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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
FIRST AND LAST
CHURCH SHELLED

aged. Several shells penetrated into
the interior, causing a great deal of
damage.
Hardly had the damage of 1915 been
repaired when new cloud arose on
the horizon and threatened Mezieres
in 1870. New invasion. new fears and
new ruins for our town on the from
tier.
The 31st of December. 1870, and LIST
of January, 1S71-German Christmas
box--the enemy again shelled Me-
zieres. The church was principally
aimed at and was once more the vie
tim of the shells, which spoiled the
steeple, burst the vaults, broke the
sculptures and stainedglass windows.
During nearly forty-seven years
these ruins had been repaired. The
church of Mezieres had passed the
greater part of this great war without
damage, but in 1917 and 1913 the Ger
mans took away the five beautiful
bells, the most tuneful and the loud
est in the country, and what Is worse
broke the organ In order to get down
the bells. But the church itself re-
manned uninjured. 1t would have been
too much luck for our church, the des-
tiny of which seemed united to all our
national woes. On November 10, less
than twenty-four hours before the ar
mistice, the fury of the retreating en-
envy poured out in the vile lombard
ment of Mezieres, which lasted TWEEN
ty hours Among other buildings the
Church of Our Lady was struck. All
the stained-glass windows were either
totally or partly broken, and what is
more important, the flamboyant null
lions of many windows were broken.
The church was struck by many
bombs, some of which hit the lantern
of the steeple, the tower of the signal
man. Some struck the top, some the
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
Put Total War Cost
at $50 Billions

yonaon-The direct cost OF
tho war is estimated at $2oo'-
100000, 900 in special ar.,oie
in the Daily Telegraph. Inc
outbor estimates the inoirec,
cost of diminished trade anu
financial disturbance at szoo''
O00,000,000. u
.eyast sums" he says iiaVe
been used for sheer destruc.ioh'
and vast public debts have oe'"
incurred for which there
no corresponding properts
Throughout two-thirds OF '"e
world the work of useful pro
d,etion has been suspended our
ing four years and its place 'as
heen taken for the slaughter Vi
human lives and annihilatioh o'
accumulated wealth.
"But there is moral aspect
TO be taken into account. we
nav at least hope that we nave
mt an end forever to the DAN
oer Of Prussian miiitarisin. II
ont of the ruins OF the last four
wears there arises new, Drignt-
er and happier world. then the
billions that have been spent
will not all have been spent III
vain"
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
BAPAUME WANTS G0DMo1HsS
French Town. Hard Hi BY "a'' -
Help From Some CITY %
Aid Reconstruction.

Washington. - Bapauihe'
French towns which suffered ~
from the war. wants s"'''V
according to an official dispa'en
ceived here. -. ,or,
Canton stenne, mayor Of the 's -,
ia quoted by the dispatch Is ~
In the Petit Parislen' N
III some great city would aa0f' 49, )
paume and assist 1t as mas w. sm
for some other destroyed 'e ..,,a n
delighted my fellow citizens wow '.' n.
hope that some other great ~" 'ss III
or of the old continent or the new
listen to my appeal.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
Allies Rifle Strength
Greatest When Needed

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. show.
Ing the rifle strength Of the Al.
lied and enemy force on N,
western front during the last
eight months OF the war were 70.
ceived by the war department
They show that up TO July | The
allies were outnumbered from
100000 to 100000, but that the,
reached their peak on Septem.
Der l. when they had l.GS2DOO
opposed to the Germans liza.
600.
Rife strength Is the number
of "men In the trenches ready
10 go over the top with the has.
onet." The rife strength Of IN
American division Of 1900 corr
bat troops is 1920. This shows
that the actual armies on the
western front totaled more than
twice as many as the rine
strength figures.
During the hard fighting from
September !. the Gerrnans
losses were appalling. the AZ.
nres showing drop In their
strength from 1885. 900 to sG..
coo on November !. During the
same period the strength d
the allied forces dropped only
from 1,Gso, 600 TO l.4s5.00o.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08

