.THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
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Add to Funds That Will Forever
End Germany's Desired
Iron-Hand Rule.
DUTY OF EVERYBODY TO HELP
Question It Not Whether We Feet
Like Subscribing, but Our People
Must Spend or Be
Spent.
By ALBERT BUSHNELL' HART,
Of the Vigilantes.
rroclnlm liberty throughout nil the
land unto all the Inhabitants thereof
bo runs the legend on the Liberty bell,
which by n favorite trndltlon pealed out
to tho world the tidings of the birth of
the United States of America on that
famous July 4, 1770. We thought that
message bad gone out once for all;
that freedom In the United States was
a rock of Gibraltar that could not be
Bcnled nor penetrated nor moved. We
have thought that the old days of na
tional snerlfice and anxiety were for
ever passed. What so strong, so per
manent, so vigorous, so dominant as
government of the people In these
fnlted States?
If tho American Revolution had been
only bell ringing and the passage of
resolutions, we should not now be the
foremxt republic of the world nor any
other kind of a republic. The Declara
tion of Independence was a bold state
ment of liberty which had still to be
mnde good. The heroes of the Revo
lution knew how to watch as well as
to pray, how to march as well as to
resolute. The Declaration of Inde
pendence Is n mighty force In the
world because when the country called
soldiers sprang Into the rnnks. Liberty
had to be spelled out by such big capi
tal letters as Lexington. Illinois, Ben
nington, Eutaw, Rocky Mount, Trenton
and Yorktown.
We Are Better Fortified.
The hard fighting In the field won
only hulf the battle. Our forefathers
were able to "proclaim liberty
throughout the land" because they
found the sinews of war. It was one
thing to raise the flag, another to raise
troops and still another to "raise the
wind." There was not n bank In the
United States till the Rcvojutlon was
nearly over and few were the people
who hnd money enough to lend to any
body, yet that 3,000,000, of whom a
fourth were slaves who could have no
property, somehow Induced the people
of the country to turn In their Bmall
surplus of provisions, clothing and
military supplies and take for It the
obligations of the government, which
toward the end of the dark period of
the Revolution seemed little likely ever
to be paid. They furnished aOut $05,
000,000 In taxes, contributions and sup
plies and at the end of the war the na
tional debts Incurred In behalf of the
Revolution were. Including arrears of
Interest, f'0,000,000, which was then
about 20 a head on the population,
man, woman and child, whites, In
dians and negroes, seamen, farmers,
plantation slaves as they ran.
Must Spend or Be Spent
Make no mistake; this Is not a ques
tion of whether we feel like subscrib
ing to a loan any more than a question
of whether we feel like reeeivlrfg news
of a break on the war front and the
capture or retreat of the American
troops. The nntion Is compelled to
choose either to spend or to be spent.
There Is only one possible way to end
the war to the honor and safety of the
United States nnd that Is to fight for
It. Our sons fight In the army, our
daughters fight In the Red Cross, we
elders must fight with snfe deposit
boxes and mortgage deeds and sheets
of securities.
In the days when the French were In
the habit of recruiting troops In Swlt
rerlnnd, there was a saying, "No
money, no Swiss!" Nowadays It Is,
"No money, no Yank !" for unless you
subscribe to the loan your son cannot
be trained or equipped or fed or trans
ported over seas or carried to the
front or protected by a barrage of ar
tillery fire or put where he can attack
the enemy.
Remember the Liberty Bell.
The bpttle Is going on from day to
day In the national banks and the sa
Ings bortks nnd tfie trust companies
and the treasuries of the fraternities
and the clubs nnd the churches and
the restaurants Just as much as In
northern France or Belgium. No one
soldier can win at the front nor a hun
dred thousand together. It would take
a million, but If every one of that mil
lion hnngn back, there Is no nrmy, no
war, nothing but shnnie nnd misery
for the nntion. Just so, you cannot
save your country all olone by your
subscrlrtlon to the third Liberty loan;
but you can unite with n million oth
ers. Do your duty and expect and urge
others to do th.lrs. Thnt makes a vic
torious army of people pouring In their
rattling dollars as the boys at the front
hurl hand grenades.
"All the Inhabitants thereof," that Is
what the Liberty bell aroused. Not
the soldier only, not merely the Red
Cross, the Y. M. C. A. nnd the other
noble co-workers and co-fighters with
the troops. You plain farmer, you
banker, Investor, manufacturer; you
doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientific man,
engineer, business man, railroad man,
mechanic, working man; you schoolboy
and schoolgirl, listen to the Liberty bell,
subscribe to the Liberty loan.
