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THE BARItE DAILY TIMES, BARRE, VT., MONDAY, ' JULY 29, 1918,
COL. H. A. SMITH
WAS KILLED
Two Lieutenant-Colonels of
I v U. S.- Army Also
i ' Sacrificed
FOUR CAPTAINS
DIED IN ACTION
To-day's Casualty List Con
tained Total of 199
Names
Washington, D. C., July 29. The army
. casualty list to-day shows: Killed action,
47; died of wounds, 17 j died of disease,
i; died of accident nd other causes, 11 j
wounded severely, 03; wounded, degree
undetermined, 7; missing, 20; total, 109.
The list:
Killed in Action.
Col. Hamilton A. Smith, Fort Sam
Houston, Tex.
l,ieut. Colonel Clark R. Elliott, Spring
Geld, Mass.
Capt. Alford R. Hamel, Atlantic City,
N.J.
Capt. James Holmes, nendersonville,
.N. C.
Capt. Julius A. Mood, jr., Summerton,
S. C. :
Capt. James N. C. Richards, Sewanne,
Tenn.
2d Lieut. James C. Loder, Wilmington,
N. C.
Sgt. Asker Anderson, Chicago.
Sgt. William A. Sparkey, Bustleton,
ra.
Corp. John F. Brigmann, 100 West
Norwegian street, Pottsville, Pa.
Corp. Edward J. Parrell, jr., Mount
XT V
ruiuil, l.
. Corp. Earl C. Voilet, Momence, HI.
Mechanic Carl A. J. Carlson, Falkop
Ing, Sweden.
Pvt. Martin Bennik, Baltimore, Md.
Pvt. Oren C. Berlin, Knox, Pa.
Pvt. Clarence F. Boyd, Marienville, Pa.
Pvt. - Nickolo Bralatta, Shawnee-on-Delaware,
Pa.
Pvt. Alfred E. Campbell, Spring City,
Pa.
Pvt. Preston H. Carroll, Jamestown,
ra.
Pvt. Earl Chanslor, Kansas City, Ho.
Pvt. Lloyd D. Cleec, Jett, Okla.
Pvt. Frank R. Collins, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Pvt. George B. Cumberford, Providence,
R. I.
Pvt. Edwin O. Danfield, Philadelphia.
Pvt. Howard A. Deloney, Nedrow, N.Y.
Pvt. Henry W. Rusha, Newton Heights,
Mass.
Pvt. Thomas R. Eepey, Hillsdale, Md.
Pvt. Nicholas Fuabiio, Rome, Pa.
Pvt. Bennie Goldman, New York.
Pvt. Joseph Hall, Mahoney, Pa.
Pvt. P. J. Hester, North Vernon, Ind.
Pvt. E. H. Hubbard, De Kalb, 111.
Pvt. James R. Kirby, Clinton, Mass.
Pvt. William P: Kooi, Dolton, 111.
Pvt. Saul J. McCullough, Pittsburg, Pa,
Pvt. Edward J. Mclntire, Philadelphia.
Pvt. Andrew S. McReady, Minersville,
Ta. ......
Pvt. John H. Miller, 439 East Norwe
eian street, Poluville, Pa.
Pvt. Elmer M. Murdock, Franklin, Pa.
Pvt. Everett H. Minlgan, South Lan
caster, Mass.
Pvt. Charles S. Myers, East Warren,
R-. I.
Pvt. A. JT. Pyne, Walpole, N. IL
Pvt. Clarence C. Ritter, Macungie, Pa.
Pvt. Ed. Scott, Jacksonville, Ala.
Pvt. Mattio Vacchono, Caserta, Italy
Pvt. Harry Enola, Clarendon, Pa.
Died of Wounds.
Lieut. Col. Russell C. Hand, Sioux City,
la.
Sgt. George H. Mealy, Cohassett, Mass.
Sgt. Walter vv. WUlert, Chicago.
Corp. Leonard Langsdorff, Philadel
chia.
Corp. C. D. Walker, Belchertown,. Y.
Musician Alfred V. Anderson, Holyoke,
Mass.
