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The Washington times., 1918-06-14
U. S. FLYERS FIGHT
AGAINST BIG ODDS
BY NEWTON c. PARKE
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, June 10 CNight) .-Ameri-
can airmen more than broke even in
hghting under heavy odds this morn
ing over the front north of Toul in
the biggest sky battle in which
American aviators have yet. engaged.
Between twelve and fifteen German
AlbatrOsses attacked two of our
rhotographing planes three miles
above NOrry, north of POnt-a-Mous-
son.
Three Of our fighting machines sped
to the assistance of the attacked
Americans with the sun TO their
backs, and dove in amidst the German
planes
Each Of the American airmen pick
ed out an adversary. forcing the
enemy planes down to an altitude OF
two miles. At that height lieutenant
name detected by censOr) poured sew
eral rounds into his opponent, the
German machine falling in flames.
The Germans attacked one Of our
machines, three Albatrosses encir-
cling it The American machine was
seen 10 spin eaCthwards. II is be-
lieved that the Americans were made
prisoners.
Another OF our planes got on the
tail Of a Boche firing steadily. The
Boche machine, apparently crippled,
died earthwards. Their emainder OF
the German men then fed. Our avia
tors returned to their base.
In another engagement fought
earlier in the day three Of our avia-
tors shot down a German machine
over ThiacOUrt after a long chase.
This afternoon the Germans d-op-
ped bombs behind our lines on The
Toul front, but no damage was done.
LONDON, June II -Twenty-one Ger
man airplanes and balloon were de
el-oycd and four enemy machines
were driven down out Of control in
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HOUSTON CARRIES
DRAFT EXEMPTION
FIGHT TO SENATE


Senators ErappIed with the question
OF draft exemptions for Government
employees today. The Senate Com
mittce on Agriculture was to act to-
day on the question OF allowing de-
ferred cIassifications in the draft to
employees of the Agricultural Depart
ment
Although the question has been de-
bated in the House and numerous res
olutions have been offered. which
were designed to smoke men out Of
alleged bomb proof positions. il has
never been seriously before the Senate
before. In the eme rgencv agrieul-
tural appropriation bill the House has
provided that none Of the funds pro-
vided shall be used II agents OF The
Department OF Agriculture are given
deferred classification. Members 81
the Senate committee have been ask
ed TO remove this provision from the
bill before il goes to the Senate.
The Depa rtment Of Agriculture has
taken up the matter. and is conduct
ing a stiff fight to maintain those
men who are estimated as "neces-
sary" despite all claims that the mill
tary laws may have upon them In
view OF the fact that SeCTet9ry OF
War Baker has given TO Secretary ~
Agriculture his lndorSemcni OF tne
action taken thus far by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, there IS reason
to believe that the Senate VIII not
adopt Che House provisions.
Members Of the senate committee
arc maintaining that the agricultural
needs Of the nation are AS important
in war times as the military needs
Upon this argument they are baSinE
their efforts to allow the deferred
CLASSIFICATION OF men employed By the
Department OF Agriculture.
The Washington times., 1918-06-14
President UphOlds
Right to UniOnize

President Wilson today came
out fIatly in support OF the Ma
tional War Labor Boards decision
that the right OF union organiza-
ton in the big telegraph compan-
les OF the country should be ad-
hered to.
In a letter to Newcomb Carlton
and Clarence Mackay, heads Of
the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies. respective
~, he urged that they abide by
the decision Of the War Labor
Board in its report on the threat
ened strike OF teIegraphers. Mac
kay has wired his acceptance OF
the principle involved, and the
President expects to hear from
Carlton Monday.
The President in his letter says:
May l not say that in my
judgment it is imperatively nee
essary in the national interest
that decisions OF the National
War Labor Board should be &C
cepted by both parties to labor
disputes: To fail TO accept it
constitutes a rejection OF the in
strumentality set up by the Gov
eminent itself for the determine
ton Of labor disputes. set up with
a sincere desire to arrive at jus
tice in every case and with the
express purpose OF safeguarding
the nation against labor difficult
ties during the continuation of
the present war"
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DEMAND PEACE.

