Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-20
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ible spirit that they swept everything
before them. So swift was the attack
that an entire German division which
was Just relieving another at the front
was caught by surprise and decimated.
The entire ground over which the Brit
ish and French advanced was thickly
Uttered with dead Germans and heaps
of equipment.
A few more such drives in Flanders
and the Germans will be compelled to
retire to the east and south, abandon
ing the submarines on the Belgian
coast. This would mean the almost
utter collapse of the U-bOat campaign,
which already has been greatly weak
ened.
There are strong indications that
the allies are preparing for vigorous
offensive movements in the near flu
ture in both Roumania and Macedonia.
The positions of the central powers on
both those fronts have been subjected
of late to heavy bombardments. 1t
was announced last week that the ar
mics of Greece were about ready to
take an active part in the warfare.
More Of Bernstorffs Perfidy.
Secretary Lansing reached into the
upper left-hand pigeOn-hole Of his desk
last week and pulled out another neat
little expose of German methods. This
one hit Won Bernstorff again, rounding
out the revelations of the counts per.
fidy while this country and Germany
were still technically on friendly
terms. Three kilograms were made
public, two from the German foreign
once to Won Bernstorff instruetina
him to start a big program Of saestAsa
In American munitions factories and
to finance plans for the destruction
Of the Canadian Pacific railway, and
the third from the then nmbAssaaSt
!. 10 the foreign ONCE at Berlin last
September stating that the American
embargo conference needed the fur
ther support of the German govern.
ment for the purpose OF conducting q
campaign to win q majority OF con.
gress favorable to Germany In the aD-i
preaching congressional and president
tial elections.
The heavy hand Of. the federal gov.
eminent fell on Daniel II. Wallace,
blatant organizer and head of q paci,
fist society, last Thursday when q
judge In Iowa sentenced him to 20l
years in prison for seditious speaking
The committee named to investigate
the charges Of dislOyalty against Sen.
ator La Toilette and pass on the de.
mands for his expulsion from the SEN
ate had no time to perform its duties
before congress adjourned and 80 win
report at the next session. II will not
go beyond or outside Of the senator's
speech in st. Paul before the Non
Partisan league and there are pre-
dictions that the inquiry will be Q
1zzle.
Food Control Extended.
In order to prevent the taking OF
excessive profits and to stop boarding;
he governments control of fOOdsturs
will be extended ON November / TO
include about all the essential articles
IF diet. BY order Of the president,
he manufacture, importation, storage
md distribution of some twenty prime
commodities will be licensed by the
God administration. Farmers, garden
RS and many Of the smaller dealers
nd manufacturers will be exempt.
The baking industry was left out OF
his arrangement, but Mr.. Hoover will
e ready to regulate 1t as soon as he
as standardized baking flour, baking
lgredients and either the size or the
rice of the loaf.
Secretary Baker issued a statement
raising highly the work Of the many
plants that are making
othing and other supplies for the
lntonment camps. Since the con-
ruction Of those camps began nearly
lirteen million articles have been
tipped to them. In other quarters
Iere Is much talk OF the great short
&c or workers In such war plants as
rplane and munition factories, steel
Ills, navy yards and mines, and It Is
I'D that CONSUMPTION of millions OF
orkmen is being seriously considered
the administration. Industrial ex1
Insion and the withdrawal OF about
100000 men from their occupations
r the armed services are held re
onsible for the conditions. In the
rcraft factories thousands OF wOsned
e to be given employment.
Owing TO the present demand foi
soline, the Standard OIL Company
Is decided 10 permit unrestricted use
Its Burton process Of refining. by
lich almost twice as much gasoline
obtained from crude oil as by oshsE
ocesses.