Pvt. Edwin T. Armstrong, Clinton,
Mass.
Pvt. Ralph A. Corey, Roxbury, Mass.
Pvt. Arthur E. Granneman, Buffalo.
Pvt. Charles Hood, Norbeck, N. D.
Pvt. Ray L. Howe, 214 Woodlawn
Terrace, Waterbury, Conn.
Pvt. John W. Labert, Newnan, Ga
Pvt. Raphael Paone, Middletown, Conn
Pvt. Clarence Roberts, Lowell, Mich.
Pvt. Flory Rochowitz, Jersey City,N.J.
Pvt. Jerome Simonson, 2407 Spencer
street, Scranton, l a.
Pvt. Adrian L. Yelle, Fitchburg, Mass
Died of Disease.
Pvt. Will Anderson, Greenville, S. C.
Pvt. Otho V. Knighton, 8weetwater,
Idaho.
Pvt. Woody Ross, Radcliffe, Tex.
Pvt. Grant Underwood, Arcadia, La. "
Died from Accident and Other Causes.
Capt. Paul L. Cpcke, New York City,
Lieut. Warren T. Hobbs, Worcester,
Mass.
Lieut. Lawrence C. Lovett, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
Lieut. Vincent R. Manning, Rockaway,
N. J.
Chauffeur David F. Tipton, Riverton,
Va.
Pvt. Thomas J. Buchan, Wilson, Kan.
Pvt. Lewis R, Erwin, Brooklandville,
Md.
Pvt. Harry McAllister, Hinsdale, HI.
Pvt. Murle McNulty, Roy, Mont.
Pvt. Thomas Nick, Akron, O.
Pvt. Stephen Posharitaky, Detroit.
The Wounded Severely.
The wounded severely Include:
Major Roy W. Gausmann, Leonia, N. J.
Lieut. Donald P. McNaught, Pittsburg.
Lieut. Donald McClure, Philadelphia.
Lieut. Stanley J. Merook, Philadelphia.
Lieut. George A. Waldo, West Pawlet,
Vt.
Corp. F. R. Cooch, Pottsville, Pa.
Corp. Carl J. Hays, Franklin, Pa.
Corp. Stanley Knickerbocker- Elmville,
ra. ..
Corp. V. P. McOill, Harrisville, Pa.
. Corp. James L. Paul, Bridgewater, Pa.
Corp. George A. Ross, Franklin, Pa.
Pvt. John B. Bernard, Providence, R. I.
, Pvt. William E. Brown, Franklin, Pa.
Pvt. Rooco Caicze, 44 Brooks street,
New Britain, Conn.
Pvt. Roy S. Crownovcr, Huntington.Fa.
Gvayttair
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ttOfinc D tun) onlnr to mrv or f adad hir far rmMw
ing uodruff and m fair dream ng. U not a dyflu
Gtneroua Mfd bottt at all dtalen, rmdr to utv
WHEN TONGUE IS COATED
your liver Is torpid anJ lg affecting
your stomach and bowels. To rouse
your liver, take the little, purely vege
table and ln-ali-waya satisfactory
Hood's Pills. They relieve biliousness,
(onstlpatlon, ali liver ills. Do not Irri
tate nor gripe. Price 25c, of druggists
or G. L .Hood Co. Lowell. Mass. ,
Pvt. Henry H. Dowe, East Haverhill,
N. H.
Pvt. Harry Estop, Shy Beaver, Pa.
Pvt. Edward J. Fltzsimmons, Pitts
burg, Pa..
Pvt. John Furman, 93 Gold' street, New
Britain, Conn.
Pvt. Joseph E. Gallagher, Philadelphia.
Pvt. Salvador Girgenti, 28 Main St.,
New Britain, Conn.
Pvt. Paul Glaser, West Newton, Pa,
Pvt. Charles B. Graft, Scottdale, Pa.
PH. William Hamel, Alexandria, Pa.
Pvt. John V. Hastings, Dorchester,
Mas.
Pvt. Harol4 S. Helset, Huntingdon, Pa.
