The Dublin Progress and Telephone (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 31St Year, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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Texas, Friday, May 31,1913
Electrical Supplies
AND EQUIPMENT
DEALER WANTED TO SELL
DELCO-LIGHT
Tell Neutral Nations How Church
* and House Are De-
stroyed.
Y. M. C. A. Workers Are Almost
Constantly Under Fire
in France.
I PRICE
| RIGHT
MANY HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES IS MEANT AS A WARNINB
Circular Recite* Amount of Booty
Seized in France and Belgium,
and Mistreatment of Engllah
Prisoners of War.
I Moment’s Delay Saves Red Triangle
Man From Death by Shell—Ex-
periences That Are Test
for Real Man.
RIGGS ELECTRIC CO
Dublin, Texas
' •Washington.*— Teutonic frightful-
ness ns practiced In France and Bel-
gium has been made the subject of a
German warning to neutral nations of
the fate which they may expect If
they take up arms against the central
powers.
"If there are any still thinking of
siding with the allies let them take
warning from the fate of others,” says
the warning. It Is In the form of a
circular, which recites the amount of
booty seized In France and Belgium,
the number of churches damaged and
destroyed, the money wrung from the
stricken Inhabitants and finally the
deliberate mistreatment of English
prisoners of war.
German propagandists have flooded
Spain with this document printed In
Spanish, and copies have come Into
the possession of the state depart-
ment. Having established Its German
origin the department made public
this translation:
"Besides an untold amount of war
material cnptured on the battlefield
the Germans have tuken possession of
Incalculable booty In France and Bel-
gium, Including:
High gTaflft watches.....................
Average watch** .......................
Underwear .............................. 18,073
Embroideries and women's hand-
kerchiefs ...............
Umbrellas and parasols
Silver spoons ............
Bottles of champagne ..
"These figures show a large !i>
crease over those of the campaign
against France In 1870-71.
"Punish Catholic Churches."
"In Belgium, besides many art
treasures, they have confiscated old
paintings valued at 3,000,000 pesetas.
“Due to the treachery of Cardinal
Mercier and other priests, who did
their utmost to stir the priests
against the good-hearted German sol-
diers, they were forced to teach a se-
vere lesson to the Belgian and French
Catholics.
Washington.—Bursting shells are
everyday, everyhour experiences In
■the lives of all soldiers and Y. M. C.
'A. workers anywhere within 26 miles
of the Boehe guns. Dr. George Louis
Meylan, who has Just returned from
iFrance where he was engaged In rec-
reation work for the Y. M. C. A.,
threw some strong light on the con-
ditions under which all persons back
of the trenches live—and die. He had
been asked to tell some specific in-
stances of “Y” workers under fire In
flrst-llne trenches.
“Those over here who have not been
In the war zone must forget their old-
time Ideas of warfare and Its dan-
gers,” said Doctor Meylan. "Forget
this old idea of open fighting, with
troops battling across a plain the stzo
of u large athletic field. Modern ar-
tillery shoots for miles and is always
shooting. Every person within 20
miles of the trenches is under fire
practically ull of the time, yet the re-
ports do not call this a battle. The
reports announce "The artillery was
active,’ and that means shells any-
where five to twenty-five miles back
of the trenches.
Dodge Shells Constantly.
“Early In April the Germans made
night raids and their airplanes were
active In bombing. Two of my or-
ganizers were visiting camps eight or
ten miles back of the front-line
trenches. The Germans kept up the
bombardment for three days during
which time those *Y’ men were dodg-
ing shells constantly.
"On the second day they were In a
Foyer dc Soldat—one of the soldiers’
recreation huts provided by the French I
with *Y’ men In charge—when, within j
five minutes two shells struck, one a i
few yards away, the other hitting the j
hut. The ‘Y’ men were thrown down
by the concussion. It seemed a
miracle they were not hit, for soldiers
were killed and wounded all around
them.
"It Is strange that although we have .
only about one woman worker to every I
hundred men workers, not n single i
•Y’ man had been killed up to the
time I left France, whereas Hun shells
had killed two of our women workers.
Miss Crandell and Miss Winona Mar
tin.
"In a certain woods the shells were
dropping so thickly that the French
communder ordered our men to aban-
don their huts. As the order was not
received until evening, a *Y’ man of
had boon placed on a passing freight my acquaintance decided not to leave
UMn to bo takon to the nearest hos- until next morning as he wished tc
jMfi Xhe man pulled a tarpaulin take his stuff. Next morning he was
vtn himself, and so, when the others approaching the hut when a French
wm removed, ho was overlooked. The officer stopped him to exchange fare-
tnln attired at Krugersdorp during wells. This took tittle more than a
• Bstartay evening, and the track minute, and the Red Triangle worker
wee shunted Into the station yard, started on his way when a shell ex
•gbe whole of Sunday and Monday the ploded on the path near the hut at the
aatlOO remained without food or we- point where he would have been had
hr, aader the tarpaulin, and he was he not been detained,
only Mnooveretl on Tuesday afternoon cio*e CtM, Every Day.
