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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-08

Cora is suffering tof lack Of lain
Ia North Logan where the rainfall
haa not bacn rreat lhla u especially
traso A
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16
TRADING AT HOME.

From the Hannibal Courier Journal
In ordinary time the advantages
of home trading over dealing with
outside concerns are sufficiently en-
phasized to exert considerable infiu-
ence. Every citizen shares the com
munity interests which make Dim in
directly a partner in home enterpris-
es. He participates in the prosperity
Of local establishments to the extent
TO which the employees of these con-
Germs contribute to the sum total of
the cOmmunity's volumne of business,
and in that measure in which the
home business man is drawn upon for
the creation and upkeep of roads.
schools, libraries. civic betterments
in general and local administration
In a word the Hannibal dollar spent
in ST. Louis or Chicago goes around
the world, while the Hannibal dollar
spent in Hannibal comes back TO the
spender in part in the form of divi-
dends upon his common stock in the
gross community revenues.
During wartime there are strong
additional reasons for trading exclu-
sively at home. War enterprises are
a constant drain on home income,
and the need of keeping every pos
sible dollar in the circulating treas
ury of the city is essential to the
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16

free exchange upon which business
activity is built AS affecting the well
fare of the purchase the arguments
multiply.
During the war there is a heavy
draft upon the nations manufacturing
capacities War necessities have pre-
ference over purely domestic manu-
facture in every way-as to raw ma
terial, fuel and power labor and
transportation. The consequence is
a general cheapening of domestic
lines, marked by substitution and
general inferiority. The privilege Of
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16

the assailants.
1t is not disparagement of the work
the ordinary rife did there to say that
the quick-firers decide the issue. Two
companies of infantry, without dug
outs to shelter them, held their ground
on the right of the position through
a heavy artillery preparation and kept
the enemy from bringing up rein
forcements throughout the fight.
Meanwhile, in the center at Xiyray
and on the left, the machine gunners
did the rest.
The enemy's plan, according to pris-
Oners. was to force the village. des-
troy the defence works, make the
place untenable and take prisoners.
The effort was well organized and
might have succeeded but for the work
of the quick-frers.
Six hundred men advanced to the
attack in no less than a dozen diff
ferent columns, led by two hundred
picked B2varian storming troops. They
came up on the right flank, on the
left and on the center under cover of
smoke. making a dark night still
darker They crept up the ravines
and slipped through the hollows. The
sharp ears of seRries alone prevented
a total surprise.
Aid is Cut on.
Their guns laid down a heavy box
barage that prevented the reinforcing
of the front line. One platoon, led by
Lieuteant DOan, from Maine, got
through the first curtain of fire. DOan
even went through the second with
some volunteers. but that was all the
help that could be sent to the 225 men
that were holding The line attacked.
They were only one to three but they
fought in way TO surprise and dis
may the six hundred Germans.
On machine gun section in the viii
lage was reduced to two men, Mon
fort WyckOff and John Flynn. Their
gun jammed and Flynn kept the Ger
mans OFF with his revolver while Wye
nun SOl NhC quiIhhlSlS SOilS d6dih-
They held their ground to the end.
Two other men, unable to get a
sight at the Germans fom their trench
climbed the parapet and stood there
erect firing their automatics from the
shoulders. Two infantrymen crawl
ed out of a shellhole to get better
aim.
The Germans had lost a third of
their 500 men when growing daylight
impaired the effectiveness of their
smoke screen and they began to re-
tire. The ffty-Odd unwounded Amer
leans left out of 225 went over the
top after them.
Two hundred is a conservative esti-
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16
THE COUNCILS DUTY