LONDON, June lin a recent
memorandum issued by the Austrian
Mems Democratic League, the imme-
diate opening OF peace negotiation
in a neutral country" is demaP de1.
Other demands voiced in this meme.
randum are: The democratizatioE Of
the Austrian constitution and imms-
date consideration Of the laws pro
posed by various lesser nationalities
in Austria Hungary"
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RAIDS REPORTED
BY GENERAL HAIG

LONDON, June 14.-Raiding opera
lions and artillery fire were reported
by Field Marshal Haig today.
a strong enemy party was COM
pletely repulsed southwest of Mer-
ris early this morning and a few
prisoners were taken" the statement
said.
Our raids were successful in the
neighborhoOd OF Neuville-VitaI, CT
YenChy. and Labassee.
Several pri oners and two ma
chine guns were taken in adVIn-
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AND ANOTHER kid.
WITH A high voice.
HE STARTED to sing.
AND THEY ALL Joined in.
AND BY that time. ~
- -
THERE MUST haze been fifty.
ALL FOLLOwIkG along.
WITH ME Nee lead.
WITH THE flag. -,
AND A POLICEMAN came. y
AND TOOK ME BY the shoulder.
AND ROASTED me.
FOR CONDUCTING A parade.
ON THE sidewalk.
AND PUT Us out on the street.
AND 1 TRIED to tell him.
THAT ALL l vas doing.
WAS JUST going home.
AND I DIDN'T want a parade.
AND WOULDN'T he please.
DRIVE THE kids away.
AND HE COULDN'T hear me.
THERE WAS so much noise.
AND FOR two blocks.
HURRIED along.
WITH THE GANG at my heels.
AND THEY ran.
AND THE KIDS were yelling.
AND THE FLAG was flying.
AND ALL OF the neighbors.
THOUGHT l WAS being chased
AND GOT IN the building.
AND CLIMBED the stairs.
AND HUNG OUT the flag.
AND IT'S there now.
BLOWING OFT in the breeze.
/ THANK you.
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LOCAL ACTIONS
AND GUN DUEL
REPORTED ON
MARINE FRONT
CONTINUED from First Page)

the drive to a dead halt temporarily
at least
Today's communique tells only OF
minor operations on the Marine front
One French officer, who has just ar
rived from the battle front. expressed
the opinion that the Germans are now
limited to minor operations, and that
their attacks in the future will be
confined to nibbling operations. The
German reserves are fast dwhdling,
and General Foch's mastery strategy
has not only held up the German ad-
vance, but inflicted the heaviest pos
sible loss upon the German soldiery.
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K. C. BIS TOWN GOSSIP

BECAUSE tomorrow.
WAS GOING to be today.
AND IT'S flag day.
l SAID to my wife.
Il TELL YOU what I'll do.
"PbL GO OVER to the store.
~AND BUY Is a flag.
"AND WE'LL HANG it outside.
@AND BE patriotic"
AND l went
AND THERE was a flag.
ALL FINED up.
On A stan.
ABOUT EIGHT feet long.
AND THERE we're ropes.
AND SOME IRON things.
TO FIX in the window
AND 1 TOOK them all.
AND WENT outside.
AND THE FLAG was flying.
AND 1 was proud.
AND HELD it up;
AND STARTED for home.
AND A LOT of the kids.
WHO LIVE near me.
THEY SAW the flag.
AND THEY all yelled.
AND CAME ACROSS the street.
TO WHERE I was.
AND THE FIRST thing I knew.
THERE WAS a parade.
AND ONE of the kids.
HAD STOLEN the cover.
FROM 4 garbage can.
AND WAS heating It.
WITH A PIECE Of wood.
The Washington times., 1918-06-14

tageous patrol encounters southwest
of Gavrelle and northwest of Merville.
There was hostile artillery firing
in the illers-BretonneUx sector and
the Scarpe valley"
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day and night fighting by British air
men Wednesday and Thursday, the
war office announced today. -Four
British planes are missing. Several
tons OF bombs were dropped on enemy
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PROF. POZzI SLAIN
IN PARIS; AIDED
DR.. ALEXIS CARREL

PARIS. June 14-Prof Samuel
Pozzi. noted scientist, vice president
Of the Academy OF Medicine and coll
laboratoT with DR. Alexis Carrel, the
famous American surgeon. was muir
dered in his laboratory last night.
The murderer then committed sui
eide
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AUSTRIAN PREMIER QUITS.

