j GERMANS CONTINUE RAIDS ON HOSPITALS Kill French Nurse and Slightly Wound Many Convalescent , Americans lylth the American Army on the- French Battle-front, May 30. The German? rmc continued their campaign of terror In tho rear of the American front by a vicious air raid against Red Cross hosnltals. A deliberate attempt was made to Mow up hospital? In which scores of American wounded were lvlnR A French nurse waj killed and another was mor tally wounded. Many American who were, convalesc ing were slightly wounded by flying Shrapnel. Numerous windows v ere shattered by the German bombs. Hundreds of American rnd French patients were carried into caves for safety. The civilian population is deeply in censed, A historic town was raided manv miles bade of the American lines and in every instance the Oerman pilots swooped down with the craftiness of hawks rnd carefully selected hospitals an their tarsets. In each case the main building was missed, but the bombs fell close enough to damaire the hospitals. shake the buildings, shatter glas and terrorize yie patients. Many of the pa- , ttents recehed lu.lurls. Of the group ' of hospitals In this town only one was not attacked. It contains a wounded I German prisoner. ' I Gen. Wood Waits for New Orders Continued from Tare tine I major zenerals agreeable to Pel-shin; I from which the names of Wood. Ball. Barry. Scstt and Morrison are said to have been omitted; but every one who ' had anything to do with Informlns: the , public had Its existence explained to him "authoritatively." The country . was not to be left In doubt that Per- ' shlng did not want Wood for the same reason that the Admlnltiation did ' not want Wood at the beginning of ; the war to wit, because he was . "hard man to handle." Evidently the feeling of those responsible for our military policy is that the country in Its loyalty will be so unwill ing to question any act of Pershing that It will accept the rejection of TV'ood without protest, and that from now on the Wood Issue is dead. Any assignment of importance which Wood may get in the future will be an act of generosity, whose i purpose will be to prove that it was not tnn Administration out the Ameri can commander at the front who balk ed the nation's desire to have the serv. Ices of the man who is, perhaps. Its greatest soldier. Some such evidence of good faith may be forthcoming. The friends of Pershing here are not -well pleased to have the responsibility .. .!,.. i vr,i ij ;,,, ui In fact, some of them are outsnoken in I their Indignation. They describe the action of the Administration In "duck ing from under" as cowardly. They say that even If General Pershing did refuse to have General Wood, the fact ought to have been treated as a con fidence by the War Department, that General Wood ought not to have been told and that the public ought not have been told. That rule has been ob served In the case of General Sibert and certain other officers who have been unexpectedly sent back from France. Pershing's friends insist that ?'6htf.c" ml cs ,so2,l11 ?'. ,h ' f " ; ",! the public should not have been set to u exEie '"' &um,a- n?w, form.n, '" questioning Pershing, his character sallcnt, e1xtcnd "B sroutb?ri r?m, ,So. s' and his motives, as they are likely io son (w,,ere. J1'8. ?rench, ""l , ' d ,h do now that he has rejected Wood. I wfBter,n .u,sl;lrlE ,"a.s,t B"lleU a,'a They think that the commander a L"Pelgne to Drou let. lie apex thence the front is entitled to have the ut- '"J1 'V nr'"Iy, ' , , n ,S f most support from the War Depart- and Thl lois to Brlmont north of Uhehns. ment and the Administration in this ",re " Joins the old Unu countrv "" Tne magnificent valcr of the 1-rcncli , J ' , , .. . , , and British soldiers has never been An '.Uil c-ar that .ln ,utt,nff tIie , shown to better advantage than In stem responslbllty for rejecting ood upon mng the German attach west of Pershing the authorities have violated jthelms. where superior numbers were one of the first rules of good admlni- met an(1 thrown back, stratum. A good administrator either I The swavlng tide of Kittle