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch whicl
supported Folk and Whitley, both witt
varying degrees of enthusiasm, for the
Democratic nomination for the United
S-ates Senatorship, makes this COM
mont upon the duty of the Missouri
Council Of Defense:
so far as the Missouri Council OF
Defense is concerned il has been eX-
uuCrateE by all candidates OF respOn-
sibility for the prediction statement
accusing former GJv. Folk of reflect
ing on M.ssOuri's loyalty in a cam
paign speech Mr.. Folk has cleared
the council.
For those who were concerned in
the sending out Of the statement the
only thing for the council TO do is JUS
tice. /, should ascertain the truth and
fix the actual responsibility. Its ac-
tion should be taken wholly for the
benefit of the State and the States
WI = III tLAt wal. NAlAlOuN tE-dAh "
partisan passions and revenges.
The excellent service Of Secretary
Saunders entities him to a fair hear
ing and unbiased Judgment as to his
motive and his responsibility. Vindi-
eating Missouri from charges of dis
loyalty is always in order, but, wheth-
CT true or false. it was an act of folly
10 connect the council in any way with
a political campaign. and the council
should make sure that nothing of that
kind is repeated.
The council should be vindicated
and the offenders rebuked with as lit
lie disruption of its organization and
interruption of its work as possible.
Politics ought to be avoided as much
in settling this matter as in the gen
eral conduct Of the council. The ques-
ti0n OF raising money for the councils
work or Of refunding the sum advanc-
cd by loyal citizens ought not 10 be in
any wise mixed up with this squabble.
The duty Of the State to carry on this
work is clear and interference with it
10 satisfy personal and political re-
yenges issnot the part of good citizen
ship.
The carrying on # war work is in
Gnitely more important than the in
tcrests Of any party, faction or poll
tician."
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16
As TO RUSSIA

Broadly speaking AT least three
principles may well govern the United
States in its dealings with the compli-
Gated situation in Russia.
First is TO remember that few. if any,
Americans know much about Russia.
Drawing fancy portraits over the mere
names of Kerensky or of Trotsky, or of
Lenine, or Of Korniloff is not a substi-
tute for knowledge. but a hideously
dangerous form Of ignorance
The secbnd principle is that while
We are az war with Prussia for excel
lent reasons. our associates are not at
war with Russia for exactly the same
reasons. Japan for example can hard
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16

examination before purchase. and the
right of exchange, became doubly i'm
portant under these conditions.
There has of late been a growing
recognition of these facts in Amer
lean cities and as a matter of inter-
city competition, Hannibal must
keep abreast of practises common
throughout the nation if its expects to
hold its own and to avoid being drawn
upon by rival localities in a manner
to tighten local conditions and gen.
orally to sap the vitality of the en-
tire vicinity.
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ly be accused of carrying on a war for
democracy.
The third principle suggests that
while we may be naturally and prop
erly angry with those Jews whose
meddling nalie the final Russian col
lapse, We must not imagine that all
Russians who are against the Bolshe-
vikis are also against the Germans.
Some of the most dangerous pro-Ger-
whom a counter-attack might replace.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16
THE LOUISIANA VOTE

