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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
sMueeLEp TO GERMANY.

Wash'rgton.-I0rge quantities OF
condensed o. evaporated milk have
been bought recently at retail by Ger
man agents and shipped to GERMANY
through neutral ports, the Department
Of Commerce was informed today By
the War Committee ot the condensed
milk industry. Fearing detection Il
they purchased from manufacturers or
tobbers. the German agents have can-
vnssed retail stores and rrid retai.
prices. In rome communities where
milk producers wcre OF German de-
scent dealers have been told milk pur-
chasre were intended for Germany II
Is said
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
BISHOP MCCOY IN HUNTINGTON.

Rt. Rev. j II. Mccoy. Bishop OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, is
to be in Huntington July s. He will
preach at the regular services at john
son Memorial on that day and will al
so be invited to speak TO the mems
bible class, known as the largest in the
world in the morning.
II is expected that committees rep
.resenting the official board of Jehn-
son Memorial church will at this time
take up with the Bishop the success
sion TO the pastorate, which will be
vacated this fan when DR. Walker
who is completing his fourth year
there leaves to take up work in the
evangelistic field
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
c. W. 8. NJ.

Mrs. Campbell, of Lexington. was In
Louisa last Sunday and delivered two
splendid lectures at the Christian
church. ono in the morning aud the
other at the evening hour for services
She IS president OF tie c, w. b. NJ. and
is remembered ns one OF the good
speakers on the program ut district
meeting held here a few years ago.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
YouNe MANS Leo nRokEN.

On the road near Louisa n few days
ago team became frightened Mt nm
automobile and ran over an embank-
ment, upseitinF the wagon ami iniur-
ing tho driver, Millard Thompson. His
anlsle was crushed and he Is now in
the hospital He Is son OF James
Thompson. who lives on Lick creek
near Harmon nlaclgburn's.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
pRoWNs AT. ASHLAND.

Ray McClung. q years old, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph McClung, of Fay
etteville. w. Va, and a brother OF Mrs.
II. M. Hopes. OF Ashland, drowned at
noon. Monday. while swimming In the
Ohio river near the ferry fiat.
McClpng was cnroute 70 Welch. w,
Va. TO visit his SISTER, before enilsting
In the United States army.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
GIRL coNFEssEs SHOOTING.

Bluefield, w, Va, June 16.-Mayor
F. f. Carter of Bluefield is dead from
pistol wounds received Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Young held on charge OF
shooting the mayor. has confessed. ac-
cording to the Prosecuting Attorney,
that she fired on him when he refused
to stop beating her mother, Mrs Mild
red Young. Mrs. Young was held as.
an accessory. Mayor Carter was mar
rled and the father OF several children.
He is said to have called frequently on
Mrs Young.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
RoDMAN CONFIRMED
AS REAR ADMIRAL

Washington, June. I5.-Just forty
two years ago to the day on which
he was appointed midshipman at
Annapolis by tho then Representative
]. c. S. Blackburn. Capt. Hugh Rod :
man. L S. ~, OF Frankfort, was to-
day confirmed as Rear Admiral By
tho Senate For a number OF years
the Kentucslan was command OF the
United States steamship New YORK.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
Music and Eats Friday Night

A musicale will be given in the base
ment cf the new NJ. L. Church South
building on Friday might of this week.
Ice cream and cake viii be served free
to all present, at the close Of the mu
steal program, Tine admission TO the
entire affair is 25 cents for adults and
IS cents for children. The women Of
the church have the affair in charge
and The proceeds are for church pur-
poses.
The music win be under the direc-,
tion of Prof. w. c. Hunter, which is
sufficient to say as to the merits Of the
program. Everybody invited.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
MRS. SARAH DURHAM DEAD.

Mrs. Sarah Purham died at River
view hospital Of cancer a few days ago
and the bodNwas taken TO Warfield for
puria'. Rev. H B. Hewlett went there
from Louisa and preached the funeral.
which was largely attended. Mrs Pur,
ham leaves husband and three chill
dren She was is years old and was a
daughter of Isaac Brewer. Her mother
is now in Rlverview hospital. Mrs
Purham was a woman of fine charact
err. s -
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
WALTER CLAYTON
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED.

