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I iLJ GERMAN LINE BROKEN *V ” "SSS^imSH WHINS HN f«w foaliter atUcki thu tor, m4 fell ot them here been smashed. The latest counter thrpst reported ON 32 MUE FRONT Without Usual Artillery Preparations British oldiers Follow Tanks Across No Man’s Land TIic Minlcnburg line was lirokcn Tuesday to'a tkptli of four or five miles on a width of thirty-two miles, the British war office - announced Wednesday. British troops stormed the first system of the Ilindenburg line defenses on the wliole front between St. Quentin and the Scarpe River, d he British infantry and tanks immediately, pressed on anc} captured the second system of de fenses, over a mile beyond. The attack was carried out by the third army under the com mand of Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng. There was no artillery pre- l*aration and the Germans were taken completely by surprise. Gen. Pershing witnessed the attack. The second system of Gentian defenses captured by the Brit- • ish is known as the Hindenburg support line. The British ca}>- tured Benavij*. Lameau woo<l,_La t A’acquerie, the defenses known. :is Welsh ridge, and Ribecourt viihige. Their operations are con tinuing. . Over five thousand prisoners have been taken. The P»ritish ' also fought their wav through Ccuillct wckkI. ' The whole German line west of the canal Du Xonl to the Hapautne-Caiuhrai road has been captured. llu towns of Havrincourt, Marcoing, Graincourt and An* [neux. and Ncuf \v«>o<l were also captured by the British. A large number of tanks moved forward in advance of the infantry when the attack was opened and broke through succes sive belts of German wire defenses, which were of great depth i^Ui— *— ■ ffhe Uiule continued Wedutstlay despite*a «tonn w-hrchprT^ ed over the British front* 5 ie whole front. Yank* th*»n i* with the pro- e German aec* c more than a At ter ta known ipport line, thin advance, the hamlet wuod after ■ Tli<* redoubtable Hindenburft line in the t'iimbral »e<*tor wan broken in iranv pl*t»*»^ Tuesday by the yreat force of the ltritl»h tanka an«l Tues day afternoon the infantry which folloutHl through the mn»a are atill bat tine their way forward The «u:prt*e attack wa» launched at dawn over a wide front In the find few houm. it* proa re** waa marked with evident *ucce** and up to the latert reporta receded at four p ni Tuesday afternoon, bad been movtnr atonic regularly according to tchedule The re*l*tAn<^e offered by the dated Germane Tuesday morning waa negligible, and by noon British pioneers already were at work lay ing roada cross the old front tins trenche*. while prisoner* in consid erable numbers had begun to come beck from various directions The casualties of the attacking forces thus far have been light Greet number* of German dead lay before the original Hindenburg trench where th_ m anew area, made a half hearted at- j k ot the canal Du Nord. tempt to stem the onruahlng Britons **Later In the morning, our ad- • The battle waa an Innovation for | v *n r * "aa continued and rapid prog- the western front, for it was begun ! *M points Kng Hindenburg line or ’'Our Infantry n <»wept on-in accord* Krain and captaied and *y*tem of <1ei« mile beyond. Ttil a* the Iflindenburg "In the course east county troops took of llenavi* sud loitesu stiff fighting English rifle regiments and light Infantry captured La Vatioerte and the formidable defenses on the spur known as Welsh ridge Other Rag- Hah county troops stormed the Til lage of Ribecourt and fought their way through Coulllet wood ’Highland territorial battalions crossed the Grand ravine and enter ed the Fleequteres where fierce fighting took place. The West rid ing territorials captured Havrincourt nod the German trench systems north of the village, while the Ulster Low Rate of Destruction of Mer chant Ships and Higher Fatal ity Among Subs Prolyea Tills a As many German submarines have been destroyed within the last two inontM as in thfc twelve . months previous. The Biibmarino has failed in bo far as* its main objective—the starvation of England—is concerned. It still presents a serious menace to ship ping. Hut the “pests of the pea.’’ as Lloyd-Gborge cahed them, are being dealt with more effectively every day that passes. The destruction of five on Saturday domonstiuted this. -- Secretary of the Navy Daniels made the assertion concerning the great increase in the destruction of submarines. He refused to give fig ures. He would not confirm reports that American naval vessels had played a part in Saurday’s harvest of submarines, declaring he had had ho advices from Vice Admiral Sims\ on the subject. Mr. Daniels was* most optimistic in his views concerning the subma rine situation. He lot it be known thi^t ho has had no reason to change his views, expressed by