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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07
REVEALS SPY SYSTEM
Berlin Newspaper Describes
vastness Of Hun Efforts.
TsIls VI Army Abroad Lining n
Luxury and Escaping MllI.
tarx Service,

London The extraordinary num-
ber Of German agents and spies who
are st,ll working for the fatherland
III England. France, Spain. the Scan
iinavian countries and America forms
the subject Of an Illuminating article
III the Berlin Tagablatt-
Herr Teodor Wolff has apparently
no intention Of giving away any In
formation to the enemy In the matter.
he Is merely concerned with the sean.
dal Of granting exemption from the
new German taxation proposals 70
this army Of shirkers who. sunder the
pretense of working for Germany, are
living d life Of luxury abroad and es-
Gaping military service"
The TAget tlatt's unccnacious revela'
lions afe as follows:
.sThe people who know what is 60
ing on ne amazed to learn how enor-
nous u the number Of people who are
working In Germany's interest In for
eign Countries. It win be extraor-
tlnarily interesting to hear something
one dsy about their duties and their
achievements.
sWhen the war broke out we were
told Id Germany that we had not done
enough ito make sure Of the moral
conquest Of the world that our re
sources In the matter OF secret agents
| were too small and our methods tot
oid-fashioned. Instantly there arose
a number Of persons quick to under
stand the magnitude Of the opportu
nifty that was presented, and all thes'
offered to help the fatherland in thii
dire necessity.
sDvsryone who pretended that N
had some relationship with foreigner
! WIS sent away with plenty Of money
| Adventurous plans (of which nothinl
| more, was ever heard) were greedll'
i accepted, and we threw. ourselves 10
to III great propaganda work whicl
was considered Intelligent and mod
l.eru.'
sAli this was supposed 10 WIN oys
the world and turn the hearts OF fos
eign peoples toward us. In reality ]
spoiled the little that remained :
spoil. In the remotest corners Of (th
world, and still more extensively I
nelghboring countries, this work .
information was started.
i san 1t has shown is that German
still has a large reserve Of stron
men Of military age"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07
ADOPT war ORPHANS
American Soldiers Plan TO Help
Destitute Frenoh.
Interesting sIdeIIuht On the Fine aplrIt
Of Our Arny IN
Franee,

Washington, - Soldiers are to
adopt French war orphans and ehil-
dren Of families made destitute By the
war, through d plan proposed by the
Stars and Stripes, the soldiers news
paper over there and approved BY the
American Red Cross,
While full details Of the plan are
not available, II Is Interesting as q
sidelight on the fine spirit Of our army
and undoubtedly will have a'mest pro-
found effect upon French public opin-
lon, The men win find the money they
put into this service the sweetest sac
rifice OF their military careers, for
they are now where they can see the
full measure Of suffering France has
borne.
Generations hence some French man
or woman eminent in art, literature,
commerce. religion, politics Or other
lines will publicly testify that he or
she was sustained back In 1918 as q
child by the generous action Of some
American soldier.
Thus the United States is welding.
indissoluble links Of friendship, not,
only In France. but. In Italy. Great
Britain, Russia, Serbia. Greece. Rou-
mania and all other allied co,lptrisss
II our soldiers and sailors already
pledged to give their lives for their
country IRE whiting aiso 10 share their
small pay with the needy civilians of
; France, Belgium and Italy, the people
safe at home will amply support the
next Red Cross fund campaign for
| $1o0OOo000 In May.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07
Five Huns, Three Bombs;
Lets Victims Choose

