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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28
BY FRANK H. slM0NDs.

Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Many weeks ago a German official
statement announced the capture of
American troops in French Lorraine,
Just on the French side of the old from
tier and ut the point where the Rhine
Marine cana! crosses the battle front.
This was the first public statement of
the location of the American contin-
gent. although it had long been known
IN this country and in Europe that
Pershing's troops We're in Lorraine.
Within the past few days there has
been an official statement from WASH
ington placing our troops in Lorraine
and. to this extent, the secrecy imposed
by the censor has been abolished.
We know then. by consent OF the gov
eminent. that our army is in Lor-
raihe. we know by Secretary Bakers
testimony that this army will h thy
number 500, 900 and we have official in
formation that some portion of it is ac-
tually on the front and has taken over
q section of the French line. How large
his section may be, how many men we
have on the line, we do not know and
can hardly conjecture With any degree
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28

railroad, thus partly isolating Verdun.
1t is n region of thick forests, two Of
them. the forest of Apremont near ST.
Mihiel and the Bots lie Pretre above
Pont-a-Mousson, the scenes of some of
the most desperate fighting Of the
whole Lorraine front in the first half
Of 1915, when the French unsuccess-
fully tried to break in the ST. Mihiel
salient from which the Germans not
merely controlled the Commercy-Ver
dun railroad, but cut by artillery fire
the main railway line from Paris to
Nancy. At the MoseIle end, this line
is within sight of the towers of Metz.
Actually the line is supported by the
great forts of TOul, which, with Epinal,
Verdun and Belfort, constituted before
the wal the chief defenses of the east
ern frontier of France. Since 1915 there
has been little active fighting here and
any ffensiv on h part of u troops
would have the strictly limited purpose
OF breaking down the st. Mihiel salient,
Which is q thorn in the sid of French
communications and the single breech
the Germans have thrust through, in
the whole French fortified line from
Ferdun to Switzerland and any conSid-
cradle advance would reach the forts OF
the great German stronghold of Metz
and cross h battlefield of Marsha
Tour, the most considerable engage
ment OF the franco-Prussian war.
Famous French Cities Nearby.
1t remains to say a word of the cities
in this section. Toul, nearest to the ST.
Mihiel sector. is a sleepy little garrison
town In the Moselle valley, where that
river approaches nearest to the Meuse.
1t is famous in all the military history
of France. has long been reckoned one
of the bulwarks of French defense. 1t
is not larger than Verdun, having about
$4,000 inhabitants. 1t has never been
seriously threatened by the Germans in
the present war. If the German state
ments are correct it is the town nearest
to the present American trenches. 1t
has a notable cathedral, several fine
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28
sabie. Can Save World.

"Heredity? Oh. I say! Environment can
knock heredity into a cooked hiatt"
In one terse sentence. DR.. TRULY King.
who has cut down New Zealand infant
mortality to the lowest in the world, in.
dicated the way for the allies to recupar-
ate from the losses Of men they have ex-
perienced In the fled. He IL speaking in
american cities. under direction from
Warrington, and will go to England to
aid In reducing the infant mortality rate.
With the picked men OF the tito
dead It is sim possible. the doctor thinks.
to build up splendid citizenship BY sur.
rounding the babies with proper care.
A q patriotic measure let the ienor.
q n well-to-do Is well % tho ignorant
poor 80 70 school in this matter Of baby
care" said DR.. King.
Newspapers In New Zealand were first
eid IN assisting the reduction Of the
death rate there. It II the Our Ba-
bies" column that the Journals there per-
mitted the society TO publish that Dr.
King believes was Of prime service in
tho remarkable reduction of the deafI
rate In New Zealand.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28

