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that they lack originality. and initia-
tive; left to themselves, the Germans
are supposed to be helpless. Orders
must be given to them in minute de-
tail, or they will not know what to do
next. And so on.
If the American soldier goes into
the war with that idea he may run up
against some bitter experiences. The
originality of the German private is
abundant and striking.
In the destruction of Bapaume the
German private showed more ingenuity
in dirtiness, more originality in wanton
destruction. more fresh ideas in OBJ
scenity and filth than he ever has been
given credit for. Painstaking as usual,
in one place he took a little hammer
and carefully broke fifty-four small
panes of glass, one by one-and he
missed no opportunity for showing
himself a real innovator. an untram-
melled pioneer, free and original
mind.
The orders issued were undoubtedly
for destruction; the High Command
must be given credit for that. But the
detail was worked out by the private
soldiers, each one adapting himself to
the special case in hand. In one house
YOU could see half of circular stair
case cut down, in another the staircase
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
Loss Of Initiative
Is German Problem

That is Germany's condition to-day.
She has lost her artillery-sight because
she cannot keep up in the air; she has
lost the initiative in battle, because the
Allies on the Western front can attack
when and where they please. But she
has not lost position yet; she still has
lines Of defence, and she still has men
for defence. No matter how much
ground is taken, Germany cannot be
thoroughly beaten until her reserves of
men are exhausted. And so long as
she has positions to fall back on she
can save her men.
Two other "show places" on the
Western front teach the same lesson
to America. Arras is the scene of a
great battle, dating from April Q. That
battle was still going on when | was
on the ground, and you could feel the
reason with every yard of road you
travelled beyond the city of Arras it.
self. Your motor car tumbled into
gullies and bumped over wooden
trestles which covered mine craters;
you saw German railways torn up and
engines blasted into meaningless wreck
age; trees had been felled and thrown
across the roads.
As the Germans retreated over this
ground they laid mines with perfect
regularity along the roads, and after
they had gone far enough behind they
dropped shells with absolute accuracy
between the hollows which the mines
had made. Roads ceased to exist and
had to be constructed through new
country-and when you are bringing
up thousands Of motor trucks q day
you want more than a dirt road. You
need a metalled road, and you need
it hardened and baked in with the rain
and the sun. While you are making
the roads the Germans, who have still
untouched roads behind them, are forti-
flying their new positions and Smelling
the outposts of the British advance.
So there is another thing which
America can and must do; she can put
at the disposal of all the Allies every
last thing she knows about road
making. She can bring over her own
equipment and send over her own men.
Every mile of road laid down saves
lives for us and sends the Boche hurry
ing faster and faster eastward, and the
faster he goes the less chance he has
to destroy what stands in his way.
If the British had been able to
handle the problem of roads and rail-
ways so per cent faster than they did
after the battle of Arras the linden
burg line could never have held at
Bullecourt and Oppy. The sixty-day
battle for Bully" as the Canadians
call it, with its countless casualties
and its check to the whole eastward
operations, would have been avoided
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u. S. Must Learn
Cost of Victories
Allies Can Win, but Not Unless America
Strikes Hard and Quickly, Both in the
Trenches and Behind the Battle Lines

red walls and the white roofs of cot
tages, and now as you look through
your glass you know that the houses
are being shelled accurately and sys-
tematically. And you get the sickening
feeling that six months from now, when
you 90 out to the front again, they
will take you to the spot where the
shells are now falling and will tell
you, This is A"
The meaning of A for America
is simply this: A few towns in the
zone Of action have escaped destruc-
ton. On a few square miles of hilly
fields the grain is growing to-day, and
no trenches nor shell holes nor debris
mar the land. These are the places
from which the German armies went
and stood not on the order of their
going-or, in American, they went
while the going was good. Every time
the German retreats, so much is saved
of France, and the only way he can be
made to retreat is by cutting him off
from such positions as Arras and Vimy
and Notre Dame de Lorette. That work
is Americas job; France can do little
with it, Britain can do much, but only
France and Britain and the United
States can do it all.
Vimy Ridge is the proof of that.
The victory there was Sir Douglas
Haigs present TO the United States, for
it was won within four days after we
declared war on Germany, just as Mes
sines was won on the day General
Pershing came into British waters.
Each of these victories was a celebra-
ton, and each is a desperately hard
lesson to be learned by US. Messines
shows how handily position can be
taken when you have prepared the
ground and have the resources to do
the work. Vimy shows how bitter the
work is.
Vimy is not the last of the positions
on which the Germans can stand. The
country rolls away in gentle slopes to
the valley of the Scarpe River; but the
half-moon of Vimy Ridge does not
control the north of France.
The Germans already are in position
miles away, Smelling the ground they
have left, holding up the British ad-
vance.
Everywhere-on all sides, it seemed
the German guns were hurting shells
at US as we stood near the top of Vimy
Ridge; they were not sending half as
many as the guns near which we stood,
but their shells were distinctly noticea-
BILE, and according to recent report
their shooting is remarkably good--for
batteries which have lost their eyes.
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In Y. M. 6. A.
Hut and Dugout

