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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-10-12

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
German Press Expected
New Allied Offensive
On Western Front

BERLIN, Tuesday, Aug. Il (delayed).
Another great offensive by the En-
tente Allies on the Western Front is
expected by the Berlin evening news
papers. The "Lokal-Anzeiger," how
ever, says:
I'VE know that the enemy hitherto
never has succeeded in enlsrging his
small initial successes into really de-
Gliding events"
Tn" "Tageblatt" says: DOUBTLESS
offensive plans on a great scale exist
on the French side. and simultaneous
ly we must reckon with a resumption
Of the English attack in Flanders. The
strong fire playing necessarily on three
local points on the Aisne, at Verdun
and in Flanders announces that these
attacks can speedily be expected"
The "Vossische Zsitung" says: ut is
true also that these attacks in the be-
ginning can bring the enemy here and
there at the front in possession of a
piece of trench, but this must not
. brighten or worry us. On the contrary,
we will retain confidence in the state
ment OF the upper army command that
in the new as well as the well tried
methods of defence in past months it
has found means of maintaining the
spirit and strength OF our troops and
fresh spirit and energy for our at
tacks, even when yielding to the enemy
portions Of positions which have been
battered down by enemy fire and have
been impossible to hold because they
offer no protection"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, Aug, 15.-After the brilliant
advance this morning, in which the
Canadians captured Hill 70 and then
swept on northwest Of Lens, the at
tackers were in close grips with the
Germans in the western part OF Lens
late to-day.
The attack began at 4:25 O'clock
lust as the first gray streaks of dawn
were appearing. All night the British
big guns had been pouring a steady
stream of high explosive shells into
the German positions, great detona'
tons overlapping one another like the
rapid cracking of machine gun fire and
swelling into a mighty volume OF thun-
der that shook the earth and stunned
the senses.
Then, a short time before the hour
of offensive arrived, the batteries
abruptly ceased, and n strange almost
oppressive, stiffness, fraught with the
portending catslcysm which must fol-
low crept over the country which un-
I'll then had been an inferno OF death
II had been raining, and gray CLOUDS
still hung low over the trenches where
crouched the Canadian infantrymen'
waiting eagerly for the arrival OF tho
r,omspt which would summon them TO
the attack.
Solid Lines Of Fire
Suddenly. ten minutes before the
time set for the attack, every British
gun within range broke out with a
hurricane of Smelling, and solid lines
of crimson lightning belchsd from the
German trenches as the explosives
broke about them. To this lurid pict-
ure was added the unforgettable spec
tacle of the burning oil which the
british threw upon the enemy lines
Great clouds of pinkish colored smoke
rolled across country from the naming
LIQUID. and the murky sky threw back
myriad colors from the conf1agratlon
below.
The moment of attack arrived and
as the British guns dropped their pro-
tecting barrage in front OF the Cana,
dian trenches, the clouds parted and
the yellow crescent moon appeared
Under the light of this beacon the
Canadians leaped over the parapets
and began their methodicsl advance
behind their barrage fire.
The British barrage was without
flaw. Behind it the Canadians mounted
Hill 10 and swept along the rest OF the
line. On the crest of the hill, where so
much blood had been spilled before
heavy fighting might have been expect,
ed, for the position was well manned
with machine guns. The resistance
here, however, was not strong ana u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

bombs killed and wounded fourteen,
including nurses, | could not summon
hatred only horror and wonder.
"On one trip | carried half dozen
French doctors and one wounded man,
a 'couche' Of considerable interest. He
was a Prussian first lieutenant, the
highest officer taken in the recent at
tack. After lying in the trenches for
day he was brought in with the re-
naming French wounded. When we
unlosded him | addressed him in Ger
man: 'Guten Morgen, Herr Lieutenant;
vie befinden Sic sich? He answered in
German, but | soon discovered he spoke
excellent English. I had only admira-
tion for him. lie had such magnificent
control over himself.
"He lay on his stretcher in the CEN
tire Of ring of questioning Frenchmen.
One leg was badly torn. His face, with
thin, straight nose, eolorless lips and
wide, intellectual eyes, betrayed no
pain or any emotion. As he answered
the questioners in his fawless French
he took off his round shell-rimmed
glasses and with piece of rag cleaned
them with care, settling them back on
his ears.
Il am 'en repos' now for two DAYS
Then shall have two days of the safe
and easy work Of evacuation, then two
more of rspose. This is good after
forty-eight hours duty at the Poste de
Secours."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Probes German Draft
Spanish Ambassador Investi-
gates Stories of Impressment

