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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
AID ALLIES, URGES
DR.. VAN SCHA|CK
1t Means Help for "0ur Own
Boys" Says President of
Board of Education.
SENDS LETTER TO BODY

,, That all help which the United States
can now give the allies will mean just
that much help for "our own boys" is
stated in a letter which has been re-
ceived by the board of education of
Washington from Rev DR.. John Van
Schaick, jr, president of that body,
who Is now with the Red Cross in Bel
GUM.
DR.. Van Sohaick does not know when
he will be able to return to this coun-
try. pointing out that duty holds him
in his present capacity.
Has Travelled Constantly.
His letter. dated from the depart
ment OF Belgium, Sainte-Addresse lie
Havre. follows:
ITO my colleagues on the board of
education of the District of Columbia:
Il promised to write you early in the
fall about my plans for the year. and
state, if possible, the date of my re-
turn. l am glad to write you. but
am not yet able to say when I can
start back.
For three months / have been over
here and in that time have been travel
Ing constantly through northern France
and Belgium. Until lately I was as
sistant director Of the department Of
social and economic conditions. maxi
Ing studies and plans for the work OF
the American Red Cross. Three weeks
ago the work for Belgium was separat-
ed from that for France. Mr.. Bicknell
was made director and l was made as-
sistant director, and given special
charge of the field work. We have
at Sainte Addresse, near
LIE Havre, where the Belgian govern
ment is established. and we shall open
probably at La Panne, or
some other point In free Belgium.
within the next week or two. For
obvious reasons the field headquarters
have to be frequently moved. In fact.
there were several times last week
when we very much wanted to move
them suddenly. We were away for a
week and were bombed or shelled every
night sometimes two or three times
night, and several times also by day.
cannot say that l enjoy that part of
he business very much. and my peace
full and happy association with you all
pm the board Of education was not ade-
luate preparation for such experiences.
II we had thrown more bombs and
shells at one another perhaps I should
nave been better prepared for this
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

George W. Blake. seventy three
years old. of Sulphur. Okla. has been
accepted for service in the Army as
cnlef musician. He is a veteran of the
civil war ayr numerous Indian wars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
VICTORIOUS FRENCH
BY THEIR NEW BLOW
MENACE FOES LINE
Continued from First Page

struggle, the village of Chavignon. At
this point our advance reached depth
of three and half kiolmeters (about
two and a fifth miles)"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Making a Monster Gun.

1--WE often find orders on captured
or killed officers telling them to ba
careful of the ammunition, as it is
scarce and very costly"
Prisoners state that the Germans are
preparing a new big gun, of $40 or $50
caliber, but nothing has been seen OF
it yet The size of this gun may be
judged by the fact that the Big
Bertha" which hammered down Liege
was of 420 caliber, and that the most
reliable big gun used by the Germans
is $50. The shells fred from this lat
ter gun often carry a false nose" of
brass, almost as long as the shell itself
to hold the shell steady in flight
The most formidable weapon used by
the Germans nowadays is a $50 shell
dlled with shrapnel, each of which just
about chamber in twelve-bore gun.
They are deadly at radius of 500 or
900 yards. After certain bombardments
these shrapnel balls have literally
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

Liberty bonds pay Per cent interest
and are the safest investment In the
weglds Buy 010 ts1aR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24

