iVi7 V "3HF'7'3,,Vi ' -4 r- (Q ' '-V-i H-,y ; Jun "-?, -V 2ftr till" , ' -,43-n "'i.- ! V. . v i 1u. 1 . .. ' ..- j . ' . j " Sjfflt.,TI tPl - i MISSING MEN JLi landers Probably ed by Germans in tprey Fighting i IALTIES TOTAL 96 . ' W.Milnfton, May 15. Eame of thirty-eight soldiers, PTftw England men, are among st reported In today's casualty probably were captured by III at SelcnepTey lociays tin a total or ninety-six. in. Etta killed In action, nine deaths nds, five from disease, two from t,". one from other cause, twelve -and nineteen wounded slightly. R. M. IJemlnr. of Ballston fcAv.. whn In a nre .. it aa mlsslnc In action, was to ltd as a prisoner of war. 3?T tmrn tv ArTinN t" Serieur.ts t MARTIN. Mrp Katherlne Cotter. nfUld avenue. Chlcaso ..LBWIS. W.. Zanetvllle. Ohio. ' ... ' ti tirpnmi CLYDB. Atlanta, Indiana. Meehanle -CHRIST. Mr. John Koth. Herahey, Prlrntea ALBERT O . N. D W. L. tlalley. Mary Uraly, New PHILIP J . Miss . Conn. LEONARD LEO, Bailie Dalton, N. T. BTER. JOHN W,, Mountain City. CTRIL, Mr Fannie Kreck, New ELMER D . llooreston. Ills 34 DIED OF W0CN1IS M Corporals K8. WILLIAM C. Whaling W. Va WCT, JAMES J . Chelsea, Mass Privates ON, ARTHUR VIVIAN New Mllforil . KDMO.NP. Nashua. N. 1! JOHN W Jamaica Plains, CkHN A.. Omaha. Neh ER. .SOL Afton. Wyo. DTTA, JOHN Kndlrott. N T ATf, KENNKTII II , (JumDeriana, DIED OF nilRAlK Lieutenant OUT RAYMOND. Minneapolis. Cook VICTOR IfCait. Mountalndale. sKE. Trlvatea r . Elk Rlrer. Minn. 6iITI GREEN. Camptnn, Qa, SAM. Catania. Italy. IHEU Or AC IDhNT Privates HXNRT O . Montezuma Colo ALOJZTi Mrs. Lucia Woolchska tar. X. II. DIED OF OTHER CAIPI.S Privates . PIERRE P.. Kail River. Mass. WOl'.NDEI) SEVERELY '' Seneanta JOHN I.. Preston. Kan FRANCI9, Washburn, Iowa. Cerporal PAUL E . Worcester. Mass THOMAS A.. Jamea J. Carroll. att. o. THOMAS N., SHU niver. Conn Privates i TIRA N Alser. O. - waiiicn v.. jonn tiarny, ,-ew GBADT W Oaleihorn-. Oa T. SAMUEL A, Windsor Locks. , 1-IAMCEL, Sawser. N I) t.r CHARLES W., Holdredae. Neh. RDT, CARL. Anna Mlntz. Detroit. nNt lVannrfi.a Hllthtlv Lieutenant CE. WALTER T.: lire. M Q-Don- Hartford. Conn. Sergeant NEWTON, Clrla, O Corporal TRACT. Tlconderoaa. N T. '4S Meehanle .EDWIN L., Manchester. N. It. V, Privates WILLIAM; John M. IMrtles. 'loo. O. , OAXE H.; K. M. Ciimer. Raw SO AS W. Sprlnxvale. Mo. ER. WALTER L., Oscar K. Ouen- Falla. Me. WILFRED R . Chelsea. Maas KSON. BENJAMIN II . Valley f. T. J-NTON C. Marhlehtait. Mass ft. VICTOR H . Kast Liberty. Ohio. VINCENT U. Maynard. Mass. VICTOR II.. Penaeook. N II. JAMES K.: Mike Krlatof. J1S nsvenue. uoiumbua Ohio. t-HERBERT. Albert Leach. 06$ r avenue. Columbus, Ohio. WILLIAM A.. Rrunswlck. Me. I. Limestone. Me. i HARRY p. Clrolevllle. Ohio. PS MISSING IN ACTION Ft, Untenant LJOSKP1I P., Plttston. Pa. Menranta yTRANK I. . Revere. Mass. , HAROLD W., Providence, R. I. Corporals VELVIN R.. Jamaica Plain, tVTRANKUN J Mrs. A. N. Da- l(C A.. Frovldenre, R. I. HENRT E William O'Rrlen. 221 ctetath street. New Tork city. 0? Busier .NELSON F , Mrs. Amanda lVi Haven. Conn. Private TONT. Joseph L.LA. TONT. Joseph rj.rain.lt. vn. i;onn. ..PKRCIVAL. West Haven. Conn. , lunn, Aiirra iiuurr, 215 Shsl- iim, piw tsaven. conn, WILLIAM 8.. Cranston. R. I. CLTDE D., South Seerntld. .v,.... - ... tAn v. . couins. war- y Hrds Parle. Mass Wall Paul E. Deesl. Brooklyn von i.i uuvir w. Slllot, lioe- jjjMsOROE N.. CenlMI-Falla.'R. j. jinc, jsrieioi, conn. RT. St Johnaburv. vt 1SJLANK. Dorchester. M..a rAlBfl I.. Ev.relt. Mas. rroaptei, cona. L,l-Leon VL, Hall, Mlddla- RT. Guilford. Conn. IUR P.,' 8C Johnabury. Vt. I R.. Brll. vt. DTD W.. Natttham. VS.. MtoUAWOJ., iUrs.r.t Mo- rir Haven. Conn. , JHrOKNE C. Provl4ce, HAND r.provldafie. R I. W I; IkrlMol.