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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
ALLIES TAKE 10000 TURKS
Also Capture $50 Guns in Holy Land
Campaign.

London, Oct. 8.-Seventy-one thou
sand Turks have been taken prisoner
by General Allenby's forces since the
commencement of the British opera
lions in Palestine and Syria, according
to an official statement issued by the
War office. This is in addition to the
5000 prisoners claimed by the Arab
army.
Three hundred and fifty Turkish
guns were taken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
ireland viii Succeed eoroas.

Washington, Oct. 5.-Maj. Gen. Mer.
rite W. Ireland, medical corps, was
nominated by President Wilson to be
surgeon general Of the army for the
period of four years beginning Oct.
4, 1918, vice Maj. Gen. William O..
Gorgas to be retired on Oct. S. Brig.
Gen. Peter G. Harris was nominated
to be adju. Ant general OF the army
with the rank OF major general for a
period of four years beginning Sept.
1, 1918. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Henry
p Cain, who recently was ap.
pointed to command O division.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
AUDACITY BEWILDERS FOE

Yankee Filler Repairs Machine in
German Lines and Escapes.
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct. 5.-Wfth his airplaDe
riddled by machine gun bullets and
hemmed in by German machines,
Aviator Ted Haight of New York City
pretended to be out of commission
and landed within the German lines.
After hurriedly preparing his damaged
machine he assembled and got back to
his OWN lines, successfully lodging the
astonfshed Germans on the ground
and in the air.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10

Influenza Retards Troop Movement.
Washington, Oct. 5.-American troops
abroad now number 1900, 900, members
Of the house military committee were
informed at their weekly conference
at the war department. Spanish in
fuenza in camps and cantonments will
retard shipments somewhat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
S0LEMLY WARNS GERMANY

France VIII Punish Ruthless Acts
of Vandalism.
Paris, Oct. 5.-The French govern
ment has issued a solemn warning to
Germany and her allies that the de-
vastation of territory from which they
retreat will be punished in%exorably.
The warning says the German PEG.
pie who share in the crimes will bear
the consequences with the authors
and that those who order the devasta.
tion will be held responsible morally
penalty and p%ecuniarily.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
FOE MUST LEAVE BULGARIA

Teutons Given Due Notice TO Get Out
of Country.
Amsterdam, Oct. 8.-Bulgaria on Sat-
urday notified the powers with which
she had been allied that they must
quit Bulgarian territory within a
month, says a Sofia dispatch to the
| Berlin Tageblatt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
PLOTTERS SENT TO PRISON
Two Men Convicted Of Attempting to
Destroy War Plant.

Trenton, N. J., Oct. 5.-Convicted
Of attempting to blow up the Gould
& Eberhardt machinery plant doing
war work at Irvington, DR.. Frederick
M. Bischoff of that place was SEN
fenced in the federal court here to
Is years in the Maryland ~penitentiary.
A 15-year term was imposed upon
William Henemyer for completely in
the plot.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
ITALY WAITING HER TURN
Premier Says Blow WfrE Be Struck
When Time; Comes,

When Time: Comes.
Washington, Oct. S.-Italy faces the
future with optimism, Premier Orlando
of Italy, speaking before the members
of parliament and of the senate, de-
clared, according to- an official dis
patch received from Rome.
I'VE have not registered actions at
our 'front.'" said the premier, "but
calmly and faithfully Italy is waiting
for her hour to- strike. The Italian
people are calm and full of con-
fidence."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
TAKING AWAY HEAVY GUNS
Germans Are Preparing to Abandon
Flanders Coast.

London, Oct. 3 There Is every IN
dication, according to authoritative
naval sources, of an early abandon
ment by the Germans Of the entire
Flanders coast. The Germans already
are removing their guns. The Belgian
coast has been under heavy lombard
ment for the last two days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
| 100000 SOLDIERS ABROAD
Influenza May Retard Future Troop
Movements.

Washington, Oct. 81 American
troops abroad now number 1900, 900.
members of the House military com.
mittee were informed at their weekly
conference at the War department.
Spanish influenza in camps and can.
tonments will retard shipments some.
what in the immediate future, they
were told.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
BOHEMIA ABOUT TO REVOLT
WiD Soon Declare Her independence
of Austria.