AMSTERDAM via LOndonl. June
1.-THE austrian premier, Herr Won
Seydler. again has rendered his resiE-
nation to the Emperor. who is with
holding his reply. according to Vienna
adv!ccs received aere.
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Potatoes are 4 native American
crop: don't let the Germans beat hs
ut our own game. They are eating
potatoes and conserving wheat.
The Washington times., 1918-06-14
NEW JAMAICAN GOVERNOR.

KINGSTON. juno 14.-Transrerred
from Barbados, where he was gov
ernor eight years. Sir Leslie Probyn
has arrived here to assume the gov.
ernorship. His wife accompanied
him.
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Clarity PIeassU women.

1t is difficult to describe the jubila-
ton Of the women leaders here at
the clarity Of the Presidents words.
That he has enlisted with them to
win the Senate TO suffrage and that
he has whole-heaTtedly proclaimed his
interest is no longer doubted The
President helped the suffrage amend
ment through the House. He may
BY his message now be instrumental
in getting Il through the Senate.
There are only two or three votes
lacking for the necessary tWo-thirds
in the Senate Nobody knows exact
ly. for some Of the senators are wav-
eFing. Il f. very close. however, and
upon that doubtful group will rest
the responsibility foRthe success or
failure OF the Fedetal amendment
Two or three men, In other words,
can defeat the amendment and give
abroad the impression that America
Is not as far advanced as her slogans
Of democracy would Indicate, for the
United States is today the only ooun-
try among the great allied powers
that has not endorsed woman SUI
frags by parliamentary action or
given formal promise OF such action
Only two parliaments since the be-
ginning OF the war have pronounced
against woman suffrage It those OF
Germany and Hungary.
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More Than DOnestIe.


Thus the issue has become. 50 far
as the Senate is concerned. an inter-
national as well as domestic matter.
The women have been trying By
every means-by petition and meet
ings, and personal exhoTtation and
appeal in the verS corridors and Of
fices Of the Senators to win over the
two or three doubtful ones. They
have decided that public opinion
alone can help them now, that be-
cause some Senators feel they are
committed by party conferences and
conventions OF bygons days, the peo-
pie Of the respective States and par
ticulaFly the women in war service
must prevail upon the Senators to
adopt the amendment which shall
give the States OF the Union the
opportunity to vote for or against
the measure.
It is a discouraging prospect after
a battle OF nearly thirty years to get
the Federal amendment through Con-
gress to have adoption by the House
followed by a scant opposition in the
Senate which il 1t persists would
make it necessary for the women to
begin all over again at the next
session 70 put the measure through
the lower house. Defeat at this scs-
sion means another long night. another
struggle with the unvieldy house.
The women now have Presidential
help as well as aid from the women
OF Europe. They have mustered
forces from everywhere, and this de-
spite the fact that in the midst Of
the war. Congressional attention has
been focused on other things. SLOW
ly but gradually the women have
forced the issue to the front, have
shown that women as well as men
are bearing the sacrifices OF the war,
that mothers and wives and sisters
are giving Of their happiness and
their substance to assure a victory
for democratic institutions. ana that
the right to vote ought to be granted
as a matter Of grateful acknowledge
mcnt. II not Of essential justice.
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WOMEN SUCCEED
IN FORCING ISSUE;
PRESIDENT HELPS
Ry DAVID LAWRENCE.

CONTINUED from First Page.l
States will give IN uRnIstakabIe A.
HWsr t. thIS question by passing the
suffrage amendment to eur FsdeFaI
Constitutes before the end 81 thIs
sesslOa.1
The Washington times., 1918-06-14

LONDON, June 14-Twenty-one Ger
man airplanes and a balloon were de-
slroycd and four enemy machines
were driven down out Of control in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-10
GRATIS, OHIO.

