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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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GRAPHIC STORY IN LETTER
Tells of Our Troops' Heroic Resist
ance In June Held by Many Offi
cers to Have Saved Paris
From Huns.
Wnshlngton. A graphic eyewitness
nceotmt of the lighting neur Chateau
Thierry, In which American divisions,
Including ihu marine hrlgude, took
part, early in June, wus made public
recently by the navy department. It
Is In the form of n long letter from an
oflicer of the marines to Major Gen
eral Barnett, commandant of the
corps, and the story told Is of peculiar
significance, as In the opinion of many
olllcer here It was the stand of the
Americans nlong this line which saved
Paris.
TW name of the writer Is not dls-
cl-.Kpd. The Americans were rushed to
tl t line In motortrucks to support the
hard-pressed French. On June 1 the
marine brigade deployed in a support
fiosltlon, the battalion commanded by
MnJ. Thomas Ilolcomb hurrying Into
the line as the men climbed out of the
ck. The Germans were coming on,
rttid June 2 the French dropped back,
passing through the American lines.
"Wd had Installed ourselves In u
house In La Vote Chatel, a little vil
lage between ChamplIIoti and Lucy-le-Bocage."
the letter says. "From one
side wv had observation of the' north
and northeast. They came out on a
wonderfully clear day in two columns
across a whent flold. We could see the
two twin brown columns advancing In
perfect order until two-thirds of the
columns, we judged, were In sight.
Foe Slowed Up by'shrapnel.
"The rifle and machine gun Are was
Incessant and, overhead, shrapnel was
bursting. Then the shrapnel came on
the target at each shot. The white
patches would roll away, and we could
see that some of the columns were still
there, slowed up, and It seemed perfect
suicide for them to try.
'Then, under that deadly lire mid a
barrage of rifle and machine-gun lire,
the Boche stopped. It was too much
for any men.
"That men sdiould fire deliberately,
and use their sights nnd adjust their
range," he says, "was beyond their ex
perience. It must have had a telling
effect on the morale of the Boche, for
It was something they hnd not counted
on. As a matter of fact, nfter pushing
bnck the weakened French and then
running up against a stone wall of de
fense, they were literally 'up in the
air' and more than stopped. We found
tharout later from prisoners, for the
Germans never knew we were In the
front line when they made that at
tack. Thoy were absolutely mystified
at the manner In which the defense
stiffened up, until they found Hint our
troops were In line."
The letter telfs in detail of the days
of fighting that followed. It describes
a daylight charge ugalnst a maclilne
gun host and of scouting raids up to
June G, when the whole brigade swung
PLANE MAY FLY
This Is the Anierican-bullf liundley-Pugo airplane Lnngley, constructed
for the proposed flight across the Atlantic. The picture was mnde ns tho
machine was being prepared for Its christening.
"Old Glory" at Front
London. When the Illinois troops
nnd Australians attacked together nt
Vnlro wood and Hnniel. a sergeant of
the American contingent took Into ac
tion a smnll American flag, the gift of
his mother. The men under him sur
rounded and destroyed a machine-gun
post hidden nmong treo trunks Just
Inside tho wood. As they went on nf
ter bombing the German crew, the ser
geant brandished the little flag over
his head and shouted. "Come on, fel
lows; there's another one." Just ahead
some Australians were lighting around
a shnllow pit In which were five Prus
sians and a mnchlne Run. Two or
three Chicago hoys dashed up with
their bayonets poised. One of them lit
erally fell on n big Rhlnelander who
was about to throw a bomb und sent
him sprawling with a cracked skull,
nnd, with the Australians, put the re
minder of tho crew out of action and
cleared a dugout behind of 11 wibinls
slve fugitives.
ON PARIS
forward to straighten out the line. This
action resulted In the capture of Bel
lean wood.
Hit Three Times, Still Fought on.
Major Sibley's battalion of the Sixth
marine regiment led tho way hero, with
Ilolcomb In support. The woods were
nllvo with enemy mnchlnc guns. That
night word came back thnt Robertson,
with 20 men of the Ninety-sixth com
pany, hnd taken Bourcsches, breaking1
through n heavy machine gun barrage
to enter the town. Robertson, fighting
with an automatic In either hand, wns
hit three times before he would allow
himself to be tnken to the rear.
Speaking of Individual acts of brav
ery the writer says Duncan, u com
pany commander, "before he was mow
ed down hnd his pipe In his mouth nnd
wns carrying a stick." Lntcr he adds,
"Dental Surgeon Osborno picked up
Duncan and with a hospital corps mnn
had Just gnlned some shelter when n
shell wiped all three out."
