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YOiMlLtTlNQUIRER. issued se?i'wb?klt. i. m orisi'8 sons, pnbiiihtn { % ^[amilg Jlnrspaper: a'or the promotion of the political, Social, agricultural anil Commercial Stntcrcsls of the feoplt. j ter"^^c*7/*^'sn^?"nct RMT A wt.iHHF.lt nn YORK, ~sT C- FR1 D-IYTm: ARC'H^>?, lTlia XO. -><i "OVERT By ARTHUR < An American Boy Who Years Before Copyright, 1917, ??y Arthur 'Juy 'HAITI i: X.NIV. The Firing Squad. A ! w days lat? r 1 had onh-is to r?*poit liiirk to divisional h?ad<|iiarti'rs, about thirtv kilos la-hind tin- lino. I Hpoit'd to Jin- A. I'. M. liosiManl provost marshal. > Hi- told iw- to ri-|iol't to Idlli t No. 7s lor i|iiarioiH and rations. ?.ii?lit o'l-lirf-k at iilitht II Wiin illivut ? iliiI I Was til<-<l iiliil soon fell asleep in tin* .straw of llif i.illi t. It was a miserable nmlit outside, cold ami a drizzly rain was tailing. About two in tin- mortilliK I was iwaki'iii'ij l?y some one shaking tne l?y tin should' i t >|i< liilii,' my eyes I saw a i?-?inniital s?-iu<ant major bending inn iii-. Hi- hail a Iiulit'..-intern in his right ham). 1 starlnl to ask him what was the mat tor, wln-n In | ,i i his linger lo his lips tor silence and whispered: "Cot on your o(|iii|niiont and. without tii> nolso, (oino with mi-." Tins greatly mystified tin-, out I oIm voiI onlors. I lutsldo of tin billot. I askod him what was ii|>. hut ho shut tno 11j with: "I'on't as!', uuostions, it's against orih-is I doi.'i know myself." It was raining liko tho mischief. W. s|>lashoi| along a 11111 111> load for alioiit llitoi ii lainutos. Dually Klnp|iiiiK at tin- outraiiio ot what must have I <11 an old hum. In tho darkness, I eould lioai pigs grunting, as it thoy had lust boon distill bed. In Iroiit of tho door stood all otlieoi in a mack (mackintosh.) Tin |{. s. M wont up to him. whisp<i<-d something and then hit. This ollieer called to loo, asked iii\ n.itm . mimher ami regiment. at the same time, in the lit:hi ol a lantern he was holding, making a notation in a little hook. Winn ho had finished writing, lie w hisperod: - ?.ui. i ..,,,i w:iii orders. " ?i<> miiii iiiin 1.1... . iiml no talking. rndci-stand?" I stuml.lcd into tli<' Imii*ii and sot on tin- lloor in tin' darkness. I could see in. oni'. I>ut could In-ill iin n hri-atliing iiml moving; t li?-\ sii-ini'd nervous ninl restless. I know I was. Iituim: in> wiiit three other men entered. Then the ullieer poked his head in the door and ordered: "l-'illl III. Olltside the l.illet, in single rank." We fell in. standing at ease. Then! lie commanded: ? ^"?Iu!r7!Tc,-TsWdi1. Uiinrtit'i1-?" There were twelve of lis. "Itight?Turn! J.ett- Wheel! Quick March!** And uwiiv we went. The rain was trickling down mv hack and I was shivering from the void. With the otlieer leading, we must have marched over an hour, plowing through the mini and occasionally stunihliiig into a shell hole hi the road, when suddenly the mliccr made a left wheel, ami we found ourselves in a sort of enclosed courtyard. The .lawn was In-caking and the rain liiid ccasi-il. In front i I' us w.-n- four stiicl.s ol rilh-s, three to a stack. The otlieer brought us *o attention and gave the order to uiipile arms. Wo ejich took a rille. < .iving us ' St.-ind at ease," in a nervous and shaky voice, he informed: "Men. you are lu-re on a very solemn duty. You have In-ell selected its ;i ' - - ! ..i tiring s.|ii;nl lor me rxrruinqi <1 who. having been found guilty ol a iirii'Voiis rriuii' against king ami country, has hoon ivitiiIjii'I) and dji!\ tiled ami sentenced to he shot at 3.-> a. in. this date. This sentence has been approved h> the review ing authority and ordered earned out It is our duty to carry on with the setitet.ee ol the court. "Tin re arc twelve rittes. one ofl which contains a blank cartridge, the other eleven containing hall cartridges. Kvcry man is expected to do his duty and tile to kill. Take your orders Ironi uie. Stpiud- -'Shun!" We cam* to attention. Then he left. My heart was ol" lead and my knees shook. Alter standing at "attention" for what seemed a week, though in reality it could not have been over live minutes. we heard a low whispering in our rear and loot steps on the stone flagging of tlie courtyard. (>ur ollleer reappeared and in a low. hut llrm voice, ordered: "About Turn!" We turned about. In the gray light of dawn, a few yards in front of inc. 1 could make out a brick wall. Against this xvall was a dark form with a white siiuare pinned on its breast. We were supposed to aim at this square. To the light of tiie form 1 notk'cd a white spot on the wall. This would be uiy target. "Heady! Aim! Fire!" The dark form sank into a huddled heap. M> bullet sped on its way. and hit the whitish spot on the wall: I eould see the splinters fly. Some one else had received the rifle containing the blank cartridge, hut my mind was at case, there was no blood of a Tommy on my hands. "Order?Arms! About?Turn! I'lie? Arms! Stand?Clear!" The stacks were re-formed. "Quick ? March! Klgtit ? Wheel!" And we left the scene of execution behind us. It was now daylight. After marching about five minutes, we were dismissed with the following Instructions from the otlleer in command: "Hoturn. alone, to your respective companies, and remember, no talking about this affair, or else it will go hard with the guilty ones." We needed no urging to get away. I did not reeogiP'.e any of the men on the tiring squad: even the officer was a stranger to me. The victim's relations and friends in Hlighty will never know that he was executed: they will be under the impression that he died doing his bit for king and country. In the public casualty lists his name will appear under the caption "Accidentally Killed," or "Died." ???? u HE TOP" :: l'( GUY EMPEY fi Got Into the War Two * w His Country. ?