Washington. --"How many Of
you are there down therei"
cried an American soldier who
surprised q group Of Germans IN
q dugout In Ma Mans Land.
'Tive.v came back the reply,
IN perfect English.
"Well. I've only got three
bombs: you1l have to divide 'em
up yourselves.' retorted the
American, as he flung them Into
the dugout, with not unusual re-
suits. sSs
This true story Of wit in the
trenches was told by 4 Signal
corps lieutenant. returning after
several months over there.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07

az noonngnt nights. wihiM gne filrum
II their motors Is quite strong, y a
impossible 10 Zee the planes Al their
height of 4 mile Or rnors On the dark-
II nights they may sometimes Pc
forced to show lights ID order to ~.
tsin their flying formation, and then. 4
YOU are fortunate. you may glimpsa
these tIny points D. Hight moving across
the sky.
sThe majority Of the people display
no fright during the raid3r
The, writer Of the letter was Tor
some time attached to the stan Of Vice
Admiral Sims and spent four months
In London,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07

sThls amount includes fine Of 15,-
600 pesetas imposed on the AlsatIan
children who insist on speaking the
French Language and refuse to study
the beautiful German language. These
statistics are q most useful warning to
the neutral countries,
@If there are any still thinking Of
siding with the allies let them take
warning from the fate Of others"
aoast Alse Of Cruelty.
II Il claimed also In this document
shat more than 5000 British have
BEEN made prisoners, and IN this CON
neetion the following statement =
made:
sAlfhough 10 these figures the Eng
],sh oppose 124.606 German prisoners
taken 81 them on the western front, 4
raust ha remembered the English treat
thelp prisoners with notable kindness
fhlandurs notoria). whila the regime
Imposed o. the English pFisonefs BY
the Germans 70 one Of extreme rigof.
- that the Germans. with 2 small
eumher qf prisoners. have secured z
much sqperlor moral eject
ssBesidea % TIE 2,264 oflcern and
61.a2t soldiera, must Be ADDED ne ser.
ersi thousand Ensllsh prisoners thai
have died ii consequence q1 alseA@e
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07

IN Poland also q large number of
churches have been destroyed for MIL
ftary reasons. The figures concerning
these have not yet been published.
sAs i result Of the stupid stubborn-
ness Of the Belgian people Ia continii
ming the struggle after their bloody
and anal defeat on the battlefield, the
German ofiicers were forced, against
their viii, to impose puuishments Or
many rich individuals and wealthy cit
Nee. This has contributed the follow
ing amounts to the German treasury:
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07
GERMANS BOAST
Of OWN CRUELTY
Teh Neutral Nations How cbprclt
and House Are D.
stroyed,
IS MEANT Is 4 NARINAR
clrepIar Rselsss Amcvnt y 6ssty
sslxed II France And Belgium
and MistsatIneNt " EaplIsh
Pnsensrs " War

4 WashiagtOu.s ~ Tentonic frightfuls
ness as practlced Ia France and Bel
gium has been made the subject Of :
German warning to neutral nations Of
the fate which they may expect 4
they take np arms against the central
powers.
IF there are any stili thinking Of
siding With the allies let them take
warning from the fate Of others" says
the warning. II Is IN the form Of q
circular. which recltes the amount Of
booty selsed In France and Belgium.
the number OF churches damaged and
destroyed, the money wrung from the
stricken inhabitants and finally the
deliberate mlstreatmcnt Of English
prisoners of war.
German propagandists have Hooded
Spain with this document printed 10
Spanish, and copies have come into
the possession Of the state depart
ment. Having established it, German
origin the department made public
this trapslatIon:
ssBesides an untold amount Of wal
material captured on the battlefield
the Germans have taken possession q
incalculable booty n France and BeI'
gtum. including:
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1918-06-07

.1aT INtB6 AtNre N40H - 1fH1' 1H
crease over those Of the campaign
against France in 1901.
rpunIsh Catholic Churches"
Sin Belgium, besides many art
treasures. they have condscated ole
paintings valued at 100000 pesetas.
sDue to the treachery Of Cardinal
Mercler and other priests. who did
their utmost to stir the priests
against the good.hearted German sol
xliers. they were forced to teach q se-
we're lesson to the Belgian and French
Catholics. M
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
IMPRESS FEARS
GERMAN REVOLT