- Csmhi. -...Bwampaoolt. Mass , WfmBKs$tmssmmmmBs' lM-ss , rslsslas an am. -T3 "?.!". asaCJl ! iOhG Y wb. tn ti nrttvlmm list WAS 1 nr,. .Mlt-nil:. I.r.tt I"- I.a .tranv. in. J., who In a previous list w!lAj,cl. ..,., S(-Hyl.KK. . l,,,.,. heOdWrtKAhll cC Danville, vt. ROWE, DASCOMH P., riarntt, Vt. 8lJTCLI7rE, PRANK. Kalrhaven, Mass WALL. PATRICK. Jttlsa Bessie Wall. 25 Stevens ltt. New Haven, Conn. WOODS. R7.RA. New Mllford. Own. Prksonevs (pntlmnlr reported mlln DKMIMI. CAPTAIN 11. it, llalllton Spa. N. T, Washington. May II. Seventeen slightly wounded In action and one missing were listed on the ma rine cirps casualty reports today. The list follows; "Moiiti.i nni.MiH) I'rhnles WAinr.n. dewitt rwslnre. .Mo. lasih, josKnt coNon. cMcaso. Nrrseanta KANB. JWtES RODURT. 149 South Mln street, Woonsork.t Mill I1EBLS. MTItUV HOHAHT, Plymouth Mlrh. CO.K. HAROI.U JAMKf, Cedar Raplla. la. Corporals Hl.M.Kr. JAMF13 UtANClS nERNARD. Newark, N J HWKK.NKY WILLIAM At.KK. Cleveland, O THOUAPON, ODIN ALEXANDER. Chtcaio. Prlrnte ADKLHVRDT. OKOIIOK. Tro UHL'M'.lt. CI.AHE.Sen OTTO. , in. 3t31 Monroe strett, Chicago COKUKLKIN. HVMCKL. IlenwoM, UOItMKI.V. WILLIAM JAMES. .New " I k.t. .......... ....... . .. tn "". '" 1 MOSircn. ZE.NU CHARUts. Donne Terr. Mo ROTH. HAItlM JOSErif Johnstown Tn WtLMA.NNS, ArO.OI.lI ROMAN. Chliaao MI1S1MI IN ACTION Private ASKLTIN'K, It " HOWARD Lanalnc Mich Baker Denies Army Will Be a "Reserve" tnntlntied from Pure tine American army for tWenHs or waiting until the are re-enforced hv a com plete powerful, self-supporting army, they have chosen the latter Is dlametrl- icvuv nniKiseil lo ait iniui nirf.iii c- ' t. t 11. - .1.. llxltl-t. . nr teieil nv in- irum nr im.ho,. .... cabinet and to all the requests which 1 have 1 en asked by them to make lo the United Mates Administration I am quite In the dark as to the origin of the statement At present all I an sav Is that I am convinced that the document has not been Issued with the knowledge of the Prime Minister or the Urltlsh war cabinet ' ir iciiivr'T-nivi nnifDTrn H lOJIimrf Liv UKuli iiju CT1PV VTifWI ?T i R71 JlUtil r IXUlll OIlIl Rv CLINTON W. GIU1F.KT soff forr,.o,rfr.f r.vrttto PubHr Lr.lgrr , Wushlnctoii, Xlny 13. Kven before Secretary of Wat Hiker denied a change In the Allies' plans by which the American forces in France would be used as n reserve until n complete, self supporting and powerful United Stntes army could be sent across as .i unit, official Washing ton was Incredulous regarding the Ot tawa dispatch spccifjlns such un un expected policy. I Suc.l a chance of pi ins as this ds ipateh Implied would leave a bad Im j presslon. The Allies for several months I have been urging the Immediate use of American troops by the brigading proc ess All the dlfllcultles were considered I The Ilritlsh Premier tmde a public ap ' peal to this country for Immedlato as sistance. The brigading of American troops wns hailed both in England nnd In France 1 as the greatest contribution to Allied ' success, outside the unification of com mand under Oeneral Foih. since the big Herman drive began Then suddenly. 4 If the Ottawa dispatch meant what It .appeared to mean, all this was changed and the Allies purxed holding the Her mans theni'elves unaided and wnmngror us to whip them when we were reads Washington does not believe that any such changes of mind are taking place among the Allien It has heard of no particular anil unexpected dltllcultles nnd of no friction thnt has come from amalgamating our men with the L'ng llsh and French The brigading process Is already in operation, at least so far aa trance ls concerned. Our troops nom nve sec tions of the lino tn contact with Hen eral Petaln's men, In two cases Indi vidual units, in the three others In bri gades To wait until this country has "a complete, powerful and self-supporting rm" on the west front would mean