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OF II. S. IN WAR
Pictures by American Painters
' Tell Story of Expeditionary
Force's Activities.
RE MINDER OF TRAGEDY
Scenes Depicted "Are Ruined
Among Made Sacred For
French Villages
ever to Americans Because of
Lives Given to Save Them.
Washington. —The story of the
American expeditionary force is told
nictates on the walls of the Na
•n here in permanent
fionnl museum a
exhibit just opened to the public.
Drawn from life in paint, pen and
. k or pencil by American artists com¬
missioned and sent to the front for
that purpose, the collection of nearly
500 studies detailing almost every
{iflse of life in the army overseas is
Lrend well-lighted over the walls rooms. of half It is a a dozen tale
rear, action which they dis¬
of stirring
close. depicted
\mong the scenes are
ruined French villages made sacred
forever to Americans because of Amer¬
ican Wood freely given to tear them
from German hands. There are the
homely, appealing scenes from behind
the lines with happy-go-lucky young¬
sters of Pershing’s division in billets
mixing among the people of France,
the very old and the very young peo¬
ple. and there grim reminders
Here are
Air Mail Men
Make Record
Pianes Fly Total of 54,693 Miles
in Month of May, Says
Official Report.
EFFICIENCY £ OPERATION
New York-Washington Route Shows
88 Per Cent and Chicago-Omaha
Route the Same—Newark Field
Delays Two Routes.
Washington.—United States mail
planes flew a total of 54,093 miles In
May, according to the report made
public by Second Assistant Postmas¬
ter General Praeger. The average of
efficiency on the New York-Washing¬
ton route was 88 per cent; Cleveland
Chieago, 70 per cent and Chicago
Omaha, 88 per cent.
Only two forced landings were made
because of mechanical trouble In
either planes or motors. Fifteen oth¬
ers, were made because of shortage of
gas or oil through combating head
winds, four because of weather and
seven because new pilots got off their
courses.
How Efficiency Is Based.
Efficiency in operation of postal air¬
planes is based on leaving the fields
within 15 minutes of scheduled time,
on maintaining a speed for 75 miles
an hour for Curtiss R-4s and 80 miles
for DH-4s and Martin bombers, on the
absence or number of forced landings
ami on making flights without damage
of any character to engine or plane in
taking-off, landing, taxiing or flying.
Hie rating by fields in May was as
follows: , I " 1
1 O -3
o Ss
3 ?? £ “ 8S
•d
Q, D __C S 5
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3
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Field. : : : S
J 1 - Y.-Cleve..... Y.-Wash.,.. .72% 85% 93% 100%
Cleve.-Chi....... .51 80 93 9S
Chi. -Omaha .77 65 71 90
... 82 91 100
-ms for the abandonment of
• p !-M at Newark by the depart
Elr " indicated in a statement by
U. S. Marine Corps Patrol at Santo Domingo City
patr °l of the United States marine corps at the river base in Santo Domingo City.
“Liberty Brings Peace”
Mr. Henry K. Bush-Brown, a prominent District of Columbia sculptor
of more than local reputation and former president of the Washington
Arts club, beside his statue which he calls “Liberty Brings Peace.”
of the great tragedy in groups of hud¬
dled dead in wrecked enemy trenches
over which the tide of victory had
poured. Again, half glimpsed through
a downpour of rain, a trudging, sodden
infantry column is moving onward
through a sea of mud as the artist saw
it; or an endless line of weary gun
teams drags forward the batteries to
blast the road to triumph.
At one point the artist caught and
Mr. Praeger addressed to “All Super¬
intendents of the Air Mail Service,”
in which he says:
“The records indicate that if the
field manager had performed the
full share of their duties in getting
the mail planes off within 15 minutes
of the scheduled time of departure the
efficiency rating for May for all divi¬
sions would have made a wonderful
showing.
Fail to Start on Time.
“The general efficiency performance
on the New York-Washington and New
York-Cleveland routes was marred by
this failure of the Newark field man¬
agement. This field failed ten times
to start its plane on time to Wash¬
ington and ten times to start on time
to Kellefonte.
"This trouble exists to some degree
on other fields. It can be eliminated,
or certainly greatly improved, if
planes are promptly Inspected, tested
and served in the afternoon before the
flight if the departure of the plane is
scheduled early the following fore¬
noon. Aside from this single serious
delinquency, the pilots, mechanics and
field supervisors have cause to feel
proud of the record made during
May.”
West More Chesty
Than Eastern States
Washington.—In an effort to
secure better fitting uniforms for
American soldiers, more than
100.000 men in the army have
had their measure taken, the
war department announced. The
measurements were said to form
the most comprehensive survey
ever made for tailoring purposes
and will lie made available to
the clothing trade.
