The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, July 04, 1918, Image 2
MEDAL OF HONOR
TESTS ARE FIXED
GENERAL PERSHING TELLS HIS
OFFICERS WHAT DEEDS ARE
TO BE REWARDED.
ARMY STORE'S LOW PRICES
Soldiers in France Can Buy Many
Things Cheaper Than in Th;s Coun
try-New "Overseas Cap'' Added
to American Equipment.
(From Co nmittre on Public tnforniatit li.)
Vashigton.--'liese tests are ap
plied to ('15es rtconnllnleIn(del 14)1 1 Ith
medal of honor, aecording to Inst rue
tions Issued Os a guide to ofiet-trs by
General i'ershing:
Men Wlo) haIve'' 4erfOrined in action
deeds tf' noust ditIlguished p rersonal
bravery and self-atcritice above trand
beyond all eall of (luty ; SO conspleu
ous as clearly to diistin1gutish them for
gallantry and it repnitiIy above Iteir
conrndes; wh'hi involve risk of life
or the performance of' titore Ila u or
dinarily hazardous service, thei' omis
Boitn of w hichi wouh1(l 114 jistly sub
ejtel the p('r5S) to (-ensurei iior short
conin g or faidilire iii 1h4' 141'1f14 1i1illte4'
of his ditty.
Th'le clistitngui4i'l4-41 er4vic- 4cross is
fl~'urd-eed forh1 gial ti it in lleliti 41141444 liv
onte w Ii il y ' lis li (iish lii e li in -
onei n wh in ' t4i-t I inl1:1 4 Iii ii -I ill I
clntini) eiy s ii'X j1b11 1: 11d 1 jti iiy 1t11
I1( lin~l fn-(e-ll 11'iII I Ilyiii i'rilivi0riiits
tint wIit operti nsll II glinst, ai aril'd
enemy.
a P~rics ttd for ,0i tine on1 ine'rl han
dise In It' huge gent'ral atoreS op
er It'ed by the tit1 rter aitster cp(415 in
Frantce shotiw that ImettinJers of the ex
-' pedllona1iry furces Inny1' Secure goods
at prices lower than retIl I irices In
effect in this country.
June quotations are: 111th'-pound
package (cltoltIte, 11 cents; enn of
cherries, 21 'nts ; cnn otf cocoa, IL
cents; poket c-ont1h1, 1 cetltS; (ut en'
corn, 110 (4ents; shavinIg b~rushe4s, IS
cents; toot Ii bi rush14's, 12 cents; inn
stritigiesi Luh s, 1II (1115; bt14tl4' gilt
ger nile, 9 cents; (nnt pluin pudeinig, :1-2
cents; sin ntaird ,~> sf t'ty ruzEors, $I.75;
pair shoe laces, ;a ts; (it tleittu
powdetr, 5 (4-nts; 1 l4)1111(1 tlt-14:) I' sugar,
10 (ens; s14l C(o1t4Itt hread, -1 cents;
two'-ounce' I'tl-iige 511kig I 4tobnero,
7 cents; h1 ti 5(4m11, 1 cent ; (alt loh)
sters, 25 (4'n1s; Still 1ing 54ong1, .I coils;
bottle Wortrsht'(-Slire suuir4', 211 cents;
Jlinen handtke'~rifs, 1(1 (rats; pint
bottl oliveii lS, 2:t (ris ; rill green1 pen,
10 centls ; slhe potlish, 9 (eats.
