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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01

Official Statements

Of Brayc met with complete success. and
prisoners were captured. In the Sundgau
there has been lively activity by the French
in the course Of the last week.
In aerial engagements and by FIRE from
the ground our opponents have lost thirty
airplAnes and two captive balloons
might On the battlefield near Cambria
the new struggles that developed have so Tar
been successful for US.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
British Casualties
In November l20,O89

LONDON, Nov. 30.-British cas-
ualties reported during November
totalled l20,089, divided as follows:
Officers killed or died OF wounds,
I.l52; men, 24,292; officers wounded
or missing, 1887; men, 81, l0e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Cool While Shells Burst

Cool While Shells Burst
Naturally, the Americans have for a
long time been working under the
range Of enemy artillery, and more
than once they have come under heavy
shelfrc. One of the most striking
sights along the front has been that
OF the engineers laboring coolly al
their tracks while great shells were
bursting one hundred yards away.
At one time the Germans cut loose
with their guns on a section of the
tracks and tore up three miles of rails
which had been laid with much labor
but scarcely had they finished this
bombardment when the twin lines OF
steel began to creep forward cnce
more. After the engineers had
reached "A point where they were eX'
posed on the skyline it was necessary
to work at night or on foggy days IN
order to avoid enemy observation.
There have been three bodies of
Americans employed in this region
since about August T. Two of them
have been occupied with the operation
and maintenance Of light railways and
the other has been constructing rar-
row gauge lines. The Importance OF
this work hardly needs emphasis. for
it is well known that over these raii-
ways food. ammunition and material
of all sorts are poured up to lend
support to the fighting forces.
All Men Are Fit
The correspondent has visited many
Of these engineers since their arrival
and has found them as fit as possible
and eager for work. Most of them un-
dcubtedly look forward to the time
when they will be able TO join the
American forces, but just now they
are content TO do their bit here and
to learn valuable lessons in military
railroading.
The correspondent was talking with
three officers to-day. and the only
anxiety they expressed about the tut
ure was the fear that they might
later be compelled to work far lack
Of the lines. out Of the lighting zone
The engineers love to hear the guns
and to get as close to the firing line
as military orders permit. Some oil
them had an unusual experience.
much to their liking, on the first day
of the offensive.
The British called for volunteer
stretcher bearers TO go forward to
the battlefield and bring in wounded
British and Germans. A large num-
Der of the engineers offered their ser
vices. which were accepted. They Just
had finishd a hard days work on the
railway, but they gladly undertook
Tie new. arduous and dangerous task
and labored through the night getting
injured soldiers back to the dressing
stations. They we're highly compll-
mented by the British for their eti-
cheney in this line of service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
GERMAN

BERLIN. Nov. 80 DAY) Army Group
OF Prince Rupprecht In Flanders spirited
artillery duels DEVELOPED in the afternoon
from Houthost Wood 10 Zandvoorde with
the greatest violence in the region on both
sides OF PoclcRpelle and north OF Gheluvelt
Our storming troops pressed forward into the
enemy lines near the coast and in various
sectors Of the battlefield. and brought back
numerous French and British prisoners.
Near Armentieres and Lens and southeast
o. Arras there was increased artillery firing.
On the battlefield near Cambria the British
after a violent bombardment, attacked early
in the morning ives: Of Bourbon. The attack
was repulsed with heavy losses. In the after
noon the artillery duel again assumed con-
siderable intensity between lnchy and Fon-
tsine. In tie region Of st. Quentin the ar
tilery was more active.
Army Group Of the German Crown Prince
An enterprise by storming troops north
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
West Front
BRITISH

LONDON. Nov. 30 (DAY).-A German
rsidng party which endoaNorcd TO approach
our lines yesterday evening in the neighbor-
hood Of Gavrcllc was driven of by our fire
before reaching our trenches.
The enemy artillery was active during
tho night east Of Nprcs. and also at a number
Of points southwest and west OF Cambria
(NIGHT) At s o'clock This morning. after
a violent bomhardment. the enemy attacked
with strong forces on n wide front south OF
Cambria. between Nendhuillc and CreyecGur
Burlcscourt Shortly afterward heavy at
tacks also developed against our positions
west Of Cambria, in the neghborhood Of
Bourbon Wood and Mpuvres
From Mssniercs 90 MWuvrcs all the enemy s
attacks have been rcpulsed after many hours
Of heavy fighting. during which great loss
was inflicted on the attacking German infan-
Try by our artillery and machine gun fire.
South Of Masnicres Village. from the neigh
horhood Of Bonsvis 90 Nillers-Guislain. the
enemy succeeded in entering our positions at
different points and penetrated far a La
NacQuerie and Gouzcaucourt Our counter
attacks have already regained La Nacquerie.
and we have driven back the enemy from
Gouzeaucourt and the ridge 20 the east Of
that village. At other points the enemy's
advance has been checked. The fighting is
continuing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01
Americans Help
British Smash
HindenburgLine
Engineers Do Good Work
in Offensive Before
Cambria
Lay Rails Under
Heavy Shellhre
Men Volunteer as Stretcher
Bearers and Bring In
the Wounded
Reprinted in part from late editions
of yesterdays Tribune.
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Try The Associated PressI