NEW YORK. Aug. 3o.-A woman
belonging to the Dutch aristocracy,
received a letter from a friend be-
longing to the German court, refer
ring to the Illness of the German EN-
press. says a copyright Paris dispatch
to the New York Sun.
The friend wrote that for more
than a year the Empress had been
subject to severe headaches, accom-
panied by fainting spells and hallu-
cinations. She was greatly affected by
the arrest of the Gar and Czarina Of
Russia, and became possessed Of the
fear that revolutionary ideas would
spread to Germany.
II was her custom to shut herself
in her room for hours at a time, read
ing newspaper articles about the diff
ficultieS of Russia and the food tIOu-
bles of her own country. The Kaiser,
constantly on the move. could not or
did not spend much time comforting
her.
The Cars murder and the fate o.
the Czarina, who was a German Priu-
cess, upset her terribly. Later came
the German reverses on the west
front and so serious did her malady
take to her bed. Some of the doctors
in attendance think she will recover
with rest, but the writer of the letter
expressed the opinion she would never
recover.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
HINDENBURG Line
May BE- GIVEN UP

LONDON, Aug. 3o.-The question to-
day is not whether the Germans will
retreat to the Hindenburg line, but
whether they will stop there.
In the Arras region the British are
now two or three miles past the
Hindenburg line on a front of about
twelve miles. They are already be-
ginning movement designed to
crumple up the end of the line and
fold back the enemy's northern wing.
Fall of Noyon and Bapume in a
single day illustrates the momentum
of the allied steam roller at q time
when 1t might be expected to be
slowing up.
Peronne is practically lost and the
Germans seem to have definitely
abandoned all pretenses of holding
the south Somme and the west
Somme. There is only one point of
resistance on this side of the river
now-the angle where the river
turns southwark near Peronne.
Capture of Juvigny by the French
and Americans is extremely import
ant, as this town is located on the
heights north Of the Aisne, which
form the gateway to the Chemin-des-
Danes, behind the Germans on the
Vesle.
In the capture OF Morlincourt Gen
eral Mangin turned the Nesle-Noyon
canal line, where General Won Luden-
dorff undoubtedly intended to make
q stand.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
D. c. BOY ON "2O9"
MOURNED AS DEAD

Gordon James Groves, son Of Jo-
hanna ~Hynson, OF 421 Queen street.
Alexandria, Va, reported by the Navy
Department as among the missing In
the crew of Of the submarine chaser
200, sunk on August % by the steam
er Felix Taussig. has been given up
by his relatives as dead.
Groves came to Washington at the
age of eleven. living at 500 Ninth
street northeast. For n time he
worked as a multigrapher in the
Treasury Department He enlisted
In the d. C. national guard. serving
with the guardsmen for three years.
Later he made his home in Philadel-
phia, and at the time war was de-
clared was working with the ReminS-
ton Arms Company. He resigned his
position in this firm in order to en-
list in the naval reserve. He was
assigned to submarine chaser 209 In
November. and has been serving on
that vessel up to the present time.
On August ~, at 2:30 a. m. while
the 200 was out on patrol duty, IL
was sighted by the crew of the armed
merchant vessel, Felix Taussig mis-
taken for a submarine, and fred
upon. two shots taking effect. Fire
broke out on the 200. and she sunk
in three minutes, the Tausig going to
the rescue Of the crew.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
BRITISH BOMBARD
PERONNE HEAVILY

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Aug. 3o.-The British today
had Peronne under the same direct
and fianking threat which resulted in
the fall of Bapaume.
Bapaume is a picture of desolation-
almost as complete as that OF Albert
At noon the Australians faced Pc
rome across the Somme from the
south and had reached almost within
striking distance on the north side OF
the river.
The British hold the entire western
bank of the river in conjunction with
the French, while at one point south
OF La ChapeIlette (across the river
south Of Peronne), they have succeed
ed in crossing the canal. which here Is
practically the same as the river.
All bridges have been smashed ex-
cent at Clery, toward which the Aus
traIians advanced on both sides OF
the river.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
RHINELAND IN TERROR