Althoug:.h 11he m1n1 are issui( aunple
rationls tit' cIlUr tlirnznster s1tre's itre
penl4d to lthe Inlisltl ittel for t1e pii
pos'e(' of irnllttin1g I hithe' to Is to their
orenu or to satisy indiblual desires
fioris d1141ties o ch-I t5nc11ies Te- Ihigest
gran1tse oief t ilcha t'Iiie' on3y 1 'is tred
'i-i lstkso tiitii theiienlty e suriel
tions, ztlet a tl1ics ' litokors ' ar tit's
Tes lit--14'Ist are i h-1yalabl toec
Aitntng t' Staple's to4 b' foundal in
haiutn, hIu4'n, turkey, 11 ti,o tats, r'itce,
hoII nyl441S 1 h Pns onioni- s, ('lffe, 3118,
I4ugar, cheise, ienciio, btu:ltt , :-iea
oti ed fruits4e. Th til ell Ifruiils' and4(
apico4ts4 ilk-4, 44 ch rri s Iurrats,
iinlppls. runeis,. 41tspa-1raus, 83weet
& t-s.e tsliili'litch, 'v elttliis 44, tur i iland
11ahn 4141n, inl'r-tl:, ardn
lt s 'I'l, hrin4' y Si , ( teil 444rnhsil su
sagesl3, to.ngu e trlwy, deviled hamil45
corned-s heg, rn'd-heefi hash.-gu le rte1
ForQ5 the1(11 suniwith p.sotvg set h'oth
here tare:l ms, ti itkt('e's pr 44ker 1
rulieneedples bt tet, Ctmple sp tmii
lasste Irnnhey snut) hre iro,5 Ilut
tsmokng beebal andtu bhewing the il
cirs sint, brigae, uinretteitm
persand mces h ncdna
DMsofal the~ 0 i)L'iartes suot'e vito
ofralrs, lombs b'gurushe~ for altli pur
poesct btlitns, song i'4(stfhave bsti,
itaingcs- mu14g ierrors, razor Ilstros
tbhe foodbh dts i'ttstiolleit water,
tlcue dr toth powdteril WI~.1e
haeil, tw els, 50 hnkrhiefs oulwt
knivesi nelesiy tread~, calesl 1andh
lIn on ar camp~ tere oaei55 hat
4 taiton frobal toms, bsies~ thei head
quarterisk ctalligdew ad drisin
re t ha 80Deatisie voato
of r l s a d r g l to s g v r i g 1.
The "overseas cap" now being is
sued to soldiers in the expeditionary
forces matches the uniform in color
ilts a very low crown, and has no brin
or peak. It is so made that it may be
folded 111(1 curried in a pocket.
When Amnerlean forces entered tht
trenches it was fount! that the brims
of their camptaign hats interfered with
sighting through trench periscopes a1d
that in the nsst' of tall moen the high
(rOwlts Couli be seet above the para.
Pets. The tew cup is so low that it
iPmrmiits the inen to tuove with prae
titlty the s:s ue fr'eedomt as when they
are htiess. The t(rech helmet cuts
be worn over it.
)niy soldiers who have been with
the expediltiontary forces wear the cap.
Aecti ing to repiort s froin lersance new
regulatiotts provide thut otlicers sit:ll
wear their i signin of runk on the catP.
ssnd enlisteti m1tens pintce on it the button
prescribetl to be worsn on tie lt't' side
of the colltr of the service cost.
The total cust for Nuti1(1n10 army
cantoltnents was $1.10,72;ti,417{, e'ori
lug to a stitteintent by the war' dlepart
ment. 'T'he National Gutotart em11ps
cost $:S,375,272.
limtIerge'icy work to provitie for sIl
(iers in this (ountry tutd to prouvbiie
bitliings for the imntifatture ttit
stori;te of irily supptlit's but Ii iert a111(1
librI):0d uI1ralken by the co~nstruetionl
tii vislion IIf' the nrimy, wthici has beens
e'x)eculed or is unnder way :0101 in prs
It't( III (tI ,J1ts' I. will 0t)s1 :stitit $1.
i7t.titi,ss4i. 'his 1t1)ts1 is exusiave of
Iihr)'- operat:Iionls lIsting. $I10.000.t),
11(1 i- diret cont si!tr tl f the orti
'I I .in I tlw constructin divi
ionI 101)1 conlltl ;,:! job~s, ait :t total1
(ost III _2t5'2,.O)Itts. It ists 2-141 ojpers-'s
tisi'ss tisuit' V:y., which, when liiisltsi,
wtill curlstlbout $2701,:i0tX).ao Pr1epara':
tiuns lre bein g luale to start work on
117 few opeations which are expiectt'd
to ('1st $700,Os 0),000.
