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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
German Hand Suspected

The German hand is disclosed II
seems TO the American state Depart
mont. in all the stories which have been
,o industriously set afoa,. The pur-
nose Of the German mind Is not appar
ent. Under the present conditions IN
Europe. it is not believed that the con-
trailing power. Germany. is ready Tor
reasonable peace terms. This govern
mert looks forward to long war.
The latest chapter in the peace tale
concerns the Socialists of Germany
Russia and the Scandinavian countries
Negotiations between German and Rus
sian Socialists do not impress Amer
lean cxperts. The present Russian gov
ornment is threatened more by the
radicals than by any other single Gle
ment. Information has been received
borc that the German autocracy is Sc
.cretlv financing radical groups IN kuS-
en- with the view 10 undermining the
new government.
Congress has been greatly aIarnes
for the last ten days because Of per
sistent reports that conditions in Rus
sia arc critical The government OF VI.
Miliukof has been represented as tot
tering ana the military situation has
been pictured as bad or worse than the
political.
Various reason, are ascribed for the
persistence of the stories about Russia
the one IN mcst general circulation
being that to, Administration desired
"to speed the passage" Of the huge
bond bill. II is denied, however that
the Administration has had anything
70 10 with the stories now rife IN Con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
WEATHER

,-bsbiv fair to-day and tc-rnor-
rov. Not much change in tenn
..r,ture Gentle TO moderate
west winds.
Tnu Report on Page ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
No Confirmation of Any Pro
posal Received from Any
Part Of Europe
Radicals Efforts
Threaten Russia
Congress Alarmed by Per
slstent Reports -" First
Aid" Going to Petrograd
By STEVENSON II. EVANS

Washington, April 14.-The American
government views with interest and ex-
tremc suspicion the peace stories which
have been coming from many quarters
ever since it became apparent that the
United States was in the war for keeps'
Seven billion dollars is a powerful first
blow
Tho peace stories arc viewed With
suspicion because there IS not scin-
tilla of official confirmation anywhere.
The State Department has many chan
rcls Of information from all parts OF
Europe official and unofficial, secret
and open. Not a whisper Of peace
proposal has come through any Of those
channels
The peace stories arc viewed with M
tesest because, even if there is nothing
to them. the diplomatic mind requires
to know why they arc being pushed
into print in most of the neutral cap
tails. 1t would not surprise American
officials if Austria were TO nate sep
arate bid for peace There would be
no surprise if Bulgaria and Turkey
strovc to continue friendly relations
with this government, having an c5! TO
the day ~ reckoning 10 come.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Change in Sentiment

Nor did any one remain away to avoid
voting for the big credit 70 the Allies,
according to both Democratic Leader
Kitchin and Republican Leader Mann.
During controversy as to whether
pairs should be set forth IN the record
both leaders declared that every abb
sentee on each side would have voted
Tor the bill if present.
The most striking feature Of to-day's
vote was the change in sentiment on
the part of scores Of members OF the
House with regard TO the proposal to
lend the credit Of the United States to
the Allies. 4 poll OF the House just
before the Presidents message showed
the sentiment then to be about two to
one in favor of lending money TO the
Allies. That onc-third of opposition
in the intervening time has entirely
melted away.
Representative Towner, OF Iowa, pro
posed an amendment 10 eliminate the
loan Of s3,OO0,OOO,OOO to the Allies,
leaving the bill for just $4,000 100000
Of bonds and $2.000,000.OO0 Of certih-
Gates Of Indebtedness. a rising vote
was had, and just three members OF the
House stood up when the ayes were
called for. These were Representative
Green. Of Iowa; Sloan. OF Nebraska, ana
La Toilette, Of Washington a cousin
of senator La Follette). Mr. TOwner
himself did not vote. Those voting
against his amendment were counted
by Speaker Clark and announced as III.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
Opposition to Lending
Money to Allies
Disappears
Mann Predicts
Second Loan Soon
Not in Shape to Fight, He
Says, Only Ready
Financially
-F-rm N. rrihune Bur,,u. J