Will Miller is getting his house re-
modelled and new apartment at the
rear. Mrs. Kate Chrismer of Indi-
ana who is visiting here is confined to
her bed with a complication of all
ments. DR.. Crume has charge of the
case. .Silas Lee of Pleasant Valley is
building a tobacco shed for Ross Shat
er. 49,. All field threshing is done in
this neighborhood. Will Southland and
wife, Ernest Hanger and wife, Frank
Swartzstrauber and wife attended the
Miami Valley chautauqua last Satur-
day also C. E. Crauder and wife and
Pearl Clevenger and wife. Mrs. L.
c. Mendenhall was called to the bed
side of her daughter, Mrs. Vernon
Copp last Friday. e. Gravel hauling
will be the center of attraction in this
district, No. 2, this week. 80. Frank
Riest and family autoed to Columbus
last Saturday, returned home this
Monday ..... Frank Ekler and wife,
Freda Velta, Of Greenbush and Lin
Mendenhall spent Sunday with Mrs.
Ekler's cousin at Crown Point.
Tom Riner has been on the sick list
the past week, is improving at this
writing. {. Roy Edwards is spending
a few weeks with his father and fam
lily in Hamilton. E. Earl Chrismer is
improving after an illness of several
days Adam Geeding, wife and son,
Martin Diehl spent last Wednesday
in. Cincinnati.
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soldiers of any army since the nations were born.
Back from the victory won by the Allies VIII
come the cleanest, strongest, most magnificent
company of young men the world has ever seen,
invincible, triumphant immortal
1t is suggested that the evening star is Gods
service flag declaring He has in the war.
He is not on the side that disregards the piece
of paper and recognizes no law except the law OF
force-not on the side of atrocity, lmpurlty ana
the death and hell of the military methods OF the
Central Powers. He is with those fighting for
honesty, purity, righteousness, peace and justice
At the opportune time He will show His hand,
His omnipotence we shall behold, His name glorl-
fled, His Kingdom extended, and as He cried from
Calvary's height, ct is finished" He will cry
again at the close of the tragedy of this war, 1T
is finished" and the heavens and the earth wilt
rejoice Hallelujah! Thine the glory, hallelujah
Amen. Peace on earth and good will to men.
When the war began our enemies said we had
no colors in this country that would not run, but
in the recent drive and magnificent victory the
entire military staff together with the Reichstag
have discovered we have three colors that will
not run-the red, white and blue. This, with mil
lions of mothers praying lest they too, become
slaves, assures victory. God hasten the day when
the boys come marching home. What process
sion will pass up Broadway in this city and
through Pennsylvania avenue, Washington!
And with these conquering hosts there ought
to be company of mothers at the head of the
procession, and instead of the heather goddess
on the Capitol at Washington let us have statue
of Christian mother, her feet upon the Rock OF
Ages, one hand resting on the open Bible and the
other pointing on the victors, exclaiming, 'Thsee
are my boys"
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mittee OF this place. To give all a
chance to see the game the business
men have all consented to close their
business rooms from 2 to 6 o'clock
on that day. . Mrs. Sarah Copeland
an aged lady, was buried yesterday
after a short Illness. She formerly re-
sided here. -. Hampton Stevens, a
justice Of the peace in the western
part Of this township, is not expected
to live. He has been very low for
several weeks. He is 81 years old,
and next to the Oldest man in this sec
ton. Miss Gertie O'Connell died at
her home here, and was buried this
morning. She was about 81 years old.
1.-THE body of John Lynch is ex-
pected to reach here next Sunday
from his home in California He had
been sick long time. He was post
master here four years under Cleve-
lands first term as president. James
Porter left yesterday for Kalamazoo,
Mich, to attend the funeral of his
youngest brother John, who according
to dispatch received, died suddenly
on that day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-10
German Newspapers
Try to Explain Who
Did Most Fighting
(By Associated Press.)

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10-Reviews by
military critics on the situation in the
west disclose some curious divergen-
cies in opinion as to who bore the
brunt of the attack on the allied side.
The Cologne Gazette declares the
White Frenchmen did all the fighting,
while the Frankfort Gazette states
that on the contrary, the white French
men were spared for political reas-
ons" and that on the Americans fell
the full weight Of the fighting. The
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger asserts that the
Italians were the ones 'bled," while
others declare that the Senegolose
and the Moroccans took the main part
in the fighting.
None of the writer's ventured to
predict what would happen next, The
concensus of opinion seemed to be
that it was doubtful whether General
Foch would feel strong enough to risk
a frontal attack on the new German
main line, Strengthened out as it has
been.
IF he does" says the military eX-
pert with the Nachrichten of Ham
burg, I'VE must reckon with an ex-
tension OF the fighting area to the
north OF the Aisne, in the Compigne
region because it is there alone that
the possibility of an encircling attack
offers ITSELF
The same authority devotes some
space to explaining why the Germans
evacuated scissors. The evacuation,
it says, was due to the fact that after
the new defensive line was reached
both the city and the heights around
it lost their tactical value and became
a projecting bridgehead which was
exposed to encircling attacks and con-
centric artillery fire. Its retension
the writer declares, would have meant
the tying up of strong forces under
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-10
France Wins Plaudits Everywhere

