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SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1818.
m THE SPRING
will be the great test of a life and death
struggle on the Western front. In the
everyday walks of life, it is the spring
time that brings ill health. One of the
chief reasons why the run-down man
finds himself In a bad state of health in
March or April, Is because he has spent
nearly all his hours for the past four or
five months penned up within the walls
of house, factory or office. It is the rea
son for our diminished resistance — that
is, lack of out-door life, coupled with
perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer
cise, insufficient sleep, and constipation.
In other words, we keep feeding the
furnace with food but do not take out
the "clinkers,’* and our fire does not burn
brightly. Always keep the liver active.
• There is nothing better for health than
taking an occasional mild laxative, per
haps once a week; such a one as you
can get at any drug store, made up of
May-apple, jalap, aloes, (sugar-coated,
tiny, easily taken), which has stood the
test of fifty years of approval—namely,
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. But for
the "Spring Fever,” the general run-down
condition, the lack of ambition, the
" blues, * one should take a course of
treatment every spring; such a standard
tonic as Hr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery, now to be had in tablet form in
sixty-cent vials. Watch the people go
plodding along the street. There’s no
spring, no vitality. A vitalizing tonic such
as this vegetable extract of Dr. Pierce’s
f fives you the power to force yourself
nto action. The brain responds to the
new blood in circulation, ana thus you’re
ready to make a fight against stagna
tion which holds you in bondage. Try
it now ! Don’t wait! To-day is the
day to begin. Gain a little "pep,” and
laugh and live. Vim and vitality are the
natural out-pouring of a healthy body.
It does not spring up in a night. Try
this spring tonic, and you gain the cour
age that comes with good health.
CUT DOWN
ON CREDIT
ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION CREAT
ED BY FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK WILL BE CORRECTED
BY TREASURY.
Attention of Secretary of Treazury
Called to Statement By Congress
man Mondell, Action of Head of
Department Coming Quickly and
Bank Making Change That Will
Remove Alleged Difficulty.
Special to the Laramie Republican.
Washington, March 28—Congress
man Mondell’s attention was recently
called to a communication from the
Federal Reserve bank at Kansas City,
addressed to bankers in Wyoming, in
part as follows:
‘‘Loans to those engaged in farming,
livestock and other essential inter
ests can* frequently be reduced with
out affecting production, and those
classes of borrowers, like all others,
sometimes request and obtain loans
for purposes not absolutely essential
to the conduct of their business.”
This suggestion was so widely com
mented upon by stockmen and bank
ers that Mr. Mondell took the matter
up with Secretary McAdoo, calling his
attention to the very great lose and
injury that would result from a cur
tailment of credits to the farmers and
stockmen of Wyoming, and expressing
the hope that no such curtailment wag
Intended or would be attempted.
Correcting Erroneous Impression.
In reply Secretary McAdoo assured
the congressman that on hearing from
him he had called the attention of the
Kansas City bank to the erroneous im
pression that had been gained from Its
circular and asked It to correct IL
The secretary concluded his letter to
Mr. Mondell as follows:
“It is needless for me to add that
the raising of farm products and of
livestock Is most Important to the
life of the nation at this time, and
that everything possible will be done
by the treasury department to en
courage these forms of activity. If
you have any means at your disposal
of further dispelling these erroneous
impressions, I hope I may have yoqr
co-operation to this end.”
LIGHT SNOW FALLING
AT RAWLINS TODAY
A telephone message from Rawlins
at noon today stated that a light snow
was falling, but was melting and
the weather was not bad. The cor
respondent stated that Victor F. Ward,
who was wounded when a couple of
deputy sheriffs sought to arrest him
as an alleged slacker, had grown
worse with some doubt of his recov
ery. The shooting and his arrest are
told In a special dispatch to The Re
publican In another column of this Is
sue.
If you are poking tor anything ®
Job wortt or book Mattas, The Rsgul
Ucan wR bo ptaaool to oar Im* year
vesta in the amt owrawat amnMr.