carrle the disapproves the facts of subordinates' llne southward past Hheims. throwing a or makes them his own. Mr. Baker. Keniicirole around the battle-scarred General Pershing s friends say, if ho -cathedral citv." Although ltheiins is were a bigger and more courageous I menaced with capture by the Germans b?m.w?u1 d.rave assumed full respon-1 )t )s too early to predict definitely that slbility for the rejection of Wood and the city will fall t'cin , msuvacu X c.nillllK a KLri In It. As It Is. he has shifted criti. clsm from the political establishment of the country which can stand criti cism to the military establishment which In times like these should be kept free from criticism. Rea Still P. R. R. . Head, Says Markham Continued from Pave One fed by the Pennsylvania, or lice versa, and "unfair to have appointed a western man Jo the directorship of this territory. "This is not ln defense of the Admin istration but Is merely for the informa tion of people who have wondered why eo able a man. so great a railroad execu tive, as Mr. Rea and others like him. vere not given the Federal appointment. "I am coming to Philadelphia totally Ignorant of the situation there, since I have no way of getting In touch with It and will not have until I take overmy duties June 1, "But I can say that my chief aim almost sole aim will be to move cars faster than they have been moved here tofore. Every step taken will be for the purpose of securing closer co-operation. , We must co-ordinate facilities to the last . apur track. We must concentrate on one thing: speed In moving cars. Speed Sole Object , "There is nothing more that a regional director who is not yet actual director .. can add to that. Kvery railroad man In I the country has had for his purpose those things since the entrance of tho j! United States Into the war. "Philadelphia In one of th greatest ' port on the Atlantic, Yon are bulldlnc . many lime tlilpa for the Government to '' carry nuppllca and troopa to France, Wo 1 will co-operate with the !ilppln board 'under Mr. Hurley In every way, "We will do everything In the power of railroads to facilitate movements of material to plants working on war orders. Mr. Hurley's plans about zoning of the country for freight Import and ex- port, when they are put into operation, will, find the railroads ready to carry out , the (work. ' "Speed-up will be the whole Idea of 11 transportation facilities. That la all I am able to predict about my work as -: regional director of the Allegheny dis trict until I get Into harness." I Asked whether or not the Govern- i. 3 m.nt' contemplated transferring all I-, V Baltimore and Ohio passenger service - Yr- ,.- n-nMcvlv!inla lines, ther.hv l9i. 4 inr the former road open for exclusive I'-' freight service, Mr. Markham said that K he had tiearo nomine whiku wuum in J; dlcate mat. me jju """"' outn u tip In view. jj "SEEKS NEWS OF GAR ABED 'Secretary 'Line Inquires Whit He It r.'fc .'! . r. a . H MMrrr ""T-r . Marti " WHERE ALLIES ARE STANDING FIRM AGAINST GERMAN ASSAULTS iwSmflkn:-"' 4:'n: - -rfM- stcnMMr iL,....,-. I Vk. " v'". VlllhJ I ik IA., TJ HMMMAM irW QWtZXa - lWHHI fi - -J wnvs. illl' L3sX- oS AlflWf fine TfiSnv Mnm E MJAfWI Enpes .P""w . i sVelerHbravSL -. - ---rr. a rv" ' " UUCV "W H r.LeTnoun. SaiiS2iiitoll.A: it. . it-k ' J auicutiuu K-. ? ifflff R.rfi .wiTf-?" ?MoWioii I '' '..v CreV-lyiOavir Berrieu, mirefrU,ne J tfgASFELD Uieuxv iB .,',. Wareml Sartev .oJouy '... n'il'it1. 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Time liuhlinc i- joini on in llie region of the SoU-on-Hatlennes hiphuay. at rcrc-en-Tardenois and nt Vesilly. All assault.