long. as contrasted with about so fol-
the former.
Such a front would be entirely dis
tlnct both from the British n French.
"A reorganization and reconstruction OF
soine railroad lines would enable the
troops from the French ports south Of
LIE Havre, without interfering with
French or British lines of commune
cation. And this is the first essential.
The separation Of grades In railroad
constructions is not more important
than the separation of railroad lines
in maintaining armies. The first prob
lem of the Americans was to rebuild
and r~eorganize the French railroads in
such fashion as to give them direct
and adequate communication, subject
to no interference growing out Of IN
emergency on the French OF British
fronts. Only then could they begin to
take over a portion of h front.
Each Front Independent.
Now we ma assume that this task
has been pushed forward to. such a
point as to enable "a beginning to be
made and we nay conclude that 1t
Will be carried on further until the
American troops are supplied with ade-
auats communications to maintain from
100000 to 1.000.0 900 men on the. front
between the Moselle and the Swiss
frontier. When this work is completed
the allied front will actually resemble
n army's front. the right wing held
by h Americans, the center by the
French and the left wing by, the Brit
ish. each having it's own independent
each capable of conducting either de-
fenstve or offensive operations on its
W front without relation to the needs
or emergencies OF tts neighbour.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28

Of accuracy. Certainly the number is
small, the extent of front restricted and
u Is essential to avoid the eXaggcra-
ton OF a few months ago, when Il Ger
man raid on our small force in the
trenches was magnified into a battle,
n the American raid, q detail of daily
trench operations into am offensive"
Let us remember that long after the
close of the first battle of Ypres the
British army held but 20 miles of the
whole western front and that it was
not until h close OF the battle OF the
Somme tina 1t had taken over aprroxi-
mRtely q hundred. Organization Of a
front. quite as much as the training
Of an army for the highly technical
form OF contemporary warfare is a slow
business. a business which involves the
construction Of railroads and docks far
behind the front, quite to realize that
We nave only begun in France and that
Y is unlikely that we have much more
than q division OF the line or that we
are holding more than five or 10 miles.
Having said this. for I think it is
essential that we should all keep our
sense Of proportion In the discussion Of
American participation In the actual
fighting, / desire now to discuss the
general question Of tho American front
Ia France. not merely as 1t now is. but
- the present beginning indicates that
II IL to be and also to describe in some
little detail the country in which our
troops are fighting (tho country which
l visited upon invitation Of the French
government TWO Years agO) and the
reasons why this district was selected.
for American occupation.
eritish To Retain Left Flank.
To begin at the beginning 1t Is clear
that the new scheme of arrangement
troops on the western or left flank Of
the whole allied force In France VThou
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28

buildings and it is a prettily situated
town, doubtless soOn to be described in
countless soldiers letters, but Nancy,
only 20 miles to the east. will certainly
command more interest for our men on
leave.
Nancy, the most considerable, is one
OF the half dozen towns of France that
are best worth knowing. 1t was once
h capital Of a king, oddly enough a
king of Poland, and he spent a fortune
and a lifetime in identifying it. It is
a city of magnificent squares and. broad
parks with beautiful monuments and
arcades, a city hat has the real flavor
Of a capital, not merely the rather dun
lift of a provincial city. Living on the
edge OF an open frontier has served to
give a peculiar vitality to the popula-
ton, which today lives and works with
in hearing OF the German guns and is
subject to. frequent air raids. Once the
Germans had guns in position to bonn
bard It and q few buildings were de-
stroyed. but this danger is passed for
the moment, at least.
Nancy will be. doubtless in the near
future q familiar place for many thou
sands OF Americans. the town to which
tney Will go on leave. for Paris is far
away and the railroad journey might
easily put too great O strain upon
French communication, were it to be
permitted Tor thousands Of American
troops, when their free time ome
around.
Even more familiar. I suspect, in the
letters and descriptions Of our soldiers
and correspondents will be the town OF
Lunevilie. "a dozen miles to the south,
which has too its flavor Of dignity, due
to another palace Of 9 royal family.
Luneville 10 more directly behind the
point at which the Germans took their
flrst American p%risoners q number OF
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-28

