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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
America at Its Best.

Get the picture of that night at An.
mel. 1t presents America at its best. II
contains the very essence of what Red
Cross spirit can be-devOtion, re,
sourcefulness, persistence and a pas.
sion TO aid suffering that outranks 9th.
er emotions. Outside-the moonlight,
the hum of planes, the shaking of the
earth, the belching of sound from I'M
suspected places, the steady low de-
donation of the battle, six kilOmeters
away. Inside-the two doctors, not
looking up from their delicate task,
the canteen women handing them in
struments and dressings. The Red
Cross truck holding candles and carry
ing wounded, and then playing hos
pital angels in an unknown tongue, to
the fellows lying in the wards. A day
and a night and second day the two
doctors operated. The crisis passed.
The regular attendants returned, the
routine was resumed.
The doctors are attending TO their
duties as this is written; they have
made no reference to the events. But
IL is things like that that make us
Americans catch our breath and stand
straighter. ....
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP SUNK.
oosterdijk Meets Fate duty II. Accord
ing to Report.

An Atlantic Port, July 1.-THE sink
Ing at sea on July IL of the American
steamship oosterdijk aitersa collision
with the American steamship San ia.
cinto was reported by a Swedish
steamship arriving here Today. The
Oosferdijk crew was taken aboard The
San Jacinto whichislihough badlysdam
aged managed 10 reach an Atlantic
port.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18

the Compiegne railroad station dress
ed wounds of as many as so soldiers a
day, in addition to its civilian clients.
A post de secours of % beds was set
up in one of the rooms of a palace
where Napoleon and Josephine for
merly entertained. There was a third
dressing station in the Red Cross no.
tel. Some of the men had been wound
ed As hours before receiving medical
attention. No operations were done at
these dressing stations, but cuts were
made clean. and men were given nour-
ishment and rest. Later they were car
ried to the nearest hospital that would
receive their type of case. Into all the
medical, the unit of Mrs DAILY, a Red
cross unit that has been serving with
the French, threw itself with devotion.
These American Doctors.
When complete story of the pro
longed battle is written. there are few
incidents which will stir Americans
with more justified satisfaction than
,--e conduct of two American doctors
at Annel, an outpost of Compiegne, on
the night of March %. The patients of
their hospital, under orders from the
French service de sante, had been
loaded into canal boats and pulled
away the proceeding night The
French surgeons and all the nurses
were gone. The Germans were within
a half dozen kilOmeters and advancing
with apparently irresistible momen,
tum. Everyone felt capture was a naL,
ter of hours. Heavy artillery made ter.
rife din. But the American ambulance
sections, long in the habit OF bringing
their wounded to Annel chateau. kept
on coming. They did not know where
else to go. Two Red Cross doctors,
Maj. TarnOwsky and Maj, Morehead.
quietly said mat as long as American
boys brought them wounded, they
would find American doctors to oper,
ate. In the deserted chateau the doc
tors stayed and kept operating. In the
nick of time five Red Cross trucks
with supplies arrived. From Com
piegne volunteered two canteen WON.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
Population Of tho Earth.

In 1887 the population Of the earth.
according to Buscning, was about L.
000.O00000; In 1900. according to
Fabri and Stein, only 900.OO0,OO0; in
1888. according to Stein and Horschel-
man. S72.O00000. In 1858 Dietrich es-
tImated 1t ut 1,266.000O00 and Kolb,
in 1885. at 1,22O0O0.000. According to
the latest calculations the earth Is in
habited by 1.4O00O0.OOO human beings.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
Huns Claim 1900 Prisoners.
THREE PER CENT INCREASE
In Retail Food Prices During Thirty
Day Period.

