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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09

the Zone of Camp Activities about the
gratis theate- tickets Monday.
Yes, I'm smiling" said the cap
tain, 'tgo on."~
We'll, you see. captain. a-er-er-
there seems to be something the mat
ter with them. The men cant-seem
to find the smile in them. Theaters
along the Zone and at Army City are
turning them down"
Its like this" the officer said,
they are good only at Liberty thea
tiers at the present time and we have
no - -rty theaters here excepting one
to be erected in the 92nd division. L
have taken the matter up. however,
and 1 am sure that we will be able to
work out a plan whereby ihe tickets
may be used. In the meantime. tell
the men to hang on to them. I think
they will be good a little later on.
Henry NJ. Beardsley, former mayor
of Kansas City, NJ, member of the
National War Work council of the Y.
NJ. c. A, was guest of Y NJ. {. A
leaders at Camp Funston Sunday and
Monday. Mr.. Beardsley made seven
talks in various Y. M. c. A. buildings
during his short visit and delighted
his audiences with the strength of his
logic in applying the gospel to Amer
ica's part in the war and to the world
wide conflict between democracy and
autocracy. Mr.. Beardsley made an
address Monday at the opening of the
Y NJ. C. A. Seeretary's War Work
school There are few men who have
given more time and energy to the de-
velopment of Y work than has Mr..
Bcardsley. For twenty-five years he
has been the head of the work in
Kansas City. AS a token of apprecia-
ton of his years of usefulness in this
connection he wears an emblem struck
for him by admiring Kansas City peo-
pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
THE FIELD SIGNALS
Notes of s14 Battalion by sergt. Fl. E.
Fisher.
NOTES FROM COMPANY A.

NOTES FROM COMPANY A.
Tho 314th Field Signal battalion
welcomes Maj. David Reeves of the
signal reserve corps of Camp Devins,
Mass, who has been assigned to our
battalion.
Capt. P P. Brinkman is endearing
himself to Company A men by sug-
costing and arranging delightful So
cial functions for their betterment.
Altho kept constantly on the jump
as acting battalion commander before
the advent of Major Reeves and the
pi esent shortage of officers i'm the bat
talon, he has always found time to
tl.snk of his boys.
Our popular cornetist, Corporal
Kisticr VIII has been instructor of the
class in Elementary Electricity has
been transferred to- the Casualty de-
tachment and expects to start over
soon, also Private Doggit, our in
structor in Gas Engines, has been
transferred to the same organization.
We miss these men and wish them
"Godspeed" May their shadows new
er grow less.
Sergeant Sullivan, our energetic
Passing Company Clerk will now
have an opportunity to allow mis- two
index fingers to heal up. They are
worn skinless by constant typewriting
at which he is an expert NOT.
Our very popular acting First Ser
geant Jackson is tempted to take his
meals from the top of the piano. He
accompanied Captain Brinkman on
horseback last Wednesday during
maneuvers of the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09

the aid of powerful ma gnifying glasses,
infinitely small tracks. These lead in
definite direction. By following the
course of these tracks, trained men
figure that horses from the battery
have been led to water, and they know
that where the tracks end, elsewhere
than by the watercourse, a battery
may be concealed. They report. Guns
are trained accordingly. The next
days photographs may show a ruined
battery. 1t seems fairy tale, does
it not, that the tracks of horses will
show on photograph taken from an
aeroplane which is itself a scarcely
discernible spot in the heavens?
But there were thousands of IN
stances where neither horse tracks nor
any other evidence of camouflage could
could be-seen. Then it was that the
British and French devised a trick
much as it has been discovered by the
Germans. It occurred to a clever avi-
ator that perhaps the Germans might
be painting their camouhage with the
naked eye and might not be using ef-
fects that would withstand a color
screen. Accordingly some of the avi-
ators made observations with different
color screens before their lenses and
were delighted to find that, in accord
ance with laws familiar to all photog-
raphers, the yellows or the green's
had been Uttered out" The result
showed plainly where the German
guns were hidden and led to an eye
opening bombardment. 1t was some
days before the Germans found out
what was happening and why their
faithful camouflage had suddenly be-
come so useless. But when they dis
covered the reason, the Germans very
promptly countered> by a device as
simple as that the British were en-
ploying: where an artist desired to
get a general yellow effect on camou-
hage. he merely put on yellow glasses.
The color that then appeared yellow
to him was hideous to the naked eye,
but it defied the color screen of the
camera. This accounts for the curl
Gus futurist color effects seen in pho
tographs of carnouhaged tanks.
Now both sides paint and photo
graph through color screens, and
new method of camouhage will have
to be developed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
TAFT is COMING
Former President VIII Be in Camp
Funston Soon.