Aoe oiAN -
For nearly two years the Young
Mems Christian Association made Its
appeal through the Camps Library, but
the demand for reading matter IN
creased so enormously that the asso-
citation decided to begin a book cam
paign of-its own. The ground floor OF
Triangle House, the new Y. NJ. {. A.
trading and transport headquarters,
was set aside for the purpose, and the
staff of volunteer workers was placed
in charge of Mrs. Douglas Gordon, hon
orary librarian.
Books are provided for the numerous
Y. NJ. C. A. huts to be found in every
city, village and countryside where
troops are quartered-not only in Eng
land and France, but as well in Egypt,
Mesopotamia, British East Africa, Sa-
lonica end Malta. They find welcome
also in the Y. NJ. c. A. dugouts along
the trenches. General Libraries are in
tended to contain the best stories,
poetry, travel, biography and essays,
both classical and modern. Educational
books are necessary for every hut
where lectures and classes are in prog
rss. II is also aimed to place a devo-
tional library in every Quiet Room. "
A visit to the Y. NJ. c. A. huts in
France and Flanders has been described
by A. st. John Adcock. "lf you notice
no huts," says he, sit is because you are
in the danger zone, and the Y. NJ. c. A.
is carrying on its benefcent business
as usual in dim cellars under shattered
houses or in convenient dugouts among
the trenches. There is always Ii
brary in the huts when their arrange
ments are completed. Sometimes it is
in a small separate room; usually it is
on half dozen or more shelves in a
corner, and perhaps because books hap
pen to be my own principal form Of
enjoyment. l always think it adds just
the last touch Of homeliness to the hut.
And you may depend that thousands
of the soldiers think so, too. For you
must remember that our armies to-day
are like no armies that ever went out
to battle for us before.
Books are also being printed for the
fighting men and sent to them by sew
eral religious denominations and Bible
societies. One society, for instance,
printed selections from the Bible in
Malsgasi for the men called over by
the French, and book Of prayers and
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ney Isles and the west coast Of Ireland;
About a year later the Red Cross and
Order of st. John affiliated the War LII
brary with its organization and became
financially responsible for the under
taking, the library agreeing in return
to supply all the literature required.
Some time after the Camps Library
was organized it was decided that the
new agency should provide for the
strong and healthy soldiers in camp and
trench, while the pioneer library should
devote it's efforts to the sick and wound
ed in army and navy. The latter is now
supplying East Africa, Bombay. Meso-
potamia, Egypt, Salonica and Malta
monthly with thousands Of books and
magazines. Parcels go every two weeks
to the hospitals in France and to the
Cross Channel Hospital Service. To-
day the organization is supplying ap-
proximateiy 1910 hospitals in Great
Britain, 262 in France, SO naval hospi-
tails and 10 hospital ships. Transport
hospital ships are replenished every
voyage.
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BY an American Librarian