Amsterdam, Oct. 5.-The proclama.
ton of the independence of Bohemia
will be issued shortly according to the
Budapest newspaper Azest.
THE members of the Czech National
committee fear neither prison nor
DEATH" says the newspaper. "They
all have made their wills and settled
their material affairs and the indie.
p%endence of Bohemia is virtually as
| sured."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-10-10
BABIES ARE STILL NORMAL

German Professor Says Infants Are
Generally Healthy.
Amsterdam, Oct. S.-Rumors that
s ,rrlan babies born in the fourth war
= ~ we're below normal development
= tag to the undertaking of the par
(, ats, are contradicted by Prof. Philip
.chmidt of Tubingen university, who
states that according to his statistics
hardly any difference has been noted
so far in size and weight of newly born
infants compared with pre-war times,
Williston graphic., 1918-04-18
CHAPTER xv.
Listening Post.


1t was six in the morning when We
arrived at our rest billets, and we were
allowed to sleep until noon; that IL,
II we wanted to 60 without our break
fast. For sixteen days we remained
In rest billets, digging roads, drilling,
and other fatigues, and then back into
the fr0nt-line trench
Nothing happened that night, but the
next afternoon found out that q
bomber Is general utility man in q Sec
tion.
About five o'clock in the afternoon
our lieutenant came down the trench
and stopping in front Of bunch Of us
on the fire step, with a broad grin on
his face, asked: VI
"Who is going to volunteer for listen
Ing post tonight7 need two men,"
It is needless to say no one volun-
teered, because 1t is anything but q
cushy job. began to feel uncomfort-
able as knew 1t was getting around
for my turn. Sure enough, with another
grin, he said:
'sEmpey, you and Wheeler are due
so come down into my dugout for In
structions at six o'clock" H..
Just as he left and was going around
a traverse, Fritz turned loose with q
machine gun and the bullets ripped the
sandbags right over his head. 1t gave
me great pleasure to see him duck
against the parapet. He was getting a
taste Of what we would get later out
in front.
Then, of course, it began to rain. I
Continued on page 81
Williston graphic., 1918-04-18
CHAPTER XIV.

Picks and 9hoveIs.
Ihad not slept long before the swoot
voice of the sergeant informed that
sNo. 1 section had clicked for another
blinking digging party" I smiled to
myself with deep satisfaction. l hao
been promoted from a mere digger to
4 member Of the Suicide club, and was
Axempt from all fatigues. Then came
an awful shock. The sergeant looked
over In my direction and said:
'Don't you bomb throwers think you
are wearing top hats out here. Cord
in to orders you've been taken up on
the strength of this section, and will
have to do your bit with the pick and
shovel, same % the rest of US"
l put up q howl on my way to get
nv shovel, but the only thing that re-
suited was q loss of good humOr on
my part.
We fell in ut eight o'clock, outside
Of our billets, a sort of masquerade
party. l was disguised as common
laborer, had a pick and shovel. and
about one hundred empty sandbags.
The rest, about two hundred In all,
were equipped likewise: picks, shovels,
sandbags, rifles and ammunition.
The party moved out in column OF
fours, taking the road leading to the
trenches. Several times we had to
string out in the ditch to let long COL
umns of limbers, artillery and supplies
get past.
The marching. under these cOndi'
tions, was necessarily slow. Upon ar
rival at the entrance to the communi'
cation trench, looked at my illumt'
mated wrist watch-it was eleven
o'clock.
Before entering this trench, word
was passed down the line, mo talking
or smoking, lead off In single file. COW
ering party first"
This covering party consisted of 80
men, armed with rifles, bayonets.
bombs, and two Lewis machine guns.
They were to protect us and guard
against surprise attack while dig.
ging in No Mans Land.
Inc COMMUNICATION treucu WdU
about half mile long, a zigzaggfng
ditch, eight feet deep and three feet
wide.
: Now and again, German shrapnel
would whistle overhead and burst In
our vicinity. We would crouch against
the earthen walls while the shell frag-
ments slapped" the ground above US.
Once Fritz turned loose with ma
chine gun, the bullets from which
"cracked" through the air and kicked
up the dirt on the top, scattering sand
and pebbles, which, hitting our steel
helmets, sounded like hailstones.
Upon arrival In the fire trench an
officer Of the Royal Engineers gave us
our instructions and acted as guide.
j. We were to dig an advanced trench
two hundred yards from the Germans
(the trenches at this point were six
hundred yards apart).
! Two winding lanes, five feet wide,
had been cut through our barbed wire,
for the passage Of the diggers. From
these lines white tape had been laid
Williston graphic., 1918-04-18

On the ground to the point where We
were to commence work. This In or
der that we would not get lost In tho
darkness. The proposed trench was
also laid out with tape.
Williston graphic., 1918-04-18
Ring The Liberty Bell!