Washington, ID. c. July H. Retail
food prices In the United States in
creased 8 per cent from April IS 10
May is OF this year, according 10 esti.
mates today by the bureau Of labor
statistics. During the year ending May
rs last there was an Increase Of s per
cent although most vegetables showed
a decline
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
FORCED TO olsBAND
Members Of United PresbyteriaI Con
gregation Seeks Another Church

Fairfield. Iowa, July IL Fairfield
has now one less church organization
than II has had for number OF years
past. for on Ssnday morning the Unit.
ed Presbyterian congregation was de
clared disbanded and the members
will seek church homes In the several
churches OF the city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18

With the American Army on the
Marne, July 17.--French and American
forces fighting together have recap
tured the village OF st. Agnan Hill
223, TO the northwest and La Chapelle
Montbodon.
In cooperation with the French
the Americans launched a heavy
counter attack this morning between
these two villages, driving the enemy
steadily back.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
He Was On Guard.

mo" he responded, you didn't say
a word for two hours but / stayed
tEere because | knew you couldn't
be asleep and must be frightened II
anything had happened, l might have
helped you"
At the time of the bombardment OF
our kitchen in the Siecheprey battle,
when | was picking up few things
in the hut preparatory to our enforced
departure by the generals orders, the
shells were bursting on all sides
within a few yards. '..u
A camoufieur who had been very
good to US came in to help me, and
as the shells burst he said in such
quiet voice, Il think we had better
stand against this wall for few
minutes. II shell should strike in,
the wall would fall so. Here we
will be safe" a... II
Then he went on talking quietly
about other things, and made me for
get to be afraid.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
qlN8'
Al Make Mistakes.

The best of men and the most ear
nest workers viii make enough OF mis-
takes to keep them humble. Thank
God for mistakes and take courage.
Don't give up on account Of mistakes.
- Moody.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
FIRST ACCOUNT OF FIELD WORK
FROM THE FRONT.
A COMMANDERS OWN STORY
Took over Big Hotel and Maintained
an Open Door, Food, Shelter and
First Aid. America at
Her Best.
CBy Maj. r. w. Davis)
written for the United Press)

(Wrltten Tor the United PreSs)
Editors Note: Maj. Davis, of
Englewood, n. j., American Red
Cross commander, central section
of the advance zone on the front
here relates for the first time with
the permission of the American
Red Cross, the things he actual
ly Witnessed during the height of
the German drive.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
THE LOST HAS Been FOUND
After Nation Wide Search Louis Lai.
tenbereer, Heir of $4,000 Discov-
cred in an Insane Asylum.

Dies Moines, July 17.--One of the
strangest stories of a man lost to his
relatives and friends for forty years
is revealed in the case Of Louis lat
enberger. who has just been released
from the insane hospital at Mount
Pleasant, to friends in his old boy
city Of Nashville, Tenn, which he left
more than forty years ago.
A nation wide search, lasting over
period OF many years, has been
made for Laitenberger. II was only az
ter his last relative in Nashville, Tenn
had died and ne was declared, if liy
ing, TO be the sole heir Of an estate
of more than $4,000 that fina,
search was instituted which located
him in the Mount Pleasant hospital
He is hale and hearty physically it il
reported at Mount Pleasant but not
right mentally and will be placed in
a sanatOrium ~ Nashville
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18

London, July 17.-American troops
have recaptured Fossoy and Crezancy
towns on the south bank taken by the
Germans when they crossed the
MaFne
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
YANKs REPLACE
WOUNDED HORSES
VOLUNTEERS pRke AMMUNITION
TO GUNS At THE FRONT.
SEVERAL TOWNS ARE RETAKEA
Heroic Work Of Americans and French
Prove an Unexpected Stumbling
Block to the Enemy--Two
Planes Downed.

With the American Armies on the
Marine July 17.-NumeroGs stories are
told OF individual bravery of the Amer
leans. One artillery outfit maintained
such a rapid fire that it ran short Of
ammunition. Volunteers we're called
for to go three miles over road.
every inch of which was swept by
shell fire. Every man volunteered. TIE
necessary number was picked. They
drove their horses. dragging the bump
ing caissons at a galIop through shell
bursts. Several horses were killed.
Returning more horses were killed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
Men in the Harness.

