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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20
GREAT WAR WORK OF PIGEONS
ON BATTLEFIELDS AND THE SEA

relief this evening by fresh troops. II
can fight no longer
"(Signed)
FIRST LIEUTENANT STEIN
BRECHT."
Carrier pigeons tell headquarters OF
the progress of battle. Here Is a
typical report when The French army
fought along the Aisne:
1T Immediately appeared that the
destruction of the German defense
had been accomplished with rs much
| success as could be hoped for In so
| difficult country. By 1880 a. m. we
learned by carrier pigeon and other
means that the Chateau dc la Motto on
the French left near Allemant had
been carried. and that at the center
Malmaison Fort was taken. At S:43
Allemhnt village had been occupied,
the prisoners numbered thousand
and the French assault troops were ad.
vancing across the central plateau to
ward Vaudesson and Mont ParnAsse
quarry. AT 1890 the news was that
they were at the north of Hill l73. the
further spur of Mamaison plateau.
and In a quarry 220 yards west of the
fort. BY 2:45 p. III. the villages OF
ChavignOn and Vaudesson, with sew
eral neighboring quarries lying on the
northern edge of the Aisne hills, had
been occupied. Chuvignon was the
furthest point contemplated In the
plan and represented an advance or
one and one-half miles made in the
face of the best remaining troops or
the German empire"
Aided by camouflage.
While many carrier pigeons changed
their habits Of spiraling. finding IT a
dangerous practice and learned to ny
back and then forward at an altitude
comparatively. low. camoutiaSe aided
birds considerably In getting back 10
their loft carrying with them messages
from troops in front. At Fort Vaux.
in the battle of Verdun. the crown
princes army had special group or
men shooting down carrier pigeons as
they left the fort.
And another story of verdun. 1t
| was at Thiaumont. sixteen tunes
taken, lost and retaken. Wireless ana
telephones had long ceased to exist.
! No human being could cross the ter
rain. The commandant was In des-
perate need Of communicating with
the rear. Suddenly the glasses re-
vealed dog crouching on its belly.
crawling through the flashes. and In
moment of temporary luil leaping
| forward. On It's back was pannier.
Nearer and nearer the dog came, and
prayers were involuntarily offered NJ
the beast fiattened out here and there
i'm the debris for shelter. Another lull
and the dog leaped forward and at
last 1t scampered into Thaumont with
the pigeons safe In the pannier. On
the dogs collar was this message :
1--WE relieve you by attuck on Froid-
terre, 3 y. M"
"Stop the German battery on our
left. Here are the elements for point
ing" was the written message OF tho
commandment sent back by one OF the
pigeons. Another momentary lull and
the pigeon Is released. Dog and pig
con. faithful and distinguished friends
Of man. have done their work to snve
civilization.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20

specked with blood. its tail feather,
shot away. and one of its wings wound
cd. The commanding officer read til,
message, the destroyer was rushed a
full speed to the place Indicated. ant
within three-qunrters Of an hour from
the time that the pigeon was sent or
the officers and crew OF the patrol were
picked up where they chung to thu
wreckagc.
Spy With Pigeons.
An American at Liege, In writing OF
the German advance. told this Incl
dent:
"As I returned to the city. walking
along the River Meuse. I saw one who
oblivious Of war and its alarms. was
dangling his legs over the water and
peacefully fishing. The battle In the
air. which he must have witnessed
had not moved him. The certainty that
the GermaRs, were only a few miles
away had not concerned him. He
smoked his pipe and placidly cast his
line. II wis soothing to Overstrained
nerves to see that chap, but 1t was
only few hours later that learned a
German spy had been arrested rs he
posed as fisherman. with creel full
of carrier pigeons"
Another story reads:
"ln the cowi. habit and tonsure that
mark the monk young man told his
bends aboard the train bound for Ant
werp. And woman, hardly more
than girl. kept her eyes fastened on
the man Of prayers. She studied on
the devotion with which his fingers
slipped from decade to decade of the
long. well-worn rosary that hung from
the cincture about his waist. But, al
though his lips appeared to move In
humble supplicntion, the woman saw
that he had failed to kiss the cross
The lapse was significant.
"'Spy! the girl Kissed into the face
Of the alleged nscetic. In an Instant
two guards had seized the man and
rushed him down the train corridor
The woman examined the small wicker
basket behind In the seat. Lifting the
lid. she found three pigeons"
Get German Pigeons.
A news dispatch briefly summarized
such find thus:
"a German trawler was captured by
British warship near the Orkney
islands TO the north of Scotland. She
IL believed to have been engaged In
spying, as carrier pigeons were found
on board"
Reference has already been made to
the number of messages carried back
to the French lines by carrier pigeons
in the defense Of verdun. A pigeon
captured by the French conveyed this
information
1.-THE rolling fire of the enemy with
guns Of the heaviest caliber Is such
that sectors s., c.. and III. are to q
great extent leveled. The garrison. in
Guiding that Of sector ", is disorgan
lied completely. Some of 1t has been
obliged to fall back on the Eighty-third
and Ninety eighth regiments. which
also had to retire.
"Sector V. (von Raun's) was sub
jected to such fire that Its observation
post was put out Of order. All sorties
are being bombarded and one Is occu
pied constantly In replacing them.
"The battalion asks Its Immediate
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20

