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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03
CLAIM
TAKING OF ]. 6
BRITISH DEPOT
PROGRESS BY ENEMY
ARMIES IS ASSERTED
Emperor William Reported on
the Battle Front at
Rheims

BERLIN, June 2.-(via London.)-
German headquarters reports the cap
ture of the heights east Of Moulin
Sous Touvent and the lines west OF
Nouvron (Soissons sector). Violent
counter-attacks by the French around
Verneuu and on both banks Of the
Ancre are also mentioned In the OFF,
cial statement, which claims the cap
ture Of n Franco-American depot OF
enormous extent"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03
BRITISH RA|DEO
HUN TRENCHES
ON ARRASFRONT. 7.
GERMAN ARTILLERY.
FIRE is HEAVY
Haig's Night Report Tells Of
Pronounced Big Gun
Activity

(ONOON. June S.-rleIo Ne' e''s''
Haig reports as follows on the op-
cratlons in France:
Except for artillery activity on
both sides in the different sectors
there is nothing to report from the
British front
LONDON. June 2.-British troops
last night successfully raloed Ger
man trenches southeast Of Arras,
southeast OF Lens and north OF Be-
thune, the British war office an
nounced to day. This morning the
Germany artillery fire became more
pronounced at various sectors along
the front in Flanders and Belgium.
The text Of the statement READS:
british troops carried out sue
cessful raid last night southeast OF
Arras and captured 27 prisoners and
a machine gun. A successful! RAID
was carried out by US also southeast
Of Lens and north Of Bethune. we
czptured a few prisoners in each
case.
Hostile artillery developed con-
siderable activity early this morning
in the VilIers.Sretonneux sector and
!. also has been active along our
front between Albert and Arras and
in zhe Ypres sector.
The total number OF prisoners
taken by US in the recent fighting in
AvcIuy wood was r."
Germ.us have crossed with light foro-
es in the region Of Olizy-Vtolaine AND
ville-Ea-Lardenois:
"on the Rheims front there was on
change"
wnst Of Chateau Thierry.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, June 2. tBy The Associated
Press)-Fightjng their way along the
river Marne the Germans have reached
4 point 70 the west Of Cnateau-Thierry
French troops hold the western por-
tior Of the city.
On the eastern side Of the CHAM
pagne salient the Germans have sue
ceeded in crossing the Rheims-Dor-
mans road south of Olizy-Vtolaine ana
viue-En-Tardenots.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03


Favrole
the pesenob ,
n
Marne
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03

BERLIN, juno 2.-(Via London.)-
Tho war otice communication issued
this evening says:
ION The front Of attack fresh prog
ress has been made"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP
DOWNED BY BRITISH;
ALL OF CREW DROWNED

COPENHAGEN, June At Is re-
pori ed that Zeppelin airship was shot
down Saturday morning of the Jut-
land coast b. British torpedo boat
destroyer. The crew Of the airslup
was drowned, according to the report.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03
WEATHER FORECAST:

western Pennsylvania: Fair Monday
and Tuesday, not much change in tenn
Peraturc.
west Virginia and Ohio: Local thun-
der showers Monday: Tuesday partly
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03
French Holding the Foe in Westward
Drive; Many Villages Are Recaptured

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AMSTERDAM, June 2.-Paul Aos-.
ner In tho Berlin Jokal Anzeiger, says
that Emperor William visited the Ger
man army north Of Rheims Thursday,
remaining until evening, working with
individual commanders and receiving
reports from the battlefield.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03

AMSTERDAM IGno "a fnrml'iHh"
$ir;E" l. III progress III Warsaw among
In" employees &c m" various muni"i""!
departments. according T." dispatch
fr"w that rliy {" th" l"'kHl Nn""IGcr OF
IL rim Th. strike was h".un hy III"
cmriovrs "f IN" food department. owing
To 4 rrfu~a! of their demands for higher
wages and other r"nCcSSI0rS. and ncCeS-
stated 'hc ri"slnS nf all tn: rHhlic
Kitchens The post rf1lr" rnrplri"S and
rark workrncn later joined ting strike
movement
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LONDON, June 2.-(Srittsh Admir-
atty per wireless Press,) s,)-Field Mar
shzl Won Hendenburg recently has
been reported dead or gravely Ill, but
Paul Rosuer, special journalistic at
tendant Of Emperor william. writing
In the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, says that
on the battle front at Craonne last
Tuesday Emperor william and Won
Hindeuburg took a long walk between
the trenches, craters, wire entangle-
rnents and shell holes and inspected
the defensive positions OF The chenin
dies DANES.
To a question as to whether the
clim ling Of hill was not too much
for him vnn Hindenburg snuhugly
said to tine Emperor:
TT Is very good for me to get
little exercise, your majesty"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03
Swedish Agreement
Declared Unfriend|y
By the German Govt,

