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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
MAY COME IN PICARDY

with the Americans In Picardy, May %.
Resumption of the German offensive
may include this region
The enemy's persistent aerial activity,
day and night. and the marked quietude
of artillery fire may he the forerunner
of the storm. The boches have bcen par
ticularly quiet during the past thirty
six hours, except in the mir.
The Germans have not cntrenched eX-
tensively in the Cantigny and Montider
region. possibly indicating that it is no
part cf their plan to establish their line
there but rather to continue their effort
to push on farther
When the blow comes, it is entirely
possible that the allied line will give
somewhat in few places. No sane man
would attempt to take a blow full on
the chest He would lessen the force
by drawing back his body, thus giving
greater freedom to the rebound.
The boche aviators are taking des-
perate chances in an effort to cross the
lines to search for the tell-tale dust
clouds along the American roads and
photograph the towns and various posi-
tions.
the American front line today and
opened fire with their machine guns, try
ing to shoot down the men in the
trenches The latter responded with
their rifles and drove them off.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
Wdikout Inquiry
Held in Secret


addition TO the members of the board
=. O Pratt business representative of
the union carmen; Peter Driscoll, presi-
dent of street and Electric Railway
Employees Protective Union of Philadel-
phia Local Az: Elmer f. Greenawalt.
Commissioner OF Immigration for the
Philadelphia district, who was directed
hy the Federal Board on Cancellation
and Mediation, TO attempt to settle the
Philadelphia car controversy, but could
not do so r +. Mitten. president of
the + r T: 4. /, Drum, its consulting
engineer T.. r Tulley, superintendent
of transportation Ellis Ames Ballard,
counsel for the railway; Captain A. L.
Kaiser. representing League Island
Navy Yard and Lieutenant Commander
n * Rutherford Ornance corps, repre-
sentinE Frankford Arsenal
Chairman Taft suggested that the
Garments side of the controversy would
first be heard and g o Pratt was
asked 10 explain the situation
Pratt Outlines Garments Aims
The carmen of philadelphia have tried
tton and bargain collectively with their
employers. Pratt said. hut have continu-
allv met with opposition and coercion
on tho Tart Of the P r T Recently
the situation has become very acute,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
French NOlD Defend
Scherpenberg Hill
Continued from PaE~ One


upon NNtschaete hldSe ana presently
Il very young oir'er came up. Saluted
the general ana sOnehodN by my side
Sd!u' w no Is Lna' neuiehaht'
II was lhe foNdl illhCe. VINO had
come 10 "alCh one OF 'ne llrSt assaults
up"H ny t"elll> iNeu PoHlli"nS anu
'he ile'ilhILid' uVll'"d % %utiltht' IT was
= S'Il P'.ti po'iI"at . uillei,I "nu 'he
request MINIS C"tlll,aLed W!n our
lt,Tuel II 5'oNtI ~ ,e. az l!I'Fil WIN one
oiu :
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y1-,,tsohoata BidIa ,Ln, dn, Nv, fas,
TWO yeare ,,ter ,rl II r.,s frtia
,t,aci, I,.hict ,,.e ,,.atcbed fror, coi,ar
uenherp in tines uulle theee
Nany ,tsitor. to o,,r front ,re,,
r. t,at hin which v.as Mo. .afa
cnot for renrle of innortarre ard a
Elep,ish woman IN there couId cIaip,
acnuaintanCe-she vas a rIeasant COS
einy So,l1-with distinpuished strancers
from other countries who came tn oct
a birdseve view of the old British
front
Then one dav out of 2 blue sky the
hill was shelled and the shells we're
the 1ueerest things that were ever
fired bv Germans guns. for they were
filled with broken glass and bits of
brass candlesticks.
Not for a long time after that did
Scherpenberg get "Strafed"-not until
few weeks ago. when the enemv's
artillery closed up around Mont KEN.
mel and made a target of that other
hill Some Scottish officers in whose
mess ! luncheoned, not far off. said,
This place is no bon" and pointed
to A hole in the roof of the hut which
then existed and listened a little anX-
iously to some crashes on the slopes
outside
Nothing happened when l was there,
but they told me afterward that next
day good deal happened, and il was
of the most unpleasant kind. for the
enemy indulgsd in his SpeCial hate of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
BERLIN SAYS KENNEL
ATTACK VAS FAILURE