- against the Allied portion- at Brnuillet, Thillois and on the heights of St. Thierry, prolerliii2 Hlieiim. have been broken up. The shaded portion of the map shows the German advance since ;eterda. Enemy Drives Held on Aisne Contlnne-J from Tsse C.r.t turing a few prisoners and a ma chine gun. "A party of our troops raided enemy trenches during the night near Locon, returning: with a few prisoners. "The hostile artillery has been act- ive east of Villers-Brettonneux (Pi cardy front) and in the sectors of Robecq and Hinges." The Stn Hattle Line a'"""B" rencn nave g ven up Soissons, the Anglo-French armies sup- Portt1 u- Powerful reserves, are holding fast to their positions along the whole front from nei-t and southwest of Sols- sons to the mighty battle zone west of nheims. The battle continued all night with the Germans hurling themselves In a series of furious assaults against the Allied positions. The i-truggle. which Is now In Us fourth day, has taken on greater violence than marked even th great drives on the I'lcardy and Flanders fields. The new battle Hue. which is about Irlve for Railroad Military critics believe that the ob jective of the Germans is the important tallway line which runs from Paris to Chalons. But that line is twenty-three miles south of the present battle line and there is little likelihood of the Ger mans going much farther, according to the Indications today. Seasoned reserves defend this line. General Vlchara, of tho German army, has been driving in the direction of Oulochy. ' (Oulochy chateau is seventeen miles south of Soissons. The Paris-Chalons railroad is twenty-three miles south of Rhelms.) German Claim The German War Office, in an official report issued last night, claimed fresh progress near Soissons and between Sols sons and Rhelms. In an earlier state ment it was claimed that the number of Allied prisoners had been increased to 25,000. Thousands of refugees are arriving in Paris from the new oattle zone aiound Rhelms, dispatches stat. American Red Cross agents who are meeting the trains are caring for the fugitives. Despite the loss of Soissons and tjie critical situation at Rhelms, the people of Paris smile confidently while reading the War Office communiques and waiting for the projectiles from the long-range German cannon. ALLIES' RESERVES NOW IN ACTION; STAND IS FIRMER By G. H. PERRIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copurljht, I9IS, by xcu YorK Times Co, With the French Armies, May 30. Very severe fighting continues. The results yesterday necessarily were favorable on the whole to the enemy because the Allied reserve Is only Just beginning to reach the front. A strong thrust toward Soissons to Coucy le Chateau at the moment when the head of the columns of the offen sive were striking south of the Vesle from Bralsne, Bazoches and Flsmes, suggests "that the armies'engaged have already Been re-eniorceo. So far an almost insolent boldness has won through, but the French re sistance is steadily increasing, and more prudence will soon be necessary. For. instance, the river Aisne is a most awkward obstacle to have on your line of communications. The enemy was able to prevent the Allies from destroying- all the bridges during the withdrawal, but it ia not too late,, and the bombarding squadrons of, the Al lies will doubtless find telling work I to do in the early future. ,. Debate Enemy's Aim . t.-,. - r . i " vark.taAM' h. fl-l Mill in, if, . ,, . la. Lhuvs nftes f oBrujs flupctgnc S 88 in sew FF n frBT-firtncMnic - a ,i irviv,., ,uih rfsi: rf;rr. mi 1 1 ppj j j i ltoui uv ' tr m - 'vicz-r' . . .. ui .mmhw w, -x. vvni w -r -w- - n n mi w t r r r rr rr r r itm i .ti-n ..' m. -m i - ni v afwirv Bruyeres. ,,:,?.., 5erS' - VMnMn i r . mm. I mrwmn, ruu. ah-s '- .A Kk...i SiH 6 ?iitiT.e t CoUfTOlt .. '.5 rrcaE o sRsnch good, is for the moment an academic question. Seven divisions belonging to Von Uutler's army two months ago have already been Identified on the new front of attack. German airmen on this occasion have been bold, and numbers are meeting their match. I must do Justice to the British divisions which had to bear tho brunt of one of the fiercc-.st parts of the German assault on the Alsne Not merelv because they are British. Nowhere could national pride be more out of place than on this battlefield 'l where the best njianhood of the two races stand shoulder to hnuld-r united ' in common enort ana endurance, serv ing under the Mime chief1? with the warmest loyalty und showing in many w.is that they realize as never before thH equality of their