when a docker went his rounds. Ball- "gome *Y’ workers are having hair-
way umb w«re on the point of placing escapes every day, not every
■Milan on the truck when they no- man every day but each In his time
tMR a movement under the sail, an wlth „ regularity to Justify saying
the Mffive, semiconscious and pa - Bome men every day. Eight of our
ly deaeonted, was found una e roen with the Canadians have been
move much. On close examine killed, und we cannot expect to escape
found that his lower m unscathed. They work from six
in a terrible state, an e o’clock In the morning until eleven
moved to the bosp ta . o’clock at night, seven days a week,
with a week off every three months—
Japanese Make Paper Clothee. nnd many never take their week off.
Underclotbtng made of finely crisped Qn one occasion of which I know the
workers were up at three o’clock In
♦he morning with hot coffee to warm
the Freneh soldiers coming In after
a three-mile wade through mud and
rain. Those Pollus appreciated that.
"Many of our workers slept on the
ground In zero weather this winter,
with nothing hut a blanket between
them and the frozen earth, and with
no shelter but a hut made often of
green lumber which warped, letting
In Icy blasts. A test for a real man.
"I went forward toward the
trenches to meet the American sol-
diers coming back after their baptism
of fire at Chemtn des Dames and they
were all eagerness for more. The
Germans had sent picked troops
against them, their strongest men In
brand new equipment, to Impress the
‘Americans that Germany had an
abundance of everything, material
and robust men. Quite a contrast to
the ill-equipped emaciated men the
French had taken prisoners. The
Americans gave such good account of
themselves In this fight that the
French could not praise them enough.”
TIME
c&e automobile 1ms
quickened American
life by making it possi-
ble to 3o more things
eve ry day. "Without
an automobile, it is-
doubtful whether you
can keep •up’withyour
opportunities’.
1 ’ John ll.WiUys'
J. M. SMITH, Dublin
Agt. OVERLAND CARS
Delco-Lipht is an electric light and power plant. It consistes ot an engine
direct connected to generator and a set of specially designed storage batteries.
The engine is air cooled and runs on kerosene or gas, is self-starting and has ball
bearings.
Delco-Light will furnish electire light and jKiwer to anyone anywhere at the
same or less cost than it can be secured in most cities.
THERE ARE OVER FIFTY THOUSAND SATISFIED USERS OF
DELCO LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
In arritiou to Delvo-Liglit, we also want this dealer to handle a complete
line of electrical accessories, such as water systems, vacuum cleaners, fans, irons,
motors, lamps, fixtures, washing machines, etc. _
Our Mr. R. E. Stevenson will be in DUBLIN at the EVANS HOTEL Thursday
Morning, June 6th, and will be glad to talk to anyone interested.
Warmth Not In Surface.
"The Britisher Is Just as warm-
hearted and kindly and friendly as we
are,” writes Herbert Corey In Every-
body's, "but he must be operated on
with a full kit of tools before one finds
it out
"Not long ago I was riding with a
young officer on the British front He
had Just heard that his favorite broth-
er-in-law was located In some unknown
village near by.
"He wus quite ‘bucked up* about It—
I am sure he said bucked up—because
this was a real brother-in-law. He re-
galed me with stories of the brother-
in-law’s youth. He met friends and
asked where the beloved brother-in-law
might be found. By and by we ran
across the brother-in-law, standing
knee-deep In mud in a particularly de-
stroyed village. This Is precisely what
they called to each other:
"Fancy me finding you here, old
top!’ ‘Ripping, isn’t it? Coxne along
and have a peg.’ ”
. 18,132
«,7oe
. 1,87€
.623,003
P. M. BRATTEN CO
Distributors for Delco-Light Products
1001 to 100.-, THROCKMORTON ST
(Just across from the City Hall)
Fort Worth, Texas
Cathedrals destroyed ...
Rendered unserviceable
Churches destroyed .....
Rendered unserviceable
Watches on Trim Ankles.
Residents of Newark, Del., suffered a
shock the other afternoon when two
well-known young women appeared on
Main street wearing ankle watches.
There were several narrow escapes
from accidents when drivers of auto-
mobiles forgot their wheels In the ex-
citement of the moment.
Nearly every store door and window
held a rubberneck and repeated calls
of "What time Is ItT” but the young
women did not seem to mind In the
least the furore they were raising.
They were neatly and attractively
dressed. They wore low shoes, with
black silk hose, the watches strapped
to their trim left ankles. One old resi-
denter who got a closer view of the
watches remarked:
“Well I be -. I have read of
such things, but never saw it before,
and right here at home.”
Total .....................................€8
"In I’oland also a large number of
churches hove been destroyed for mil-
itary reasons. The figures concerning
these have not yet been published.
