The Independent. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1918 Page: 4 of 4
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THE MAKING OF
A FAMOUS
MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkhnm's
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman's Use.
A visit to the laboratory where this
•uccessfu) remedy is made impresses
•ven the casual looker-on with tne reli-
ability. accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman'sills.
Over UfiO.OOO |>ountls of various herbs
■re used anually and all have to be
Rather. 'd at the season of the year when
their natural juic:-s and m jdicinal sub-
stance, are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
tn extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
contact with the medicine is sterilized
•nd as a final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and scale
in sterile bottles.
It is the wonderful combination of
roots and herbs, together with tho
•kill and caro used in its preparation
which has made this famous medicine
•o successful in the treatment of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
Knd which we are continually pUb-
ing attest to its virtue.
STORY OF WAR IS
TOLD BV PERSHING
Detailed Report of How U. S. Men
Won Battles.
CRISIS CAME ON MARCH 21
Says American Operations Previous to J"
That Date Were Only a Part of " 1 '™'e
Their Training — Pays Su-
preme Tribute to Army.
Washington,
Pershing s acoi
is commander
litlonury forct
I ►♦*<•. 5.—Gen. John J
>unt of Ids stewanlslnj:
of the American expe-
ct whs given to the pub
To Some Extent.
"Mrs. daddy (iiilnis that she n
her husband."
MSo Hlie did; she made a fool of
Miu"
ES
Like Producing Like.
"It was if real send-olt tlie.v gnve
Jlmsjr. u«W II?" "Yes, and there'll
be a com eli ne It, too."
Soothe Itching Skins
With Cutleurn. Bathe with Cutlcura
Soap and hot water, dry und apply the
Ointnitnt. This usually uffords relief
•nd points to speedy healinent. For
free samples nddreRs, "Cutlcura, Dept.
X, Boston." At druggists and by mall.
Boap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv.
HAD EXAMPLE BEFORE HIM
Lop-Eared Youth Could Not Doubt
That Some People Could Speak
Fast Without Stuttering.
' •
A venerable citizen of the Straddle
Ridge neighborhood entered n lunch
room In IVlkville, dragging after him
■ gander necked, lop-cared youth.
"What kind <>' pie have ye got yerc?"
lie asked of the brisk waitress.
"Peach, apple, mince, raisin, punks
ftpercol. mince, raisin and cokernut
custard!" she answered with consider-
able rapidity.
"Ptu!—which?" returned the old fel-
low.
The young lady repeated the list
With still greater speed.
"Please say tluit over ag in, If you'd
•est as liv\" requested the ancient
tann.
' "Say. lookee here!" demanded the
waitress. "Can't you understand any-
thing?"
"Oh. yes'ni; I understand nil right!"
He turned to the lop-eared youth.
"There now, Knimett!" he triumphant-
ly said. "You see. It's Jest as I told
you; a person kin talk us fast as he
pleases without stutterin', If he'll only
take keer!"—Judge.
A Good Match.
"When I get u car, I want one which
will suit me." "Then, my dear, you
had better get a runabout."
Otherwise Peaceful.
"Wu It ii military dinner?"
"Ju*t a suggestion of the military.
We sheffed the nuts."
Ike real food
elements of
wheat and bap
ley so made as
io be rich in
sug'ar, end
ready -to ea-t
from package
v/i-fch milk or
cream. Thdiis
GrapeMs
A Substantial
Food
and Economical
lie Wednesday by Secretary Baker.
It Ih In the form of a preliminary re-
port to tin secretary, covering opera-
tions up to November 120. after the
German collapse. It closes with tin-Be
words from the leader of the Kr«*at
army In France, expressing bis feeling
for those who served under him:
"1 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. 1 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 tlie way for the army that was to
smash German resistance on the
Meuse and give vital aid to the allies
In forcing Germany to Its knees ID
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 dute, however,
the great German offensive was
launched and a crucial situation qulck-
y 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-
reloped was such," General Pershing
•ays, "that on March 28 I placed at
lie disposal of Marshal Foch, who had
een agreed upon as commander in
hief of the allied armies, all of our
orces. At his request the First dlvi-
ilon was transferred from the Toul
lector to a position in reserve at Chau
nout en Vexln.