Private Durilnvy killed Inter, cap
tured an' enemy machine gun In Bour
esches, which he turned on the foe
with great effect, while at another
point "Young TImmermnn charged a
mnchlnc gun at the point of the bayo
net and sent In 17 prisoners at a clip."
When the enemy made a stand nt
one point In the woods Sibley's bnt
tnllon wns withdrawn and for an hour
Spy Rounded Up
By Trap Shooter
Paris, There Is a certain United
States signal service sergeant up In
the Toul sector at the front who has
been able of late to combine a little
plensure with his business. The cen
sor won't let one tell tho sergeant's
name, but without revealing any mili
tary Information It may be said that
before tho war the sergeant was rated
as one of the top guns nt a well-known
trap-shooting club In the States.
There Is not much trap-shooting Just
now In Frnnce. They nre not cracK
Ing away at live birds, either. But the
sergeant got his pigeon shooting Just
the snme.
The particular front In which the
sercennt operates Is Infested with Ger
man spies.
All sorts of things were hnppenlng.
A "tramp" battery, one of. those par
tlculnr guns thnt whisks up, slams a
few at the Frltzlcs, then slides out
on the Jump, found Itself being shelled
the Instant it lined up for n shot.
Again, every time there was a troop
movement, jho movement was antici
pated by the Boche. Beside that, ev
ery time a body .of our men got to
gether for any purpose whatever, the
Germans shelled them wllh everything
they had, big guns Included.
Tipping Off the Hun.
Now, the Hun doesn't use his big
guns unless he knows what he's shoot
ing nt. How he learned, however, was
pretty evident. Some one back of our
lines was tipping him off.
The signal service sergeant vns the
first to detect how It was done. His (
ACROSS ATLANTIC
Still following the tiny Stnrs and
Stripes, n little bigger thnn a pocket
hnndkerchlf, but, ns one of the men
said afterwards, "looking like n regu
lar Hag," tho Americans, shoulder to
shoulder with the Australians, passed
through the eastern end of the wood
nnd out Into the open fields again.
"Tho llrst time I luve ever fought un
der the American flag, Yank," said a
tall, raw-boned Queerislnndor with n
flrst-nld bandage round ills head. They
arrived at their final objective, a group
of strong, weli-sheatlied trenches
linked with the rear defenses of Hnni
el village, and hero the Chicago ser
geant planted his emblem on a bit of
wood and set It on tho parapet. Bul
lets whistled all round It, cutting the
silk Into ragged strips and eventually
It was wholly shot away save ono un
recognizable fragment, which was pre
served as n precious souvenir of an
historic dny.
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MINISTERS GO TO WAR, t
ALL CHURCHES CLOSED
Albany, N. Y. Willi the en
llstment of Rev. William Wal
lace Katon, pnstnr of the Moth
odlst church. Schoharie church
es are without ministers.
Every church In the village
has been clocsd up, temporarily
nt least, for the call of Uncle'
Sam.
Rev. Mr. Katon will soon he
on hi way to France for work
with the Y. M. G. A.
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nnd fifty minutes American nnd
French batteries hammered tbo wood.
Hughes, with the Tenth company, then
went In. and his first message was
thnt the wood had been cut to mince
meat. Overton, lending the Seventy
sixth company, finally charged the
rock plateau, killing or capturing every
gunner and capturing all the gun,
with few casualties.
The Eighty-second company lost all
Its ofllcers, nnd MnJor Sibley and his
adjutant, Lieutenant Ballnmy, reorgan
ized It under lire nnd charged a mn
chlnc gun nest nt the most critical time
In all the fighting.
"I wonder if ever an outfit," the loi
ter said, "went up against a more des
pcrato Job, stuck to It gamely, with
out sleep, at times on short rations,
with men nnd ofllcers going off like
flies, nnd I wonder If In all our long
list of gallant deeds there ever were
two better stunts than the work of Sib
ley nnd Holcomb."
squad wns repairing signal wires back
of the trenches. Tho sergeant halted
In his work and gazed skywards. A
pigeon wns going over his head. The
sergeant watched It Idly, calculating
as he stood there how far he'd lead It
with a 12-gauge. Then with a sigh
he went to lnylng a wire again.
A few minutes later the sergeant
stopped again. Another pigeon had
risen from the wood. But a few min
utes Inter, when a third pigeon nw
from tho wood, the former trap-shooter
tarried no longer. A half hour later ho
bolted Into the quartermaster's depart
ment, clicked a salute and spoke hur
riedly. "Gimme n shotgun," he demnnded.
