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t ; 'S- :i Haffer-must keep on eon- aervlag IfeaaL. It li to* be the business «f thin slate to save 8,125,000 tons of ||prt These figures are offi- for ijfeiey come from the Illinois f'the United States fuel ad- ^ lltftttetratloil. Miss Sara B. Tunnl- I*,-'"I'dHTe .director of the woman's section of the department of fnel conserva- ^ tlon^ gives out these flgufus and says: +? vr "The activities of the Ubited States administration will have to con- for at least another six months. <One hundred million Industries essen- fe' l' "J®1 to the welfare of the country for ' railroad service; for the transporta- |y,j **on °' ottr troops; of food to feed the world; of supplies to carry!on the re- ;i. ' construction worl^- "The quota to be fc " saved by Illinois has been determined » - J «t 3,125,000 tons. It is estimated that £ ' this whole amount can be saveC by the householders alone if they will eliminate waste in the management of their heating equipment--a lesson in thrift which It (ls to be hoped will be practiced at all times." ' *;• Springfield.--Labor agendes in Bll- :«j«tois are checking industrial plants In |v.;rf^the state in an effort to assure posl- ^tions for Returning soldiers. The task ,'ia under the direction of Mark L. i|j'^:|€>awford of the United States employ- ^ mmt service, assisted by Barney Co- hen, state director of the department of labor* A weekly census of labor conditions will be made and these Re­ ports sent to Washington every Mon­ day. Each labor board chief will re­ port for his district the number of men that can be placed by factories and industries and also the number of men that will be laid off during the week. "With these figures in the bands of the government if wCH know every day the condition of the labor market in the state, aad «n the basta of these fig­ ure* can hurry or delay the release of rA^,:"^;trooffs atad the cancellation of war Contracts, This will prevent * glut- ,rsy, ? ting of the labor situation, it is said. *;jj Springfield.--Unlit men from 1111- /'sjnols In state camps may be the last A A sent home. Adjutant General Dickson | Is contemplating a plan to hold them •isln demobilization until the others have been returned. "The plan of holding unfit men in the camps and giving them the longest possible training be­ fore discharge has both advantages disadvantages," said -General Dick­ son. "Its advantages are threefold. First, the slightly unfit men held In camp could live under the proper dis- f lclplfnfe and thus learn to aid them- *^|aelves better in civilian life; second, ^ | they are made to keep regular hours J and take prescribed exercises to build J" | themselves up, And third, they have Si: J wholesome, regular meals in camp. >%ljThey might not fare as well outside. r">a Springfield.--Closer friendship be- K |tween the White and colored races of J Illinois and the country was advocat- ^||ed here by speakers at a meeting rep­ resenting both peoples. A large num­ ber of prominent state officials were present. Legislation to secure the cre­ ation by the coming legislature of a commission of a co-operative educa- 1^ - 'i*Iona* nature to deal with matters 1m- >V'.f portant to the two races was urged by x jf other speakers. Under the plan the commission would be appointed by the "*,s governor and would have power to deal with all riots, strikes and race y * ^disorders. Both whttes and blacks would compose the membership and ; *>|tfee expenses of the commission would . tbe derived from state appropriations. h v. Chicago.--Stocks of food In cold- »storage warehouses in Illinois are nor­ mal/in many commodities, being in ex­ cess of holdings at the corresponding - I period last year, according to figures ; made public by John B. Newman, su- ^ perintendent Of the division of foods / - land dairies of the state department 'I 'J of agriculture. The figures, having a j7'. Indistinct bearing upon the food price i \ Inquiry now being conducted by the up" * office of United States Attorney '* "'" JCharles F. Clyne, fall, however, to ln- ;-V, Idicate that soaring prices are due to " ̂ any decided shortage In the stocks of ^•food on hand. Only In one case--that of stored beef--do the figures show any material drop as compared with V-' - 7the1 corresponding period in 1917. * Chanute Field, Rantoul..