The survey has shown what
proportion of sizes should be car¬
ried for troops, according to the
war department, and will enable
reduction in the stock of sur¬
plus clothing kept on hand to fill
requisitions.
Measurements showed that
flie biggest chested soldiers
came from western states, while
the smallest chested men were
from the eastern department.
THE COVINGTON NEWS, GEORGIA.
held for his fellow countrymen the
breathless tensity of a forest outpost,
peering through the leafy screen of his
covert toward the enemy lines, his
rifle hugged close, with fingers
clinched over the trigger; at another
a slash of light from a half-opened
door has painted on the screen of night
just a hint at a column, tramping on
toward battle, just a young face or
two in the line—weary, dirty, but with
jaws grim set with purpose. Again it
is a hospital that has gripped the art¬
ist’s imagination, a twisted, writhing
form under the tumbled blanket, with
agony in every line and over it the
steady-eyed surgeon or the merciful
figure of an army nurse.
War Implements Displayed.
In rooms around the picture display
are shown all the countless things
with which the army and the navy
dealt in the war; the guns, the bombs,
the uniforms of ally and enemy alike,
captured weapons and German war
gear of many kinds. These form a
striking setting for the epic tale the
war artists have pictured, probably the
only such record ever assembled, for
it began with the army and runs on
to the departure of the homeward
transports at the close.
Artists who made the pictures, all of
whom held the rank of captain in the
American expeditionary force, include
Wallace Morgan, Ernest Peixotto, Ju¬
lius Andre Smith, Harry E. Townsend,
Harvey Dunn, Walter J. Duncan, all of
New York city; William J. Aylward,
Fairport, N. Y., and George M. Hard
ing, Wynnewood, Pa.
1,362,872 FRENCH KILLED
Final Figures Given on Tricolor's
Total Dead in the Great
European War,
Paris.—Final official statistics of
the ministry of war fixes the total
number of French soldiers killed dur¬
ing the great war at 1,3G2,S72. Of
this number the details of the fate
of 361,854 pre unknown.
Reduction of military service to less
than two years is. impossible at the
present time, said M. Lefevre, minis¬
ter of war, while explaining the main
points of the projected reorganization
of the army to the military committee
of the chamber of deputies.
Use of French troops in the orient
was discussed by the minister, who
declared that forces now in the near
east numbered 70,COO men, most of
the organizations there being colonial
regiments.
Must Wed to Get Wealth.
Valparaiso, Ind.—By the terms of
the will of Edgar D. Crumpacker his
son, Owen L. Crumpacker, a local at¬
torney of this city, is to receive $500
additional, providing he marries. The
younger Crumpacker also will re¬
ceive a large law library which be¬
longed to his father, who was for
years representative in congress from
the Tenth Indiana district. He left
a large estate, of which a large part
consists of land bordering along Lake
Michigan, in close proximity to the
steel mills of Gary. The local attor¬
ney is a bachelor.
SERVE ULTIMATUM
ON THE GERMANS
NOTICE GIVEN THAT jGERMANY
MUST DELIVER 2,000,000 TONS
OF COAL EACH MONTH
DEMANDS FOR COAL REDUCED
Drastic Measures Will Be Taken If
Germany Refuses—France De¬
manding Full Enforcement
Spa, Belgium.—The allies served an
ultimatum upon the German delegation,
to the conference here that the Ger¬
mans must agree by three o’clock, July
13, to deliver to the allies two mil-,
lion tons of coal monthly. Otherwise,
the Germans were informed that the
allies will take measures to enforce^
the terms of the Versailles treaty.
Thus, the negotiations with the Ger¬
mans have reached another tense point.
The spirit of conciliation adopted by!
both sides has prevented a break thus
far, but the allies found it was neces¬
sary to issue this ultimatum for car¬
rying out the treaty, which would en¬
title them to a greater amount of coal
than now is demanded.
The question of coal was the sub¬
ject of controversy during a three-hour
session. i
The allies began by insisting upon
a monthly delivery of 2,200,000 tons.
The Germans offered 1,100,000 tons
and the alies reduced their demand
to two million.
Doctor Simons, the German foreign
minister, represented that, being the:
very foundation of the industrial life
of Germany, every ton that Germany!
sent to the allies meant that much less 1
production. He said:
“My contention is in European in¬
terests as much as in the interest
of Germany, because our payments to
you are conditioned upon our indus¬
trial production. You want your
money. We want you to have it, but!
how can we pay large sums if you
take away huge quantities of coal?”;
The German foreign ministers of¬
fered then to increase the deliveries
of coal from 1,100,000 tons to 1,400,
000 within six months, and to 1700,
000 tons within a year. This couldi
only be done, he said, if the allies!
made better food conditions possible:
for the miners and contributed rawi
materials to build houses for more
miners.