ZIONIST for the French cOlOnist plants
his trees and organizes his central
place" before he begins to build his
ous These villages stand ON gently
rolling hills, many of them hardly more
tha n single street. They suggest prox.
unity to an open frontier by q certain
impermanence. as If their inhabitants.
foreseeing long the character of the in
vasion that was to come, hesitated to
waste effort In adjoining them.
Looking eastward from the Grand
Couronne or from the Saffais Plateau
on o clear day a very wide countryside
is visible. From the Did frontier a num-
Der OF small ripping streams, little
more THAI brooks. come down rapidly
to the Meurthe which flows in a val
ley suggestive Of the Upper Hudson,
or .ne Merrimac. or. better still. the
connecticut. In places the sky is dark
ened by the smoke Of furnaces, for all
this region is full Of iron and much
OF French war material Il made here.
1et the general nature Of the country
aces not suggest an industrial land,
IKE Pittsburgh or the "Black Country
OF England.
Toward the frontier. which for a long
distance follows the little river Seille. q
stream which falls into the Mosene. at
Metz, there are many forests. forests
fan0u forever for the desperate fight.
ing OF the early days Of the war. From
the Grand Mont at the southern end Of
The Grand C%ouronne. 1t IL possible to
get an Illusion Of looking down into a
real Adirondack forest, with little lakes
scattered through the woodland. Look
ing toward Germany, too, the impress.
sion or wilderness increases, although
" IS hardly an accurate impression, for
the Fields and ven the hillsides are
mainly cultivated with that care which
70 enthusiastically French.
I do o think the portion Of our
england. from northern New England,
Will feel n great strangeness In the
landscape In which they are. now Nv.
ing. They. will find much to remind
them OF nome. far more than they
would ind in Flanders or even in.
ArtoiA They will, too. feel ct home, Z
% clear and 20 beautiful. save only
~ the winter months. Il should be q
pleasant sector. 90 tar N climate IL
concerned. At the southern end lie the
vosees. the valleys filled with towns
IamOue n summer resorts, but I shall
not now discuss this voSgos sector. be-.
oeaee ! 90 no believe re shall take Il
1Or many months.
Now ~ to the front betwaen 10
Aeuoo near St Nihiel and the Nosolie
e Font-a-Aousson, In which the 10.
oe1t German official statements place
The American troops, At the present
o. this region, ] shah ray bat
!ltde 1ult now for obvlou1 reasons. e
south. ssde Of the famous 50. Nihiel,
salient watch represents The ffuito az
me GeeHl4n attack ct lafo 4eDNomher.
1y14s Wpe0 they to0k Hor3 CSnA6 -
1eoGnA!eA. eboVo ~ lGihSGl CO. ~
Ae0ee andscut the veg0nn-C0m1noCoy
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
ALLIES SCORN PEACE. TERMS
Both Britain and France Against
Germans ProposaIs-LIoyd-
George Gives Views.

London, Dec. 29.-"Achievement of
the proposes for which the allies are
fighting Is essential to the future free
dom and peace of mankind" says Pre-
mier Lloyd-George in a letter which he
sent to the labor congress. The pre-
mier's statement is regarded as the
British reply to the German peace Of
fer.
Paris, Dec 29.-France will not ac-
cept a peace based on conditions be-
fore the war, Foreign Minister Pichon
declared in replying in the chamber of
deputies TO the German proposals. He
said Germany was seeking to protract
the negotiations with the Russians and
TO re-establiSh commercial relations,
believing that in this way the bolShe-
Wiki might be checkmated.
In his speech, referring to the war
aims of France, Pichon said the first
was to conquer But why?" he went
on. ITO assure Il world peace of jus
tice and fraternity. We desire the lib
GRAFTON of our occupied territories, just
reparation for what has been forcibly
torn from us. refrigeration of Alsace-
Lorraine. reparation for damages suS-
tanned and a guaranty of durable peace
bv international agreements"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
A Cheering Word.