Pvt. Donald A. Henry, Millinocket, Me.
Pvt. Edward Hogan, Lynn, Mass.
Pvt. William B. Kearns, Lewiston, Pa.
Pvt. John A. Kennedy, Baltimore, Md.
Pvti James H. Lewis, Boston.
Pvt. Robert Martin, Johnstown, Pa.
Pvt. Anthony Myzencky,Meriden,Conn.
Pvt. William P. Mooney, Mahoney
City, Pa.
Pvt. Harry Norm, Mahoney City, Fa.
Pvt. Charles 0'Connell,Wakefleld,Mass.
Pvt. Thomas Painter, Lost Creek, Va.
Pvt. Leo W, Palmer, Franklin, Pa.
Pvt. Frank P. Parmlev. Newark. N. J.
Pvt. Teffafie Petrebskl, New Haven,
Conn.
Pvt. Joseph E. Pummer. McKees Rocks,
ra. ' -
Pvt. George H. Sheehan, Philadelphia.
Pvt. Walter C. Smith, Manchester,
Conn.
Pvt. George A. Snyder, Philadelphia.
Pvt. Norman Tate, Gettysburg, Pa.
Pvt. John LTmstead, Rochester, Pa.
Pvt. Frank I. Wieczerek, 327 Framing-
ton avenue, New Britain, Conn.
Pvt. Harrison Wilson, South Manches
ter, Conn.
Pvt. John J. Wisnom, Providence, R. I,
Pvt. Orville T. Young, Warren, Pa.
Wounded, Oegree Undetermined, Include.
Pvt. Edward O. Carr, Clarion, Pa.
Pvt. James E. Myers, Birdsboro, Fa.
Pvt. George Tickle, Jeannette, Pa.
Pvt. William P. Widerman, Philadel
phia.
Missing in Action.
Lieut. J. M. Goad, Springfield, Mo.
Lieut. Howard G. Maya. Charleston, W.
Va.
Lieut. Walter B. Wanamaker, Colunv
bus, O.
Corp. Albert W. Henkel. Philadelphia,
Corp. Mclvin C. Fadden, Waukegan, I1L
Cook JUafe u. Walker, Greenup, Ky.
Pvt. Joseph Bowling, Wakefield, Kan.
I VI. WUMttlU ,). 0U1JOCK, DOUIB lM
cago, III.
Pvt. William T. Checkley, Paterson
a. J.
Pvt. Ben A. Hanson, Cleveland, O.
Pvt. Ivan A Kanner, Philadelphia, Pa
Pvt. Jackson .Martin, canton, U.
Pvt. Fred Orange, La Grange, 111.
Pvt. William J. Otto, Milwaukee.
Pvt. Clarence E, Perkins, Winchester,
Mass.
Pvt. Harold R. Sharp, Elmhurst, 111.
Pvt. Evelyn J. Smith, Oroville, Cal.
Pvt. Thomas II. Terry, Louisville, Ky,
AMERICANS ON
ITALIAN FRONT
Fighting Troops Arrive and Native. Re
jofce at Their Fine Physical
Condition.
With the American Army on the Ital
ian front, Saturday, July 27. American
fighting troop are now on the Italian
front. They began arriving this morn
ing. They are being billeted with Ital
lans. Heretofore the only combatant
American troops were aviators, and the
appearance of this large body of fighting
men from the United States at the pres
ent moment has occasioned the greatest
satisfaction.
Major .General Eben Swift of the
American military mission to Italy, was
the first to igreei..jhe newly-arrived
Americans. He had already made ar
rangements for their comfort . The
Italians trreeted them with enthusiasm.
and rejoiced at the splendid physical
condition which the American soldiers
showed. The Italians appeared greatly
astonished when the 'overseas men im
mediately sought out a bathing place
and then started several games of base
ball, i
A SOLDIER'S SACRIFICE.
Gives His Life for Miss Dorothy R. Burr
of New York.
Portland, Me., July 29. Miss Dorothy
R. Burr, daughter of Dr. Chauncey R.
Burr of New York, was drowned while
bathilg in the surf at Great Diamond
island Saturday, and Sergeant Leo P.