When William Jennings Bryan spoke
at the Columbia Chautauqua. he in
Vited his hearers TO read the news
papers of August 8. saying that the
dispatches published that day would
show that the Louisiana Legislature,
reversing a former vote, would ratify
the amendment to the Constitution Of
the United States, providing for Ma
tional Prohibition. Mr.. Bryanis proph-
ecy proved true. Both the Louisiana
Senate and House ratified the amend
ment. Louisiana is the fourteenth
state voting in favor of ratification, the
others being Mississippi, Virginia,
kentucky, South Carolina, North Da-
kOta, Maryland, Montana, Texas, Del
aware, South Dakota, Massachusetts,
Arizona, and Georgia. Not a single
state has definitely voted against rati-
fcatiOn.
The vote in Louisiana was signifi-
cent Governor Pleasants, in his mes
sage urging ratification, said he did
not believe that Louisiana was ready
Tor mere state wide prohibition for the
reason that the percentage of its pop
ulation opposed TO prohibition is too
great for a proper enforcement of
state law TO that effect, but he pre-
sented an unanswerable argument in
favor of ratification in these words:
IN 50 far as nationwide prohibition
is concerned, the United States is ripe
for such a policy. More than so per
cent of the territory of continental
United States is already dry, and about
20 per cent Of the nations population
live in dry territory. She (the natiOn)
is therefore in a position to secure the
approximate enforcement of prOhibi-
tiOn laws"
The Legislature. probably impressed
by Governor Peasants logic, voted
for ratification.
National Prohibition is as certain as
the dawning Of tOmorrow's sun.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-08-16
COOK REDEEMS SELF IN
YANKS' FIRST REAL FIGHT
BY Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS
IN FRANCE, June 90 (By maiD-
Though the American troops have had
three engagements in the Toul sector
during the last three months men in
the division say there has been just
one fight"
The big raid on Apremont in April
they call "the Apremont AFFAIR; they
refer to the attack on Seicheprey ten
days later as the Seicheprey thing" /;
but, ''the morniny of June 16 at Xiv
ray. they say, there was a fight.
This distinction doe no wrong TO
the defenders of Apremont and Seich-
eprey. The men did their best there,
and that best was as good as could
be expected under the circumstances.
but their best then was not so good
as their best at Xivray. That is the
significance given to the distinction
by French officers. They say it was
at Xivray the men holding the sector
showed they had learned how TO do
what must be done in the front line.
Xivray has a similar meaning TO the
Germans in that sector if the evidence
of prisoners may be trusted. The men
captured there show increased respect
for the fighting qualities of the Amer
leans and betray a deeper awe of the
American machine gun.
Cook Is Hero.
One of the heroes of the day was a
cook who had been dismissed from the
service on account of loose habits
with respect to drink
When sober he was possessed of an
astonishing amount of perseverance.
He had foiled all efforts of the Off
GERS TO put him out of the division.
He left one regiment to appear in
another. He passed from one COM
pany to another until he had reached
the last one.
If he was thrown out of that it was
all over with his soldering. He was
one of the volunteers that went
through two barrages and he stayed
through the fight, giving fist aid to the
wounded under the sharpest fire from
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mate OF the German losses for our
men buried forty-seven Of them on
the field and there were more cOrpses
in the tall grass facing the position,
out of reach Thus the Germans lost
nearly as many men as they had fac
ing them during the fight.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
BUTTE OFFICIALS
ARR!ESf41L.W !! t: s! t | | ". t. ". n.
Make Raid on Headquarters
Selling Large Amount
of Literature.

Butte, March 25.-Forty-one men
We're taken from Finlander hall. meet
ing place Of the Metal Mine Workers
union and headquarters OF the /. w.
w. late tonight by the police and are
being held at the police station on
charges of vagrancy. pending investi-
cation. Five suitcases of literature sus-
pected of being incendiary and possibly
seditious in character was seized and
will be examined by federal authorities
tomorrow.
Most of the men arrested wore |. w.
w. buttons and carried paid-up MEM
bership cards. The police suspect them
of having been on the point of taking
a strike vote. According to the police.
some of the paper seized indicated that
the Metal Mine Workers union Is rAis-
ing a fund for the defense of Leonard
Isaacson, held on the charge of having
murdered Frank Linn, two weeks ago
Frank Linn. miner, was found IA i
tally shot in the snow two weeks ago
early in the morning. Leonard Isaac
son, also a miner. was arrested and
upon Lnn's death, was charged with
the murder. The coroners jury held
Isaacson responsible for the killing
Previous to tonight nothing had de-
Eveloped to show the connection OF eth
Ter Linn or Isaacson with the Meta
Mine Workers union or the Industrial
Workers of the World.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
ADVANCE MANY THEORIES
REgARD|kG GERMAN Gun

New York, March 25.-Many ord
nance experts issued statements here
today dealing with the long range gun.
reported as being used by the Germans
in shelling Paris from a distance Of
76 miles.
Lewis Nixon, Annapolis graduate and
ordnance expert with the United
States Steel corporation, advanced the
opinion that liquid air might be used
to both propel and cool a shell during
it's long fltAost.
IF such a thing as this long range
Smelling Is really happening" he said.
there must be some other propellant
than powder Liquid air would give
an enormous pressure when confined,
and be perfectly safe.
Liquid air will eventually replace
powder as propeilant. Shells can
be fired with It from rifled guns. The
shell is liable to become very hot ir
It's passage through the air at terrific
speed, yet the same ingenuity that
could harness the power of liquid gas
could doubtless provide for the exuda-
tion OF enough liquid gas to cool tbs
| she'll"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
|LENRoOT ASSA|LS
WILSON'S POLICY
Says President Should Not
Interfere With Affairs
of Wisconsin.

