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Joe ZOntine Writes
From Germany

The Florence Citizen on Monday
published an interesting letter written
frpm Germany by Joe Zontine to
Thomas Cavanaugh of that city. 1t
bears the date Of January 2, and was
mailed at Nattenheim, where the
writer is stationed with the army OF
occupation. Young Zontine is a men,
ber of Company F, Three Hundred and
Fourteenth Engineers, and took part
in the fighting on the Meuse-Argonne
sector and in the ST. Mihiel drive. Al
the time the arInistice was signed he
was employed as a dispatch-bearer on
the battlefront, which. he says, was
not a snap by any means. One para
graph of his letter follows:
1--WE hear lot of rumors about when
we win start home, but don't know
wnen il will be, although ] sure hope
it is soon. j am sure tired OF eating
corn willie and hard tack as we have
not been getting all those good eats
the papers tell about. Most of us
have not even received our Christmas
boxes that we have been waiting SO
long for.
On our way into Germany CHANGED
to run across Ralph Durfee. His di
vision was ahead of our ours. He
is in the Forsy-second and he certainly
looks good and believe me. it sure is
nice to meet a friend like. that i
haven't had chance 10 see any OF
the other fellows from around home.
moi, even Felix, though at one time we
were near each other" ,
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Cowie Believed to
Be in Mexico

All trace on Alexander Cowie, for
mer manager of the Beaver Park Land
and Water Company, says the Colo
rado Springs Telegraph, has been lost
and now it is believed that he has fed
into Mexico and is in hiding there.
Cowie made hurried exit from his
home in Penrose several weeks ago.
after it was found that he was short
several thousand dollars in his ac-
counts. All efforts to apprehend him
have thus far failed.
1t was pointed out a few days ago
that Cowie had probably been planning
on his escape for two or three months
prior to his flight, and that il may be
several months before he is captured
and brought back here TO answer the
charges against him. Auditors now
working on his accounts are still find
ing shortages, and il has not yet been
determined just how much money he
embezzied. From last accounts his
wife has not heard from him since his
sudden departure. Several detectives
are working on the case.
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In Better
Service Campaign

The American Railway Express
Company announces that "a better
service campaign will shortly be un-
public and that the cooperation of
shippers in the enterprise is solicited.
The drive will start on February 10
in every city and town in. the United
States. 1t will be campaign of edu-
cation and appeal among express en-
ployes, simultaneously with wide
spread effort to secure the CO opera
ton of the shipping public along the
same lines. No new packing or mark
ing rules have been adopted for the
campaign, but all express drivers and
receiving clerks, have been instructed
to insist, firmly. but courteously, that
the rules already in force be more
strictly adhered to.
The chief purpose of the better
service campaign" is to check. once
and FOR all, the. waste of time, effort
and money that result from lost or
damaged shipme nts., 1t is source of
dissatisfaction and annoyance to both
shippers and the carrier and tends to
impair the usefulness of the express
service. 1t is expected that all who
ship by express. and 100000 ship
ments are annually travelling that way,
will be keenly interested in the forth
coming drive. because it so intimately
concerns the transportation end of SO
many different trades and industries.
some of which depend almost exclu-
sively upon the express service.
A determined effort will be made
during the campaign to eradicate what
is known as the no mark" evil, which,
through indifference in marking, has
attained gigantic proportions. From
July ! to November 80 of last year,
75.500 month, were turred over to
the no mark bureaus maintained by
the company, because all means of
identification of either shippers or con-
signees had been lost and their deliv-
cry, except in few cases made i'm
possible. With the help of shippers
and through the influence OF the CAM
paign, the express company hopes to
solve this problem.
start Express Shipments Right
will be the slogan of the campaign and
will be carried throughout the country
by posters on express wagons. pla-
cards in windows and by pamphlets
and other forms of printed matter.
There are 5000 men and women en-
ployed in the express business in this
country.
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Hoax Worked on
German Spies
tBy Unsssis Preus.t