McLaughlin, an artilleryman, from Fort
McKinley lost his life in endeavoring
to save her. Miss Burr was unable to
swim and got beyond her depth. She
shoxited for help and Sergeant McLaugh
lin flVam ftlit. frt 4ir In ta tmortrlo
b()th wfnt under. Miss Burr wa og
years of age. She has been active in
war work in New York, and was con
nected with one of the hostess houses
in that city.
LARGE Y. M. C. A. WORK
Conducted at Camp Lee at Petersburg,
V., During June.
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., July 21).
An interesting report, reflecting the great
war work carried on by the Young Men's
Christian Association, covering activities
at Camp Lee for the month of June,
1918, has just been made public by the
committee in charge. In the educational
department, 120 English and 01 French
classes were conducted and 2i0 lectures
were delivered. The recreation depart
ment report shows that 00,471 men par
ticipated in the various games and
amusements, which were witnessed by
113,783 spectators.
More than 200 meetings were held by
the religious department, the total at
tendance being 42,100, while 8,410 men
attended the 119 Bible classes conducted
during the month. This department dis
tributed 10,292 testaments in the 30-day
period.
The social department reported the
holding of 125 entertainments, attendod
by 48,433 persons". More than 100,000
persons witnessed the 146 motion pic
ture shows given during the month. The
number of letters and pout cards written
in the Y. M. C. A buildings was 543,130,
and the money orders sold amounted to
$54,323.84.
Plans have been approved and the con
tract let for the erection of a new Y. M.
C. A. building at the remount station
here. The structure will be ready for use
within the next three weeks. At present
the "Y" is serving the remount men from
a tcat- , J!
PUT AMERICANS
IN JEOPARDY
German Captors Try to Pre
vent Air Raid on Mann
heim, Germany
PUT PRISONERS ,
NEAR THE STATION
Party of 32 Americans, In
cluding Officers, Are
Lodged Near By ,
Geneva, Sunday, July 28. (By Asso
ciated Press). Thirty-two Americans in
cluding some officers, recently captured
by the Germans, have been lodged near
the railroad station at Mannhim, in
Baden, on the Rhine, according to a re
port received in Basle. The Americans
were placed in this position in order to
prevent allied air raids.
GRANTS MOONEY
REPRIEVE TO DEC. 13
Gov.
Stephens Says He Acts So That
All May Enow Case Gets
Fullest Consideration.
Los Angeka, Cal., July 29. Governor
William D. Stephens announced Satur
day he had decided to grant a reprieve
to Thomas J. Mooney which will operate
as a stay of execution until Dec 13, 1918.
The governor announced that he took
this action at this time that all persons
in this state and throughout the coun
try might be assured the fullest consid
eration would be given the case by the
executive and judicial branches of the
government of California.
FIVE CLASSES OF TOWERS.
Are to Be Found in the Architecture of
Cliff Dwellers.
Denver, July 29. J. Walter Fewkes of
this city has issued a pamphlet through
the Smithsonian institute on the vari
ous forms of architecture found In the
cliff ruins of southwestern Colorado and
southeastern Utah. He has been connect
ed with the development of the cliff ruins
in these sections for many years. He
finds in general that there are five
classes of towers considered by the long
forgotten race. Apparently the cliff
dwellers, like other race, developed their
buildings from the simple to the com
plex, according to his investigations. The
plain towers found so often among the
ruins are the simplest form. They vary
both in size and height, some of them be
ing three stories. The best examples,
fays Mr. Rewkes, are found in the Ho
venwee district, wher the buildings are
in a fine state of preservation.
In Yellow Jacket canon in southwest
ern Colorado is found a further develop
ment of the tower. Here the towers are
divided into rooms by means of stone
partitions. They were not used for habi
tation but for gathering places.
The second class of towers, described
by Mr. Fewkes, comprises the circular
buildings surrounded by rectangular
rooms. Horseshoe house, which is to be
found in Bridge canon in Utah, he says,
is a good example of the third class. It
is built of two concentric, circular walls
having radial partitions between them.