Berlin, May p.
The official statement from the War
Office says strong attacks were repulsed
at various points. Savage fighting on
the northern side of the Lys salient, in
Flanders battlefield, is reported by the
War Office today. The text of the state
ment reads:
KENNEL was again the objective of
strong enemy attacks. The attacks by
the enemy broke down with sanguinary
losses, and the defenders of Mount KEN
mel have gained complete victory. On
the front, from Voormeezele to west of
Dranouvre. the infantry attacks were
preceded by the most violent artillery
fire, the main thrust being directed
against Mount KENNEL and its western
slope The French troops which had
been brought up to the front line ad-
vanced in several waves. Infantry and
artillery fire broke down their assaults
and forced them ia retreat with the
heaviest losses.
"Counter-attacks threw the enemy out
of our crater zone at points where he
had penetrated. There is still a French
nest east OF Locre. According TO the
statement of prisoners. British divisions
were in readiness in fhe third line.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
FORCE, NOT SURPRISE,
HINDENBURC'S AIM

London, May %.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg, the
German chief of stan, has no hope OF
the offensive in the west, SO he is con-
centrating his efforts with intense
thoroughness in an attempt to achieve
success, according to the declaration
made by a staff officer.
The Allied aviators continue their har-
RAISING flights over the enemy lines and
the recent air successes are the best that
the Allied airmen have achieved since
the beginning Of the war.
Since the lines were solidihed on the
Picardy and Flanders fronts. the Allies
have scored numerous minor successes,
particularly in rectifying their positions,
The character of the German prisoners
in trench raids has yielded valuable in
formation.
Confidence is the keynote. although
naturally there Is a certain amount Of
nervousness until the next blQH falls
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
Haig Raids Continue
Gains on West Line

One vas so badly wounded that he died
later
\ few hours later the enemy, by wav
OF retaliation. attempted to rush one of
ready for him. The enemy was driven
off with casualties. One German body
was brought IN from No Mans Land by
our men after this engagement for pur-
poses of identification
The artillery activity on the Luneville
sector is slightly above normal North
Continued from Page One
west of Toul, our batteries fired many
gas shells into a German camp. where a
large number of Germans were con-
Centrated The attack lasted half an
hour, the. shells being, laid down in in
termttent waves. 1t began at | o'clock
in the morning, catching most of the
Germans asleep.
The American officers feel certain that
mans was of considerable proportions.
Definite information, of course, of the
exact damage, is lacking.
American Downs Teuton Filler
Lieutenant William H. Taylor, of New
York, early today shot down a German
two-seated machine over the German
lines, after one of the hottest fights vet
seen on the Toul front. Lieutenant Tay-
lor chased the German machine twelve
kilometers inside the German lines be-
fore he was able to down it,
Lieutenant TAYLOR was nyng at a
height of 5000 meters when he spotted
the German two-seater which he shot
down. He Immediately gave chase and
the German headed for his own lines
After going twelve kilometers inside the
German lines, Lieutenant Taylor got
within less than 100 yards of the boche.
He poured $50 shots into him. Just
before the end of the fight, TAYLOR saw
one of his 4ncendidry bullets penetrate
the enemy machine where the observer
was working a machine gun. The enemy
FIRE then ceased. Lieutenant Taylor then
directed his fire at the pilot. In a mo-
ment the enemy machine toppled and
went crashing to the earth in a spinning
nose dive.
This was only one of the air battles
in this section today in which the Amer
leans worsted the enemy Two of our
machines attacked two boches. One
of them fed in a hurry. The other
went tumbling down 1000 feet but
Strengthened out within 500 feet OF the
ground and made his escape.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
KERENSKY KEEPS ALL
AT SEA AS TO ARRIVAL
His Landing at Various Ports
Unconfrmed - Russian
Embassy in Ignorance
By n STAFF Correspondent
shjnptOti. Nav

