Sfv? ? ; " r r v t twi," v ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 Z' 7 , A iE CLUBS" BEING ORGANIZED AT MEADE L Machine Gun Baitnlion for ".Vs T.nfnvptli Divieinn In Tip- Ji" ceive Intensive Training : ',..' rmn Mir. Mil.. Rent. 13. jpFhs organlzattoi) ot llin mnclilne-sun ;i, MUAIIgti, or "sulcldo club," of the I-a- &.! . .- ,.-r r. X... Sgilvlslon commamler. Issued an onlpr t'il T1hornIn;, In which he named Major Mar- 5&j hall A. Queensbury as the acting cIM- El'aion machine-Run officer durlnp tlio Inn- Ka pprary absence of Lieutenant Colonel ft. kViCmmM Tl TTnrrln. and dlrprtpd lll.lt all .-bjy . " . .... .. ra.- . . ...... .... .... omcers attacneti 10 oincr umm who na . Wn assigned to tho "suicide club" re port to Major Qucensbury for duty In a. few davs a sudlclent number of . ,$ inen itproiuo a nuuieus hiii m- m-a;'i fij from tho 154th Depot Brigade and as signed to tho "clubs." A course nf In tensive training will then be started mid .- -..1t 111 I.- -.1... 11.. hKAiinlil 1M UIO DailUUUUE Will UC Klimuauj 1111111,111. 3r.v ,. ,. , ,.,.,.. .,.,. ftJt. P war EirFngLiia ' Ja iuuu.hmc uuh (y?l. .... m nmKr rf nnni nmTnlqsinnril f.Illrel f w tit . . u ..... .. a .! .... iinlln frntu U)t Will UO llUIISlCtiru l' HIU l" ' ui.in .1..... la?' th machine. rtln rnmnanlea of tile inf.lTl- $l&s.ry regiments. ST, Major Bruce ftlioft has been trans- bI . i A .. .1.. ..-. i..ull. T-......... - v jerrca ironi ine ncinueciiui imiiw. m the Thlrty-llrst Machine Run Rattalloi Other cfllcers affected by the order are Major John TV Olllotte. Captains lloin ton L. daddy and Blanton W Tnndv, and Second Lieutenants Raymond T Hicks, Kverett Peck, ItcnoMi J Slmnnd, Harry 1'. Hendois-on, Jasper N. Wolfe. Robert N. Watson, August II Hlslirp. Frank II, Scott, Benjamin Knlclit Krv H. Thomas. Haljli II Gandv, Lewis W Lunsford, G, S. Torguson, It. A. RltlR way, D. L. Wilson, C W rhaneolloi. T rln w tr U'hllA T 1 Whalen. N. C. Sehaeffer. J D WHev, V. V. Whlttlngton G. 12. SparUman, 1.. I.. Slegcrt, J. G. Wilson, II J Hopp, J A McDc-nough. W D llartshome, A P Collins, X. S. rendleton. J P McVabb ,J. S. (Joodall, F J. l-'ttzpntrlck and N W. Ilose. s About seenty-flve oftlcers of artlllerj. second lieutenants, many oi whom hae seen actual police with the American expeditionary forces In prance, have been assigned to the Thlity-flist. Thirty-second and Thirty-third regi ments of field artillery Tim officers were previously sent here and tempo- I 1600 NEW CAMP LEE MEN NO W IN OFFICERS' SCHOOL Older and More Serious-Minded Men Start Course September 15 Many Philadelphians Among Those Seeking Commissions Hard Work and No Play Ru n StnJJ Cnrmpnnitcnt t'nmp l.ee, reterliiirg, n., Sept. 1.1, ",Vet Sunday I shall cetrht.ito my tfn1y-nrst birthday by entering the training school for officers H will he a great dnv for me, and I trust that I will make good Kew men entering their majority are glen such a prU liege, and I must admit that I am a trifle proud ' mp 1 SKV mostly That modest assertion was made today by W. N' Plckell, nf Haddon Heights, N". J., oiii of 111010 than 300 uMllans to enter the September olllors' training camp Plckell attended the Vnlxersltv of T"enns$lvnnl.i fur two eais, but left college list February to accept n posi tion In tho Victor Talking Machine Com pany With the other 1 Milan cindl dates he arrived todiy nnd lost no time In getting down to business In tho group were eral rcnnvl anlniis, but It wrs a different gioup than others that bao entered officers' tialnliii; mmpi Older nml VIrr Men To begin with, the men ate much older than the first groups sunt ngiln tiny differed from their predecessors In the fact that tliev entertained no Illusions In regard to the work at hind Tlic appreciated that four months of the hardest kind nf work was In front nf them and after that a continuil guild until after the mr There was but little outwird enthu siasm, no hjplav and not a bit of Jes. Ing In 1 word. It was a group of snlxt faced men nnd not a batch of he ring youngsters I'ickell, owing to his youth, was one of the diMinguishcd member? of the