''vo out of et'vt'y 1(100 liter in the
artny have to have their shoes 1itade to
ordter. In sevesral csnips entire regl.
unents hitie had their feet mneasuredi,
asid hntredts of diwings were mtiatle
of ochd shatpes andtti sizes. At the pres.
t'Ist tile t'he i'sny usts betweetn 2,000,
004) anti 3,000,00(0 pirti) of shoes 1
month,
l's 'ls ibrought out in tests seesin to
prove flhat 1ien1 f1n the present iirmiy
are liger lhnut those serving in previ
olts wl'i is. Not only is this shown by
lie larger sizes of shoes cailed for, biut
by ithe Iarger sizes of outer clothing
thit is being 'equiredl. Itcorls In the
0lu11rt'rinster cot is sltsw tat I size
irrger, oil Ihi' nverasge, is being ie
11unimled in b louises, shlirts Mand b)reeches
ilitt have ever i)'1t1rt' bst'et used.
As a result 01f the :itui s at th
11r)n1, niethutis have been d)11ieveloper(
whereby inure than S0 per ooent of tht
wtiuti'ei. whio orilgisuliy retz ined at
lte ilit sit'ary hos itlls I'sr ionissi ts, ar'
iw cire!i ssnd returtied to Ithe force:
itsi three or iitur weeks. Inr t hali's is:
arit' y surs'gt'tons Si ist 'tio e i t :11 nips i' (
ntsi onients, al otlher iiiiitlry liss
pitsils in tiss euntlry 1:tiny lisirt)gily
intlersltantl e Itlesl iltst ir11t'n I' war
wolltislS, the srily istliuetttl 1tepi:rtiun
h:s listii tstalilished spe('itI (latsses of
I ist ruelion to whlch lire sent seeld
t lit's whois, ut1)1ion elaietion of ihuei'
colurse's, ret'Iir i to St'!er ownV5 hotsjpiit is
itu!i instuct theri's stss'geonls in~ t'se'
"'ilusly to oiie's cultintry dioes not t'nd
battllefiel, bt ('onsissts int doinsg ev'ryt
tinsg 1s inite's power 's to helps win lit'
war55," stays sti order issued'( by Generiai
"To'e wr'tit'ei hilt' fr'ec1 luently' and re'g
ssisnily ansd iend'tts is sune of' the sol
di' tuiotst ln'otant dtis. .\gis thierI
in: 5c.i Iahr it' sfrs 1f te dot ntio
itutsit's it is Soil piossibiti fors tftiker's to
wri tit 'S l tt'ers ftor' lhirs ti t, si s'. every'
sststi insItldo IIitsior hlis'lf.''
A piii nnaits fotr (onisiiilsitons tas first
iitit'lmtts itn lit' tg' il'tr t'oiips ac.
2.1l5(5iliion' ('s nitliistt iiis h iten tsr
t'xmtniin~g btoarsd ttsnkinsg 1 tiour of tte
srinesii isl ti e's tf It' toutry to make
e'xaminas~l tin readitily3 styaltlible for aip
Th'ie $1 20,000lt,000 s llot i ed for tile
iiiaints is t'xpetedtt( Ito givte the govern'
sinet' Iai mtsokel'itss how~tderi prodiuct jist
enstsa itly eiunt to all othles' Amserleani
t' lats it was found niecessairy to
bittili n ntew towni on t'ac(h site to houtse
thle empldoyees, and apprti~toximat111ely
9,000 dii'ferenit hullns were erected.
Streets were put dlown and1( seweredi,
p)ower.' plantits conistru'icted, tandt stores
suit hIospitls built. Approxiimately
35,000 men'i wt0oed ont(Of~ cntruct in
anti aboutt 30,004) will tventualliy be
engaged in thte atctual ')roduction of
ptowdasr.
lThotusands of wom'etn are employed
it tihe. Uttitd States gals-msk plantl.