The fourth claw consists of an elabora
tion of the round rooms surrounded by
rectangular rooms! This type is the
nucleus of the pwblo or cliff city. The
last type described by Mr. Fewkes is the
higlwst form of architecture attained by
the Indian in the United States. It is a
t combination of the pueblo units and the
use even before Europeans set foot in
the country, says Mr. Fewkes.
A BOOK HERO RUIf DOWN.
"Uncle Billy" Plaster the Original of Al
fred Henry LewU' Stories.
El Paoo, Tex., July 29. "Uncle Billy"
Plaster is dead. "Uncle Billy" was cred
ited with being the original of Alfred
ITenrv Lewis' famous character of the
Old Cattleman, who tells the stories of
Wolfville days and nights in Mr. Lewis'
books pf southwestern frontier days.
While Arizona cattlemen deny that
"Uncle Billy" used the language that
was credited to him in these Wolfville
stories,' thev admit that many of the
Incidents toid In the books were true and
they recognize the character of "Doc"
Peets, Dave Tutt, Texas Thompson and
Tusson Jennie as neighbors on the range
in the border sbate. Douglas, Aris., or
the site of the present city of Dogulas,
is generally supposed to have been Wolf
ville, while Tombstone, the county scat,
was Red Dog, the much-hated rival com
munity. "Uncle Billy" Plaster owned
much of the range in southern Arizona
and made frequent trips to El Paso,
where he was always the center of a
crowd of interested listeners at the clubs
and the-hotel lobbies while he told of
frontier days in Arisona territory.
GERMAN CLERGY ENLISTED
To Keep Down Popular Discontent Over
the Food Shortage.
Amsterdam, July 29. The services of
the clerirv have been enlieted in various
parts of Germany to assittt in keeping
down the growing popular discontent
over food difficulties. In the diocese of
Munster, Westphalia, the official "war
food department" has arranged for spe
cial lectures throughout the diocese, at
which the local priests and clergy will
preside and emissaries of the department
will furnish information, instruction and
arguments designed to answer complaints
regarding food scarcity and against the
severity of punishments Jor small trans
prenflions of the food regulations.
There are also many complaints in the
country districts over the intricacy and
inadequacy of the food regulations, and
these complaints generally reach first of
all the ears of the parish priests. The
Rhenish Westphalian Gazette, in an edi
torial approving of the scheme to enlist
the assistance or the clergy, says:
"The last few months before the bar
vest will be the most trying time of all.
Therefore the food department should
remain in constant touch with the priests
and benefit by their observations among
the common people."
SPLENDID HOSPITAL
FOR AMERICANS
Prepared at Southampton, England, Un
der the Supervision of the American
Red Cros Fine Place for the
Wounded to Recuperate,
Southampton, England, July 29.
America's wounded men who are brought
to England from the western front will
soon find waiting for them near South
ampton a military hospital which, built
under the supervision of the Red Cross
authorities of their own land, is situated
on one of England's most magnificent
country estates, known as Sarisbury
court, comprising 186 acres. .
Woodland, pasture land and ample
gardens, with a half mile frontage on
Southampton waters which afford good
fishing and splendid boating, comprise
the site of this American institution.
Southward, the convalescing soldiers will
look across the water to the busy harbor
of Southampton, with the shores of the
Isles of Wight in the distance. Off the
hospital jetty they will see anchored an
ancient British frigate, now used as a
training ship, her decks svarming with
young midshipmen at their first lessons
in seacraft.
Centered in these surroundings is an
old manor house which, erected as a pri
vate residence 33 years ago by a wealthy
tsntisn land owner, wiu serve as the cen
tral hospital building. From the tower
of this structure one may have an un
obstructed view for 20 miles. The cen
tral corridor of the hospital will be 1,000
feet long, and wards on either siue will
accommodate from 60 to 100 patients
each, liere, and in neighboring hutments
which will cover nearly 10 acres, will be
room for 3,000 wounded to be cared for
comfortably. There will be separate
buildings for the medical and nursing
stalls and other employes, and for kitch
ens and operating rooms. At some dis
tance from the main buildings will be
large isolation hospital, with its own
kitchens and equipment.