< Eini?y. Tin- day alter the execution I re- j'. ceived orders to report hack to the line and to keep a still tongue in my ^ head. . 114 Kx<-(iilions art* a part of the clays work, but the- purt we; hated most of ' ' all. I think?certainly the saddest. The; Itritish war department i.s thought by many jsople to be; coni|?osed of rigid ^ regulations all wound around with red tape, lint it has a heart, and one of I he evidences of this is the considerate way in which an execution is concealed and repotted to the relatives of theunfortunate man. They never know the truth, lie is listed in the bulletins as ' allium; the "accidentally killed." In the last ten years I have several " times read stories in magazines of cowards changing, in a charge, to heroes. I used to laugh at it. It seemed * easy tor story-writers, but I said. "Men aren't made that way." Hut over in France I h-arned once that tinstreak or yellow can turn all white. I picked up the: story. Idt by bit, from " tf" captain of the company, the sen- " tiies who guarded the poor fellow, as well as from my own observations. At tirs! I did not realise the whole of his ^ story, but after a week of investigation it stood out as clear in my mind as the mountains of my native west in the spring sunshine. It impressed me .... ......I. *,...? I 1, ,,|| .1,,.,',. it, ' list Idllcts (111 serai** of old i :11m i'. ''' Tin1 incidents are, as I say. every hit true: the feelings ot the man are true I know from all I underwent in the lighting over in Prance. We will tall him Albert l.loyd. That Si wasn't his name, hut it will do: Albert Lloyd was what the world terms a coward. In London they called him a slacker. Ills country had been at war nearly ^ eighteen months, and still lie was not " hi khaki. **J He had no good reason for not en-I listing, being alone in the world, hav- a" ing been educated in an or|>han asylum, and there being no one depend- , lit ii|s>n him for sui>|>ort. lie hud 110 ^ Kood iMisition to lose, and there was no sweetheart to tell him with her V lips ?o go, while her eyes pleaded for . him to stay. Kvery time he saw a recruiting sergeant he'd slink around the corner out of sight, with a terrible fear gnawing at his heart. When passing the big re- ? muting posters and on his way to Cl tuuitiA-tw-AiW--would i>ull down his cap and look the n "| other way from that 'awful linger pointing at him. under the caption. w "Your King and t'oiintry Need You:" or the boring eyes of Kitchener, which burned into his very soul, causing him 11 to shudder. Ulan the Zeppelin raids?during " them, lie used to crouch in a corner oi 'J his boarding, house cellar, whimpering like a whipped puppy and calling u|K?n 'v " Lord to protect liiin. *:von his landlady dispised him. al- 11 though she had to admit that he was "good pay." 1 lie very seldom read the papcis, but " one momentous morning the landlady 0 ei <(,. morning paper at his place be- vv fore he came down to breakfast. Taking his seat he read the Daring headline. "?'onscription Hill Passed," and '' nearly tainted. Kxcusing himself lie " stumbled upstairs to his bedroom. ' with the horror of it gnawing into his s' vitals. '* Having saved up a few pounds, he decided not to leave the hotis and to " sham sickness, so he stayed in his room and had the landlady serve Ids '' meals there. *l Every time there was a knock at tin* *' door la- trend'led all over, imagining 01 it was a policeman who had come to a take him away to the army. One morning his tears were realized. " Sure enough, there stood a policeman ? with the fatal paper. Taking it in his trend-ling hand he read that he. Albert sl Lloyd, was ordered to report himself to the nearest recruiting station for ph>sical examination. He reported immediately, because he was afraid to disobey. The doctor looked with approval '' upon Lloyd's six feet of physical perfeet ion. and thought what a fine 81 guardsman he would make, but exam- " ined his heart, twice before he passed ? him as "physically tit," it was boaitng hl so fast. From the recruiting depot Lloyd was taken, with many others, in charge of 11 a sergeant, to the training depot at ( Aldershot. whcie he was given an out- '' tit of khaki, and drew his other equip- 8 tnent. He made a tine-Jooking soldier, ? except for the slight shrinking In his 8 shoulders and the hunted look in his it eyes. At the training depot it does not '' take long to find out a man's character. w and Lloyd was promptly dubbed "windy." In the English army "windy" means cowardly. The smallest recruit in the barracks looked on him with contempt, and was HOI Slow IV SIIVW ll III uuu... Lloyd was a pood soldier, learned 1 <iuickly. obeyed every order promptly. a never groused at the hardest fatigues. 8 He was afraid to. He lived in deadly " fear of the officers and "noncoms" over 8 him. They also despised him. One morning about three months 1 alter his enlistment Lloyd's com pans ' was paraded, and the names picked out P for the next draft to France were rend. 1 When his name wis called, he did not 1 step out smartly, two paces to the n front, and answer cheerfully, "Here, " sir." as the others did. He just faint- 8 ed in the tanks and was carried to bar- * racks amid the sneers of the rest. S That night was an agony of misery c to him. He could not sleep. Just cried and whimpered in his bunk, because to on the morrow the draft was to sail f for France, where he would see death A on all sides, and perhaps be killed him- t self. On the steamer, crossing the .channel, he would have jumped overboard to escape, but was afraid of ii drowning. c Arriving in France, he and the rest ? i?