They sire actintg as8 inspector's ansd are
etngsaged Itroulghlout tile ent ire pro(ttces
of mantiufacetur'e, atccori'tntg to a statte
menit fromt the gas de~fen'se serv'%ice
I llndredis of' gIrls have ben trasinet)]
inl the spec'iatl artt of sewving the faicc
pieces. Itach aeptarate step in thii
asseinuhling of the mnask is (done by
wtom1en wvorketrs, until tile masiik is coin
Ililetd, the last inspection is made ant
the final product is ready for shipmuen
overseas.
IL 4 1I
"i
Arrial at the front in i rancwe of a I
of a mnountainu precipice whiere severt.
NEWS REV EW OF
THE PAST \UEEK
Austria's Great Offensive in
North Italy Proves to Be
an Utter Failure.
STOPPED WITH HUGE LOSSES
Revolt Spreading Fast In the Dual
Kingdom--Powerful German At
tack on Reine Completely
Repulsed-Draft Age Lim
it to Be Extended.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Ausia's record of never wilnning
w~heni slhe goes lito battle unaldeitd by
the Germanis was mnagnifiecently suts
tained last week. Starting the long
heralded offensive. with nearly all the
forces lt his c iand, illh Marshal
vont Iorevic made ai dlespetI'e effort
to force his way across the Piave and
siownito th le Venet ian phains, with
Tfreviso, liassano anid then Verona as
his objectives, lls men were given
Austriea m with the roiute and
tai rked, iad were urged to
dol ther utmost in order that they
ighn get th lPleniful food in the
" oiseri ond." Approxitately a
ilioni Auisti~rin solieri's assailed thie
I Rapan led-fraf Asige LothmA- l
ai t b to Bin VEctoremmand'
ilsp'ln rmy 1 was everywhere reaid
to ine lt em. At the wetern lor
mlnti ofeni the eitney made no
orcgess It till, beig mowed dowl
iT maisoe Ita faily locked the roada
wis and 1 ass1tes. All at aks on ihe
Asia go dlteau , whleh is of great a
iiortac('e herause of Its easy ap
proahes from the Au st rhin side,
were beate of f b the riltis u nter
Lord Ca vian, tand (he eniemyi's a1 ttemptls
on Motile Grauppiav were nioi tire suc
'essfti. It was bet weeA these poAdas,
down thlie irenta a y an evienzela va
1eys, that the Aust itas hoped to push
the west polint oif a pine'1 s muove
me't tha stout ll lank 'Tirevso and
the 1tires linetofil lccc( the st.
T:'he igh lt tiS Mont tel Iw ils the
s(ente of' liost sanguinay figh ti g ant d
thle eneiy3 iniade somei headlway' tere
for at day3 or two, but gained little sitve
a1 shoin~(Ig (nlty13 list. lrI lrther
('ast, ait variiouis ioits, the Autians
we're abl41e to force croin(ijgs of the
l 'in:ie by'tii1 mean ofI bid4ges c'ontst ruct
ed( umle Ir ('overi of gas and11( smoke
shlin iig, buti aflteor get ting across the
trop foundil thleiinselvyes ini traps
wIth thelir lives, for' the batterIes of
thei allies 4on the higher grounad had
e'xtremut ('aster e'(ndl of' thle line, he
tween the Zenisoni loop and the Adria
aille, d141id 4'rev id5 force's neblIeve any13
thlingi tha relsembllled success.545 T1here
tey Iiushiedl fart enouitghi south of the
l'inv ie 144 reia'i the i ossalIta ennal,
itu adVienna elahi ned thlis was crossedl.
I lere the enemy3 was abiout ten miles
from Venice, but the resistance of the
Itatlianis wats so deterinledl that no
anxlety' was fell for thait c'ity's safety.
Before (lie weeb4k closed (lie enelmy in)
that regIon had been diriven back.
Most of the pontoon bridges were
sw~ept away by (lhe swollen Plave.
In a word, the great Atustrian offen
sive, up to the close of the week, was
an absolute failure and1( was admittedi
to lbe such bly captured ofllcers and
by sonic of the Viena newspapers.
The Italian army, never in better
coniflltion than now, fought with the
uitmoihst gallantry anid spifrit, and w'as
ably aided by the British andl Fren~ich
contingents. MentIon must be made,
too, of the Americans, for an esca
drille of American aviaitors, trained ini
Italy', went to the front and gave
notable help in driving the Austrian
aviatIors fr'om the air.