Washington, April 1.-The blll su-
thorizing the biggest war loan ever
floated by any government was passed
without a dissenting vote in the House
Of Representatives late to-day. Three
hundred and eighty-nine members OF
the House voted aye Even Meyer
London. the New York Socialist. did not
vote no Hating the idea of prepara-
tion for war. he voted present
The features Of the loan are:
POPULAR NAME-Old Glory loan.
AMOUNT Bonds. S5.OO0,0o0,0oo.
Notes. $4,000. 100000.
Total. $1,000. 100000.
PURPOSE 5000, 600 600 to be loaned
TO Entente.
$1,000. 100000 10 meet United
States war expenses.
$4,000, 100000 to carry the
Treasury till increased re
turns come in.
HOW PLACED be sold direct to
the people
INTEREST-3i per cent
PERIOD OF LOAN-Bonds At dlscre-
tion OF President; notes, short
term, at discretion Of Secre-
tary Of Treasury.
SECURITY S3OOO.OOO.OO0 bonds Of En-
tente nations, backed by credit
Of United States; s2,O00.OOO'.
900 on credited OF United
States.
Miss Rankin and the other forty
who voted against the declaration of
war all who were present to-day -
voted to prepare America 10 take an ac-
tive part and voted 10 lend American
dollars by the billion to the Allies. In
cidentally, Miss Rankin did not hesi-
tate moment to-day. An attentive
member at her side touched her elbow
the first time her name was called.
She looked up and called out AYE"
Her name had to be called four times
on the declaration Of war vote.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30

our men. Corporal Charlesos, Private
saunders and I went out. We brought
In two wounded, and we saw number
OF dead, but on account of their black
ened faces were unable to recognize
them. The scouts later brought in sew
eral bodies.
OF the sixty odd men who had start
ed in our party forty-three were found
to be casualties-killed, wounded or
missing. The missing list was the
longest. The names of those men were
marked IN. b. k" (missing; believed
killed. on our rolls. / have learned
since that some few of them have been
reported through Switzerland as pris-
oners Of war in Germany, but most of
them are now officially listed as dead.
All OF the survivors of the raiding
party were sent twenty miles to the
rear at O'Clock, and the noncommis-
stoned officers were ordered to make
reports in writing concerning the en-
tire raid. l never slept more than an
hour at a time for several days and
nights. would doze off from sheer
exhaustion and then suddenly find my
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30

covering our retreat, and also fumite
bombs. The latter are very dangerous
to handle. They contain mixture of
petrol and PHOSPHORUS and weigh
three pounds each. On exploding they
release liquid fire which will burn
through steel.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
in line were called utility men. They
were to take the places of any of the
first four who might become casual
ties. In addition they carried two
Stokes gun bombs each. These weigh
nine pounds apiece, have six second
fuses and can be used in wrecking
dugouts. The ninth and tenth men
were sappers, carrying slabs of gun
cotton and several hundred yards of
instantaneous fuse. This explosive is
used In demolishing machine gun en-
placements and mine saps. The sap
pers were to lay their charges while
we were at work in the trenches and
explode them as soon as our party was
far enough out on the return journey
to be safe from this danger. In addi-
ton to these parties of ten there were
three of us who carried bombs and had
orders to keep near the three officers,
to take the place of any one of them
that might go down and meanwhile to
use our own judgment about helping
the jolly old party along. was as
signed one of the three.
In addition to the raiding party
proper there was q relay call across
No Mans Land at ten PAGES interval,
making a chain to show us our way
back, to- assist the wounded and. In
case of opportunity or necessity, to re-
enforce us. They were ordered not to
leave their positions when we began
to come back until the last man of our
party had been accounted for. The
final section of our encourage was COM
posed OF. twelve stretcher bearers, who
had been specially trained with US, SO
| that they would be familiar with the
trench section which we were to raid
The Raid and lite Results.
There were two things which made
it possible for our raiding party to gel
started across No Mans Land. One
was the momentary quickening of the
blood which follows big and unac
| customed dose of rum, and the other
/ was sort of subconscious, mechanical
| confidence in our undertaking, which
was result Of the scores Of times we
had gone through every prearranget
movement in our practice duplicate
German trenches behind our lines
Without either of those influences W,
simply could not have left the shelter
and faced what was before US.
An intensified bombardment from
our guns began just as. soon as W,
had climbed "over the top and wer.
lining up for the journey across. Lin
ing up" Is not just suitable term
We were crawling about on all four
just far enough out In No Mans Lane
to be under the edge of the German
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30