inference last week, that the submarine as a defi nite menace has ceased to exist. Naval officials pointed to Lloyd- George’s statement and the official report of last week, showing that only one British steamship of more than )«600 tons had been sunk in the seven day period as sufficient proof of the increasing ineffective ness of the submarine. They also called attention to the fact that this result has not been brought about by* any sudden stroke Increase in the number of destroyers In the submarine zones. America's entrance into the war, they said, waa directly responsible for this prepon derance which has sounded the doom of the u-boat aa a winning weapon. New and effective means of deal ing with submarines are constantly being put into operation m* a reault thfe-fuuTiwrTr"in , f:fmiyfl , H^Or"n£a 4 wal *«nlu« of tM Any-flam, Bill- h an.! I aumirulti«»* A large .part of the effectiveness lies in their bgfefWty. On Saturday more German sub marine* were destroyed than ' the German*, with the utnoat effort. - H-uid build In a month, it was aaaert- | lived a abort while longer and had I heard of this battle, 'the might not have gone to her death without tears, us she did. For thla battle.was won, 1 made Tuesday night near Wemiconrt • v i first of all, by the tanks. And Mata and thla waa dealt with promptly. TlDIvr ATAlhiCT r k HDD il TAW rb, * f ^rime h*d been giving j The Germans who at the first it- L'KIY t AUALlM LAIudKAI vVIv the Germans the secret of these mon- tack Tuesday retreated or surrendar- aters wrhile the first of them was still ed in dismay were fighting desper- under construction. The Germans ately Wednesday to regain a hold on l.dd laughed and virtually Ignored their rear positions. A particularly T1NUES TO PRMRESS " ~ Gcimau Unc Fails to Hold Victor!- T ou.s Brit ish, Although Advance Slows Ip After Flemetit of Sur prise is Ijfkst—Tiiinbraj and Other Points Ap|>ear Sure to Be Cap- A fa more such f< a 1 again*! Inroads 1 . M •; battalions, covering the latter's left bewildered enemy, tnken I Hank, moved northwards up the weet without any preliminary artillery work Upon the army tanka rested ■ the responsibility for victory or de feat and they fulfilled all expecta tions. The Iron giants went through the tremendous line of barbed wire entanglement* In front of the main i Hindenburg position* and on over j the trenches as though they were on j parade. The tanks started, forward at 1 n’uGt'k «4U«1 by II.an the itritteh in-4 Hsh. Scottish. Irish and Welsh bat talions secured the crossings on the canal at Masmere* and captured Marcoing and Nuef wood. CASUALTIES LIGHT Maj. Gen. Maurice t'omment* Upon tlie \Var SR nation Giiir-iAliy.. The - tanlry, whiebdmd tohieiiied into thel vrnro toward f*im^irril are reported holes made by the mighty engines. | to be v# ry considerably less than the was engaging the enemy in open number of prisoners taken, it was 1 tight.ng along the llindenburg pu.h port line back of the main deTenses at many points. #*p to* noon .Tues day. there had been no hard fighting and the German artillery fire had been very weak. The Germans surrendered freely in numerous places ami several hun dred were brought in during the first few hours of fighting. Two attempted counter attacks were smaBhed by the British artil lery’ In the early hours, one In a tun nel trench near Bullecourt, the oth er at Havrincourt park, where one company of Germans essayed an ad vance. The tanks Tuesday after noon followed by infantry were con tinuing their journey into enemy territory. Prisoners admit ruefully that the attack was a surprise to them and caught many of them in their dug- outs. The secrecy with w*hich the British made their preparations was one of the most striking features of the offensive. Guns, tanks and troops were moved into the (himbrai sector at night and carefully hidden during the day.» Official Announcement. — - announced Thursday by Maj. Gen. F. B. Manrice. chief of military opera tions at the British war office. The British, said Gen. Maurice, had advanced to a depth of six and a half miles at the farthest point on a front of ten miles, which was a record advame in 2 4 hours on the western front and was further than the progress made during three months fighting at Ypres. The victory of Cambrai, Gen. Mau rice outlined, was the direct result oi the fighting at Ypres and there fore the men who fought at Ypres de served equal credit for the Cambrai successes. The Italian situation, the general added, w’as more satisfactory than a week ago, but it was premature to say Venice was safe. Gen. Maurice,announced that the operations In Palestine near Jerusa lem were still six miles distant from Jerusalem, fighting in the hills of Judea, he said, and it would be. un wise to make any anticipatory state ment regarding the fall of