- huddl'-d into catth- ears. Tin th? Jf of each a i>|Kar<il in white letters domino- to. Chevaux v" After hotm T bumtdnsf over th< uneven Kr?nd coil.eds thev arrived at thf trainint t.xf of Kouen. At this place th< > tven- pAt thromrl week's ticiil training in ti'fiifh war in-, 'on thf morning of the -itrlitf a.v they paraded at ton o'clock. an< ? ! inspected and trussed by 'ioncra , then were inarchfii to thf quar i master's, to ?!ra\v their ;;ns h? Imoti rai trench equipment. At four in the afternoon thev ?in mini InisUfil into eatth- uns. This nic thf journey lasted two days la y disembarked at thf town of l-'r? cut and could hoar a distant dul oomitifo With knees shaking. I.loyi sked the sergeant what tin- noise was rid nearly dropped when the serpenn plied in a somewhat horcd tone: "??!i, thelll's I he aims Up the line "e'll he lip there in a eouple o' day! r so. Don't worry, my laddie, you'! e more of Yin than you want ncfori ail i:et 'ome to Mighty again, that is you're luckj enough to get hark ow lend a hand there iinlondin' then us, and <<uit that evcrlastin' shakin' believe yor scared." The last with J jiitemptuous sneer. The> marched ten kilos, full pack i a little dilapidated village, and tin iiind of tlm guns grew louder, eon iuntly louder. The village was full of soldiers win lilled out to inspect the new draft ie im' ti who were shortly to l?e theii latcs in the trenches, for they wen oiiig "up the line" on the iiioiiow. t< like over" their certain sector o cliches. The draft was paraded in trout o aitalioi headquarters and tin- uiei ere assigned to eoillpanies. Lloyd was tin onl> man assigned t< i (Olilpuliy I'erhaps the Ollleer il large of the draft had something t< o with it. for he called Lloyd asidi ml said: "Lloyd, ,\ou are going to a new emu my. No one knows >011. Vonr Ins ill he as you inal.e it, so for (loil'i ike, brace up and lie a man. I thinl mi have the stuff in you, in> hoy, s< tin. Imvt ?it llieL til YOll The lu xt day the battalion tool; u\d toir part of the trenches. It happens ? he a very quiet day. The artillen itiilid tlte lines was still, except t'oi a occasional shell sent over to let tin crmans know the gunners were noi sleep. In the darkness, in single tile, tin Miijiati) slowly wended their waj own the communication trench to tin out line. No one noticed Lloyd': hitc and drawn face. After they had relieved the conipanj i the trenches, Lloyd, with two of tin id company nu n, was put on guard it lie of the traverses. Not a shot wa> red from the Ocrman lines, and in tie paid any attention to hin ouched on the tiring step. On the tlrst time in, a new recruit ii o? required" to stand""w~th~ Id s"""Wrf< aver tile lop." He only "sits it out,' liile the older men keep watch. .VI ahout ten o'clock, all of a silddcn e thought hell had broken loose, am rouched and shivered up against tin a lapel. Shells started bursting as In nagincd, light in their trench, whei i fact they were landing about a hun red yards in the rear <>f them. In tin icond linos. One of tin older nu n on guard, turn ig to his mate, said: "There goes Fritz with those d 1 'eneli mortars again. It's about tinu in- artillery 'taped' them, and sen ver a few. Well. I'll be d d here's that blighter oi a draft uiai one to? There's his rille leaniip gainst lllc |>:11;s|m-i. iic iiiiim ii.i>< gged it- *^lust ki'i'p your peeled lick, while I report it to the sergeant wonder if the fool knows lie can In liot for such tricks as leavin' hi: List I.loyd had gone. Wlicu the trenel lortars opened up. a maddening: tor ;ir seized him and he wanted to run > set away from that horrilde <1 in n>where to safety. So rptietly sneak iK around the traverse, lie came to tlv ntranee of a communication trench ml ran madly and Idimlly down it imnirg into traverses, stuinhlinir inti itiddy holes, and fnllipg full Irngtl ver trench girds. ( roping blindly. with his aim: livtched out in trout of him. tie a ist came out of the trench into thi illage, or what used to be a village efon the (icrinan artillery razed it Mixed with his fear, lie had a pe uliar sort of cunning, which wliis cred to him to avoid all sentries, he itusc it' they saw him lie would Is nit back to that awful destruction ii tie front line, and perhaps be ktll? ? r maimed. The thought made hin hiulder, the cold sweat coming ii ends on his face. (Hi his left, in the darkness, he couh lake out the shadowy forms of trees raw ling on his hands and knees, stop ing and crouching with fear nt cael hell-burst, he finally reached an oh rchnrd and cowered at the base of ; hot-scarred apple tree, lie remained there nil night, listen tg to the sound of the guns and eve raying. praying mai ms usci<-?* m rould l>t- spared. (To Be Continued.) Acres of Coal Afloat.?Only in tin 'nited States run such a sight be seei s six acres of coal floating down i iver as a single unit. This is th rea of coal boats the stern-whee teamer Sprague is capable of hand ing as a single tow. Four across treani rows of 12 boats each make ui he principal part, according to th 'opular Science Monthly. Back of th ourth row, however, eight boats flm laces together with two barges. Henc here are 56 boats and two barges ii he big fleet. The Sprague has he iose shoved in at the center of th Ifth row. The 59 vessels are lashei ecurely together by lines which rui rom boat to boat. Although th iprague can push the fleet ahead, he hief duty is to hold back the load. This great amount of coal is handle* iy a relatively small total of horse lower because the current of the on lowing river supplies a large part o he requisite energy. The department of labor at Wash agtoh will soon begin a nation-wid ompaign to secure 590,000 additions arm laborers. ?