The St. Charles herald. [volume], August 10, 1918, Image 6

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i'HESE TWO MEN
REFIT THE ARMY
Lively Work of Major Fawcett
and Captain Thrall at
Camp Blank.
SPRUCED UP FOR OVERSEAS
Hungry and Ill-Clad Soldiers Well Fed
and Made Spfck-and-Span for
tit« Voyage to Battle
Front in France.
Washington.—MaJ. George W. Faw
fott is the camp quartermaster at an
American embarkation camp. It is his
Prst business to see that troops poing
overseas find comfortable, healthful
temporary quarters, and have plenty of
food. The camp is more than a rest
resort for travelers. When It was
established less than a year apo in
coming troops were warned that they
must not rely on petting any of their
overseas outfit here. This is so com
pletely changed under Major Fawcett's
Administration that there is nothing
jin organization can possibly need
phieh this camp will not supply nearly
fes fast as the men can be marched
lip to his warehouses to take the sup
plies away.
Major Fawcett has a ten-foot square
Office in an unpainted shack. He sits
Bt a little desk with two clerks, one be
hind him and the other at his side. A
telephone receiver is strnpped over his
head all the time. The officers requir
ing supplies for the present and fu
ture who come Into this camp make
tnlstnfces. big and little, but not one
them has ever got anything worse
than an amused or an astonished grin
from the camp quartermaster. "It Is
easier and quicker to give a man what
yon know he wants," the major says,
"than to waste your time, his, and the
g overnment's, by quarreling with him
ecause he has not put Ills needs tn
proper shape."
Makes It Easy for Them.
Army regulations require particular
printed formulas for requisitions, pre
pared with scrupulous attention to
email details. Major Fawcett has
itaught hlR men to accept any scribbled
memorandum on the back of an envel
ope or a bit of wrapping paper, tell the
applicant for supplies to come back
dn half an hour, and, then, when he re
turns, hand to him a perfectly arranged
form of requisition, stating all his
Ineed* with military exactness, and at
the same time directing him to a store
house where his supply Is already
waiting.
j The interior traffic of the camp has
Increased until 100 big motortrucks
are tearing through the streets from
dawn until dark, and half of them
BROTHERS IN ARMS
arer of khaki who is now
American expeditionary
ranee has been taken into
if the French families and
e as their sons. There is
:e that which arises from
a common cause for high
MERRY WIDOW'TO DIE
oman Found Guilty by
;ourt-Martial.
Secrets to the Germans
stters to Her
Children.
e.-^Brief announcement
nade'tbat a Paris court-
ondeiuned to death as
--, thirty-seven years
Noel, sixteen years old,
aed of being her accom
lered to a penitentiary
te comes of age. The
he was too young to be
le for his acts,
was not heard in public
tils have become known,
dme. M.'s husband was
ont in March, 1916. and
soon started a life that
fLi circles she frequent
)£ ■''The Merry Widow."
work far into the night. The more the
camp speeds up the more troops Major
Fawcett invites the war department to
send through the camp. The Ideal of
seeing to it that no man crosses the
sens for service with clothing and
equipment which Is not new, or as good
ns new, has Just about been reached.
Troops are detrained from the interior
in dusty, faded clothing, patched and
pulled out of shape, and go onto their
ships in nti Incredibly short time dress
ed up like a show window display.
His lieutenants in charge of money
disbursements, subsistence, construc
tion. transportation, and reclamation
arc at hts door with brand-new com
plications every few minutes. Bewil
dered supply officers, who have come
to the camp without the slightest Idea
of what Is expected of them (and who
would have resigned before coming had
they known) appear at his door look
ing scared; they listen for a few min
utes to the general run of his tele
phone conversation, forget their scare,
answer his questions with a prompt
ness and a definiteness which seem to
surprise the nn*n themselves, and go
out with their heads up, smiling confi
dently, and accomplish changes and
refittings and substitutions such as
they had never dreamed of.
Work Well Divided.
The work under Major Fawcett sub
divided itself naturally so that no dis
proportionate burden falls on any one
department, with one exception. For
accounting purposes it is absolutely
necessary that one man should have
charge of what. In quartermaster lan
guage, Is called "property." He must
sign every Invoice and assume respon
sibility for It financially. This Job
under Major Fawcett Is that of Cnpt.