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BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE. Monday, Nov. 20 de
layed ).-Amcrican engineers. the first
American troops to be engaged in mill
tary operations on the British front,
took a prominent part in the breaking
of the lIindenburg line by General
Byng last week. Military necessity has
made it impossible to speak Of their
presence before, but it is now possible
to inform the people Of the United
States that engineers of the Ameri-
can army had a large part in pushing
up the vital railways behind the adj
vancing British soldiers.
As a matter Of fact the American
engineers have been laborinG on the
roads through the devastated battle
fields Of the Somme district for near
ly four months. and two of their men,
who were wounded, were the first
American casualties announced from
Washington.
The speed with which the lines have
been laid through the broken linden
burg defences during the past week
has called forth the highest praise
from the British authorities. The
Americans have been working in shifts
twenty-four hours day, and no such
amount of track has been laid in this
region in so short time before. The
manner in which they stood up under
the strain has led to their being
dubbed the "force of American ath-
letes." For these untiring soldiers are
to-day as fit and DIS willing as they
were before The battle began.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-01

Officers Uniforms and Overcoats, at
our 44th Street and Broadway Store.
Haberdashery. Caps and Trappings
for the Military Man.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
House GUNNERS Bag
FIRST lame DUCK"
Rep. Cullop, of Indiana. Dies with
Presidents Railroad Commission.

President Wilson's railroad program got
a jolt yesterday when the House. by a
vote Of 167 TO 145, refused to pass a rule 10
vote on another year OF life to the Con-
gressional committee investigating rail-
roads.
The administration plan was blocked
by thirty Democrats, who voted with the
Republicans. Six Republicans and two
Progressive Republicans, one 2 Prohibi-
ZIONIST, one Socialist and one Independent
voted for the rule.
Strenuous objection was made TO con-
tinue Representative Thomas Cullop, of
Indiana, on the committee ''at reasonable
and adequate compensation" He was
defeated in the last election and will
retire Marcel 4.
The Representatives opposed the con-
tinuance of the commission because they
said, II would do nothing but balk and
then issue a report about twenty volumes.
which nobody could read. They intimated
that the testimony would be adduced by
persons who would not know what they
were talking about and would be guided
by questioners just as able.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
EASY To MORTGAGE
HEART OR STOMACH
If Poor, Sell En- Now for After-Death
Delivery.

st. Louis, Mo, Jan. L-Ditch diggers,
possessed OF nothing more than cast iron
stomachs or sound hearts, may 60 rolling
around in limoUsines In the near future
and have eggs for r.rss' '-f.-. .- e-g- ~.
Dyspeptic bilio. Gi.- ,a..,, y IN
selves with brand new stomachs
warranted TO stand a New Years Eve
every night in the year by Smelling out
a few shekels
Thick-hesded sons Of she rich may Se-
Guire Thomas A Edison brains as
Christmas gifts by dispensing with q
years allowance at college
DIR. William Sadler, Of Chicago. speak
ing at a gathering in East St Louis,
brought these words Of cheer TO the poor
and the rich. Such progress has been
made toward transplanting human
organs. said the doctor, that in the near
future wealthy persons viii take
mortgages on the stomach, brains. and
hearts OF poor, but healthy men, and
foreclose when the latter die.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
DIRECT DEALING
WITH CARRANzA
Ambassador Fletcher to Be
Sent Immediately to
Mexican Post.