If somebody tells you that the aver
age life of an officer in the trenches is
nine days and that If your boy gets
into the front line he is certain to be
killed within two weeks. don't believe
him, says Milestones. He probably
got his Information" from German
propaganda. since our Teuton friends
seem bent on trying to brighten us out
of this war. No losses were more ex-
cessive than those among the British
infantry officers during the first year of
the war, when they fought losing
fight, without artillery support, and
insisted on exposing themselves In
CONSPICUOUS uniforms. The percentage
of casualties among them for the first
year was 1873, according to the official
figures.
The percentage of casualties among
our allies has been decreasing. The
proportion for the entire French army
was sal per cent in 1914. per cent
I'm 1915 and 275 per cent for 1916. The
total for % months was little over II
per cent.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
HOOVER ISSUES STATEMENT
Asserts That Without Fixing Of Prices
Sugar Would Now Be Thirty
Cents a Pound.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Food Admin
istrator Hoover's statement on the
sugar situation, which he tried unsuc-
cessfully to get before the senate COM
mittee Investigating the sugar short
age, was made public on Tuesday by
the White House.
1t attributes the shortage here to the
heavy movement of sugar from the
western hemisphere to Europe and as
serts that without the fixing of prices
by agreement sugar would be selling
for % to so cents a pound and more
than S20O,0O0,000 probably would have
been profiteered from the American
people by this time.
The statement contains the food adj
illustrators reply to charges made be-
fore the committee by Claus A.
Spreckels, president Of the Federal Re
fining company, that the sugar situa-
ton was mismanaged. and sets forth in
detail the administrations efforts to
keep sugar prices down while supply
ing large quantities to the allies.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
TRAIN SERVICE TO
BE CUT BY M'AGO0
Eliminates Unnecessary Freight and
Passenger Traffic-Asks Coop
Grafton of Rail Heads.

Washington, Dec. 29.-William G.
McAdoo, director general of railroads,
sent the following telegram to the pres
ident and board of directors of every
railroad in the country:
Having assumed the duties i'm
posed upon me by and in pursuance of
the proclamation of the president,
dated December %, 1917, you will, I'M
til otherwise ordered, continue the OPP
Grafton of your road in conformity with
the said proclamation.
You are required to make every
possible effort to increase efficiency
and to move traffic by the most con-
venient and expeditions routes. l con-
fidently count on your hearty co-Opera-
ton. 1t is only through united efforts,
unselfish service and effective work
that this war can be won and Americas
future secured.
'W. G. MADOO,
Director General of Railroads"
Director General McAdoo announced
these other plans:
Immediate relief for the crowded ter
minal situation in New York and New
Jersey.
Reduction of unnecessary passenger
and freight trains.
Government to pay for its passenger
and freight transportation.
Railroads to keep their own books.
Quickest and most direct routing,
carrying with it common use of rail-
road facilities and abolition of ship
pers' choice of routing.
The railways war board put these
suggestions up to Director General Nc
AdoO:
Immediate reduction of traffic facili-
ties for nonessential commodities.
Congressional appropriation for
working fund.
The drafting of the railroad war
board into government service was
Secretary McAdoO's first act.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
TO MEET DEMANDS FOR HELP
War Employment Service, Aided bY
System of Bureaus, New Ma
tional Arrangement Planned.

To meet the rapidly increasing war
demand for labor new system or
labor exchanges, to be known as the
war emergency employment service, ia
being organized by the industrial serv~
ice section of the council of natiOnaE
defense.
L. c.. Marshall, chief of the Sec
ton, Announces that all state councils
of defense had been asked to form ls-
Dor exchanges in cooperation with the
federal department of labor. Many
ShipyardS were said to be in need OF
workers, and in the near future the
need is likely to be felt equally by mH-
milton, steel, lumber, mining, transpor-
tation and al the other essential iH~
dustries.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
ECZEMA CAUSED YEARS
OF INTENSE AGONY