- . \ THIRD LIBERTY LOAN | McAdoo Asks for Only Three Billion Dollars. ; INTEREST RATE 11-4 PER CENT. i I Now is the Time for All True Americans to come to the Aid of Their 4 Country?The Money is Needed and It Is Needed Now. Washington. March 25?The thir.i s Liberty loan, to open April t> will 1? '. for $3,000,v00,000, and all over-sub scriptions at 4 1-4 per cent interest. 1 Bonds of the first loan bearing 3 1 1-2 j?er cent Interest and of the second - loan at 4 per cent may be converted 1 into the new bonds, but those of the third loan will not be convertible int.. any future issue. 14 This announcement wa9 made to' night by Secretary McAdoo with the comment that "the great events now happening in France must tire the soul of every American with a new deI termination to furnish all the dollars *iand all the material resources of II America that are ne'.ded to put an ?-n<l to the execrable atrocities of < Jer mail militarism." In connection with the loan, the secretary plans to establish a sinking fund with which to purchase back any ' bonds of the third loun thrown upon ' the market. In order to aid In keepr ing the price up to pur. The maturity of the bonds is yet to lie determined, ' but it was ofiiciully stated that they would be long term, probably between no and 30 years, other features which will be settled as soon as congress passes the necessary legislation an the length of campaign and the terms of payments on the bonds. i , Some Surprise Shown. Most iinancial observers were surprised at the comparatively small size of the loan, and at the Interest rate, 1 both of v^hich they had expected to be < higher. Reduction of government ex? peiis'-s and allied loans below the ? former estimates is responsible for the * loans, Seeretary McAdoo explained. He said the bonds were made non-coil1 vertilde to put an end to expectation ' of higher interest rates in the fur lure, indicating his purpose to maintain tiie 4 1-4 rati' for future loans. 1 Legislation will be drafted tomorrow by Chairman Kitchin of the house * ways and means committee, to provide for an additional bond authurizaL' tion of $4,5u0.0uu,00U more than the ' ?6,titJC,oti0,00U sum already authorized but unissued for the increased interest rate for continuance of loans to the allies this summer and for issuance of 1 more than the |4,0<jO,uoo,000 of certi* ticates of indebtedness now authorized. ' An effort will be made to push this 1 legislation through both houses this week, so that final plans may be made 1 f^C ^he thlr^ L^iejt^ Jfian^and. ^he ' engraving" for Hie bond faces by the llrst of next week. Xo opposition tci tiie legislation is looked for in either ' In announcing the* loun Secretary McAdoo made the following statement: i Statement by McAdoo. f> "The seeretary of the treasury in a eonferenee with .<lr. Kitchin, chair. man of the house ways and means committee today outlined his plan for 1 the third Liberty loan, actual expendi tures of the United States governt ment and of the allied governments . having been much less than had been i indicated by the estimates, the amount : of the next loan will he only $3,000, 000,000 the right being reserved to al. lot oversubscription. The secretary . will ask authority from eongress to i' issue bonds bearing 4 1-4 per cent per annum acceptable at par and accrued interest in payment of United States 1 inheritance tax, and having the benetit of a sinking fund of 5 per cent per annum during the period of the war and for one year thereafter. "It is the belief of the seeretary that the rate now proposed is sufficient and that by restricting unnecessary capital issues and by inducing the ' people who subscribe for Liberty 1 bonds to save and to keep them for investment, and by purchases with the s sinking fund from those who find ' themselves compelled to sell, future L' increases in the interest rate may In ' avoided. In order to put an end to the expectation of higher interesl rates, it is proposed that the conversion privilege shall be eliminated from the new bonds, but the holders of LibL' erty bonds of all existing Issues will | ho given an opportunity to convert their bonds Into the new 4 1-2 pet cent bonds. ? 1 For Future Issues. j "In addition to the foregoing prin. cipal items of the proposed program, congress will be asked for authority to , issue bonds to the amount of $4,500.j OOO.OOu in addition to those now aut thorlzcd. in order to provide for future issues, for authority to issue ad. ditional treasury certificates of inr dobtedness, for authority to make ad[ ditional loans to the allied governments during the summer and for authority to deposit Income and excess profits taxes with national banks and trust companies in the same manner r as the proceeds of Liberty loans, i "I am sure that the people will ret spond to the third Liberty loan with e the same loyalty and enthusiasm that 1 characterized their support of the first - t>vo loans. The great events now hap pemng in France must fire the soul p of every American with a new determie nation to furnish nil the dollars ahd r? 