p-irtv, hut, sensing the true ntmnspherr fif the camp, be w is ut as denid nf noisy enthusiasm ;th thn oldest 111 111 In the company As the youth unpacked his suitcase he confided to a bunkle tint lettem from a fond and loving mother would not be forthcoming "Mother and father are dead,' said the future officer, "and all 1 hae is a little sl-ter b'nr her .sake I want to leturn from France" I'ickell made no further comment for Pa ft a my has one brother In the depot brigade and n second In the battle lino f-omewhero in France "No more boys In mv family to go," siliMhe Shlppensburg man. The school opens on the 1.1th nnd more than 1100 inpn will enter Of this number, innn than 3nn are cMtlnns and the rest drawn from arlous camps lt the east and southern sections of thr tountry k According In plans announced bv Major A M llurdette, adjutant of the training ramp, a class of similar size will begin work on the 11Mi of rich month and 1c.no nie lrtuall certiin of winning commission. That means that In this camp tint number of seiond lieutenants will be graduated ooiv month Colonel Harry A Haton Is command er nf tho school nnd has mapped out .1 course nf Instruction that will keep the cindldntcH husy from fi In the morn- all worn night when I came back tho light of Rhellflro flashing nrotind bnro trees with their tangled branches gleamed upon the steel flanks of those monsters, ns I described nt the lime, titnl gnvo them nil uncanny look walked through It flrRt, for our tanks amid tho undergrowth. The chateau beyond, .1 fine old place of bilck, dnrkened by many winters of hard weather, was nlready In ruins, though some of Itn thick walls wete standing nnd part ecn of Its gables and tttriets. Below one wall lay a row of Oerman dead, for the High landers, bad hard fighting there on their way up the slope, nnd other dead lay below the bushes In tho garden, nnd everywhere there was tho litter of httmm conflict. Hut our machine- gunners were fix ing up good fields of lire for defenso on the reerfe side of the chateau grounds, and IJngllsb soldiers with their steel hats aslant were collect ing homeiilts nnd watching tn progtess of the battle further by on Cantoning nnd Moucvrcs and Fontaine N'otre Dame, to which out tanks went cruising like a battle fleet. lluvrlncourt Wood nnd Ifavilncourt rarlly attached to the Kleenth Artlllerv I a training sergeant appeared in the Inr V frr )y Brleade. During the last few weeks a great number hae been transferred to Units of other cantonments The assignment of the following offi cers of lnfahtry was also announced this morning: To the Seentaenth Infantry Major Albert Johnson nnd First Lieutenants William S. Morgap, Claude Sale and Wil liam Meo. Trt tha satanl'.flral 7 11 f .1 nt r V C.I O- '"Jalns James 0 naI1 ana. jnmes M. Sparks, and First Lieutenants i'ie iam Porter, Clarence It N'eldengaid Arthur li Thomas, John C Hartnett, Thomas C. Andrews and Glen C Barmim. To tho Seventy-fcecond Infantry Cap tains Clifford A. Gray, Thomas A Reiner. Murphy F. Tedllo, Sam P. Carroll, Ulmer C. Leler and Bryan L. Itadcliff. Battalion Sergeant Major Ldwln J Howard, Headquarters Company, Sixty thtrd Infantry, has been transferred In his present grade to the Seent -second Infantry. Private Allen II. Fisher, Company I, "Seventeenth Infantry, has been sent to Washington for temporary duty in the office of the Inspector general. Prlate Gulllaume A I)e Lejer re-I cently transferred to the Heidouaiters Troop from the Thirty-third Field Artil lery, has been transferred to the Head- , quarters Detachment, Eleventh Division and assigned to duty In the office of the chief of staff. Private James U. mil. neaunuaners Company, 164th Depot Brigade, has been detailed on spec'al duty In the office of the camp JudBe advocate. Major James M. Mullen. Prlvato Ralph Robinson, of the Twenty-seventh Knglnttrs, who was sick In the base hospital when his regiment left this cantonment. Las been transferred to Camp American University He will Join his regiment later. ' Nine men In the Development Bat talion of the dpot brigade have been assigned to special duty at the Liberty Theatre. Six will serve as members of the orchestra and the remainder as stage hands. Soldiers of Jewish faith, so far as Is "possible, will receive leave of absenco ... -r , il- 4, .. V.ll. Vi over ine Liny VI lliu rfiuiieiiis-iii. niniii ltKt- begins at sundown on Sunday The lads KA. tvIH be allowed to go W their homes. fH'i"1- nrovlded they do not live too far away. ESiU " for the observance of the fast, and for EV?. -fr . . . .. .