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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
100000 LOSS IN
US. ARMY SUPPLIES
TWO WAREHOUSES; AT THE ct.
LOUIS ARSENAL ARE
BURNED.
ALIEN ENEMY UNDER ARREST
Other Warehouses In Path Of Flar,os
Having Over Sc, ooo, 900 Worth Of
Army Supplies Were
Threatened.

ST. Louis.-Two warehouses at the
United States arsenal here were de-
stroyed by fire with a loss OF army
equipment stored there estimated by
the police at more than 100000. Nu-
merous other warehouses were In the
path of the fire. Every available fire
fighting facility In the city was called
out to combat the flames, which
threatened more than 100000 worth
OF army supplies within the large de-
pot.
A report was current that the origin
of the fire was incendiary and sub
stance was given to this belief by the
taking into custody by the police OF
ali Austrian, an enemy alien, who was
captured within the stockade shortly
after an explosion was heard, which
is believed to have started the fire.
Another explosion is said to have par
TALLY wrecked one of the warehouses.
Details of the fires extent or cause
are meager, as military authorities i'm
mediately took charge, and throwing
a heavy guard of soldiers around the
Enclosure, refused to admit others than
the fire fighting units.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT BOOST
ON RAILROAD sHiPMENT8
EFFECTIVE JUNE Is.
TICKETS WILL COST MORE
Upward Revision Made To Care Fos
the Higher Cost Of Supplies and
Raise In Wages For the
Employees.

Washington meet wage in.
creases affecting nearly 100000
men, just announced. and higher
costs OF coal and other supplies this
year, Dxector-General McAdoo o.
dered railroad freight rates in the
United States raised % per cent and
passenger fares increased to 3 cents
a mile from the present basis o.
about 21z cents.
1t is estimated that the program
will bring between ss00,000,000 and
S900,000,000 more revenues to tho
railroads within the next year. 1t rep
resents by far the biggest rate in
crease in the history of railroads.
The new freight charges which
cover both class and commodity rates
become effective June % and the pas
senger increase is effective June 10.
Issued under authority granted by
the railroad act to President Wilson
acting through the director-general.
the order wipes out all interstate low
er rates effective on either freight or
passenger traffic.
Travellers in standard sleeping and
parlor cars are required to pay 31z
cents a mile in addition to Pullman
fares and in tourist sleeping cars 81
cents. Pullman rates remain the
same.
rates on railroads are increased 10
per cent. Fares on electric interur-
ban lines are not affected.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
ENEMY ADVANCE IS HALTED
French Statement Says Enemy Pro.
oress 10 Prevented in Western
Outskirts Of Scissors.

Paris.-'We have prevented enemy
progress in the western outskirts OF
Soissons," says the official report from
French headquarters.
ITO the south we solidly hold the
left bank Of the Girls river. The Ger
mans are multiplying their efforts in
the direction of ville-en-Tardenois and
Vexilly.
1.-THE battle continued with undimin-
ished violence along the whole extent
of the front
ION our right and to the northwest
OF Rheims we are holding our posi-.
tons.
1.-THE enemy air forces, which have
been very aggressive and numerous
during the battle have been attacked
with the greatest daring by French
airmen, who destroyed 10 German ma
chimes, brought down two balloons and
compelled q enemy airplanes to land
In . damaged condition"
French aviators dropped % tons
Of explosives on bridges and crossings
on the Ailette and Aisne and on va
rious environments. Thirty-seven tonf
Of bombs were dropped on conveys.
troops and railway stations"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
BUDO|ES SMASH
COUNTER BLOWS
HUNS LAUNCH A HEAVY GAS At.
TACK IN THE LUNEvilLE
SECTOR.
REFUSED WITH BIG LOSS

