The Stars and Stripes Part 26

that the great French Bank, the

SOCIeTe GeNeRALE

has very kindly agreed to act as

WELLS FARGO'S CORRESPONDENT THROUGHOUT FRANCE

Cable and mail transfers of money to all parts of America may be made through Wells Fargo by calling at the Societe Generale.

Deposit accounts with Wells Fargo, Paris, may be opened at the Societe Generale.

SOCIeTe GeNeRALE has Branches at:--

AMIENS CHALONS-SUR-MARNE LA ROCh.e.l.lE SAINT NAZAIRE ANGERS CHATEAUROUX LIMOGES SAUMUR ARCACHON CHAUMONT MIRECOURT TOUL AUXONNE DIJON NANTES TOURS BAR-LE-DUC EPINAL NEUFCHATEAU TROYES BESANCON FONTAINEBLEAU NEVERS VALREAS BORDEAUX IS-SUR-TILLE RENNES VIERZON BOURGES ISSOUDUN ROMORANTIN and many others.

BREST LANGRES ROUEN

Circulars giving full explanation of WELLS FARGO'S Banking Facilities in France may be obtained at the Branches of the Societe Generale.

TO FLASH THE HOUR BY ARMY WIRES.

New A. E. F. Lines Will Insure U. S. Well-Set Time Pieces.

Correct time is now being transmitted to the A. E. F. over its own system of telegraph lines. Formerly field wireless stations each day at a certain hour picked from the air figures flashed from Paris by which the clocks of the array were synchronized. This method did not insure absolute accuracy.

Each day at eleven o'clock a simultaneous signal is sent to every station so that through the existing zone, and at the front as well, clocks and watches show the same time. This synchronization is desirable under present conditions and it is an absolute necessity with troops at the front when, for instance, orders may specify that some operation is to be carried out at one point at a certain time and another operation at another point at another time. The success of both operations may depend upon whether they are launched on the second.

Miles upon miles of telegraph wires strung on poles labeled "U. S. A."

now stretch through France. They may be found running to base ports, zigzagging through the instruction zone over hills, through a valley, along a roadside. On some of the poles there are double cross-beams supporting in many cases as many as ten wires. There is a complete system of operators and central exchanges as well as a considerable force of linemen and repairmen, quite a number of whom worked for telephone and telegraph companies in the United States before the war began. The "service" leaves little, if anything, to be desired.

HOW THEY SPOT US.

"Madame, where in this town can one get a drink, _s'il vous plait_?"

"Ah! I can see that M. l'Americain comes from the State of Maine!"

TRY POTATO BUGS IN BOMBS.

An Ohio Man's Suggestion on How to Win the War.

The war will soon be over. An Ohio man will end it. He has suggested to U.S. Marine Corps officials in Was.h.i.+ngton that they direct their aviators to drop potato bugs over Germany. He declares there are no potato bugs in the Kaiser's realm, and since the "spud" is absolutely essential to Germany's economic welfare, the dropping of "Murphy destroyers" over the Rhine country would quickly terminate hostilities.

Simple, isn't it? Marine Corps officials think so.

A BRITISH BANK CONDUCTED ON BRITISH LINES.

LLOYDS BANK (FRANCE) & NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK (FRANCE) LIMITED.

3, PLACE DE L'OPeRA, PARIS.

General Banking Business.

Foreign Exchange and Transfers.

{BIARRITZ: 10, Place de la Liberte.

Branches {BORDEAUX: 23, Allees de Chartres.

{HAVRE: 1, Rue de la Bourse.

{NICE: 6, Jardin du Roi Albert Premier.

LONDON OFFICE: 60, LOMBARD STREET, E.C.3.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY UNION IN EUROPE 8, RUE DE RICHELIEU, PARIS (Royal Palace Hotel)

OBJECTS--The general object of the Union is to meet the needs of American university and college men and their friends who are in Europe for military or other service in the cause of the Allies.

It provides at moderate cost a home with the privileges of a simple club for these men when pa.s.sing through Paris on a furlough.

It aids inst.i.tutions, parents or friends to secure information about college men, reporting on casualties, visiting the sick and wounded, giving advice, and in general serving as means of communication between those at home and their relatives in service.

MEMBERs.h.i.+P--The Union is supported by annual fees paid by the colleges and universities of America, all the students and alumni of which, whether graduates or not, are thereby ent.i.tled, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF ANY DUES, to the general privileges of the Union, and may call upon the Union in person or by mail to render them any reasonable service.

HEADQUARTERS--On October 20, 1917, the Union took over as its Paris headquarters the Royal Palace Hotel, of which it has the exclusive use. This centrally located hotel is one block from the Louvre and the Palais Royal station of the Metro., from which all parts of the city may be reached quickly and cheaply.

PRIVILEGES--The Union offers at reasonable rates both single and double bed-rooms, with or without bath. There is hot and cold running water in all rooms, which are well heated. Room reservations should be made in advance whenever possible, as only 100 men can be accommodated. The restaurant serves excellent meals both to roomers and to transients.

The Lounge Room is supplied with all the leading American newspapers, magazines and college publications. The rapidly growing Library on the first floor provides fiction and serious reading, both French and English, as well as a large number of valuable reference books on the war and other subjects.

Stationery is provided in the Writing Room on the ground floor. A Canteen in the Lobby carries cigarettes and tobacco, toilet articles, candies, and a variety of other useful things. An Information Bureau is maintained in the Union Offices on the Entresol.