- to address members OF washington
Lodge. B. p. o. z
Joshua Evans, IT,. addressed employees
~ the patent ONCE at noon today.
At Mount Rainier. Nd. tonight MT.
Kidder Is to address a liberty loan mass
meeting. beginning at o'clock.
At the request OF tho management,
Carter B. Keens IL to address employees
evening.
Bands for Citizens Meetings.
The liberty loan committee has as
Sisned bands to the various citizens
associations for their community cele-
STATIONS this afternoon and tonight.
These include the followins: ,.,,
Dickson Home. 7:1s to 7:45. Marine
ton. Emory M. E. Church, to $50
Marine Band; Takoma Park Associa-
Hall. s:4S to s:15. Marine Band !;
Georgetown Citizens Association.
Western High School. Tbs to 7:45 pm,
Engineer Band; Conduit Road Associa-
ton. st. David's Chapel, Engineer
James A. Cost. president of the Dis
trfct of Columbia Life Underwriters
Association, today announced that the
insurance men were actively campaign
ing in the interests of the liberty loan
He said that 1t was the hope of tho
association to be able to raise subscrip-
lions In excess of $250.0oo. the amount
# obtained for the first liberty loan.
Buying at Navy Yard.
Subscriptions to the liberty loan con-
Sinued to increase rapidly at the navy
yard today. The figures announced.
which include subscriptions up to 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon, amounted
to s272,15o.
Secretary Lane of the Interior De-
partment announced last night that
1ne example of patriotism and self-sac-
fihce had been set by the colored mes
sengers and charwomen employed in his
department. Less than a hundred of
these employees, he said. had subscribed
approximately $4,000 to the liberty
loan. The amount subscribed repre-
sents more than 10 per cent of the total
earnings of each of these workers.
The liberty bell booth in Lafayette
Square was = place of much activity to-
day. Mrs. Rose Gouveneur Hoes Is In
charge of the booth for the week.
The hostesses for today were Mrs.
Robert Chew, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin.
Mrs. Charles ]. Bell, Mrs. Roland Bar
ker Whitridge. Miss Mary Gwynn. Mrs.
Wesley Merritt, Mrs. William Heron.
Miss Heron. Miss White and Miss Per-
r1n. The speakers at the noon hour
we're Mrs. Archibald Hopkins. Mrs
charles s. Hamlin and Miss Jeanette
Richards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Allied Line Is Intact,
Except at One Point,
After Flanders Attack

By the Associated Press.
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM, October 24.-The new allied
line, established in Mondays limited at
tack astride the Ypres-Staden railway.
is intact, with the exception of the loss
in the southern fringe of Houtholst
wood Of one fortified farm, from which
the British were forced to fall back
Monday evening when the Germans de-
livered a heavy local counter attack
Mondays operation may now be re-
corded as success, and while only linn
tied detectives We're sought their at
tainment has greatly improved the al
lied position.
Germans Lose Heavily
1t was hard fighting at numerous
points and the Germans lost heavily,
especially in the region Of Poelcapeile.
Large numbers of enemy dead were re-
ported this morning lying in front of
the British advanced posts.
The fighting was especially severe
near the point Of juncture of the Brit
ish and French forces. The German de-
lenses on the outskirts of the wood
were strong. and the enemy fell back.
battling determinedly with machine
guns and rifles.
At one point north of the Ypres-Sta-
den railway. at the edge of the wood,
the British advanced posts were unable
to maintain the most forward positions
reached, because of the violent enfilad-
ing artillery fire. The main allied line.
however. is we'll north of the strong
line of German positions which skirted
the outlying copses OF the wood.
French Share Small.
The French share in Mondays fight
was small. but what they had to do they
did we'll and quickly, having reached
all their objectives in little more than
three hours of fighting. The front In
volved is approximately 1000 yards
south of the Houtholst forest. The old
French line north of Mangelaere had
taken bend at place known as Jean
Bart's house toward the southeast and
had run on down by the eastern side of
Neldhock to join the British line.
In these operations the French
swung a thousand yards of their eX-
IRENE right flank northward. advanc-
ing more on the right than the left.
, This Strengthened out the line and it
corresponded to the British advance.
Generally speaking the French did not
meet with hard resistance. There were
numerous trench positions and pill
| boxes in this section, over which they
moved forward. but the Germans were
holding the line thiniy here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
At vERDUN, IS TOPIC
French Officer Believes Foe Is
Discouraged From Further
Determined Assault.
SAYS MAN POWER is WANING
BY HERBERT COREY.

PARIS, September 29.-"I do not be-
lieve that the Germans will ever again
launch an offensive at Verdun on a
large scale
That statement was made to me at
Verdun this week by a French officer
who has been in the battle almost
from its beginning on February 81,
1915. Because he accompanied it with
figures which have never before been
published. to my knowledge, 1t seems
worth while to strike trial balance
of this great struggle.
There has been an enormous exag-
geration of the losses sustained by
both sides at Verdun. There cannot
be an exaggeration of the Importance
of the French victory. If the Ger
mans had succeeded in their initial
drive In 1915 the damage done to
French morale might have proven ir-
reparable. Nineteen months of almost
unremitting effort by the Germans
have passed and the French remain
masters of the field.
Show Substantial Gains.
They have not merely regained the
ground lost under the crushing ham
mer blows struck by the crown princes
army in the first few days of the at
tack in 1915. They have secured pos
session of the crests of the hills sur
rounding Verdun.
Only from these hills is accurate
observation possible. Without accu-
rate observation it may be assumed
the Germans will never again attempt
an attack in considerable force. 1t is
true that German airplanes still fly
over Verdun, and that the German
drachen still swing at their moorings
80 that they are visible from Verdun's
streets.
But it is also true that the French
have the mastery of the air there. In
the two days in which l watched the
latest phases of the fight the German
f1iers only succeeded in surveyisg the
field by stealth and daring dashes.
Mounting to the greatest height pos
sible. they swooped down like hawks.
Always they found the French f1iers
waiting for them. Not once out of a
dozen such episodes l witnessed did
the German stay to give battle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Big Shells Fail.