IS THRILLING
IN EXTREME
A VERY INTERESTING LETTER
FROM COUSIN OF LARAMIE
LADY IN FRANCE.
Miss Marion Crandell, Who Is In Can
teen Work for Young Men’s Chris
tian Association Somewhere In
France, Has Not Allowed Friends
to Lose Interest In Her.
The following very interesting let
ter was written by Miss Marion Cran
dell of this country, a relative of Mrs.
Harriet E. Blach of Laramie, to a
friend in Lawrence, Kas., Miss Gardin
er, and a copy of which was made by
her brother, Lewis H. Crandell, of 2607
Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
By Miss Marion Crandell.
Feb. 4, 1918—Tia Monday morning,
warm, and we can see the sun faintly
trying to shine through the fog. We
came on board Saturday and the gang
plank was raised at 5, but we did not
sail until Sunday at 2:30.
At 5 p. m., Sunday we were envelop
ed in a dense fog and were anchored
until 7 p. m., then we started off again
and pobably wont stop until we reach
Halifax, if we are bound that way. We
are not q^nvoyed now but may be later.
There are two hundred mechanics on
board bound for France to assemble
hydroplanes; then there are one hun
dred Y. M. C. A. men and thirteen Y.
W. C. A. women, a Quaker unit of
eight men and one woman who are
going over to build portable houses, a
few French people and one or two
strays that I haven’t located, so you
see the boat is very crowded, but we
are a happy crowd, and, as I write
on deck, the men are promenading
and singing Tipperary. We have
school for the Y. M. people at 9 and
T teach a class in French at 3 every
afternoon for the Y. M. and later for
the engineers.
Feb. s—Last night the wind rose
and I felt squeamish all afternoon. At
3 we all had to go to our staterooms,
don our life preservers. and come on
deck and stand at the place designat
ed, where there was a rope ladder to
be used in time of need. This forenoon
there Is a high wind back of us, the
sea is rolling high and I am cold, but
I feel fins and have been out for a
promenade; and now we have just
finished our classes. I have met Dr.
Eldridge of Berkeley, Cal., pastor of
St. John’s church there, where my
friends, the Harts, go, and he has
introduced me to an Episcopal clergy
man from New Jersey who is going
over to work among the French sol
diers. I am hoping he will have
charge of the canteen I am assigned
to.' Miss Martin (who stayed at the
Chelsea, in N. Y., and who speaks
French fluently) and I are going to ask
to be put together. We are both
teaching Y. M. classes in French and
also having classes for the mechan
ics, three classes a day. I have giv
en Georgia Head’s sweater to a young
chauffeur on board whose name 1> Gur.
ontte. I have told him who made it
and he says to tell you he Is with the
Y. M. contingent. I have also turned
over Miss Langworthy’s two scarfs
to two needy Jackies, as we call these
mechanics, because they wear sailor
suits. We are a hapvy set and there
is no exclusiveness—every one of us
Is ready to help, the other.
Feb. 6.—1 have not stopped a sec
ond today. I arose at 7 and found the
sea much calmer than last evening,
and as I had a fine night I dress
ed and went In to breakfast, which
is served from 7 to 8:30. After I
finished I went on deck and stayed
until 9 when the classes began and
lasted one hour. After class I heard
there was a man on board who need
ed woolen socks, and as I had begun
a pair for Dr. Ballard (Ethel Balch’s
husband) whom I may never see in
France, I decided to finish them quick
ly for this man. The first lunch bell
sounded at 10:30 so as I am at the
first service I had to go to luncheon.
When I came out I talked to five men
in my class, knitting the while, until
they went to lunch at 12, and kept on
knitting till 2, when afternoon classes
began At 3:30 I had a French class
for an hour, then a man asked me
to mend his sweater, which was rip
ping, and Fve just finished It, and af
ter I write this must prepare for din
ner. The boat is so crowded that
luncheon Is served In two sections
and dinner also, and as they are very
short of waiters, the meals go on an
endless time. This is a French boat
and all the waiters except the head
waiter are under 18. Our little wait
er is just 18 and this is his last trip.