virtues and the good fortune of partnership. Watch them on the road going up to the lines and exchanging little gifts and greetings, or coming down and joining hands to help Mime party of refugees on its way. Hear their stories of each other, how one was "epatant" nnd the other "Splendid, by Jove." and jou will begin to under stand thn growth of ti comradeship that would shame even whlspfcrs of petty Jealousy sometimes audible out side the danger zone. English and French Il!o Tocether Monday evening when the enemy had got across the Aisne near Ponta vert part of the British brigade was falling baclt. A group of French ter ritorials, tiring continuously upon the swarming graycoats, were taking refuge in Germlcourt wood and being gradually surrounded. Some English men and older Frenchmen decided to make their last stand to die there to gether or to beat the enemy off. A handful of territorials got away to tell thf tale. The Englishmen fell to a man. The French officer who told me of this episode of the battle spoke of a British cyclist battalion fighting with the French before Fismes, and of the fate of some British oIHcers who lost their lives In blowing up Alsne bridges near Craonne. There was no time to take the usual precautions, but the thing had to be done, and they did It. My Informant showed that he felt all the nobility and pathos of these sacrifices, and he wished, as much as I, that the folk at home should hear of them. The first reports seemed to indicate that the success of the German as sault on the British sector led the de fenders by a threat of envelopment to retreat from the Alsne heights. This was not so. The Germans first crossed the river further west and tho British left was therefore obliged to fall back. As the numbers and positions of the four British divisions havo been given In Marshal Hales communique, I can presumably speak with the same den- nlteuess of their part In the battle. Fiftieth Bears Shock It was the left, and particularly tho Fiftieth Division, that had to bear the heaviest of the shock. The bombard ment, which lasted three hours, was of Indescribable intensity, the chill night air being soon saturated with poison gas, and when at dawn the German infantry, hideous In their masks, broke like a tidal wave upon the thin British line It was overwhelmed. The Fiftieth Is a territorial division. Never was North Country pluck needed or more plentifully given than In this desperate encounter of yesterday. A counter-attack toward Craonne failed under a flank fire from tanks and machine guns, and step by step the heroic line was withdrawn through wooded and marshy ground to the Alsne, The French on the left were resist ing like masses with the same brav ery; contact was lost with them for a short time, as also with the British Twenty-fifth and Eighth Divisions fur ther east, and as the men fell back a front could be preserved only by a converging retreat toward the south by night. When the hills north of Vesle were reached the Fiftieth Divi sion had lost a number of its officers and other ranks. The British center, consisting of part of the Twenty-fifth and Eighth divisions, was more fortunate. The Twenty-fifth had been in reserve, and its support in the low, and difficult ground at the east end of the Aisne Valley was most Important. It and the Eighth maintained their second positions till late In the afternoon. On the right the Twenty-first divi sion, together with the neighboring French division, had to defend" the line of the canal from Berry-au-Bao to Bermerlcourt against the onset of four German divisions, aided by the strongest fleet of tanka the enemy haa yet nut into' the field. This north western edge . of the great' plain of Champagne la very tavoraoie ground for the us of can of assault, and it was here that the -.French made their rfni6nv -7Tf. o " O i iioouiev5e '. As.:.. - v- va'D'mv r -n :'jrr ' - y' v tint. f ,r 'vst jouv . .. . IJ-.. --fi" . '. '!' .: l .70. A,. -v x -SO .. .iw: --4- 0lfNeUv;ileWu;, Front; Allies Rush Reserves heights with batteries and perfect ob servation behind them. They held