulate Mr. Herrick on his work
and assure him we have given him a
big credit mark.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
Public School Notes

The girls of the Sophomore cooking
class assisted Miss Olsen in serving q
dinner Monday evening at 6 80 to the
members Of the school board and their
wives. The decorations were suggestive
OF st. Patrick's Day. each place being
favored with a jar of Shamrocks, while
the place cards were in the shape of
! pigs Oh which the following menu was
| written:
Cream of Pea Soup
! OllVeS Celery WATERS
Stuffed Baked Potatoes
Little Pigs in Blankets
Asparagus tips i'll Drawn Butter
| Rye Dinner Rolls Crane Jelly
Waldorf Salad Corn1ake WATERS
Ice Cream
Frosted Cakes Coffee
MINIS
MI. Sears spoke to the students of
the high school in general assembly last
Thursday forenoon.
The Senior class play "A Night Off,.
will be given Tuesday evening. March
10Th, at SIS, at the Strand Theatre.
The proceeds of the play are to buy a
Liberty Bond as gift to the high
school from this class. Those who at
tend will not only be assured of a good
time, but will be helping the young
people to carry out this very patriotic
plan.
Elizabeth 1oungdahl and Beda Skoos
OF the Home Training Department,
have been very busy the past week max
ing service flag for the high school
to honor our graduates now in the SER
vice of the country. This flag will be
formally presented to the high school
when completed
Ralph and Thelma Erickson, former
ly Of Argyle, have entered the Junior
and Freshman classes respectively.
Mr.. Mitchell returned Wednesday
from brief trip to the southern part
| of the state
The inter-class basket ball game play
ed Monday by the Senior and Junior
teams. resulted in a victory for the
juniors with the score 10 to 10. This
leaves the Juniors champions. a team
composed of Sophomores and Freshmen
have challenged the Juniors to a game
in. the near future.
We are beginning to hear some talk
of organizing base ball team.
Mr.. Miller, of the Agricultural De-
partment. is urging the planting of
school gardens as a patriotic< duty.
This applies especially to girls. as many
of the boys plan to go on to farms and
work. An effort will be made to give
extra time to the boys who will have
TO leave school early in order that they
may cover all required work.
Rev. Eckblad, of Superior, gave a
very inspiring address in the high
school auditorium Monday evening. be-
fore a small audience.
The fire gong for fire drill is a not
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
Mourning the Departed.

The newest thing in mourning is
dark blue. It is not for the sod half of
the menage, but for the widow who
disagrees with her other half, who
seeks the courts to cut the knot. Such
\ person was ceen yesterday and when
asked if she had lost some one replied l.:
Yes, my husband" "When did he
'!!e?" 'DOn't understand" II d.
"orceti him. felt for time that l
hould retire quietly, and now that I
nave emerged I wear a compromise
,oIor--blue. I didn't really dislike my
husband, but had to divorce him. The
mourning is half for him and half fos
he memories. But, poor boy, he mar"
lied again. His stenographer.'-Naw
York Tribune. H.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
SCREENING SEED MAY PRE-
VENT NEW DISEASE.

Screening out the shriveled
grains from wheat seed before
planting VIII remove one cause
Of spreading the new bacterial
disease of wheat which has been
discovered in many states Of the
middle West. This has been
learned by specialists of the
United States Department of Ag
riculture who, in cooperation
with the experiment stations Of
Kansas and Wisconsin, are
studying the problem Of control
ling this disease. Wheat ker-
nels that are plump do not con-
tain bacterial cavities, but shriv-
eled ones often do.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20

ity, including percentage Of purity and
termination.
Don't take any chances with the
this spring.
High Price Of Seed.
Never before has the price of red
clover seed been so high as it is at the
present time, and never has the guam
tity Of seed on hand been so small in
proportion to the acreage to be seeded
In years when the demand for any
kind Of seed exceeds the supply, all
available seed Is put on the market
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
FOE INVASION CONTINUES
Germans Advancing Still Further Into
Russian Territory.

ae7mahs Advancing Still Further Into
Russian Territory.
London, March 19.-Having occu.
pied Odessa and Nikolayev, import.
ant naval grain ports, the Germans in
southern Russia continue their ad.
vance northward from the Black sea
toward kherson, an, important com.
H1erc'al center and capital of the
province of the! same name. The all
Russian congress of soviets has de.
cared Moscow to be the Russian CAP
ital and it is said that all government
and military effects have been re.
moved from Petrograd The bolshe-
vik leaders, although they urged and
obtained ratification of the German
peace treaty, are said to have little
hope that the treaty will bring peace
and are calling upon the local soviets
to form military organizations with
which to combat the Germans should
their invasion continue further into
he heart of Russia.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
Warren Markets
Stock Shippers Attention,