London, July 2s.-"We have no books.
All we have had to read was scrap
of the advertisement page of news
paper picked up on the desert, and on
it we saw that you send books to the
soldiers. Please hurry up and send US
some. The /fies are awful"
When the foregoing appeal from a
wounded soldier in Egypt. was received
in London by the War Library it is
needless to say that no time was lost
in fulfilling the homesick mans wish.
II is but one of innumerable requests
that have been supplied snce August,
1914.
"Send US $4,000 good books at once,
light and good print" This call came
from Gallipoli. From hospital ship and
North Sea feet and troop ship, from
training camp and trench and Y. NJ.
C. A. hut, from base hospital and pris-
on camps, the demand for Something
to read" is unending and ever-increas-
ing.
Brought into existence through the
advent of war, the War Library was
the first organization to form plan
for sending reading matter to Great
Britain's soldiers and sailors. AS the
theatre of conflict widened and the
needs became greater and more insls-
tent, other agencies entered the held,
until at present five, of them are shar-
ing the big work, which is so arranged
that the efforts of one do not overlap
those of the others. The splendid CO.
operation of the postal authorities has
been Of incalculable service, since over
the counter of any postoifice through
out Great Britain magazines and books
for the troops may be handed without
wrapping or postage. Mail bags are
filled with these individual expressions
of thoughtfulness, and are forwarded
and distributed according to an agreed
proportion to the different headquar-
tiers at London. A conspicuous notice
on the front cover Of many magazines
reminds readers Of this duty and privi-
lege.
And now that America has cast her
lot with the Allies similar work is be-
ing undertaken in behalf of her troops
for those in training at home, as well
as those destined to serve the cause on
European battlefields.
The writer trusts that if any in
centive should be needed to bring gen.
erous gifts of books and magazines for
our fighting men, this story Of British
devotion and enterprise will aid in sup
plying it. Furthermore, the benefit of
British experience may well serve as
guide both for those wishing to give
and for those upon whom may fall the
responsibilities Of the task.
First Library
For the Tommies
The war library is the inspiration of
well-known English woman, Mrs. II.
" Gaskell. Within few days after
the outbreak Of hostilities her under
taking was in operation and she was
installed with a corps Of volunteer as
sistants in Surrey House. the fine Lon
don mansion loaned by Lady Battersea
as headquarters for the work. Appeals
through the press resulted in imme-
date and generous response. Unfortu-
nately, such a campaign is apt TO bring
with il certain proportion Of con-
tributions from the type of person
Uhoss lack Of discrimination 10 exceed
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wounds twice within ninety days, and
from June 80, when he was discharged
from the American Hospital at Juilly,
to July IS, he was on the fighting line
every day and had scores of battles.
On the latter date he accompanied
the Escadrille to it's new base, some
where on the northern end Of the West
ern battle line, and in passing Lens he
observed a German airman about to
attack a British captive balloon. He
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men shown here have been in engage
ments a score Of times or more, and
nearly all of them have suffered
wounds of more or less gravity.
The senior member of the organiza-
ton, from New York City, is Sergeant
James R. Doolittle, the powerful man
standing second from the left, now re-
ported back at the front from the Brit
ish base hospital west OF Lens. Ser
geant Doolittle has suffered severe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

The Lafayette Escadrille (N-l2D
consisted, on July 10, when the above
picture was taken, Of twenty-five Ii
censed flyers. twenty Of whom are
shown in the accompanying group pict-
ure. These boys are highly trained
technicians of the flying art, their edu-
cation costing the French government
about $4,000 each. Most OF the young
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

All requests for light literature from
prisoners of war are dealt with, and
libraries of this nature have been sent
to most of the prisoners camps in Ger
MANY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05
All Britain Modified to
Give Books to Fighters
Demands From Both Trenches and Ships Increase Daily
Packages From War Library Reach Prison Camps
and Furthest Corners of Globe