SET have suffered intense agony from
Eczema on my leg and other parts OF my
body for years, and received only tempo
airy relief from other preparations. 1t iS
only a month since | started to usc
PETERSON'S OINTMENT, and there ix
no sign of Eczema or itching. You can
refer tic me."-Geo. c. Talbot, q PendekA
ST., Buffalo, N. Y.
I've got a hundred testimonials, says
Peterson, just as sincere and honest as this
one Years ago, when 1 first started to put
out PETERSON'S OINTMENT. / made
up my mind to give a big box for a smaM
price, and I'm still doing IT, as every drug
gist In the country knows.
I guarantee PETERSON'S OINTMENT
because l know that Its mighty healing
power is marvellous. l say to every one
who buys a box that 1t is rigidly guaran-
teed for Eczema, Pimples, Salt Rheum.
Old Sores, Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles, Ulcers, Skin Diseases, ChaflnE.
Burns, Scalds and Sunburn, and II not sat-
isfactory any druggist will return youw
money. 30 cents. Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
REVIVED OLD APPLE STORY
Adam and Eve Encounter Was
Caused by the Red Fruit.

ever since Eve tempted Adam with
an apple there has been more or less
trouble" remarked James E. Deery,
judge of city court, says the Indian
apOlis News, "but this morning was
the first time that / have had an ex-
ample of the trouble which may be
caused between a man and woman by
an apple"
A man had been arrested charged
with assault and battery on his wife.
The wife had tried to shield him when
she took the stand, but admitted hav-
ing had a little unpleasantness with
her mate.
When the man took the stand he
asked whether he should tell the story
from the beginning, and when told to
go ahead started by saying: Judge,
your honor, all this trouble was caused
by an apple"
Eyes. / have heard that story be-
FORE" said the judge. 1.-THE Bible even
says that an apple caused trouble be-
tween Adam and Eve, and most people
think that all of our troubles date to
that time"
"But this was a real apple" replied
the prisoner. "We had an argument
over 1t and when my wife became loud
I merely showed her away from me.
Then some nosey neighbOrs called the
police"
"All right" said Judge Deery, 'but
I believe the real cause of this trouble
is that you do not work steadily. Now,
l am going to let you go this time on
the condition that you heed some ad-
vice relative to steady employment,
which a friend Of yours is going to
give you as soon as you leave the
courtroom"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION
FOR THE KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
BANKER HELD FOR MURDER
coroner's Jury in Case of E. A.
Strause of Peoria, Reaches Yer
dict in Ten Minutes.

Peoria, H.. Dec. 29.-E. A. Strause,
Peoria banker who shot and killed
Berne Mead, bank cashier of the State
Trust and Savings bank last Sunday.
was held for murder, without bail on
Friday by a cor0ner's jury here. The
jury was out less than ten minutes
when 1t reached the verdict Coroner
William B. Elliott Immediately swore
out a warrant for the holding of
Strause in the county Jail. Since his
arrest Sunday he has been allowed the
freedom of the city hall.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
A Genuine Patriot.

The school teachers on the East side
in New York are finding some inter-
esting material in the manner in which
alien parents are saving to aid in the
war. One little girl told her teacher
how "the folks at home" are going to
help. my father and mother and me-"
she said, 1--WE made it on piece of
paper last night. My father has makes
$1S the week. and he pays for the rent
SIS the month, So for coal, So for milk
for the baby, 81 week for eats. Then
he gets left $4 the week. He gives my
mother 81 for clothes, he keeps 81 the
week and puts 81 the week for the
war savings. He does that so long as
the war should last"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
80 and 80 cent bottles.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-01-04
What Moves Men.

Man does not live by bread alone,
but by the ideals that stir his heart,
observes a writer. Napoleon's men
were struggling through the snow and
cold and Encouragement of Alpine
passes. Would they ever come through?
They did, but the great French leader
neither drove nor bribed them. He
fired their souls. He called them to
look down upon the smiling plains of
Italy and pictured to them it's sunny
fields, it's warm waters, it's orange
groves, its comfortable cities, its
whole lure and romance. For things
like these men work and fight.