From the Review of Reviews.
Americans gratified the tributes paid to
b the Stars and Stripes in England France, and Italy
the Fourth of July is not less true that French
elated by of the adoption of Baste
Day. July a. for celebration in America, and it's wide
recognition everywhere outside Of the countries under
military of the General Staff The French
Revolution of the moral and political
necessary to the making of the modern world France
will continue to be French England will remain English,
and shall with work of developing real and
distinct American nationality side of the Atlantic
We not going to ma ntan "a poygo boarding house
We demand that the American children of naturalized
parents shall be not hyphenated but fufedged
Americans thinking in English and not hampered by
niscent group associations. But expect cultivate
closer relations with the free nations of Europe and
there is to believe that the generous and chva
rous attitude of America towards France will be both
permanent and of great value in world that trying
to learn how to live honest and neghborly
Of the best practical of expressing friendship is
that of numerous American colleges which
giving scholarships to representative young French
women of whose fathers and brothers
their lives since 1914. Paris has named for
President Wilson, New York proposes to name one for
General Joffre and meanwhile thousands of American
women working for the relief of French orphans.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-10
Worlds Grandest Health
Builder Costs Nothing
Unless 1t Gives to
w o m en- the Buoyant
Health They Long for.

It is safe to say that right here in
weak, nervous, rundown. depressed
women who in two weeks time could
make themselves so healthy. so attrac-
tive and SO keen-minded that they
would compel the admiration of all
their friends.
The vital health building elements
that these respondent women lack are
all pleDtifully supplied In Bio-feren.
If you are ambitious, crave success
in life. want to have a healthy, vigor-
GUS body. clear skin and eyes that
show no dizziness, make up your mind
to get a package of Bio-feren right
away.
It costs but little and you can get
anywhere.
Take two tablets after each meal
and one at bedtime--seven a day for
seven days-then one after meals till
all are gone. Then II you doa't feel
twice as good, look twice as attractive
and feel twice as strong as before you
started. your money is waiting for you.
1t belongs to you, for the discoverer
of Bio-feren doesn't want one penny
of it unless it fulflls all claims.
Note to Physicians, There Is no
1T is printed on every package. Here
1t is: Lecithin; Calcium Glycero-phos-
Peptonate; Ext. Nux Vomica; PoWd
Gentian; Phenalphthalein: O)eoresin
Capsicum: Kolo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-10
DINNERS1ORlES

Have you taken anything for your
complaint" asked the doctor of a
long, lank, hungry-looking man who
came to him, complaining of being "all
run down. his appearance verifying
his words.
Wei, l amt ben taking much of
anything, doc-that is nothing to
speak of. l TUX couple O. bottles O.
Pinkham's bitters a while back, an
a bottle of Quackham's invigorator,
with a couple O boxes of Curem' S
pills and a lot O quinine and some
dandelon tea my OF woman made.
I've got mustard plaster on my back,
an liver pad on, an I'm wearing an
'lectric belt an taiin' cod liver oil four
times a day, with a dose or two of
ginger ev'ry other day. 'Cepting for
that | amt takin' nothing.
Notice by a western paper that a
man out there has been ARRESTED for
fool-hoarding."
It is not at all strange that Foch S
nutcracker should fasten itself on the
crown prince.
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LIBERTY, IND.


Neighbors and friends yesterday do
mated their services and threshed jeff
Johnson's crop of wheat, about 500
bushels Mr., Johnson a few days ago
fell from a load of logs he was driv-
ing out of the woods, and had the
bone of his leg below the hip broken.
He Is confined at his home two miles
north of this place. "A game of base
ball will be played on the old fair
grounds here next Sunday afternoon
between a female baseball team and
the Liberty cub. 80. There are two
companies Of Liberty guards at this
place. named a and B. These guards
will play game, the AS versus the
BIS, next Thursday afternoon, Aug. Is,
here The proceeds of the game will
be divided between the clubs to go for
suits and the Surgical Dressing COM