the city. en the u-boat* and appreclat would be mud* upon tl; undorwatoi fi**t. * At this ****on weather conditions art nil onftht side of the Allies tuml Soon. Byng’s tank parade beyond the' cracked Hindenburg line is still go ing on. The speed has naturally slackened, for tire surprise factor has served its time and the Germans have had a chance to recover to some extent from the stunning blow. But the advance continues, steadily, re lentlessly. Large cavalry masses now sro dashing far ahead of the locusts of steel. Old fashioned warfare In the open Is ceiobrating its rejuve nation. “Close to 10,000 was the estimate of a staff officer late Thursday even ing to a question as to tho total pris oners so far. “Nearly eight miles,“ was the same officer’s reply when, asked how fax the British wedge had wriggled Itself Into the line that bore the once-dread-inspiring name of the Teuton army’s Demigod. Maj. Gen. F. B. Manrice, chief director of military operations at the British war office, was a bit more conservative but be based his answer on early afternoon dispatches. He placed the British advance at six and one-half mile* deep over a ten-mile front facing Cambrai. But he. too. emphasized: “Byng Is still hard at It.** The war office announced this In u brief bulletin - This village lies on the Raps uni*-Cam bra I highroad and Is only two and three-quarter miles to the southwest of Cambrai her warning. Th'» tank* won this two-day b»U tic;" the tanks tore the llind«ii- r burg line to tatter*; the Links led tl.e nay of the British to within tinee mi es of Cambrai whose fall, non believed near, will mean the * ukim.'Ur fnB crf lTtlte and St. (Juen- tin, aid the subsequent clearing of vnorthein France of the .in-. \«<lers. Not a cannon shot was fired pre paratory to Byng’s big push. That’ was the biggest surprise factor in the battle. There were three others: 1. The tanks, advancing In solid line ahead o( the infantry, did all the destructive work the artillery could have done—and more. ^ 2. No one, except, probably, the British high command, had dream ed of the possibility of a drive on such a wide front in the west at this time of the year. In the three previous war winters all large scale fighting had stopped before or about the middle of this month. 3. If any kind of offensive was to wind up the year’s fighting, the Germans—and certainly the Brit ish public—had looked for it in Flanders. The Berlin war office* was forced to mike some grave admission though It mlnlmlz*d. the British suc cess on the center, on the slx-mlle front between the high roads from Peronne and Bapaume to Cambrai But the news from the front s^ows that there, as everywhere else on the 30-mlle line of attack, the British are ploughing ahead relentlessly and that the fate of Cambrai Itself hanfs In the balance. Indirectly, the German bnllMln gives credit to the tanks: “On the main field of nttack the enemp su**ss4ed uwdee peeteettow of ‘TorTr’urnrn* ground. If then states that Teuton reserves j “arrested the thrust In the rear pout- l lions ** I • Rut the loss of vlllagsu among live penetrated all of the' them Graincourt and Marcoing -and >1 defenses. said Maurt< 'and the fighting Is now In the open c minx up ssible in ITALIANS HOLD UNES Fell to Make New Effort. In the fact of tretneadou* prse «ure the Italians have held firm dur ing the last twenty-four hours on the mountain front between the Hrenia and PUve rivers, where the Teutons are trying to break through to take Diet’s Plave line in the rear, Four days and calm sea* The *torma ol winter and the long black night* make even nature the enemy of the u-boats Stronger and mor* effective pa trols and convoys aie depended upon to get American troops overseas un real bed. The navy expect* that an crraaional returning transport may be •unk, but every precaution is taken to guard troop ship* en route spring and summer — tiniea of long Submarine* are most effective In *ucref%ive attack* by the army of (•« n, Krohatin. which operate* on this sector, sere beaten off by t.ie Italian*. Berlin was unable to an- jiuuulo any •prostr** m its dny bulletin * ^ ^ Bfl.Ljcth casualties^in thq gdvi—The Miuation continue* extremely man* are ru with all speed p to cloao the gap 'of Berlin Its outstanding rislm lor "Th through failed |al- sttempt to Otherwise. much is admitted by tho German war office • If by a break through** Is meant n clenr cut in the enemy line through which masses of troops nrs hurled forcing un Immediate precipitate re tirement on both flanks, the Ger man point Is well taken by the Brit ish war office. But the thing oh which stress Is laid hy experts Is that It matter'd lit tle whether the retreat precipitate as long as It must ultimately come The Rtea of a imnl is the weM has hr* (he flrM trearti f ’ portion* of the permanently