Athens.-In It's work In the Greek
islands the American Red Cross has
the cooperation of the United States
navy. Six submarine chnsers have
been assigned for transporting person
mel and supplies.
On the Island Of Mytilene are $1,000
Greeks. who fled there from Asia
Minor five years ago. Red Cross work
ers are regularly visiting oil the towns
and clothing has been given to about
10000 Of the refugees.
At the outbreak of the war, in 1914.
there were 3,OOO.O00 in Asia Minor.
More thnn 100000 escaped to the
islands I'm the Aegean. Thousands
were massacred. Armed bands OF
Turks roamed the countryside, plum
dering and numbering Greeks wherever
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20
POWDER IN SHOES
AS WELL As Guns
Foots Ease to be Added to Equip.
ment Of Hospital Corps

81 EOrt wayne.
Under the above heading the Detroit
Free Press, among other things SAYS,
"The theory Is that soldiers whose feet
are in good condition can walk further
and faster than soldiers who have corns
and bunions incased in rawhide.v
The Plattsburg Camp Manual advises
men In training TO shake Foot-EAse in
their shoes each morning.
There Is no foot comforter equal 10
Aliens Foot Ease, the antiseptic, healing
powder to be shaken into the shoes ard
sprinkled in the foot-bath, for hot, tired.
aching. perspiring, smarting, swollen,
tender feet, corns, bunions, blistes or
callouses. What wouldn't you give to be
relieved of one days pain Of your corns
and bunions2 Here Is relief for spe,r
day. You won't realize this until you
have tried Aliens Foot-Ease yourself.
You simply forget all about your feet
they are made 80 comfortable. Ask
your druggist to-day for o package OF
ALIENS FOOT-EASE.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of che kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp. Root stands the
highest for the reason that IL has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp Root makes friends quickly be-
csusc it's mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. II 10 gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes. medi-
um and large.
However. If you wish to test this great
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
4 Co., Binghamton. N. Y, for a sample
bottle. When writing be sure and mem
ton this paper.-Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20
A Spirited Meeting.

A Spirited Meeting.
II attended seance last night"
"Any spirits raiscdT"
"Yes; a reporter present exhibited
spirit of investigation, and this rats
cd spirit Of resentment"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20

Pugilistically speaking. the tongue
Il mightier than the glove.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20
There is pleasure IN silence.
cuticura aoan FOR the Complexion.

cutlcura Soap for the Complexion.
Nothing better than Cutlcura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear.
scnlp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating. fragrant
Cuticura TaIcum md you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio--Adv.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-06-20

The shortest answer Is doing.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-12
MEDIUM WEIGHT
MACHINES GIVE
SURPLUS ASSET