Of these men carried six or eight Mills
No. 5 hand grenades, weighing from a
pound and five ounces to a pound and
seven ounces each.
The Lineup.
They are the same shape as a turkey
egg and little larger. Upon with
drawing the firing pin lever sets a
four second fuse going. One Of these
grenades will clean out anything liv-
ing In ten foot trench section. 1t
will also kill the man who Is throwing
1t If he holds 1t more than four Sec
onds after he has pulled the pin. The
third man Of each ten was an expert
bomb thrower. equipped as lightly as
possible to give him freedom of ac-
ton. He carried few bombs himself.
but the main supply was carried by
the fourth man, who was not to throw
any unless the third man became a
casualty, In which case No. 4 was to
take his place. The third man also
carried knob kerrie, heavy bludgeon
to be used in whacking an enemy over
the head. Ours were made by fasten-
ing heavy steel nuts ON q stout stick
of wood, a very businesslike contri-
vance. The fourth man, or bomb car
rier, besides having large supply Of
Mills grenades, had smoke bombs, to
be used in smoking the Germans out
Of dugouts and later, If necessary. in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
XIV How II Was Done.

How flch is the watermelons, Mr..
Browns- asked a ragged little miss
Of four yprs.
"Oh. gdlong with you." replied the
grocer. Your mamma hasn't given
you any poncy to spend for WATER
melons,"
well. rejoined the child, s'haven't
! got es pod right to 60 shoppln' as
the other|n(liss1"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30

this costly parasite of Southern agri.
| culture.
The governor of Mississippi. by spe-
cfal proclamation has declared Deem
Der /. when by the release of % coun-
ties, his entire state will be freed from
quarantine, day of special rejoicing.
At the state house he will receive the
congratulations of the United States
department of agriculture for the
states effective cooperation in dip
ping out the tick and driving a wedge
of free territory through to the Gulf
CongratulatOry messages are to be
sent also to the governors of the other
states and be transmitted to each
county celebrating its entry into the
free cattle territory of the nation.
What Tick Eradication Means to
Freed Territories.
Before the ticks were dipped out,
these parasites annually killed many
cattle with tick fever, steadily sucked
out Of cattle vast quantities of blood
which should have gone to make meat
or milk; wasted, therefore, much Of
the grain and forage fed to cattle:
and, finally. prevented the introduc-
ton of non-immune breeding stock for
the improvement of local beef and
dairy herds. The presence of the
tick barred shipments of local cattle
from the open competition of the free
pens at the packing centers and forced
their owners to sell them at a disad.
vantage from quarantine pens for i'm
mediate slaughter only.
Tick Now Dipped Out Of 1882
Square Miles.
The South since 1906 has succeeded
in releasing from quarantine 1892
square miles or over 81 per cent Of
the originally quarantined area. Mis-
sissippi is the fifth state to be de-
clared entirely free, the states of Cali
fornia, Kentucky, Missouri and Ten
nessee previously having been re-
leased. Special credit, however, is dye
to Mississippi because much of the
area freed was heavily infested with
tick. There remain in the entire South
349,250 square miles yet infested and
to be cleaned and released from fed
eral quarantine. The example of Mis-
sissippi, however, 1t is believed, will
serve as a strong incentive to neigh
boring states to widen the wedge to
the Gulf until the tick is erndicated
from tine entire South. .4..,li,
To Make New Record In 1918
That this years record will be ex-
ceeded In 1918 and that the tick viii
be banished from the nation by 1921
are strong probabilities. The states
of Arkansas and Louisiana, following
the example of Mississippi, have
passed statewide laws making the
eradication of the tick compulsory In
every infested county. The Legislature
of the state of Texas has recognized
the importance of tick eradication, al-
though its laws do not make eradica-
ton compulsory in its various coun-
ties for some time to come. Indica-
lions from all the tick-infested states
are that In many sections the people
have grown thoroughly tired of the
toll the tick is taking and patrioticals
ly are building dipping watts and max.
ing preparations to free their cattle
during the coming year. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
4over the top and give 'em HE'LL"