voult some the interior of the coun-
terforts.
Thanks to the armistice, which came
inst in time to prevent the enemy
from destroying Mezieres totally the
damage, though considerable, is not
beyond repair. But it is certain, too
that this bombardment Is another
nroof of the insincerity and the saw
agery of our enemies, and-a Iact
worth noticing-that our church, the
first church to be shelled in history,
was also the last.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
FLU" SERUM USELESS

which IL Of the slightest value 10 ~
venting Influenza, nor is there q sf'a1
that Is OF any use whatever 10 "
treatment of the disease. ne me-
this statement after carefully ezpen
mentlng with serums and saeelhes :
all parts OF the country where inc w. =.
ease had broken out. and par'ieunla
In Pelham Bay and the army eaDv
where the mortality was great
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
Sailor "Human Pendulum"
Rescues Girls From Fire

New York.-Five girls and
eight men were trapped In
burning loft at No. BIT Fourth
avenue. One man was killed
and four persons were injured.
There were no fire escapes. Two
girls were rescued by a sailor
who chung to a telephone wire
with one hand and made a pen
dulum Of himself to swing the
girls i.ato the arms Of fireman.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
Feeds Family Gratis.

Springfield, Ill.-W. G. Dean had a
questionable idea when he thought he
could take his family for meals with
out payment at the lunch restaurant
here where he was manager. That's
why the owners are withholding S15
In back ply to Dem and the latter has
instituted court proceedings to obtain
Z.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08

afternoon concert. and buck PRINTS
could be seen sitting on their pffsss
balconies with their feet on the rsh
smoking and resting after their md
day "chow."
It's a great life at Neuenahf "
after it's fighting record. II Is genersli
agreed the regiment Is fully entiiis
To this break OF luck.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
Negro Wins War -.
Cross in Crap Gam

New York.--A dlsconso's' 49,,
dian was among the passsa 80
on the George Wasn'' ~
which locked In rev .,,.s
city with a load OF re'u !, Il,
Yank troopers. The cause : "A
woe was a Chicago nes'v wan,
Indian was Corporal $3.50
snow of West Virginia
as "Chief Little Dog -,
He won the crolx DC ~. Y
In France, but on the -. N,
met a Chicago negro ans \ h
he had lost all his NOW. 80
crap game that ensued % !. m
his crolx de guerre aga'n' am. ~
and the Chicago negro ="
too. \.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08
l5Oth Field Artillery Is Billeted IN
Famous German Health
Resort.
TAKE BATHS, SAUN WATERS
Buck privates Elevate Heels on FRI
vate Balconies and Hear Music as
often as Military Duties Per-
NIT in Neuenahr.

With the American Army Of Occu'
pation.-The competition for softest
billets. open to all members OF the
American army of occupation, appears
to have been won by the One Hundred
and Fiftieth Field Artillery OF the
Rainbow division.
Its members are leading near-mil-
lonaires' lives, when not otherwise oc-
cupied by military duties, In Bad Neu'
enahr, "the Rhenish Karlsbad."
This world fame cure and bath
resore" according to the guide
books) was before the coming en-
masse of the Americans, visited an
nually by $4,000 guests. not counting
transients and though the Teuton
sick, who suffered from ailments for
which Bad Neuenahr's hot spring wa
tiers are vouched sans specifics by ie-
gions of long bearded German profess
sors, are giving the Rhenlsh Spa a
wide berth just now. 1t Is probable that
between the One Hundred and Fiftieth
Field Artillery's Missouri mules and
mixed personnel, and the bathing fans
focking in from nelghborlng garrisons
the Karlsbad Of the Rhine never en-
ioyed more lively or picturesque sea-
ann.
Many Baths, No Bathtubs.
From morning till night, the grand
hallway of the bath hotel Is well filled
with men and officers, waiting their
turns to take hot mineral baths. The
establishment boasts 100 private bath
establishments and as one Of our med
ical officers from the middle West put
II, contains every bath fake known tC
science, but our military Kur guests
wisely confne their activities to tht
straight hot water variety.
There are no bathtubs. The indi
vidual bathrooms, averaging 10 or /.
feet square, are done In spotles'
white thing, sometimes figured In Pom
peiian blue. And the marble bath
are sunk below the tiled floors, Roman
| style.
Busting German women attendant
draw these. regulating the tempera
| ture electrically. When the rusl
IL on the men battle In patches o
| three. After the bath, there ar
touches in each room on which the
may recline. The German women al
.endants. accustomed to playing mi
honaires in unoccupled times. ma
have been inclined to be a bit snot
bish at first, and some seemed stil
to wear an OR OF suppressed resen
meat, but our military authorities Sc
to 1t that they give efficient servic
to the buck privates and doughboyi
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08