The many friends OF Mr. Walter b
Clayton will be elad to know that he
was able 10 he cHt and take an auto
mobile ride. He has been confined TO-
his home for long time and had not
seen his farm near town for three years
until Mr.. ]. p. Gartin drove out with
him one day last week Mr. Clayton
has spinal trouble
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
A rHEArER PARTY.

On Wednesday OF las, week Mrs. j
T. Rice OF Ashland Heights. gave a
theater party complimenting her guest,
Miss Georgia Rife Of Glehwood. Law
rence-co. a. A.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
Death Of James Jordan, Age 92

one of the oldest men in the county.
James Jordan died nj the home OF Ben
vhnhorn. near Cadmus. Wednesday
might He was 92 venrs OF age, Until
Two weeks age his health was good Al
that time he fell and injured himself
so badly that he never spoke after
ward He leaves several descendants.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
8. s. ENTERTAINMENT

The Sunday school at Dry Ridge,
Walnut Gap. had a celebration on last
Sunday evening that is said to have
been one OF the best ever held In the
county. II Is reported that there was
an attendance OF about seven hundred
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
HOUSE BURNED.

George Diamond. os the Twin Branch
neighborhood. lost his house and all 1t
contained at ono o'clock Wednesday
morning. The family did not wake un-
III the roof was about to fall In. They
barely escaped with their llveA
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

certificates IN the examination helo
last week four made first class certlfi
Gates. They were Misses Audrey Chap;
man. Irene Rowe and Willie Burgess
and Nessrs j. Ross and T T. Thomp-
son. Ten failed
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
KENTUCKY TOTAL is 1888.

Frankfort. Ky, Jun 1S-Complete
offcial returns OF the registration nf
ell,-ihles for selectiye draft IN Kentucky
show n total cf 1883. or this num-
her 1G5, 1851 are whito and z2,222 nre mo-
r-rocs The estimate for Kentucky by
the Government was e020oe.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
WORK en- CHURCH euILplNo.

Work is moylnE hriskly again on the
new NJ. r. Church South. Tho art
glass windows are being put in: the
sheet metal work is nearing comple-
tion. the marble stairway and tile
floor landings are going In; and tho
gallery floors arc being laid
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-22
REV. SHANNON WILL
PREACH SUNDAY IN ASHLAND.

Rev. Frederick Shannon. pastor OF
the Church on the Heights, Brooklyn,
N. Y, n distinguished minister. will-fiil
Rev. DR.. Condit's pulpit next Sunday
morning and evening,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

rover than the German salient here, has
defed all attack.
On the other hand, there is standing
dispute in the British army as to the WIS
dom of holding the Ypres salient, which
has no military value now and is held at
a very heavy regular cost in casualties.
Hence there IS sound reason for believ-
ing that the Germans will, under new
PRESSURE and in much the same fashion,
withdraw out of the narrowed salient be-
tween Arras and the British front Just
south of Bapaume. The railroad from
Achiet to Arras, or the road from Bapaume
to Arras, which cut the base Of this sa-
lient. would. either one of them, be natu-
raj hating place. The effect of this re-
treat would be limited. The British would
gain a certain amount of ground. Their
position in Arras would be improved, be-
cause Arras is now in a narrow salient
end only one Of the several roads into the
city, that from st. Pol, is not within Ger
man view and thus under heavy fire.
But am anxious to make clear to my
readers that all these retirements have
row only local value because the Ger
mans have had time to complete vast
system Of trench lines and fortified vii
lagos far behind the line for which the
British fought so CALAMITY last summer
and fall. If the Germans should be forced
from the Arras- Bapaume Peronne line
which they now hold, they have perfectly
organized line running from Lens, through
Cambria and ST. Quentin, to the Disc at
La Fere.
We do not yet know what the German
strategy in the West is TO be this year.
We do know that the French and the Brit
ish will attack at some point or in several
sectors in their own time, but possibly
not for another two months, because OF
weather conditions. II the Germans ad-
here to their tactics of 1915, they will
only attempt to hold their Western front
and will again turn their attention to
Russia and the Balkans. In this case we
NAV see partial retirements such as that
7 have lust described, retirements which
became familiar to the world both in the
case of the French at Verdun and the
Germans at the Somme last year. Such
defensive tactics would aim at selling to
the Allies German positions at high cost
in casualties. while Germany was seeking
decision against Russia in the east or
Britain on the sea and by submarines.
Such tactics, however, are more danger
Gus than they were two years ago, because
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The shaded portion shows the territory
evacuated by the Germans in their
recent retreat