"AH other things being equal, salts
faction in an automobile increases as
its costs decrease says Bert o. Brown,
local dealer in Chevrolet passenger
and commercial cars.
There IS no more gratifying feeling
to the average owner than the certain
ty that enjoyment of his car is not an
extravhgance More than anything
else he appreciates a car that does not
waste his money-one which renders
him the highest possible percentage
of utility from it's every feature, es-
pecially in the matter of fuel and
tires.
This accounts for the fact that the
great majority of motorits ultimately
choose well-equipped medium weight
cars in preference to heavier, more
expensive types that may be burden
on the conscience as well as the peck
etbook.
"The experience of the veteran mo-
torist has proven that an up-to-date
light car affords him all those feelings
which are essential to its thorough en-
ioyment-pride in its appearance and
absolute confidence in its dependable
ity. 1t affords also, every comfort of
: riding ease and equipment conven-
fence.
But the reason for the established
and growing success of this type is
not because of any one of these ad-
vantages, but because it combines with
all of them the exclusive attraction
of great economy.
THAT is always a deciding factor.
When all other features have been
compared that swings the balance in
it's favor.
1.-THE lighter car lends itself readily
to standardization and quantity pro-
duction, and the result of these, plus
quality, equals low cost and upkeep.
For these reasons the number Of
its owners is steadily increased, not
only by those buying a car for the
first time, but by those who have
owned and operated all types since au-
tomobiles first came into general USE
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-12
GOOD OUT OF CONFLICT
(Association Mem

(This letter from Abraham Lincoln,
dated February %, 1868, turns up. 1t is
written to DR.. Alexander Reed of the
Christian commission, who had asked
him to preside at meeting for the SOL
diers at the house of representatives
Whatever shall be sincerely, and in
Gods name, devised for the good of the
soldier and seaman, in their hard
spheres of duty, can scarcely fail to be
blessed. And whatever shall tend to
turn our thoughts from the unreason-
ing and uncharitable passions, preju-
dices and jealousles incident to a great
national trouble, such as ours, and to
fix them upon the vast and long en-
during consequences, for veal or for
woe, which are to result from the
struggle, and especially to strengthen
our reliance on the Supreme Being, for
the final triumph of the right, cannot
but be well for us ALL
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-12
SERVICE IS KEYNOTE
Of UTILITY TRA|LERS
HEADQUARTERS HERE

In response to the query, 'TWhy do
you not sell trucks and autos with
your trailers?" c. W. Hartranft, dis
tributor of Utility trailers, replies:
With the purchase of any commod-
ity in these days, the public demands
service Very seldom does man come
in and say TIL take that one.' On the
contrary, he states his hauling prob
lem and asks what construction we
have to meet this condition. He asks
our advice. He is entitled to feel that
we are giving him unbiased advice,
based on our knowledge of what autos
and trucks can do with Utility trailers
under various circumstances.
Because all trucks and autos can
pull several times as much as they
can carry, we fell that our service de-
mands that we do not compete with
other representatives. Furthermore, the
field for trailerized transportation is
very large. This subject is our bust
ness, our hobby and our study. From
the designing engineer through the
factory and distributor to the user,
this concentration of thought and ac-
ton makes the Utility trailer an eff
ficient trailer efficiently placed. Our
motor is The right style of trailer to
the right party at the right time
Otherwise the sale is not satisfactory
to any one concerned"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-12
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS

A. A rather queer discussion arose
in our automobile circle some time ago
and l am anxious to have some mat
tiers Strengthened out. One of my
friends says that it is possible to get
very light automobile to ride as
easily as a heavy car, while contend
that extreme lightness results in the
toughest sort of riding. While know
there are some easy riding light cars
and some hard riding heavy ones, is
the matter one of weight alone? Now
about the foreign cars-are they, on
the average, lighter or heavier than
ours?
A. Without question it is possible to
get a lightweight car to ride easier
than heavy car, because the question
of weight does not determine the rid
| ing qualities of a vehicle. It is weight
distribution, spring suspension and
other factors that determine this. 1t
is for these very reasons that you see
some very easy riding lightweight cars,
| but as a matter of fact the real light
car has not come yet Foreign cars
are practically all lighter than ours,
considering power, performance, pas
senger capacity. etc. The lightweight
idea has spread all through Europe
Small four passenger cars weighing
100 to 1400 pounds have demonstrated
their ability to ride as well as the
heavier foreign cars. English trade
| journals recently tell of trials of these
| light cars which average from thirty
| to sixty-five miles per gallon of gaso.
J line and benzol mixed.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-12
GLENDALE MAN TAKES
BUSY M0T0R|ST PRIZE