All human souls, never ! t,S1
cned, love gght; light ones c.syk
spreads TIL al Is luminous
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-03-08

The girl WHO can '.old her toncr.
never lacks for man to hold her
hand.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
DANGEROUS PROPAGANDA

Triton Gazette: The most per-
nicious, misleading and harmful pub
licity stuff that we have seen re-
Gently is that sent out from Wash
ington by the so-called League for
the Preservation of American hide
pendence." 1t is full of falsehoods
and is sent out in the interest of
those Senators who were the friends
Of Germany while America was at
war, and are the most conspicuous
enemies of their country since peace
came. The immediate purpose of the
vile stuff is to work up sentiment
against the League of Nations and it's
objects of readiest praise are those
enemies of the President vino have
been repudiated by the people. Loyal
newspapers will do we'll to throw the
stuff in the waste basket quickly.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
AFTER FOOD COSTS IN FRANCE

Upsetting of the governments care
fully prepared order of business by
the French Chamber of deputies when
an opposing motion disappearing OF
the ministry's failure to deal with the
food problem was substituted by a
majority OF IA votes is significant.
Ordinarily this rebuff might have
caused the resignation of the cabinet,
but in the present state of world
politics Premier Clemencean is not
likely to quit unless forced out, and
the situation will be CLOSED over
by the retirement of the minister
concerned with food questions.
The fact that the war-Winning ad-
ministration was thus rebuked for in
capacity in dealing with this economic
question show how deeply the cham
Der and the French people are af-
fected by the increasing cost of the
living and how directly they hold the
government responsible for failure to
mitigate it. Following the demon
strations in Italy it is suggestive that
the food issue may shortly transcend
all other questions in Continental Eu-
rope. The peoples there have been
accustomed to hold the. governments
responsible for failure in mitigate it,,
and the failure to check profiteering
is grievance that will not be denied.
The territorial policies and ambitions
of the statesmen may not be ac-
cepted as substitute.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
LAFoLLETTE, soRAH & co
Triton Gazette: a "

Triton Gazette: a "
Judge the stuff by its daddies.
In the flood of resolutions favar-
ably reported by the Senate Com
mittees which were especially aim
ed at the President and designed
either for campaign material or to
obstruct the ratification of the
Feace Treaty those introduced by
LaFollette and Borah stand out sig
nificantly. One introduced by a trail
tor to his country; a hybrid marked
alternately with the yellow streak OF
the poltroon and the red Ct the anar-
chist who only escaped being kicked
out of the Senate because the Repub-
Leans needed his vote; the other by
man so lost to all sense of fealty to
his country that he would sacrifice
peace itself and all those things the
war won for humanity in order to win
political partisan advantage and
vent his hatred of Woodrow Wilson
These are typical of the efforts in
the Senate just now to discount THE
fruits of victory because it was won
under a Democratic administration,
who would if they could repay the
men who took the lead in winning
victory by putting them in the pri-
sDners dock.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
BRITISH PHONE SYSTEM
ADJUDGED CHASTITY JOKE


London, July IA CHASTITY joke
is what Joseph Ralph, of Sansulito,
Calf, calls the English telephone
system, in letter to The Daily
Telegraph. 81 am absolutely mystified
how practical people like the Brit
ish can tolerate for twenty-five min
-utes the pathetic travesty for tele-
phone service which you are afflict-
ed, che also says. He writes APP
provingly of American telephone faci-
lities.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24

about equal in acreage ana apparent
ly equal in yield One tenant quit picl
ing dead squares ahead of the other by
a full month. That tenant got four
bales Of cotton last year, while the
adjoining tenant got ten bales. AT
the price of cotton now, that tenant
was handsomely paid for his months
work. Do you not think so?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
FIGHTING BLOOD

