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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918
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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.
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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
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)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
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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- .
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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
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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."
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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.
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Defeatism Growing in Germany
The Skeleton in the Huns' Cupboard
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War-time Rise in Living Costs
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