Boris Bakhmeteff. Russian Ambas-
sador to the United states is disinclined
to give any CredenCe to reports that NJ
kerensky, FORMER Premier of the
Provisional Government Of Russia. has
landed in this country or is on his way
For two or three weeks new reports
have continued to reach the embassy
from widely separated points that NJ
kerensky has left Russia for the United
states said Ambassador Bahkmeteff,
and Yesterday and today We were told
that he had landed in New York or san
Francisco
We have tried in every way to trace
these reports to some responsible author
ity. but have failed in every direction.
We can trace them along for a short
distance. but there the trail ends
NO news has reached the Russian
Embassy here of a responsible character
from kerensky or any of his friends in
diCating that he is on his way to the
United States, SO that We are forced TO
the conclusion that there is nothing 10
the rumors at all. Personally. | know
nothing al ali to indicate he has started
or intends to start for this country.
New York. May -.
Former Premier EercnSky of Russia
has reached a Canadian port. according
10 an unverifed hut widely circulated re-
port in marine circles here today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
Casualties Among
American Troops


The War Department announced to-
day fortv-IEht casualties in the Amrrt-
cao evpeditionar" 'or-os T'.,n' wcra
! He'd ~ actfoo two died Of wounds two
o' drs"a.e trlry.c,rht wouoG,d -e'rr,',
'od rhr"r nouNdcd sliehtl,
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~","trsd hls ro,rpan,
KILLED N ,CTIN>
CORPORAL
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

London. May % - Air Lieutenant
SCHUYLER Lee. a son OF the Rev. J. B..
Lee. of New London. Conn. is missing
after flight over the west front. it was
learned today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22

view 10 preserving intact. as far as rea-
sonahlv practicable. the operating organ
izations of the companies"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
Thief Gets sloO.ooo in Diamonds

Lowell, Mass, May % A bag said
70 contain 100000 worth of diamonds.
set and unuet, was stolen from beneath
a table in a restaurant here. where John
Karliner a salesman. sat. The diamonds
were the property of Yankauer Newt
ter g. Platt, importers, OF New York
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-22
SOUTH AMERICA GETS
UNITED PRESS SERVICE
Branch Office Opened in Bra.
zil Creates Practical
Pan.AmeriCanism
DINNER FOR OFFICER

Rio de Janpir". Nav y,
With the opening of tho nitod Pre- 8
service here Argentina rNne rrd Fra-
I'll are linked by news tics "h.oh the
Flo parers today term ths wo. nrlc-
tical sort of ran-Amerrr Ini-r'
II Robertson Minnesota ro,'s-
paperman has been appointed rraraEcr
Greet charge oe ~ na.vlv on"red Rio
bureau Robertson has spnrt several
years in Brazil, and during the las' two
years has been the Tinted rre,s corre-
spondent here
Contracts have been closed with q Talz
and impartial in Rio There + an
evident enthusiasm toward tho Unted
states a 5 result of rlans for extending
the service to inland and coast cities
The service will he handled in ccnnoc
ton with the United Preee-T.a Na,ion
service at Buenos Aires. (which now sun
plies the leading papers of Argentina
and Chile
The editors Of q Pal1 upon iraueu-
r4tinE the United Press service hern
gave luncheon in honor NJ Rov W
Howard of New Ycrk. president Of the
United Press AZ which Edward V Nor
gan. American ambassador. rre sde1
.JoaO IaEe. director Of Q Fals made an
address IN whiCh he referred to tho i'm
portanCe Of this service and said that
the United Press VIII be aS~OCi7ted Wtth
paper that has most dev0'edlv praised
the policy and solidarity Of the 1'rrted
States and \ perfect under-tindrrg he
tween all nations.
Referring to Howard Laen satd it "as
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28

Richard Davis, John Clint Davis,
Edgar Edding, George Slade Edmais-
ton, Herman Edwards. Allen ]. Flem-
ming, Boyd Evans Forbus, Francis
Albert Green, Rupert Gaskin, Anver
Grooms, Cary Preston Goff, Chester
Grady, Albin Sylvester Hicks, Will
Morris Hardy, Foster Bell Harrison,
Joe C. Ing, Lester Johnson. Earl
Keeth, Thomas Alvin London, John
Heron Hammock Myers, James
Ernest Mathis, James Monroe R.
Midyett, Ed Mobley, Clyde Stephens
Owens, Luther Lonzo Pamsell, War
rem Pritchett, Thomas Granville
Phillips, Lexie Alva Polk, Carlyle
Powell. Paul Payne, Claud Morgan
Rowland, Claude D. Jones, Lexie
Clarence Rhines, Sammie Shepherd,
Milton Thomas Strawbridge, Harry
Smith, Bennie Lafayette Sadler,
Archie Shipp, Willie Beauford Tay-
lor, Arch Vaught, Charles Ernest
Wilson, Albert Bethel Witherington,
George Hughlett Whipple.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
DRAUGRON COMMERCIAL
SCHOOL FOR JACKSON
Leased Quarters in the Elks Building
Next to Southern Hotel. :