Stock Shippers Attention.
The Radium Farmers Co-Operative
Shipping Association will ship hogs and
cattle on Saturday, March 3Oth. Let
me know what you have.
NJ T.. WARNER,
Manager
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20

and much of the seed is of poorer quail
ity than in normal years. Therefore,
every farmer before sowing should
know what proportion of the seed he
buys cannot be expected to grow. If
one lot contains 96 per cent of seed
that will grow and another lot con-
tains Ga per cent of seed that will grow
it will take three bushels of the 81 per
cent seed to SOW the same number OF
acres that two bushels of the SO per
cent will SOW.
This is important from the stand,
point Of cost alone when red clover
seed is selling for $40 or more per
bushel. 1t is much more necessary
however, to know the quality Of seed
III order that the rate of seeding may
be proportional t. the quality, so that
enough live seed will be sowed to in.
sure a stand in the field. First know
how much Of the seed may grow and
then sow accordingly.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
Canada to Have DAYLIGHT Savino.

Canada to Have Daylight Saving.
Ottawa, Ont March 19.-Canada
probably will join the United States
daylight saving plan this spring
through Sir George Fosters bill, it
was stated as parliament opened its
session here.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-03-20
SEED DEALERS TO FURNISH
INFORMATION WITH
PRODUCT,

According to a plan agreed
upon by representatives Of the
seed trade and representatives
of the United States Department
of Agriculture in conferences
last year, seed dealers will pro-
vide the following information
with all lots of ten pounds or
over of feld-crop seeds which
they sell:
1. Name of scotsman.
2. Kind of seed.
3. Proportion of pure live seed
present, with month and year of
termination test.
4. Country or locality of Or
igin in the case of the following
imported seeds: Beans, soy
beans, Turkestan alfalfa, and
red clover from southern En-
rope and Chile.
Since the seed trade confer
ences, practically all the larger
seedsmen have individually
agreed to conduct their bust
ness in accordance with these
suggestions. s"'::' '""..'
Malvern daily record., 1918-03-21
REMEM BER THE DepotCafe
 When You Are H N c R Y Regular Dinner 40 Cents
 Short Orders uraished Rooms by Day or Week
 Opposite Depot.

Jno. M. Lotion travelling salesman of Little Rock was in the city today.
 Rev. Marion s. Monk was Little Rock visitor Wednesday.
 R. W. Williams is in Little Rock to day on business, connected with Nal vern Hardware Go.
 Louis Thompson of Heber Springs and Miss Mamie Ausley of Little Rock, 1notored to Malvern today, and are the guests of this editor and fam fly.
 BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS FOR SALE-At $1 per setting. They are from high grade stock. Apply tc, Mrs. A. E. Clarke.
 Miss Jessie Stanley returned yes. terday from Little Rock where she has been with Miss Essie Long. She reports Miss Essie and Joe Leng im- proved.
 Allen Mulkey a former Malvern boy was here yesterday enroute to Beauregard, La., he is stationed in the Signal Corps, Mulkey was on g furlough before leaving for Some where in France"
 sss*
 News was received in the city this morning, of the death of Mrs. Bell, which occurred at Philadelphia last night, mother of Miss Pearl Bell, one of the teachers in the Malvern schools. Miss Bell went to Arkadel- phia several days ago, on account of her mothers serious illness. Her many friends in Malvern, deeply sym pathize with her in the death of her mother. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at Philadelphia
Malvern daily record., 1918-03-21
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Meet me at the Elite. P. Bostrum of Perla, was visitor in Malvern today. WANTED-A Secondhand Anvil. J. E. Chamberlain. Mrs. Felix Cooper will entertain the Bridge club tomorrow.
  LOST A new quilt Tuesday. Find CT report to this office.
 #* *@ Mrs. L. L. Adair will return to Hot Springs tonight. She will be accom- panied by her husband FOR sALE-Incubator for less than half price. Geo. A. Probst.
 #m*# W. Morton Garden is in Pine Bluff on business.
 FOR SALE-Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rock eggs. s1 per setting. Apply to Mrs. H. L. Batchelor, Rock port.
 Mayor G. E. Mattison motored to Fordyce today, where he went on a business trip.
 Just received full supply of straw hat dyes.
 Murry Drug Store.
 %*E* Mrs. D. D. Glover will entertain a Red Cross Chain at her home oin Pine Bluff street tomorrow afternoon.
 ##&* FOR SALE-A young fresh Jersey COW and heifer calf. See Ed. Gibbs, Rockport, Phone 823 F. Il. Judge A. I. Roland and J. Q. Rogers left this morning for DeVall,s Bluff, on business trip. They expect to spend few days fishing also.
 &Ass WANTED TO BUY-A good horse buggy and harness. Jabez M. Smith, Malvern Ark. 3-23