D~efeat in Italy maiiy mean nbsolute
(disaister to the Austro-hluagarian em
Pi'c, for its heterogeneous peoples al
ready are beglnning to rebel iagainst
the rule that has brought them to the
verge of starvation, has claimed the
lives of hundreds of thousands of
their men, and has given them noth
ing but false promises ofavctor. In
rhor from which the Japanese had Jt
rain with heavy American guns. 3-II
fighting has been going on.
mnany parts of the empire the dis
tressed people are rising against the
authorities, and in Vienna itself an
Wednesday t grea t and hungry mob
looted shops, stoned the residence of
the premier rind even attaked the
Ilofhu rg pal lace, in protest against the
reduction of tie btreadnl ration. fThe
food controller is helpless, adrit ting
that the emititi re's wheat is exhausted
and that the grain supplies from IHou
innania are stun II and of inferior qual
ity. In Lenburg, Budapest and
'rngue also there were serious food
riots, and all tIirough the empire
signs were plentiful that the people
were ready to revolt if they were
not given a speedy peace and bread.
It would appear that the time is
about ripe for the long predicted up
rising of the oppressed nationalities
of Austro-Hungary-the Bohemians,
the southern Slavs and the Poles. The
Germans expect and fear this event,
and of course would step in to sup
press it by force of arms. But even
if it were not wholly successful it
would create a diversion in the midst
of "Mittel Europa" that would do
much to hasten the final victory of
the allied nations over Germany.
Only one operation of moment took
place on the western front last week.
'Ibis was a powerful assault on the
allied troops guarding IHeims, deliv
ered by the army of the crown prince.
About 40,000 Germans took part in
the attack, which was preceded by a
terrific bombardtent. Tie enemy
charged from the village of Vrigny,
soulthwest of Reims, and all around
the loop to La Pompelle, the fortified
sironghold on the east. The struggle
was violent in the extremte, but tie
( erntauns were every-ywiere repulsed
with very heavy losses. Only in the
Sillepry wood southeast of the city
did the enemy gain a foot hold, and
prompt counter-attacks by the French
threw him back from that to his old
rpositilons. A greait marny Germaun
itrisoneris wer~e tarken. They said t hey
had1( beenQi orderedl to take Bims at
arny cost. Tile fact thart the aittacki
was not renewed by the crown prince
wais taken to indicate the exhtaustion
of his troops.
Military experts in France believe
anol~thler battle will bte b~eguni soon by
the Germans, posslibly (4n the roadl to
C'alais, or betweenl Monttdidlier andI
(Chateaui Thlerr-y aceross thre Olse and
Aisne to the Marne. If threy select
the tatter- sector- the Americans will
algainf be in the thlek of the fighting.
lTose boy3s did not have a great delt'i
to do lrast week, though t hey enarriedl
out someI successful trids and re
pulsed eviery one inad~e aiga inst their
liInes. From the southl sidle of the
Marne thley sent se el-al pat rots aceross
the river- in boats, in eaich instane
killing numbers of the enemy and
brninginlg hack prisoniers. Moreover,
not a single Germant patrol has ever
bteeni permitted to cross thle Mat-ne to
the American sidle.
The wvar deparrtment I r. Washington
was strongly urged larst week to sendt
ra force of Americans to Italy, not
only to help in the fighrting but esp~e
cuatly to dlemonst rate to the Italian
armIes that Americar 1s ready to aiid
their country to thle limilt, thbus courn
ter-act ing the extensive anti-Amierican
propagandl~a carried on of late in Italy.
Th'le diplomnatic repre'senitatives of
Italy here thought it would the a wvise
move, aind Secretarry Baker inttimnated
Thursday that American soldiers would
soon hte fighting on the Plave front.