As German superiority In numbers
cqulred prompt action, an agreement
vas reached at the Abbeville confer
nee of the allied premiers and com-
nanders and myself on May 2 by
vhlch British shipping was to trans-
ort ten American divisions to the
British army area, where they were to
>e trained and equipped, and addition-
tl British shipping was to be provided
or as many divisions as possible for
lse elsewhere.
Men Eager for Teat.
"On April 20 the First division had
{one into the line In the Montdldler
inllent, on the IMcardy battle front.
Tactics had been suddenly revolution-
zed to those of open warfare, and our
lien, confident of the results of their
raining, were eager for the test. On
he morning of May 28 this division
ittacked the commanding German po-
rtion In Its front, taking with splendid
lash the town of Oantlgny and all
ither objectives, which were organized
nd held steadfastly against vicious
ounter-attacks and galling artillery
Ire.
"Although local, this brilliant action
lad an electrical effect, as It demon-
itrated our fighting qualities under
ond. fn line east of Reims, faced the
German assault of July 15 and "held
their ground unflinchinglyon the
right flank four companies of the
Twenty-eighth t. vision faced "ad-
vancing waves of Herman Infantry,"
and the Third division held the Maine
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 points
on Its front while, on either flank,
the Germans who had gained a fout-
sell forward. Our men, firing
llrectlons. met the German
attacks with counter-attacks at criti-
cal points and succeeded In throwing
two German divisions Into complete
confusion, capturing (MX) 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 his 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
found they bad a formidable army i«
aid them, and the enemy learned fluul
l.v 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 m *n
had cleared the way for the great ef-
fort of the allies and American forces
to win a conclusive victory. Th<
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
l.v took the places of the French t«i:
the thinly held line of this long, quiet
sector. The attack opened on Septeui
her 2d. and the Americans diove
through entanglements, across No
Man's Land, to take all the en*my'*
first-line positions.
Battle of the Meuse.
Closing the chapter. General I
shlng says:
"On November 0 a division of tlie
First corps reached a point on the
Meuse opposite Sedan, 25 tulles from
our lines of departure. The strategi-
cal goal which was our highest ho(
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 in the Meuse-
Argontie battle. Between September
was taking chances, and the vulnera 2(1 and November 6 we took 20.0.7J
blllty of tills 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-
palre farm anil Vlerzy In a very rapid
vance and reached a position In
front of Tlgny the end of>its second
day. Ttiese two divisions captured 7.-
000 prisoners and over 100 pieces of
artillery."
First Amer?jan Army F\>rmed.
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,
nnd Twenty-eighth divisions. With
the situation on the Marne front thus
relieved, (Jeneral Pershing writes, he
could turn to the organization of the
First American army and the reduction
of the St. Mihiel 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
Sellle, east of the Moselle, eastward
through St. Mihiel tft 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 '
nnd 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 , demonstrated by the fact that, al-
•xtreme battle conditions and also that the report says, was the largest though we soon began the manufac-
, prisoners ami 408 guns on this front.
"Our divisions engaged were the
i First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth.
Twenty-sixth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-
I ninth, Thirty-second, Thirty-third,
Thirty-fifth. Thirty-seventh, Seventy-
eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eightieth.
: Eighty-second, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth
und Ninety-first.
"Many of our divisions remulned In
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 in the line twice.
Although some of the divisions
were fighting their first battle, they
soou became equal to the best.
Other Corps Active.
The commander in chief does not
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 BriUsh
assault on the llindenburg line where
the St. Quentln canal passes through
a tunnel; of how the Second and Thir-
ty-sixth divisions got their chance In
October by being assigned to aid the
French In the drive from Reims, nnd
of the splendid fighting of the Thirty-
seventh and Ninety-first divisions, sent
to join the French army in Belgium.
Of the total strength of the expedi-
tionary force, General Pershing re-
ports :
"There nre In Europe altogether, in-
| eluding a regiment and some sanitary
! units with the Italian army and the
i organizations at Murmansk, also in-
cluding these en route from the States,
approximately 2,053,347 men, less our
| losses."