Milwaukee. March 25.--Congressman
Irvine l.. Lenroot. Republican candi-
date for United States senator In n
speech at the neighboring city of Ke
nosha tonight, called on President
Wilson to keep his hands out OF Wis
consin state politics.
He said that as Republicans in con-
gress had forgotten party to support
his war policies, the president should
not Interfere between loyal Democrats
and loyal Republicans In Wisconsin.
Won't Withdraw.
The belated attempt to get either
Lenroot. Republican. or Davies, Demo !
crat, to withdraw from the senatorial
campaign in Wisconsin, having failed
here this afternoon. both sides un-
furled their banners tonight and for a
week the state will rock with a political
battle which, for numbers engaged. has
not been exceeded even in a national
campaign.
Both sides have brought in orators
and speakers of prominence from the
country at large.
Loyalty Is the keynote of the speak
ers Of both OF the older parties. The
Socialists will start their campaign IN
this city tomorrow night.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
REJOICE AT HUNS
DRIVE IN CHICAGO
Pro-Cermans Sing National
Enemy Anthems.

Chicago, March 25.---More than SO
persons we're arrested tonight for cele-
brating the German offensive. Early In
the evening police were attracted 70
one house by strains of Die Wscht
am Rhein" and as a result OF arrests
there made federal and civic authori-
ties combined In a drive through Ger
man settlements. where il was found
that general celebgation was being
held. German faxs were displayed In
many places and in many houses.
groups were found raising their voices
in German songs. Bonfires also were
lit in some parts OF the city. u
One man arrested. when asked thf
cause OF the celebration declared thai
he had held himself back as long .,
possible. but the great German yictorJ
was too great an event not to be ceie.
ibrated."
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BRITISH STUBBORNLY
RESIST NEW EFFORTS
TO PENETRATE LINES

With the British
Of
battle
siion Offered by the heroially resisting British
alnigM
the
which
pushed
tie the
and
mined defenders battling doggedy back and reclaim
previously held the
The decision
the struggle with The British
been nsticnariy
Fighting
Psonne
British headquarters
positions with
German troops Heavy
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''G01I MT ull's," KAISER
SAYS AFTER Dis BATTLE

Amsterdam, March 25.--The fall
OF Bapaume was announced to-
night in a telegram from the Ger
man emperor TO the empress, II liz
announced officially. The emper-
or's telegram reads:
"Bapsume fell last night after a
hard struggle My victorious troops
are pressing forward from fla
paume and further south are ad-
yancing on Albert. The Sofnme has
been crossed at many points above
Peronne. The spirits Of the troops
are az fresh as on the first day Of
the battle.
over 5000 prisoners. more
than 900 guns, thousands Of ma
chine guns and enormous quanti-
ties of ammunition and provisions
have been taken just as after the
Isonzo battle in Italy.
May God be with us. Wilhelm. !"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
GERMANS CONTINUE ADVANCE
AT HORRIBLE COST IN LIVES
Fear Hun Air
Attack Soon
on America

New York, March 25.-Relief
work which might be required in
the event Of an air raid on New
York was planned at a meeting of
doctors, nurses and police officials
held here today. Police Commits.
siorer Enright announced that sew
eral emergency units Of surgeons,
nurses and helpers, had been
formed and that bomb shelters
would soon be provided.
Captain A. Wells Ingram Of Lon
don, now attached to the American
Red Cross, who advised Commits.
sioner Enright to prepare for pos
sible raids, asserted that the fear
Germany might attack New York
from the air 10 mo joke"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
Drag Pro-Hans From Beds
to Force Salute Of Flaa