This estate, located at some distance
from the main roads so that the ambu
lance traffic will not be interfered with
by the regular business of the central
highways, waS purchased by the Red
Cross. Capt. F. Harper Sibley of the
Red Cross, formerly president of the
Chamber of Commerce of Rochester, N.
Y., is supervising the construction work.
Capt. Sibley has been in charge of the
American Kea cross worn at ooutnamp
ton since his arrival in England last
April.
By mid-August the hospital should be
opened to the extent that there will be
accommodation for about 400 beds. Some
of these will be located temporarily in
tents of the Boesoneau type, with win
dowa set in the walls to make them light
and airy and a double roof with air
chamber between to insulate them from
the heat of the sun.
During the pleasant English summer
these tent wards will be very comfort
able and agreeable, and long before the
first chilly weather of autumn comes,
the frame hut wards, steam heated, will
be ready. It is possible that some of the
tents will be retained for the use of con
valescents or for overflow purposes in
the event of a big offensive on the north
ern part of the western front.
The hospital will have its own electric
lighting plant and water supply. There
probably will be a double system of wa
ter supply, water from the river being
used for ordinary purposes, while special
distilled or spring water will be used for
drinking purposes and in the kitchens
and operating rooms.
The manor house is a large and hand
some building of what Englishmen call
modern construction, inasmuch as it
dates back only 35 years. It is in the
Tudor style, standing on a level plateau
on the highest point of the estate. It is
built of brick with Portland stone dress
ings and has a slated roof with artistic
red ridged tiles, while the chimneys of
brick and stone are made a prominent
architectural feature. The most notable
narts of the exterior are the majmincent
carved stone main entrance and the stone
balustrade.
An American housewife would perhaps
be the most impressed by the kitchen, a
room large enough to be used as a ball
room, white tiled and with a ee'-ling 30
feet high. It is said that the builder ol
the house planned to use it as a home
for poor boys, where they could be
trained to make themselves useful in the
world, and the kitchen would undoubt
edly be able to provide adequately for a
large number of youthful appetites,
stimulated by the fresh couutry air and
the invigorating work of an English
farmstead.
The ambulances which will bring the
American wounded from the piers at
Southampton will approach the hospital
by a long carriage drive through pic
turesque woodland and well kept lawns.
At the entrance to the estate they will
pass a gabled stone lodge in the nneBt
type of English country architecture,
which probably will be used as the resi
dence of the superintendent and chief
medical officer of the hospital.- The
wounded man, if his cot faces southward,
will look out over the river towards
Southampton, with an occasional view
of warshins and transports. If his bed
faces north he will still get a river view,
this time across the estate's tennis courts
and cricket field, to where the narrowing
river disappears amid the gray shadows
of the hills.
The convalescent soldier will find eev
eral miles of sunny or shaded walks
without going outside the hospital
grounds. Strolling southward, lie will
cross a broad meadow and a little patch
of woods to the hospital piggery and
chicken farm and just below this he will
come to the boat house and the jetty,
where he may dangle his legs just above
the water and sit, nshpoie in nana, with
(food prospects of a profitable catch. If
he chooses to stroll northward from the
main hospital buildings, he will find the
forest denser and wilder, and at the other
side of the forest he will come upon the
hospital vegetable gardens and green
houses, i
Strong Seasoning Hurts Stomach.
In an article about food and growing
fat, a well-krown doctor says in the Au
gust American Magazine:
"When you continue to pour strong
mustards and other seasonings into your
food day after day and week after week
there can be no question but that their
effect is injurious. It is exactly the same
as if one used a drug of some sort. Con
stant use creates the desire to increase
quantities until the amount used be
comes positively harmful.