charge Of the -signalers was to remain
at the point of entrance, with his eyes
on his watch. 1t was his duty to sound
a warning signal five minutes before
the end of our time in the German
trenches. .s@
The leader of every party of ten also
had q whistle with which to repeat
the warning blast and then the final
blast, when each man was to drop
everything and get back of our artil-
lery fire. We were not to leave any
dead or wounded In the German trench
on account of the information which
the Germans might thus obtain. Be-
fore starting on the raid we lad re-
moved all marks from our persons, In
Guiding even our Identification disks.
Except for the signalers, each party of
ten was similarly organized. First,
there were two bayonets men, each
with an electric flashlight attached to
his rifle, 30 as to give light for the d.
rection OF bayonet thrust and con-
troIlcd by a button at the left hand
grasp Of the ride. Besides his rifle, all
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30

self sitting straight up. scared half II
death all over agan.
There may be soldiers who won
get scared when hey know they ars
In danger or even w len people are be-
ing killed right ffo ind them, bur In
not one Of them. and I've never mel
any of them yet. / know boy who
won the military ross in the battle Of
the Somme. and saw him on his
knees before his platoon commander
shamelessly crying he was cowart
and begging to be left behind, jus
when the order TO advance was give
In this war in every offensive, 10
or small, the man who has been TIN.
ed to throw a bomb thirty yards a.
buster and more Important than tha
fellow with the modern rifle, NTH
will shoot a mile and half andoaka
hole through house. In feooa
many surprising ways this VT mas
carried us back to first prinSles II
remember a crusaders macrwhich i
once saw in the British mseum that
would make bang up nob kerrie
much better than the IA with which
they arm our No 81 n !, ralding
section. 1t had n,na lran beod
with spikes all over vvo.,sler that
they haven's started sasto~v 70 tprn
them out.
"cks q Scsnbinp.
When the CahaSns t,rst fntroduced
DomDihg the COTS were improvised
OUT OF mess tlns the fuses were cut
according to tt tosto and iudgn,ant
OF the individal bomber, and just
when the boz would exn,ode wos
more u less ppblematical. Frequent
" tne oerninShave tossed our bombs
PACK INTO our trenches before they
Wen. on hat was dangerous and ir,
ri.nsihs. hey can't do that with
M'i'is srepde or any of the improved
factory nine bombs, because the men
kho" Jushow they are timed and are
framed know just how to throw
them. hen the Germans used to
work title bomb trick of their own.
They iqrned that our scouts and raid
ers "ee all anxious to get a German
heinens n souvenir. They'd put he'll
NETS 4 the ground in No Mans Land
" hin advanced trench with bombs
uhue them. In several cases men
iooiag for souvenirs suddenly became
me; memories themselves.
several raids when bombing was
ne the Canadians worked trick on
y Germans with extensively fatal eff.
tt- They tossed bombs into the
terman trenches with six inch fuses
attached. To the Germans they looked
just like the other bombs we had been
using, and, In fact, they were-all but
the fuses. Instead Of having failed
to coHinue burning. as the Germans
thought, those fuses had never been
lighted They were instantaneous fuses.
The Enition spork viii travel through
nm Instantaneous fuse at the rate of
second. A German would
pick VI one of these bombs, select the
spot Were he intended to blow I'D
few ofns with our own ammonia and
thon liht the fuse. After that there
Ind tolbe new man in his place.
Tho both would explode instantly the
long fuc vas ignitcd.
The NIT day when / got up after
this diaasrous raid my bunkie said:
"SomefIng sure raised h. with our
calculations"
"As thse automatic self cooking
revolversdid with Kentucky we'd.
ding who some one made a remark
rencctingpn the BRIDE" 1 replied.
% BE coNTINUED.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
SUITABLE WATER FOR STOCK
Supply From stasnant Pools Is Not
Relished by AnimaIs--May Carry
fa Disease Germs. aA i3a. "a