to wait a long time. We shall not have heavy machine guns, nor field artillery. In any tuantlt, until tne spring oi 191!) We shall lick ships to transport both men and guns for many months to come. Shipping merely combatants, ax we are doing now. requires, accord ing to estimates of British authority, I only one-fifth the shipping necessary to put In the field a self-sustaining army. The moral effect of a change of policy In this country would be bad The Allied policy of brigading our men put l America at once effectively In the war , The country ls aroused to sustain the men who ara giving their lives In Its! cause. ' To wait until next jear before be- j ginning to flgltt will mean a relaxation The hope that somehow the war will end before we enter the trenches will spring I up. We shall lose something that ws have gained since the Herman drive be gan and the brigading of our men with the British and French was adopted No one knows thla better than the British nnd French. Mrs. Moses Itambo Desil Coateavllle, Ta., May 13 Elizabeth Jane Itambo, widow of Moses Itambo and mother of II. Hraham and Elmer E. rtambo and Mrs. H. nidgvvay. died In this city last night. Mrs. Itambo was a daughter of May llton Hraham, one AC Coatesvllle'a early settlers, and was elghty-slx years old. Stoo that embarrassing itch Resmol ;. Don't lei that Itching skin trouble torment you an hour iaotrsf I Just spread a little Res al Otattaspt over the sick skin an f,K th Itching does not aMsappaar1 'aa If you simply iiti H'awayt J ova-more, Important- laaaasasuissiaj.'SiasiU vuiwiivh tana iD-rasr away f Wranr traoe of.tha un- la 4w 1 aoeM aorlsHM " AWtf-.. n SHI aaatftalaai' LW.W. LEAFLETS CIRCULATED AT TRIAL Vitrolir Attacks Made on "Brutal Masters" and "Class War Martyrs" Lauded ( lilrnco, Mity 13 1 V. W. printing; presses nre n bti"y as ever. In spite of tho tons of literature confiscated by the Rovernment ntd plccd before the Jurv In Judse LanrtH1 Court as proof tint it.. - i Orilw hit. liemt f-Mtl.t .,.!,) conspiracy, tsarlets lauding the pris oners on trial us 'ilas ..u pilsoneis" mnrtr lotlniM of the mmjlh-t Unus were circulated In Court toda The llovernment began the reading of letters written by defendant and seized In th i v v raid" Marie C Cop pen", of Ne York, who had been eecre. tary and utenocropher t John Alla I. W W organiser In llntnn lilentincil letters written by her for'All.i, defendants, had bt'rn nrrtrd fcr rneed- ... t- ..1 .- I --..- .. ... ... (UK mi it ei h urn ifiiiifia .itilL III ? lilt naru, Hard tale or the derenrtants as "class war" prisoners were being iaed around, nnd there were eeeral smiles 'at the contrast The leaflet whli.li wis an appeal for funds, re.ul In part i "Hundreds of members of our rla-s j nre Imprisoned In the foul dungeons nf this lind Thev were arrested and r being held 111 defiance of all the guar I antoes of tho iontltutlou nf this repub lie These men hive faced nre faclnir I land win n laueu upon at tnen iriai to mrp nil lilt- niiv m uiti urrpciuit' umi I I brutal master class th cnarees nanging over tnese men 'are stupid and fvrchal In the evtreine. hut they are dangerous These work ers are being held behind steel lurs Ilk wild animals because thev fought for better conditions for jour i lass for u The profit gluttons of Hlg Busi ness nre determined to give them the limit of the law Whit are on going to do about If Describing the condition nf the pris oners who are being fed twice a daj at nn expense of Mxt cents a meal In the KedernI Ilulldlng by Judge 1., 'nulls s or der, thn leaflet sa s ' The men In Jnll are enduring the dallj torture of Jail confinement nnd nar starvation Thev realize that danger nn(1 unrnB nre the portion of those who optKis the Industrial despots of to 'iay. but they are taking theli inrdlcini