"For example everyone knows that
when mustard or pepper is put on the
skin the skin reddens and in a few min
utes a blister is caused. And, since the
skin can stand a great deal more than
the membrane of the mouth an atom
ach, you can well imatrine the effect upon
it when you pour strong mustards and
peppers into your stomach. So, if you
are prone to indigestion and gastritis,
see if you are not using too much sea
omu in your food.
MORE BIG GUN
EMPLACEMENTS
Have Been Found by the Al
lies at Nanteuil-No-tre-Dame
FIVE METRES DEEP
BY 14 SQUARE
Super -Cannon May Have
Been Bombarding
Paris
Paris, July 29 (Havas). French and
American troops have discovered a sec
ond emplacement for German super-cannon
at Nanteuil-Notre Dame, according
to The Herald. The emplacement was
five metres deep and 14 metres square.
The first super-cannon emplacement dis
covered by the alliea was at Brecy, a little
over three miles to the south of Nanteuil-Notre
Dame.
Cherchez La Boche.
The old adage, "Cherchex la femme,"
meaning "seek out the woman," was ap
plied to crimes and malfeasances in
which, generally speaking, there was al
ways & woman at the bottom as under
lying motive. .
. To-day, with the venomous German
serpent in our midst pretty well scotched,
we need to paraphrase it and seek out
the pro-German and his propaganda
whenever we are laced with some dis
quieting story, arising from nowhere and
put - forward from some unidentified
source.
From mouth to mouth and from hand
to hand these stories fly, and their sum
ber is legion. So assiduous have the
propagandists been of late that the gov
eminent has been compelled to deny cer
tain specific and widely circulated lies,
all apparently emanating from venomous
enemy sources.
lhere was the story of the boat-load
of Kea tross nurses, invalided home
because they were about to become
mothers, without the sanction of the
nifrriage rite. The government denies
this story omcialiy and in detail. ot
only was there never any such boat-load,
but there are practically no such cases,
as anyone familiar with trench and camp
and hospital conditions would be apt to
realize.
Then there were the miserable stories
about the alleged mortality in negro
regiments, said to be due to the policy
of the United States generals in putting
the colored men into the fore front of
battle. This was off the same piece as
the wicked lies circulated in the Province
of Quebec, alleging that the purpose of
the British government was to "kill off"
til the French Canadians possible and
fill their places with English-speaking
races.
It seems incredible that any reasoning
American should swallow such rubbish,
but it actually made a considerable dis
turbance among the colored people of the
Southland it took repeated assurances
from the negro soldiers themselves
than whom there are none braver and
better in the American army to dis
abuse the minds of the more ignorant
and prejudiced of the colored race.
I. he uthere were the miserable stories
of discrimination against Catholics and
Jews in Y. M. C. A. huts and tents, a
series of carefully planned attemnts to
create racial and religious feeling in the
ranks, all of which were as clearly of
German origin as though they had been
printed under a Berlin date line.
sometimes the stones originate with
Interested contractors, as, for example,
me apparently oona nae story about
there being plenty of yarn -made floods
hand and in sight to supply Red
Cross needs, when, as A matter of fact,
the local chapters are speeding up under
pressure t supply the inevitable needs
of winter.
Of the same character, but more repre
hensible, were the wicked lies of de
bauchery and disease among our troops
in France, stories which, unfortunately,
were circulated in circles and from
sources which made them all the more
deadly and damaging.
There are a certain amount of scare
head stories which arise from idle and
thoughtless gossip and surmise, some
times founded on incautious letters or
verbal communications, but these are al
most negligible as compared with the de
liberately circulated lies which are told
to timid women or credulous men in a
whisper, with the prefix : "Mrs. X. heard
this from Mrs. Y., who saw the nurse
(or soldier or sailor or refugee) and it's
a fact, etci"
The thing to do is to nail such stories
at the beginning by going directly to
Mrs. X. and getting her authority for
the story, then tracing it to Airs. Y. and
finally into the true source, which will
either be found to be nothing or in some
significant individual who may need the
attention of the department of justice. .
But don't pass on the stories uncontra
dicted. Tell your informant that you
don't believe it, then get after the source.