/ London. Jan. 20.-tBy Mail l-True
spy yarns which make works Of fiction
insignificant are gradually being un-
folded by the British secret service.
One of these shows how Great Britain
put over huge hoax ON German
spies and their government.
At the outbreak Of the war the Eng.
lish channel was unprotected by mines
and submarine barrages. Neither was
it possible to take the necessary pre-
cautions in time and the admiralty
feared that II once the enemy was
aware of this lack of defense they
would seek to make immediate use of
their U-boats.
So keen-eyed admiralty official de-
tailed plan. showing now effectively
the channel could be mined. The
plan was given to pretended British
known to the government.
With much secrecy the .-traitor' told
the German that the admiralty had
succeeded in mining the channel The
agent asked for proof and the "traitor''
let him have glimpse of the detailed
plan. Finally the German offered
$500 for the plan. The offer was
accepted.
Every facility was then secretly
given the German agent to get the
plan to Berlin where the government
was SO impressed with the reflective
system" that it didn't attempt for a
long time to invade the channel. BY
that time the British admiralty had
perfected its defense.
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War Brought School
QBy u.itsa rres..,

London, Jan. 20 (By Mail. .)Many
civilians who have been interned in
Austria are arriving in London.
While they have many tales to tell
OF their bardships, they say they were
not 50 badly treated as those intern6d
in Germany Many were allowed 70
continue. their occupations IN Vienna.
othsrs being sent to country villages.
Only those who were destitute were
interned in prison camps.
At the village Of Kaslstein civilians
Of Ill i,atiohelfttes. who were, informed
organized ) 'suufversity cay man
teaching any. subject - knew we'll.
Here the yw6re Abis "a study mQtor enr
gfneesing and tospsc4 ceq6t ttecticn,
~ ~ - - = ezeslIsnt oppcss
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Senator Adams
Back on Job
"a, uniseo Pree-.p

Denver. Feb. <--senssor Bniy
Adams appeared on the floor foilowins
long Illness The presence of the
Democratic leader was the signal for
all kinds OF Eumors. but the day was
quiet. The Senate debated the ins.r-
ance code st length on lss second read
ing. Supporters claimed that safe
guards had been inc .rporated In 1T
the lack OF them before causing Gun
ter 10 veto It. The House had a
heated debate on the health bill pro
viding department for social dis
eases which requires doctors, drug
eists and hospitals To keep a record
of social disease cases.
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COmmends Work
In This County

Henry Hutosn. treasurer Of the
Canon City fund. IS in receipt OF the
following self-cxpianatory letter from
J. Mont Travis OF Denver. general sec
retary OF the Colorado state commit
tee for Armenian and Syrian relief:
I'VE have your remittance OF Janu-.
AIRY 80 from Canon City TO the amount
Of $2.7s26o, which we have credited
10 Fremont county. The list OF SUM-
day schools with their contributions
has been handed to the Colorado
State Sunday School Association,
which has charge of that part OF the
fund We are hammering away here
in Denver. determined to. reach our
quota II possible. and rany OF the
counties Of tire state are doing the
same. We appreciate highly the splen-
did work done In your county"
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Volleyban Game !.
Is POSTPONED

The volley ball game that was 70
have been. played Monday night be.
twesn the business mems teams sof the
Car9u City and Colorado SPRINGS Z.
n. G. A., It the lattsr's gymnasfum,
has. bean postponed until Thursday
evening, February H. The manager
Of the Canon CITY team tsisphoped the
association secset6fy - Colombo
eprines Monday n6en3nx that Il would
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London Girls to
Stick to Farms
eDy ijnites rre...,