LONDON, Aug. 3o.-The whole
Rhine valley is in a state of panic
owing to the boidness and destructive
ness of recent allied air raids. A cor
respondent in Amsterdam reports that
forty persons were killed in the last
attack on Cologne, and that several
streets in Mannheim have been de-
stroyed. Munich is thoroughly fright
ened and all museum treasures have
been removed to the interior.
Cologne, according to reports, Is
practically closed. Persons provided
with a pass for Holland were sent
back from the frontier because they
came from Cologne. A neutral with
influential local connections managed
to get into the city, but was forced to
travel from the station to his hotel
in a carriage with closed blinds. He
peeped through the blinds, he said,
and saw machine guns posted in the
streets at frequent intervals.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
100000 GERMANS
RUSHED TO FRONT

PARIS. Aug. 80 10 a. m-)-French
and American troops, attacking north
of scissors, are approaching the
westward escapements of the Sois-
sons tabIeland. Ten fresh German
divisions 100000 men) have been
rushed up to oppose this advance,
which seriously threatens the whole
western portion Of the enemys
Aisne-Vesle line
Beyond Noyon the French are
pushing toward Guiscard and
Chauny. The Germans are Offering
convuIsive resistance on the heights
southwest and northeast of Noyon,
and along the Crozat canal
In the Ailette region the French
have reached the borders of Coucy
forest, which merges into st. Gobain
forest, generally regarded as one OF
the greatest defensive positions on
the west front
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
ENEMY WRITERS
BEMOAN RETREAT

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 3O.-"We have
everything to lose by big enemy ad-
vance, while II we advance our
enemies loss will be comparatively
little, because they always have the
pen sea behind them. dominated by
.he allies" declares Captain Salz-
mann, military writer OF the Vossische
Zeitung.
I'VE cannot give in. We must con-
tinue to fight. II we had Foch's In
exhaustible human material we long
ago not only would have been in
Paris, but would have spread over the
entire world.
Let us have no Illusions" declares
the Frankfurter Zeitung. ''Our re-
treat is a painful failure, but the way
1t has taken place gives us the right
to keep our heads. Foch will never
throw our armies across the Rhine.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
7 Washington men
HELDAF TER fight

As q result Of = fight at Marlboro
Nd, last night, seven men. residents
OF Washington. are held In the viz
lage Jail for preliminary hearing a
day.
names and addresses as Euren
Frazier Brinkley. twenty. and JohI
Thomas Robey, twenty-one, SIS Sew
enth street southeast; Harry Fledceu
man, twenty-five. and William Joseu
Mrazek. twenty-four, 2O2 -Four
street southeast; Manley Hasford Roj
twenty-one, and Henry Adams
twenty -four, $40 Ninth street south
east. and John Thomas Robey
twenty-one. SIS Seventh street south
east
Three Are Injured.
Those injured were Hamilton HAN
ST., fifty-hve. q storekeeper Of MARI
boro; Hamilton Hall. jr.. twenty, hll
son, and william Gibson, nineteen year,
old. also Of Marlboro.
The fight was due, II 10 saId, to m
feeling resulting from a misunderstand-
ing between several Washington and
Marlboro men.
The Washington men Fisited a dancj
in the village last night IN q tourins
car renteo rom samuel Co1es coioreo'
proprietor OF a pool room at Third and
Virginia avenue southwest
Fight In Street.
The fight started about 10 O'Clock ~
front Of the town hall, where the danes
was held.
Gibbons was knocked down irst
when struck with a blackjack His
assailants then attacked young Hall
The latter ran across the road to hi
fathers store. Behind the counte
Of the store he was beaten unconS
scious. and his father was struck
down when he intervened.
The seven men were captured at
Thirteenth street and Maryland av.
enue northeast about an hour later
by motorcycle policemen after an ex-
citing chase Sheriff W. W. Beall. OF
Marlboro, had telephoned to Wash
ington police to take th7 men into
custody.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
AIR MAIL TO CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Aug. 30.-Aerial mail
service between New York and Chi.
cago will begin September 5, it was
announced today. The first flight
from New York will start from Bel
mont Park in the morning and end
at Grant Park here the same after
noon Stops will be made at Cleve-
land and Bryan, Ohio. Two ma
chimes. one equipped with a Liberty
motor, will be used. The course to
be followed cuts on $50 miles from
the rail route.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
BONE DRY ACT
TO Be PASSED
QUICKLY BY
LOWER HOUSE