World's Debt to Printing Press.
What gunpowder did for war, the
printing press has done for the mind;
the statesman Is no longer clad In the
steel of special education, but every
reading man Is his Judge. Wendell
I'hllllps.
One Cause of Failure.
We are fickle and uncertain, ever
falling, ever liable to be disappointed
and dissatisfied, often only because we
have not realized our appointed mis
sion and Its necessities. Rev. T. T.
Carter.
Ilarrlsburg. Governor Brumbaugh
appointed Kdwurd 1. Levergood alder
man of the Fourth ward, Johnstown,
nnd Harry C'olomy, Hamilton town
ship, McKenn county, and SI. L. Zelg
ler, Dallastown, justices of the pence,.
Ilarrlsburg. A municipal curb mar
ket to be established In a residential
section here was proposed by mem
bers of council.
Sliamokln. From the effects of a
broken back, suffered six months ago
under a fall of coal, Anjhony Socko
loskl, forty-eight, died here.
Sliamokln. Stricken 111 while con
versing with friends here, -Patrick
Gnughan, aged sixty-three, n mining
expert, died within n few minutes.
Ilarrlsburg. The week" of Slay 27
has been fixed for the execution of
IIIIo Obrlc, Lebanon county, and Glu
seppl Poll to, Westmoreland county,
Ha.lcton. Sirs. II. E. Nyer was
burned on the face and hands and her
hulr was scorched when an explosion
occurred as she opened the door of
her gas stove oven.
Rradford. John Johnson, aged six
ty, employed nt nil nlr compressor
plant at Knapps Creek, was killed
when a cylinder of nlr. on which he
was working, blew off. He leaves. n
widow.
Sharon. Retribution, ten years
overdue, has caught up with John
Portage, who was arrested In Cleve
land. Portage is held by the Cleve
land police on n charge of having
killed John Trlkolu in Farrell a de
cade ago.
Reaver. Iteca use the germinating
quality of corn raised here hist year
was poor, Farm Agent R. II. Dlmit
bus ordered .'!()0 bushels from Hunt
ingdon and Franklin counties to be
delivered to Reaver county farmers.
Slonessen. Slamle Stewart, colored,
aged thirty-five, was shot through the
heart and Instnntly killed nt her home
here by Joe Thomas, nged thirty-three,
a negro.
Washington. Sirs. Samuel P. Rerry,
residing south of here, died In the
City hospital here of burns suffered
on April 8 when her clothing was Ig
nited from an explosion of oil with
which she was starting n fire.
Washington. Dr. George Winchest
er, former professor of physics at
Washington nnd Jefferson college, has
arrived safely In Europe, "according
to a cablegrnm received here. Dr.
Winchester Is a first lieutenant In the
aviation section, signal corps.
Ambrldge. According to E. A. Ken
ford, president of a local manufactur
ing concern, America Is now making
the best dyes In the world, the tide
having turned from. German products.
Oil City. Word was received here
that Harry Schell, n resident of this
city, now a member of the Amerlcnn
Infantry forces, has arrived safely In
France. ,
Epsy. Chnrged with using scales
that had been condemned, Luther
Hess was fined $10 and costs.
Illoomsburg. Grieving about the
departure of her son for France, Sirs.
Harry Whennen has disappeared.
Chnmbersburg. Council has elect
ed Horace G. Kilmer city engineer,
with full charge of the street depart
ment. Chnmbersburg. The school board
has agreed to Increase the salary to
the three teachers equivalent to about
ten per cent.
Bloomsburg. The school board
unanimously decided to eliminate Ger
man from the iilgh school at the close
of the term.
Altoonn. Orville C. Wilson, nged
nineteen, a Pennsylvania railroad
brakeman, was killed by his own train
at Klttannlng Point.
Hazleton. Hugh SIcGee, pioneer
miner of the Hazlcton coal fields, died
from Injuries received when he fell
going home from church.
Sunbury. Charged with the murder
of n companion nt Gaffney, S. C, lten
jumln Summers, n negro, wns arrested
nt n carnival show here.
Contesville. Hecause he wns alleg
ed to have taken n party to Lancas
ter and brought them home Intoxicat
ed, Mayor Swing revoked the jitney
license of Albert Abdelsh.