Why Buy
Liberty
Bonds?
By PAR PARW1M VI! u! ?; H.! ;K1NGs1EY ;!>!:;: 81
(tY do you save to build a home? It Il
VA ualy cheaper to pay rent
Why do ye% psn v To- ys yeS. xst e2se
W91b0knlN% dividends from that?
Why do you pay fire insurance premiums
W. and life insurance. premiums? You per-
sonally get little if anything from that
Why do you the doctor quickly the children
ailine? You don't stop to think whether you can
afford it, Do you?
None of these expenditures what call good
Investments They don't in money, yet all pay
the dividends
Liberty Bonds represent the home school, the
children; they represent all the great deeds Of our
fathers and Grondtathers: they represent Bunker
Hill and Yorktown Gettysburg; they represent
the blessed freedom under which we all live and they
the ORDER that makes freedom blessed
They the boys lover there they repre-
sent devastated Belgium and homeless Serbia and
murdered Armenia;
They are defense that shall from shores
the monster criminals who outraged the women Of
Besum and Northern France and made the
slaves;
They represent strength that shall restore BEL
eTlrn rebuild France and aven6e Serbia,
They the voice of those who are too young
too old weak to fight; they are the sword Of
the women and Of the children; they
the Of free people calling to cruelty wronged
freedonloving and bringing them succor.
Buy them4 OF course you will buy them. You'll
O buy fhen
don't need be urged You would be ashamed
to 90 home to your if you did not buy
The interest is important but not Of first I'M
portance They would they would appeal to
If they interest whatever.
Add e the Of interest the dividends they pay
IN sell interest safety. IN public order. in liberty
and law and you have a larger return than you
receive from other thing that you
They become "scraps Of paper"
They are secured inveshnent evorld
You Stand Behind Them
W. Cl~,,11 D,,~ IT,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
NCRTHFIELD, MASS.

Schools will not open until Monday.
Corporal Fred Bolton has been home
from Fort Constitution, Portsmouth. n.
H., on 4 i've days furlough,
Mr. and Mrs Kclton have influenza.
Mr.. and Mrs Chapman and children. also
Of Parker avenue, are III with influenza.
y. Everett Lyman is i'll. His daughter,
Miss Florine Lyman, and Mrs. Iheo
Lyman Of Springfield are here for the
present
Mr. Bates and Mrs Wellington Of Bos-
ton, hunters, with two fine fox hounds,
are 40 the Mortified hotel this week.
They have secured two excellent red fox
pcit-.
Mrs. +. W pattison and daughter ar
rived nj Hotel Mortified Tuesday eve.
ming. where Rev Mr.. pattison j. staying
for the present. They expect to open
their house on Birnam road soon
4 conference Of y A. C. A. physical
directors opened at the Mortified hote
Wednesday G.. l.. Listman Of Boston i,
nj the head Of the conference which vii
be in session until Saturday night
About - delegates are here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove L

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi-
tute for calo,1lel, act gently on the bowels
and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through Dr.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
by all who know them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them to neutral action,
clearing the blcod and gently purifying
the entire system. They do that which
dangerous c1lon1ei does without airy
of the bad after effects.
All the benefits OF nasty, sicIsening,
gripping cathartics are derived fro11 DIR.
Edwards Olive Tablets without gripping
pain or any dioagreeable cliocts.
DIR. T. N. Edwards discovered the
formula alter seventeen years Of p-ac.
tice among patients afflicted viii
bowel and liver complaint, with tie
attendant bad breath.
DIR. Edwardss Olive Tablets are purely
vegetable compound mixed with olive
oil: you will know them by their olive
color. Take one or two every night fol
a week and note The effect. loc aad p,
per box. All druggists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
BIG EATERS GET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take glass Of Salts before break
fast II your Back hurts or
Bladder bothers you.