With the British Army in France
The enemy counter-attacks against the
American troops. who had stormed
their way into Cantigny, have been re-
pulsed, and at latest reports the over
seas men were holding their positions
Three counter-attacks made by the
Germans to retake the terrain which
they had lost in Picardy, completely
broke down, in the face OF American
artillery fire and the heroism OF our
infantrymen. All the ground won by
the Americans remains in their pos
session.
The enemy launched another heavy
gas attack against our troops In the
Luneville sector, and attempted TO
reach our line at three places. They
were repulsed with comparatively
heavy losses
The first attack. made two kilome-
tere southwest of Premenil, broke
down under the hot machine gun Lire
from the American trenches, the Ger
mans retreating. Both the Americans
and Germans fought in gas masks.
Soon afterward the enemy put down
q heavy Darrage kIlouceoA " sS
west, and IA Germans managed 10
penetrate a trench In which the Amer
leans were subjected to gas attack
and who were fighting mad.
The Americans emerged from their
dugouts, and hand-to-hand fighting.
which was bloody for the Germans. en-
sued, the Americans going for the en-
envy with knives and bayonets.
The Germans had been ordered to
take prisoners at any cost. but they
failed to get any.
The American losses were insignifi-
cant. The enemy lost all the IA men
who penetrated the American position
nine having been killed. one having
died O: wounds and four having been
made prisoner.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
Foolish Waste Of Paper.

The efforts Of the crcumlocution Of
flee in the days of Dickens could hard
ly hope 10 compete with the actual do
ings OF the war office I'm London In
the days Of Armageddon, says the
Christian Science Monitor.
The Globe newspaper which is feel
ing the shortage OF paper ncutely at
the present moment. explains that the
war Office has just issued u notice,
printed on one side OF n sheet or 40
inches square, which contains the stu
pendous announcement that Until fur
Their orders the service dress Jacket
for officers will be made without the
sewn-on waist band"
What the Globe very naturally asks
after printing this, Is whether II has
yet trickled through the war office that
the country is az war with Germany
and that there IS a paper controller
making severe demands upon the
press2
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

pound my husband wanted me 90 try IL
/ took IL for week and felt little bet
ter. kept It up for three months, and
] feel fine and can eat anything now
without distress or nervousness. Mrs
J. WoRrHLINE, 2s42 North Taylor ST.
Philadelphia Pa
The majority Of mothers nowadays
overdo, there are so many demandB
upon their time and strength; the result
Is invariably a weakened. rundown,
nervous condition with headaches, back
ache, irritability and depression - and
soon more serious ailments develop.
1t is Mt such periods in life that Lydia y.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will
restore a normal healthy condition, as
II did to Mrs. Worthline.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
DRIVE WEDGE INTO ALLIES
Win important Ground in the Chemin'
des-Dames Region-Givin0
Allies Setback.

London.-The reports from the bat
tlefields of France, both official and
unofficial. show that the allies have
again suffered . setback. whereby
they have lost all ground In the Che
min-des-Dames region so calamity won
by the French in the great struggle
from April to October, 1917.
The enemy has driven wedge into
the allied line on q front of some 25
miles, and at last reports the tremen-
dous battle was still continuing about
fishes. which is the center OF impor
tant allied communications French
reserves. however, were arriving &c
contest further enemy advances.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
MAKING GIANT STRIDES.
Westminster Gazette AppIauds Prog
ress Of American Shipbuilding


ress Of American Shipbuilding
London.--In the progress of the
American shipbuilding programme the
Westminster Gazette sees much hope
for the future.
with 100000 tons of shipping
launched in single week in the Unit
ed States" it says, land with 63,4S0
tons previously launched. finished and
brought into service during the same
period, America is going forward with
giant strides.
"She promises to do even better
than this as more shipyards get into
full operation. II that anticipation IS
realized, the American output, added
to that of the other allies, should this
year exceed by far any destruction
wrought by submarines from this
time onward.
ut will not make good the losses
already incurred, but will go some dis
lance in that direction. The work Of
the shipyards is insuring. we may
now say, American effort in the field
against Stacking because OF lack Of
transport"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
PRESIDENTS FORECAST.

Washington-A renaissance of high.
er ideals and better living after the
world war was forecast by President
Wilson in a talk to his fellow men,
bers of the Central Presbyterian
Church. gathered to commemorate
the fiftieth anniversary of the church.
The president said the spectacle Of
20 nations battling against the forca
OF evil was striking evidence that
Christ still ruled the hearts OF men.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
HUN attempt TO
RETAKE CANT|CNY
CONTINUOUS WAVES HURLED
AGAINST AMERlcANS-HUN
STRIKE STONE WALL.
MANY GERMANS ARE KILLED