new engine of terrbleness, something
comparable TO the poison gas that opened
the campaign of 1915.
Above all, would have my readers
recognize what is fully appreciated in
London and Paris, and that is that Ger
many has the men and the munitions for
a new offensive, and that it is morally
certain that Germany will strike, either
in the East or West, that is, wherever
the promise of political consequences ia
7orabe to Germany and consequent upon
military progress is greatest And | am
bound to say that the weight Of opinion
favors the West, despite the legend that
Hindenburg is an fastener, that he be-
lieves that the war is to be won in Rus
sian fields.
A good deal of misapprehension exists
as to the relative cost of attack and de-
fence in trench war, but ! think it is a
growing conviction in Europe that there
is not much difference, given sufficient ar
tillery and munitions on the side of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

attacking force. The French losses at
Verdun, | am convinced, were not greatly
less than the Germans, perhaps 4OO,OOO
against 100000. The British losses on the
Somme were not a great deal under 600,-
600. while the British estimate the Ger
man losses at 10000 The French losses
in the same battle were well up toward
100000.
Again. there was a steady decline in
the British ratio Of losses as artillery was
used more effectively, and the French, in
their last offensive at Verdun, lost about
10000 men, all told, in taking 1000 Ger
man prisoners and disposng of not less
than an equal number Of Germans who
were killed or wounded and not captured.
A single British brigade at st. Pierre
Divion, toward the end Of the Somme bat
tie, took a German position at the cost OF
400 casualties, and buried 900 Germans
and took 800 prisoners.
The idea that the Germans are worn
out, unable to attack, lacking in men or
munitions is sheer nonsense, and is con-
coded to be such by their British and
French foes. The morale Of the Germans
before both the French and the British
/ since the Somme and Verdun successes
of these two allies has declined, but this
decline is due in the main TO the constant
superiority of British and French artil-
lery and to the steady if inconsiderabls
advances of the enemy. A real success,
a considerable gain, might transform
the spirits of the Germans, for the mo-
ment at least.
The German retirement along the Ancre,
then, is a minor consequence Of last years
British progress, but it has small impor-
lance now, save as it adds 10 the British
confidence We may see further retire
ment, with no greater real meaning. But
what is more likely is that we shall see
a German attack, either upon Russia,
Italy or the Western Allies, before there
is any permanent German depression in
cident to the retreat in the West II is
even possible that Salonica may supply
the place of Calais or Verdun. Both the
British and the French are sereney con.
fident of their ability TO check and repel a
new German offensive as they have re-
PEELED every effort since the Marine. but
neither the French nor the British mag
inc that the German has said his last
word in the West or that new German
attack will be a small affair. As for the
Allied offensive, shall talk about this In
q later article.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
A New German Drive?

This is the reason why there is firm
conviction among many Allied generals
that the Germans will make a new drive
somewhere along the Western front. Gen
eral Malleterre, an eminent French sol
der and military writer, assured me in
Paris that he expected drive against the
British. The logic of such an attack is
plain. last year the French were ready
for an offensive and the British were not.
Therefore the Germans attacked the
French and, although they failed in the
immediate objective they did Jam" the
Allied offensive in the West, and the French
were unable to strike with the force with
which they would have struck had they
not suffered the terrible losses incident
to the defence of Verdun. This year it is
the British who are prepared to do the
heavy work in the West, and blow
against them might disarrange the general
scheme of Allied strategy and prevent
decisive thrust this year.
have heard British observers forecast
new dlldCh ny Alt btAihohS oN PANS'
the worst point on the British line, and
the scene of two desperate German at
tacks. one in 1914 and the other in 1915,
both of which came within an ace of open
ing the road to Calais On the other hand,
there are Frenchmen who believe the Ger
man attack will come in Lorraine and
that the Kaiser will make one more effort
to enter Nancy, which just missed seeing
him in the last days of August, 1914. And
a slight advance before Nancy would en-
able the Germans TO destroy this beautiful
city, which is occasionally reached now by
their heavy artillery.
In any event it is important to recog-
nize that there is a general realization in
Allied quarters that the Germans are still
strong enough TO deal new blow if they
choose. There is a suspicion that this blow
will be accompanied by the use of some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