'ill thn tri atoeio I rauAtt rcoa f\t Amprirfl d that are needed to put an end to th 0 execrable atrocities of German millit tarism. Defeat faces the kaiser. Let \u r hasten it by asserting America's mtghl e with increased vigor in concert with J our gallant comrades." a Most bankers and business mer e with whom Secretary McAdoo had r conferred recently indicated that the) expected a loan of about $5,000,000,1 000 at an interest rate higher than - 4 1-4 per cent. They brought word - that the country was ready to abeort f that amount. Secretary McAdoo's advisers wer< not unanimous in their opinion oi - what the interest rate should be, but e virtually all agreed that money marJ kct conditions would be lees disturbed by a 4 1-4 per cent rate than a 4 1-3 The necessity for further author tion fur certificates of indebtedi arises from the fact that about 250.900.0U0 already are outstand and the treasury plans to issue m than (1,000,000,000 more before third loan closes while the maxim authorized under present law is 1 00U.UUU.U00. Congress Fixes Amount Credits to allies now amount to 96h.009.000 and about $3,0o0,000. authorized loans yet remain to be ecuted. This would not be sufficl to continue the rate of $500,000,00 month through the summer mon and consequently an additional thorization Is asked by Secretary 1 Ad on. The amount of this will be termtned by congress. The legislation to deposit tax < lections with banks is sought as measure to prevent big aecuinulati of funds in the treasury when ta are due in June. -Most officials believe that desi the low goal set by the secretary tual subscriptions will far exc S3.00U.006.00U. A measure to encourage sale of I erty bonds by removing the limit loans which national banks may m to a borrower who wishes to bonds was reported to the house to b> Chairman tilass of the banking i currency committee. Secretary McAdoo had Indorsed bill in a letter saying: "I am told that there are a g fnany banks which will because of i limitation decline to make lo where lheir customers desire to s scribe. It also furnishes a convent exc us.- for those who do not wani assist in the Liberty loan campaigi As director general of railroads McAdoo today asked railroads un government control to report on amount of Liberty bonds of each sue sought as investments or for < ployees. the amounts now held i the amounts sold, together with disposition and sale price. PROUD OF FIRST WOUNDS Americans Now in Paris Red Cr Hospitals. Twelve American railroad engin< who were wounded while taking i in the big British offensive near LT hrai in Vfivf.mli g?r hint hflVf* It brought to the American Red Ci Hospital No. 2 here, where artill limbs will be provided for most them. All are suffering from serl wounds, but will recover. They uri good spirits and proud of the fact t they were the Ilrst of the soldiers the American army to see active s vice on the western front. All sp in high appreciation of the treatm they received in the dressing slal behind the lines and at the army 1 'pitals. jl^ergeant Frank Haley, of 103 I , 'Ninety-seventh street, N'ew York, , of the wounded men, said, concerr his experience. \Ve were doing general englneei work behind the Hritish lines. Rei the attack we unloaded and assci let] several hundred tanks,, made special roadway for them and hi ed to got them into position. \V the attack began we followed the ! ish troops, rebuilding the railroai ' Cambrai which Fritz blew up dui his retreat. The attacking trc moved so fast and we worked so li that we were able to hook our em ' the railroad line to the ?"umbra! because, toward the last. Fritz retr ed so rapidly that he did not li time to destroy the road. ""A few days after the initial tack our company was near the fi doing yard work. Shells had h falling heavily all day. We were dered to return to our billets. 1 sti 1 ed walking down the track when > denly I felt a powerful prod in back. 1 thought a railroad train struck me. Down 1 went with ti nuuiiun 111 III J Uilin. 1 OU.ui..mu again, and found I could not use left aim. "I ran seventy live yards and t gave up. Two Tommies carried m a Held dressing station. Just as t were lifting me into an ambulance the ride back to the base we heard whirring sound of u machine gun felt a sharp pain in my head and that one of the Tommies had been ' in the mouth. "A Boche airplane had spotted ambulance, swooped down and fln 1 round of machine-gun bullets, on which had given me a scalp wo while another hit the British soli He was not stunned and did not but grasped t>ie rear end of the I bulancc and said, 'I guess I'll rid< the hospital with you.' " Charles Geiger, of Chicago, wj prisoner in the hands of the Gerir 1 for twelve hours. "We were up near the front when the shells began dropping." said. "We were ordered to take fuge in a dugout and remained tl for some time, but came out w the bombardment apparently over. As we emerged we saw. rtfty yards away, an advancing lin ' gray-green figures. It was Fritz. 1 had counter-attacked. We Just ti ed and ran. I can hear the bu! whistle yet. Suddenly niy left crumpled and over I fell. As I 1 there the Germans came up swept past. A German Red Cross i gave me a drink of water and bo up my wounds, but none cf us v 1 helped to the rear. "We lay on the ground there ' twelve hours while desultory flgh i was going on all day. When the Bri ' counter-attacked again the Gem retreated, but did not attempt to t 1 us with them. Soon we were ' British hands again. Then we v ' all rushed to the dressing station thence to the base hospital." 1 Geiger's foot was amputated be 1 he was brought to Paria?Paris r sociated Press correspondence. 1 The American Defense society 1 New York, has requested Presi< ' Wilson to use aggressive measures the suppression of the German pi ' the teaching of German language ' licensing of German societies In t United States. The society says these things have but one Idea. " l4 promulgation of German Ideas . German propaganda in America. V s. \ - ' i ' x 1 ' :r? HAIG MAKES GREAT FIGHT J3.- . linP Now Certain that Mighty Offensive Z Has Failed. um * " * ALLIES READY FOR COUNTER PUSH Major Edouard Dupont, Highest Officer of French Military Mission An"u" alyzes Operations of Germans, and Reaches Conclusion that Situation is ien' Now Favorable to the Allies. 