bravely und patlentlv like the teal uhels Ithey are Ihey firmly believe they are In their pre-ent condition mr ine greatest cause that deavor " ever Inspired human n- GIRL, 11, DKIVKS STACK Maine Honor l'upil Transports Cliil ilren lo School Sanforil, Me.. May 1J -Although onl eleven sears of age Christine Heed of Sinford ls one of the 'war honor girls' of Maine t-he Is the ounget stage driver In New P.ngland and her dallv duty is to see thut a score of pupil' living In rural districts are transpotted to their schools When the war railed the soung men of Sanford to service there was not any one left to drive the school chil dren's stage coach. Then Christine went tn her father, William Heed, and said she would drive the stage. Her father conrented Vl y '1.1 !i I ';T le' ) n ,1, I'tll' .!.' ll !! ..IN i1! rn .ili'l! !.ffl '""ll s.l I' Wl Every War GERMAN GUNS TRY OUT ALLIES FRONT FOR NEW OFFENSIVE Contlniieil from Pnse One unseated some nf the men, There was n skirmishing nght. which the Trap plst MonkM watched from their win dows, nnd bullet scarred their wnlls nnd men and horses lay wounded or dead on the slopes. (iennan I'rlmo Died There The Hermans wpre drhen down Into Meteren. but left one djlnu man be hind, whn was brought Into the Mona stery nnd tended In hli last houra by the Abbot himself. The Herman e.ivnliy olllcer w.ih n oung man, Imrdly more than u bo with rainy ribbons on Ills breast, tt was Prince Mnx of Hesse, of the Kalscr'a blood He spoke reeral times before he died, sending Inst messages to his people and thanklnK the Abbot for his court esj That night his hodv was carried down the hill for burial by the parish priest In the nllev below The priest burled the Herman princeling secretly and would not ieeal this secret when the Kaiser sent word to know the wheieiboutK of his cousins grac "TaII tl.u tnlHi. " lm nntiorf.ri nnpK. Tell the Knlser." he nnswered back "that 1 will let hltn Know the Prince's Initial pi ice when there nre no more Herman soldleis In Helglum nnd when restitution has been made for the crimes agilnst our people" To this dav there me few people who Know wheie Prime Max lies bulled, nnd the will not tell Aftei thit c.1alr fight Mont Des .. " " .. ...""'... .' ... .i...- ... I nil w.ia mir in npnrf. n I n nn nn vh,ot and his i . s 70,ni," .2in n? .h.Jl in the svveep of shell- three Ve.lTH ut)on flr uhlcn nexer (Msed nround the Ypres salient, and up to their slopes theie flowed waves of wounded, whn weie tended there bj British medical nfltcers and orderlies who established n Held hospital within the wals Then a few weeks ago the edge of the wai came closer, verv close, so( in",al?hVJmhVA dime bursting on the hill And now Mont Pes Cats has been under tire ngaln Fnem Now Lying low The enemy still stavs In his lines, and even his gunning has during the last few hours slackened down, evcept fot biiislH of heavy tire here nnd there Does It mean that the Herman high command acknowledging secretly the failure of their stupendous effort which began on Marcli 21 nnd was! brought to n check nn the S'omme and, in Flanders, have now decided to cut J their losses b remaining on the de fensive' If nnv one thinks so he Is living without knowledge of the re alities .Nothing hut a revolt In Her man or in theli armies heie a tevolt I against this colossal shambles of their mnnhood will causo the Hciman com-i m.ind to abandon the desperate hope I thnt thev may still smash the Allied' I armies on tho western fiont, und In i th it hope thev nre going on I I believe what Is happening now behind the Herman lino Is the piep laintion of nnother violent blow by masses of men and guns It mny be thnt wheie the fiont Is most Intact tho men ice Is i:i cutest It ls tho quietude which preceded the storm of the fust phase of their