Whatever have been the conclusions
drawn as to the comparative useless
ness of forts against great guns. after
the experience at Liege, they are not
borne out by the experience at Yer
dun. A properly built fort-built of
pure concrete, not reinforced by steel
is still practically impregnable
$50 shell did penetrate to the
bowels of the fort of Douaumont-
through seventy-five feet Of earth and
concrete-but this again was by an
accident 1t merely happened that
this shell struck in cleft which had
been opened by two previous shells.
On the other hand. a fort which
withstood the worst of the hammer
ing remained partially intact Its
upper story was destroyed, if one can
call bombproof sunk deep in earth
and rock story, but the story he
low was not badly damaged. a third
and fourth story are now being con
structed underneath this fort.
The fort at Faux was taken by the
Germans aIter a ferocfous battering,
rison was deprived of water.
Nothing may he said of the Erencb
losses. naturally, but it is permitted
to say that Of the 1000 houses of the
injury by shells During the height
of the battle 500 shells of heavy ali
bers fell daily. Today the ayaras.
is about sixty Sometimes the nIanss
fly over by night and bomb the Gesd
city. There are no civilians there
now. and the soldiers are kept under
cover. The resulting damage is onI,
to the shattered walls
How is the German morale?" asked
Good" was the reply ..Thev seer,
to be wen fed and clothed. But their
artillery Is weakening" 1''
The aiming is as good as ever IL
appears. The guns seem to be stand
ing the strain. But the projectiles arc
faulty. There is an undue pronor,ian
of "duds. especially in the heavier
shells fail to explode. 'A'e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-24
Germans Might Have Won.

1t is the opinion Of the high officer
who gave me the figures that follow
that the Germans might have won
through in February. 1916. if they had
adapted their strategy to the situation.
But having laid out a program they
sought to put it through. cost what it
might. Instead of attacking along the
line of least resistance they tried to
bully down the strongest forts in the
French circle. The world knows the
result.
ut was typical example of the
worst fault of the German method"
said the speaker. II am the last man to
decry the quality of our foes. but their
system is rigid and unelastic. They
refuse to shift to meet changed condi-
tons"
1t must not be inferred that the bat
tie of Verdun is over. On the contrary,
there are today sos batteries of three
to four guns each back of the German
Most OF these batteries are of heavy
guns, for the Germans have been
pushed back so far that the lighter
calibers are of little practical value
Their chief value today is in the de-
struction of property owned by civilians
in Verdun.
In nineteen months of fighting but
one shell ever penetrated the citadel
that Vauban built. That found it's way
by the merest accident down a ven
tilating shaft. 1t exploded in a room
in which theye were twenty-five men.
and by another of the accidents that
seem incredible not one was badly hurt
1t is true that for days afterward
they were in condition of semi-con-
seriousness from the shock, but each
man recovered and resumed his place
in the battle lines
Now for some figures which will
astound those who have heard and be-
lleved stories of German loss by the
quarter million in single weeks fight
ing.
There have been in all 1000. 600 Ger
man soldiers employed before verdun
Al no time have more than 100000 men
been in the actual battle line.
The total German loss before Verdun
is estimated at 100000. OF these az :
900 were taken prisoner. When the
battle was at its height about 500 bat
terIes were mployd by the Germans
Al that time. however. the French had
on by sheer courage
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-08
G6eIONE y
SIAQRANGEp
APON1ANCT OF TIE BORDER,
6YZANE CRY
AUTHOR OF
"THE LIGHT OF WESTERN
STARS"
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE
SAGE, ETC.
COPYRIGHT. " HARPER AND BROTHERS
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER LIN wellston, Texas. II
becomes with Buckley Duane a case OF
night or run from Cal Balm. kills
MS man and becomes an outlaw.
CHAPTER HE meets Luke Stew
ems. an outlaw.
CHAPTER TI-Stevens goes into the
town OF Mercer to buy supplies and is
shot by a rancher. Duane buries him.
CHAPTER Iv-Duane goes to BANDS
outlaw stronghold in the Rim Rock and
AFTER shooting Bosomer. who quarrels
with him over Stevens death, decides
to stay there. Euchre takes a for
a partner and tells him about Bland.
the outlaw chief, and his M
CHAPTER v-Duane practices gun
throwing and hears more about Bland
and his gang.
CHAPTER vI-Euchre and Duane
call on Kate, BANDS wife. and Jennie,
a girl whom Benson kidnapped and sold
to Bland
CHAPTER vII-Euchre and Duane
conspire to take Jennie away. Duane
prevents a wanton murder.
CHAPTER vIII-Mrs. Bland makes
love to Duane and he uses her to fur
Their his plans. Bland returns from q
trip. He asks Duane to join the band.
He Is jealous of Duane and abuses Kate
and Jennie.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-08
Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