Feb. 9. (Friday)—l did not write
yesterday because I was afraid that
I would tire you all out with such a
lengthy letter, but tonight sitting up
in bed m write another page. I
don’t think I have told you of al! the
•celebrities wo have on board. Wo
have a college preoldoQt, a professor
of international law from Princeton
THE LARAMIE REPUBLICAN—SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION.
and one from Columbia, six other pro
fessors, a dozen clergymen, at least*
of which two are Episcopalians,
Vance Thompson, the author of “Eat
and Grow Thin,” and the man ^ho
is replacing, the American Ambassa
dor in Switzerland, Mr. Whitehouse.
Tonight Mr. Thompson and Mr. White
house have addressed us, and if we
have not realized it before, we all on
board do now, just‘what war is. as well
as a little of the suffering and of the
terrible cruelty practiced by the Ger
mans on French women and children.
We realize, too, that Germany mus|
be beaten, that autocracy must pass.
These men have both lived over there
since the war began and they know.
Today we heard of the sinking of the
British ship with American troops on
board. Some of the women are nerv
ous but I have said my prayers, and
as soon as I finish this will go to
sleep. Our staterooms get very close
and warm during the night with all
the portholes closed, and we don’t
sleep well, but I had a two-hoop nap
today, so feel fine in spite of the close
ness and rough sea. Tonight the boat
has tossed constantly and many are
sick. I think^of you all at home and
hope you will work on faithfully to
help us who are going across, with
this war.
These nice jackies, all young boys,
are the life of the ship. I wish you
knew them.
Feb. 10. —This Is Sunday afternoon
and we are going along as best we
can. with the wind against us and
the waves washing the deck so we
can’t sit out. I am in my chair writ
ing and feel perfectly well. This
morning we had communion service
on. board. Dr. Dobbs of New York
and Mr. Strlckberg of New Jersey.
Episcopal clergymen, and Mr. Cloury
of Detroit, a Presbyterian, officiated,
Mr. Cloury reading the epistle Al
most everyone received. Dr. Dobbs
read the service and It was very im
pressive. Tonight we are In the dan
ger zone and there will be no lights on
deck, and even now the portholes are
closed. We passengers don’t know
where we are, but we hope to reach
Bordeaux Wednesday night. No one
but the captain knows what course
we are taking, and we haven’t seen a
boat since we left New York, and I
have not seen the captain or mate
Dr. Brown, the Princeton professor,
was our minister to Honduras, and he
is going to join the British army in
Arabia. Today he told me that it was
rumored that there were two German
spies on board and being watched.
If they aie we are Just that much
safer for of course the German gov
ernment knows they are on and won’t
destroy a boat with their men on
board.
Monday.—l have just come up from
sitting on the deck in pitch darkness.
We are all getting anxious to land.
To travel on a boat for over a week
with tarpaulin stretched from floor to
roof so you can’t see the ocean is just
like traveling that length of time In
the subway and gets fearfully monot
onous. I learned today that there are
two captains on board and tonight
some passengers are talking of sleep
ing on deck, but I’ll not try that, ae
I like to do something besides sit in
a steamer chair after doing just that
all day. We have not had a convoy
at all and no one knows whether we
will have one.
Feb. 12. —Today the sea Is like a
mirror and we are going very slowly,
with sailors fore and aft on the look
out for submarines. Some passengers
have their life preservers on their
chairs and I shall take mine when I
go on deck. My fur-lined cloak that
was given me has been a godsend and
has kept me from freezing, first In
New York and then the first few days
on board. Today I must destroy all
my steamer letters, as they could not
be taken on land without being read
by the customs officers, and I must
not put them to that trouble. I en
joyed every one of them.