my D&Nuc4 kEFeUosy ~
London, Jan. eo.-lBy MALL
Breeches are not going to be dis
carded entirely by all British girls
who get into them to do war work
That lightning Transformation from
boots ard pants to crepe de, chine
that was predicted with the signing
OF the armisfice isn't going to occur.
At least it won't be wholesale.
Hundreds of the girl war workers.
especially the land girls. have decided
to go right ON in the vocations they
adopted as an emergency. Some were
London society girls. They plan TO
stay right on the farms. They refuse
to give up their breeches. For them
the fashionable civies, soft and
clingy" represent only idleness, they
say. Breeches, boots and smock stand
for real usefulness in life. They like
the farms and they're going to stay
there, reserving the crepe de chine for
after office hours" One such land
girl wrote a friend:
-T have been on leave for a few days
now. have had the pre-war cup of
tea in bed every morning. have
eaten from thin china once more,
handled silver spoons and delicate
glasses, paid numerous calls, visited
theaters. revues. ridden instead of
walking everywhere-I have in fact
lived my old life once more.
sit is very nice. this idle yet busy
life. But something is lacking. Some
thing is calling me back to the green
meadows. the brown plowed fields, the
rain-washed lanes and hedges and the
gentle, soft-eyed animals that love.
1.-The country has taken hold of me
entirely. I go to bed at night in my
pretty room but do not sleep half SO
soundly as in my plain country bed
room. Despite all my home comforts.
do not wake as refreshed as when
tumble out in the cold and dark on
bare boards. ! appreciate my ho,i-
day and my home. but the love of the
country and the sights and smells of
the country have got into my blood
and few of my dainty meals taste as
good as my plain thick sandwiches
and hunch of cake out in the fields
Il fiatter myself my uniform suits
me very well, well fitting, well pol
ished boots and leggings look quite as
nice as fiimsy silk stockings. The
land girls uniform is really a smart
costume. especially If one adapts it
to ones own style and liking"
Scores of girls, seemingly enamored
of the farm, plan to emigrate TO Can
ada 10 pioneer as hands in the wheat
belt. Hundreds more remaining in
England are turning their attention to
gardening and truck farming. In some
cases two or three women club to-
gether to buy small patch of land
and the tools needed to cultivate veg
etable truck for sale in London mar
kets.
Advertisements for girl gardeners
appear frequently in London news
papers. Wages offered range from
$3.50 a week with board and keep
to $40.
The land girls answering these ad-
vertisements often find they are asked
to help with the housework as well as
do the family gardening. The girls
soon correct this, however.
We're gardeners, not servants or
nurses" ,ley explain. We're skilled
workm-skilled work-women."
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Fred Duncan
4. In Hospital

Fred Duncen, bookkseper st the Ere:
mont County .National Rsnk. vas
taken TO the Graves 4ospitai > day or
twoae6 10 ~ treated Tn 40 stack Of
the h,nueneas pufihS M Abseuce
fs<tsst ffs<tsssdtt -isis iis Soet q duty tfs vpfk wtlf74e
Io6ks( eff1r ~ nA1ph Nl1lQl{ q yler.
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Visiting Concrete
Schools Today

Nrr. Carrie \: T. AnthoAy county
superintendent Of f.scheslss went -
Concrete this morning toyma1Ee - q:
hcial visit 70 The schools thef6s HI.
Anthony reports The schpo3e q The
county Gsrsraiit - doing eoqd work
- spites af ~ handicab cplep6 uyqn
.ss5 =. s ~ %, q I ~ ~,4'ss 1 4: 4 4
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We suppoSe This 10 So.
IN place of most Of our troubles we
might easily have much worse oDAs.-
Albany journal
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Here on His Way
To Germany

Wesley Wade an officer OF the
United States navy adm nephew OF
A Wiley. manager OF the Wiley Auto
Company, s22 Main street, passed
through Canon City last Sunday en-
route from the Mare Island navy yard
at San Francisco TO Hamburg, Ger
many, where he viii take charge OF a
feet of German merchant ships 10. be
used as transports in bringing homo
American troops from France.
- @>---< -,
gays dinner was our hrst meal there.
y was nxed for thst purpoAe aSs1 5sil
sdecornfsd nne. think that W are
about q comfortable = can be. Bvsrx.
& dAy that re stay here sees u tsttsr
zAe Knishts Of Columbus savs
every one IL this division I BIZ a
chfibtmss cheer today. Thsy kay}
~ milk. tive kfhdl Of candy. sum, az.
1ssts, p4p@ and .tohacco and tour poie
|pards. 4 think thai pretty eoqs a.,
4i1ef1ng those y ohout 1000 o. oySr
! tkie ~ ltjou 1l1st x1l1S ! ~ 80
efegs1 M evoofot - NfII cIooo' x6o
|Ievins fen. znYAN q 0Rn6IIA NJ
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Letter of Thanks
From Soldiers