9 A report has come from Boise City, Idaho. of the discovery of dia-
o mond fields o n the south bank of the Snake river, near Walters ferry.
9 The stones have been pronounced genuine and many of them of the
. first water.
. The delinquent tax list of Humboldt county this year amounts tt
. s672O and contains thiryseven names. That of Elo county is the
p smallest ever known in the history of that county-out of 100000
> only nine delnquents, with a total of $14263.
9 A Quinn River rancher sends to Heart and Rand fol a wife II
. says: want a red-headed Irish woman; N who can grub sagebrush
: and raise chickens Come quick"
o @ @ o o 8 o @ o @ g Q @ g 9 90 g @ 9 @ 9 @ 9 @ @ @ @ @ Q @
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of skin, a hollowness of eye, a look
of strain.
Fever? How long have WI been
here?" he asked.
She took some pebbles from the
crown of his sombrero and counted
them.
mine. Nine days. she answered.
mine days !" he exclaimed, incredu-
lousy. But another look at her as
said.
GLANDS men didn't come along
here?''
"No."
slave you slept any?"
"a little. Lately 1 couldn't keep
awake"
Il should think not. You've had a
time of it sitting here day and night
nursing me, watching for the outlaws.
Come, tell me all about it."
"There's nothing much to TELL" she
replied, simply. 1--WE must have rid
den forty miles that day we got away.
You bled all the time. Toward
ing you lay on your horses neck.
When we came to this place you fell
out of the saddle. l dragged you in
here and stopped your bleeding. I
though you'd die that night. But in
the morning / had a little hope. L
had forgotten the horses. But luckily
they didn't stray far. / caught them
and kept them down in the gorge.
yVban M u,nundo oIocod opd xyo,, ha-
gan to breathe stronger l thought you'd
get well quick. 1t was fever that put
you back. You raved a lot, and that
worried me, because / couldn't stop
you. Anybody trailing us could have
heard you a good ways. / don't know
whether / was scared most then or
when you were quiet, and ii was SO
dark and lonely ant still all around.
Every day | put a stone in your hat"
Jennie, you saved my life," said
Duane.
81 don't know. Maybe. I did all I
knew how to do" she replied. you
saved mine-more than my life"
Their eyes met in a long gaze. and
Their their hands in a close clasp.
"Jennie, we're going to get away"
he said, with ~gladness. "Tl be well
in a few days. You don't know how
strong l am. Wen hide by day and
travel by night. | can get you across
the river"
"And then?" she asked.
"We1l find some honest rancher,"
sand then?" she persisted.
"Why." he began, slowly, that's as
far as my thoughts ever got. 1t was
pretty hard, / tell you, to assure my
self so much. 1t e your safety.
You'll tell your story. You'll be sent
to some village or town and taken care
of until a relative or friend is notified"
"And you?" she inquired In a strange
voice.
Duane kept silence.
"What viii you do?" she went on
"Jennie, I'll go back to the brakes.
! daren't show my face among re-
spectacle people. I'm an outlaw"
"You won't 90 back among these
terrible men? You, with your gentle
ness and sweetness-all that's good
about you? Oh, Duane, don't-don't
gol"
II can't go back to the outlaws. al
least not BANDS band. No. I'll &c
alone. I'll lone-wolf it, as they say
on the border. Never mind about me
Jennie"
ITO Be Continued)
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-08
Copyright by Harper and Brothers