-.in ,. -v.i .., .. -.nl I.. hZTJ rl mOSe WnO Will OO OLUIKCU iu icmain m i.jiV camp inero win uo siicswai civnc-i m ut JsV Little white House, tne nomo oi tne Jewish weiraro board, tsunaay evening and all day Monday Privates Lewis W. Cohen, or the Hiev enth Company, nnd Frank Zamatowltz. of the Twenty-fourth Company, lBlth Depot Brigade, were each sentenced to ten years at Fort Jay for refusing o obey command to drill Both will forfeit all pay and allowances and bo dishonor ably discharged from the service Hindenburg Fist Battered Down Continued from Tate One Tpres and then between Rhelms and Bolssons. 'To strike across the newly conquered land without rallroads-arnd without or dinary wagon roads would have been too difficult. The situation Is reversed now with the added advantage to the Germans of occupying thoroughly pre- nava.1 nnalllKnu .uhlnli (Via Alllna rlt.1 n..t !,e when they fell back upon Amiens. ('', America' Tart fllgantle '"ft Perahlng'a offensive against the St. 'f.VT Mlhlal salient shows what will be kjpyniAnierlca's task In France, It will be a racks He looked ver soldierly and In a firm and loud voice onleicd the can didates to form In line "Lunch Is being 'Crvvd In another birrack-," siid the sergeant. "In the armv we fill It mes Get nur mess kits and foim in line'" All Vrnm Vnrillv Plckell headed the column and on his light was II C Stainj, of Khlppinsburs. Ine until 9 nt night It is 1 ...1 ... .. t (1.. .llUnen' Ir lltllllC lfttlirt and men wl,o survive the test vviM know ' rhatwin have bad much history since thit thev possess the right kind nf , then, nnd once ngain the llcld-gray nicntil and nh-icil liber men nf tho Herman nrmy have en- Aninng the IVnns.vhanla civilians who, are l'rted in the Septembei class nie camped under cover of their ti ees, and Ablgren, "xi" North Broad stieet, mrm that our ttoops lnve taken them Philadelphia- Howard R llrcl-cl, llarle- ' ,,, ,hp , , , ()f ton. F V. Drown. New Castle. Gersnn , I, Hrvsin, Will Insbiire. John P Bur- ! human conflict piled on the old. ton. tlrnve Citv : M (' Bunvan. Car- . .. . -,... . ,. . T lisle. II li Hum, riiiMiiirgn. " Chnnut. cil Citv . C c ciiowiung. i r h.inn.i . S I, Clark .121 oiit li Twenty second street. Philadelphia 111 win Cole, rit'shurgh, 1 P Cope. Sh'ppensburg , R Ciiikran, 1707 Mount Vernon sireet, Philadelphia, S imuel Punk. Scrantnn : Ciuirfurd Goodwin, Wllkinshurg. George It Greene. HilR Arch street. Phil idel phla V II Hilton. 101 North Nine teenth street Philadelphia H 1' Hutch inson Kill Sansom strert. Philadelphia. Kdwanl W ,Iohnon. Conimeiclal Trust Ilulldlng, Philadelphia. .1 It MiCIn--k"V. "530 North Twentv-sevinth sheet, Phllsdelphla. Aim d W.bster, Chestei , C W Teny, 203J Tlogi streit, Phili- .Uitiihl i . It H Poppletou "12 Tioga I stred Philadelphia, r. n "Williams, Gettvshurg, J W Wall. Hog Island n llie f'uee. Paul U Wacht'r. New Ken sington , J A. Suloiiff, Sinibiirv , U S Llndsav, Hnllldnvsbtitg, C A Lenhart, Llstnnhiiig; II J Hloom. Sunbur.v , G M Ilanium, Carnegie, John Adims Ap ple. Minimi v; It It Andtrsnn. Wllkins hurg. M J. Kane. Woodlawn. II. H Ketterer, Hutbr. II W Jones, Lanst downe It I Iluhbv "-iilpiieiisbnrg A)iprolmitfly 100 I'ennsvlvnnlnns now stationeil in ine rcpian riii-iu i-iiii NEW CORPORATION TAX CUTS DEEP INTO PROFITS Returns Must Be Made to Internal Revenue Collector and Include Gross Income, Deductions and Credits Allowed and Net Income AnTiri.n ii The Cnrporntlnn Tat ntaff Correspondent Evening TuMie Ledoer Washington, Sept. 10 Tho tax on corporations for 1918 In tho proposed new war tax law will uo levied at tho rale of Hi and IS per cent upon net Incomes, as compared