Shotguns are a regular part of cer
tain quartermaster's supplies. Soon
the sergeant might have been seen
standing behind a hedgerow gnzlnp to
ward the nearby wood. ' Presently he
was seen to stiffen, at the same time
murmuring "pull." The 12-gnucre
swung briefly In an nrc; a crack nnd
a crumpled ball of feathers came tum
bling toward earth. To mnke sure, the
sergeant gave it a second barn just
before It hit the earth.
Clever Shooting.
It-was pretty clever shooting. The
bird wns high, going over fast and
quartering. "Kill." murmured the ser
geant methodically, as he retrieved the
fallen gnine.
Thnt afternoon the sergennt got four
other birds. Attrched to a leg of each
pigeon wns a code message In German
handwriting.
A short time later n detachment of
military police got the owner of the
pigeons. In his blouse nnd sabots he
looked like any of the peasants tilling
the fields behind the lines. On being
stripped, however, he proved to be n
German under officer. Since his cap
ture the nightly bombnrdment of th"
"Y" huts nnd other places where sol
diers congregate has been more or les
hnphazard. The Frltzles still chuck
heavy stuff at them, but thanks to the
ex-plgeon shot, the sergennt, they are
not soorlng as frequently ns formerly
"It's bum'enrds they're bringing In"
says the sergennt.
"Girl In Every Port."
Boston, Mass. Writing to member
of Fraternity Lodge of Rebeknhs In
Mil ford. Lieut. Elbert M. Crockett, now
on war duty In France, says:
"Censoring tho letters of the boys
to their sweethearts back home Is one
of tho Jobs I'm up ngalnst most every
night. Some of them hnve but one
sweethenrt, and some of them have
two, three nnd four."
ANCIENT DEED IS RECORDED
Placed on File In County Recorder's
Office 100 Years After It Was
Drawn.
Lawrencevllle, Ind. A deed Issued
to Jesso M. Lnlrd by the United States
government In May, 1810, for 05 acres
of land on Wilson creek, Dearborn
county, has been placed on the books
of the county recorder's olllce -or tho
first time. The original tract of land
consisted of 040 ncres and wns bought
at 51,25 nn acre by Mr. Laird and Ida
wife. The 05 acres, with the home
stead, has not left the family nnd Is
now owned by Snmuel M. Lnlrd, his
grandson. Jesse M. Lnlrd and his
wife aro said to have been the first
whlto settlers on Wilson creek.
Peach Pits Help win War.
Yakima, Wash. Peach pits from tho
orchards of tho Yaklmn valley nre
helping to win the war In tho front lino
trenches of Europe. Tho pits are used
In tho manufacture of gas masks, fho
charcoal produced from them having
superior absorbent qualities
WHAT
"Speed upl" Is the call from Sur
geon General Gorgas to the American
Red Gross In Its campaign to recruit
graduate nurses.
With the American army overseas
entering more nnd more Into the light
ing, he said, tho need for additional
nurses becomes imperative.
The call is for 1,000 graduate nurses
n week for the next eight weeks, or
8.000 by October 1, for the whole
country.
The states In Central division Illi
nois. Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska and
Wisconsin have been enrolling gradu
ate nurses steadily for military and
nnvnl service, but will redouble their
efforts to meet this urgent request.
Tho public can help by urging every
graduate nurse to enroll with tho Red
Cross, nnd also by reducing calls upon
graduate nurses in case of illness,
using practical nurses wherever prac
ticable and learning how to handle
simple nllments In the home without
outside help.
"Waste not, wnnt not" will bo a new
Red Cross slogan.
Upon request of the war Industries
bonrd tho American Red Cross will
undertake a new line of work, the con
servation of materials now going to
waste.
This salvage campnlgn will bo di
rected by n new bureau of conserva
tion at Natlonnl Red Cross headquar
ters In Washington nnd will call for
co-operation by chapters throughout
Uie country acting upon Instructions
given through division headquarters.
Whilo the Red Cross will get the
benefit of the material saved or col
lected, the primary purpose Is not to
raise funds for the Red Cross but to
save materials needed In the winning
of the war.