out obstinately till the retreat of the left made It necessary tu move south u aril. Staffs and rankers equally have worked'and are working together with the utmost cordiality. In fact, virtu ally, as a single body CONSOLIDATE LINES. PERSHING REPORTS M'HKiilnctnn, May 3l General prr- thing's latest report on operations reads 'In the Cantlcrnv salient we hivn m,,- solidated our positions ln spite of heavy artillery and machine-gun fire. Renewed counter-attacks broke down under our fire. "In Lorraine we repulsed three raids during the night, taking several prison ers and killing a number of the enemv. There and In the Woevre the artlllerv of both sides has been continuously active. "It Is established that on May 27 our aviators shot two hostile machines in stead of one. as reported." PERSHING COMMUNIQUE PRAISES U. S. TROOPS Vrnolilnirtnn, May 30 "We are constantly receiving reports of splendid valor and successful opera tions by our American toldlers," was the statement of Secretary Baker. "I am very proud of tho part they are now- playing. The details of these ac tions will appear In the communiques trom General Pershing. "Apparently this is the most Intense and furious battle of the war. We shall havo to await developments before we can hae any adequate idea of tho effect of this battle on the general situa tion. "Meanwhile it must fill the American people with pride to realize that the con duct of t.ur soldiers at Montdldler has won the comment of 'magnificent' from their French associates." The. Secretary issued the following communique from General Pershing: ln the Cantlgny salient we have GERMANS CLAIM 25,000 CAPTIVES INCLUDING TWO ALLIED GENERALS nrrlln. May 30. The German War Office has given out the following: "The armies &f Colonel General Boelim and General von Below, of the army of the Oerman Crown Prince, have victori ously continued their attack. French and English reserves rushed up were de feated. "The right-wing divisions of General Larlsch, after repelling; a French counter-attack, captured the Terney-Sorny rli?ge and the heights north of Soissons. After hard lighting the troons of General Wichura also broke the resistance of the enemy on the plateau of Conde. Fort Conde was taken by storm. Vregny and Missy also were taken and the southern bank cr the Aisne nnd the Vesle heights to the west of Clry were occupied. "The corps of General von Wlnkdler, General von Conta and General Schmc tow have crossed the Vesle. Bralne and Flsmes hae been captured, and we are standing on the heights due south of the Vesle. The troops of General Use have taken the hills northeast of Proullly by storm and have captured Vlllers Fraii queux ano Courcy, and now are fight ing for the heights of Thierry. "The Indefatigable advancing Infantry, artillery and mine-thrower detachments are being closely followed by balloons, anti-aircraft guns and dispatch riders. "The energetic labors of the pioneers and railway equipment and construction troops have rendered possible the con quest of the field of attack and the bringing up of fighting means by col. limns uninterruptedly. In self-sacrificing activity ctoctors and stretcher-bearers are looking after the wounded on the battlefields. "In spite of the changing weather our aerial forces are attacking the enTmy again and again with bombs and ma chine guns, while aviators have surveyed MJjgSi nn.w7. .... TJeiannes u ii -T, - "! .1 npmnnirrfii . . . i".-1 - - ieneimi i . IVilTe.lWimarMV V U. 5iillirv. -li n, i -- -- N ..--- -JtoIrt Ui?i.il. SNIentire ,:.:hw fcViwi-S. 1 V, i-...-S8 XI Ia5i In:uiiA.-..Be8urno y tolfe CMffpagief 1 consolidated mir positions In spite of hear;- artillery and machine-gun fire Renewed cmnter-attacks broke clown under our fire. ln Lorraine we repulsed three raids during the night, taking sexeral pris oners and killing a number nf the enemy. There and in the Voeie the artillery of both sides has K-en con tinuously active. It Is established that on Miy :" our aviators shot two hostile ma chines instead of one as reported. CAPITAL CONFIDENT w, ...-..