l
D. E Gibson received the two fol-
lowing letters from Canon City boys,
thanking him for his remembrance OF
them way over there"
France, Dec 90. 1918.
Dear Mr.. and Mrs Gibson: ] was
certainly glad to get your letter the
day before Christmas. !. came ex-
actly at the right time. ! was glad to
get that letter-it's a fine one. but,
think you give me too much credit.
Anyawy we are equally glad. think,
that it's over. And thank You very
much for the money. 1t will keep me
well supplied for some time with what
/ it will buy-and thank Mrs. Gibson for
the socks.
Yes. am very anxious to get home.
We all are. Our work keeps up. only
il seems that there is more of it. Sun
days are always buster thar any other
day. We work late into the night. We
aren't complaining about the work,
but it is hard for us to realize that the
war is over ad 10 think OF staying here
for two years is not comforting. We
are now wearing six months service
stripes.
! ! haven't seen single, caron boy
over here. have seen one from Twin
Falls that knew and Harry McClana-
han is within 13 miles of here.
] l hope that the time lent awfully
far away when ! will be back and /
can tell you what experiences ] have
! had and what I've seen in France
I'll have to stop now with lots OF
love to each one Of the family.
RAYNOLDS LEWIS.
@. NJ c. Sup. Co. No. 312, A. E. F.
France, Dec. rs, 1918.
Dear Mr.. Gibson: Your most appre-
ciated letter and gift arrived yester-
day, Christmas day. and needless TO
say. was more than delighted TO hear
/ from you.
We had snow for the first time yes
terday, which was really fine as it
tezded to make the day more Christ
mas like. don't believe that ii would
be possible to find a more happy
crowd OF fellows than the American
soldiers in France. This was SO diff
ferent from any other Christmas, and
surely, many wonderful things to be
i thankful for, mainly Peace on earth,
good will toward men"
Yes, still ho'd myself one Of Canon
City's boys, as that will always be real
home to me. The childhood memories
are embedded very deep in my heart
and shall never deem any other place
my home.
] hear our division is to leave for
the states on or about January 5.
which is music to all of US, as we've
been over here year and are all
mighty anxious to get TO our native
land ard "home."
RaynoId Lewis has been stationed a
very few kilos away, yet / have not
been able to see him as 1t Is most diff
cult to obtain pass from one area to
another
! You may know that we were all
more than delighted when the curtain
fell on the last act OF this great
drama. yet ! must confess we all
wanted to go into Germany and give
them a wee portion of this medicine.
You all have certainly done big
things in America and II was your
help that won the war. Ifif had not
been for you we would have. been lost
absolutely. Again thank you for
your thoughtfulness, and beg. to re-
main, II. f. MCI4ANA11AN. I.
NJ Company. One Hundred and Sixty
i frst Infantry, \, =. r.. ~.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-28
EARLHAM TO OPEN
next WEDNESDAY

Regular recitations will reopen at
Earlham college next Wednesday
morning, President David M. Edwards
said this morning.
r Eve have not postponed. the length
Of the quarantine on the college be-
cause of any new outbreak he said,
but because we felt that those stu
dents who had been Ill would not be
able to return to their recitations be-
fore the middle of next week, in most
cases, and that 1t would be unfair to
begin too soon. All the cases of in
fluenza are rapidly recovering. We
have had no new case for three days,
and those which were thought most
serious are now greatly improved. In
regard to any other disease we have
had no other contagious disease for
two weeks. Two weeks ago we had
two students recovering from diphth-
eria, and one from mumps. All three
were kept perfectly isolated, and the
disease was not spread in any way
to other members Of the college. That.
however, Is ancient history as those
students are now recovered" he said.
While In the East last week Dr. Ed
wards visited New York City, Woos-
ter, Mass. Providence, r. l., Pitts
burgh, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del.
on college business and Westtown
Boarding school where he spoke be-
fore the Mothers Council on Higher
Education Of Friends Girls"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-28