--With a W" |record of having graduated 475 flyers 4 • % and several thousand mechanics in V, ; "^the 18 months of its existence, many T1 vjsf ^hotn performed active service on ^ttae French and Italian battle fronts, 4 I Chanute field will soon be closed as *5an Instruction school for army avla- ,'^Jtors. A small detachment will be left V • In charge to guard the government's , * 'i property, valued at several millions of dollars. -J, Bloomington.--The new independent A1 Labor party launched by the Chicago y f Federation of Labor, has received the * official indorsement of the IlHnols , State Federation of Labor. The only •£L" - opposition came from the Socialists, 7y J but on the ballot there were only two ^ ' rnegative votes among nearly 1,000 del- . . egates. " •i Washington, 3P-Cr-Ont of tlMB war's ' ^necessities has been developed' a new ? -^synthetic process of making glycerin .'.ifflby fermentation of sugar in quantity at low cost, which government offi­ cials say will revolutionize production. This secret, carefully guarded while the war lasted, was disclosed in a treasury report. The process was tried out on a Iftrge scale in a chemi­ cal plant at Aurora, 111., and found to be commercially profitable. Then the Ipeecret was conveyed to allied govern- Iments and to manufacturing chemi&ts -tiwho proposed to undertake commer- 1 exploitation of the process. Springfield.--Announcement by the state canvassing board of the official ote at the November election revealed i^only slight changes from the unofficial '% returns. For the United States sena- " ?. j^torship MediU McCormick, Republican, «/ ied United States Senator James Bam- > fill ton Lewis, Democrat, by a plurality * :Mof 53,02# votes. The official count 'f fkhowed McCormick, 479,967; Lewis, a ^ 4Bi6,B43; William Broas Lloyd, Soeial- ^Iff, 87,167; Frank B. Vennum, Pro- ,. ^bibitionist, 3,151. The hard roads ^(Proposition had a majority of 212,405 ? - Trvoiee and the constitutional conven- |.f - ̂ -- " «:. .J. ^ r. . r^'vT - '•>>. - M Chica#o.--Tb« DttaMs state «madI defense, cwgaalaed as a mrtlmi body, hsa oftfife ̂etaded Its actlvltiea, While a "skeleton" organization wi& be maintained for emergency purposesi nntll peace is proclaimed, the council wiU "liquidate" Its^f as soon as cir- cumstances will permit. This an­ nouncement was made by Samuel Ia» sull, chairman, in a bulletin offidatif dissolving the counties' auxiliary, neighborhood committees, county ex­ ecutive committees, county ; flnanef committee and nonwar construction bureau and the commercial economy administration. Members of these auxiliary oraglosadons are "honorably discharged" from further servlca. Some of the departments of the stata council, notably the publicity commit­ tee, the food production and conserva­ tion committee, iue wya working re­ serve, the license bureau, the unified bureau of public speakers, the advis­ ory committees, and the highways transport committee, will be main* talned for the time being because of unfinished work. The same is trua of the woman's committee. _ Urbana.--Illinois boys and girls from ten to eighteen years have the oppor­ tunity to make extra money and to ex­ perience "real life" conditions in tho school of agriculture and home eco* Bomics .through the formation of boys* and girls' clubs. These clubs 'have been organised throughout the state by the United States department of agri­ culture 1n co-operatio^ with the Junior extension service of the college of ag­ riculture of the University of Illinois, of which service James H. Greene Is the director. -The purpose of the club work is not only to give the boys and girls a place In the naitlonal food con­ servation profram, but to help In their training as future citizens, and to teach them what co-operation will do. Each club is a business proposition: each member bears all his own ex­ penses, and all his net profits belong to him. Da n vtlle.--Danville will give a royal welcome to soldiers returning from France. This city claims to have given more soldiers in proportion to its size than any town in the middle West It has raised a fund of $6,000 and the work has but started: A triumphal arch will be built on the public square and it is planned to suend $10,000 to "$15,000 for fireworks, decorations and bands. In addition to the hundreds of drafted men from this vicinity Dan­ ville boasts more than three hundred volunteers. In addition to three militia companies, Battery A, One Hundred Forty-ninth field artillery. Company D, One Hundred Twenty-third machine gun battalion and Company L, Three Hundred Seventieth infantry. Springfield.