-... .,, ... OF CHECKING BIG DRIVE Washington, May 30 To met the drain that the duel of death imposes on her. Germanv is mobilizing youths horn during the first half of 1300 barely seventeen years old said Kntente official reports today. Her entire If 10 class has already been called out. Loss of men ir disregarded In making the gains thus far obtained. Secretary of War Baker's comment that the present smash Is "extensive and furious" ably characterizes It. Yet there are signs that the next few days will see a slackening of the German punch and a stiffening of the Allied forces through re-enforcoment. Germany is. as before, s-aerlllclng men ruthlessly for ttrritory. Figures of present losses are vague and unsatisfac tory, but official French reports say that th" cost was more than sno.oon men since ' offensive started. May 21. Distinctly serious, but In no way des perate. That Is the verdict military Wash ingtonAmerican and Entente ren dered today on the situation in France. The Importance of the German gains wes cf.nceded. No attempt was made to belittle them But there was no evi dence of panic anywhere. Military men who are closely following every move and who are completely familiar with the situation declare that the Allied forces, greatly outnumbered, have been wise In falling hack slowly. Inflicting as much damage as possible on the foe. To have attempted a stand under the con ditions existing, they say, would simply have meant annihilation for the troops and great losses of artillery. By with drawing while fighting a defensive ac tion It has been possible to save most cf the artillery and to keep casualties and prisoners lost down to the mini mum. without Interruption our progressing at tack and effect of our artillery fire. "The number of prisoners has In creased to 25.000, Including one French and one English general." German Loss in Drive Declared 520,000 Men With (he French Armies in the Field, May 30. The Germans, since the start of the present offensive (March 21), have lost a minimum of 520,000 men, according to com pilations made today that are de clared mathematically certain. Coupled with the forty divisions (4S0.000 men) used ln the Soissons Rhelms drive, now under way, the enemy has employed 200 other divisions (2,400,000 men) since the offensive started, leaving but ten divisions (120,000 men) of unused troops at their disposal. Counting the divisions which the enemy has used two or three times, It has engaged a total of 260 di visions (3,120,000 men) ln operations since March 21, According to authentic informa tion ln the possession of French military authorities the Germans have lost a minimum of 2000 men in each division employed. EL PROD r wfflfiiViivi! A7flrM Raiders Busy, British Await Attack Tontlnued from Tine One stars. These figures were mostly women and children, and I knew that they had come out of the town to spend the night In the fields because they have broken houses next to their own homes or their own houses par tially destroyed. It Is rather pitiful to see these exiles of the night, though there are so many things more pitiful, A man came up at the place where we stopped and said: ""Alerte! avion bochc!" There had been an alarm some miles nway of an approaching raid. We motored Into trie, town be cause our road lav on the other side of It. It was a dark little town nnd our lights were out s" that we were soon ' in the narrow streets. Then overhead came a loud hum-1 ming noise, like many nees swarming, and we knew thnt the Oerman nlr planes were close and living low. There wni no other sound Kor a few s-ecomls the old town was utterl silent. N'o soul moved in the streets, where the moon flung a clear white lljtht down one side, while the opposite i shadows were inky black All the windows were (muttered nnd no light 1 gleamed through the chinks. Here nnd there were black gulfs where houses had been blown down in pre vious raids. fiiinn Ope" on Toe Airmen Puddenlv there were several enor mous crashes. The Oerman airmen were dropping their 'oads. Across the pale sky with thnt red moon there were flashes of shrapnel among the i scattered !