with a tax of 6 per cent last ear and 2 per cent In 1910. It Is estimated that $894,000, 000'w HI be raised for war funds under the new bill, as against J52S,600, 000 for last jear it will levy a tax of 12 per cent on such net Income over $2000 ns the cor poration pays out In dividends nnd pay ments In ledeemlng bonds and tthcr Interest-bearing obligations made prior to the beginning of the jear, and 18 per cent on all Income In excess of that For example, a corporation has $200, 000 net Income over and above Its cred its or exemptions It pays out $1D0,000 of this In regular dividends nnd 'redeems $20,000 of bonds Issued In previous eirs It will be required to pay 12 per cent taxes on the $120,000 paid In dividends- nnd bonds and 18 per cent on the 6lher $80,000 A departure made In the new bill Is tint It permits deduction of all divi dends received bv the corporation from another corporation In fixing Its net ln come. The Treasury Pepirtment estimates that out of the $891,000,000 to he levied from coTporitlon Income taxes, $480.. 000.000 will be obtained from the tax of 12 per cent and $414,000,000 from the . IS per cent levy Methfid of Computation In computing their net Income cor porat'ons are permitted ti deduct In j ten st received nil Federal, State or mil ; nlrlpnl bonds Included In their gross I income and amounts of war or execss , profit taxes paid during the same jear All domestic corporations are also al lowed an ixemption or jooo net In Camp nix, w rlglilntnnn, . ,l Sept 'come. 13 Some 20,000 .lersev seldlers at Dlx I A variety nf organlzatlms formed without anv view to malnlv making profits, such ns labor, iicriiulltir.il or - 20,000 JERSEY MEN AT CAMP DIX TO VOTE Exhibition by Remount Depot in Honor of Cnminiindcr. Liculennnt Weds during the year; taxes paid or accrued; losses sustained without compensation by Insurance; worthless debts charged off; sums received as dividends from a corporation already taxable under this section and a reasonable allowance for wear nnd tear A corporation must not deduct .from Its net Incomo mohey spent for new buildings or other permanent Improve ments or betterments made to Increase the value of Its property; any .personal, llvlnir or family expenses ; money spent 1n restoring property or premiums paid on Insurance policies on tne lire oi any of Its officers where the taxpayer Is a beneficiary When tn Make Returns Knch corporation must make Its tax return on tho 16th day of the third month after .tho close of Its calendar Corporations are privileged to BERLIN POUCE HOLD COUNTESS Arrested on Charge of Conducting Pacifist Propaganda Washington, Sept, 13. The mysterious an est of a noble woman In Berlin, whose salon received' many of the lead ing statesmen and publicists of tier many. Including Prince von Buelow and Theodor Wolff, has caused a stir In the Herman press. A dispatch from Berne savst "The ticrman papers ot the last few das have alluded several times to a mysterious affair about which It Is dif ficult to obtain exact Information. Tho question is that of the arrest of the Countess Fishier von Treuberg, who Ifi ALLAY MEXICAN DOUBTS i1 year, select their own fiscal year, but this of Baden time, when once set, must be adhered to. It is provided that corporations may rirf, Rm1io McMaRC Is of Virlorv pay their Income taxes In three Install. ...... , . ,- . ",, ments Instead of In a lump sum. If I ",n"l,jlIS J.3'"leu 1 1 a ... .... i,,- i-iii.. MiisaRp to Secretary Daniels con- they choose to pay on the installment tulat, , L.mte(", .statcB on 10 plan one-thlrd must be paid nt the time i In,taIIn,Pn ot the new high-power wlre- ot their making return: one-third on I ,,., .ntinn , Annanotls tb Vrmnh Enrollment Required Only FromJ Alcn Seeking Citizenship Wiiflilnpclon, Sept. 13. To nllay fears on the part of the Mexican citizens that they will be caught In the military draft If they como to this country, a telegranl was sent to Ambassador Fletcher nt Mexico City, by Secretary Lansing quoting this tilling of Oencral Crowder as to the pieclsu operation of the draft law "It will bo necessary for