Rending. Employes of the Parish
Slanufncturlng company will cultivate
thirty acres of war gardens and twen
ty acres will bo planted with pota
toes. Greenville. Sliss Mary Kelly wns
elected head nurse of the Columbia
hospital.
Hnzloton. Council transferred en
forcement of nntl-clgarette laws to the
local police by enacting suitable or
dinances. Watsonlown. When n lnrge weight
fell on his right hand Erbe A. Sand
ers suffered n gash that required four
teen stitches.
Shnmokln. Sir. nnd Sirs. William
SlncEhvee, pioneer residents, celebrat
ed the forty-sixth annlversnry of their
marriage.
Nescopeck. W. E. Paterson ncel
dentnlly discharged a rifle as he pull
ed through a fence and the ball pass
ed through his right arm.
Danville. Rev. J. L. Yonce, pastor
of Trinity Lutheran church, n'ened
to become pastor of the First l.uther
nn church, Cameron, S. C.
Sliamokln Store than 1000 mem
bers of three lodges of Odd Fellows
here have organized a Triple. Link
club to serve as a social feature of
their organization.
P.ellefonte. The Canadian casualty
list shows J. P. Dent, of tb's pluce, an
among those missing.
One Secure.
"There may be meat and egg and
milk trusts, but there never could be
aucccssful vegetable trust."
"Why not?"
"Because there would be sure to be
leek In It somewhere."
Seems That Way.
Bacon Conservation Is the thing
Just now.
Egbert Then I suppose the man
who makes two blndes of grass grow
where 'only one grew before Is In disgrace?
American Heroes of the Battle
of Seicheprey.
DUGOUT SMASHED BY SHELL
New Haven Boy One Of 153 Americans
Who Were Surrounded By 800 Ger
mans, But The French Came
To Their Assistance.
American Army In France. Two
American Boldiers, wounded in the en
gagement around Seicheprey Satur
day, were found alive In a dugout In
No .Man's Land. The dugout had been
badly smashed by German shelfire,
and how the men managed to keep
alive In the rain and mud and under
continuous German bombardments,
physicians say, is little short of mirac
ulous. Another soldier, Raymond Demun
sky, of New Haven, Ct, was burled
alive lor three days, when he crawled
to the surface. Demunsky was born
In Russia, but had been naturalized.
He was found by American Red C:os
stretcher-bearers, who went out Into
No Slan'g Land this morning. The
Germans fired on the Red Cross flag,
but the stretcher bearers kept waving
It and the enemy fire stopped.
The American troops In the Seiche
prey fight, additional details show,
were outnumbered, In some instances
8 to 1. The latent advices are that the
American casualties are much under
the first estimates.
Edward Jacques, a New Haven boy,
told the correspondent he was one of
a hundred and fifty Americans who
at one time were almost surrounded
by at least S00 Germans. French
troops came to their assistance, said
Jacques, who added:
"We got on fine with the French
men. They had been training us, so
It seemed like tVy were our own fel
lows. We certainly made it hot for
the Germans."
Sergt. John A. Dickman, formerly a
printer of Somerville, Slaps., and who
Is now wounded in a hospital, told a
remarkable story. He and his men
had charge of two Stokes guns. They
were Isolated for 12 minutes In an
enemy barrage and were unable to
signal the American lines. Dickman
was wounded, but kept pouring a hot
Ore into the German attacking wave
and broke up the formation. He and
his men retired only when their guns
became Jammed.
"Machine-gun" Parker, who manned
a gun by himself, was asked by his
superior officer at one stage of the en
gagement whether he could hold the
line. He replied that he could, unless
killed, and he did.
Father William J. Farrell. of West
Newton, Mass., a regimental chaplain,
proved such a good fighter that a high
officer offered him a commission In his
command. Father Farrell went to the
assistance of a battery when four of
the American gunners were killed,
carrying up ammunition and helped
the crew to keep the gun working. He
was wounded slightly.
Raymond Connor, of New Haven, a
sanitary sqund runner, was another
hero. He was one of eight men cap
tured by the Germans who escaped
and went to Seicheprey. They took
charge of the first-aid station there
until a doctor arrived. Connor then
went to the rear and organized a new
squad, returned to the front and was
wounded.
Propaganda balloons, which have
been falling on the American lines
since Tuesday, indicate that the Ger
mans are still trying to undermine the
French morale. The pamphlets dropped
contain cartoons, poems and articles
all aimed against England and the
English.