0 a ('harlotte Observer. Wednesday, ths. au_ After reading carefully all available dispatches from European capitals de- rogari''nF day's developments inthe greatest battle in the world's hlscoj^ tory, Major Edouard Dupont, highest officer of the French military mission ons at *'amP Greene, declared positively J(03 that in his belief the grand German offensive has failed." lpte In the third of the series of interviews he is giving The Obserj ver on the signillcancc- of the events in this territlc struggle, the French ofticer's confidence, which has of characterized his attitude all the uj{|, while, he said, had been increased by ^uv the day's news to the point of his bedav 'nK "certain" all will be well. "All U)('l along the battle line, the resistance of the British and French troops is ^ stiffening, while the attacks of the Germans are apparently losing their ood steam" tl)is He recalled that Field Marshal Joffrc. then a general, withdrew* his ul( troops across France, at the outbreak lent ?r ,ru' war" "?lore me teutonic aut t vance, "In the working out of a plan." ? With the pride the French have in the jjr accomplishment of their beloved mil(j itary leader, he added: "And it was the 11 Kreal I''an- to<> " Major Dupont exjs_ plained that the German infantry, fol,,n_ lowing tlie retreating French, outdisI taneed their artillery, thus weakening themselves and steadily sustaining losses. As they advanced, they also outdistanced tXe movement of supplies, while the French forces steadily ncared their supply buses and the or.s camps of their reserves. When the Marne was reached, the time had ers come for the French to give battle, tart and they did with wonderful success, tm- as history tells in thrilling pages. Aleen most as rapidly us they advanced, the *oss Germans retreated to the line which cial they gave up March, till", because of they were beginning to And they could no longer hold it. ous Expects Another Marne. s in Thus it will be in this Instance, he hat said he expected. i pf "Field Marshal Haig has in a wonser derful manner withdrawn his forces, eak The line has not been broken, and the lout Germans have suffered such tremention dons losses. They have paid the price, los- and we are glad to give them 12 miles of desert, when for each square mile Hast they gave a price of at least 10,000 one m*n- I* 3o~not "Doubt but that* the ling German losses now are ubove 100,000 men, and what have they but a ring few square miles of territory which is fore the same devastated district the Huns mb- made it when t^iey started their . a 'strategic retreat' last year? What do Clp. a few ruined villages amount to? h,.n They are absolutely of no military . v?liif> Th?> towns and the ground are nil- ? - ? I |0 nothing, the army everything, and the ring army remains intact, tops "Not only is the British army iniir,j tact, hut it is victorious so far, bcI ,,f cause the Hun has failed to accomplish end his purpose. He can not stop now and eat- SUJ" we <"d thus and so. The world lave knows he started out to hreak the Hritish line sind force it back westllt. ward to the coast. In six days of the ont most awful lighting he has failed, and it.en his calling for reserves from all parts or_ of the western front is proof that he art_ did not anticipate the difficulties he 1U,I_ is experiencing now. mv "I consider that he has failed comy,a)l pletely and that he can not now acir(.e complish his objective. Since he did Up not break the British lines in the mv first few days, with all his great preparations, I can not imagine his being jle|) able to do so several days later, with e to his best troops withdrawn from the l,ev fight to rest from their utter exhausjor tlon. Also,? the British arc much nearer their bases and their reserves, j and. even should the Hun finally break saw through, (which he can not do) he hjl would have broken one line only to be facing another held by another our army equally as efficient, and abso1(1 a lutely fresh. That army would be the c of *reat ai*my, 'the strategic reserve,' un.l which the Versailles war council crelier atci1, Kut> mark my words, when that fuU reserve goes into action, it will be to urn- kelp drive back the exhausted Ocrt mans. That reserve was created for an offensive somewhere at the proper is a aad, no matter whether this oflans fen!,,V6 an offensive or a counteroffensive. these men can wreak havoc line eflua,I>' a? great among the Germans. he British Retreat Near End. re- "Tomorrow I think we should exiere pect moro favorable news. It may hen be several days yet, however, before was the German drive has completely lost not Its impetus, but I expect the Brite of i^h to make somewhere near where He they are now standing their stand irn- which will completely halt the enemy. Ilet.s Then will come the great counter-offoot Tensive. This may not begin for two lay or three days, though, after the enand emy's advance is stopped. Today the nan German armies were trying to pick und out a weak point, but were out-genrere eraled. Marshal HaJg has his plan, but, like Marshal Joffre before the batfor tie of the Mame, the time for the full ting working out of the plan has not come, tish This plan, too, Is a good one, I know, ians but it would be useless for me to try take to guess what it may be. in "This offensive. In many respects, 1: vere like the Initial rush in 1914 of th? and Germans across Prance. Like thai drive they have now outdistanced their fore artillery, and their Infantry must bear As- the losses that certainly are coming through their lack of artillery sup port. Ana, an aiong me iruui, im of allied troop? offered today a much lent stlffer resistance. Not only la th? i for British army still intact, but now It U ress. finding, between blows of the Ger^ and mana, slowly growing less frequent the opportunity to launch heavy counter' that attacks. The "Those villages and towns the Gerand mans captured today do not matter The French at Verdun between ' ? t o'clock in the morning and 3 o'clock in the afternoon of December 15, 1916. recaptured all the ground the Germans had taken front us in two terrible months of their offensive. They paid a horrible toll, but our troops went about retaking this terrain as if on parade, for the proper time to attack had conte and we suffered relatively) light losses, for, as will be seen in this case the Germans were exhausted. 