WashingtOn.-Complete repulse OF
further enemy attacks upon the new
American positions near Cantigny is
announced in General Pershing's COM
muniqde, issued at the war department.
Fighting continues active around Can.
tigny and in Lorraine.
The Americans evidently have been
subjected to almost continuous at
tacks since they stormed their wal
into Cantigny. In every case the en-
erny's waves have been broken against
the stone wall resistance of the Amer
leans.
This latest German assault appears
to have been the heaviest the Teutons
have yet essayed in their attempt to
evict the overseas men from the vii
lage of Cantigny
The dispatch follows:
1.-THE enemy has been again COM
pletely repulsed by artillery fire and
infantry action in attack against our
new positions near Cantigny. Artil-
lery fighting continues active there
and in Lorraine, where it includes the
use of gas shells.
Section BIN Lorraine the enemy
was again very active against our
troops. There again was considerable
Smelling with gas, but the results OBJ
tanned were very small.
Protected by an artillery barrage q
raiding party of about so men attempt
ed to surround one OF our advanced
posts. The attempt was complete
failure, the enemy losing 10 dead and
four wounded. OF these some were
killed in bayonet fighting. In this
case also our casualties were very
light
During the night two other attacks
on our lines were prevented by our
barrage and machine gun fire, the en-
envy failing to penetrate our wire.
'.Lieuts. Fisher, Curtis, Buford and
McLanahan. flying at 1000 meters, on
patrol duty, encountered hostile planes
in the region Of st. Mihiel. In the
fighting which ensued one of the hos
tile planes broke into flames and fell.
IAN English aviator returning from
a bombing expedition, was wounded in
the arm. He was chased by two enemy
machines. Lieut.. Campbell drove the
hostile airplanes off. enabling the Eng
lish aviator to return to his airdrome
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
STOP THREE GERMAN RAIDS
Americans Take a Number OF Pris-
oners in Picardy-Enemy
Losses Heavy.

American Headquarters on French
Front-Three heavy German raids
were made against the American po-
sitions in Picardy between 6 and 3
q. m, and were repulsed with heavy
losses to the enemy. The Americans
took number of prisoners.
The Germans advanced so strong
n the center, 160 on the right anu
l20 on the left. They were driven
off speedily and left many dead ii
front of the American trenches.
The assaults were preceded by vio-
lent bombardments OF the entire
American line, during which IT Is
estimated 10000 shells, many OF them
gas shells, were fired by the enemy.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
BAD MONTH FOR SUBMARINES
Allies Are Rapidly Overcoming the
Submarine Menace.

Paris-As proof that the allies are
rapidly overcoming the submarine
menace Georges Leagues, the minis
ter of marine, informed the army and
navy war committees of the senate
that Great Britain and the United
States alone had constructed in April
10000 tons more shipping than was
sunk by the enemy. The minister de-
clared also that means employed 70
rid the seas of submarines had become
increasingly effective since January
with decisive results.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
ITALIAN SHIP SUNK.

Steamer Verona Reported Victim Of
German Submarine.
New York.-Word was received
here in marine circles that the Ital-
ian steamship Verona, a vessel Of g.
261 tons gross register. had been sunk
by a German submarine. Officials
here OF the Navigazione Generate Ital-
lana line, owners OF the ship, said
they had received 10 official confirm
alton Of the report The vessel was
In the service Of the Italian govern.
me0t
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
Killed In Airplane Accident.

Athens, Ga.-Lieut Robert c. Grit
fifth died in an accident while on pa
troll duty with a British airplane
squadron in England, according to a
letter received by his family several
days ago from the American Red
Cross in London, it became known
here His death, the letter said, Oc-
cnrred on May 8.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
r. r. MEN GET MORE PAY.

Washington.-Pay increases for
nearly two million railroad employees
were announced by Director-General
McAdoo, effective June l, and retro
active to last January /, carrying out
recommendations Of the railroad wage
commission. The aggregate of the in
creases will be about $300.000,000 a
year, half of which will be distributed
within a few weeks az back pay in
sums ranging from 800 to nearly 5000
each.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
Wants Drive Against Pro-Germans.

Springfield, Cool. Roosevelt, in
q speech here, pleaded for Americans
of German blood to lead the drive
against pro-Germanism in the u. S.
"At this time the Americans CT
German blood should take the lead
against every man IN this countrs
who indirectly or directly favors Ger
many" he declared.
Roosevelt said he was part German
himself, and added that he also had
In his veins French. Irish, Dutch.
Welsh, Scotch and English blood.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
HARMONY IS ESTABLISHED.