Later —This afternoon we have had
an auction on board of all the things
that could be collected from the pas
sengers. I decided after long delib
eration to give the three flags the
Junior “A” class gave the night be*
fore I left the school at my parting
dinner party. I hated to give them
up, but as the auction was for the oi>
phans of soldiers and sailors I thought
the girls who gave them to me would
be willing I should. They were flags
of America, France and England. The
first thing sold was the French flag,
and It brought forty dollars, and was
bought by an American; then the
8* and Stripes was put up and it
brought forty dollars and was bought
by a very noted Chinese lawyer, who
is on his way to Paris on a special
mission. He kissed it affectionately
when It was handed to him. Then the
British flag was put up and It, too,
brought forty dollars; so my little
flags that the Junior “A** claas gave
me netted 3120 for the cause. The
Chinese lawyer then put a Chinese
flag, which was bought by an Ameri
can for forty-two dollars. You can
imagine the enthustaan on board
when these were sold. I tool sure the
auction will bring In from throe to
four thousand dollars. Tonight every
precaution Ie being taken and we are
all cautioned to keep our portholes
closed and have as little light as may
be. I know that at the school they
are praying for us and that all my
friends and relatives are and it is such
a comfort. Tomorrow night there will
be nothing to fear.
Feb. 13. —-Last night while I was at
dinner a queer boat appeared sudden
ly going at great speed and crossed
our stern. The guns were turned on
it and it suddenly disappeared. It
caused great excitement, and many
people slept on deck, but not I. I got
up. at 5:30, however, to see the sun
rise, but after breakfast went back to
bed and slept till 10:30. We expect
to land tomorrow evening and are in
the Bay of Bipcay now, and it Is
smooth as a millpond. I have given
to the jackies on board most of the
chocolate Mrs. Dunbaugh gave me and
a box of her candy was sold at the
auction yesterday and brought a good
ly sum.
Feb. 13 —The destroyer arrived
about 3 this afternoon and we were all
glad to know that we were to be con
voyed from now on, and it is follow
ing our ship We hear now that yes
terday’s queer boat was a submarine
which just missed us. Tonight we
feel safe, and I shall go regularly to
bed with a life preserver at my side.
Feb. 14—we are in Garonne river,
the pilot has come on board and wq
are safely across. It is 7 o’clock and
everyone la up. This afternoon we
land, about 4 o’clock, at Bordeaux.
Adieu —Vive la France!
MARION CRANDELL.
Feb. 15. (Paris.) —I must cultivate
the French script or I’ll have no paper
left at the end of the week, because I
I use two carbon sheets and write three
‘letters each time lam going to write
these letters each week and leave it
to you back there to see that all my
relatives and friends get a squint at
them. The Paris edition of the New
york Herald says that the Chicago
was chased by two submarines, but we
were not caught, which is the main
thing. We reached Bordeaux the even
ing of the 14th and were met with
busses and autos and taken to the
train where we sat up from 10 p. m.
until 3 a. m., when we reached Paris.
One lady on our car developed
measles and was sent to the pest hos
pital yesterday^ The rest of us are
distributed at the various hotels
awaiting orders. The ladies must get
their uniforms, which are very good
looking, with a stunning cape, and so
we will be kept here two weeks. All
morning yesterday we attended a lec
ture on our work and I have decided
to apply for service in a French can
teen “Somewhere in France.” It the
afternoon, escorted by two men, I went
to the Arc de Triomphe, which is al
most entirely covered with sand bags,
as they fear an air raid if the great
German offensive is put through.
From there we went to Napoleon's
tomb, which is open, but there is noth
ing to see, as the interior where the
tomb is is filled with* sand bags. I
went to my old school, which I found
in session, and saw Mlles. Porcher,
Laurens, Lucas and Jolie. Each kiss
ed me on both cheeks many times,
much to the amusement of the men.
We then went to Lavenues’ to lunch
eon, and had a good lunch, with “war
bread,” which was good, but no sugar
and no milk. Then we went to the
Murae, de Luxenbourg and found all
the statuary in place, but all the pic
tures have been taken to the south of
France. From the Luxembourg we
went to Notre Dame. There they are
covering the statuary of the portals
with sand bags and have removed the
bronze doors, but the interior is the
same. At the Sainte Chapelle they
are taking out the windows piece by
piece and at the Louvre they are cov
ering up some etatues.