WASHINGTON, Aug l5-RepOrts of
American citizens impressed into the
German armies and protests against
the drafting Of partly naturslized for
eigners in this country present difficult
problems for the governments inter
national law experts.
An Official inquiry has been begun at
Berlin by the Spanish Ambassador into
stories that Germany is forcing into
military service those of German par
entage and birth, regardless OF their
claims TO American citizenship. 1t is
admitted that even should the report
prove true, there is little this govern
ment could do except retaliste. The
idea OF retaliatory methods is repug-
nant, but officials withhold a decision.
How many Americans might be af-
fscted is not known.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
American S Bomb
Unearths MetaLBHs
From Caesar SCAMP
By Haywood Broun
(Accredited to tho Pershing Army
IN France for The Nei0 York
Tribune md ISnnHicntel

(Accredited to tho Pershing Army
in France for The Ne,o York
Tribune and SpndicGte)
copyright. 1917. by The Tribune Associ.tionI
CONTROLE AMERICAN, AMERI-
CAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug.
ia real southpaw grenadier from
Texas put his back and shoulders be-
hind a bomb yesterday and hurled it
beyond the farthest distance stake,
The officer in charge was interested
and paced out the throw.
When he arrived at the hollow bomb
crater he found among the mass Of
twisted rock and broken grasshoppers
some bits of green metal. These metal
fragments he preserved carefully and
is now displaying them with great
pride, for he maintains that that bomb
unearthed on that particular hill
where this bombing school is located
what was once camp Of Cesar and
his men back in the days when all
Gaul was divided"
The roads, too, along which the
autos glide and the mules rumble
were Roman roads. Fortunately, those
old warriors of Cesar are buried deep
for II they could hear the bombs and
the automatic rifles and the machine
guns banging away above their heads
every day they might turn over with
a speed not to be explained on grounds
Of any military necessity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

tions in the Eastern theatre, where
there was opportunity for full display
OF their strategic genius, for magnih-
cent man9uvring and fighting in the
open.
In France, where the fighting has
been Of the siege character, the most
brilliant captains have been Jofre,
whose reputation was established
chiefly through his arrest OF the Ger
mans and forcing them back in the
Battle of the Marine; Petain, who held
out at Verdun, saving ii and possibly,
at the same time, the morale OF the
French army; and Won Kluck, the Ger
man leader, who, after making spec
taeulsr dash close TO Paris, az the COM
mencement OF the war, eXtrcated his
amy from apparently insurmountaDle
difficulties with the French.
Allies Artillery to Increase
Until the German lines are broken
a military authority asserts, there will
be q steady progression OF the Allies
artillery, which, while thrilling enough
of itself, is dull as compared with old.
fashioned warfare, where infantry and
cavalry played almost as important
roles as artillery.
In the present day it is called simply
murder TO send men against machine
gun fire and artillery. They cannot
advance further than their artillery
supports and clears the way for them
The artillery is heavy and cumbersome
SO that it is conceded that the follow
ing months will yield few great ad'
vances, but that the slow movement
forward of the Allies will be steady
and continuous, keeping pace with the
utilization of the artillery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Wins His 23d Decoration