EXP. esident William H. Taft is
coming to Camp Funston. His dates
are announced for February IL and
II, Monday afternoon and evening and
Tuesday evening. The former presi-
dent will speak at the Y. M. C. A.
auditorium and every man in the can
Torment will have the opportunity of
hearing him, for the organizations will
be marched to the building
Nj. Taft is making the 70 lnds of
the cantonments and camps of the
army. and it is reported that he is
everyy mere meeting with great recep-
lions. 1t is said that h is delivering
the greatest message of his life upon
a subject dealing with loyalty and
patriotism. Since the advent of Amer
lea into the world war Mr.. Taft has
thrown himself into the cause with
zeal and fervor that is surpassed by
few if any of those public spirited
citizens who are setting forth with
telling effect our reasons for entering
the conflict. Camp Funston soldiers
will be eager to hear the illustrious
jurist and will accord him high honor.
About these Smileage books" be-
gan a reporter for Trench and Camp
lin questioning Captain Foster, chief of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
hOSTESS HOUSE
well Conducted Is of Unquestioned
Benefit"

The Y. w. C. A. Hostess house, the
one place where women visitors may
meet their soldier friends and relatives
within the camp, now has an official
status, and a strict recofd is being
kept Of every person who visits there.
Men and women employees at the
Hostess house are granted an-hour
passes upon receipt of satisfactory in
formation by the provost marshal
Visitors may enter the Hostess house
between the hours of 1890. in the
morning until $50 at night, the clos
ing time.
After $50 o'clock each evening, all
civilians, after leaving the Hostess
house, will be required to leave camp
Immediately either by Reans of the
p orta ton over the Golden Belt high
way Civilians will not be permitted
to go to the railway station after $50
o'clock, except by special pass from
division headquarters.
register book is now kept at the
entrance of the Hostess house and
every visitor and employe is required
to sign his or her name. In addition,
the visitor o. employees address, pur-
pose of visiting the Hostess house,
hour of arrival and hour of departure
will be recorded.
Ihe camp commander desires to
take this opportunity to approve of
the splendid manner in which the
Host oss house has been conducted up
to the present time and to express his
opinion of it's unquestioned benefit to
the command the last paragraph of
the order reads. 1.-The clean, home
like. atmosphere ever present at the
Hostess house is both a comfort and
an inspiration t. visitors and MEM
bers of the military service. And it
is in order to preserve this excellent
condition that the regulations have
been prepared and will be carried into
Aff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
THE REAL" cAMOUFLAGE

At FIRST. camouhage was the clumsy
stimulation of nature. Boughs of trees,
the thatch of houses and the beams of
deserted buildings were used to shelter
guns. But soon the fields were swept
so clean that every tree became sus-
picious and every wreck of a house
bombed by aviators.
Then same the camouhage that made
the word familiar with new and
hnely-descriptive word. Sign-painters
and4house-daubers were called to paint
canvas in the colors of earth. AS this
proved successful, scenic artists were
assigned the task. Artists corps were
modified and the work thoroughly or
ganized until, finally, it became prac-
ticable for an artillery officer to pro-
cure any camouhage he might desire
upon few hours notice.
All this called for counter-efforts, as
interesting andt as ingenious as the
camoufage itself. How was an avia-
tor to tell whether the ground below
him was deserted field or was canvas
and framework concealing hundreds
of guns? How could the artillerist
know when he was wasting shell on
4 mound Of earth or was SCATTERING
guns that had been the death of thou
sands? Something could be learned,
of course, by careful ground observa-
ton and by the ceaseless scrutiny of
the front. Gradually, however, the
armies have come to rely for the pen
etration of camouhage on the work
of the aviators and of the mathema-
ticians who study the shell traject-
cries.
AS the system is now developed, all
armies have trained aviators who go
up regularly with conveying battle
planes to take pictures of the enemy
positions. Their negatives, developed,
enlarged and printed, are gone over
microscopically by men whose prof.
cheney in reading photographs is posi-
lively uncanny. We know it sounds
unbelievable but here is an example
of what numerous British map read
ers can do with these photographs
An aviator may come back with a pict-
ure taken at 10000 feet On the print
the map readers know there is a hid
den battery. They search for it vainly.
At length they see on the print, BY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
AMERICANS NEAR -HoME- IN FRANCE