-tars and seairltlights trav eled to and fro, their long white beams, feeling about for the enemy, passing each other and making enormous tri angles of light from earth to heaven. Then machine s'ms opened lii-f from the ground with a sharp tattoo of bul lets and the sound ricocheted down the street like th? beating of sticks against house fronts. There were about twenu hostile nlr ci aft up nnd the drone of their engines wa broken up into dllferent notes and different rhythms as they scattered and flew In circles, dropping their bomb-, in many parts v 1th terrific crashes As thev tuns-t bits of shell camp clnmiii Ing down where our car was halted under cover of a wall. Shrapnel bullets whipped agalnt the walls and windows and stria-hed them and the strett was littered with broken glass. A gunner officer ln the car said, "I reckon we had better find a better hole," and we ran across tiie street and dived between the houses and found by luck a trench. Into which we went down, i-rom tnat ditch we watched the ah- raid all around us where those black birds flitted about amid the shellfire. Now and again we had a glimpse of one of two passing like dots across the moon and doing their deliberate work of destruction. It lasted half an hour In two spells, and In that time there were many bombs dropped. while the town neiow. that shuttered lifeless town, suffeied this outrase upon its old nouses. A French Workman's. Ueslre A figure loomed out of the darkness nnd spoke' to us. He seemed to be the only soul alive besides ourselves. It was a French workman, who leaned over the ditch und spoke passionately things without any passion in his voice, but quietly and gentle. "I should like to have one of those Germans on a plate," he said. "I would like to cut him up with a knife not a big knife, but a little knife." He explaned that his wife nnd chil dren had fled out of the town before darkness and that he had stayed alone next door to a house that had fallen Into a heap of ruins. "It is very bad for our women and children," he said. "This war hurts Vhem more than It hurts us." RED CROSS GIVEN HOSPITAL British Present U. S. Order with Institution at Windsor l.rtmlmi. May 30. A Joint committee nf the British Red Cross and the order of St. John has presented the American Red Cross with a hospital containing SOU beds. By permission of the King, the hos pital will be erected In the great pirU at Windsor. Sfeiant MOTORTRUCKS Hauling Cost Reduced When vou buv a Stewart Motor Truck, vou eet quality at minimum is as good as expert All of which accounts for the fact that In Five Years In making our selection of The Stewart Truck we kept in mind the fact that we had a reputation to uphold in this city and sur rounding territory, and with this in mind, we selected The Stewart Chassis Prices, F. O. B, Buffalo Ton 1 Ton , U Ton 2 Ton $ 950 1495 1850 2395 IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES Send for. booklet, "How to Bun, a Motor Truck" r juiuci Pra mnd PLACE FLOWERS OF AMERICANS IN Ffo Deathless Spirit of Freedom Burns Brightly as Franc -t Tears and Blossoms on Clayey " t'f& Mounds With the Amer!eiin In France, May 30.) THEttn are new American graves be ing decorated today. They are on grassy hillsides, in shad ed ralnes, beneath drooping trees and beside stone walls, centuries old. Mothers, slaters, swqethearts cannot visit there graves. The tender touch of a mother placing a flower upon the grae of her boy Is denied America's latest dead But those who loxed the fighting men who have fallen In France may rest nssured they are not forgotten. The parades, the rpeeches, were miss ing. But a deeper, even more solemn note was struck In France, a3 the graves of America's dead were honored. Most of these graves In France are fresh The cold, brown earth has not yet been covered by Its soft quilt of grass. A little wooden cross, with the fallen one's name Inscribed upon it, and a small American flag that droops and caresses the grave, mark the resting place of tho dtad hero. In one little kroup of graves along the roadside In Ivorralne He twelve American boys. In another cemetery, back of a certain hoE- pital. arc twice as many more And tar up under the guns there Is a little gr.