The number Of horses was so n
duced that ahe men were forced t.
substitute themselves. They would
drop of. cut loose the mangled bodies
Of the faithful animals, then grasp the
traces and run along beside the re,
naming horses When this strange
man. half animal
arrived al the battery the men serv,
ing the guns paused long enough in
their deadly work TO cheer their he
roic comrades
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18

grandparents. The Red Cross nurses
and their half dozen aids hardly had
a chance to catch breath. The friendly
commissions were infinite. There were
lost children TO find and sick ones TO
dose, gaping boxes to repsck, cripples
to carry and dazed old people-torn
between fear of the Hun and sorrow
in leaving their homes-to comfort.
The pitiful and the comic made gid
dy panorama. OF the memories, none
will be more joyful than the scene OF
moving train, weeping plump lady
pulling the front end of goat through
the door, and plump Red Cross per.
son, trotting alongside, pushing on the
rear end of the goat.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
In Asylum Since 1892.

II seems LaitenbeTgcr left his boy
hood home more than forty years age
to come TO Iowa. He settled in Scott
county but after a few years lost his
mind and was committed to the
Mount Pleasant hospital Jan II, 1882
-Iothing was known, it appears, Of the
nome Of his relatives and Lattinberger
could not give any enlightenment Oh
the subject. He was listed or he hos
pital record as from Scott county.
His relatives down in Nashville ad-
yertised for him in vain. Some TWEEN
ty years ago his mother died leaving
only one surviving member of the
family at the Old home, a brother.
Again the country was combed for
news of the missing brother. He was
given up as dead. Last winter the re-
naming brother died and the estate
was turned over TO the Nashville
Trust Company for administration.
Search Asyiums Of Country
Samuel II. Orr, general manager q
the company, determined TO institute
a search of such thorOughness that il
would either result in locating the
long lost heir or producing confrma'
tive evidence such as could be pre-
scented to court on what had become
Of him. He employed Mai. John f..
Fisher Of his home city. former ar
my officer, 10 conduct the search. Fish
er spent many months OF searching
without avail.
One day the idea came to him of
trying TO locate him in an asylum. He
remembered from his army experienG-
IS that often a man loses his mind
through some great strain or misfor-
tune and his identity is also lost. So
he wrote TO all of the asylums OF the
country. In a short time he received a
reply from Mount Pleasant saying that
man Of that name was there and had
been for thirty-six years. Major Fisher
came out TO Mount Pleasant and there
located the missing heir.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
planes Brought Down.

On the American right the French
made rapid progress, and all through
the section the Germans were ferceIy
attacked by the allies, with the result
that they have withdrawn for a con
siderable distance.
Comparatively large forces Of Amer
leans have been engaged, especially
in the region of DesCrivec. where they
were brought up to support the at
lacking French. Within short period
the Americans were holly engaged in
the fighting.
During one Of a dozen air combats
which took place this morning, P. J
Abersphy of Maine shot down an en-
envy machine fifteen miles north Of
Dormans
Soon afterward George Robertson
of Kansas City brought down a Ger
man plane within the American lines
in the same sector.
Little Enemy Progress.
The French this afternoon were
entrenched at Prunay, behind the
River Vesle. two miles back Of the
original line. This, il adds. is the deep
est penetration the enemy has effect
ed in the region east of Rheims.
The only progress the Germans have
been able TO make since yesterday has
been 90 the, east Of Rheims in the
Prunay sector. where in spite Of ter
rible losses the enemy has compelled
the French TO retire TO the southwark
behind the River VesIe.
Huns Claim 1900 Prisoners.
Berlin, July 1.-THE Germans claim
the capture of 1900 prisoners, In the
official communication from headquar
tiers issued today. The army of Gen.
eral Won Boehm It is added. crossed
the Msrne between Jaulgonne and
east Of Dormans.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
Red Cross Oasis.