his wounds. The fresh horses made
fast time up the rough trail. From
open places Duane looked down. When
they surmounted the steep ascent and
stood on top of the Rim Rock, with
no signs of pursuit down in the valley,
and with the wild broken fastness
before them, Duane turned to the girl
and assured her that they now had
every chance to escape.
"But-your-wound - she faltered,
with dark, troubled eyes. 81 see-the
blood-dripping from your back!"
"Jennie, I'll take a lot of killing"
he said.
Then he became silent and attended
to the uneven trail. He was aware
presently that he had not come into
BANDS camp by this route. But that
did not matter; any trail leading out
beyond the Rim Rock was safe enough.
What he wanted was to get far away
into some wild retreat where he could
hide till he recovered from his wound.
So he turned off on a trail that APP
peared seldom Travelled.
Soon after this move be became con
scious of a further t%hickening Of his
senses. He felt able to hold on to his
saddle for a while longer, but he was
failing. Then he thought he ought to
/ advise Jennie, so in case she was left
alone she would have some idea OF
what to do.
"Jennie. I'll give out soon," he said,
'No-I don't mean-what you think
But I'll drop soon. My strengths go
ing. If die-you ride back to the
main trail. Hide and rest by day
Ride at night. That trail goes tc
water. l believe you could get across
the Nueces, where some rancher will
take you in"
Duane could not get the meaning OF
her i%ncoherent reply. He rode on, anc
o o he could not see the trail or heal
his horse. He did not know whether
they travelled a mile or many times
that far. But he was conscious wher
the horse stopped, and had a vague
sense of falling and feeling Jennie;
arms before all became dark to him
w men GOiA>tlObNitNC AZ
found himself lying in a little hut o.
mesquite branches. 1t was well bull
and evidently some years old. DUANE
felt weak and had no desire to move
Where was he. anyway? A strange
intangible sense of time, distance, o
something far behind weighed upol
him. He thought he heard a step ant
listened, but he felt tired, and present
ly his eyes closed and he fell into
doze.
Awakening from this, he saw Jennie
sitting beside him In some way sh'
seemed to have changed. When he
spoke she gave a start and turned
eagerly to him.
Duane - she cried.
"Hello. How re you, Jennie, ant
how am IT, he said, finding it a httl'
difficult to talk.
"Oh, I'm all right" she replied
Sand you've come to-your wound
healed but you've been sick. Fever
l guess. l did all l could"
Duane saw now that the differenc
in her was a whiteness and tightnes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-06

George Beban. the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
star who will be seen at the Spencer
toaav and tomorrow in "A Roadside
Impressarlo." spent great deal of
time prior to starting work on this
production I'm getting acquainted with
Bruno. the bear which appears with
him Donald Crisp, MT Beban's dlrec-
tor. was also busy brushing mp both
his Italian dialect and bear lingo,
However, Mr. Bebau seemed to be the
only one successful in the latter aC-
mplishment which WAS especially
noted when he would suddenly fly out
OF the bears cage and hunt a tree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-06

Practically the entire First regi-
ment Of the Illinois National Guard
participated tn the big battle scenes
in Bryant Washburn's latest Essanay
feature, "The Man Who Was Afraid :"
TO be seen at the Majestic tonight.
President spoor Of Essauay donated
the use Of the film for one day 10 the
soldiers and they displayed il at a Chi
eago theatre In their recruiting COM
paian The picture portrays the
wretehedness of a Stacker" and is in
tensely patriotic iu its appeal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-06

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-06
PAGE CLOSES
At neon each day. Call RI. r. 145
Is or 1#T. CLASSIFIED Department. for
ddttianak lufornaa lioa.
I'm the Movies.
- 4 -,

Spencer Square George Beban in
"a Roadside Impressario =, Keystone
comedy, "a Royal Rogue
Majestic Bryant Wasbburn IN The
Man Who Was Afraid; also Hoyt 3
\ Brass Monkey
Black Hawk Norma Talmadge FL
eT1e Devils Needle, also a comedy
Eest-Ben Wilson in The Voice on
the Wire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-06

July S. 1917
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