The premiers, after prolonged dis¬
cussion, informed Chancellor Fehren
lies must have their final answer on.
bach, and Doctor Simons that the al*
July 13.
BOLSHEVIKS SWEEP
BEATS BACK POLES ON
AN EXTENDED LJNE
Poles Don’t Like Terms Of Allies, But
It Is Conceded They Will
Have To Accept
Warsaw^.—News from the battle
front is meager, but at last accounts
the Poles were reported to have evac¬
uated Minsk, Kovel and other towns
toward which the Bolshevik are ap¬
proaching in their 1,200-kilometer (745
miles) westward sw’eep.
Many of the telegraph wires are
down and the railroads have been cut
at various points.
It is reported here that Minsk is
on fire, but it is not certain, owing
to the difficulties of communication,
whether the Bolshevik have yet occu¬
pied the city.
The Catholic archbishop here has
appealed to taembers of the church to
join the colors. A special mass has
been called at which prayers will be
offered for Poland's safety.
The Russian residents of Warsaw
have held a mass meeting and begun
the organization of infantry and cav¬
alry’ detachments to fight the advanc¬
ing Bolsheviki.
The American Relief Association
and the American Red Cross have com¬
pleted their evacuation of Vilna in
the north and of Lemberg on the
southern front.
At last accounts the Bolsheviki were
forty kilometers from Vilna. Exten¬
sive preparations hav^ been made for
the defense of that city. Lemberg is
not yet in immediate danger.
100,000 Land Army Harvesting Gn
Washington.—A land army of 1C
000 farm hands recruited and organ
ed by the department of agriculture
is moving northward across the west¬
ern wheat belt harvesting the nation’s
grain crop in better time than in many
years, according to reports tc the de¬
partment. “For the first time in years
farmers have not been handicappead
through labor shortages,” Director
Taylor of the farm bureau said.
Japan And Britain Prolong Alliance
London.—Great Britain and Japan
have notified the league of nation*
that they have prolonged their treaty
alliance for a year, according to tlm
Daily Mail, at the same time pointing
out that fclie terms of the treaty are
in accord with the principles of the
league. The reason for the prolonga¬
tion of the treaty is that Great Brit¬
ain has not yet had an opportunity to
consult with the dominions regarding
a .revision of the treaty.
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
“Bayer Tablets of Aspirin’’ is genu¬
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and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an unbroken
“Bayer package” which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth¬
ache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger “Bayer packages.” Aspirin
Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon
oaceticacidester of Salicylicacid.—Adv.
The Price of Silence.
The negro preacher had successfully
concealed the fact that he had served
a term in prison, but long years of
upright living had not destroyed his
fear of exposure.
One Sunday, on rising to begin his
sermon, his heart sank on seeing in
one of the front pews a former cell
mate.
Quick thinking was necessary. Turn¬
ing the Bible round a couple of times
to gain time he fixed his eye on the
stranger and delivered himself slowly
and impressively as follows:
“Ah takes mah text dis mo’nin’
from de sixty-fo’ chapter an’ de fo'
hundre’th verse ob de Gospel ob Saint
John which says, ‘Dem as sees me,
an’ knows me, an’ says nothin’, dem
will Ah see later.’ ”—Exchange.
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS
There is only one medicine that really
Stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
lurable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root stands the
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upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be¬
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. It is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound. all
Start treatment at once. Sold at
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi¬
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.—Adv.
He Knew.
A Western youngster who attends an
Eastern college came home recently
for a few days. His mother, of course,
cooked up all his special dishes and
the youngster rejoiced as he sat down
to the well-filled table. “I’ll tell you.
John,” began liis father, beaming at
the boy, “the happiest time in most
people’s lives is right when they are
eating, isn’t it?”
John looked at mother, who had
acted as cook, and then at the rest of
his family. “Yes, it is,” he agreed,
“provided that they are eating with
some people for whom they actually
care.”
The occasional use of Roman Eye Balsam
at night will prevent and relieve tired eyes,
watery eyes, and eye strain.—Adv.
German Process Faulty.
Indigo dye was always made from
the juice of the indigo plant until the
Germans invented a way of making
It synthetically. ' English manufac¬
turers of serge have recently been
testing the natural and the artificial
dyes, with the result that the natural
gives a depth Of color from 5 to 20 per
cent superior to the artificial. H. E.
Armstrong, an authority on dyes, says
the German process does not make
indigo, but only one of the constitu¬
ents of indigo, called indfgotin.
Look pleasant, even if you force a
laugh. Life’s always taking your
photograph.
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