The Red Cross took over the leading
hotel, hung out the American flag and
the Red Cros flag opened the doors
| and left them open day and night for
TWO weeks. The NEVER SHUT DOOR
WAS A SYMBOL. The number OF
lost men" who drifted past was as
| tonishing who had become sep.
9rated from their units in charge,
or who had lost their way in a cross
country retreat, whose horses mad
| been shot under them and who could
| not keep up with their mounted com
radcs-who were wandering around,
hungry, cold, wet, cheerfully following
| rumUrs as to where friends might be;
men who had lost their packs, who
| had not slept under shelter for ten
days nor tasted warm food for eight.
| The Red Cross hotel was the one liv-
| ing human spot in the city-the floors
of the dining and reception rooms,
| the halls and bed rooms, were covered
| with blankets. British, American and
! French slept side by side.
The Red Cross set up an ideal for it.
self--that every hungry man should
| get hot food. Marmites of stew were
kept on the stove. There was plenty of
army bread and coffee au lait. The
authorities opened the stores and re-
Questioned the perishable supplies for
the cuisine. For one lunch so full-sized
| frying pans of omelette were served.
No money changed hands, only the po-
lite formula, This is with the compli-
ments of the American Red Cross"
and the almost inevitable retort, "PVe
I've been in the war three years,
and ! never saw anything like this"
There is no way of knowing how many
men were fed, as no one took time TO
count, and each waited on himself an 4
washed his own plate, but it is be-
lieYed that as many as 500 were in
and out of the hotel some days.
Under Two Roofs
The two flags hanging over the door
that was never shut, stood for the sen
timents which America wanted to ex.
press to her associates during the
great retreat
THE street kitchen, set where the
trains stop, and where the main thor
oughfares for the front leave the
square, made record, seldom il ever
equaled, during the last seven days OF
March. BY actual count, for day that
was not more busy than the rest, H..
900 drings of coffee and pairs" OF
cigarettes were served II is fair es.
innate that the Red Cross gave hot |
drink and a smoke, meal or a lods |
ing TO 10000 men during the last week |
in March, In the one town OF Com
Diegne.
IAN English general sat silent In his /
machine for some minutes watching
the lines at the kitchens. then ex-
claimed. Wonderful effect, little
thing like that The men come in
droopy. and they go of with their
tails in the air"
"But the little Kitchen was not only
concerned with the military. II stood
alongside the platform where the
trains of refugees were loaded. com,
packed with poultry, feaih'
er beds and patient dogs children and
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
IT'S JOY To COOK
FOR YANKEE LADS
AND MAKE THEM PIES AND
poUGHNUTs THAT THEY LIKE.
ORDERED TO join HER SISTER
Irene Mcintyre Relates Some Of Her
Experiences In a French Village
Most Advanced Point To
Which Women Are Allowed.
tBy Miss Irene McIntyreD


With the American Boys at the
Front, June 19.-(By Mail.-We are
grateful TO be over here with our ar
my and feel we are having wonderful
luck TO be able TO make doughnuts
and pies for our bit in the war.
We had no idea at all what our
work would be when We first came
but we were quite prepared for any
thing. We only feared that we would
not be sent to the front and would
be doomed to remain in the rear.
At Bordeau, when / landed and met
the colonel my first words were to
ask him to send me as far forward as
he could. He smiled and said moth
ing, so ] waited in suspense.
Gladys, my sister, had come over
earlier, and was then somewhere in
France at the front" There was joy
for me when the Colonel gave me Or
ders to go to the little village where
my sister was working, the most ad-
vanced point at which women were
allowed in our army, and probably in
any army.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
Order Brings Joy.

| had anticipated gradual advance
into the zone of the army from one
Post to another and was trying hard
to keep from letting my eagerness
to 20 where they were thickest from
getting the best of me. My delight
was all the greater on that account
and little sister and had joyous
reunion.
There is no way to tell how happy
we are to be here. Our soldier boys
are the best in the world. They APP
preciate the tiniest thing we do for
them and surprise us constantly with
greater kindnesses than we can ever
show them. They are awfully good
and gentle and thoughtful around us.
in spite of the strain they are under
out here in the trenches.
The other night during a heavy
barrage from both sides, when shells
were breaking on the edge of our
woods, a doughbOy stood under our
window to reassure us if we became
alarmed We did not learn of 1t I'M
til morning when he asked us if we
had been scared. | said, why. no.
you didn't hear US make a sound, did
yOu2"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18