offensive Along manv puts of the front es- teidav It wns the Hrltlsh guns that I many great memories which It holds weie doing most of tho business. Theln Its old houses nnd Rticets and the Hernnn gunners nnswered back sense of tomance which lures In its haidly at nil They were not turning veouitvnrd nnd squares, reaching Inck This Is Pledge Week-May 12 to 18 Promise Now to Buy War Savings Stamps You will be asked for your promise to buy War Savings Stamps as many as possible from now to the end of the year. Make it a real pledge and feel you are taking a hand in helping to win the war. When you buy War Savings Stamps you are not giving a cent you are simply putting your money into safe keeping at good interest saying it for yourself and backing up the boys at the same time. So make your promise a good one. WS.& ITAItlUVINGSSTAItfJ lltUBD Wi THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Saving Stamp Helpa t the other cheek out of a spirit of mar ts rdom and Christian charity. No doubt they were Just economizing; their ammunition, filling up their dumps and unloading stores of shells from light railway for tho day's work which mav come ery soon. I saw their black shrapnel bursting very high In the sunny sky, ju,st ax at St. Quentln before the big nssault Just odd bursts, too high to kill or hurt. What did thev mean? Terlnps a study of wind nrlatlon, Here and there along the front stray shells were falling In an apparently aimless way by tho side of n road or through the roof of n, ruined house, A silly sort of game, one might think, without any plan or Idea behind. No necessltj It may he the work of gun ners registering on points which, when the time comes the hope to (mother under their fire. Preparation Firhlnil IJnes Those things one can see. What one ' cannot see, but which one may be eure ls taking place behind the enemy j,,,,, , thp concentration of those . ... .... divisions which are still undamaged bv battle, nnd tho reorganization of divisions whose gaps, torn by the Al lied gun flio and machine gun fire and illle fire, are being filled up by diaftslot out for war but svvectheartlng In from the Herman depots, the gather- the gat dens of Arras, Ing nf munitions stores, the regroup- There nie gardens In Arras still, ing of guns, the establishment of Held i behind shattered houe fronts and In hospitals for the wreckage thnt will follow the next storm, and tho ar- . .... ...... "unnrni m eierj ueiaii inai musi VvaH viflAIA1 f m n lnt1s - 1va b-a1m t,xr i"tivi iui rx. untiir ui L1IU otitic that lH now belnf measured. . ... . , , nalssance see sometimes unusual nctlv it on the Herman inllwas, a con tinual tide of rolling stock along some of theli lines, nnd occasionally a long column or marching men, nut It ls at night that most of the movements take place, nnd In the darkness one '"" "' "" "" '- nnd mav assume thnt these fresh dlvl "" neavie s n e i.iRing up positions "enrSJ iho AM """ 'n rMI,lne9s iim cn uuui ud ueaauii, wneiirver inai may be. So now the Allied armies are wait ing expectantly with that tension which all men feel before a coming battle. They believe, as far ns I know their thoughts for talks with ofllcers here and there that this time I the enemy will be held and shattered nnd that he haa nothing like the chance that was his on March 21 when he hid gt eater numbeis, the first fever of enthusiasm, and n wider line of attack, which was held thlnl In pioportlon to the strength he brought against It If he falls this time, thej believe, nnd I believe that tho greit hopes of (Set many will be utteily ciestroved. Since the beginning nf thee great battles In bleak, cold weather spring has come and almost summer, chang ing nil the aspect of the old battle fields and of the woods behind cinter Wild and of the cities under