In urging employers to put fight.
ing blood into your business" the
employment agency of the war de-
partment is not simply flashing a
catchy slogan calculated to arouse the
patriotic sentiment of business men
and thus induce them to employ dis
charged soldiers as a matter of SEN
timent, but it is giving advice based
on experience that shows the dis
charge soldiers more capable worker
than he was before he entered the
army
The improvement in the physical
Fitness of men who went into the army
has been apparent all along, and
doubtless the lives of thousands of
young men have been prolonged
Through the physical training they
received. Perhaps nine-tenths of the
men who served in the army are really
under obligations to the government
for making better men of them ply
sically.
Tow that they are getting bac, into
civilian employment the mental i'm
provement that has come as the result
of mental keenness and quicking in
army training is beginning to be
manifested. Employers who have
taken discharged soldiers into their
service testify to their greater eff
ficiency. In Chicago recently a large
establishment applied improved tests
to its many employees who have been
in military service. The tests showed
that Ga per cent were better workers
than before, that 30 per cent were
unchanged, and that only four per
per cent were below their former level
as workers.
And striking fact about these tests
was that the men who showed the
greatest increase of efficiency upon
their return from the army were those
who had served the longest Those
who showed deficiency were those
who had been sent to camps just be-
fore the war ended and were dis
charged without having had time to
benefit by military discipline.
This disposes of the notion that
the army units a man for future use
fulness as a civilian citizen and work
er. The new conditions that prevail
in the American army tend in the
very opposite direction. 1t makes men
out of those who were lacking in
some qualities and improves physi-
cally and mentally even the best of
recruits.
When the business man puts fight
ing blood into his business" row by
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
A MODEL SMALL TOWN.

Citing as an example the progress
i've borough of Brimfleld, ILL.,, which,
with population of only 600, has
erected for itself community house
at a cost of 100000, the Kansas City
Star calls attention to what small
town can do in the way of helping
itself. Il
According to the Star, until Brim
field accomplished this unusual un-
dertaking it's young people were COM
PEELED to go to the city of Peoria for
amusements and entertainment The
town had an" ora ana outsofatate-
opera house." which was nothing
more than a town hall under private
ownership, just as in the average
small town 1t had no motion pic
ture shows, no theatres, no skating
rink, no common meeting place for
the public, no place for public parties
of any kind "a
Every small town viii recognize at
once the conditions that existed at
Brim6eld. They are common to smaltI
towns in all states 4
Now, the story of Brimfield relates
there is a different atmosphere in the.
town. The young people no longer
say: There is nothing going on in
this old town" \
There is something going on" in
Brimfield, according to the Stars
correspondent, in the way of whole-
some, standard amusement and enter
tainment, The young people know
Marguerite Clark and Mary PicIford
and Dorothy Dalton and the Tai
madge Girls" The kids are all ac,
quanted with Charlie Chaplin and
Douglas Fairbanks. The boys play
basketball according to 1919 rules of
the game and they fill the gymnasium
every night for healthful. purposefuII
exercise When the women of the
town want to give a reception-there
is the reception room at the cons
munity house. When the churches
give "supper''-the community
house. When the cemetery associa.
ton meets, when the township board
holds a session, when the business
men give banquet, when the public
schools hold commencement exercises,
when the garage society gives its an
nual exhibition-the community house
answers every purpose. a
And, best of all, one can imagine
the good fellowship of the community
being increased and built up at the
frequent community meetings at the
public service house at Brimfield. 1t
brings the community together in all
most every activity of social and husi.
ness life.
Briniield is brimful of the zest of
life and public spirit, Brimfeld Isl
about five years ahead of the times
Community houses-or neighborhood
clubs-are going TO be as numerous
in a short time as town halls" are
nov in the towns ana villages of the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24

The king of the Hopoes" has been
freed by the Atlantic City police, but
he ought to realize that the tendency
nowadays is to make all kings work
for living.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24