KAISER DEFIANT AS EVER.
Says People Who Wish To Destroy
"Germans Digging Own Graves."
Amsterdam. "The people who wish
to destroy us are digging their own
graves," said Emperor William, as
quoted in an interview by Karl Ros
ner, which the Dusseldorf Anzeiger
publishes.
The' Emperor, who was commenting
on the large amount subscribed to the
new war loan, said further:
"Our victories In the field and the
victories of the Germans at home
must make those over yonder realize
that we cannot be subdued by arms
and economic Isolation."
U. S. WILL STAND BY GREECE.
President Sends Assurance Through
Minister Droppers.
Washineton. President Wilson has
assured the Greek proplo that the
raited States Is determined to give Its
fullest measure of support to Greece,
and that tho country's rights shall be
preserved In any final peace negotia
tions. The President's attitude be
came known when the State Depart
ment gave out the text of a statement
cabled to Sllnister Droppers at Athens,
which was given out for publication
in the Greek capital.
ALLINSON TASTES WAR.
Objector Objects Again And Is
Pricked With Bayonet.
Rockford. 111. Brent Dow Alllnson,
the conscientious objector, was bay
onetted, but not seriously wounded,
by his military guard, when he de
clined to perform his duties of clearing
up the ground. Alllnson did not ob
ject to picking up waste papers, but
balked when his guard told him to pick
up cigarettes and cigarette butts. His
wound was dressed, and later he was
removed t the guard house.
MAniNES HI HAD
278 CASUALTIES
Total List Since Brigade Has
Been in -France.
MOST WERE IN ONE COMPANY
It Lost 21 Killed And 140 Wounded
Out Of 250 Men Two Captains
And Six Lieutenants Reported
Among Those Hurt.
Washington. The total losses of
the brigade of marines with the Amer
ican Expeditionary Force In France
so far reported was announced by
Major-General Barnett, commandant
of the corps, as 278, divided as fol
lows: Killed In action, 22; died from
wounds, 10; died from accidents, 2;
wounded in action, 244.
All the dead are enlisted men, but
eight officers two captains and six
lieutenants were among the wounded.
Five of the enlisted men were slightly
wounded, but General Barnett's state
ment did not show whether the officers
and other men were severely or slight
ly hurt.
Slost of the casualties were In one
company, which, General Barnett said,
lost a total of 21 men killed and 140
wounded out of a personnel of 250. The
dates on which the marines were
killed and wounded were not made
public, nor was It Indicated what part
of the line the "soldiers of the sea"
are holding or in what actions they
have participated. Such Information
Is withheld for military reasons. It
Is known, however, that the marines
have been holding a front-line trench
sector for several weeks, having been
moved up to the battle line after doing
police duty along the American lines
of communication since they first went
to France with the vanguard of Gen
eral Pershing's forces last summer.
This list is the first Marine Corps
casualty list made public, and Includ
ed all names reported up to April 23.
Since the marines are considered an
Integral part of the army in France,
officials of the corps had expected
their casualties to be Included In those
of the army announced by the War
Department. Inquiry, however, de
veloped that such waB not the case,
and the compiling of a complete list
was ordered by General Barnett. It
was regarded as probable that some
of the names Just announced had pre
viously been issued by the-War De
partment In the regular army lists
made public dally. Considering the
length of time the marines have been
on the fighting line, the casualties
were regarded as comparatively small.
AIRCRAFT JOB TO J. D. RYAN.
Railroad Magnate Given Full Power
To Speed Production.
Washington. Direction of the
army's great aircraft program has
been placed In the hands of a civilian,
John D. Ryan, copper magnate, rail
road man and financier. Secretary
Baker announced the step, disclosing
at the same time a reorganization of
the Signal Corps, under which the
aviation section Is virtually divorced
from the corps proper, heretofore su
preme on all questions. With actual
production turned over to a civilian
division headed by Sir. Ryan, Brig.
Gen. William L. Kenly Is made chief
of a ne.w division of military aero
nautics, to control training of aviators
and military use of aircraft.
PAPER SHORTAGE FEARED.
Publishers Urge Prohibition Of News
print Exports.