C. E. Thrall, Q. M. R. C. Captain
Thrall has counted It a big night when
he has had more than four hours' sleep
since the war started.
Captain Thrall has never been
,
GIRLS DO GOOD WORK
#
American Telephone Operators
Now Serving in France.
Hundred Who Were Sent Over Giv
ing Such Efficient Service More
Will Be Sent.
Washington—To the 100 girls from
America now doing service as military
telephone operators in France, 150
more In training schools here may soon
he added, leaving a reserve force of
400 more on file out of about 8,000 ap
plications.
The telephone Is referred to as the
"nerves of the army," and the young
women who have been accepted for
this work have undergone tests as se
vere as those to which a soldier at the
front is subjected.
The telephone exchanges often are
only a short distance behind the
(reaches, and the operator must pos
ses» both courage and calmness under
dangerous circumstances.
"These girls." said Capt. E. J. Wes
son, who recruited the unit, are going
to astound the people over there by
their efficiency. In Paris it takes from
40 to 60 seconds to complete one call.
Our girls are equipped to handle 300
calls an honr."
Other reports that have reached the
war department from France show
that the American hello girl is making
good rapidly In a task as difficult as is
to be found back of the front line
trenches.
The first group of operators entered
training school here on January 12
for instruction in advanced telephony.
They received practice in the largest
New York exchanges and were then
tried out at military cantonments. The
course included talks upon personal
hygiene.
The first contingent sailed on March
2. Other gronps sailed In March and
April and were stationed at supply de
pots and debarkation bases.
In addition to speaking both French
and English fluently, every one of
these girls has stood a loyalty test
which proved that she could be trusted
with military information.
The uniform prescribed consists of
a coat and skirt of navy blue serge,
shirtwaist of navy blue Palm Beach
She soon ran through the money she
Inherited, and, to obtain more, commu
nicated with a Greek living In Spain,
an agent of the spy bureau established
in Barcelona by the Germans.
When mother and son were arrested,
the boy was just about to engage in
the aviation service in order to obtain
Information to be supplied to Germany.
A writer in the Paris Midi identifies
the Greek as the head of German prop
aganda in Spain and director In par
ticular of the service for arranging ex
plosions in factories. He was a reg
ular visitor to the girls' school at Bar
celona, where he went to see three
little girls whose guardian he was
supposed to be. One of the youngest,
about eleven years old. handed over
to him, on each visit, several letters,
which he carried away.
These three little girls were French,
being the daughters of Mme. M. The
"Merry Widow" used to pass on any
information that she obtained to her
son. who wrote It to his young sister,
placing it in the middle of his letters,
which were never really examined,
when it was seen that they were let
ciinght rattled. He swears now and
then, hut laughs at himself when he
swears and ho never lets anybody else
get rattled. Captain Thrall is a much
more tired looking man than he was a
year ago—but like his chief he has
found that the best way to keep men
moving is to meet ignorance and stu
pidity alike with a friendly grin and
straighten them out as they go along.
Major Fawcett left the regular army
17 years ago and was for many years
purchasing agent for the Philippine
constabulary. Captain Thrall came
from the ranks of the regular army.
GETTING A ''BEAD" ON A HUN
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. • Photo b y
W—tern Newspaper Union,
This machine gun operator is care
, fully aiming a Lewis gun at a raiding
Gotha. It takes a dead shot to bring
down one of the birds when It flies
high.
cloth and straight-brimmed hat of bine
felt, while the regulation orange and
white cord on the left sleeve is used to
designate their rank, as operator, su
pervisor, chief operator and so on.
"WAR BRIDES" DUPE SOLDIERS
Women Fortune Hunters Arrested for
Having More Husbands Than
Law Allows.
San Diego, Cal.—Almost since the
United States entered the war soldiers
have been victims of women fortune
hunters. Girls at various camps are
being arrested charged with having an
over quota of soldier husbands, and
In every case the question of insur
ance was the motive.