all Mexican citizens between the nge of eighteen and forty-five who nro In the United .States on September 12 to present themi selves for teglstrntlon on that day. A her drawing room nt tho Bristol Hotel ! Mexican citizen who comes to the United nsori tn rr.lvn ,iirferent nersons wia-lv f Mates alter hcptenitier 12 la not re- known In political and diplomatic circles, nulred to register unless he declares hi "According to the Deutsche Zeltung, i Intention to become a citizen of th some rilreii dlnlnrb.its. Prince von tine- United States or unless a later nrocla- low among them, were constantly seen i "nation shall require the registration ot at the Countess a, where they met I persons oi ins nge in ine unuea stale. journnllsts and politicians, such as I Theodor Wolff and the Independent o- I clallst Deputies Bernstlne and Colin I "She Is accused of conducting pacifist ' propaganda. A search ot her lesldcnce wns made, where her entire conespond ence with people of great rank, par ticularly with n Prince of southern Germany, who Is probably Prince Max is said to have been seized." ind depot br'eado will lit suit to the Inets In lime to have the totals counted ir.iinlng camp Italians In camp will celebrate the natal day of Itaiv on the evening ot Siplemhei 20 The "V M C V ntllclals ai p .manning a ptogr-in BRITISH SOLDIERS " CARRY ON," DISCOMFORTS OF STORM UNHEEDED will have the opportunltv of voting next Monday and Tuesdav on tlieii liolce for horticultural organization's ; mutual sav- candldates on ail the tlikcts in thf- mm- lugs banks not having capital stuck rep lug campaign. When the shje, t of the resented y shares; fraternal beneficiary . , , societies, orders or associations operat prlmarv election wns brought up It was lnl mul(,r ,n m,EC Syptem ; domestic decldfd to allow the soldiers to cast their building and ban associations operated ballots several weeks nlieid nf the regu- or mutual purposes; chambers of com lnr time for voting, so that tiie ballots merce boards of trade and business could be leturned to the Male House leigues, civic leagues, pleasure and and then sent to the various voting pre- recreation clubs, Federal land banks .inn national rarm loan associations the citlzins etc. are exempted frcm coiporatlon tax " i lev lea The net Income of a corporation upon which It must piv taxes Is arrived at bv deducting from the gross income the follow'ng Ordinary and necessary oper ating expenses; Interest paid or accrued In in Willi the votes cast in the homo towns The plan is to use the V M C A. .iiidltorhims'niid lo maic'i in lnnn men at a time They will he so srntf., (hit there will be no opportunity for one man tn watch the balint-m liking of his m ichbor A number of Jersevmen sent down heio with tho limited service men have heen returned to their local boards for the 15th day of the second month after making their letuin, nnd the remaining one-third two months thereafter. Corporations making their leturns on the basis of tho ordinary calendar year, should they elect to use the Installment plan, must pav their taxes one-third each on March 15, May 15 and July IB. If tliev pay their taxes In one Install ment payment must be made at the time of making the 'ax return All corporations must make return to the Internal Ilevenup Collector for tho district In which their principal office Is located, stating plainly their gross Income, definition and credits nllowed and net Income, which statement must be sworn to by the president or prln clpal officer Failure to make tax returns is pun ishable by a fine not exceeding $1(100, and refusal to make returns or pay the taes Is punishable by a fine of $10,000 or imprisonment for not over one year, or both Minister of Marine said ho was glad that his first message was one of victory. ALIEN COMMITS SUICIDE German Farmer Hangs Himself in Brooder House Mnelnnd, .N. .1.. Sept. 12. Nikolas Welnlg. a Oermuii n'len. about glxtj' llvo vcars old. committed sulcldo today at his home In Malaga Ills body wan found hanging fiom the ratfers of a brooder house on the farm where he and his brother, Martin