New York. Prohibition of exports
of news print paper for the period of
the war was urged upon the Govern
ment by the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association, in annual con
ventlon here. The measure was ad
vocated as necessary to prevent a pa
per shortage which, It was claimed,
"would curtail the publishing indus
try and be harmful to the public Inter
est." The convention also went on
record requesting the Canadian Gov
ernment to restrict exports of news
print paper to Allied countries.
PUBLISHERS BACK WILSON.
Pledge Support In War As Convention
Opens.
New York. Declaring that "our ma
terial and financial resources are at
the call of the nation," the American
Newspaper Publishers' Association,
embracing 497 dally newspapers,
pledged the support of its members to
the government's war program at the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel. A telegram
sent to President Wilson advised him
of the convention's action.
DRiVE RENEWED
DUTCH MAY BREAK
After three weeks of preparation In
the Somme, during which time they
launched an offensive in Flanders, the
Germans have resumed their hammer
ing at the front door of Amiens. For
days there has been heavy artillery
firing along the northern sectors of
the Somme salient, and finally the Ger
man infantry began their attempts
to advance on the line passing Vlllers
Hretonneaux, HangArd Hallles and
Castel. The first attacks were re
puled, but subsequent attacks, en
tered about VUlers-Bretonneux, have
caused a British withdrawal from this
village, according to a report from
Field Marshal Halg. This marks a
German gain of about a mile.
VIIlers-Bretonneux Is about 11 miles
directly east of Amiens and is on the
northern end of the latest fighting
front. It is situated between the
Somme and Luce Rivers, and, while
It Is flanked on the south by low-lying
ground, it is backed by rolling hills
to the west and northwest.
The fighting on the rest of the front
where the Germans have resumed
their drive toward the Allied base of
supplies In Northern France has not,
so far as known, resulted in any not
able retirements on the part of the
Allies. The German official report is
sued was silent as to events In this
sector of the front.
An attack on this particular part of
the line In the Somme region had been
expected, and it Is probable that prep
arations to meet It had ben made. The
British line held in this region during
the last days of the Initial drive, while
the Germans were able to forge ahead
south until they reached the village
of Castel, about three miles from the
railroad running to Paris from
Amiens. Recently a French counter
offensive at Castel won back consid
erable ground, and It was evident that
unless the line further north could be
advanced materially the Germans had
little chance to make Important gains
In their operations to the south of
Amiens.
This new drive has been made at
the same time that another blow has
been struck at the British and French
lines northwest of Ypres. Ravage
fighting Is reported at various points
along the line from Ballleul to Sler
vllle, and Berlin claims that heights
to the northeast of Ballleul have been
stormed. Coincident with these at
tacks, there have been assaults on the
British forces near Bethune, along the
Lawe River, but these have been re
pulsed. The situation between Germany and
Holland is still obscure. It has been
reported that a virtual ultimatum was
delivered to The Netherlands govern
ment by Berlin, but this Is not as yet
known to be a fact Dispatches from
The Hague Insist that Holland will not
depart from her attitude of neutrality.
An unofficial report says that the
Dutch Sllnister has left for The Hague
and that the German Slinlster has
started for Berlin.
Congress, which has been consider
ing a declaration of a state of war
with Bulgaria and Turkey,, probably
will not take any action In the face of
opposition on the part of President
Wilson. It Is said that the safety ot
Americans In loth countries has
caused the President to Indicate that
hostilities should not be declared at
the present time.
SHIP LOSS REPORT MONTHLY.
British Decide To Abandon The Week
ly Bulletin.
London. The Admiralty has an
nounced the cessation of the weekly
return of shipping losses and the sub
stitution of a monthly report on the
Thursday following the 21st of each
month.
A table Issued gives the losses of
British, Allied and neutral tonnage
due to enemy action and marine risk
m'nes the beginning of 1917. The losses
for tho quarter ending in Slarch, 1917,
were: British, 911,840, and Allied and
neutral, 1,619,373. For the quarter
ending in June: British 1.361,370, and
Allied and neutral, 2.236,934. For the
quarter ending September: British,
952,938, and Allied and neutral, 1,494,
473. For the quarter ending In De
cember: British, 782,880, and Allied
and neutral, 1,272,843.
TOGA OFFERED TO CLARK.
Speaker May Succeed Senator Stone
If He Wishes.
Jefferson City, Sio. Governor Gar
diner tendered to Champ Clark, Speak
er of the House of Representatives,
the appointment as Senator to suc
ceed the late William J. Stone.