--Despite the ending of the war and reports to the contrary, coal digging In Illinois and the coun­ try Is slated for a big boom as soon as the country adjusts Itself to peace times, according to Frank Farrington, president of the state miners' union. And the peace will not affect the wages of the miners In the least, Mr. Far­ rington declares, except that many of the men will be idle during the coming few weeks or months of stabilization. "There undoubtedly will be a slump in the coal business during the recon­ struction period, but after that Is over I believe the business will be stabil­ ized and that the mining Industry will he the best In the history of the busi­ ness," Mr. Farrington says. Chicago.--A movement to launch a national association of farm bureaus was started in Chicago at the third annual convention of the National As­ sociation of Oounty Agricultural Agents. The object Is to organize the farmers Into a social unit which can make Itself heard in legislative and other councils. That organized labor, which comprises only about 8 per cent ef the population of the United States, •njoys far better representation than farming, in which approximately 40 per cent of the population Is interest­ ed, was one of the claims put forward. More than twenty states were repre­ sented at the meeting. Springfield.--To check threatened recurrence of a general influenza epi­ demic, Dr. C. St. Clair Drake, healtti director, 6rdered all Illinois health of­ ficers to begin immediate prosecutions of physicians, parents and household­ ers in all instances where regulations are being infracted. Failure to report cases or suspected cases of Influenza or to keep the patients Isolated dur­ ing sickness and for a period of five days after return of temperature to normal, requited by law, Doctor Drake said, must not continue. SioHntrflelil--£!•»• fhon«atnl flvs hun­ dred and seventy-four cases of pneu­ monia were reported to the state de­ partment of health within the past week, according to the weekly report forwarded to Washington by Dr. C. St. Clair Drakie. Of the total number of cases of pneumonia reported 215 wer In Chicago. The report also shows 145 cases of diphtheria; 46 cases of scarlet fever and seven cases of small­ pox. Mount Pulaski.--Judge Hill In the DeWltt county court dismissed charges filed by the wets that the recent elec­ tion, won by the drys, was illegal. This results in closing all saloons. Washington, D. C.--Plans of the Illinois Manufacturers' association to establish export bureaus In Washing­ ton and New York were disclosed here upon the return from Chicago of W. H. Flnnell, manager of the Washing­ ton bureau of the association. Alton.--The war department has cancelled an extensive housing project here for scores of dwellings for muni­ tion workers. Three hundred had just been started when the cancellation or­ ders came. Operation of the munftion plants has not yet been curtailed, but orders to this effect are expected daily. Urbana.--Many farmers who were advised last summer to remove the common or European barberry because It harbors wheat rust, received the warning too late to replace these shrubs with harmless kinds, according to H. W. Anderson, associate in pomol­ ogy at the University of Illinois. Mr, Anderson now urges that a campaign against this enemy of wheat be contin­ ued with renewed vigor for next yeiur. America must feed the world. Ev­ eryone having barberry( shrubs Is asked to grub them out at once and to replace them with a more beautlf*! djvy. .• x;««,..* '..A-Yt Mr ..f.y • x;- "w'« i' • *•" ^ Commander in Detailed Report Relates How the U.S. " ^ ' TrHen Won. * ||^:; 1--J-- SETS MARCH 21 AS CMSIS Views American Operatione Priar te That Date as Part of Their Train- . tag -- Pays Supreme Tribute to Officers and Mew. Washington, Dec. 5.--Gen. John J. Pershing's account of his stewardship as commander of the American expe­ ditionary forces was given to the pub­ lic Wednesday by Secretary Baker. It Is in the form of a preliminary re­ port to the secretary, covering Opera­ tions up to November 20, after the German collapse. It closes with these words from the lea:der of the 'great army In France, expressing his feeling for those who served under him: "I pay the supreme tribute to our officers and soldiers of the line. When I think of their heroism, their patience under hardships, their unflinching spir­ it of offensive action, I am filled with emotion which I am unable to express. Their deeds are Immortal and they have earned the eternal gratitude of our country." The report begins with General Pershing's departure for France to pave the way for the army that was to smash German resistance