Appeals for tin allied armny in Si
heria are growing tluder (daily, and
conditions in what once was Itussia
ar-e becoming steadlily more favorable
for suchr action. The bolshtevik power
Is wanling, througth the Leninites still
control the arms and supplies In most
of thle centers of population. In west
ern Siberia thle Czecho-Slovaks have
joinedl forces with thle counter revolu
tionists; Tormesk and othier towns have
been occulpiedl andl a government set
up. At Kiev a great revolt has bro
ken out ;'40,000 armed and organized
Peasanits are par-ticiparting find the
mloveme'nt tins spreadl to the Poltava
and Tchernigov districts. There is
much street fighting, andl tile revolu
tionists have destroyed artillery
stores.
D~octor Masaryk, the Bohemian lead
er, conferred with President Witson
concerning the plans for getting out
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@ weecrn Newaper un ?T
st landed a force of marines. 2
allan soldiers on a road on the side
who wish to join the allies. Most of
ther, are armed and organized. We
may yet have the chance to see these
sturdy fighters, formerly our foes by
compulsion, passing in triumph
through the United States on their
way to join the other armies of fre -
(om).
Tihe senate committee on military
affairs adopted an amendment to the
a rmy nppropriation bill authorizing the
president to raise a volunteer legion
of Slavic residents of the United
States for service in "any field of ne
tion." Mr. Wilson approved the
amendment.
Word was received that the Turks
on June 14 occupied and looted
Tabriz, the second city of Persia, took
possession of the American and Brit
ish consulates there over the protests
of the Spanish consul who was in
charge of them, and sacked the Amer
ican hospital, over which the Spanish
flag was flying. If the report is veri
fled, Turkey has committed an act of
war against the United States, and a
declaration of war by this country
against the Porte may be the result.
Many senators and representatives
have favored such action for a long
time and their position is strengthened
by the recent occurrence. The formal
inclusion of Bulgaria also among our
enemies probably would follow imme
diately. Thus would come to an end
the incongruous state of affairs which
has permitted the Turkish and Bul
garian diplomats to remain in this
country free to gather such informa
tion as they could anl transmit it to
their allies and our enemies. The
well informed have given up the hope
that Turkey might be induced to with
draw from the war, since she has
been given part of the spoils of Rus
sia.
The submarines operating in the
west Atlantic have sunk several more
neutral vessels, but there is reason to
helieve that one or two of them have
been destroyed ini encounters with
a rmed stea mers. A Venezuelan jour
nalist who was di-iven from Caracas
adlmits there arn Ger-man U-boat
bases in Venezuela. The raids off the
American coast are declared by
Americnn naval he adquarters in Eng
land to mean that ihe submarine cam
p~aign is a failure the enemy's only
chance of emp~loyliig the limited nuim
h~er of his U-boati successfully being
to concentrate ti eir roperations On
the focal points jf ailled trade. It
was statedl that to day sufficient ton
nage is av~ailable to mieet ailliled dle
miandls and1 it is monstanitly growving
Inarger.
Tihe BritIsh mal e the wvelcome an
nouncemuent thait 1:1 Germuan desiroy
ers and a large nminbller 01f submarines
aind othemcr craft aire penned up in tihe
liruges ('lnai locki: as ti result of tihe
recent blocking i'perations at Zee
brugge.. These vqissels are consttant
ly subl lectedl to bomibing by the naval
a vi atoms.
The department of juistice uncov
ered last week a gigantIc conspiracy
between manummfacturea'rs iand contrac
tors' agents to sollelt government war
orders undler agret-ments to pay comn
missions lillegally t.3 thle agents. Hun
dreds of oflices throughout the coun
try were raidled and papers seized.
The department satid the commission
agents would be prosecuted, and that
all contracts malde by them or with
their aid were subject to annulment
by the governmnent.
.So insistent is becoming the demand
for a moore complete mobilization of
America's man power that extension
of the dIraft age limilis probably will
not be postponed untIl. the winter ses
sion ot congress. Provost Marshal
General Crowder urgtts that the law
b~e amended immediately to take in
all between the 'ages of eighteen and
forty-five years, and Seicretary of War
Baker says he will recommend such
an amnendlment If submitted by the
senate or house. General Crowder
told1 tihe military affairs committees
that the legislaition is needed at' once
if we intend to do anything this year.