' "Of this total there are in France
j 1,338,169 combatant troops."
Problem of Equipment.
| Of their equipment he says:
"Our entry Into the war found us
with few of the auxiliaries necessary
| for Its conduct in the modern sense,
j Among our most Important deficiencies
In material were artillery, uvlatlon
and tanks..
"In order to meet our requirements
i as rapidly as possible, we accepted the
offer of the French government to pro-
vide us with the necessary artillery
equipment of 75s, one 55-millimeter
howitzer and one 55 G. P. F. gun from
their own factories for 30 divisions.
"The wisdom of this course Is fully
he enemy's troops were not altogether
n vincible."
Hold Foe at Chateau Thierry.
There followed Immediately the Ger-
man thrust across the Alsne river to-
ward Paris. He continues:
"The Third division, which had Just
ome from Its preliminary training In
he trenches, was hurried to the
Marne. Its motorized machine-gun
aattallon preceded the other units and
successfully held the bridgehead at j
he Marne. opposite Chateau Thierry, j
The Second division. In reserve I
aear Montdldler, was sent by motor- j
trucks and other available transport '
:o check the progress of the enemy j
toward Paris. The division attacked
nd retook the town and railroad sta-
tion at Bouresches and sturdily held I
its ground against the enemy's best j
uard 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
nemy than to ourselves. On July 1.
before the Second was relieved, it cap-
tured the village of Vaux with splen-
iid precision.
Stand Between Paris and Foe.
Meanwhile our Second corps, under
MaJ. Gen. George W. Read, had been
organized for the command of our
divisions with the British, which were
held hack in training areas or as-
signed to second-line defenses. Five of
the ten divisions were withdrawn from
British area in June, three to re-
Icve divisions in Lorraine and the
osges ond two were sent to rhe Paris
irea to Join the group of American
llvlslons which stood between the city
nd any further advance of the enemy
n that direction."
By that time the great tide of Amer-
•an troop movements to France was
i full swing and the older divisions
•uld be used freely. The Forty-sec-
aviatlon assembly ever engaged on the j 0f these classes of guns at home,
western front up to that time In a sin- there were no guns of fhe calibers
gle operation.
Battle of St. Mihiel.
Of the reduction of the St. Mihiel
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 tnnks manned partly by
Americans nnd partly by the French.
"These divisions, accompanied by
groups of wire-cutters ond others
nrmed with bangalore torpedoes, went
through the successive bonds of
bnrbed wire that protected the ene-
my's front line nnd support trenches
in irresistible waves on schedule time,
breoklng down all defense of an en-
emy demoralized by the great volume
of our artillery fire ond our sudden
opprooch out of the fog,
"Our First corps odvonced to Thinu-
court, while our Fourth corps curved
back to the southwest through Non-
sard. The Second Coloniol French
corps made the slight advance re-
quired of it on very difficult ground,
nnd tht Fifth corps took Its three
ridges nnd repulsed n counter-attack.
"A ropld march brought reserve reg-
iments of n division of the Fifth corps
into Vigneulles in the enrly morning,
where it linked up with patrols of our
Fourth corps, closing the salient and
forming a new line west of Thlaucourt
to Vigneulles and beyond Fresnes en-
Woe v re.
16,000 Prisoners Taken.
"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 Inhabit nits
of many villages from enemy domina-
tion and established our lines in a po-
sition to threaten Metx.
,4Thls signal success of the Ameri-
can First army In Its first offensive
was of prime Importance. The allies
mentioned manufactured in America
on our front at the date the armistice
was signed. The only guns of these
types produced at home thus far re-
ceived In France are 109 75-millimeter
guns.
First U. S. Planes in May
1 "In aviation we were In the same
i situation, and here again the French
! government came to our aid until our
own aviation program should be under
way. We obtained from the French
the necessary planes for training our
i personnel, and they have provided us
i with a total of 2,070 pursuit, observa-
i tlon, and bombing planes.