Sergeant Alexander McClintock, of
Lexington, KY, who in 1915 put his
birthplace firmly out Of his mind and
enlisted in the S7th Battalion of the
Canadian Grensdier Guards, received
twenty-third decoration for bravery
on the field of battle yesterday.
The British Consul General of New
York pinned OF his breast the coveted
Distinguished Service Medal, second
only TO the Victoria Cross as a token
Of achievement in the British army.
McClintock won this during a bombing
raid in the Yprss salient. His other
decorations lay beneath the khaki uni
form he wears. They are twenty
two shrapnel scars, which he received
in a later engagement.
While recovering from. his wounds
IN Lonton hospital King George
called upon MeClintoek and thanked
him for his bravery McClintock was
invalde home before his. medal was
struck OF. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Boiling Oil and Hurricane
OF Shell Poured on Hill 10
Canadian Advance Sweeps Enemy from dominating
Height and Concreted Cellars of Lenss Suburbs
in Ninety-hree Minutes

was not until the dwellings IN the out
skirts of the suburbs were reached that
vigorous fighting occurred. The GROUND
over which the infantry advanced was
honeycombed with British shell holes
and the barbed wire defences had been
levelled so that they gave little trouble
Germans in Cellars
The first serious resistance from the
Germans was met at point where the
enemy was intrenehed strongly IN con-
GREETED cellars and here sanguInsry
fighting occurred.
The place is sample of other sub
urbs about Lens. The city is surround
ed with colliery communities which are
so close together and so near the city
proper that they really form one large
METROPOLIS. Lens before the war had
a population OF $4,000, but it is now
mass OF ruins.
Following their usual tactics, the
Germans had carried out systematic
distinctions OF the houses, and had
constructed strong underground de.
fences. The whole city is undermined
with tunnels and dugouts which have
been reinforced with concrete, and
most of the ruined buildings have been
turned into machine gun implace-
ments.
II was in such difficult surroundings
as this that the Canadians were bat
Ting to-day.
The effect Of the British preliminary
bombardment was most demoralizins
10 the enemy. Prisoners already taken
were in a dazed state as the result OF
the terrific bombsrdment they had un'
dergone and it is not strange, per-
hans, that when the British began
their barrage fire this morning many
Germans were seen to desert thelI
posts and fee to the rear.
Efficient Organization
The capture Of Hill 70 is another
triumph for the British fighting or
panization. Wounded Canadians re-
turning from the heart Of the battle
to-day were loud in their praise OF
the perfection achieved in prepa ration
and the efficient protection afforded BY
! the artillery.
The extreme depth reached in the
| first stage was 1900 yards, and tins was
achieved in SO minutes. This new
/ front, taken into conjunction with posi-
! tions secured in the last few days IN
! the southwestern outskirts OF Lens, es
tab!ished an angular line like a pair OF
! shears, whose points reached out to the
north and south Of the city.
As the Canadians pushed in on the
northwest this morning, a simultaneou:
advance was started by the troops or
the lower blade of the shears and close
fighting began with the Germans in
! trenched in their concreted cellars
which are linked up with barbed wire
and filled with hundreds of machine
guns.
A considerable number OF German
prisoners are beginning to arrive at
the British camp, and it is remarked
that many are mere lads. Some OF
them apparently are not more than II
years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Ambulance Man
Describes Work
In Trench War
Unmoved by Sight of Suf-
fering in Hospital Three
Stories Underground