Welnlg, lived In th southern part of the village. Tho old man has apparently been af fected with melancholia since the be ginning of the war and has been par tlcularly depressed since the United States entered the conflict He was un married and he nnd his brother lived on tho plate a BOASTER HKLD AS SLACKER Told Ttepi'lrar He Did Not Intend to .Sipn Up j llarrlslnirB, Sept 13 S C Swelgert, a reglstrir In Middle Paxtoti township, last night met a man near the regis tration place and asked him If he had registered "I have not nnd do not Intend to" wns the replv The man refused to give his name, but said ho was thlrtv-IHo vears old nnd lived In Center County He went to n nearby barn to sleep The unknown man was arrested after he ngistration booth was c'osed There's something about ihem youlllike- 'IBsfc-.'' & clad- V Marie WBVifiroSS<afc 1 3 -yeyffSjgWj1 Twentyor awuarter ny pinup oinns Continued from Pace One clouds, there were lakes of giecnlsh light, like electric fluid. Drab women with shawls about their heads, and barc-headert chlldten, grubby with their play among tho slag heaps, went pattering down tho stiects of tho villages, never far ! front southward Thcie wns stiong rates as a private In the nrinj but the Oerman res.stance by machine-gun eZ and lifle lie along tho canal do I-a . This iifternoon the ruwiunt b pot men Penseo by Moucvrcs, but In spite .of gave an inhibition on the athletic field' near ca.np lieulquirtcrs. and an exhihi I tion drill was given by vnrlnns com- . ! panics of the machine-gun battalions of tlie Thir'.v -fourth Division Tiiu affaii ' was In honor of .Major Oencral S"ott, A-2 v ;,. major task, no less than the taking ot ua of thA nLvntn nf dermnnvVi defense ksr-, z:.:y.j:j "::"ri,"".": - na Yicai iron ore reKion oi urieux ana rLorralne. This region is to tlermany i ,. what the channel ports aro to the Allies. Si,The munitions of the Germany army i-'t6me from It, "sfe1 The taking of Metz and the aurround i ,' Ins region would cripple Hlndenhurg as i' the taking of the channel ports would jJtavo crippled Foch. . Vl b n-fia Inolr Iu hl HfW to tn nt t,A ' f greatest strongholds of Europe. At best jjiK can perhaps only be surrounded and f..a.il l.v... t..v.l.n wa.m.kn t.t. Iknl ...lit t yip ,cu M..UCI uumuaiuiiiEii,, mwv itiai, mil f M sufficient to wrest control of toe Iron 1, - r -. - s - .! fj OTV VI xurramo uuiu viciinaiiy tiu.t j flwiocaie ine wnoie ueiense oi ninacn urv For that major effort America 5 ,Vlll re'eal her full power. She has Witch in reserve, that It .was not rouna oprnnnry to use to batter down the fist HJH. Mlhlel. . Asks Fruit Phi and Nut Shells Wathlnztu. SenL IS. Bakers and the FAiiito, rsnerally are called upon by the gM administration to save fruit pits t&UMdt nut shells to be used In making Kf ;-.- . .. - . (or, sas iruisKB. cits or peacnes. 'Blums, aprlcvi. olives, chertles ; Md shells oX Brazil and hick- vauuite and ? butternuts are half will ha ' BUaetl and enough behind our lines to escape scot-free from the enemy's high velo cities, or visits of his bombing pqu ul rons, so that these pcoplo live always with a menace over them among the ruins of their neighbors' houses, vvhllo down the mads beyond went our transport vvjroiis and gun teams ami staff cais and pack mules with tho lain swishing dqwn' wutcr-proof coats nmbbeatitiK on steel hats and spralng up to the axles of wagon wheels. Beyond,, vvhcio no women go and no smoke llsos from nnv ch'mney nnd no house stands as n shelter for men and all life Is below ground In tun .ncled embankments nnd holes dug below bilck heaps and twisted mils, there was some fierce flghtljig on a small scale. It was south of 11 Uassee. that heap of ruins which since the war began has been an ugly spear head In our lino and a fortress posi tion which the enemy has always held in strength. Railway lines which meet heie Ii Uassee was an Inipoitmt Junction In the old diys of peaceful cdal-cmrylng for Fiance form a triangle below the tnsvn near liethuno road, and this lall wuy tilangle lias been the scene of close and desperate lighting during many days nnd nights