R. H. Van March Of Glendale, was
the winner of the SO cash merchan-
disc order offered by The Republican
in its weekly Busy Motorist' feature.
He received the order on Batcher's
garage.
The Republican photographer was
instructed to snap" some outside mo-
torist merely as an experiment, to
see how widely the Busy Motorist''
section is read by residents in the
valley.
So Mr.. Van March was caught"
during a recent visit to this city. His
photo was published last Monday and
in almost less time than it takes to
tell, he appeared at The Republican
office to claim his prize.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-12

Q. Please tell me why the current
will not go through the coil of my
Splitdorf system. The coil has just
been overhauled. The car is a Sphinx
A First of all detach the low ten
sion wire leading to the coil and at
tach it to a voltmeter and place the
other terminal of the volunteer to
ground. Then crank the engine and
watch for DETECTION of the voltemeter
hand. This tells if current is flowing
through the primary wire. If there is
none you can't expect the coil to fun
ton. If there is, then there is an open
or short circuit in the coil.
Q. The rear tires of my Overland
roadster wear very rapidly, in fact the
right rear has given only 500 miles and
it looks as though it has gone 200b
miles. 1 know it is not the tire but
something the matter with the car.
A. Probably so. The rear end OF
this car is too heavy and the wheel
leaves the ground over any road but
the smoothest. You must drive slowly
good plan is to put about $50 pounds
to $50 pounds OF sand under the deck
in the rear. This tends to keep the
wheels down.
Q. have tried pretty nearly every
scheme to keep oil from leaking onto
the brakes of my car, but 1 fail to be
able to stop it. I have put in new felt
washers every week. l have lowered
the oil level, changed the oil to thicker
and everything, but still it leaks. Have
you any trick that will stop it?
A. Take some ordinary cheeseclott
and wrap it around the axle shafts
This is a sure cure, but 1 would alst
attempt to find out if there isn't toe
much opening around the felt washer
The washer usually fits into a meta
piece and this must not be badly bent
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
FINDS GIRL SLAYER SANE.
AIicnist Reports on Brooklyn Maid
 Who Poisoned N Nramer Baby.

New York, Aug 2O.-Dr. M. G.. Schlapp, alienist at the New York Post Graduate school and hospital presented 10 the Brooklyn Children's S court yesterday a report on the men tality of thirteen-year-old Frances Su- lnki, the maid who killed fourteen months'-old Solomon Kramer of No. 539 Sheffield avenue, to get revenge on an aged servant in the Kramer household.
 pr. Schlapp finds that the girl is not intellectually defective, and blames her act on a wave of feeling caused by her ungovernable temper" He re- ported that the girl admitted to him that she gave the child poison, and also placed some of it in the teapot of the old nurse; but did so, she told the alienist, only to make them ill.
 The cast was postponed until next Tuesday,
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
WILSON REBUFFS GROWERS.
Tumulty Asks for "Writtcn State
 mcnt' of Their Views.

Sacramento Cal, Aug. 20.-A con- ference which the wine growers of California hoped to arrange with President Wilson on his visit to the Pacific coast has been abandoned. Secretary Tumulty wrote that it would hardly be possible to arrange such an interview"
 "The president directs me to sug- gest that you send him a written statement of the matter you wish to lay before him. This would be very much more serViceable to him than a necessarily brief interview" the letter added.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
congressional Investigating commit tee were indOrsed and cooperation o local posts pledged. ~
ASKS S3,OO0 PEACE BONUS.
Germany Has Signed, Pay Up, Says
 Wife Who Divorced IucrsOn

New York, Aug. 2O.-Blanche Rod ney a buyer for a Cincinnati depart ment store, started d suit in the su- prem9 court here yesterday for $3,000 with interest from June 2S, 1919, from George M. Luerson, of No. 255 West 58th street, from whom she recently obtained a divorce.
 In her complaint, she alleges her former husband gave her a written agreement in May, 1918, to pay her s3,00O the day peace was signed be- tween the United States and Ger many. Germany signed the peace treaty June 28, and the plaintiff is su- ing to collect.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
SALTS IF BACkACHY
 AND KIDNEYS HURT
Drink lots of water and stop eating meat for a while if your
 Bladder troubles you.