on' the Meuse and give vttal aid to the allies in forcing Germany to Its knees 19 months later. Crisis on March 21. General Pershing views the encoun­ ters before March 21 of this year, in which American troops participated as a part of their training, and dismisses them briefly. On that date, however the great German offensive was launched and a crucial situation quick­ ly developed in the allied lines which called for prompt use of the four American divisions that were at the time "equal to any demands of battle action." "The crisis which this offensive de­ veloped was such," General Pershing says, "that on March 28 I placed at the disposal of Marshal Foch, who had been agreed upon as commander in chief of the allied armies, all of our forces. At his request the First divi­ sion was transferred from the Toul sector to a position in reserve at Chan- mont en Vexln. "As German Superiority In numbers required prompt action, an agreement was reached at the Abbeville confer­ ence of the allied premiers and com­ manders and myself on May 2 by which British shipping was to trans­ port ten American divisions to the British army area, where they were to be trained and equipped, and addition-' al British shipping was to be provided for as many divisions as possibje_for use elsewhere. !' Men Eager fer Test, \,i' "On April 26 the First dlvision'lma gone Into the line in the Montdidier salient, on the Picardy battle front.. Tactics had been suddenly revolution­ ized to those of open warfare, and our men, confident of the results of their training, were eager for the test. On the morning of May 28 this division attacked the commanding German po­ sition in its front, taking with splendid dash the town of Cantigny and all other objectives, which were organized and held steadfastly against vicious counter-attacks and galling artillery fire. "Although local, this brilliant action had an electrical effect, as It demon­ strated our fighting qualities under extreme battle conditions and also that the enemy's troops were not altogethet Invincible." Hold Foe at Chateau Thierry. There followed immediately the Ger­ man thrust across the Aisne river to­ ward Paris. He continues: "The Third division, which had Just come from its preliminary training In the trenches, was hurried to the Marae. Its motorized machine-gun battalion preceded the other units and successfully held the bridgehead, at the Marne, opposite Chateau Thierry. "The Second division. In reserve near Montdidier, was sent by motor- to check the progress of the enemy toward Paris. The division attacked and retook the town and railroad sta­ tion at BOuresches and sturdily held its ground against the enemy's best guard divisions. "In the battle of Belleau wood, which followed, our men proved their su­ periority and gained a strong tactical position, with far greater loss to the enemy than to ourselves. On July 1, before the Second was relieved, It cap­ tured the village of Vaux with splen­ did precision. Stand Between Paris and Foe. "Meanwhile oar Second corps, und^r SECRETARY OF WAR'S REPORT Says Question of Permanent Reorgaa- vlBfetiea ef Army Hae Deferred. * : Washington, Dec. 6.--The question of permanent organization of the array has been deferred for consideration after the" close of thd peace confer­ ence. Secretary Baker, in his annual report says this course Is determined upon since "the military needs of the United States cannot be prudently as- PERSHING TELLS OF ADVANCE . i French Cross German Frontier of 1S70 .--Occupation of Enemy Territory Carried Out Without Incident. Washington, Dec. 6.--Reporting on the advance of the American army of occupation into Germany, General Per- sb'.ng's communique says: "The Third army in It* advance Into Germany readied the general line Dahlem- Eisenschmltt - Wlttlldt - Berncasteir CUMyDP-Sl«labe%'* * ' V % V wO™gQ :wf i organized for the command of our divisions with the Britism, which'wer# held back in training areas or as­ signed to second-line defenses. Five of the ten divisions were withdrawn from the British area in June, three to re­ lieve divisions in Lorraine and the Vosges and two were sent to the Paris ami to join the group of American divisions which stood between the city and any further advance of the eAerny in that direction." t, By that time the great tide of Amer­ ican troop movements to France was in full swing and the 'older divisions could be used freely. The Forty-sec­ ond, In line east of Reims, faced the German assault of July 15 and "held their ground unflinchingly;" on the right