of this war, and the tails have been torn up and twisted by four .ve.irs of shelling thereabouts. Tho plot of black earth which Is Inclosed by the triangle is now In our hands, and we established outposts across the Ilethune road to a placu called Canteleaux. We are one step closer to tho fortress position of La Basseo and the garrison there will have to draw lu Its horns a little. British Piisli Out Suddenly It was not an attack lu any set piece style. Thero was no piclimlnaiy bombardment, but only heavy gunnitit; of German battery positions and other points to keep them quiet with Ger man heads below ground. 'while some of our troops pushed out suddenly, surrounding th eencmy's outposts and machine guns. There was some savage fighting In tho triangle, with hero and theie Ger man and Knglish soldiers at closo grips with bayonets or bombs, but for the most pait the Germans were trapped quickly In their 'holes below the embankment and told to get out or be killed. Forty-one of them got out and went meekly away with our escort, nnd are now in camp behind our lines eating Knglish rations and g&d of them. Tho biiinll action has nothing to do with teccnt fighting and its aftermath is but an isolated episode unrelated to the German retreat. Along the line of that retreat in the old Cambral salient and east ot Peronne, there has been sharp fight ing ot tho outpost kind, though serious this our outposts succeeded In doss ing the canal and establishing posts on tho other side? During the nirht find morning the German aitillery was fieicely active and fired a laige number of pas shells Into r.oursles and other places along our lines There was nlso some heivy shelling on the Austiallin fiont, nnd the tnnip crmmnndc l This i veiling the now V .M (' A hn at the base hospital will be formally j ( pered anr" - mlr3trel show gtvr in th Liberty Theatre by the men of the "sandlorni Division " A number of bo- ng nouis ,vu uo siagco on tne ouinonr j ,,!. r.v r.,,,L,H.. I in main .11 nhlB r.r .. .3 .. , , . ll'llll'lllll 1,1, -iuu lliv ,111.111 Jl,l.,l.- .J, the enemy made a dote, mined counter-, ., 1)hus I)llP,I1B attack near Ilcjbecnuit -ind foiced In i Lieutenant Charles A Campbell, of 'A some nf our advanced posts. rrooklvn. stationed with the quarter- mister ncpmmer.t nere, arn .vnss iteien M lingers 28 West Cedar avenue Mer chantvllle, N J. were married last Mon day at noon In thf Mole Tequop Club, nt 1 Wi-lgh'stown the ofuclatlng olcrgvman ..ns, - i r'linnl.nln Hnrrv H Kline, of the possible In order to gain time fui thcr 23tll jia. hine c.un Battalion of the strengthening the defence of their , llilrtv-fourih Division I.ieutemnt rp To the north of th it the Geimans no holding on to Uprhv with reneweit "trength and with the obvious de teimination to hold us back ns lung lis Hindenhiirg line bejond. Get Two Villages in Altai U Meanwhile, by n local attuk we cap tured the village or Mescault and Havriucoiirt Wood with 200 prison pis, so that In this pat of tin- line vve are almost back again to the posi tions we held licfon- oar advcntuies In the Cambral salient latt year. Ilavrlncourt Wood for me, and for many others, will alwajs be a place haunted by many memories I went through It first In November of last j car, when our Scottish troops passed thiough It on their way to tho chateau beyond and the giound that shrprs; to the valley hovond Fontaine Notre Dame and ris-'s again to the heights of Uotirlon Wood Half vvav through II ivilncoui t Wood, In a hollow and open glmle, there Is an old statue ot St llubeit. pation saint of hunters to whom Louis XI of Fiance, doffed his cap befoie lldlng on with his hounds. Strangei beasts than wild boar were in Ilavrlncourt wood that day i walked tin ougli it first, four our tanko had made their 1'ilr theie, and at 1 ril and his hi libs leit Immedl itely afte the cerempnv for a sjlort honeymoon tilp to Xew York city. Captain H. O Cadwcll has been suc ceed.d as camp athletic otficer by Cap tain i It Murphv, vhr re-ently report ed here fto.n Camp Lee MONEY TO -QWEST X ON RATES DIAMONDS & GOODS OF VALUE Hoa Much Longer Can