Gary Says Government and Steel Com
pany. Work Together.
New Y0rk.-Elbert H. Gary, presi-
dent Of the American Iron and Steel
Institute. speaking at the convention
OF that body here. declared that the
United States government and the
steel producers were now working in
complete harmony and understanding
and that al suspicion toward the In
dustray had been dissipated. Judge
Gary said there was talk of doubling
excess profits and income taxes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
IS INSANE MEN PERISH.

Hospital Ward Burns In South Caro-
iina-victims Run Back In Fire.
Columbia, S. C.-Sixteen white
male patients at the South Carolina
hospital for the insane persisted in a
fire which destroyed a One-story
frame structure on the hospital
grounds here. Fifteen were burned
to death in the building, having run
back in the burning structure after
they had been rescued. The other
man was rescued from the building
q second time, but not until after he
had received injuries from which he
died a few hours later.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
BRITISH DOCTORS HERE.

VIII Tell Congress At Chicago of Elk.
periences In War.
An Atlantic Port.-A British medi-
cal mission, representing the British
Medical society, arrived here to at
tend the American congress of Medi-
cal societies to be held in Chicago on
June TO- The members include Sir
James Mackenzie, Sir Arbuthnot Lane
and Col Herbert A. Bruce. consulting
surgeon OF the British army In France.
The British surgeons will tell the con-
gress of their experiences in the war.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

Washington.-With many eleventh
hour subscriptions yet to be tabulated
the great outpouring of American dol
lars to the second war fund OF the
Red Cross totaled $144.00O,O0O, an
oversubs cription of S44,000,00O in the
weeks campaign which has just enc
ed. Officials have made predictions
that the total might approach $780,
600 900.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
en- out Meat and suoar,

New York.-Reduction of the con.
sumption OF meats to two pounds .
week for each person and economy
n the use Of sugar and wheat were
urged by Federal Food Administrator
Hoover in m appeal issued Sunday
through the churches.
The appeal declared export OF food
stuflB = constantly incroasing and ap
pgooe11ng The minimum feQuirolnoutD
- - a1lloo an1 Amorican troops
n1lc61, bot eooo. - - goaowoo -
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
Returns s21.oo War Relief.

Big Rapids, Mich.-Mrs. Mary Ole
son recently received $21 from the
government as a soldiers dependent,
but returned it with the patriotic re-
quest that it be used for the Red
Cross Her son is corporal in
France Mrs. Oleson had secured en-
ployment and found the $21 unneeded
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

0ISRsy hAAook va NAtE
time. j went 20 q
doctor and he said
/ had nervous indi-
gestion, which a6-
ded TO my weak
condition kept me
worrying most or
the time and he
said IL / could not
stop that, j could
not get well. i
heard 30 muchabout
Lydia L. Pinkham's
No.otahta Tnxxa
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

"You say you had no sleep" sternly
asked the prosecuting attorney Of the
timid but careful witness; "remen-
Der you are under oath. Don't make
"A mistake"
I'll that IN. had had no sleep nc
all, sir. unless-unless you mean the
fact that my foot went asleep
and-and-you count the nap OF my
neek."-Florida Times-Union.
Chinese peanuts are usually hand
sorted by women after being slfted.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

Rome-Italian troops broke into
the Austro-German defenses at Capo
Sile, on the Lower Pave front to a
depth of $50 yards. The Italians cap
tured 433 prisoners.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

She-Oh. for the days when knights
were bold.
He-What's the matter-ain't men
bold enough these days3-FlOrida
Times Union.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
German Ships May Replace Two Dutch
Ships Sunk.

Amsterc am-Two German ships will
sail in the near future from the Dutch
East Indies to Holland as Belgian re-
lief ships, according to q Rotterdam
telegram to the Nieuwe Rotterdam
sche Courant. The German vessels
the dispatch says, have been placed
at the disposal of Holland by the
German government to replace two
of the six Dutch ships which were tor.
pedoed on Feb. %, 1917.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
ESTABLISHES Three National Ferss'

