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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
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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
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hiphuay. at rcrc-en-Tardenois and nt Vesilly. All assault.- against the Allied portion- at Brnuillet, Thillois and on the heights of St.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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U15 Chestnut Street
Opposite Keith's Theatre
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Millinery
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Positive values range up to $15.00.
New summer creations of Georgette crepes,
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cost. Every truck that leaves the Stewart factory .
workmanship and quality
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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
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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.
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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
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