Germany Fight? We must beware of being too happy over the trouncing Germany is getting on the Western Front. Victory is coming, but the earlier we expect it the later it will arrive. While "we are on the last lap and close to the winning post," to quote a French leader, at the same time we are reminded that it is in the last part of the race that a runner must make his supreme effort. "Should the German military command decide to have the wjr carried into Germany and seek to delude the people into a frantic last resistance at or beyond the Rhine, upon the plea that they arc actually fighting for the Fatherland and to drive the invaders from the sacred soil." remarks the Boston American, "the Huns might prosecute the war still for a long time to come." The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST this week September 14th carefully weighs the result of the Allies' victorious push during the past several weeks and balances against their successes a computation of the further fighting strength of the German armies, drawn from various sources. This article throws much light upon the present relative strength of both forces. Other features of interest in this number are: FftlDENBEfeG 37 N.lt.MT(Btrilt!crl6Arcti) AND ConavJG BUKMWM4 . Waiify, Direct fs From -- OVtmo -.-w -m - i nr fJpvCuttcr. , lime to Ppggg I Buy - ks I $ &9 Per Carat I W ba The New Taxes You Must Pay Uncle Sam to Win the War An Explanation of the New Revenue Tax Bill, and How It Will Affect Every Man, Woman and Child in the Country a . Forging a New Hammer for Foch Defeatism Growing in Germany The Skeleton in the Huns' Cupboard Hay-Fever Resorts Jn.itsusray, especially near Epehy, to LARGEST OLD BOOK STORE IN AMERICA Shelf after shelf, row upon ro.w, all in orderly rank and file stand the store-full of books here at Leary's. All assorted under, (j the proper heads, easy to'v find, with the very small, prices plainly marked, so that you can go from end to end of the-store without a guide, and linger where iTnll Inll Ti o c. lrtvirv Or. 1TAI1 I jruu mil! iui, ao lung tia juu want. It's not necessary to buy. Rnf if.'o n rrvonf foinrf ntiirn to do so, when you discover; ) J " ' -,?''." th.it are here. School and College Text Rooks Leary's Book Store Our Waste of Fuel How the Germans Camouflage Roads Chesterton on the Fourth of July How Americans Put Chateau Thierry on the Map To Exchange Pulpit Orators How to Run a Hot Water Plant Economically (Prepared by the U. S. Fuel Administration) War-time Rise in Living Costs Our Policy to Bulgaria Moslem View of Home Rule for India "Sea-Tanks" at Pola Handling Ships on Train Schedules Seeing the War 'Humorously Germany Strafes Her Statues The, Kaiser and the Kaiser's Church Future Reward of the Soldier Current Poetry News of Commerce and Finance 1t-B Many Half-tone Illustrations and Reproductions of the Best Cartoons "The Digest" Serves at Home and at the Front rrlffs for diamond today urn hlKh and , ther hi- ronbtantly i I nieunuiiE iiisnrr. Vrt r urn olTerlni Yi Carat, $12.13 "'"' " no 0i.nn" '" ' chattier. That' f. Pari! 5?7 J1! Iwiuw w liontht ' 4 uarai, ?&i..o to (hP ,tr. mlt 0 .mm . An. .a o'"" rPMiiinpii ions 1-3 Carat, $34.40 kforf nrlcm cnt u wn.ui, ,.-.. u rill.k.,llK uiinanl. A Carat, $64.15 mpi-1 .uiiaimifd wr mutt rhani , y4 Carat, $95.62 f; S'hn Tft ' MIIV uliall enjorl Carat. $111.03 .. h1-.J quotationM. xnrfc inrinae any carat A recent di&patch from American headquarters in France described our boys in the trenches as eager for news of the war, so imich so that a dozen or more crowded together to-read a single paper narrating the progress of the battles. We at home are no less anxious to learn how the fight is going as a whole and how our soldiers are distinguishing themselves and incidentally lending a poignant interest to th: reports f-om the f'ynt. To kimv the whole truth about the great struggle in .France and Flanders there is nothing so helpful as to read the weekly accounts in. THE LITERARY DIGEST, carefully gleaned from the mast authori tative sources. 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