A number of Red' Cross chnpters nl-
New Dresses for School Wear
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New dresses for school wear, made
to fit the requirements of the little
miss from about seven to twelve
years, seem to emphnslze the sim
plicity thnt governs the designs In chil
dren's clothes. Simplicity grows
moro -and more popular ns the tastes
of the public advances. Tho demand Is
for strong fabrics, tho simplest lines,
reliable workmanship nnd good finish
ing. In materials, heavy cotton rep.
-nnton crepe, strong, conrso linen
reaves nnd the tried nnd proved wool
rlothcs provide about all the dresses
or general wenr. Waslmblo goods
ire woven In colors that aro dark and
permanent, strong blues and browns
taking the lend for school wear. In tho
aow frocks for fnll sleeves nre length
ened so that they reach to the wrist,
and there Is moro variety In their de
sign, but otherwise styles do not dif
fer much from those fnmlllnr to us
In tho summer dresses. Little folks,
In these days of v steam and furnace
heated schools and homes, look to
coats nnd wnrni head and footwenr
to fortify thqm against the cold of
winter.
Tho frock lf brown cotton rep with
onnds nnd bindings In white rep, shown
In the picture, Is ns good an example
of a serviceable everyday and school
dress as nny ono could ask. Tho ma
terial s laid In four box plaits which
ire pressed In. They aro stitched down
at tho front nnd back to the depth of
j long yoke; their edges overlay a
band of the whlto goods. Whlto
irrow heart nro worked nt the ends
f hotto bands. Tho neck mid leoves
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ready hnve salvage or Junk campaigns
under way. These probnbly will bo
modified by the new policy to n cer
tain extent nnd chapters not now fcnl
lectlng waste materials will wait until
explicit directions nre reccLved before
starting Into the now work.
England was saved half a billion
dollars' worth of materials wasted lie
fore tho war and this country, using
tho grent Red Cross membership of
more than twenty million persons,
should mnko a greater showing.
Tho war Industries board will spec
ify from time to time the materials
specially desired and tho chapters that
will collect them.
To Mention Furs!
To mention furs In hot weather Is nn
offense, but short furs nre to trim
cloth suits nnd coats next season, nnd
long-haired furs will be seen on plush
coats. Among next winter's model
costumes Hudson sen! Is of gnnt Im
portance, particularly on cloth coats.
Ono smart model In buff-tan velours Is
an exnmplo of this; It has a Hudson
seal collar and cuffs and the coniLlna
tlon Is 'pleasing. Then beaver and
nutria nre also good. These shorter
furs aro liked on cloth coats but Tor
the rich plushes which arc shown ex
tensively raccoon, oppossum ami
skunk are Important In the order
named. Fur fabric trimmings will be
In good style among the fashionably
dressed again nlso.
How Hats Are Worn.
Hats, be they large or small, are
worn far down over tho forehead, so
that the coiffure Is almost completely
hidden. In front they nro pushed down
nearly to the eyebrows, on tho side to
tho ears, and In the back to the edge of
the hair.
nro finished with a white binding nnd
white baud and nrrow bond ornament
the pockets. At; the front n short, flat
band of white slmulntes a tie with two
smnll pearl but tons nt the top and
three at the bottom.
Attractive Parasols.
A pretty parusol, carried at one of
Ihe smart senside places recently, wan
of plum tnffetn, quite plnln except for
the bit of figured chiffon shirred over
Ihe Inwnrd workings of the sticks nnd
steels that regulate the going up und
tho coming down of the parasol, anil
a big black wooden bead, sewed (o
each rounded point of a Rcalloped sec
tion, that hung down, awning like,
around tho edge of the parasol. An
other smart parasol, very effective
wllh a colored muslin frock, Is made
of white tnffetn, with white enameled
sticks nnd hand e and fVriule. 'I l
only decoration Is a wide border of
eyelet embroidery done with whlto silk
threads.
Costumes of Lace.
Ecru lace frocks are particularly
fashionable this Hiim,.-.er. The lace Is
dropped over plain net, also In tho ecru
hhmlo, uiid creum tinted tnffetn Is. used
for the soft, plcot-edged snsh shnwl
collar and cuffs, Buttons of tho tnf
fota running up the long sleeve give
a plqunnt tailored effect to somo of
tlieso dainty lace costumes.
Hay FevepCataiTh
Prompt Relief Guaranteed
SCHIFPMANN'S
CATARRH BALM
Aa vva mam
Where He Is Expert.
"So you'vo, Joined the army, Moso?"
"Yes, sali."