derous fire from third and fourth line
trenches. and were never able to dig IN.
II should be recalled that at Serre the Brit
| ish were still before the original German
front line. on which the Germans had
worked for two years.
On February s, the weather being good
and the Germans suffering from a grad
ualy increasing British cannonade, II
seems clear that the German commander
suspected that a British attack was COM
ing. and in the afternoon hours OF the day
began to draw his troops out of Grand
court. | was at the headquarters OF Cen
oral Cough. who commands this part OF
the British front, late in the afternoon
when the first report of the evacuation
came in.
The next day, February Z, !. visited Slr
Douglas Haig at his headquarters, and by
this time the evacuation OF Grandcourt
was complete and the commander IN chlei
showed me on his maps the extent OF the
withdrawal, remarking that a year ear
l;er such a retrogression on the part OF
the Germans, so considerable an advance
ar the mart of the British, would have
created much comment, but British adj
vance on the Sonnne had now become an
accepted fact.
The fall of Grandcourt narrowed the
Serre- Gommecourt salient materially ana
if enabled the British TO begin TO push up
the hill behind Serre. This insured the
Ultimate isolation of the Germans IN Serre
: if they hung on, just as the isolation OF the
Germans in Grandcourt had been lnnfi-
nent when they withdrew at this point
/ cuch was the situation when ielC Ihe
british front. and there was general
conviction that by February 10 there
would be interesting developments At
mint of fact, the British hoped that inc
/ Germans would hang on, and the retrea'
must have proven a great disappointileh'
what happened afterward seems clear
The weather turned bad, unfavorap'e io'
military operations, and after a ie" eayS
. ,baw began. the herald OF the spring
,,,h;cb turns all the roads and helds III IhiS
nor,ion Of France into hopeless swamps
Then the Germans brought up along tne
raiIroad some heavy naval guns, whose
Lille had fallen along the road south OF
AIhert in the days when was on inc
sonme front, giving evidence Of accurate
ahoo,ino from a distance Of not less than
ten miles These guns are prouS"' ~
along the railroad tracks on uo'NS ""'
can be moved at will.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

of the enormous expansion of French and
British artillery and munitions. Thus IN
the latter days of the Battle of the Somme
there was a manifest deterioration in Ger
man morale. and the British are certain
that only the unexpectedly early ar
rival of bad weather deprived them of a
considerable actual success on this front.
An army which is steadily pushed back, as
was the German last year, even though the
rate be exceedingly moderate, begins to
dsintegrate; the more rapidly, too, if it
is outgunned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The New German Trenches

The result has been that the Germans
have covered the whole of this portion OF
France with trench lines. Sir Douglas
Haig told me that these lines, plans Of
which the British had obtained through
aeroplane photographs, extended right
back TO the French frontier.
What is Of immediate interest now IS
whether we have seen the end of the Ger
man withdrawal. Conceivably this IS the
case. But, as a glance at the diagram
accompanying this article will show, the
recent retreat has materially narrowed the
whole great salient, pushed in between the
Somme and Arras, which is the western
most sector of the Germans in France.
Early in the war all writers attached too
much Importance to the tactical weakness
&C salients. In theory salient IS a bad
nosition to hold, because it is inside OF
n curve and the enemy can place his artil-
lorv all along the edge Of the circle and
shoot at you from three sides. But IN
fact many salents have been retained, and
the British salient at Ypres. much mar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Using these guns to cover their with
drawal, taking advantage of the mud and
wet which hampered the British, the Ger
mans very leisurely and without any con-
siderable difficulty drew out Of the salient
They evacuated Serre and Gommecourt
both Miraumont and Irles; in sum- they
got out Of an awkward corner and
Strengthened their line. What had been
long, narrow salient protruding into the
British lines was cut off at the base, as IS
indicated in the accompanying map.
Such retreat in the early days of the
Battle of the Somme would have been
considerable success, because in those days
the Germans had not yet realized that the
British artillery could batter down the de-
fences on which they had expended so
much labor and there were not yet second
and third line positions back from the
front: that is. there were first, second and
third lines-all German positions are thus
defended-but there were not other SINH
lar systems in the rear.
But the British attack, while proving
that the British guns could pound a way
through the German defences, failed to
omen a way in time 10 enable the British
70 get clear through into the open. Very
quickly it became evident that the Ger
mans were going to have time to construct
now lines while the British were batter
ING down the first positions.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-20