Official announcement of the pres
ence OF American troops on the Rhine
Marine canal places our men closer to
the German frontier than almost any
other of the allied troops. One good
push, in some places. will put us on
the soil of the Boche.
Another very interesting fact con-
nected with the location of our troops
is their proximity to the town of St.
Die This lies close to the frontier,
and is quaint old place, nestled I'M
der the Vosges Mountains. Centuries
ago, St. Die was famous for its univer-
sity and the university was famous for
a great teacher of geography, Wald-
seemtller by name
This Waldseemuller was tremen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
NOTES FROM COMPANY c

Captain Otte, formerly with the
356th infantry has been assigned as
company commander of Company c
during the absence of Capt. G.. F.
Plant.
Lieut. Louis G. Gomez has made a
great impression with his men in
Company c. His timely lectures to
the class have taken WELL as a result
the men in his command are grad
ually becoming everything that they
should be as a soldier
20 Corp. r. E. Palmer left last week
for visit to Streator. I'LL, but on his
return he was glad to learn that he
had been appointed sergeant BOYS,
you will make him mad if you do not
address him as such.
Corporal Eckberg returned to his
command after spending a very pleas
ant visit home
Private Orie Stubs, has been as
signed to Company c as clerk, and
from all results he is evidently max
ing good success. Home papers please
copy. Cripple Creek, Colo.)
Corporal Lockmoller has been work
ing overtime, in order to take care of
the many little things that can always
be found to be done, especially since
his return from st. Louis where he
spent a very pleasant visit.
Private Rowan and Folger have
been assigned to Hostess house of the
Y. w c. A at Fun2ton. AS neat and
-mannerly men are required for this
task they were well selected by their
commander
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09

dously interested in the story of the
new continent reputed to have been
discovered by Columbus, for he was
preparing map, on which he wished
the new continent to appear. 1t hap
pened that while he was writing the
geography that bears his name, be re-
ceived letter stating that the CONT
nent had certainly been reached by
Amerigo Vespucci, whereupon WaId-
seemtller proposed that the new world
take its name from Vespucci.
The word "Americao was accord
ingly set in type for the first time close
to the line on which our boys are
fighting.
1t is almost like being beside the
cradle of the country!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
NOTES FROM COMPANY B.

Corporal Kay has returned from
the base hospital, where he has been
confined for some time with the
mumps.
Sergt Fred Yocum,~~ cooking in
structor, from the quartermaster's de-
partment has been with our cooks for
the past week coaching them in pas
try work. He says in the future the
boys are to get more pies, cakes, etc,
which announcement was welcomed.
Our Chef Strzlecki is there on the
meat and no SLOUGH In pastry, tho he
has had little experience in that line.
Privates watkins and Henry are
with US again, after a stay of twenty
one days at the isolation camp where
they were confined on account of hav-
ing been. to the mumps.
Private Harry Troster quietly abb
scented himself from the company Sat
urday afternoon in company with
twenty-four hour pass, but from his
somewhat pale appearance when he
returned we surmise the pass was not
his only companion, tho he steadfast-
ly refuses to give an account of him
self.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
A DREAM OF PEACE IN 1915

After the smoke of Waterloo rolled
back it revealed a continent given
over to desolation. Although Eng
land had suffered less than the other
nations involved in the long struggle,
she had by no means escaped I'M
scathed. For twenty years Great
Britain had supplied the financial
sinews of war for her allies, in addi-
ton to active participation in bat
ties on land and sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09

1.-The last great war has been
fought, and the nations may now look
forward to uninterrupted peace"
This was the hope and the belief
proclaimed from many pulpits in
England 100 years ago, January IS,
1916, when Great Britain, by royal
proclamation, celebrated a general
thanksgiving day, following the end
Of the Napoleonic wars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
WOULD RELEASE MEN OVER 81