Direct diplomatic relations between the
United States and Mexico will be resumed
almost Immediately. 1t became known In
Washington yesterday that the early dis
patch of Ambassador Henry p. Fletcher.
to his post at Mexico City, and the ac-
ceptance OF the credentials of a successor
to Eliseo Arredondo. former Mexican Am
bassador Designate. have been deter
mined upon.
The Mexican statesman most promI-
nently mentioned for the Washington post
is fgnacio Bonillas, second member of the
Mexican section OF the Joint Commission.
The resumption OF direct dealings with
Mexico is presumed to insure the early
disruption Of the Joint Commission. This
was the advice of the American members
of that commission and the administra-
ton authorities have become convinced
that dealings through an amba ssador at
Mexico City with a seasoned experience
and ciear-sighted Mexican of the type of
Bonillas at Washington will be infinitely
preferable to indirect action through a
commission whose agreements require the
approval Of Carranza before they can be-
come effective.
Carrsnza is not anxious for the Ameri-
can troops of the eNpeditionary force to
be withdrawn from Mexico. His refusal
to sign the protocol had this end in view.
He is fully aware that the border ques-
ton is less likely to become acute with
an American force stretching from the
international boundary line well into
Mexico. ready to operate in either direc-
ton against marauding detachments of
bandits. than with the entire American
force withdrawn.
Also, the American line across the map
of Chihuahua serve as a wall OF defense
to the Carranzistas through its powers OF
hindrance to the east and west. cross
country operations OF Villa and his allied
groups of i-Carranzistas
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
HALT LAWSON'S
TRIP TO EUROPE
Telegraphic Subpoena Catches
"Leak" Witness-Win Tes-
tify for House Monday.

Thomas w. Lawson last night cancel
led trip to Europe and agreed to come
to Washington Monday to tell the House
Rules Committee what he knows about
the leak" which precipitated the peace
panic in Wall Street.
The committee, under orders of the
House. met yesterday and planned pre-
liminary hearings on the Investigation
resolution OF Representative Woods, of
Indiana today. They telegraphed Law
son to appear today with proof of his
charges that members Of Congress wal
lowed in Wall Street graft" and that the
House feared an expose OF the Wall
Street panic which followed President
Wilson's recent peace note.
Back came a telegram from Lawson.
stating that he planned to start for Eu-
rope tomorrow but that he would be glad
to appear before the committee at some
date in the indefinite future.
The telegram was addressed to Speaker
Clark. 1t started trouble. House leaders
saw their leak" investigation starting
for the part of the world where German
submarines interrupt ocean voyages.
Speaker Clark, Chairman Henry and
others conferred excitedly. A House sub
poena, with a husky sergeant-at-arms
was in readiness. Then a telegra phic
subpoena was sent to Lawson. The lead
ers sweated until they received the fol-
lowing reply from Lawson whom the sub
poena found in New York:
Have Just received your telegram.
While 1t necessitates radical changes In
my program, nevertheless I will be in
Washington Monday"
Representative Wood may be summoned
before the committee today to lay the
ground work for the examination Of
Lawson. sAzAu
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
II CHILDREN DIE
Four Others Are Fatally Hurt
When Cyclone Hits School.
By the international News Service.

tBy the international News service.) }
McAlester. Okla. Jan. 4-Eleven
school children were killed. four prob
ably fatally hurt and eight seriously
injured shortly before noon today,
when a cyclone completely wrecked the
Vireton schoolhouse. thirteen miles
northeast of McAIester.
The school building. a Baptist Indian
mission, quarter Of a mile away. and
four farmhouses were wrecked and a
half dozen other farmhouses were lift
ed from their foundations. The storm
swept a narrow path for a distance of
six miles.
Telephone and telegraph wires lead
ing into Blocker are down. and what
Information has been received of the
result of the cyclone has been by in
vestlgators in high-powered aUtomo-
biles.
Most OF those thus far known to have
been killed in the blow were children at
tending District School, No lO6.
District School, No. 1Ol. was in direct
path OF the cyclone. seven miles from
Blocker. 1t was lifted bodily from its
foundation, although the floor which was
anchored to the earth by concrete, re-
mained intact. Most of the children
therefore. instead of being blown away
with the building were left to the mercy
OF the wind without shelter Of any kind
The children who were killed, accord
ing to one Of the automobile search par
ties, were blown against obstacles. while
those who were injured were struck By
flying fragments
Miss Carter, the teacher. was struck on
the head byNa stone and II is feares she
suffers from a fractured skull
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
GARDNER HITS FORD
IN DETROIT SPEECH
Would Prevent U. S. Aiming Against
Foes, Says Solon.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald
Detroit Jan. I'm the heart of Henry
Ford's bailiwick, Representative A. P.
Gardner of Massachusetts, in a speech
before the Detroit Real Estate Board to-
night, paid his respects to the eminent
pacifist in anything but pacihst fashion.
'If reports be true that Mr.. Ford had
made millions out of the European war"
said Mr.. Gardner, Mr.. Ford now pro-
poses to devote a share of those blood
stained millions to the wicked task of
preventing his own country from arming
itself against its foes
President Wilson would send the
Kaiser to Sunday school; would send
him to st. Helena was another Of Mr..
Gariner's utterances.
First asserting that this war between
autocracy and democracy" must be fought
to definite conclusion, Mr.. Gardner said
that II the world were to enjoy lasting
peace, Europe must have a cock of the
walk" and that II the entente allies won,
this bird would assure democracy, while
victory for the central powers meant that
liberty loses"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
SLAIN DRUGGIST FOUND
Behind SHOP COUNTER
Woman Says She QuarreIed with Hus-
band Over Victim.