"What branch of the service nro yon
lnTfl
"Well, fmli, Ah's In do Infantry, but
when wo gits t' France Ah's done nk
ed de capntln to put me on dnt night
raid wo'k. Glttln' Into de odder fel
low's back ynrd dutiu' de night hours
Is n Job Ah considers mahso'f particu
larly experienced nt." Detroit Freo
Press. ,
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Lemon Juice
For Freckles
Glrlsl Make beauty lotion at
homo for a few cents. Try Itl
Squrezo tho Julco of two lemons into
H bottle tSntulo!ns threo ounces of
orchard white, shako well, and you
have n quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn nnd tun lotion, nnd complex
ion whltcnor, nt very, very small cost.
Y6ur grocer has tho lemons nnd
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchnrd whlto
for n few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion Into the face, neck
arms nnd hands nnd see how freckles,
sunburn und tan dteappcnr and how
clear, soft and whlto tho skin becomes.
Yes I It Is harmless. Adv.
Cottonseed Flour.
Women students of the University
of Texns recently conducted n scries
of experiments with cottonseed Hour.
These students volunteered ns suji
Jects, nnd for five, dnys nto a Special
dtet made up of cottonseed Hour In
combination with corn meal, butler,
sugar and grape Juice. Each subject
had 300 grams or about three and one
half ounces of cottonseed flour In the
form of brend. Results showed nn av
erage digestibility for the protein of
wUoiim'hmI Hour to be about &" pur
cent, placing It -In the same clnst m
other cereals and breadstuffs.
Get New Kidney?!
The kidney nro the most overworked
nruunn ii f Um human lioily, and when ihev
fnll in their -work of filtering out nnd
throwing oil the poisons developed in tho
system, things begin to hnppcn.
One of tho (hat wnrnlngs ia pain or stiff
ness in the lower part of the back; highly
colored urine; loos of appetite; indlpeu
tion; irritation, or even etone in the blad
der. TIicho symptoms indientc a condition
Hint may Irad to thnt drended nnd fatal
malady, llright's disease, for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay n minute. At the first in
dication of tumble in tiro kidney, liver,
bladder or unnurv organs start taking
Gold Medal II am lem Oil Cnimilea, injd
khvc yournrJf before it is too late. Instant
treatment in ncccpynry in kidney and blad
der troublcH. A delay is often fntal.
You can idrnnot ccrtninly find immediate
relief in Guld Medal Ilnarlcm Oil Cnpstilca.
For more thnn "00 ycartt thii fnmous prep
aiation hot been nn unfailing remedv for
all kidney, bladder nnd urinaiy trouble.
It in the pure, original Ilnnrlem Oil your
great-Kr.-iTulmotlier used. About two cap
culen eaehdnv 'will keep you toned up and
feeling fine. Get It at pnv drag store, nnd
if it (lees not Rive you nlmoet immediate
relief, your money will be refunded. Re
sure you cut the GOLD Ml-'DAL brand.
None other genuine, hi boxes, threo
size. -Adv.
Interrupted Leccon.
An undent French schoolhoue, de
serted In the lllght of the villagers,
was taken over by the Americans us
part of tli headquarters of u Held
iinibulnnce. The Interrupted lesion
could be roi id upon tho bulletin board
by the Yankee wounded, curried
through, and' n Daudet among them
could have woven a masterpiece from
It. The moral that Ihe teacher was
Inculcating when ho held his "dernlcrc
linss" was this;'
"The free man obeys his conscience
and the laws of his country."
And tho phi use set before the pu
pils for their composition exorcise thnt
day tho dnte was written on tho
board, 'JO Mill, 1018 was;
"Un JiMir do grand vent."
They might hnve written It: "The
day of tho big wlpd." Stars and
Stripes.
Skin Troubles That Itch
IJurn und dlsllguro quickly soothed
nnd healed by hot baths with Cutl
cura Soap nnd gentle nnolntlngs of Cu
ticuru Ointment. For freo samples,
nddress, "Cutlcurn, Dept. X, Boston.'
Sold by druggists and by mall. Soot
25, Ointment 25 und CO. Adv.
No Occasion for Trouble.
".Tolhi," she said, nudging her hus
band ns they sat In a half-lllled street
car. "I believe that man over tliera
Is frjing to flirt with me."
"Do you wnnt mo to go over and
pull h hi" bend?"
"Aleiey, no J I wouldn't linyo you
do anything for Ihe world. I Just
wanted you to know that there's Home
body In tlm world who lliinks I'm
worth noticing." Dayton K'ews.
Accounted For,
"The young olllcer over there looks
like he wus submerged In this
crowd."
'Naturally: ho'- a nh marine."
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