The personnel installed in the Red
Cross hotel, was unique. 1t consisted
of several executives and handmen, a
storekeeper, 2 doctors and 80 nurses,
men and 10 women canteen workers,
Is men and women chauffeurs. Cath
ole, Quakers, and Freethinkers, Eng.
lish, French, Scotch, Irish and Ameri.
cans, thrown together by the emer.
gency, settled into a going organi.
Zation with amazing speed. All lived
together like a family, each doing
what was asked of him without ques
ton. There was the spirit of a good
humored, affectionate family. Prob
ably such another group has not been
in actual working contact since thC
war began. Under the direction of the
Red Cross, were a unit of English
Friends War Victims Relief Commit
tee, unit of the Distribution Service
of Pennsylvania, the Daily Unit q
Nurses, and the Woman's Emergency
Canteen unit. Representative of al
least three of the Entente Powers liv
ed, worked and thought in actual com
munity of action. lncidently, they
learned to respect and like one anoth
or immensely. The American Rec
Cross never can express adequately
it's gratitude for the spirit in whict
Miss Rennie and her associates of the
WOmcn's Emergency Canteens joinet
forces with the Americans.
And this unit OF effort and sympathy
among representatives of many creeds
organizations and nations under tbs
pressure of the moment at Compiegn,
is another symbol-Of the good feel
ing and mutual aid that is constantly
increasing among noncombatants o.
the Allies.
No time was wasted in formulating
plans. The needs were distinct anc
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18

But. of course the chief work was
medical, And the importance of medi-
cal facilities, just at that juncture at
Compeigne. can only be sensed when
one remembers that all regular hos
pitfalls of the region had moved back.
No one knew just where the hospitals
were, except that they were distant.
No one knew what to do with the
wounded who lay or sat by the road
sides. or who walked painfully south.
Even II one had conveyance. he did
not know where TO carry them. Con
fused ambulance drivers continued TO
bring wounded TO empty buildings.
which medical people had evacuated
the day before.
The little Red Gross infirmary In
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Briey Valley Factories
Destroyed by Germans

PARIS, Nov. 28.-Details of the svs
tematlc sequestration or destruction of
machinery in the French factories in
the Brley valley region are given by the
correspondent at Briey Of "Le Journal.
All stocks Of merchandise, iron ore.
cast iron and steel first were reouisi
toned by German inspectors and en-
gineers, the correspondent saws. and
then htteen officers and 100 men arrived
to organize the destruction of the
plant. German manufacturers visited
the region and picked out certain pieces
OF machinery they wanted placed in
their own plants and these were shipped
immediately to Germany.
After these selections had been made
the demolition of blast furnaces, steam
engines, boilers, tools, gearings and
electric light fixtures not connected with
the actual working Of the mines was car
rled out, the employees of the plants
being compelled to aid the Germans in
their devastation.
In the meantime the exploitation of
the mines was kept in full swing. Pris-
oners numbering $4,000 were put 10
work with hardly any rest under ter
rlble discipline. The output of tho
mines was larger than that in peace
time and, the CORES spondent adds. this
enabled the Central Powers to hold out
for four years.
When the time for the final Allied
attack approached the Germans con-
centrated 500 neavy guns and 1000
machine guns for the defence of the
Briey region
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Peace Conference
Is Expected to Last
For Three Months

PARIS, Nov 2R-At n meeting pre-
Iiminary to the sitting Of the dele
gates to the peace conference, it is an
npunnud committees will be appointed
to study different phases of the prob
le1ns and report to the confarrees. The
conference, it is believed, will last for
tf1'ee months and it Is not expertsd
q t1sMty viii be signed before ApTil
David Lloyd George, British Pre-
ninr, viii arrive in Paris at tihs sa1ne
time as President Wilson
Eduuard Ignace, Under Secretary for
Military Justice and Pensions an
nounced in the Chamber of Deputies
that parliamentary commissions would
he appointed to witness tbs execution
OF clanses of the a11nistire relating
10 VIII prisoners.
Meanwhile, the Under Secretary
sud, autom mobile conveys and revict-
ualIing trains under. guard would be
dispatched to the various concentra-
tion camps for war prisoners.
The Chamber of Deputies passed,
without roll call, an order of the day
expressing confidence the government
would enforce the execution by Ger
mH1Iy of the armistice clauses concern
ing fond for prisoners and the repat1i-
alton of the soldiers