Establishes Three National FORESTS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wilson. BY
proclamation. has established three
new national forests In the east-the
White mountain. about 391 900 acres,
in Maine and New Hampshire; the
Shenandoah. about $4,000 acres. n
Virginia and West Virginia. and the
Natural Bridge. about 5000. In vir-
ginia. The latter does not contain
the Natural bridge, which Is about
four miles from it, boundary. Title
to all the lands has not been taken.
but the areas have been approved for
purchase.
The proclamation II the last step In
carrying out the law passed IN 1911
for building up eastern national for
ests. The Pisgah national forest. In
North Carolina. and the Alabama ma
tional forest, IN Alabama, are the
only eastern areas hsretofore desis'
na1od.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
Your Best Asset
-AClear Skin
Cared for BY
|Cuticura Soap

Love should never be treated light
ly. That Is probably the reason why
the light is turned down 80 often.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Restored Her Health.

PhiIodelphia, PAT was very weak,
always tired, my back ached, and ] felt
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
Wool Brings IS, 600.

Lincoln. Neb.-Two pounds Of wool
donated by President Wilson from the
clip from sheep fed on the White
House lawn, brought $4,000 when auc-
toned by Gov. Keith Neville for the
benefit OF the Red Cross. The bid
was made by o. G. Slams, Of Wahoo,
Neb.. on behalf Of the citizens Of his
county.
Waohout Causes Loss Of Three Lives.
Amarillo. Tex-Three lives ara
known to have been lost and much
property damage done In portions Of
the Panhandle region Of Texas ~ :
result Of heavy rains and wind storms
which swept this part o. the country.
according to reports received here.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

Get a tiny bottle of Freezone for
few cents from any drug store. Keep
II always handy to remove hard corns,
soft corns, or corns between the toes,
and the callouses. without soreness or
irritation. You just try It
Freezone Is the sensational dlscov-
cry of Cincinnati genius.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07

A Valuable Iron Tonic for the Blood
GROVES TAsTHLHSs chill TONIC Purines ana
Enriches the Blood arouses the liver, drives ont
malaria and builds up the whole system. Gem
erai strengthening Tonic for Adults and Children
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
MAGIC! HAVE IT
ON The DRESSER
CORNS STOP HURTING THEN
LIFT OFF WITH FINGERS.

Just drop little Frcezone on that
touchy corn, instantly II stops aching
then you lift that corn right of. No
pain at all Costs only few cents.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1918-09-26
GERMANS HAVE
SMALL NEED0F
U CLASSES NOW
by E. A, bachelor

v.pis Sept. s.ti,y Msii)--Amons
49, .OoI,s Of war recovered BY Ameri'
=" 's so,dlers In their victorious fight
~ ,hru tho Chateau Thisrry region
W. w numerous pairs Of fine binoculars
.,,,y discarded by German officers.
:. .ome sections. whore tho Yankees
IA mndc a sudden attack. and Frits
I ..s hecn obliged 10 beat II" quickly
. .semcd TO have boon raining field
',..,cs when the victors reached the
s,ene,
=, ,ns Y N. G. A. huts near tho
,,on, was taking with "hsrd guy"
ss,li The hard guy" was from
Fast ~. Louis
"why Is IT," said the Red Triangle
nan that the Gcrmnns threw away
:. many pairs Of binoculars when
,h.v rr, ready 10 bent ~ Tho Rl's.
g. weigh practically nothing. and no
,hsy nre attached 10 . strap hunG
,onrd the neck, thcy wouldn't be any
,,oublc to carry. ! can understand
I, ,.o,dicr shedding his overcont. kn,p.
,.rk rifle and tin hat. u he was In q
hurry 10 20, thither from hither. but
vhv unload nm article that 10 expen.
,Iye and hard to get at any price.
when Il 10 small and light ~ q pair
Of field glasscs
Listen. bo" replied the East II.
Louis soldier. ''Them Huns amt
mailing no sucker play when they
cans them field chcaters. They
knows something. does them Heinss.
after goin' up agin 0s Yanks a
couple times. they snvvy that they
Amt going to need no glasses 10 '~ee
us 'c,use we're goin' 10 bc right on
toppa EN-. No. sir. whom they was
ehasin' them Russians NIL over the
map over en- tho east front. they had
to have glaiscs TO see their prey. but
they ain't no guy In the Bochc Army
that is 10 ncar-sighted he won't see
US Americans II he Just sticks around.
"what them birds figures they |
need Ia speed. not glssses. And take
II from me. that ain't bad figuring
either"