fire. Arras, a Ileaiillful Corpse 1 went Into one of those cltieR the other dav, Airns. which lo me nnd to many of us out here Is ii iiueeily enchanted place because of Its beauty. I which survives even thiee vears of bombardment, and because of the to ancient history before Its death. For Arras is dead, and the beautiful corpse of the city that wa once very fair nnd noble. During the l.cent weeks the cnemv has flung many blir exploshe shells Into It. so thnt Its tuIms have become more ruined and many houses hardly touched before have now been de sinned. It wns sad to see this change, the fresh mangling of stones that had already been scarred, the heaps of ma sonry that lay piled about these stieets that were utterly deserttd I walked down many of them and saw no living soul, only n few lean cats which prowled about, slinking close to the walls nnd crouching when n Herman shell came over with a rend ing noise. Drlght sunlight shone down these streets, putting n lazy glamor upon the broken frontages and flinging back shadows from high walls, except where shell holes let In the light. Tho Cathedral and the great palace f the bishops were unroofed, with tall pil lars broken off below the vaulting and an nvalanche of white masonry about them. They were clearcut and dazzl ing under the blue sky. nnd one was hushed by the tragic grandeur of these ruins. One of the Hrlllah nlrplanes flew low over the city, nnd Its engine sang loudly with a vibrant humming, nnd onward again the crash of a gun or a shell lcosened some stone, or Plaster below Its wings Other hlrds vvere singing, spring birds, who nre little rourtvards with broken pillars, and they are nil green and luxuriant, growing untrlmmed, with flowers all gold In the grass Young trees hnve grown sturdily nmld the sinister atteets and It Is on them that the birds of Arras nre singing, In splttej oi ine sneunre, in mis great lone llncss nnd tingle desolation LENINE CALLS FOR HELP Alarmr.l Over Petroprar. "Cn talrophir Position"' Mn.roir, May 13 Nikolai I.enlne, Bolshevik Premier, has sent th" follow ing telegram broadcast regarding Petro grad s catastrophic position" and de manding help "A counter-revolution Is raising Its head, turning the discontent of the starving masses against the Soviets" American Ambassador Francis has re turned ti Vologda Four Moscow newspapers have been suspended because the published re ports of a German ultimatum. One was fined fiO.onn rubles Klevcn others are being prosecuted Troops of the Lettish Illfles raided the headquarters of levolutlonary bodies, making some arrests I HOUSING BILL TO WILSON i Penatc Adopts Amendment to $60,000, 000 Measure Washington, Mav 13 The .Senate to dav adopted the amendment on the $C0, ono.non housing bill it now goes to the President for IiIr signature Flftv million dollars Is to be spent for housing at munition centers and 110.. I 000 000 In the IMstrlct of Columbia Query Farm Tools Cost Uaklilngtnn, .Mav 13 tThe Senate this afternoon passed a tesolutlon bj Senator Thompson, of Kansas, directing the Fed eral Trade Commission to investigate the high cost of farming Implements ; s K'YkZ War Savings Stamps cost $4.16 in May and 1 cent more each follow ing month. War Savings Stamps are issued by the United States Government -the best possible security. At maturity, January 1st. 123, they pay you $5.00 in cash. In case of necessity they can be cashed without loss on ten days' notice. , NA17QNAL WAR SAVINGS COMMnTEE WAR ORPHANS CALL FOR AID Parentlcss Babes of France and Belgium Lack Necessities ASK $100,000 FOR RELIEF William B. Levis Describes Desperate Needs of Paris Asylums and Nurseries Thousands of Belgian and French war orphans, many of them without shoes nnd some with barely enough clothing to cover their bodies, are crowding the