The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou.
Bile, because We eat too much and all
our food is rich. Our blood is filed
with uric acid which the kidneys strive
20 filter out, they weaken from over
work, become sluggish; the eliminative
tissues clog and the result is kidney
trouble, bladder weakness and n gen
eral decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like humps
of lead, your back hurts or the urine
Is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged TO seek relief two or three
times during the night; if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have rhcu-
matism when the weather is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four ounces
Of Jad Salts; take tablespoonful in q
glass of water before breakfast for n
few days aud your kidneys will then
act finc. This famous salts is made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to flush and
stimulate cloggcd kidneys; also to ncu-
tralilc the acids in the urine so it no
longer is source or irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
iurc, makes a delightful effervescent
lithia.watcr beverage, ard belongs in
every home, because nobody can make n
mistake by having q good kidney flush
ing any time.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

be used in the manufacture or production
OF beer wine or other intoxicating malt
or vinous liquors for beverage purposes"
The law permits the sale of distilled
and other liquors for export after June
80. 1919.
1t Is further provided that mo distilled.
malt, yinous or other intoxicating liquors
shall be imported into the United States
during the continuance of the present
war and period of rehabilitation, except
wines which may be imported until May
n. 1919"
This does not apply to shipments EN-
route at the time the act was passed.
\ penalty OF imprisonment not exceed
ing one year or fine not exceeding
81 600, or both, is imposed for violations
Of the act.
1t j. estimated that the government
will sustain loss in revenue from ma
ton wide prohibition to the extent Of at
least Sl.l00.O00000. This may be aug
mentcd trihe through lessening of
taxes on incomes derived from the manu-
| factGre and sale OF liquors. 1t viii be
necessary to meet this loss by the levy
| ing Of consumption or other taxes.
The shrmkage in the pending revenue
| bill from losses caused by prohibition are
placed at approximately S5h0.0o0,0o0.
| This i due TO the fact that Dec J the
making OF beer must cease under an exec
utive order issued some time ago.
| The advocates Of temperance Row will
| turn their attention to making the city
(! Of Washington bone dry This was over
looked when the Reed amendment was
attached To the postofica appropriation
bill At present liquors may not be sold
III Washington. but they may be brought
in without limit from outside territory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
WEST NoRTHFIELD. MASS.

Mrs Della E-tcy is guest Of Mrs.
Fred Adams thi. week.
Mrs Browning will return to her home
in Putnam. Conn. this week. having
spent the summer with her sister. Mrs.
billiard. and she will 70 with her.
Rev T. II Lcavtt and brother-in-law.
MIR. Simond~ of Sunupee, y. H.. left
Thur.day morning for their southern
trip, intending To- 90 70 81 Petersburg
Fla. for the winter. going by automobile.
Percy Buck of West Springfield visited
his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. L. -
Doolttle few day. the last OF the
week Little Elinor will remain for a
few weeks with them.
The influenza has seemed 10 return
again, several families being III with il
T. W. johnson and two children, Mr.. aud
Mrs Allie johnson and two children
Olive llolton, and Mrs Alden French and
children aud Mrs. Joe Systowiski ant
oldest son are among the patients.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
ARMY TO MAINTAIN
BIG AERO BRANCH
Air Service Likely to See Largest De
velopment Of Any Military
Department