,By the International News Service. }
Chicago, Jan. lotto Wintermeyer,
druggist, was found dead behind the pre-
scription counter of his shop at 1905 West
Madison street, with the back of his head
hacked open and a blood-covered hatchet
nearby. The police. on a theory of muir
der, began rounding up suspects in the
neighborhood. 1t is believd the druggist
may have been slain by drug fiends.
Wintermeyer lived alone I'm the rear OF
his store. A cousin, Adolph wintermeyer.
learning be had not been seen for two
days. called the police, who broke down
the doors.
A woman, some OF whose clothes were
found in Wintermeyer's living rooms. ad-
mitted to the police she had quarreIed
with her husband over the druggist.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
SOCIETY'S 400" Sees
BIRTH.CONTROL trial
Sex-Seerets Teacher Breakfasted by
New York Aristocrats.
(By the international New. Service.

tby the International News SerVice.D }
New York, Jan. 4-Amid setting more
suggestive of a 400 social event than a
criminal trial, Mrs. Margaret Sanger went
on trial in the Court OF Special Sessions
In Brooklyn today for sowing the seeds
of information concerning birth control.
Mrs. Sanger was conducted to the court
by an escort of ifty women. many of
whom are prominent socially Tho women
had previously rendered Mrs. Sanger a
breakfast at the Hotel Vanderbilt.
Miss Ethel Burns Mrs Sangers sister,
Is being tried Jointly with her.
Mrs. Sanger's attorneys made a move
TO have the trial postponed pending a
decision on one OF her previous appeals
The trial was ordered to proceed
Among Mrs. Sanger's supporters who
her to court were Mrs Amos
Pinchot, Mrs. Lewis Delafield, Mrs Rose
Pastor Stokes. Mrs Nora Blatch DeFor-
est, Mrs. William Colt and many others
The charges in the trial grew out of
a police raid on Mrs. Sanger's clinic,
where twenty women were found learn
ing the secrets Of birth control.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
"AIR.BUBBLE MURDER"
Case GOES ON trial
Roy Hinderliter. Accused of Killing
Sweetheart. Begins Legal Fight.
By the International News Service,

CBy the international News service.)
Olney. Ill, Jan. 4.-Roy Hinderliter,
charged with the murder of his sweet
heart, Elizabeth Ratclifre, went on trial
here today.
The case is one Of the most peculiar
in criminal history. Young HinderIiter
Is accused of killing the girl by intro
ducing air bubbles into her circulatory
system and the case is referred to by the
prosecution as tine air bubble murder
Hinderliter, who had been keeping COM
pany with Miss Ratcliffe, called for her
on the night che died and they went
driving. A few hours later he drove up
to a physicians Office with her body. He
declared she had collapsed and died sud
denly in his arms
The State charges that Hinderliter,
fearing the girl was about to become a
mother. introduced air bubbles into her
system in an attempt to relieve her con-
dition. Three OF the seven counts in the
indictment are based on this theory. The
others charge murder by means un-
known"
Hinderliter showed few traces OF his
five months Imprisonment when he ap-
peared IN the courtroom today.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
BY POLICE
A. S. Germs Wounded by Pa
trolman During Tussle.