Feb. 18th, (Monday.)—Last night
there was an air raid, but no great
damage done. We could hear the aero
planes distinctly and the shooting of
French cannons. Today I have been
accepted as a canteen worker In a
French canteen, which means I will
be sent to the front In about two
weeks. Igo to have my measurements
for my uniform tomorrow. There will
be two at the canteen, a Frenchwom
an and myself. I do not know who
my companion will be, but I have writ
ten today to Alyce Cornet, a French
girl I knew in California, who Is In the
south of France, to ask her if she can
Join me in the work.
Tomorrow I lunch with old friends,
Madame and Monsieur Plerrotel,
whose son has been a prisoner In Ger
many since 1914. We will have much
to say to one another.
Hl write soon again, but life here is
thrilling that one cannot write all
about it. lam so glad I have come.
Love, —heaps of ft. Do write me oft^n.
MARION
LEFT FOR OMAHA FOR
OFFICIAL CONFERENCE
President W. EL Green of the Colo
rado, Wyoming and Eastern left last
night for Omaha, on buslsess for his
company, in a conference with offici
als of the Union Pacific.
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WARNING
ORDER REPAIR PARTS EARLY—DELAY MAY
MEAN SERIOUS LOSS
Don’t rely on eleventh hour repair service this year. Overhaul
machines and farm implements and order repair parts a long time in
advance of the season you expect to use the machines. Freight and
express shipments move slowly now, and because of increasing move
ments of troops and Government supplies, they are likely to move
slower in the future
Everything possible is being done by manufacturers and the Gov
ernment to assure the farmer of ample repair parts. Nevertheless, he
should take steps to avoid Inevitable delays by planning ahead. If
he waits until the minute he needs them before ordering, It may be
impossible to get repair parts to him in time.
Order repair, parts now, even If you do not expect to use them
for several months That is the only way to be sure and safe against
the loss that you are almost certain to suffer if you -delay until the
last minute.
W. H. Holliday Co.
telegraph briefs.
I London, March 27.—The British I
* delivered a counter attack today '
1 between the angle ot Ancre and I
1 the Somme and recaptured Mor- '
* lancourt and Chipllly, the war ot- 1
) lice announced.
, I
> Germany's supreme effort to
> break the allied front in the west i
> apparently is no nearer aecom- ।
) plishment today than it was on
> the day the great drive started, 1
> and she is estimated to have lost 1
> 400,000 men in a futile effort dur- *
> ing less than a week’s fighting. 1
> She has not given up the attempt, ।
1 however, advices from the front 1
> Indicating that her forces are '
> massed tor a drive in the region
I of Roye and Noyon, in an effort
* to break through there, as a pre
) llmlnary to the rolling-up process
> either to the north or the south.
* Allied Unbroken Front
> As against the chances of her
> accomplishing this purpose may
> be counted the factor ot the tore
* warning for the allies that there
) seems no doubt now as to where
* the heaviest hammer stroke is to
* fall, and opportunity is offered ot
* disposing the vast allied reserve
I forces to meet It, an opportunity
I lacking In the earlier stages ot
* the drive. The entente line as It
I now runs, with the British, 1
t French and Americana standing
* together, presents an unbroken '
► front throughout the battle area.
> There has been a slowing ot
> the German pressure north of the
> Somme, except possibly In the vl
> dnlty of Albert, where the Brlt
> ish are holding doggedly.
> - -
> British Headquarters, March
> 27.—The conflict In the sector
> around Roye and Noyon appears
) of great importance, from many
> Indications that the German hlgh
> er command la attempting to aplit
> the allied front there and start
* rolling up the other way. From
► the average casualties In the va
* rloua German units as given by
* prisoners, one arrives at the con
* elusion that the German emper
* or haa lost 60 per cent of his
* men since he gave the slghal for
I advance.