Lima. Ohio, March 25.-A mob at
Delphos, near here. made a house ia
house canvass, dragging every sus-
pected pro- German from his bed. TAX
ing him down town and forcing him ta
salute the American flag under pair
of being hanged to a tree.
Barney Hinderman, wealthy mer-
chant to whose shoe store a nag wa:
nailed An hour ago. has been notified
to salute is taken down, he would b.
thrown into the canal at once ant
drowned.
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Battling for every point Of vantage giving ground only
when overwhelmed BY numbers and exacting frghtu toll
Of lives the British line in Pcardy is still intact While the
Monday there no sign Of disintegraon in the British
forces which at many points especially on the northern end
Of the long line Of battle, are standing firm.
The German official report tells of the defeat Of the Brit
sh and their retreat via Ypres and Sally This would
seem to indicate heavy fighting far to the north OF the
Somme battle field Of which British report has spoken
There is however called Sally south OF Bapaun,e
and eastward Of this place is town known Ytres 1t is
probable that these the points referred to in the Berlin
statement
The largest gains by the Germans have been Of St
Quentin where they have captured Nese and Guiscad
These points, which are the tip Of the Teutonc attack
are than ten miles from the front stood March Il
Military observers discern in the scheme Of the German
attack repetition Of the German pncer system Of attack
which used by Won Mackensen in Russia Rumana
Serbia This attack consists Of two attacks dstanc
apart which, after progressing Depth towars
each other compelling the forces caught between them
fall back or be in danger Of capture
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-26
Say Woman Is Disloyal
And Ride Her on Rail

Benton, Ill. March 25.-Mrs. Frances
Bergen. woman Of Bohemian birth.
residing at West Frankfort. south OF
here. was ridden on a rail through the
main street Of that city late today BY
500 members OF the Loyalty league,
who charge her with disloyalty- She
was made to wave flag Throughout
the demonstration and to- shout praiss
Tor President Wilson.
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Foresaw Danger.

Foresaw Danger.
The British have foreseen this dan
ger and have met It by first checking,
then forcing the northern jaw OF the
pincer southward, while they have
dropped back on the center and have
not fallen into the German trap. The
pressure Of the defenders of the
somme front seems to be bending the
whole German attack to the south
where It Is hoped Its force win be dis
sinated.
The French positions Joined the Brit
ish to the south of St. Quentin bu,
there have been no reports showing
that the. French have fallen back from
their advanced positions. on the
other hand. reports would indicate that
the original French lines now virtual,
flank the advancing Germans aionp
the Disc river.
Meet All Attacks.
be meeting the attack 30 that 1t IL di.
rected no longer straight a. the line
but is diverted toward the Disc. where
the German advance has been mos
rapid
French troops have taken over sec
tors of the front and have released
British units for work farther north.
Berlin states that Americans hav'
also Joined In the fighting, but moth
Ing has as yet been officially reporte'
on this Ioint ....
The. fall Of Bapaume, In the earl,
hours of Monday. was a blow TO tn
British. but 1t was the result of de
termination to fall back slowly al
along the line that Is being attacked
Official reports state that repeate
heavy attacka on Bapaume were beate
off by the British. who also forced tn
Germans back across the Somme at
number OF points, only to fall bac
when the safe retreat Of the main bod
of the army had been assured.
Trying Great Wedge.
While the German wedge is ST
/ moving. its progress Is not alarming
/ CONTINUED on Page Eight.9
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d. S. MARINE MT bY SHELL
FROM DISTANCE Gun

Paris. March 25.-An American cor
poral of marines was struck in the
chest BY splinter Of one Of the first
shells which fell In Saturdays bonn
bardment of Paris. He was wounded
seriously, but his life probably was
saved by the DETECTION OF the splinter
by his cigarette case.
SO far as has been reported. he is
the only American victim OF the bonn
bardment.
The Matin says that one of tha
shells fired in the direction OF Paris
yesterday struck church In q suburb.
Several persons who were attending
church service were killed.
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US. TO AID CANADA.

Washington. March 25.-Through ar
rangement with the Canadian govern
ment, the department OF labor an
noupced tonight all recruiting in the
United States for workers on Cana
dian farms. will be done through
United States employment service Of
fices and no workers will be sent u
Canada until American needs are filled
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FlR''E||NCAl'TROOPS ! [
COUNTER ATTACK
Inflict Heavy Losses on Huns
in Great Drive on Front
Near st. Quentin.

Paris, March 25.--The French forces
which are fighting to the south OF st.
slowly. are carrying out strong counter
attacks and inflicting heavy losses ON
the Germans. says the war office state
ment tonight
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Old Kaiser Winter has been hope
lessly beaten. but he retains command
over an hour or two of the "a. Though
the cohorts Of spring dominate all the
daylight and most Of the dark hours,
the official bulletins again show u
frosty minimum temperature.