Secretary of War Baker favors the
discharge from draft liability of men
who have passed the age of thirty
one since registering last June. This
is not understood to include the men
over thfrty-one already in uniform
in environments. The War Depart
ment does not approve of reducing
the draft age so as to- make youths
under twenty-one liable to call. The
opinion is held that those below
twenty-one are too immature for ser
vice, while the inclusion of men over
thirty-one would materially inter
fere with the economic structure of
the country as most of these men
are married or settled in business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
DANGEROUS GLASSES

officers and men in the United
States fighting forces who wear eye
glasses have been warned against the
use of rims or frames made of inf1am-
mable material, such as celluloid, as
it might prove disastrous in the pres
ence of fire or explosions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-09
CAMP COMMENT.

Soldiers at Camp Funston viii ap-
prove the statement by Lieut. E. D.
Kielman, writing from France in last
weeks Trench and Camp, that army
men detest being called "Sammies."
This reporter has never heard 1t used
seriously among the soldiers them
selves and a great many times we
have heard the nickname ridiculed. A
soldier thinks of it a Sissy" name
In fact, a popular writer of fiction.
Harold Bell Wright, used it as the
name of his heroine in story that
everyone has read, THE Shepherd of
the Hills" Call the boys "Sissies' and
they will feel just as they do when
YOU call them "Sammies." Lieutenant
Kielman says that the boys. are called
"Yanks'' in France. That is much
better, the name has some backbone
to it. But Tommy Atkins and French
poilu insist upon calling us/"Yanks''
and it VIII probably stand. albeit not
likely to find particular favor with
the boys from down below the Mason
Dixon line.
The old-fasnioned notion that our
grandmothers tried to teach as that
the night air is bad air gets scant en-
couragement at Camp Funston One
of the most stringent rules of the
barracks is that the upper windows at
least must be wide open from taps to
reveille- new stunt has been de-
vised. Many of the orga nizations have
been issued their shelter half tents and
these are being used to splendid adj
vantage to protect the sleeping SOL
der from a direct draught of air.
total of 1873 officers and men Of
the camp were in actual attendance
upon French classes organized by the
Y. NJ. g. A. during the month of Janu-
airy. 1t is estimated three or four
hundred more are in classes organized
and conducted by men of the army
Intensely The Y NJ c. A has
complishsd a remarkable work by
bringing into the camp a group of ex-
perienced and trained instructors who
are doing the most of the teaching
Chaplain First Lieut.. G. C. Grey
of the 353d regiment, was taken
i'll Sunday Of this week. The report
of the day stated that pneumonia was
suspected. Chaplain Grey's friends
thruout the cantonment hope for his
speedy recovery
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-14
NOTICE.


The undersigned. the School City OF
South Bend, Indiana hereby gives notice
that at its regular meeting 20 be held
In Its offices In the city Of South Bend
nj seven thirty G. :30) p. m. on the 25th
day Of November. 1918 IL will receive
sealed bids for the loaning % said
School City OF the following several
sums Of money for the time stipulated
as 20 each loan:
Five Thousand l$J.OJ0O0l Dollars
for six months
Five Thousand ($5.OOOO0 Dollars
for six months:
Ten Thousand tS1e OOOC0 Dollars
for six months.
Ten Thousand (S10OO0OOi Dollars
for one year.
All bidders viii be required 10 stip
ulate In their bids the rate OF interest
that will be charged as 10 each several
loan. and also 20 submit with each bid
the bidders affidavit showing that ma
collision exists between such bidder and
any other bidder for such loans or any
OF them.
The undersigned hereby reserves the
right 10 reject any and all bids or parts
thereof
SCHOOL CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA
} BY Charles 7. Drummond. President;
William elem, Treasurer;
Richard r. Dugdale Secretary.
Dated this 9TH day OF November 1915
ia
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SECURITY LEAGUE is
WAGlNG WAR AGAINST
RED FLAG DISPLAY

NEW YORK. Nov 1.-THE VA
tional Security league and the AM
erican Defense society began sep
arate campaigns here today against
the display Of the red rag in par
AIDES or other wise in this country
The security league adopted a res-
olution urging enactment % regu-
lations forbidding the use OF the red
flag in any public assem- bly, or par
ade." while the defense society am
nounced the appointment 81 a com
mitttee 10 prevent any such eNhl-
billions.
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AUTOS. MOTocxrLEs. BIcYCLEs.