This city has been no exception to
the rule, and with the thousands of
soldiers and sailors In training at the
camps near by federal officials are
always on the alert, and as a result
two girls are under arrest. They gave
their names as Miss Mae Smith and
Mrs. Elsie Byrnes, and both are
pretty. They were caught In the act
of mailing about 20 letters to sailors
and soldiers asking for money for
clothes and traveling expenses. In
every letter written by the girls was
the phrase: "I wish you oceans of
love with a kiss on the top of every
wave." The girls also received 18
letters from ardent lovers and each
letter contained money.
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• GETS DIPLOMA OVER HERE 5
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J Knoxville, Tenn.—Although "
Ö- Clay Barber, Knoxville lad, is •
J. "over there," a formal présenta- »
• tton of a diploma to him as the *>
% only boy graduate of the Carter jj.
High school occurred here. Pa- •
* trons attending the school's ex- •
• erclses beheld the seat of the J
* only boy graduate draped with r>
J Old Glory. J
Madagascar, the world's third larg
est island, has an area equal to France,
Holland and Belgium combined.
ters from a brother to a little sister
at school.
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"DUKE"JUST A HORSE. t
JOINS RED CROSS BODY t
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Seattle, Wash.—The life and ?
services of Duke will henceforth T
he devoted to the Red Cross. ?
Duke Is a pet horse and be- Î
cause its owner, Frank Larson, -i*
had no money to contribute to ^
the Red Cross, he gave Duke. +
The animal was brought to the ^
Red Cross headquarters and
duly receipted for. 2
Beggar Had $500.
Memphis, Tenn.—John Johnston, a
professional beggar, cursed a white
j woman when she refused to buy a pen
' ell from him. He was arrested. At
j the city jail when he was searched
$500 in curreacy was found In his
i clothes,
THIEF SMACKED
BY SMOKED FISH
Ketchup Bottle in Hand of Nim
ble Lady Aids in Robber
Rout.
"SPORT" ALSO ASSISTS
Hound Distracts Bandit by Taking
Mouthful of His Person—?The
Diversion Gives Ladies Chanca
to Act.
Chicago.—Well, sir, after what hap
pened the other day Grin Dunning of
350 Englewood avenue is beginning to
believe fate indulged in a mirthful lillip
when he was named.
Grin is large, loose, and shambling
and a soulful look adorns his Ethiop
ian phiz. Gn the day In question he
provided himself with a portentous
six-gun and laid a course for the deli
catessen of the Miles. Agnes and Alice
Crane, young women of his own raco, j
at G651 South State street. It being
Grill's notion to provide himself with j
a free snack of victuals.
Now, Agnes and Alice keep store j
with the aid and encouragement of a j
nondescript hound called Sport. Sport
does not take kindly to strangers, cor
did he now relax his vigilance when he
beheld a sad and nervous king of the
Congo poking a revolver toward Miss
Agnes Crane. He slid quietly round
the end of a counter and quickly and
expertly took a mouthful of Grin's per
son.
Swat! Goes the Halibut.
Thus distracted from the business
of robbery, which until this moment
had been most Important in his mind,
Mr. Dunning opened his capacious
mouth and gave vent to a shriek w hich
might well have been heard out at One
Hundred and Eighty-ninth street.
Miss Agnes, being neither dull wit*
ted nor slothful, seized this interval
with great happiness and dealt Mr.
Dunning a powerful swat with a
smoked halibut, this being the only
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Expertly Took a Mouthful of Orin'a
Person.
weapon convenient. Mr. Dunning
dropped his revolver and Miss Agnes
snatched it up with amazing celerity,
thrusting the muzzle Into Mr. Dun
ning's midriff, which is a terrifying
thing to think upon.
"Come here, Alice," said she to her
sister, "you take this smoke wagon
and keep It aimed at this gentleman
lessen he gets fresh whilst I call the
police."
Orin's Tactical Error.
Alice did as she was bid. But she
must have been nervous, for when
Agnes returned, Mr. Dunning had re
summed possession of the revolver and
now it was Alice who stood stretching
her hands aloft. This was where Sir.
Dunning erred. He should have loped
away and not remained to gloat.