WASHINGTON, Nov -Demobili-
zation of the army air service presents
a separate problem on which war 4
partment officials are at work low
It is 20 IL accomplished so that the air
craft manufacturing industry, now
government monopoly can be preserved
has not been disclosed, but it is posi-
bile 30 state some of the considerations
that will govern rehabilitation plans.
Secretary Baker j. known to regard
the air service as the field Of militayv
enterprise in which the greatest deHel
opmcnts are to be expected The army
programme TO be laid before Congress
probably will show recommendations for
continuing the aviation branches on a
scale disproportionate to the other
arms. Every effort is expected to be
made to improve existing types of
planes and engines or develop new
ones.
1t is also certain that the plans now
being formulated will make provision
for retaining in the permanent military
establishment officers and men who
have displayed marked ability in the
operation, production and equipment
Of airplanes, balloons, and other air.
craft.
Outstanding contracts for military
planes of various types are understood
to total between $4,000 and 10000 1t
is regarded as likely that virtually all
of these viii be cancelled Many OF the
orders have already leen slowed down.
Chief attention viii be given to new
! airrlane types, as the existing supply
on present types probably is more than
| ample as Il reserve
The government owns thirtytwo fly
| ing fields in the United States, all fully
| equipped The home aviation schools
are now fitted to turn out 1000 men a
month rated as reserve military avia
tors, while there are now in this coun
try more than 10000 men who either
have passed through that school system
or are nearing completion of theil
training There are also tens of thou
sands of airplane mechanics and 5000
aviators in France. At least one Aali
are qualified military pilots.
1t is thought it will be necessary fol
the army to follow the navy prac rict
and take over some one of the erea
lplants where machines for both tn
army and the postal service can b.
turned out until Il normal manufae
turing industry has been developed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Nation to Become Bone Dry
July l by Bill Signed
Yesterday p. Nj.
TO CONTINUE
TILL ARMY DISBANDS
Suits to Test Constitutionality of Meas
ure Already Forecast-Considera
Loss Of Revenue Will Result from
Enforcement.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Nation.
wide bone dry prohibition became a law
Of the land late yesterday afternoon. !.
shortly before } O'Clock President VIII
son affixed his signature to the food
stimulation bill, which carried the prohi-
biton amendment as rider The meas
urc will be promulgated today as
formal statute, which only can be re-
pealed by act of congress.
The fateful measure was signed by
Vice President Marshall at 80 and sent
to the White House. Speaker Clark had
performed the same Office earlier in the
afternoon Then followed a period OF
anxiety and agitation which fretted the
advocates of temperance and aroused
temporary and false hopes in the hearts
OF those who oppose general dryness.
Beginning at $50 o'clock the White
| House telephones buzzcd continuously
! with inquiries a. to whether or not the
! President had signed the stimulation
measure. As time passed the hopes of
/ the vets rose and those of the "drys"
dropped
The tension finally became so great
that the prohibition leaders muled over
musty preccdcnts and figured ont that
/ the President could sign the bill or veto
il any time between , o'clock yesterday
afternoon and the time of the reassem-
bling of congress. Dec. ,.
/ 10 was held that the constitutional
requirements regarding the approval OF
bills before adjournment only applied to
the termination OF Il congress and not a
session
| This controversy was ended by fiat
footed assertion from the White House
lattaches that the President regarded this
a. an adjournment of congress within
the meaning Of the constitution. III the
bill was not signed by o'clock it would
die through the process OF pocket veto
But THE bill was approved before the
thine limit became effective. II has been
suggested that veto would be based on
the unconstitutionality Of the bill il be
iug stipulated that il was Il war meas
lure
Some legal experts believe that ample
opportunity IS afforded for bringing suit,
to obtain court decisions OF the point oil
constitutionality. 1t i self-eyident thai
the President regarded the bill a. sound
~ approved by the President The pro
hibtiou feature provides that the nation
shall be bone dry after june 30. 1919
This will continue until the complete
rehabilitation Of the army has been ne
compli-hed.
After May /. 1919 continuing until TIN
| termination OF rehabilitation no grains
cereals, fruit, or other food product shall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
Cotton Up SIS a Bale.

Cotton future prices Yesterday
showed recovery of between $3.50
and So Il bale from tho minimum ley
els reached the day after the short sales
rule WAS put in operation. 1t might be
assumed offhand that the enforced ecs
sation of professional operations on
the short side had aided largely in the
upturn. AT the same time. the ,rade
has been impressed during The las few
days with the probability Of largely in
creased exports Of the staple in the
near future
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22

The average person never thinks .. his
health until he becomes SEX. Burlington
News
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-11-22
NEW STRAW HAT STYLES.
War Industries Board Lifts Restrictions
on Next Years Supply.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-Ncw
styles in mems straw hats, barred by
conservation restrictions of the war IN
dnstr'cs board, win be permissible
next season. The beard today an
nounccd an order resembling he restrlc-
ton which would have limited STYLES
in such hats in 1919 to be few stand
ard shapes.