-u.-yard guarded by an old stone wall, In heh rest more of America's dead. So it Is throughout the area In which the Americans have fought. J net e Is no ore special spot an American could have visited today and honored aJI of the dead The meii and boys who came to France dedicated their lives to world principles They hac died as soldiers of the democracies of the world. Their bodies may lie found throughout the northern section of France the world's battlefield. But their spirit, the things for which they died, l!e today, stronger than ever And the men still to carry on the tight an; fighting with rev- determination, new realization of what this war means, and firm resolve for victory that war may neer again be thrutt on the world Not only In twain on the American fiont, but near the heart of the world's BROKER REVEALS SECRET surrefjfcl Real Eitnte Operator TelU. How lie Amafs Fortcne. "I made moht of my money bv seel-s to It th.it I ni-ver had n a'ant properly on my nnd, ' sild the licid of u Inrse re.il tUtn tlrm recently. Whenever 1 hail a dwelling to rent. I Iniiuofd the owner to either Uy hardwood poors throughout rr lo hae the old rlo lloors nnd Malrw.'ns renovated. Thfie lm provementB add no per cent to the appear nnee of a hous.o and appeal strontly to th women, they an- to easily tie-fined, o fcanl tary, s arlfstir. And the. cost Is moderate If th work if done hv Plnkcrtun, of 3031 West York street. " ,idr. gfar'SEwarjis'ai&'srin ( MWson & DeMan U15 Chestnut Street Opposite Keith's Theatre Special Offering Millinery of Decided Newness $Z.OO & $0.50 Positive values range up to $15.00. New summer creations of Georgette crepes, straws and satins combined; light, airy straws nnd organdies. cost. Every truck that leaves the Stewart factory . workmanship and quality No Stewart Has -. Hirer a vcrv knowing art was demands. We do not anywhere asMrelllB MiMavHiiMWMwMiaaaiaa , n 1 . mm . ' . Amamriiniunra mnrnv T-UiuYvaii luvivi . " 'm. a i : 1 MumuM aim utna2 m.mim iu ii.ajniBiiiui.'.-'', ,. ., T , -.ev,',. Sarvito: JJOTUmM Otf. greatest battle line, American1;') were honored today. The tresMJ marched Into the 'line whrf tliS mans were mawm tneir treat tfl In April, paid dearly In blood :"tij the way. Tliey foufttt and dld'; Iho TTr.nen nnlv nn Am.rle.na j1 n n it 1Ia &?, B In Lorraine, many a little ' child toddled out alone th! street to place a flower on tha'Ii of an American. The children of ! are the best-loved friends of thJ dlers. Tho children are the nr, greet the Americans as they a village. They are the last to-i good-bye as the boys from home,: away. American mothers, fathers and-' hearts may rely on the chtldrwrtSl France today. Scranton Exceeds Red Cron ( SrmntoD, Pa., May 30. Willisana Truesaaie, presiaeni or me lacks Railroad Company, helped Scrant) exceea lis quoia. in ne nen rV campaign with a check for lit Miners nf the Lackawanna coai.c pany raised more than $50,000. &-fjt an J.VTUU 11UUOU , ii(3 7UU WltH Dmm A cuisine -vrl has made the . New York's leaJi Banqueting plawgSl 2L WH H sag IB H (mH Single Rooni.wiliontfcmVj $2.50 and iUt(t- I.VMVft Double mimm.kSTi Single Room, with MH Ilk mmVtM UMloflMM Double $5.00 to WmC Frl or, Bedroom Jtd $10,00 toll W" I'-.. .. . .L-r, ..'E.rt-n At Broadway. 44U to 4&UJ. sttMH-' the center of New Tork'e oei and businew activities. Ia 4mm proximity to all raUi IJ illlh'l 'TT'2d -? '714 m '. r 5:4 20 Per Cei the utmost in truck .$zi materials can make it. ' j ' tki Ever Worn ..... j ' carciui nivcsuifauuii.. .1 full well that the Stew?jj fully up to our quality hesitate to recommend- Vii 1 -i - i tmes oquare $&&& it as the maximum trugk value at r near its cost price Jn t v t .-i? ,l-""3'.. krvi v . uHm iV.S v1 .WfHm , m .' ' t" J rt fr'ftifrgm w-WLmarw. vol. mw " Jiv.''Sr?-n, ,' - vv: BBBBBfcaa:.3aBm. XaMaa. -Tlhataa t .mMmmmmWmm' .t nrat experiment with indifferent re- smv "3 . '".' " T 7" .Tr.I,.'H itlirtWJvm i'd fiaf: JlVANjaTa.fi
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