ed only by a desire to be rid of mass
of superfuous Junk" Hence the ar
rival of such impossible gifts as pom
derous treatises on the origin of man.,
magazines filled with hints on home
dressmaking and the care of the baby,
a barrel of manuscript sermons and
mass Of half-century old parish pub
locations.
On the other hand, a stream of suit
able books and periodicals poured IN
as result Of those first appeals. From
Great Britain, Canada and the United
States, from South Africa, Australia,
New Zealand, Madeira and the Canary
Islands came gifts from individuals, or
CARNATIONS and publishing houses. One
publisher sent six hundred beautifully
printed copies of six of the best novels
in the English language, bound in dark
blue and red washable buckram. The
English and Foreign Bible Society has
given eighty thousand copies OF the
Gospels in small editions, bound in
khaki, with the Red Cross decorating
the front cover
Such donations as these are greatly
desired, as are also detective stories
and fiction of all varieties, pocket edl-
tions of essays, biography and verse,
interesting travel sketches, prayer ana
other books of religious nature,
simple instruction books in foreign
languages, current magazines, soldiers
marching songs, diaries, writing port
folios and games and puzzles that can
be packed fiat.
Not a few rare editions have been
received, but these are set aside and
sold, the money thus realized being
added to contributions from friends for
the purchase Of needed books. This
new books department, which occupies
all the space formerly devoted to the
servants quarters and the stables OF
Surrey House, is in charge of most
efficient and clever American young
woman, Miss Knoblock. sister of Ed
ward Knoblock. 1t is the aim to keep
always in stock in this series of rooms
100 900 publications from which the Ii
hrarv proper NAV draw as needed.
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st%an
"hev ans@a
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Kipling Scrap Books
For Patients

Particular mention should be made
of the scrap books for hospital patients
ON sea and land. They were a sug
gestion of Rudyard Kipling, and have
been sent out in large numbers. A
sheet Of brown paper-usually AZ by
q inches-is folded three times, thus
forming a book Of sixteen pages about
IA by IL inches. Pasted on the out
side is an attractive picture. or the
cover may be lettered by way Of va
riety if the maker is gifted in that
direction. Distributed through the in
side pages are pictures both in color
and black and white. interspersed with
anecdotes. jokes, light verse and very
short stories. IL is wise to avoid all
pictures of battle scenes, and to bear
in mind that illustrations cut from the
average daily newspaper are not sat
isfactory because the quality of the
paper does not lend itself well to past
ing. 1t should also be borne in mind
that these scrap books are for grown
men. not for children. Pictures arc
placed on the page so that the invalid
need not move the book around in
order to see them. It must be ren.em-
bered that many poor fellow is too
weak even to lift his hand and must
depend upon the timely appearance OF
a nurse to turn each page.
In November, 1914, the Admiralty
asked the War Library to supply the
sailors in the North Sea fleet at the rate
of book man. Not only was this
done, but boxes of books were sent to
all the guards around the coasts of
the British Isles, the Shetland and Ork-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-05

Copyright. 1911. by Edward Marh,l)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-03-21
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
seen IN MANY YEARS


Railroad traffic was at a standstill
for many hours as a result Of the great
amount Of heavy snow which fell last
Friday. In many respects the blizzard
OF that day was the most severe of any
which we have had during the present
winter. A larger quantity of snow fell
than at any previous time, and this
was whipped into great solid drifts by
east. The one-redeemipg feature Of the
not a cold one. The mercury hoverad
in the neighborhood Of the freezing
point practically during the entire
storm. The snow was SO heavy and
damp damp that the drifts were unusually
numerous cuts along the Great North
ern road in these parts made it tmpos-
stble to run trains thru on Friday or
The west bound mail train. with
double header. started from St Paul
However. when the engines struck a
drift some twenty feet in height in a
Of this city. they came to 2 stop. The
too. AL Baldwin was running the head
engine, and when the locomotive crash
ed & into the s big seat drift t the s,5 shock thssE
ing on the air brake, and when he lost
his balance, the air was thrown on. The
windows on his side of the cab were
demolished and bits of flying glass cut
him in several places. Attempts to
gain headway against the STORM were
in vain, and there the mail train was
forced to remain until the storm had
spent its fury and the snow plows
could get to it. A glance at the pic
tdre taken on Saturday morning 1T tho
scene Of the tieup, gives one a better
idea Of conditions as they were. than
Coming along behind the mail train
was the afternoon passenger train.
This train pulled into Kandiyohi in tho
neighborhood of scheduled time, about
one thirty, and there 1t remained with
all passengers aboard, until Saturday
afternoon about four thirty. There
were nearly hundred passengers on
the train, men, women, boys, girls and
babies. There was the chance for resi-
dents of Kandiyohi village to show
their hospitality. Many Of them did
just that, and opened up their homes
for the snow bound transients. Heroic
work by the Misses Ethel Govig and
Alma Grimlund, two Willmar young
ladies' who are teaching at that plAce,
did much to lessen the discomforts Of
! the unfortunates. on the other hand.
when the train arrived here Saturday
as to the way some Of the passengers
Of twenty-eisht hours At Kandiyohi:
T. Contained On PAGE 3. -
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Cant. Rice Suffers Loss.