Every home in Richmond with a
church attendance card In its front
window is the slogan of the fedora
ton of churches for next Sunday in
connection with the membership cam
paign. The city has been districted
for this campaign and the territory
divided among the churches.
Each church will work its own dis
trict reaching every home possible.
In case the people are not at home
they are requested to ask the church
of their choice for card. The COM
mittees on this work will cover the
city Sunday afternoon.
The card will bear the following
simple invitation wording: go to
Church Next Sunday; Get the Habit. "
This campaign is to last until April
20. Each Sunday, the church fedora
ton will issue the total increase in
attendance all over the city. This
plan of showing the increase was de-
cided upon at the last meeting of the
federation when it was thought wise
to allow only the personal element
to enter in the campaign, rather than
the competitive.
Richmond has been districted as fol-
lows:
Second Presbyterian - North Of
Main street, Eighteenth street and
east to the city limits.
East Main Street Friends - South
of Main, Seventeenth street and all
east to the city limits.
First Methodist-South of Main,
Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth,
south to the city limits.
First English Lutheran-South Of
Main, Twelfth and Thirteenth south
to city limits.
First Christian-South OF Main,
Tenth and Eleventh south to city lin
its.
South Eighth Street Friends-South
of Main, Eighth and Ninth south to
city limits.
st. Paul's Lutheran-South Of Main,
Sixth and Seventh south to city limits.
First Baptist-South of Main, Fifth
and west to the river and south to
city limits.
North Fourteenth Street Mission
North Of railroad, Twelfth and east to
Nineteenth north to city limits.
Whitewater Friends-North of Rail-
road, Eleventh and west to river and
north to city limits.
United Brethren, north of Main, Fiji
teenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth
north to railroad.
United Presbyterian, north Of Main,
Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth,
north to railroad.
B3-
First Presbyterian, north Of Main.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-28
Twenty-Five Percent Of
Marriages IN County
End in Diuorce Court

VIII twenty-five per cent of the
people who get married in Wayne
county sooner or later apply for a
divorce? This might be concluded
from the marriage licenses issued and
the pleas for divorce filed during Feb
ruary in the county clerks Office.
Twenty-eight licenses were issued.
while seven persons asked for free
dom from marriage ties. The proper
ton of licenses to divorces is un-
usually low, however, due to the fact
that about 1900 of the manageable
young men of the county are still
absent in the army.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-28
RECORD NUMBER OF
EIRES REPORTED

Forty-four fire alarms during Febru-
ary, up to Friday noon, complete the
heaviest three months record OF
alarms that has ever been recorded
by the Richmond fire department.
Seventeen Of these occurred in one 36-
hour period at the first of the month.
The number Of alarms for Decem-
Der, January and February numbered
151, sixty-eight being in December
and thirty-nine in January. This IS
far more than any three months perl
cd ever known in the city.
Bad coal which Richmond was COM
PEELED to burn because OF war condi-
tions, and dry weather, with little
snow, are given as causes for the
large number Of fires.
The largest February loss was su-
stained by the United Brethren
church which sustained about $500
damage from q roof fire during which
dater damaged the organ and furni-
ture. Philip Burk sustained loss OF
about $3.50.
Three small fires occurred, in about
an hour, Friday evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-28
CATHARINE MAAG IS
CALLED BY DEATH

Catharine Mag, IS years old, died
at her residence, 119 South Seventh
street, Friday morning at $3.50 o'clock
from a complication of diseases. She
was born February Is. 1853 in Cincin-
natl and was a resident of Richmond
for over so years. She was married
in Cincinnati, her home, May %, 1867,
to Fred Mag, and moved to Richmond
Immediately after. She celebrated her
fiftieth wedding anniversary May %,
1917.
Her husband, Fred Mag, formerly
owned and edited the Morning Inde.
pendent" a daily newspaper in Rich.
mond. Mag was also associated with
the German paper which the large
German population Of Richmond made
possible. Another German paper was
started, "The Correspondent" and Mr.,
Mag bought two German papers. con.
solidated the two and began the 'Volk.
zeitung." For many years he was a
prominent newspaper and book man
In Richmond.
Mrs. Mag was one of the most de-
vout members of st. Andrews church.
She was q member of st. AIMS so
ciety and Poor Soul society.
She had been i'll for about a month.
All OF her surviving relatives were at
her bedside at the time Of her death.
Those surviving her are her husband,
her children, Thresia Piotrowsh, wife
of Nichlas Piotrowski of Chicago, John
P. Mag and Philomina Mag of this
city, Mary Mag and Othelia Mag OF
Chicago, Fred Mag, Jr.. Of Chicago,
and Catharine Lowden of Galveston.
Texas, four grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Funeral announcement will be made
later.