It's your patriotic duty. Rutland Her
ald. Soft White Hands
Follow use of Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment. At night bathe them with the
Soap and hot water. Dry and rub in the
Ointment. Wear old gloves during night
Smpl Ech Fi-m by Mail. Address post
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WEST VIRGINIA HAS
A BIG QUESTION
Whether State Soldiers in Foreign Serv
ice of Their Country Should Be
Permitted to Vote at Fall
Election.
Charleston, W. Va., July 29. Whether
West Virginia soldiers who are In the
foreign service of their country will be
allowed to cast votes in the elections this
fall is an unsettled question, and a spe
cial session of the legislature is being
agitated to amend the election laws that
no doubt may be cast upon the franchise
of a soldier.
The present law, enacted by the legis
lature in a special session in 1917, was
designed to afford men in service an op
portunity to vote, but now it is point
ed out that many of its provisions are
unnecessary and some are impossible.
State political leaders are being urged
by constituents to support any move for
a special session to clarify the election
laws, and Governor Cornwell has been
asked to assemble the legislature.
The present lanr provides that a sol
dier must apply in writing to the reg
istrar of his precinct not less than thirty
days prior to the election, the applica
tion to be made by registered mail. As
soon as the registrar receives a copy
of the official ballot he must send a bal
lot, with voting envelope and return en
velope directed to the registrar; a print
ed slip of instructions as to the manner
of voting; and a certificate of registra
tion with a coupon attached of a form
specified in the act. These must be sent
in care of the soldier's commanding offi
cer. The soldier must open this envelope In
the presence of his commanding officer,
must take out a certificate and sign it
in the presence of the officer and the
commanding officer must also take out
and sign a certificate of the form indi
cated in the act. The sealed ballot, the
certificate of the voter and the certificate
of the officer are forwarded by registered
mail to the registrar.
The registrar is required to deposit
the ballot and papers in a sealed box
and, seven days prior to the election,
he must post at the polling place in
his precinct a list of all the soldiers who
hare applied for ballots and on election
day the registrar shall deliver thebox
containing the sealed ballots to the com
missioner of election. '
Those who have studied the act and
its provisions maintain that the election
machinery for the soldier vote is un
wieldy, making it a burden for the
soldier desiring to vote, besides placing
upon company commanders or com
manding officers charged with the super
vision of the voting and uncessary
amount of work, that may fall upon
them at a critical time in the activities
of the American army abroad.
Billil Bnrke Bathes Her Baby.
Billie Burke, the famou actress, says
in the August American Magazine:
"I never took the business of acting
very seriously until I plaved in 'Mind-the-Paint-Girl
I liked being in 'My
Wife' ind 'Love Watches. But as for
being mad about the work well, I think
my 'red head' was pretty firmly set on
my shoulders until Patricia came. She
has turned it completely.
"I know there are millions of babies
born every year. There may be billions,
for all I know. I remember it used to
seem as if there were a great many
more than was necessary. But, with a
smiling dimpling baby of my own, I have
revised that opinion.
"Just now ' I am working in moving
pictures, and if any of you notice a far
away look in my eyes in some of the
o You
the Value
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to manufacture gas is equal to four hods
of coal used in your coal range. You can
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week.
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on wood? This outfit is a money-getter. '
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Ttltphan Connection
11 A
Couch
Hammock
is a hot weather
comfort trjat our
grandparents knew
nothing about, but
one that you can en
joy at very little
cost.
Almost as good as a
vacation. Set it up
in any shady spot,
on the veranda or
lawn.
Let us show you
these comfort ham
mocks and how to
enjoy life in the hot
weather.
Moore &
Owens
Brr's '
Leading
Clothiers
scenes, youH have to lay it to ratrieia.
I'm probably counting the minutes until
4 o'clock when I can go home, t' play
with her and to put her to bed.
"You may wonder why, If I am o en
thusiastic about my baby, I didn't marry
before I did. It wouldn't be human na
ture for me not to admit that I did have
some opportunities before I married Mr.
Ziegfeld. But there was always a string
tied to these chances, a string that re
quired me to give up the stage; and I
refused to do that for any man.''
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