FOR SALE-AppersOn car, 5-passenger,
I'm fine condition. VIII sell cheap IL
taken at once. Address Box T-22, care
News-Times. qSO2- II
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NOTICE
70 ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS.


Notice Is hereby given that the Board
OF Commissioners Of ST. Joseph County
Indiana. viii on Monday. November both
1915. at the hour OF 10 o'clock a. m.. re-
ceive separate sealed bids for wiring
and furnishing and installing ~ all
electric fixtures i'm the st. Joseph Tuber-
culOSis Hospital according TO the plans
Auditors office
All bids must be OF fosms furnished
by the County Auditor Bids not ON
these forms or agreeing exactly there
with will not be considered IA the let
ting OF the contract
Bidders submitting bids must also
file a bond in a sum equal 10 the amount
OF the bid. with sureties To the approval
10 the Board Of County Commissioners.
The Board OF Commissioners reserves
the right 70 reject any and all bids sub
mttted
ARTHUR r. WOLF,
Auditor st Joseph County, Indiana.
IA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-14
LEGAL NOTICE.
NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTKAc-


Notice is hereby given that the Board
OF Commissioners OF 81. Joseph County.
Indiana. will receive separate sealed
bids for the erection Of a wagon shed
Monday, Dec 2nd. 1918 up 20 10 o'clock.
a. IN, according 10 the plans and speci
ficatiOns now on fle in the office Of the
County Auditor
The plans and specifications have been
adopted by the Board 81 County Com
missiOners and have been deposited In
the office OF the County Auditor
All bidders submitting bids must also
file a bond with sureties 20 the approval
OF the Board OF Commissioners.
All bids must be on forms furnished
by the County Auditor. and bids not on
this form or agreeing exactly Herewith.
Will not be considered In the letting of
the contract. The Board Of Commission
ers reserves the right 20 reject any and
all bids submitted
ARTHUR +. WOLF
Auditor ST Joseph County. Ind.
Nov. 14-21
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-14

SITUATION W1NTED FEMNLE.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-14
WANTED MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-TO buy small store room TO
be moved of Of lot. Suitable for shoe
repair shop. CAN Bell $3.50 Home 1926
Del Leer. 1890 II
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Gets a Position Gets Help
Barter and Exchange
LEGAL NOTICE
d. AnMINI.TI.ATIoN.

NOTICE OF ADMIS IsTIlATfON.
Notice iS hereby given that the under
signed hIs been appointed bv The Clerk
on rhe Circuit Court ~ 81. Joseph Conn
o.. state OK Indiana. E1eeIt1r q the es-
tate % EVELYN 81 Eirascll late - ST.
Joseph County. deceased.
said Estate is supposed 90 De sol vent
SAM Is. PACE. Executor.
r.r 1OrL 1915
HUBBARD ana FEnTT NGTTT AZ
tlrutt for esfrf..
N-7 fF
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NOTICE ON ADMINISTRATORS.

Notice is hereby given. that the under
signed has been appointed by the Clerk
of the Circuit Court Of ST Joseph COUn-
". State OF Indiana. Executor Of the es-
tate Of Martha J.. Ward Myler. late of
ST Joseph County. deceased.
Said Estate Is supposed To be- solvent
FRANK ! WARD. Executor
October 18th. 151S
DANIEL PYLE. attorney Tor estate.
31-7-1f
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-14

Farm and city property Farm leo acres
all modern buildings. Very best of
bluck prairie soil. miles from South
Bend. Right I'm sight of city. Regular
Illinois land farm. 10 acres near city.
VIII exchange for any kind Of city
property. Story and 4, house partly
modern VIII exchange for small property
near center city. L. !. Clark X Son, 40
Union Trust Bldg. Office, Home l.. $3.50
Res. Home T. 62S6 9T9O- Il
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NoTICE oF ADMINIsTRATIoN.

Notice is hereby given. that the under
signed has been appointed by the Clerk
Of the Circuit Court Of st Joseph COun-
~, State Of Indiana. administrators II
the estate of Mary J. Ullery, late Of st
j Oseph County, deceased.
Said Estate Is supposed to be solvent
MYRTLE ULLERY GILLIN AdmN.
oct. 3Oth, 1918.
FRED c. KLEIN. Attorney for Admx.
3I-7-14