1 expect the Germans to be driven back before long, and a still greater toll exacted of them, but we must wait ikitiently and with full confidence for the proper time. Teutons Pay Terrible Price. Just so long as we can continue to give up to the Germans ruined villages-rihd require him to continue his attack. In which he cannot get off with less than five casualties to one of our side, we have made a fine bargain. It takes 20 years to make a soldier, the land is of no value to the Germans, and the more Germans the British kill the fewer will they have to Kill when the counter-offensive gets under way. It should also be borne in mind that an army on the defensive does not us quickly tire us one on the offensive. This retreat of Marshal Haig's forces is no rout. Everything is orderly, slow and stubborn, offering a maximum of resistance with u minimum of losses. "Had you stopped to think, too, thut the Germans made us a present of this same territory they have regained during the past week? It cost the allied armies nothing, but we gave it back to them at such a terrible price. It has already required the services of 800,000 Germans to retake it! Many thousands more arc being called for, because th-; kalaer's general under-estimated the strength of the British and at leust 100,000 of this .sou,000 are- dead or wounded, an average of at least 17,000 each day. With all his great preparations, if the Germun commander-in-chief had expected such good work by the British, as to require more than 800,000 German troops to break the allied line, then he would have brought up before the beginning the reserves he called for Monday night and this morning. "It may be that the fighting will be even greater than ever before when the allies' counter-offensive starts. Or, it may be that the collapse of the German line may be the result, which we all desire." ANTIOCH CHURCH Some Interesting Kac*s About a Worthy Institution. For the Yorkvillo Knqulrer. A brief history of the organization iiiiU buikling oi Antioch Methodist church, near Ogden, S. t\, will no doubt be of interest to many, not only in this community and county, but also to some who have wandered into other states. This sketch?is .taken, from loose pages and scraps of pages Irom the original church register of 10 years ago. These records fell into the wliter'rf hands eight or ten years ago, and the following is as near as can be gathered from them: In 1878 I lev, J. Marion Boyd, a well known Methodist preacher, was pastor of the Book Hill circuit. Hock llill was then n small town. While Kev. Boyd was looking after the spiritual needs of the different communities, he found this community without a church for miles around. He saw what appeared to be almost a wilderness. with a family living here and there in log dwellings. It was in these log dwellings that Kev. Boyd started a work that resulted in building Antioch. Kev. Boyd began preaching in the private homes of Thaddeus K. Bates and James H. Kidd, in the months of March, April and May, 1878. By this time the congregation had increased until private homes could no longer accommodate the people. In June of 1878, a brush arbor was built near where Antioch now stands. Beneath the shade of this brush arbor the congregation continued to worship J--.I i l.,l? ? inmial UUI'IIIK JUIK-, ,IUIJ u,.? ..? About the first of August of this same year, a few members of the congregation determined to build a church. About twenty of these determined, self-sacrificing neighbors gath1 tied together In the woods near this 1 brush arbor. Each neighbor, with a fresh ground axe, began chopping and hewing sills, sleepers and all framing except rafters. The rafters, weatherboarding, flooring, plank for the bench' es, nails, hinges and locks is about all that was bought. Even the boards that i covered this church were of oak. There was no high priced labor or ' strike differences to contend with In this building. Every man was anxious to do what he could and In sixty days from the time these determined men started chopping In the woods. Antloch was finished and dedicated. The dedication took place on September 29. 1878. by Rev, Boyd. Those who gave their time and labor to the building of the church were J. K. Isom. J. H. Kidd, Jr.. Jno. A. Kldd, T. K. Bates, A. J. Duncan. J. H. Kidd. Sr.. J N. Isom. J. W. Isom. Elijah Nunn. J. S. Nunn, Joseph Nunn. W. H. Kldd, D. L. Rawls, Simpson Rawls, Spencer Perclval. R. L. Isom, A. J. Workman and Jno It. Logan. ' The actual cost of the building material was only 1255.10; but money was hard to get, and went further in ' tvon l? rfnea now. There i nunc uajn vimm. ? ?- ? were fifty-one contributions. The ' three largest contributors were Ferguson H. Barber, 1100: A. Frledhelm. ' $25, and W. B. Byers, $15. The other forty-eight contributions ranged from 1 $5 down to 25 cents each. A. L? Neely. 1 Edmund Rousselot a young French* man, who posed as the "Marquis de ^ Castllllon," and who attempted to borrow $50,000,000 from J. P. Morgan & Co., for the king of Spain, has been f sentenced by a New York court to 20 ' months In the Atlanta Ga., Federal ! prison. i m A mob at Delphos, Ohio, Tuesday > made a house to house canvass, drag ging out all suspected pro-Oermans. I Each was forced to salute the flag. Barney Linderman, a wealthy merchant. after a flag was nailed to his door and he was forced to salute It. . was told that If he took the flag down 1 he would be drowned In the canal / GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Record of Current Happenings Collected from Various Sources. The wu>s and means committee on Tuesday tentatively agreed on a bill to give Secretary McAdoo power to issue ' JS.oOO.OOO.OOO in certificates of iudelttedness. I'lnlanders arriving in New York report the sinking of a crowded German transport with the loss of all on !