flank four companies of the Twenty-eighth division faced "ad­ vancing waves of German infantry," and the Third division held the Marne line, opposite Chateau Thierry, against, powerful artillery and infantry attack. Single Regiment Checks Enemy. "A single regiment of the Third wrote one of the most brilliant pages In our military annals on this occa­ sion," General Pershing says. "It pre­ vented the crossing at certain point? on its front while, on either flank, the Germans who had gained a foot­ ing pressed forward. Our men, firing in three directions, met the German attacks with counter-attacks at criti­ cal points and succeeded in throwing two German divisions into complete confusion, capturing 600 prisoners." Thus was the stage set for the counter-offensive which, beginning with the smashing- of the enemy's Marne salient, brought overwhelming victory to the allies and the United States In the eventful months that have followed. The Intimation is strong that General Pershing's advice helped Marshal Foch to reach hia de­ cision to strike. Counter-Offensive Opens, General Pershing continues: "The great force of the German Chateau Thierry offensive established the deep Marne salient, but the enemy was taking chances, and the vulnera­ bility of this pocket to attack might be turned to his disadvantage. "Seizing this opportunity to support my conviction, every division with any sort of training was made available for use In a counter-offensive. The place of honor in the thrust toward Soissons on July 18 was given to our First and Second divisions in com­ pany with chosen French divisions. "Without the usual brief warning of a preliminary bombardment, the massed French and American artillery, firing by the map, laid down its rolling barrage at dawn while the infantry be­ gan its charge. The tactical handling of our troops under these trying condi­ tions was excellent throughout the ac­ tion. "The enemy brought up large num­ bers of reserves and made a stubborn defense both with machine guns and artillery, but through five days' fight­ ing the First division continued to ad­ vance until It had gained the heights above Soissons and captured the vil­ lage of Berzy-le-Sec. "The Second division took Beau Re­ pairs farm and Vlerzy In a very rapid vance and reached a position In front of Tlgny at the end of Its second day. These two divisions captured 7,- 000 prisoners and over 100 pieces of artillery." First American Army Formed. The report describes In some detail the work of completing the reduction of the salient, mentioning the opera- tions of the Twenty-sixth, Third. Fourth, Forty-second, Thirty-second, and Twenty-eighth divisions. With the situation on the Marne front thus relieved, General Pershing writes, he could turn to the organization of the First American army and the reduction of the St. Mlhiel salient, long planned as the initial purely American enter­ prise. A troop concentration, aided by gen­ erous contributions of artillery and air units by the French, began, involving the movement, mostly at night, of 000,000 men. A sector reaching from Port sur Settle, east of the Moselle, eastward through St. Mlhiel to Verdun and later enlarged to carry it to the edge of the forest of Argonne was taken over, the Second Colonial French, holding the tip of the salient opposite St. Mihiel, and the French Seventeenth corps, on the heights above Verdun, being trans­ ferred to General Pershing's command. The combined French, British, and American air forces mobilized for the battle, the report says, was the largest aviation asseiubijf «»«r euguifeu uu the western front up to that time In a sin­ gle operation., Battle of 8t. Mihiel. Of the reduction of the St Mlhiel salient General Pershing says: "After four hours* artillery prepa­ ration the seven American divisions In the front line advanced at 5 a. m. on September 12, assisted by a limit­ ed number of tanks manned partly by Americans and partly by the French. "These divisions, accompanied by groups of wire-cutters and others armed with bangalore torpedoes, went through the successive bands 'of barbed wire that protected the ene- sessed until that conference shall have determined the future International relations of the world." For temporary purposes, however, Mr. Baker announces that he will lay before congress a plan of reorganiza­ tion for the regular army, "which shall continue as the nucleus of any future military establishment." The secretary also Indicates his In­ tention to press for perpetuation by law of the strong general staff organi­ zation built up during the great world's war. With the French Army In Germany, Dec. 5.