Jno. F. Draughon, founder of the
Draughon Colleges, and author of
the textbooks that made business
training famous, has leased space
for the accommodation of about $50
students in the Elks Building in
Jackson, Tenn, where he will open
business college on or before July
10. Until that time, all requests for
information with reference to the
Draughon College in Jackson should
be addressed to Draughon's College,
Nashville, Tenn.
Draughon's Jackson College will
teach the world-famous Draughon
Courses, and will be affiliated with
Draughon's Nashville College En-
ployment Department thru which
students will be placed, free, in good
Government or business positions in
any locality the student may select.
Although there have been more
than one thousand enrollments at
Draughon's Nashville College since
Jan. 1, the college is not able to sup
ply the Government and business
concerns with Office assistants in suf-
ficient numbers to meet the demand; /;
in fact, the Government powder
plant people at Nashville are taking
the Draughon graduates at from SIS
to $3.50 a month as fast as they
qualify.
The Government has enlisted the
aid of Professor Draughon in secur-
ing thousands of Office assistants in
Washington and elsewhere, making
Draughon's, SO to speak, a training
and recruiting station for Office as
sistants.
Professor Draughon guarantees to
students office positions at from $65
to $125 a month when they qualify.
A. J.. McClung, a former banker,
will be manager of Draughon's jack
son College. Mr.. McClung has been
engaged in bank business for ten
years, and for four years previous to
coming to Nashville to join the
Draughon organization, he was cash
ier of the Radford State Bank, Rad
ford, Va. Mr.. McClung's broad
business experience combined with
the world-femous Draughon Courses
will enable students to qualify for
extra good positions within reason
ably short time.
The first fifty students who en-
roll in Draughon's Jackson College
will be regarded as charter-member
students and will be granted special
tuition rates. Write Draughon's
College, Nashville, Tenn, at once for
full information about the Jackson
College and be ready to enroll on the
opening date.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
Biggest Kentucky Crop.

Chester T. Bondurant, of Hick-
man, doubtless has the distinction of
harvesting the largest individual
wheat crop in the State of Kentucky,
which was finished this week in good
shape. This crop was 900 acres, To-
Gated in the fertile bottom, west of
town, and Mr.. Bondurant says he
wilaacertainly thresh as much as
80, ,OOU hels from the 900 acres,
or an average of better than 80
bushels to the acre.
He started into the harvest with
nine binders, and the machines ran
well into the night, in order to take
advantage of the good weather.
While harvest hands were scarce, he
made it interesting by paying up to
$500 a day for good hands. 1t
might also be mentioned that in
breaking ground for this wheat crop,
Mr.. Bondurant equipped his tractors
with electric headlights and ran
night and day.-Hickman Courier.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
REDPATH FAVORITES
WELCOME RECEPTION
Seventh Annual Chautauqua Pro-
gram Finds Many Devotees.