The partridge Is among the most
prolific of birds. The hen lays from
14 to 18 eggs and usually hatches
them all. ,
Ships Loaded With Concrete
Sunk In Harbor.
GERMAN DESTROYER SUNK
Storming Parties Attack On Shore
Bruges Canal la Believed Closed.
British Lose Five Small
Vessels.
London. British naval forces raid
ed the German submarine bases of
Ostend and Zeobrugge, the Admiralty
announced. Five old cruisers, which
had been filled with concrete for use
In blocking the channels were run
aground, blown up and abandoned by
their crews.
In all probability the entrance to
the Bruges Canal has been blocked
effectively In consequence of the naval
raid, Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of
the Admiralty, announced In the
House of Commons. The result of the
whole operation. Sir Eric said, was
regarded as very successful.
While the operation was In prog
ress, Sir Eric announced, nritlsh par
ties were landed to distract the
enemy. The officer who developed
the scheme of attack was killed.
Storming parties were landed on the
Stole from the cruiser Vindictive. The
casualties to the personnel, said Sir
Eric, were heavy in proportion to the
number engaged. An enemy destroyer
was torpedoed at Zeebrugge.
Characterizing the operation as "ex
tremely gallant and hazardous," Sir
Eric said:
"I ask the members to appreciate
that most of the officers nnd men from
whom we have to get the Information
have been fighting the greater part
of the night and that some of them
are not yet In.
"The raid was undertaken under
command of Vice-Admiral Roger
Keyes, commanding at Dover. French
destroyers co-operated with the Brit
ish force.i. Six obsolete cruisers, all
from 20 to 30 years old, took part In
the attack. They were the Brilliant;
Slrius, Iphlgenla, Intrepid, Thetis and
Vindictive.
"The first five of these were filled
with concrete and were to be sunk In
the channel and entrances to the two
ports, if this could possibly be man
aged. "The Vindictive, working with two
ferryboats, carried storming and
demolition parties to storm the head
of the mole which runs out front
Zeebrugge. The Vindictive was spe
cially fitted for landing storming par
ties and was armed specially for the
purpose with flame throwers, Strokes'
mortars and that sort of thing.
DRAFT BILL TO CONFERENCE.
Young Men Reaching 21 To Go At
Bottom Of Classes.
Washington. The House adopted
the Senate resolution for the registra
tion for military service of young men
who have reached the age of 21 years
since June 5 last. The measure now
goes to conference. An amendment
offered by Representative Hull, of
Iowa, and adopted, 119 to 81, provides
that men registered under the bill
shall be placed at the bottom of the
classes to which they may be as
signed. $3,000,000,000 FROM TAXES.
Returns From Incomes And Excess
Profits Above Estimates.
Washington. Income and excess
profit taxes are now expected to
bring about $3,000,000,000 Into the
Treasury In June or $500,000,000 more
than had been estimated before re
turns were filed. Secretary SIcAdoo
announced this, giving the first offi
cial Information that receipts would
exceed previous estimates of $1,226,
000,000 from excess profits and $1,
200,000,000 from incomes. The taxes
are due June 15.
CADET FALLS 1,000 FEET.
Roger W. Patterson Killed In Ten
nessee.
Memphis, Tenn. Roger W. Patter
son, a cadet flyer attached to the Unit
ed States Army aviation school at
Park Field, fell from his airplane
while flying at' a height of about 1,000
feet and was killed. The accident
occurred near Woodstock, Tenn., a
suburb. Patterson was flying alone
and, according to officers at Park
Field, apparently lost control of his
machine when It fell Into a tail spin.
DUTCH SITUATION GRAVE.
But Ministers May Be Merely Return
ing For Instructions.
The Hague. Speaking in the First
Chamber of the Netherlands Parlia
ment on the sand and gravel question
with Germany, the Dutch Foreign
Slinlster declared he could not and
must not conceal from the Chamber
the fact that the question was a very
serious one. He said he could not say
more about it.
WILL NAME LABOR HEAD.
To Have Charge Of Problems In Pro
duction Of War Supplies.
Washington. A national labor ad
mlrlstrator to have charge of all la
bor problems Involved In the produc
tion ol war supplies will be named by
President Wilson soon. Duties now
performed by various labor bureaus In
the Government department which
have to do with war material produc
tion will be taken over and co-ordinated
by the new officer.
Gen. Foch's Defensive Pa
Seems Apparent.