Ie mnot only wvants more fighting
mien, but also lhe desires to extenod the
"work or tight" ordler so that there
wvill be virtual conscription of labor
for wvar industries. His plans would
assure the registration of four or five
million men qualified for military
service.
FOCH'S STFLTEUY
SHOWING STRONG
BRITISH AND FRENCH DRIVE EN
EMY BACK MORE THAN MILE
BY SUDDEN STROKE.
ITALIANS ARF ALSO ACTIVE 0
Stiff Fighting Continues in Mountain
Regions But Quiet Prevails
Along Piave River.
'rhe British troops in Flanders and
the French forces further south ap
parently have anticipated the propos
ed German drive towcrd the English.
channel ports or Paris and struck
first.
Although slight details of the ma
nouvers thus far have been revealed,
the allied troop; caught the enemy
unawares at salient points, and driv
ing swiftly forward, took terrain
which would have been of considera
ble value as the starting points of
enemy attacks.
The attack of the British was deliv
ered about midway between 1laze
brouck and Bethune on a front of
nearly three and a half miles over
territory which the Germans recently
have been deluging with shells. ilto
gether the attack was productive of
an average gain of ground to a depth
of nearly a mile. It is not improb
able that the Germans had set their
hearts on the capture of St. Omer
and the railway line running thence
to Calais and Dunkirk.
The stroke of the French troops
was over a still greater front-four .!
and a half miles-and at points also
penetrated enemy positions to a good
ly depth, at some points a mile and
a quarter. The evident intention was
further to block the gateway to Paris
through the Villers-Cateretts region.
From Amblemy to the east of
Montgobert the French carried out
their offensive and overwhelmed
strongly fortified positions of the en
emy along the entire front. Besides
the beating back of the enemy, more
than 1.000 Germans fell into the hands
of the attacking force.
Although the points of attack were
separated by about 100 miles the ma
neuvers seemingly had been well con
sidered by General Foch, the allied
commander-in-chief, as they were car
ried out synchronously. The strategy
of the double stroke is apparent when
it is realized that a successful German
thrust where the British struck would
have menaced the channel ports or a
similar move in the south would have
placed the French capital in jeopardy.
That the allied forces are not to be
caught napping by the Germans is
indicatel by the intensi
erat ions that are in T
and behind the battle lir
official communication
air fighting 29 enemy a
accountedl for. Fourteen machines oi
the British failed to return to their
bases.
There is considerable fighting be
tween the Austrians and the Italians
in the mountain regions of the Italian
theater, but comparative quiet pre
vails along the Piave river, across
which the enemy was driven by the
Italians early in the wee-k.
SET .FORTH AMERICAN
PLANS TO HELP RUSSIA
Washington.-Plans of the Amieri
can government for aiding Russia in
rehabilitating herself, wvhich became
known, revealed that the first step
contemplated is informal assistance.
through American business. and indus
trial leaders and disposed of widely
published reports that a diplomatic
or political mison would be the,
moans of carr-ying out President Wil
son's promise to stand back of Rus
sia. The personnel of a group of
men who will carry expert adlvice and
material aid along with America's ex
pression of (disinterested friendship to
the Russian people now is being dis
cussed. They wvill include only men
familiar with Russian economic and
transportation conditions
CAMPAIGN OF TOBACCO
GROWERS FOR WAR FUND
Atlantic City. N. J.-A campaign
among the 600,000 tobacco growers of
the country to raise a war chest of/
at least $1,500,000 was outlined at the
annual convention of the tobacco as
sociation of the United States. Conf
tributions of tobacco will be solicite1
from the farmers, which will be auc-.
tioned at warehouses. The proceede
will be divided between the Red~
Cross and Y. M. C. A. and may be ap
portionments for other war agencies.
NOTABLE MEETING OF
AMERICAN METHODISTS
Lake Junaluska.-The laymen at
tendling the Lake Junaluska meeting
of American Methodists are fromt
nearly every section. Many wvho have
come with doubts in their minds that
the large sums to be asked otW the
Methodist Episcopal Church and the '
Methodist Episcopal Church in Can
ada, would not he forthcoming, are
expressing themselves as confident
that all three .churches will raise more
than the amount's asked.