* Washington, D. C., March 27. —
* The German newspapera are pre
> paring the people for an allied
t offensive, say the dispatches.
Amsterdam, March 27—American
troops have taken part tn tha counter
attacks against the German front near
LaFere, writes the military cones
■ondent ot the Vorwaerts, who says the
attacks were repulsed, adding: "Af
ter the lint surprise, the enemy pres
sure along the entire front naturally
I, growing stronger, threatening a
castatrophe that compels the enemy to
this reckless action."
Planning Flank Assault.
South of the break through tha
front, he Is collecting reserves intend
ed tor a flank assault. "The attacks
ot ths combined allied forces yester
day against the pivot of the German
attacking front near LaFere, were par.
tlcularly heavy, but these counter at
tacks did not find us unprepared. It
testifies to the superior foresight ot
the Germans that these attacks. In
which American troops certainly par
ticipated only symbolically, wore not
only beaten off, but were thrown book
on the Oise canal."
Amsterdam, March it.— “The great
battle haa boon tought and victory
ban bees woe, tart aotaoty mu fbreeoe
what win result frost It,” saM Gener
al Von Tuisadroff, in sa'iatsrvtaw.
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with a correspondent at the front ot
the Tages Zoltung of Berlin.
Austin, Texas, March 27. —The court
of criminal appeals today reversed
and remanded for a new trial the case
ot Harry J. Spannell, convicted of kill
ing Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Butler,
United States army at Alpine, Texas.
Amsterdam, March 27. —German
newspapers are already counting the
German gains. "It Is self-evident that
after what is now happening we can
no longer conclude peace on the terms
which we were ready to accept a week
ago. The enemy must be brought to
a submissive spirit and forced to grant
everything we need In future, especial
ly in colonies and raw materials," says
the Volks Zeitung.
Washington, March 27.—Field Mar
shal Haig today cabled to President
Wilson: "Your message of generous
appreciation of the steadfastness and
valor of our’soldiers In the grand bat
tle now raging has greatly touched
us all. Please accept our heartfelt
thanks One and all believe In the
justice of our cause and are deter
mined to fight on, without counting
the cost, until the freedom of man
kind Is safe"
London, March 27. —Odessa has been
recaptured from the Germans by the
Soviet and Ukrainian troops, after a
bloody battle, In which the naval
forces took part, according to a Mos
cow dispatch.
Washington, D. C„ March 27. —Ne-
gotiations for the transfer ot 150,000
tons ot Japanese shipping to the Unit
ed States were completed today, on a
basis ot two tons ot steel plates for
one ton ot dead weight, ship capacity.
Paris, March 27.—A French military
commentator, writing in reference to
situation, says, concerning the Ameri
, cans: "At various points on the front
out allies are bringing to the Brtlsh
their valiant support."
Amsterdam, March 27. —The Berlin
Taegllche Rundschau ot Sunday's date,
attempts to lower the high expecta
tions ot the German people on tha
great offensive. The paper points out
that It will be necessary to crush tha
British army before it is possible to
break down resistance and adds:
"It it la Impossible after a short,
but severe artillery preparation to
break through all the lines' with our
Infantry, then we must not count on
an Immediate break through along
the whole front”
Moscow, March 27. —The council ot
commissioners has issued a decree
making the railway commissioner ab
solute dictator of railway transporta
tion throughout the country. He Is
authorized to employ the military to
enforce hla orders. The government
has asked tha United States to permit
John F. Stevens head of the Ameri
can railway commission, to come to
Russia Immediately to assist In the re
organization.
Tha Bolshevist organ Izvestia pub
lishes an appeal signed by Leon Trot
sky caning upon the people to coop
erate in the organization of an army
to defend the revolution and announo.
Ing the coming publication ot a de
cree for universal obligatory military
training. Mr. Stevans went to Japan
last December. He said at the time
that ha expected to return to continue
the reorganization work.
Fort Worth, March 26.—The forty
fourth aviator was killed this after
noon, a plane crashing to ths earth
with Bvermsn.
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