For the first time in years, Con-
gress has real hope of getting the
prohibition question OF its shoulders
for an indefinite period.
Early House action to make the ma
ton "bone dry" July 1, 1919, was pre-
dicted today, following the passage
Of the dry amendment without a roll
Call in the Senate.
The amendment as adopted in the
Senate is satisfactory to no one, and
was put through as a compromise.
Drys don't like it because they say
the country ought to go dry JetUre
next July 1. The vets don't like
it because they object to prohibition
legislation at ali and because they
hold the date too early.
Early Action Likely.
While the Senate has not yet passed
the food production bill, to whichNthe
dry measure is an amendment, it Is
expected that all efforts to block this
bill will fail and that it will soon pass.
House leaders said today there WAS
every indication the House would
quickly dispose of prohibition once
the Senate had sent the food produc-
tion bill to the H0use.
The prohibition amendment con-
tBins these features:
Prohibition Of manufacture Of beer
and wine after May l, 1919, and pro-
hibition OF their sale except for eX-
port after June 80, 1919.
Prohibition OF sale for beverage
purposes after June 80, 1919, of dis
tilled spirits and no such distilled
spirits to be withdrawn from bond for
beverage purposes except for export.
Imports Under Ban.
The measure is to apply until the
end OF the war and "the termination
of rehabilitation" the date of which
is to be determined by the President.
Importation OF intoxicating liquors
is prohibited for the same period.
The President is given authority to
establish dry zones at any time after
the passage OF the act about muni-
tions factories. coal mines. shipbufld-
ing plants, and other plants for war
material as may seem to him neces-
sary.
Dry leaders are pleased over the
fact the measure is to last through
the period of rehabilitation. They
think the prohibition amendment will
by that time have been adopted by
the States.
Little Interest shown.
All efforts to change the compro-
mise amendment were voted down.
and there were no record votes. Sur
prisingly little interest developed in
the Senate debate, chiefly because the
program was cut and dried
Senators Wadsworth and Phelan
made strong but ineffective protests
against putting wine on the same
plane as distilled spirits.
An amusing colloquy occurred be-
tween Senators Sheppard, in charge
of the dry amendment, and Senator
Penrose, who asked whether IL would
be possible to obtain a bottle of wine
with "a physicians prescription. Sem
ator Sheppard thought 1t possible.
''Then 1 see a ray of hope" said
Senator Penrose. Il know a couple
Of physicians who are pretty good
sports"
Anti-Saloon League officials said
the dry amendment TO the Constitution
would be ratified by three-fourths of
the States by March. 1919. and would
be in effect in March. 1920.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
ALLIES SEEING
ST. QUENTIN ROADS

PARIS, Aug. 80 a p. m.)-The
principal roads to st. Quentin are
rapidly falling into the control OF the
allies.
Northeast OF Nesle the French are
outfianking the north canal. section
of the German Somme line.
North of Noyon French troops are
progressing along the road to Ham,
via Guiscard and have reached Hap
plincourt. They are threatening to
envelop Autrecourt wood and the
table land northeast of Noyon.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
FLYERS KILLED IN FALL