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-ln personal
letter received to-day in Chicago from
Robert Redfield, one of the young men
,,en,ioned in a recent official citation
for merit, there is description OF the
circumstances under which the amou-
lance section worked. The letter was
dated July 10. II says;
az know there is certainly no way
that in writing can give you any ioea
~ the experiences have passed
through and the things ! have seen
might lust as we'll confne my remarks
TO q am we'll and hope you are the
same. Lord-
"At present am writing on nara
vood table under an electric desk lamp.
am within a few hundred yards OF the
German trenches, and hell Is loose
above me. But here IL is perfectly
oriet: | am three stories below ground'
Here I wait till my car is needed. Inc
air is fresh but somewhat damp; tne
Mace is dark, cluttered with stretch-
ers: brancardiers pass in and out.
"Across the table sits an oftlcer at
switchboard. Every little while, per-
hans once every five minutes, men come
in nv the communication trenches,
hearing silent, wounded soldiers. They
are carried into small room IN tne
second cellar and the surgeons begih
their work. -
81 am surprised at the excellent con-
troll | have over my nerves. This alter
noon | opened a box of sardines, care.
fully srread the fish on a hunk OF
bread. and ate the light lunch with
relish while a priest heard confession
of a diving man nearby. ] know IL
sounds heartless. but one has to de-
yelop the faculty of giving oplstes 10
ones sympathetic reactions.
Shell Shock Horrible
aft is only afterward that | remember
these horrors a man with race torn
away: a shameful animal thing out Of
which came a slight, indescribaoie
sound, man suffering from shell
shock, mind gone, every muscle OF his
body quivering
have a load of wounded ready | emerge
from the quiet cavern into worid
where the sky is shattered, split, sun
dered by report after report. The
earth shakes and quivers. Aeroplanes
above, 75s below, German artillery over
the hill, the shrek Of shells passing
above.
Somehow Eames and start the en-.
CINE. We receive our freight OF
wounded. We are OF, at first through
narrow, cluttered streets OF place
where town once was. Then we DIP
into a stretch of road marked IN our
maps 'unavoidably dangerous 1t is
about three-quarters Of mile long
Up the valley we can see the German
positions.
"Bang! Bang! Crash everywhere.
In spite OF the souls in agony BE- I'd
us, we tear madly down this str oh
with every ounce Of power the car has.
Once safe around the corner, we 60
slowly until we deliver our load at the
hospital.
Three Of our cars have been hit by
shells, two put temporarily out Of com
mission. One car hit new she'll hole
two nights ago and tipped over. The
driver left the car TO find a telephone,
and when he returned he found a shell
had passed through the drivers seat.
No Hate for Germans
III have no hatred Of the Germans.
Somehow am beyond that. Even when
they came down in asroplanss on our
hospital the other night and with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Russia Lifts Export Ban

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The Rus
sian Embassy, at the direction Of the
Pstrogrsd Foreign Once, has transmit.
ted to the State Department a proposal
for the AbroRstion Of the Russo-Amer.
lean agreement of 1915, under which
Russia restricted the expectation OF
Russian products by Americans living
IN Russia.
The agreement was necessary, The
Russisns believed, because Americs
was not a belligerent. Russia now
will permit Americans to export Rus
sian products freely, il was stated al
the embassy. II is understood that nc
formal steps have been taken tC
negotiate a new commercial treaty t.
take the place OF the one denounced bS
the American Congress in 1912.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

pared for by strong artillery fire. There were
lively artillery battles on the other sectors
of this and the Champagne front On both
banks OF the Mouse there was continuation
of the increased artillery activity. Here also,
the good results Of the fighting activity OF
our batteries. which at times paralyzed the
enemy artillery, were recognizable.
Front of Grand Duke Albrecht; In the
Sundgau there was an increase in reciprocal
firing which continued at night
BY their acuteness and ability the hattie
echelons Of our sviators have developed
themselves into q valuable arm Of attsck
against trench and battery detectives. In
aerial battles. which were especially numer-
ons in Flanders. and as the result of anti
aircraft FIRE twenty enemy aviators and
captive balloons were shot down yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
East
RUSSIAN

PETROGRAD, Aug 10. Western rus
sian) front.-Fusillades were more animated
in the direction of Wilma and Tarnopol.
Rumanian front: In the region Of Ocna
the battles continued with less intensity.
The enemy after a series of attacks succeeded
in occupying one of the heights seven Verst'
An enemy attack in the region Of the val
ley of the River Casinulul was repused by
the Rumanians.
In the direction of Fokshani the enemy
yesterday made no attack.
In the region of Kredoheni the enemy
launched an energetic attack against our
positions, but after penetrating portoh OF
our trenches he was driven out again by a
counter attack and the situation was re-
stored.
GERMAN
BERLIN, Aug. 15-DAYD- Front ii
Prince Leopold of Bavaria; Between the
Northern Sereth and the zbrocz there was
an increase in firing activity. Southeast OF
Tarnopol Russian attacks supported by
armored motor cars broke down before our
positions.
Front Of Archduke Joseph: South OF
TrotuS Valley the enemy sought by strong
relief attacks to cover the retreat OF the m
ner wing of the second Rumanian army ana
the fourth Russian army. All the ATTACKS
were repulsed. Our troops pushed forward
beyond Soveja.
Front Of Field Mashal Won msckensen
Our columns are pursuing In a northeasterly
direction the retreating enemy in the noun
tain land on both sides OF the Putna. on
the fringe of the mountains Stracani. north
west of Pantziu. has been taken yictoriously
by our advancing troops. who checked violent
enemy counter attacks. In the Sereth low
lands German divisions stormed the stub
bornly defended bridgehead Of Baltaretu,
situated on the western bank OF the river.
In addition to heavy casualties, the Rus
slams and Rumanisns lost on the Sereth and
in the mountains more than 5000 prisoners.
several big guns and numerous machine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Irish Volunteers Raid.d
Police and Soldier. S.;,.
Rifles in Dublin