e«tab- llstted materials ’ Is conceded by the Perltn account The statement, re cording violent artillery firing on both sides of the prevent line of BrltUh attack, shows that Berlin sees no quick end to the battle The great attach led the Rvitlah ever much of the ground where the last stages of the Homme battle were fought It tabes la the regioa la the south of Arraa In tho very scene of tho battle the British see a happy omen For It waa oa the Homme that the British, together with the French, stopped tho crown prince s Verdun drive loot year, at a time whea the big fortress seemed pear Its doom This tlms the drive that already taa swallowed op most of tho lino where last year's Bom ms drive given op star* I short. Is Inevitably Baked drive. m| th ths Teuton campaign In Italy fling's out of a htwe shy. CUT IN TWO Tho announcement follows: “Yesterday morning the third army, under command of General the Honorable Sir Julian Byng, deliver ed a number of attacks between St. Quentin and the river Scarpe. These tacks were carried out without pre vious artillery preparation, and In each case the enemy was completely surprised. - "Qiff troops have broken Into the enemy’s positions to a depth of be tween four and five miles on a wide front, and have captured several thousand prisoners with a number of guns. Our operations are continu ing. “At the hour of assault on the principal front of attack, a large number of tanks moved forward in advance of the infantry and broke through succesHive belts of German wire which were of great depth and strength. “Following through the gape made by the Unkt. English fttif- tluh and Irish regiments ewept ovw the enemy's outposts and storm-d the fuel defensive system of thv Destroyer Rammed by Transport While Traveling at Night. The American destroyer Chauncey sunk Monday with the loss of 21 lives was cut in two by the transport Rose, the navy department was ad- vised Thursday by Vice Admiral_ TTfnsr^TTie after parFoTthe* destroy er sank immediately, carrying three officers. Including the commander, Lieut. Commander Walter R: Reno, and 18 enlisted men who were be lieved to have been asleep in their quarters. The Chauncey undoubtedly was convoying the Rose and both vessels were running through the war zone without Hfhta. The transport struck the destroyer on the port aide abreast of the fourth tunnel and plowed through the frail vessel. The forward part of the wreck remain ed afloat aif hoar, enabling the Roae *e rescue the 70 officers and man In hat section They were token to »ort hy the transport critical, however. The Teutons now have amaNM* I the bulk of their liea\y guns and a considerable nutu*< her Of | for the final onslaueht on thU front. Only one great rlrategic mountain remain* to be tal.en by them before they can pour d<>wn into the plain. This U Monte Grappa, to the east of Asiag), A heignt of minor importance, Mon- to France. to Monfene-a, and the summit and southern slopes of Monte Tomba are still stubbornly defended by *• the Italians. Around Monte Grappa a battle has been raging now thr^J nights and three days, and no end Is yet In sight. “With courage beyond all praise,*’ tho Rome war office statement, pu .s it. the Italian drove back the Teu ton storming columns trying to wrest Monte Monfenera from them. In the Meletta region the Italian counter offensive continues, but Rome itself describes it as a local one. The entire Venetian campaign now admittedly depends on the out come of the Monte Grappa battle. Berlin calls the fighting there and on Monte Tomba “desperate.” The statement asserts the Italians came on in close masses and were deci mated by the Teuton tire* Along the Piave the Italians are holding their own. No fresh at tempts to cross the river had been undertaken by the Teutons up to early this evening. Y. M. C. A. FUND RAISED National Campaign Passes $35,000,- 000 Fund by $15,000,000. The national war work council of the Y. M. C. A. announced that the grand total of the nation wide war fund campaign Is $49,209,411. This exceeds by nearly $15,000,000 the $35,000,000 goal set at the begin ning the campaign on November 12. President Wilson on being Inform ed that the fund waa greatly over subscribed. telegraphed eongratula Gone to Dr, John R Mott, general secretary of the council “My heartfelt coagratalations the re markable and gratifying re sults* the prentdnpt'e “1 think It In n Bel Mr JulUa tank «tr1%e. Hpplwg U> pleriw what had hern ad- %ertU*4 as aa Impregnable liar, la drorrthrd aa rotaiag aa near n break Itiroagti aa aayfhlag maid. Cambrai. ne n reault of thla drive, teemed doomed, and that waa the rhlef objecthe. Cambrai fallen. 