--The Tenth French army, on Its way to the Rhine and Mayence, has ^crossed the German frontier of 1870, occupying the valley of the Sarre. The advance into German territory has been without incident and appears likely to be carried oat In perfect order and quiet. , * Italy In British Alllanea - Some, Dec. 0.--The Populo Romtoo says Italy will join in an alliance be- Cwmt tin# and support trenches in irresistible wave* on schedule time, breaking down all defense of an en­ emy demoraiized by the great volume of our artillery fire and our sudden approach out of the fog. "Our First corps advanced to Thlau- court, while our Fourth corps curved back to the southwest through Non- sard. The Second Colonial French corps made the slight advance re­ quired of it on very difficult ground, and the Fifth corps took its three ridges and repulsed a counter-attack. "A rapid march brought reserve reg­ iments of a division of the Fifth corps Into VIgneulles In the early morning, where it linked up with, patrols of our Fourth corps, closing the salient and forming a new line west of Thiaucourt to Vigneulles and beyond Fresnes-en- Woevre. 16,000 Prisoners Taken, f ^At a cost of only 7,000 casualties, mostly light, we had taken 16,000 pris­ oners and 443 guns, a great quantity of material, released the inhabitants of many villages from enemy domina­ tion and established our lines in a po­ sition to threaten Metz. "This signal success of the Ameri- -caO First army in its first offensive was of prime Importance. The allies found they had a formidable army to aid them, and the enemy learned final­ ly that he had one to* reckon with." The report shows for the first time officially that with this brilliantly exe­ cuted coup, General Pershing's men had cleared the way for the great ef­ fort of the allies and American forces to win a conclusive victory. The American army moved at once toward its crowning achievement, the battle of the Meuse. The general tells a dramatic story of this mighty battle In three distinct phases, beginning on the night of September 27, when Americans quick-' ly took the places of the French on the thinly held line of this long, quiet sector. The attack opened on Septem­ ber 26, and the Americans drove through entanglements, across No Man's Land, to lake all the eaemy'e first-line positions. Battle ef the Meuse. Closing the chapter, General Per­ shing says: "On November 6 a division of the First corps reached a point on the Meuse opposite Sedan, 25 miles from our lines of departure. The strategi­ cal goal which was our highest hope was gained. We had cut the enemy's main line of communications, and nothing could save his army from complete disaster. , "In all forty enemy divisions had been used against us tn the Meuse- Argonne battle. Between September 26 and November 6 we took 26,059 prisoners and 468 guns on this front. "Our divisions engaged were the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth. Twenty- ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-seventh, Seventy- eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, Eighty-second, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth and Ninety-first. "Many of our divisions remained la line for a length of time that re­ quired nerves of steel, while others were sent In again after only a few days of rest. The First, Fifth, Twen­ ty-sixth, Forty-second, Seventy-sev­ enth. Eightieth, Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth were la the line twice. Although some of the divisions were fighting their first battle, they soon became equal to the best. !, Other Corps Active* The commander In chief flow hot lose sight of the divisions' operating with French or British armies during this time. , He tells of the work of the Second corps, comprising the Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth divisions. In the British assault on the Hindenburg line where the St. Quentin canal passes through a tunnel. Of the total strength of the expedi­ tionary force, General Pershing re­ ports : "There are In Europe altogether. In­ cluding a regiment and some sanitary units with the Italian army and the organizations at Murmansk, also In­ cluding these en route from the States, approximately 2,053,347 men, less our losses." First U. ft. Planes In May. "The first airplanes received from home arrived In May, and together we have received 1,379. The first American squadron completely equipped by American production, in­ cluding airplanes, crossed the German lines on August 7,1918. "As to tanks, we were compelled to rely upon the French. Here, however, we were less fortunate, for the reason that the French produc­ tion could barely meet the require­ ments of their own armies. "It should be fully realized that the French government has always taken a most liberal attitude and has been most anxious to give us every possi ble assistance in meeting our deficien­ cies in these as well as in other respects. Our dependencies upon France for artillery, aviation and tanks was, of course, due to the fact that ouf Industries had not been ex­ clusively devoted to military produc­ tion." 8mall Things Once Precious. In the reign of Henry .VIII, a needle was so valuable a thing that an Eng­ lish comedy was written about the loss of one. In the reign of Queen Eliza­ beth, a pair of gloves were held to be a fitting gift for the sovereign. Henry IV of France, a poor and a frugal monarch, committed one extravagance, which was commented upon by the court and noted down in Sully's me­ moirs. He used as many handker­ chiefs as he required when he had a cold in his head. Records 8a!t in Sea Water. An instrument has been devised which gives a continuous record of the salinity of sea water by the meas­ urement of its electrical conductivity. A pair of electrolytic cells have been designed which, when used with a suit­ able alternating-current galvanometer, will give satisfactory opef-ation in con­ nection with a recorder. The tempera­ ture compensation Is obtained by placing both cells, which are In the . two arms of a Wheatstone bridge, fea a I uniform temperature batik • Years of Waiting a Voipt Summons Her to "J Safety. 1^7 FRENCH FAITH HOLDS Little Qfrl Even Learned Language of titled Invader, but Mother er Lost Hope of Deliv. erance. S, parts.--Back In 1914, when the f̂t was no war, nor whispers of it. In a certain sunny village In France, lived Marie Rose, nine years old. Beside Marie Rose, there were her father^ mother and brother, and a happy fam­ ily it was, indeed. Then, on one-dark day In August, war came, and Its smoke of horror and misery and death seeped into Ma­ rie Rose's village. The St. Mihiel sal- lent was formed, and there was Mar?#, Rose quite hemmed In. . ^ The Germans took her brother away with hundreds of other young men, oA a fine morning, and Marie Rose bade him farewell. She has never seen hlra since. Marie Rose's father worked oil his little farm, and her mother kept the house In the village and cooked for the German officers, who took the family*# bedrooms with polite suavity. Marie Studied German. Of course, there were no schools; SO Marie Rose studied German, which the bored young officers volunteered to teach her. She was told that the Ger­ man language was very pretty and that before many years all the world would speak German. In 1916 Marie Rose's father died. As Marie Rose grew older, her mother fre­ quently told her of the great day that was coming when the Germans would be driven back and the village would again be a part of their* beloved France. A German lieutenant, who overheard, laughed scornfully. "There will be no more French army to come," he said, gayly; "all will be Germans, and of Germany." Marie Rose ran to her mother and repeated what the German officer had said. "Don't you believe It," said Ma­ rie's mother. "They will come.** During the early morning of Sep­ tember 18, 1918, Marie Rose heard the distant booming of cannon to the west. As the morning grew to noon, the sound of the canonnadlng came near­ er and Germans hurriedly packed their toifflafi War Came, r belongings and left without evepi a word for Marie Rose or her mother. Heavy shells soon were bursting above the spire of the cathedral in the square of the village. Marie Rose's nuir'nar nrion wirn iait ae wno ftroarcron Marie Rose after her Into the cellar, where they would be safe from the bursting shells. Came a Gruff Voice.. Toward evening the village became still; there was no sound of cannonad­ ing. Then came a pounding on the door of the cellar where Marie Rose and her mother hid, and a voice cried a com­ mand, not in German, not in French. The door wa sthrown open and there stood a tall soldier clad In khaki, a flat metal helmet on his head, and a long- bayonetted rifle was In his hand^ He spoke again: "Say, ladies, don't you think you'd like to come on outside and sniff a lit­ tle o' the old ozone? The Helnles are gone over the hills, hell bent fer elec­ tion. They're never coming back to thlfe man's town, no