Allen S. Germs, 43 years old, a milk
In a serious condition and is expected to
die as the result of bullet wound from
the revolver of Policeman F. v. WALL
who, with Capt. James F. Mulhan. was
attempting to arrest the man upon COM
plant of his wife, Mrs. Bessie Germs.
Mrs. Germs appeared at the Fifth precinct
station about Sis o'clock last night and
complained that her husband had as
saulted her during family quarrel. The
policemen hurried to the Germs home
s15 Fourth street southeast
. The officers entered the house and
Germs, a man much larger than either Of
the officers. pounced upon them. the po-
lice say. He knocked Capt Mulhall to
the floor several times and struck Wall
several blows in the face, according to
the police. He then grabbed the latter
by the throat and backed him against the
wall the police aIlege. The policeman
pulled his revolver and placed it against
the mans hip.
the hospital, who later operated on him.
said the bullet passed through his body.
penetrating his liver and intestines, and
came out through the walls OF his abdo-
men.
The wife's story. according to the po-
lice, was that her husband came home
from work and started a quarrel, beating
her on the body. Besides the wife, her
sister, Mrs. Ada Johnstone, of Newark,
n. j.. and Noble H. Rogers, an old man,
a friend of the family, were in the house
when the trouble started.
The policemen were both injured on the
head and face. They were treated at the
station house by DR.. Sawtel and later
went to their homes.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
Slain WOMAN'S Head
EXHIBITED in court
Broker Small. Accused of Murder,
Hides Face in Hands.
CBy the International New, Service,

CBy the International News Service
Ossipee, n. H.. Jan. 4-The head Of Mrs
Florence Arlene Small, with features dis
torted just as they were when the body Of
the murdered woman was taken from the
ash-streWn bungalow. waG placed in evi-
dence at the trial Of Frederick L. Small
here today. The gruesome exhibit was
brought into evidence through the testi-
mony of Medical Examiner George r
Magrath. OF Boston.
Not often has court in New England
witnessed a scene such as that enacted
here today. Small covered his eyes with
his hands to shut out the chastity fea-
lures. He began to sob as the witness
described the features.
Judge Kivel, as the mead was produced,
suggested that all women spectators leave
the courtroom The crowd OF specta ators
craned their necks TO see the gruesome
exhibit.
Walter Wedger. chemist, testified he
found that the chemical compound which
had fired the stove in the Small BUNGALOW
was thermit
The Washington herald., 1917-01-05
Telegraph Tips

San Francisco, Jan. 4-The defense In
the German consulate bomb plot trial
closed its case this afternoon, Just one
month to a day from the opening of the
hearings.
Constantinople via Berlin wireIessp,
Jan. 4.-The British have renewed their.
attacks in MesOpotamia in an effort to
break through to Kut Ell Amara, the war
Office reports
Berlin, Jan an. MakaIuY, the Rus
sian minister of justice, has resigned and
Senator Dobrovolski has been appointed
to succeed him, say dispatches today
Berlin (via Sayville wireless), Jan. A.
More than 100 persons were killed in riot
ing in Moscow last week, according to
advices from Stockholm to the Overseas
News Agency.
London, Jan. 4-Norwegian newspa pers
are making sharp attacks upon the Brit
ish minister to Norway because of the
embargo on the expectation of coal from
England to that country.
Leavenworth, Kan, Jan. I'll A.
c'Tex.'D Snapper, editor of The Square
Deal, the prisoners paper and advocate
of the honor system, was the only one OF
seventeen men paroled for the Christmas
holidays who was missing today from
the State penitentiary.
London Jan 4-Twenty-two men and
children were drowned by the sinking of
ferryboat on the Moselle River, near
Beilstein, according to a Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam.
Petrograd, Jan. 4-The capture of 600
prisoners, three cannon and a number of
mine throwers and bombing mortars on
Botoch Heights in the Rumanian the
ater of war, was announced by the. Rus
sian war office today. -
Philadelphia, Jan. 4-Funeral services
were held today for William H. johnson,
the first chief of Philadelphia's paid fire
department.
London, JAN 4-The issuance of treas
ury bills has been suspended in prepara-
ton for the fiotation of a new war loan,
1t was announced today.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. Al. B. Baird.
80 years old, steel mill capitalist of
Chattanooga, Tenn, and Pittsburgh, Pa,
is dead Of pneumonia at hospital here.
Chicago, Jan. 4-Proposals to establish
a course in Chicago high schools in mill
tary work for girls, teaching them to act
as nurses and first-aid workers, is being
considered by the board of education. Z
Dillon, Mont, Jan. 4-Of thirteen men
entombed by an explosion of gasolene on
the 4Oo-foot level of the Pittsburgh mine
at Gilmore. Idaho, ten were rescued early
today