Wooden shoes are forecast for
America in the autumn, but we've had
paper soles and cloth tops, so wood
won't be much novelty.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
FIGHT THOSE WEEvILs

Our farmers are again cautioned
about that weevil fight. They know
their own business, but for fear that
much cotton is lost from an abandon
ment of the fight too soon in Crisp
the Dispatch calls it to mind again
with view of saving something. WE
wrote of two tenants the other day
who had fields of cotton adjoining
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24

employing a service man, the chances
are strongly in favor of his getting
an employee who will be a credit to
his institution and give his organiza-
ton a new strength.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24

AT this rate there will be demand
pretty soon for a moderately priced
breakfast beverage containing not
over 275 per cent of coffee.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
Members Of Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this pa
per and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.

Our big Pacific fleet is now going
to get on the job. Pacific means peace
able and sometimes peace-making.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-07-24

country. And not the small towns
alone. Cities, too, will have them.
The trend is rapidly in that direc-
ton.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-07-10
MAN MURDERED
GIRL AND TO0K'
HER BODY TO THE.
POLICE STATION.
tBy United Press,

Los Angeles. Cal. July 5.-Bringing
the body OF Miss Freda Lesser. whom
he said he murdered in canon near
Burbank when she rejected his offer
Of marriage, Harry S. New drove to
the Central Police station here this
morning and surrendered himself to
the authorities. Detectives peered
into the tonneau of his automobile
and discovered the body of the muir
dered girl under robe with bullet
hole in her right temple. New gave
mp the gun with which he had COM
mitted the crime. He said he was
riding through Topango canon when
Miss Lesser refused to become his
wife In fit of anger New shot her
and the body fell beside him corpse
He lifted the body into the tonneau.
covered it with a robe and speeded
here through the darkness The girl
was 20 years of age and a beautiful
brunette.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-07-10
Kill the Cherry
Slugs at This Time

The cherry slug is a very easy in
sect to kill by the use of the proper
insectides II applied in time. Now
is the time, II the slugs are present
They are dark. Shiny worms resem-
bling small snails and hence the name
slug" This insect also attacks the
plum and pear leaves and some 9TH
ers.
II fruit Is on the trees. spray with
white hellebore. ounce TO 5 gallons
of water. or with blackienf 80. / par,
in 500 parts of water. A eronger ap-
piication win do no harm. Apply so
so to cover the upper side OF the
leaves. IL there Is no fruit on the
trees. arsenate of lead may be used
In the proportion of pound in so gal
Ions OF water
There will probably be a second
brood during the latter part of Au.
gust. II so. repeat the treatment. us.
ing preferably arsenate of lead.-C. P.
Gillette Colorado Agricultural Col
lege, Fort Collins. Colo.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-07-10
Renovation Will
Reiuvenate Old
Strawberry Bed

As the picking season draws to a
close, the question Of how to handle
the old strawberry bed claims atten-
ton.
After bed has borne two or three
crops. 1t usually ceases to be profit
able. and in most cases should be
plowed up and new bed started in
different location. An alternative
in such cases. however. is to thor
oughly renovate the old bed. This
may be accomplished as follows. says
r. A. McGinty of the Colorado Agri-
cultural College:
-Aso soon as the picking season is
over, the old rows which have wild
ened considerably due to the spread
ing of the plants, should be narrowed
down by cultivation to not more than
one foot in width. II the rows were
four feet apart originally, this will
leave cultivated area three feet In
width between the rows. The soil
in this should be well pulyerized so
as to furnish a favorable medium
where the new runners may take root.
The older plants in the strip left
should be hoed out, leaving those
which are young and vigorous to form
runners These runners will take
root in the cultivated area next TO the
rows and form new plants which will
produce berries next year.
in order to encourage the roofing
of the runners. plenty of water should
be supplied by irrigation and, il nee
essary. the runners should be covered
with small amount of soil at the
point where they take root. Weeds
should be kept down and the neces-
sary cultivation given throughout the
season.
1T is possible. by the above means.
to increase both the quantity and size
of the berries from an old bed"