Water for al stock should be clean
and pure. Dirty water or water from
stagnant pools is at best not relished
by, the stock and In addition may carry
the germs Of disease. Hog cholera,
especially, may be transmitted by In
fected wallows or by streams which
flow through infected farms. 8G 81
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30

A s we climbed out of the shelter
IL of our trenches for my first-and,
= perhaps, my last, thought-ad-
venture In No Mans Land the word
was passed:
"Over the top and give 'em hell"
That is the British Tommies's battle
cry as they charge the enemy, and 1t
has often sounded up and down those
long lines in eastern France as the
British, Canadian and Australian SOL
diers go out to the fight and the death.
We were divided into six parties of
ten men, each party having separate
duties to perform. We crouched for
ward, moving slowly In single file,
stumbling into shell holes and over
dead men-some very long dead-and
managing to keep in touch with each
other though the machine gun bullets
began to drop men almost immediate
ly. Once we were started we were
neither fearful nor ratified. We had
been drilled so long and so carefully
that each man knew just what he was
to do and he kept right on doing it
unless he got hit. To me 1t seemed
the ground was moving back under
me. The first ten yards were the
toughest. The thing was perfectly or
ganized. Our first party of ten was
composed of signalers. They were pay
ing out wires and carrying telephones
to be used during the fifteen minutes
of our stay In the German trenches
in communicating with our battalion
headquarters. A telephone code had
been arranged, using the names of our
commanding officers as symbols. "Rex-
ford T. meant First prisoners being
sent back" "Rexford 2" meant "Our
first wounded being sent over" Rex
ford 3" meant 1--WE have entered Ger
man trench The code was very COM
plete, and the signafers had been drill
ed in 1t for a week. In case the tele-
phone wires were cut, the signalers
were to send messages back by the
use of rifle grenades. These are rifle
projectiles which carry little metal
cylinders to contain written messages
and which burst into flame when they
strike the earth, so that they can be
easily found at night. The officer in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
BIlssful ignorance.

1T Is imprudent on your part 10
leave loaded guns within your sons
reach like this" . 4 ,
"Oh, ne doesn't even know they ara
guns; he was using them for stills the
other day" s'7s'i m
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
ExpIalnIna re

The Boss-That item for carriage n
all right. but I don't see why you had
to spend $3.50 for cabbage.
The Travelling Man--That was tax,.
cabbage.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
Plan Work Ahead.

The fellows who plan their work
ahead always seem to be ahead with
their work. ,lfia .p fsa al.N@ q
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
Three Gold Nugget. Worth s1,tss.

Three gold nuggets with total val
uation of $1.155, were portions of a
cleanup made recently by Patrick
Holland In his placer mine near COT
fee Greek, Colo, says the Sacramento
Bee One of the nuggets was valued
at 5000. another $500 and the third
$155. These are the largest nuggets
found in the county for several years.
The remainder Of the cleanup, which
amounted to 1900, was in small gold,
several pieces of which were valued
at $50 each.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
INTERNATIONAL.
SuNDMSQlOOL
LESSON

(By REt 3. B. SUTCLIFFE, Extension
, Department Moody Bible Institute.)
Nopyrigt, 1917. Western Newspaper
Union.)
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
No. 3
"OVer the Top and
Give En- He'll"
bp Sergeant Alexander rcClintock,
D. G. NJ, 9th Overseas Bait.
Canadian Gren. Guards
Copyright. 1917. by the Bell Syndicate, In,

Copyright, 1917. by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Sergeant McClntock, ohp has seen
service in France. tcas decorated for
bravery, sooanded, tnUalided home and
Is noao endedvortn0 to get commits
sion In our army. A commission IN
the Cdnodidn army aioaits him II he
returns to join his old command. In
the first and second articles he graph
icdIIy describes his training, his trip
to France and the elaborate prepare
tfons mode for bomb raid on the
German trenches.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-30
LESSON FOR DECEMBER
NEHEMIAH BUILDS THE WALL OF
JERUSALEM.

LESSON rExT-Nehemiah 47-21
GOLDEN TExT-The Lord Is my
Helper and will not fear what man
snail DO into me.-Hebrews 1856