8t Quentin, to the south, and. ultimate ly, I .Hie to the north, mu At fall-— unleoa the Teutons on their part launch a counter drive from either of these base*, or from l^aon. atill far ther to the south. But to do so they .. iul jl. huxe-aUavk tag feree-. a« t it to the spot they muht dra tftrtr regervo* fn Tfaiy TYie splitting of the Teuton force Thors ta a deop-rooted eoeftdeoca that tho preseat drive will do tho same service to tho Italians that last year a push hero did to Verdun. hard hand- to hand engagement oo- rurred Wednesday morning at Flee* qui'*rea when .the Infantry, accom panied by tmks, Btormed this place and drove the Germans from It. The fighting about Flesqtiieres be gan Tuesday night, but it was not until about eight o'clock Wednesday that the British made an organized assault on the town. The tanks went ahead and were engaged Immediate ly by seven heavy German guns which began r to fire at them point blank at short range. It was a criti cal moment, for while the tanks will withstand heavy fire, they can not be expected to stand up long under big shells hurled fromr'guns only a short distance awdyV' The British infantry which swarmed through be hind the tanks saw the predicament of their iron friends, and deliber ately charged the enemy artillery with rifle and hand grenades. All the guns were captured and their crews were killed. A similar incident occurred , at Premy Chappelle. northwest of Mar coing, w here three guns were storm ed and their crews annihilated. Some of the most spectacular work of thla nature fell to the cavalry. The mounted troops got into Marcoing and Masnleres Tuesday night and In the latter town engaged in sanguin ary battle with German Infantry. An enemy battery there wae giving trou ble. . and a squad of horsemen charged the position, shooting or sabering the entire crew. Another battery at Rumllly waa taken In sim ilar fashion. Graincourt was carried by storm, cavalry, tanks and Infantry working together British forces at th* lat est reports have carried their line In this section northward to the Bn- pa time-ram brat road. The Germans ran from Rlbeeourt with the British close at their heels Thla town la n mas* of rum* of xkalt- ‘Fom lack of repairs The Germaa dugouts were left Itttact * The occupation of Maxcolng and M asm area waa a great At A# for the British aa It gave them much need ed rroeslngs for the Kacaelt river end renal which formed n nature I harrier to the advance from thla direction Cavalry, Infantry tonka were poured Immediately arroee these pasaagaa and proceeded to work northwnrd. • Military aecoaeiiy precleded the moot toe of cavalry to (he first 4 '• patches regarding the present often- •Ive, bet It may now he anld that the mounted men went tain action nl 111" o ^ioch Tuesday morning after the leak* had opened the wmy through the barbed wire. Thla wna | one of the feet a res of the haul# ta which Gen Pershing take gasp intarent while hn (he frost Tuesday, It hoe hone n eoBdsrfel two days for the hscaa men who had been reingated In rear Arena of the western front, with few etcepilnna. since early ta the war Tb(>u*aads of them h*v» been oper ating ever n wide area Hindenherg line Ovrmiabt An the war* ■ have The general the fighting terflm ilh the whole a rexolethwilaed. lull without art!!- levy preparation U nnprererlrntcd. Kqusll) the HrltUti are expected to topple over the fixed the*try that a real winter campaign in the west I* ImpnaMbtc. Aa thla Is written dispatches from dPTthW'frnwt t"tl jubilantly of **tnrreme- Iljliijf fiMI ” There i* every reason to assume •*. 1 ORDERED TO MARE PEACE Army and Xavy to Offer t herefor**. iject. hid that. If ‘it would mean the Having of Italy. Ger many’s only hope to avert It being immediate teparate peace with Rus sia and Pntrogrnd Hays Hhe will not get that. Who. after all, ta the real author of this plan that may overthrow the entire courw* of the war in favor of the Allies, at a moment when It look ed darkest for them. There is much whispering in I/ondon to-night. Back and forth through the undercurrents of military and political gossip floats the mention of a name that thrills every American heart whenever and wherever heard: heard in this con nection it filled Americans privileged tc. hear the whisper with unutter able pride. It will bo recalled that on the eve of his departure for Italy the other day, Premier -Lloyd-George had an hour’s talk with /jen. Pershing. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was present. Momentous issues were dis cussed and momentous suggestion made: Is Pershing the author of the “Byng” drive. Some very sub stantial reports have it that he Is. The German war office again paid grudging, indirect tribute to the tanks. “By the massed use of tanks and infantry and by launching his cavalry the enemy sought to effect a break through which was denied him on the first day’s attack. He did not succeed in his objective. Although he waa able to gain a little ground beyond our front lines, bw was not able to attain greater successes.” The German official account then asserts that “before and .behind our line, distributed over the whole bat tlefield, lies the wreckage of tanks “which have been shot to pieces.” German flyers, it is stated, took a hand In the tank’s destruction. Tenton counter thrusts are grow ing In violence and number, thus tor without avail. Seven were launched la the last 24 houra • Stories of spectacular British Infantry charges against big German guns that were battering oncoming tanks at short range are told In dispatches from the front. If Mara Hart the daacor-epy. -os- rested to Fraaee the ether day. had hlrh was the ultimate fair to be realized, and . Ima from the sea down to the Surtax « forced on them now, I frontier may be shaking before an- cther day has paused. Already the trench deadlock seems broken and open position warfare begin* to take Its place. The num- ftclently to allow the infantry to go through. British tanks had never before been called upon for such extensive work, but they did In a few hours what the artillery would have re quired days to accomplish. The Hin denburg line was pierced absolutely on a wide front and greater depth than ever before. The correspond ent Wednesday inspected the main Hindenburg line near Havrincourt and saw the amazing work done by the Iron monsters.. In most places, they had no trou ble either In tearing through the wire or in crossing trenches. There were gaps in the wire entangle ments where not one vestige of wire was left standing and by following the tracks of the tanks one could see where they had trundled across the trenches as though they were merely scratches in the ground. The tanks, of course, went through No Man’s Land under the full observation of the German ar tillery, and, while the gun fire waa weak, some fire was directed on the tanks as they advanced. It was in teresting to follow the trail of the tanks to see where shells had struck all about, apparently without doing any damage, for in this whole seo- tlon the correspondent did not see one tank which had been knocked out. The conditions of the German trenches showed plainly that the oc cupants had abandoned them in a hurry.* All aorta of equipments and personal belongings strew the ground. Since the beginning of the attack, the gunfire has been extremely weak. No Man’s Land ah owed comparative ly few shell craters Wednesday, and Wedneeday morning the British guns were doing virtually all the firing along moat of the froet in volved This Is a striking contrast to Ike Flanders rectos, which has been aa inferno of artilWy fire for Nikolai Leatae and Katiga N. Krylenko, commander In chief of tbe new people's commissaries of war. hive Issued a proclamatioa to tks Ruxslas sray and navy. Ths proc lamation say* On Tussdsy Gen. Dukhonin was cadet#4 ta offer an armistice to alt aatioas. alUss aad hostile mm 'The message was received at headquarters Wednesday and Gen. The whole "Teuton4* ,ukhonln Instructed to keep the people's commissaries continually In- that an actual “break through** h been effected formed as to the progress of the poor parllers and only to sign an agreement for an armistice after sanction by the commissaries had been received. Having received no answer from Dukhonin by Wednee day evening Dukhonin asked the rea- many times to evade glvln *gan ex planation and a clear answer to or ders. When a categorical order was sent instructing him to offer, Im mediately and formally, an armistice for the purpose of commencing peace pour parlours he refused to obey. Gen. Dukhonin has been Inform ed that he had been deposed from bis functions for disobeying the gov ernment and for conduct which Is bringing unheard of sufferings to all the working masses and to all the country, especially to the armies. He had been ordered to continue hit duties until the new commander i$' chief or any persons authorized by him arrives to take command. En sign Krylenko, has been appointed the new commander in chief.” The proclamation urges the sol diers not to allow revolutionary gen erals to destroy the great work of peace. It says they must guard them well, so that lynch law can not be used against them and so that the generals can not evade imminent justice. The proclamation adds that the soldiers must observe the strongest revolutionary and military discipline. SCALBE9 T9 DEATH Huge Derrick Overturn* Engine and Kills AttendauL John L. Hartneas, a young white man 19 years of age, waa so horri bly scalded Monday at the Hardaway Contracting Co.'n works at Wat- eree, a few ml lea aortk of Camden, that he died five hours later at the Camden Hospital. Young Hartneas was engineer oa ’ h- t: :«r- T? e rick termed ever while lifting a lead ef reek aad It ta term re seed the serine to ta