“As a result of the stupid stubborn-
ness of the Belgian people in contin-
uing the struggle after their bloody
and final defeat on the battlefield, the
German officers were forced, against
their will, to Impose punishments on
many rich Individuals and wealthy cit-
ies. This has contributed the follow-
ing amounts to the Germun treasury:
Puts Trademark on Apple*.
Here y'are—your monogram ou an
apple. It’s the latest wrinkle. 9. O.
Butler, fruit grower of Helmer, Ind.,
lias a method of putting Initials, pic-
tures of horses, cows and most any-
thing on apples. After the fruit has
become full grown, a stencil Is placed
COMMANDS JAP ARMY **
Interior Adornment.
"What has become of my cherry
cream?” cried Mrs. Subbub.
"Your cherry cream?” repeated the
cook.
“Yea, my complexion cream."
"1 thought that was some fancy
paste you got for the party last nigh’,
lo 1 spread it on the saodwichrer
Peseta*. 1
87.000. 000
13.000, (00 |
1£,7(0.000
4,320,8(0
Punl*hment* .........
Security ...............
Reprisal* .............
Forced contribution*
.120,071,350
Total
“This amount Includes a fine of 15,-
000 pesetas Imposed on the Alsatian
children who Insist on speaking the
French language und refuse to study
the beautiful German lunguuge. These
statistics are a most useful wurnlug to , a concession from the Argentina gov-
the neutral countries. eminent to establish a packing plant
4 POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMEHT8 ♦
Subject to Democratic Prima- 4
rles, July, 1918. ♦
4 For Representative:
♦ MACK TAYLOR
♦ For District Attorney
4 ROBERT L. THOMPSON.
4 Wm. PANN ILL 0
4 Stephenville.
4 For County Judge:
4 W. EL BOWER.
4 E. E. SOLOMON.
4 PAT L. PITTMAN
4 For County Attorney:
4 G. O. BAfEMAN (re-election)
4 FRANK S, MORRIS
4 For Sheriff
4 J. T. (JJm) TURN BOW
4 G. H. (Bud) DEASON
4 For Tax Collector
4 R. M. YARBROUGH
♦ Morgan Mill.
4 LUTHER BURLESON.
4 For County Clerk:
♦ R. L PIPES.
♦ JOE J. PATE.
4 OSCAR WILLIAMS
4 SPARKS HOWELL
4 (Ra-el«ctlon)
4 O. M. RANGOON
4 For District Clerk
4 ED MIBENHEIMER
4 a P. WILLIAMS (re-election
4 For School Superintendent
4 JNO. B. BURNETT
or grained paper Is manufactured In
Japan. After the paper has been cut
to a pattern the different parts are
aewn together and hemmed, und the
places where the buttonholes are to
be formed are strengthened with cal-
!oo or linen. The paper Is very strong
and at the same time very flexible.
After a garment has been worn a few
hour* It will Interfere with the perspir*
ntloa of the body no more than do gar-
ments made of cotton fabric. The
paper is not sized, nor Is it Impermea-
ble. After becoming wet the paper Is
difficult to tear. When an endeavor
la toade to tear it by hand It presents
a loan t aw much resistance as the thin
akin for making gloves.
re-election ♦
Select
School
General Count Masakl Terauclil Is
the commander In chief of the Japa-
nese army.
JUNE 3—JULY 16, »18
Possibly Longer
Certainly No Harm.
Bar Husband—I hear the druggist.
Butfowatar. was arrested for keeping
a mod pig.
Mrs. Goodsole—I don’t see anything
wroag In that He was probably try-
hag to care the poor animal.
John Plans Return With
One of Kaiser's Buttons
I will conduct a select school,
pupil* 8th grade and shore.
Classeit History, Algebra,
Geometry, Latin, English.
6U , E,
Taltton II-Ml per week, payable
Kingman. Kan.—When John
Barfield, colored, comes home
from France, If he ever does,
and brings a button off the coat
or troosers of Kaiser Bill he will
hive paid a fine assessed against
Mm by Police Judge Harlow.
John recently "hung a shovel”
aronnd the neck of a fellow
worker. He was fined a few dol-
lars. Before he paid the fine he
was called to the colors. The
Judge told Mm what be could do,
Gets Long Lest Watch.
Easton, Pa.—Twenty years ago
William D. Evans loot a watch In
Washington township, between Ban-
gor and Oentrevtllo. Ha took no lean
than twenty-five bicycle tripe between
these points lo searchlug for the time-
piece, but to no avail. Several days
Only such pupils as foal the naad
of this work and wUl sodsavor
to do It solicited. +
lots, has been undermined by the se- result of ths conversation It was
Mtr of the water and fallen Hilo the learned a resident of Centreville hod
>ry much rtver. Mark Twain was one of the found the watch, and after exptsjSf,
actor In toarad pilots who held the Jarketaff of tlon* the long lost watch was returned
to it*, owner.
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The Dublin Progress and Telephone (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 31St Year, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, May 31, 1918, newspaper, May 31, 1918; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561413/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.