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, Aug. 30
Cadet Ellis B. Babcock, son OF Briga-
der General Babcock. u. S. A. now in
France. and Lieut. F. r. McGiffin, in
structor OF aerial acrobatics at Call
Field. were killed today when their
plane fell 1000 feet while executing a
loop.
Lieutenant McGiffin's home was in
Canada He was married in May. His
wife was at the field when the accident
occurred.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
9 HOURS III VOLCANO

NAPLES, Aug. 30.-In order to ex-
anime and discover the nature of q
new explosive hydrogen-like gas emit
ted from Vesuvius, A F. Perritt. an
American scientist. and Alexander
Malladra, at the risk Of their lives,
examined the various gases Of the
great volcano now in the worst erup-
ton since November. The American
and the Italian spent nine hours near
the bottom OF the mine crater OF the
volcano. They have just returned.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
U. S. GUNS SMASH
BOCHES in WOODS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Aug. 3O.-(1p a. MI
American artillery is pouring neavy
fire into the woods east of the Guv-
igny-Chavigny line, smashing boche
machine gun nests in thickets ard the
entrance to caves. A heavy destruc-
tive fire has been turned on Juvigny.
Two new German divisions have
been identified opposite the Ameri-
cans.
The American positions are still
located along the railway with their
patrols penetrating beyond.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
new ship RECORD

LONDON, Aug. 30.-Another worlds
record has been made at Belfast
shipbuIlding yard by the completion
OF a standing ship in hye working
days after her launching.
The ship took the ways on August
%, and the work Of putting in the
machinery was started the same day.
Steam was gotten up on the 26th,
trials were completed Wednesday.
and yesterday she was handed over
to the owners.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
DAUBA RECAPTURED

DAUBIA. TRANs-BAIKALIA, Aug.
2s.-General Semenoff has recAptured
Daubia-. His vanguards are now
eighty miles from the Onon river.
which the Bolshevik forces are forth
flying.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
GREEK ARCHBISHOP
WILL RESIDE HERE

An archbishopric comprising all Of
North and South America is being or
gsnized by the Greek orthodox
church Archbishop Meletois, of
Athens, who heads a mission now in
America" announced today.
An archbishop Of America, with
headquarters in Washington, will be
choseh soon. The new Greek arch
bishop will have no diplomatic status,
since the Greek church does not claim
temporal power. Archbishop Meletois
was to confer with Secretary Lansing
today and outline details of the Greek
church's plans among the 400, 900
Greeks in the United States.
The Washington times., 1918-08-30
K. C. BIS TOWN GOSSIP

MoHEGAN LAKE, N. T. Aus. 20.
I'M WRITING this.
OUT In the woods.
IN A lonely spot
WHERE THE only cheer.
THAT 1T ever knows
COMES FROM the light
OF THE hreflies.
IN THE after hours.
OF AN August day.
AND THE only breath.
THAT 1T ever breathes-
Is THE stagnant breath.
OF THE things that hide.
FROM OUT of the rays
OF THE summer sun
AND ANYWAY.
IT'S A rotten place.
AND 1 came here
BECAUSE UP at the house.
THERE Is q tin bucket
AND A rope.
AND A deep we'll
AND BETWEEN meals
WE TAKE the butter.
AND THE bottles of milk.
AND EVERYTHING else.
THAT GROWS discouraged.
IN WARM weather.
AND WE put them away.
IN THE tin bucket.
AND LIFT 1T gently.
INTO THE well.
AND LO"Eh IL down.
WHICH IS silly language.
BECAUSE IN no way.
COULD WE lower it up.
AND WE leave it there.
TILL THE next meal.
AND THIS morning.
IT WAS my turn.
To PULL up the bucket.
WITH TWO quarts Of milk.
AND TWO pounds of butter.
AND ONE dozen tomatoes.