Gov. A e. Rice returned last night
from a trip to Hot Springs, Ark. He
says there is no snow until one reaches
so miles this side of Chicago. Gov.
Rice has recent information from Cuba,
where his son, Capt. c. A. Rice, has in
terests, that the rebels have complete
possession Of the Provinces Of Cana
guey. Santa Clara. Pineo del Rio: A
large sugar mill valued at two million
dollars has been destroyed, as have
thousands of sacks of sugar, hundreds
Of acres Of cane, and horses and cattle
have been taken from the ranches. The
than reported in the daily papers. The
recent victory Of the government troops
and capture of rebel chiefs have done
much to restore order but 1t will take
some time to disperse the rebel bands
in the interior.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-03-21
os siTUARv

LENORA (BOYD) HENDRICKSON.
The sad death Of Mrs. Lenora Hen
erickson, wife Of Rev. Alfred Hendrick-
son, occurred at Glasgow. Montana, on
March Is. as briefly mentioned in last
weeks paper. Mrs. Hendrickson died
in child birth, but was previously in
good health.
The funeral had been announced for
Sunday afternoon, but until Sunday
morning it was not known whether or
not the funeral partly party would arrive , In
were supposed to arrive on train No.
on Saturday, but from Wahpeton that
;ra" was sent over the FersuS divis
in in on No. 10 Sunday morning: Rev.
r 8 BoVS Snd ahS tns Mss Sd
accompanied the casket from Glasgow.
Mr.. j. b. Boyd and Elmer Boyd of
Dunn Center n; p. Mr. and Mrs: Bar
Boyd Of Valley City, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Peterson Of Benson, all came
on the same train. No 10 Sunday morn
Semina also arrived Sunday morning
son Of GLASGOW. Mont: Memorial ssry- ssrv-
tSe saa fre% tt sheSs
The casket was taken to the home of
o. a.. Grangaard, an uncle of the de-
sos vices were ere held @ Before they were G e' taken
to the Synod church. where the funeral
services were held at 2:3o o'clock.
The church was crowded to its full
The services were conducted by Rev.
J. N. Andersen, who used as his text,
for the sermon. Rev. 7:13-17. The de-
lady a%d was MorSse ae S'sanst n ths St
school for a number of years before
her marriage to Rev. Hendrickson in
S1t There There were we're two r,o%an SSnEs by % the
ers from friends far and near. There
were floral pieces from the Glasgow
congregation and from the Vinje con.
sSns:' By
uted to the hospitals and sick people il
the city after the the Re
famiiy TRe TRskG pai %
sea soa Snon RanG M 5 A. ksnd ana
place in the Synod cemetery. The bro
ther, Rev. E. A. Boyd Of Manitowoc,
WIS: was unable to be present at the
born at Willmar: Sept. p. 1885. Here
she grew to womanh0od: She became
and of the Shorthand and Typewriting
Course at the Willmar Seminary where
she afterwards became teacher IN
synod Church work. She was married
in 1914 to Rev. Alfred Hendrickson, and
they made their home at GLASGOW, Mon,
tana. She is survived by the husband
er and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Boyd. by four brothers and two sisters;
a large number Of other relatives. many
residing at Willmar.
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ROSElANO.

ROsElAND.
Roseland, March 19-Mr. and Mrs.
Phoebe Hoekstra and Mrs. Arnold
Plowman spent Thursday with their
mother, Mrs. J. Poortvelt of Ray:
mOnd.
Miss Hester Dykema returned home
after spending several weeks visiting
with relatives in the county seat.
Miss Grace Nype was entertained
for supper at the John Damhof home
Sunday.
Mrs. n. J. Dragt and daughter, Sus
sic returned 70 their home after q ten
days. stay in Iowa.
Meinhart KOhrs was taken to the
hospital in Willmar on Thursday to
receive treatments but returned home
the following day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Damhof called ON
relatives in Pr1nsburg Monday eve
ming.
Miss Henrietta Plowman is on the
sick list.
THE annual feast will be held Fri
day, March % at the church.
A. Knoll attended an auction sale
near Danube Monday.