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This is the seventh annual visit of
the Redpath Chautauqua in Union
City, and yet interest in the meetings
seems never to wane. A few may
drop out but numbers take their
places, and the result is that the big
brown tent is filled at every night
performance, with inspiring after
noon audiences.
The advance agent, Mr.. Driskill,
made quite number of friends here,
and he expressed his appreciation in
q curtain talk on Friday evening.
The superintendent, Mr.. Moss,
halls from Indiana. He has already
become generally acquainted and
before the end of the week more than
likely he will be as popular as our
first, superintendent, Mr.. Chambers.
He is accompanied by Mrs. Moss.
3 The tent crew is body of fine
young men. There is Mr.. Nelson
Soule, the property man, hailing
from the good old sister State of
Kentucky. His assistant is Mr.. Wal
ter Barry.
The ticket men are Mr.. Gordon
Johnson, another fine Kentucky
product, and Mr.. L. B. Stevenson, of
South Carolina. Thank you," they
say when they puch your ticket, and
they do so with genuine Southern
spirit.
Miss Laura Johnson, who is to be
found at the box Office and again
with the children as story teller,
comes from North Dakota, but she Is
full of genuine chautauqua spirit,
good looking and popular with every
body. Her work is very interesting.
The first afternoon brought us the
Croatian Tamburica Orchestra, a
company in native costume, playing
instruments of native origin, some
thing after the effect of the mando-
lin and guitar. They pleased the au-
dience both afternoon and evening
with the novelty of Balken music
and stories of their race.
In the evening the Hon. Lou
Beauchamp, dean of the lecture
platform, appeared again in this
country after an absence of more
than thirty years. He came here at
the time when Frank Watts and 9TH
ers were developing the Y. M. G. A..
spirit, and the list of platform enter
tainers included such finished speak
ers as Mr.. Copeland and Mr.. Geo.
r. Vending.
Mr.. Beauchamp is an author, lee
turer and traveller. He commands
the finest English and his voice has
the same smooth carrying power
His subject was the Sunny Side of
Life" His lecture was divided into
periods. First he drew a picture of
the war, and then he lapsed into a
sketch of humor, evolving with it
all the philosophy of human nature.
This is not a rich mans war, he says,
neither poor mans, but a war with
Marshall Field, Jr., and the grand
son of Rockefeller fighting side by
side with the teamster and the black
smith. First the capitalist goes over
the top and then is borne back by
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28
Abduction!
Monday, July Isl, 1918

MOnQdy, July ISL 1919
at 3 o'clock p. M, | will sell at
auction for cash, corner West
Gibbs and North Second Sts.,
at the Whitley residence
2 Kitchen Tables.
/ Small Table.
Davenport.
8 Rockers.
5 Chairs.
Hall Rack.
l Metal Bed Stead.
/ Wood Bed Stead.
2 Bed Springs.
2 Mattresses. a.
Bureau.
Wash Stand.
Dining Table.
! Sideboard.
Porch Swing.
Coal Oil Stove.
! Range.
! Spice Cabinet.
Q Rugs.
/ Oil Can.
j. G.. SAUNDERS,
Auctioneer.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-28

Continued on page four.)
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-01-28

institutions said ''As have said hundred times
builders.
mot long ago a man came to me who was nearly
halt century old and asked me to give him pre-
liminary examination for life insurance. I was
astonished to find him with the blood pressure of
boy of twenty and full of vgor, vim, and vitality
as a young man; in fact, young man he really was,
notwithstanding his age. The secret, he said, was
taking n-Nuxated Iron had filled him with re-
newed life. At 80 he was in bad health; at 46 he
was was careworn and nearly all in Now at so after
face beaming with the buoyancy of youth. Iron is
absolutely necessary to enable your blood to change
food into living tissue Without it, no matter how
through you without doing you any good. You
don't get the strength out of it, and as consequence
you become weak. pale and sicky looking just like
plant trying to grow in soil deficient in iron If
make the following test: See how long you can
work or how far you can walk without becoming
tired. Next take two hve-gran tablets of ordinary
nuxated iron three times day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again and see how
much you have gained. have seen dozens of
nervous, rundown people who were ailing all the
while double their strength and endurance and en-
tlreiy rid themselves of all symptoms of dyspepsia,
time simply by taking iron in the proper form. And
thls after they had in cases been doctorng for
months WITHOUT obtaining any benefit"
: DR.. Fl. B. VAIL formerly Physician in the Bati-
more Hospital, and a Medical Examiner, says:
Throughout my experience on Hospital staffs and
as Medical Examiner, have been astonished at the
various diseases when in reality their delicate
down state was simply the result of lack of iron in
the blood. Time and again have prescribed organ
ic iron-Nuxated 1ron-and surprised patients at
the rapidity with which the weakness and general
debility were replaced by a renewed feeling of
strength and vitality. took Nuxated Iron myself
to build me up after serious of nervous ex-
haustion. The effects were apparent after few