When you wake up With backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have been eat ing too much meat, says well known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them like you relieve your bowels; removing all the bodys urinous waste, else you have backache, sick head ache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scaIds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times dur ing the night
 Either consult a good, reliable physician at once or get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts: take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for few days and your kidneys will then act fine This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice combined with lith1a, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder weakness.
 lad Salts is life saver for regular meat eaters. It is inexpensive, can not injure and makes a delightful, ef- fervescent lithia-watHr drink.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
TWO STEAMERS AGROUND
Japanese Ships in Dangerous Position on RaccIocks-Wc Ashore ill Fog Last Night.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 2O.-Two Japanese steamers, Yomei Maru and the Shinbu Maru, early today were aground on the shores of the Straits of Juan de Fuca, according to wireless messages received here. The Yomei was said to be in a dangerous posi- ton on Racelocks, about Y miles west of Victoria B. C. The Shinbu grounded on ,Bentick Island. Both went ashore last night in a fog, it was reported.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
AMERICAN LEGION DEMANDS
 INOJrJIsY INTO X, F. F. PRISON

New York, Aug. 20-Thorough in- vestigation of alleged abuses in mili
 tary prisons of the American EXpedi- tionary Force, prompt punishment for individuals responsible for them and legislation to prevent their recur- renee, are demanded in resolutions adopted by tie national executive committee of the American Legion, made public last night Efforts of the
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20

A town meeting has been called for next Thursday evening at o'clock in the Berlin town hall by Charles F. Lewis, chairman of the war bureau in order that the people may decide what will be done to welcome the boys who have returned home from overseas. Nearly all the boys who fought overseas are home now and it is felt that some token of apprecia- eaon should be given the boys for what they have done.
 The memorial will not be ready before next year and it is felt that a number of the boys will be scattered around the country by that time, and will be denied the celebration in their '@half. The meeting called for Thurs day evening next week is to deter mine whether the people in Berlin wish to give the boys a welcome home celebration this fall. Major F. L.. Wilcox of the war bureau is in charge of the matter of awarding badges to each service man, but the welcome e home is apart from this
 Every man, woman and child who wish to voice their opinion on this natter should be at the hall next Thursday evening. The bureau feels
  and a welcome home from the town itself as we'll as from their own people.
 Roland E. Crandeu.
 The funeral of Roland E. Crandell, son of MT. and Mrs Arthur E. Gran Sell, who died at his home yesterday, will be held from the Berlin Con- gregational church tomorrow after noon. Rev. Samuel A. Fiske will of- ficiate and burial will be in the Naples cemetery.
 Kcnsngton Items.
 John J. MCCabe, paymaSter at the American Paper Goods factory, is en- jeying his annual vacation at Rocka- way Beach. He expects to be gone week.
 Oscar Eagerly is also enjoying a weeks vacation at RoCkaWay Beach
 Robert H. Graham and family are enjoying an automobile tour of the sea side resorts. They expect to be gone for the week.
 The Foresters will meet in theil rooms tomorrow evening at Forester hall. The installation of officers which was postponed from the las meeting will be held tomorrow eve ming.
 Marriage Licenses Issued.
 Marriage licenses were issued from the town clerks office this morning for the double wedding to be held ir Rast Berlin on Saturday evening. The first license issued was to Sterling Woodward and Miss Helen Caverly The second was to Arthur Sapper ano Miss Edith Woodward, brother ot Sterling. -
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20

The orit1ce on the whales ear is scarcely perceptible yet it is said that the whales hearing is so acute that a ship crossing it's track half d mile distant will cause it to dive instantly
New Britain herald., 1919-08-20
SPANISH GOVT. SENDING
 MISSION TO FRANCE

Paris, Aug. 19.-The Spanish gov ernment, it is announced is sending a mission to France to buy excess war material.