"The first airplanes received from
! home arrived in May. and together
| we hove received 1.379. The first
I American squadron completely
I equipped by American production. In-
| eluding airplanes, crossed the German
I 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 libefal attitude and has been
most anxious to give us every possi-
ble assistance In meeting our deficiep
cles In these as well as in other
respects. Our dependencies upon
France for artillery, aviation ami
tanks was, of course, due to the fact
that our Industries had not been ex-
clusively devoted to military produc-
tion.
"All credit Is due our own manu
facturers for their efforts to meet our
own requirements, as at the time the
armistice wus signed we were able to
look forward to the early supply of
practically all our necessities from
our own factories."
Ugh! Calomel Sickens; Salivates!
Please Try Dodson's Liver Tone
I am sincere I My medicine does not upset liver
and bowels so you lose a day's work.
You're bilious! Tour liver Is slug-
gish ! You feel luzy, dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head is dull, your
tongue Is coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But
don't take salivating calomel. It makes
you sick; you may lose a day's work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing.
If you want to enjoy the nicest, gen-
tlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced Just take a spoonful
of harmless I>odson's Liver Tone to-
night. Your druggist or dealer sells
you a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
for a few cents under my personal
money-back guarantee that each spoon-
ful will clean your sluggish liver bet-
ter than a dose of uasty calomel aud
that it won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know It next morn-
ing because you will wake up feeling
fine, your liver will be working, your
headache a^id dizziness gone, your
stomach will be sweet and your bowels
regular. You will feel like working;
you'll be cheerful; full of vigor aud
ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can
not salivate. Give it to your children.
Millions of people are using Dodsoa'9
Liver Tone instead of dangerous calo-
mel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale of calomel Is aluiosl
stopped entirely here.—Adv.
Distemper
Puts a ...
Stop to all
CURES THE SICK
And prevents others having: the disease no matter ho^r
exposed UO renin and $1.15 ■ bottle, f.V.IO and 911.00 M
doscn bottle*. All good druggists and turf goods houses.
Spohn Medicod Co. Goshen, Ind.. U. S. A.
Her Title.
Bacon—I understand his wife hns
a position now?
Egbert—Yes. She's working at a
ribbon counter In n department store.
"And does he call her his better
half?"
"No; his counter-part."
Vital Question.
Mrs. Johnson—Sistah Martha has
Jest got a dlvo'ce f'um her husband.
Mrs. Jackson—You don't say. Hojv
much ammonia did de cou't grant her?
—Boston Transcript.
Severe Injury.
Civilian—"How did you get that
wournl stripe?" Private—"Me heart
broke when we didn't march to Ber-
lin."
Pleasant Politics.
"I hear a lot of pretty girls voted
this year." "Yes, I enjoyed getting
out the vote."
Very Much So.
"What's beeu on the carpet lately?"
"King Albert going to Brussels, for
one thing."
i
Low Meat Prices
vs.
High Cattle Prices
If the farmer cannot get enough for
his live stock, he raises less, and the
packer gets less raw material.
If the consumer has to pay too much
for his meat, he eats less of it, and the
packer finds his market decreased.
The packer wants the producer to
get enough to make live-stock raising
profitable, and he wants the price of meat
so low that everyone will eat it.
But all he can do, and what he would
have to do in any case to stay in busi-
ness, is to keep down the cost of pro-
cessing the farmer's stock into meat so
that the consumer pays for the meat and
by-products only a little more than the
farmer gets for his animals.
For example, last year Swift & Company
paid for its cattle about 90 per cent of
what it got for meat and by-products
(such as hides, tallow, oils, etc.)
If cattle from the farm were turned
miraculously into meat in tht hands of
retailers (without going through the ex-
pense of dressing, shipping and market-
ing), the farmer would get only about
l1/^ cents per pound more for his cattle,
or consumers would pay only about 2^/\
cents per pound less for their beef!
Out of this cent or two per pound,
Swift & Company pays for the operation
of extensive plants, pays freight on meats,
operates refrigerator cars, maintains
branch houses, and in most cases, de-
livers to retailers all over the United
States. The profit amounts to only a
fraction of a cent, and a part of this
profit goes to build more plants, to give
better service, and to increase the com-
pany's usefulness to the country.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
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