SLAUGHTER OF THE TEUTONS
Expert Contends That The Territory
Gains Germany Is Winning Ar
Not Compensating For Her
Losses In Men.
Washington. Von HIndenburg (0l
tlnued his ceaseless slaughter of g.
nian manpower the past week by de-
veioplng a double offensive towart
Amiens and Ypres.
No success of tactical Important
resulted from the Amiens operation,
but the capture of Slount Keninn-i 8
the northern area of operations ha
emphasized the German thru
against Ypres. The net result of tt.
week's operations, however, has not
given to the Germans sufficient ((.,.
rltory to Justify their losses. Tl
capture of Amiens is as far off a!
ever, and the fall of Ypres would not
have Important strategic con
quences for the Germans as long ai
the British lines hold Immediately t(
the west. The small sectors of torr)
iuij uuiitaiuiimiy tuiueu uy me jJ:-(
are far more worrying to the m-rvn
than their importance Justified. It j.
uncomfortable to rend of the Germat
advances, but If these little victoria
were not won, there would be no temp
tation to Von HIndenburg to continue
the merciless slaughter of his oi
troops.
There are two possible ways b'
which Von HIndenburg can win t!,t
war In trie west; first, by separating
the French and British armies and
annihilating one or the other of thetn
second, by wearing down the moral
of the Allies. The first method hai
been made practically impossible with
the appointment of General Foch to
the supreme command of the Allied
forces. To win by the second method
is Von Hindenburg's purpose In In
cessantly hammering at the western
lines for petty gains. If attacks o:
this character continue long enough,
It sometimes happens that demoraliza
tion sets In among armies on the de
fensive.
No Indication of such a condition
has been shown on the west from
and by continuing to guard against it
the Allies can eventually bring the
game back Into their own hands.
Foch is demonstrating more and
more his abilities as a defensive lead
er. In the past week's battles the re
newal of spirited resistance by tin
Allies after the fisheartenlng loss ol
Slount Kemmel has been very en
couraglng. Foch can recover thlf
sector of ground by the employment
of a sufficient number of reserve;.
but It Is questionable whether he
thinks the tactical gain would com
pensate for the future lessening of his
reserve power.
Foch is conducting his defensive
operations with the help of very few
reserves, as he must If German man
power Is to be depleted first. It would
but equalize casualties If each arei
won by the Oermans at enormous
cost were to be retaken by the Allies
with the same casualties. When
therefore, a position like Slount Ken
mel is lost Foch must decide whether
Its recovery Is worth duplicating what
the Germans have spent upon It. Id
almost every Instance since the pre-
ent localized assaults began Foch ha.1
decided In the negative. Foch's Judj-
ment must be trusted. That he lias a
highly developed plan Is certain. It
may require a number of months for
this plan to work out In detail, but s
long as the morale of the Allies
wavers neither at the Somme rw
at Ypres the plan will eventually un
fold.
ALEXIS CZAR, SAYS REPORT.
Son Of Deposed Monarch Rumored Tt
Have Been Proclaimed.
London. A dispatch from Copen-
hagen to the Exchange TelegrapS
says It is reported there that a counter-revolution
has broken out In Pel
rograd. It reports thnt while no telegram
have beenrecelved from Petrograd
,-everal days, there are rumors from
Finland that there is serious rioting
at the capital, and that the rumor"
persistent that Grand Duke Alt'
NIkolalevltch has been proclaim
Emperor and 'that Grand Puk'
Michael Alexandrovltch is the real
leader In Russian affairs.
SCORES CASUALTY PLAN.
Representative Rogers Tells Of Dis
may Of Relatives.
Washington. Representative M
crs, of Slassachusetts, speaking in tl"
House, said the War Departm,n,f
policy of not giving the adaresr.es o
men named In the casualty list I
caused unnecessary grief by ren05
of the duplication of names. Tbr
families in his district, he said, hifc
supposed names mentioned in the
were those of their sons, but on If
vestlgatlon learned the men 'e
from another State.
FIVE OF FAMILY KILLED.
Meet Death When Passenger Trai
Hits Automobile.
Fayette, Ind. Five persons, j
members of one family, were k"'
when a Big Four passenger tr"
struck an automobile In which llf
party was riding. All of them 'rf
killed Instantly and some of
bodies were carried half a mile 1,1
the train.
Slotor-cycles and bicycles arc be'0
Ing popul-r tb- aughov' Slam.