Miss Agnes, returning, was annoyed
beyond measure. She grabbed up a
bottle of ketchup and let it fly with
such zeal that the bottle bashed Mr.
Dunning abaft his nigh ear, spatter
ing him with ti ' rich, red condiment
and stretching him faint and helpless
upon the floor, bathed in the gore of
preserved tomatoes. Then the police
came.
Grin abides in the Grand Crossing
jail and Miss Agnes wants to know
who is coming across for the price of
a bottle of prime ketchup.
BEAR HOLDS EXPRESS CAR
Breaks From His Corral and Mes
senger Takes to His
Heels.
Vicksburg, Miss.—Breaking from his
crate In an express car, a big black
bear being shipped from Shreveport
to an Alabama point had complete pos
session of the car all the way from
Shreveport to Meridian—a .'500-mile
ride one Sunday.
When the bear broke loose the mes
senger scurried from the car and bolt
ed the door. It was not until Meridian
was reached that an improvised bear
trap permitted the capture of the ani
mal. On the journey the bear had a
pleasant time, eating a crate of chick
ens and three five-gallon buckets of
ice cream.
Relative Hardships.
"Well, l'ete" said Meandering Mike,
"I guess we'll have to go to work."
"1 s'pose we will," answered Plod
ding Pete. "Wid ail desu antlloatin
laws under way, it's harder work
dodgin' work dan it is workln'."
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system. It Is because you have not yet tried
[e, Dr. Peery's "Dead Shot.'*
Tf Worm» or Tapeworm persist !n your
the real Vermifuge,--------
One dose does the work. Adv.
Better say only half you think than
to think oniy half you say.
The Effects of Opiate».
HAT INFANTS are peculiarly susceptible to » Ewn in the
_ preparations, all of which are narcotic u known. the mne
1 smallest doses, if continued, these-op ah* >e immanent, causing
Kona and growth of the cells winch are likeh to baeom I» ^ U1 lliU , r life.
Imbecility, mental perversion, a craving for and luck of staying
Nervous diseases, such as intractable nervous dyapep® " children quiet
powers are a result of dosing with opiates or narco*» P , d neV *r
in their infancy. The rule among physicians w that children ^ ^ ^
receive opiates in the smalleet doses for more than Ï
only then if unavoidable. „ soothing Syrups and
The administration of Anodynes, Drops, UordW». ^ #tronglj ,
other narcotics to children by any but a physician Children who are ill
decried, and the druggist should not be a party to L u crime to
need the attention of a physician, and it is nothing less man
doae them willfully with narcotics - —
Castoria contains no narcotics If it beam the ^-£7
signature of Chas. H. Fletcher. , f jC /yJ-c&tcJwbi
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature ofWdfvJi
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Heat of Summer Better ,
p Than the Weak
Old people who are feeble and younger peopj®
who are weak, will be strengthened and enabl^to
go through the depressing heat of Summer by ta mg
Grove's
Toste Iess chill Tonic
It purifies and enriches the blood and makes
you Strong. You can soon feel its Strengthening,
Invigorating Effect.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC is an ex
ceptionally good general strengthening tonic f° r P a1 ®»
sickly children, for delicate Mothers,
any one of the family who has poor blood. It is
pleasant to take. Price 60c.
Perfectly Harmless* Contains no
Nux-Vomica or other P oisonous Drugs «
Co
BILLS
The Packer's Bill
for Live Stock
For the first six months of our operations
under the Food Administration, ending
April 30, 1918, Swift & Company paid for
DRESSED WEIGHT LBS.
live stock - 1,558,600,000 $323,800,000
For the same
period in 1917 1,338300,000 $210,400,000
Increase in
Weight 1616% 220,300,000
Increase
in cost 54%
$113,400,000
The Consumer's
Bill for Meat
must necessarily have increased
correspondingly, as Live Stock
prices and meat prices fluctuate
together.
When the producer gets high
prices for his live stock, the con
sumer's meat bill must neces
sarily be larger.
Y»*nr Hook of interesting and
instructive facts nrnt on request.
Address Sw.fl & Company
Union Slock Yanis. Chicago. Illinois
Swift & Company,U.S.A.
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