international News Service:
LONDON, July 20. ~ Talk is the
chief characteristic of Petrograd to-
day. says Or. Harold Williams. writ
ing in a London newspaper.
once stinf, taciturn and rather
morose it has suddenly become To-
quacious and noisy" ne declares.
The hum of argument never ceases
day or night Hundred-tongued ru-
NOR is the field of a battle royal.
Politics pursue one everywhere.
You cannot buy a hat or a packet
Of cigarettes or ride in a cab with
out being enticed into a political
discussion. The servants and house
porters demand advice as 20 which
party they should vote for in the
ward elections. Every wall in the
town is placarded with notices of
meetings, lectures, congresses, and
electoral appeals
Meetings are crowded. and who
does not speak al meetings now
There are ministers. workmen. re-
turned exiles soldiers. officers, stu
dents. escaped prisoners of war.
cripples. sailors, Englishmen,
Frenchmen. Serbs. Belgians. Ital-
ians. Americans There is fierce
argument between the parties, vio-
lent applause. violent kissing
Arguments Draw Crowd.
The battle OF the meetings flows
over into the unceasing buzz and
murmur and perpetual cut and
thrust Of the streets and the trans
and the workshops and the bar
racks
Two men argue al street cor
ner and are at once surrounded by
an excited crowd. Even at concerts
now the music is diluted with po-
utical speeches by well-known ora
tors
THE Nevsky Prospect has become
a kind OF Quarter Latin. Book
hawkers line the pavement and cry
sensational pamphlets about Ras-
putin and Mich 1las. and who is Len
i'm. and how much land Will the
peasants get Returned eXiles fit
through the crowd. recognizable by
the Rue Bertholet cut of their
clothes and their hair.
"Newsboys used 20 carry papers
in a bag. Now there are so many
papers and such a demand for them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-20
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
LIGHTS OUT AT HOTEL,
RESORT TO CANDLES

on. brother. II YOU want TO spread
joy. just pray for the lights to etc.
The joyous strains hoated out on
the still ozone Of the oliver hotel
last evening at dusk
All the light in the place had gone
out and IL was dark. How romantic
il All was! Nine full minutes of abb
solute romanza The days OF the
subterranean passages were imme-
diateIy revived. The clerks at the
desk dug up a few candles and the
newly arrived guests inscribed the
names on the register by the flicker
OF a shimmering taper Guests in
the grill room had horrible time
trying TO fine their food apertures.
Those at the bar had a chance 20
get -four fingers for a dime while
the ones at the writing tables on
the meZzanine had letters that look
ed like Chinese laundry slips.
After an industrious effort on the
part of some individual the lights
went on. The romance was over and
the "kibosh" was put on the cata-
comb days.
oh. the reason? The dynamo went
on a strike
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-20
Notre Dame News

Pres't Cavanaugh has just re
ceived word that Clarence ]. Der
rick, a graduate Of the civil engi-
neering department in 1914, has
been appointed second lieutenant in
Co. A of the engineer officers re-
serve corps, TT. Leavenworth, Kans
James J. Devers and Frank Pat
ten have returned to indianapolis
after a short visit with the former
brother. Rev. John Devers, G. s. c.
Rev. Leo Heiser, &. s. c., is as
sisting at st. Johns church, Jack
son, Mich, for a few Sundays this
month.
Rev. Francis Zerhusen, c. S. c.,
left yesterday morning for Union
City. Ind. where he will have
charge of the parish of Rev. John
NJ. Schmitz while the pastor is away
on a leave of absence.
Rev. Angus Mcdonald, c. s. G.,
has gone 10 his home in Detroit for
a short stay.