DUBLIN. Aug. l5.-Pelie. and
diers early to-day raided N. nr nu SOL
Of the Irish National Voluntesr.s nlss'
manded by Colonel Moore. TIA. esa.
100 rifles and 1900 round, =; eln
cartridges. No arrests wsr. nj o'nt
Headquarters Of the orrani,s.r
various places in North U,ss., a
were ralded and many ride. Az
seized. ven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
French Want Child Labor
One Town Asks Law Requir-
ing Children Over IL to Work

DION, France, Aug. 1.-THE Munie-
ipal Council of Dion has adopted
resolution calling upon the Chamber of
Deputies to pass Il law requiring all
children between the ages Of twelve
and eighteen to work.
The resolution also asks . law under
which the populations Of prisons and
those convicted Of crimes and misde-
meanors may be sent TO the front under
guard to work for the national defence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. l5.-Thrss
Austrian srchantmen interned in the
harbor have been taken over by Chi.
nese naval forces. The ships we're I'M
damaged and no resistance was offered.
The German and Austrian ships now
taken over have an aggregate tonnage
of 1900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
i z .
THE NEW BRITISH GRIP ON LENS

heavy black the battle ne which was advanced
the Canadians yesterday twomle front to
An points to the famous Hill ~ the key
the German defences this which sormed together
several of he suburbs of Lens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Commanders Here Say us
Will Give Preponderance
of Guns, PLANES and Men
Will Halt Transfers
Siege Character of Warfare
Preventing Development of
Military Geniuses

WASHINGTON, Avg. .l5-Foreign
army officers assigned by their govern
ments to cooperate with the American
army in training men for war assert
that the moment is fast approaching
when the Allies will have, including
Americas contribution, a preponderat-
ing superiority of artillery, airplanes
and men on the Western front.
With this superiority established IN
such a fashion as to preclude Germany
transferring troops from one part OF
the front to another, or from east to
west TO overcome the advantage pos
sesed by her enemies on the Franco
Flanders fronts, the foreign officers be-
li,ve the German lines will be smashed.
One remarkable phase of the fighting
in the West which is inspiring discus
sion in army circles here, owing to the
entry of America into the actual fight
ing, is the fact that there ia no oppor-
tunity for the development. OF great
military genuises, in the historical
sense Of the word, on the Western
front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
The Picturesque Generals

The brilliant, picturesque characters
produced by military operations are
held to be Won Hindenburg and Won
Maekensen, of the German army, and
Brusiloff and Kornilof, Of the Russian
army. They obtained their reputa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16

Army officers unifom,I
We're hustling to keen },
with the demand.
Finest quality serge. Fl
we guarantee.
oficsrs' Stst,on hats. e.rim
caps. "Westpointer" shoes. ouu..,
sleeping bags,
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-14
At L. & S. Tonight.

Buckley's Trained Monkeys and
Dogs are in town. They have jus;
arrived from San Diego, playing the
Spreckels theatre there and the Hip
podrome circuit along the Coast. They
are playing independently on their
way back East and will stop at the
L. & S. theatre tonight only. As a
special concession, 20 the children es-
recially. there will he no extra price
Of admission, the usual 5, 10 and Is
cents prevailing for the big animal
show and six reels of pictures. These
monkeys come nearer to proving the
of Darwins theory than
any literature. Their intelligence and
cexterity in bicycle riding, roller
skating, awaiting and walking on a
ball are astounding.