nurseries nnd asylums of Taris and Its suburbs, while widowed mothers; some of them without knowledge of the where abouts of their children, are in crvlng need of the necessities of life This is the Information brought here hv William Jt Levis, one of the first I'hlladelphians to go to France for relief work after the war started Mr. Levis has returned to this city for three months, during which time bo ex pects to raise J100.000 to aid In pur chasing shoes and clothing for the or phans and for aiding these widowed mothers He Is vice president of the Section des Chausures, an organisa tion for the protection and aid of women and Infant vlcllms of the war. Tales of c?rman cruelties are not ex aggerated, Mr Levis sas They can not be exaggerated One has only to see the tittle Belgian nnd French orphans, who were virtually torn from their mothers' breasts during the early stages of the war. and the .. AAi c-nMi mnihera who have anan- doned hope of ever seeing their children again, In order to reauie mo !.....-. "Nurseries and asylums In Paris are crowded with the little orphan-, some of whom are without shoes and many with barely enough clothing to cover tl elr little bodies. Relief societies are doing everything to relieve the situation, but the tasX Is an enormous one ' Hables cry for their mothers night and day they do not know that the murderous Hun has robbed them for ever of that priceless possession. Mothers Weep for lost Children "Mothers are weeping for their chil dren dallj. They were lost In the early stages nf the war when tho Huns over ran Helglum and France Some h-vve found their little ones; others have searched every hospital, nursery and nsvlum, hut in vain "And the Hermans aren't satisfied with the havoc thev have already wrought among the Innocent victims of war the women and children. Their long-range guns are now finding the nurseries and hospitals where the little orphans are being cared for. The Her mens are mad, plain mad" 'The spirit of the French women Is remarkable, despite their offerings," said Mr. Ivls. "Everv where I went I found the same remarkable spirit. If the wnmtl of this country could only tnlk as plainly and net as pnturally as the French women, 'ho stories of cruel attacks, plunder snl tnutder by the Herman! would le told "n such a way that would nroue the rourti) to a white-heat hate" tl, Wright, an American, who has been a teldet t of t'arls for twenty vears, Is president if tre society which Is seeking to llnd lellcf fcr the stricken mothers and orphans. Itellea nf Wsr's Horrors In his appeals for money to nld the war sufferers. Mr Levis will exhibit many war relics. One nf them Is an umbrella which was torn from the hands of a woman In Paris -by a shell from the Herman long-range gun The woman, though hurled several feet, was un injured", Mr Levis sajs. He also has a life preserver from the Lusilanla and a Herman flag, carried by the dragoons of naden, and captured hv the French nt the battle nf 1he Marne. and the first copy of tho Stars and Stripes, an American soldiers' pub lication, Mr Levis has many Interesting stories of the wur. Including that of the first' ittack mi Paris by the Herman long range gun He sas the people were startled, at first, and regarded tho first shell as a mvstery, but now, with tlm shells dropping In the city almost dally. It has become commonplace and the people are not longer alarmed. Thev nre merely annoed." he snld. Hav Ing been In London during sev eml air raids, Mr laivls described tho destruction of the first super-Zeppelin whlrh rtteinpted to bomb tho city. "It came down In flames, like a giant metior" he said 'The people of the c'ty tiled with delight as It crashed to earth " :!SssHlKi!m""'5Mn "": ; IB ill J mIIK? 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