sir!" ft small bottle of "DanderhwP r makfts hair thick, glossy • and wavy. - Removes all dandruff, stops Roll*, . Jng scalp and falling £';j To be possessed of a head of heavy* beautiful hair; soft, lustrous. Huffy, wavy and free from dandruff is merely a matter of using a little Danderine. | It Is easy and Inexpensive to have nice, soft hair and Iota of tt. last get a • small bottle of Knowlton's. Danderine now--it costs but a few cents--all drug stores recommend It--apply a little as ; directed and within ten minutes thee* will be an appearance of abaadaam, .t freshness, fluffiness and an tneoagNUi* ble gloss and lustre; and try aft jttfc will you cannot find a trace of dandruff 1 or falling hair; but your real sarpriflB \ will be after about two weeks' aafc when you will see new hair--fine aaA- downy at first--yes--bat really w# ; hair--sprouting out all over your aoalu --Danderine is, we believe, tt* mSw sure hair grower, deirtceyer at da* draff and cure for itchy acalp, and f|' aever fails to stop falling hair at eaGI. If you want to prove how pretty < soft your hair really is, moisten a de*ti with a little Danderine and cinM|; draw It through your hair--taking smell strand at a time. Yoar tat* ant , be soft, glossy and beautiful ta Juaibv a few momenta--a delightful sarptUMI awaits everyone who tries tiUa, AAr. Cruel Treatment. , ^ Yeast--The Germans la the latera- jjj ment camps in this country say ate are treating them cruelly. ^ Crlmsonbeak--How sof , ' "They claim we're taklng^jitl tba ' \|| "kick* out of the beer we let 'em have.** ."'A Girl Proves Heroin*, 1M Stiaroh, Pu.--Rushing In front bt & swiftly moving street car at Sharon. Pa., six-year-old Isabell Reeves saved the life of Harry Wilson, two years old. Grabbing the toddling youngster around the waist, the little girl pulled him from the tracka as the car rolled by. Bridegroom Balks at Marriage, Brockton, Mass.--Miss Mary Frost, a pretty business-college girl, consent­ ed to take out a license to marry Charles E. Gregory, but at the last mo­ ment the intending bridegroom changed his mind. He said he hadn't known the girl long enough. Stole $156 to Qlve Hero a Good Ttme ̂ London.--To give her soldier hus­ band a good time when he came home from France Florence Hills stole from her mistress jewels valued at (ISO aad pawned them. 1 •*" tweea France and $ngland >!, v KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE FEELING OF SBCPMTT Toa astursltjr feel -tseure whta yea know that the medicine you are about to take is absolutely pure aad contains ae harmful or habit producing druga. Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Smunp* Boot, kidney, liver and bladder reaNdyt The same standard of purity, stnafftll and excellence is maintained in bottle of Swamp*Hoot. Swamp-Root is seient sd from vegetable herb* It is not a. stimulant aad is takaa la tasspoonful doses. It is not recommended foe evecytUa ̂ According to verified testimony it Is' nature's great helper in relieving aad coming kidney, liver and blatkhr blea. A sworn statement of purity is eveiy bottle o2 Dr. Kilmer's Boot. If you need a audi the best If you sre already eonvineed Swamp-Root is what you need, yon find it on sale at all drug stores in of two sisea, medium and large. »«" •»"•*» fifrt ta great preparation send ten cents to ur. Kilmer A Co., Binghamton, N. Y„ far a :1 sample bottle. When writing he SUSS aad mention this paper.--Adv. Vital Question. Mrs. Johnson--Slstah Martha ban Jest got a dlvo'ce rum her husband. Mrs. Jackson--You don't say. Hear much ammonia did de cou't grant hatl --Boston Transcript. Out* pimple*, hea<3*ehe, b«d >W«t> tor Mar Apple, Aloe, Jalap roll** tela • ttiy pUl called Doctor Pierce's Himat NHS Introspection. "Arent you a trifle self-centered f* "Cant help It It's hard for a man to keep his mind off himself after ha has tried to do his duty by an Income* tax report and a few questlonnalna ̂ : i!l Soothe Itching Skine With Cuticura. Bathe with QMom >;*-• Soap and hot water, dry and ap&j tih* Ointment This usually affords lattfjlf and points to speedy healuient ;*i> free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept, X. Boston." At druggists and by ttalL Soap 25, Ointment 25 and OOi-^Adv; Her Title. Bacon--I understand Ida wtfe In» a position now? Egbert---Yes. She's working at a ̂ ribbon counter In a department stem ̂ "And does he call her Ml betMB! halfr "No; hia counter-part" Like Producing Llka. « - fcrlt 'was a great send*ff tfc*r pri* : Jlmay, wasn't It!* "Yea, and there's _ be a comeback, too."