>ourd at Noordland, in the Maine. The transport struck a mine. A New York mob threatened to lynch Gottlieb Hoettler. a butcher, Monday, when he consigned the American Hag to hades. In polico court the judge I said to Mocttler: "Men like you will soon be meeting the fate you deserve ?a brick wall at sunrise " The Federal trade commission has issued thirty licenses to American manufacturers for the production of dyes under German patents, chemists Having successiuiiy worKi-u oui xnc processes used by the (iviumds in making the dyes. Experiments were made with more than 600 patents. The Kt umens' and tlrenuna' union of I-omlon lias given notice that its members will refuse to sail on any vessel conveying delegates appointed to Interallied labor conference In the United States. An official of the union said: "We will take no one who Is opposed to the doctrine that Germany must make compensation to dependents of our murdered merchant seamen." At the opening of the great battle in France the Canadians turned loose 5,000 drums of lethal gas on a section of Herman attackers. This was the greatest gas attack of the war. The gas was turned loose simultaneously over u long front and the Hermans were unprepared for it. Favoring winds carried the gas into the German J trenches and soon cries of pain and alarm were heard from the Herman IMxsitions. President Wilson on Monday sent the following message to Sir Douglas Ilaig. commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France: "May I not express to you my warm admiration for the steadfastness and valor with which your troops have withstood the tierman onset and the perfect confidence all Americans feel that you will win u final victory." The communication represented conclusions reached by the chief executive after a careful study of reports which had been transmitted to the White House as rapidly as received at the state, war and navy departments. FORD SUGGESTS SMALL TANKS Say* 90,000 Can Be Built in Three Months if Standardized. Henrv Ford issued u statement Mon day asserting that America could win the war only by throwing "the whole weight of our Industries and tool power Into the balance." He said that the "tvarla "the" grektdJlf engineering ^ feat ever known and the side that musters the best machinery will win." The country has not "organized to concentrate Industrial resources upon essential war work," he said, and the |ieoplc do not realize that "the problem lies In the management of factories and the fullest use of machinery." In speaking of his plans for the development of a smaller and faster tunk he expresses the opinion that the "trenches run be conquer?-d and the stalemate broken if we develop und use the right machinery." "To me It seems out of place to send men with bare bodies and rifles against trenches ot concrete, fortified with barbed wife, machine guns, ami cannon. A small tank can be made for attack that will carry two men and a machine gun. with armor protection strong enough to resist the hall of machine gun bullets and shrapnel splinters. Such tanks, if standardized to one model, could be pioduced at the. rate of 1.000 or 2,000 a day. Once production was started 90,000 tanks could he made In three months. Distributed equally along the west front this would place one tank every eighteen t'eet. In each tunk two men. shielded by armorplatc, with a machine gun would have the offensive powei of fifty soldiers with rifles. That advantage would come from possession of the better piece of fighting machinery. Soldiers would stand in line to have a chance to attack in such outfits." In discussing the problems of food production and control Mr. Foiu says th.it "the solution lies In tne increasof tool power on the land." He bukgrsts the use of tractors for all sorts of farm work and adds: "One tractor sent to France or Rutland now will produce fifty times Its weight and bulk in wheat and food this year. One ship carrying tractors now is au good as fifty ships carrying lood next fall. A workman can biild a tractor in fifteen days, and each tractor would mean the addition of two or three men to the supply of farm labor. He continues in writing upon the food problem: "We shall get more food not by bookkeeping and clerical regulation in the cities but by the use of more and better machinery on the land." He adds that the prduction of more machinery depends upon labor and leadership, and continues: "Absentee control can never get the best out of the factory. The heads of industry must live close to the work; they must know metals and machines, and be ready to give every man a square deal." He concludes his statement by praising the work of the workmen in the Ford factories. He says he ascribes the absence of labor difficulties to the knowledge of the men that "the company is not seeking profit from war work." Me says me men deserve credit for most of the progress that we have made in the production of ship*, tractors and airplane parts". He says he believes that "profiteering breeds distrust and antagonism." He praises also the policies and ideals of President Wilson. <**" "I've heard a great deal about the law's delay." said the confirmed motorist "To be sure. Everybody Is qualified to speak on that subject" "Well. I am not Time and again I've been arrested, tried and fined for speeding, all In lees than an hour."? Denver Nswa. P * *. . """ S'- 'k* - - - ,1'. .