AMSTERDAM. jun, @.--"Th" intent"
ail'.i ~hIrrin; agreement with SWEDEN
= an unirl"ndly Hri ON TIA" part If
SWEDEN tnwar,! ti"rrnany' wrr.ce Count
Won i;r,"nilow III Ih'.' Berlin THsrs I"i
lung continuing. h" sans.
Til" agreement docs No; breathe a
neutral @GIrt. Germany may n" dc
l".t'icj upon l." watch swedish harh"rS tn
.n'' lha, Swedish VESSELS lying ih"r" do
not fan iu:" enemy hands.
,'pI'E.NIiAt;t:N. Saturday. lun" -
Th" I'rES-iau diet has sent To ;h" Ter
man r.i.ilSIn. II PROPOSAL !'y which per
>,ns imprisoned for several :; cars would
b.. allmWcd - rfii"r thu arm: for tn" ;ur-
nation g! %p.'ri;tl regiments.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-03

TERRIFIC SMASHES
LONGPoNT Corey TROEsNES VANTAGE
VILLERs COTTERETS WHICH
SEEMS TO BE GERMANS.
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CONTINUED on Fage Ten)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
ACTS AMAZE ITALIANS
Yankee Flyers Credited With
Great Heroism.
Exploits Quickly Win Honors Given by
King Victor Emmanuel
Himself.

Italian Army Headquarters
Italian commandant under whose d.
rection the American flyers are work.
ing on the Italian front has only one
fault to find with them. They never
want to remain on the ground.
The exploits which brought five of
the American airmen decorations can
not yet be published, but the value of
their services may be judged from the
fact that King Victor Emmanuel tray
eled to the section held by the Amer
leans to make the presentation.
A few days ago Lieut.. Alexander G.
Craig of New York, while flying over
Austrian territory, was attacked by a
chaser plane. BY skillfully handling
his own machine, after a few minutes
of jockeying he put his adversary at
a disadvantage and Unanswered his
own gunner into such a position that
burst of machine gunfre shot the
attacker dead and sent his plane to the
ground in flames.
Lieut. Harry L. Holtz of Burley,
Idaho, showed he could combine great
GOODNESS in danger with thorough I'M
derstanding Of Italian habits and GUS
toms. On his way back over the Aus
TRAN lines after a deep raid into en-
envy territory his plane was struck by
burst of shrapnel from anti-aircraft
guns. One fragment lodged in the
body Of Holtz's machine, another tore
hole In the right wing, while third
splintered one of the left-wing spars,
at the same time cutting one of the
aileron control cables to such an ex-
tent that single strand of steel wire
was left.
Lieutenant Holtz calmly pointed out
the break to the Italian mechanic &C.
'companying him. The mechanic, with
out moments hesitation, climbed out
and fought his way to the wing against
a tremendous wind pressure. Then,
lying fiat on his face and bracing his
feet against the strut, he grasped the
damaged cable with one hand on each
side Of the break.
Just when he was getting a grin
on the last strand Of the cable it parted
and the value of his daring action was
apparent. With the cable gone, the
big airplane virtually was useless, but
he coolly chung there, substituting his
strength for it and enabling Lieuten-
ant Holtz to bring the machine safely
into italian territory.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Spelling HUNS SLEEP.
Desu|tory Bombing Distracts
Antiaircraft Gunners..
Drop Two and Fit Away; When Fritz
Settles Down, Wake Him
Up Again.

Behind the British Lines in France.
One of the most exciting tasks to
which airmen are assigned is "desul-
tory bombing over one spot for an
hour or more. The object is to dis
tract the attention of the antiaircraft
defenders Of a given district.
A machine carrying a dozen or more
bombs is employed for the work. The
airman, pilot and an observer ap-
proach their target cautiously. With
engines throttled down, the craft glides
nearer and nearer.
Below all is quiet. No German
searchlights are sweeping the sky.
When the attackers are almost over
their object rocket rises and bursts
into cluster Of red stars.
The machine has been discovered.
At once six or seven searchlights throw
their beams aloft. The pilot looks at
his watch; it is time to begin bombing.
lie flies steadily on, although a bar
rage of bursting shells lies now in
front OF him. The observer looks
through the wires of his bomb sight.
He thrusts his lever forward and re-
leases two bombs. A few seconds
later he sees the flash of their explo-
sions, and hears two dull roars. He
signals to the pilot and the machine
sweeps away from the fiery ring of
shells and searchlights.
A few miles away the airplane flies
to and fro at top speed. The puzzled
searchlights vainly feel the sky in all
directions and then, one by one, are
switched off.
Then the pilot quickly returns to-
ward the target. Another bomb is
dropped. AS it explodes the search
lights reappear and the barrage is re-
newed, while through the shell bursts
are threaded the chains of green fam
Ing globes so much used by the Ger
mans. So
Again the machine flies away and
this time to bewilder the soldiers be-
low, the observer fires white Verey
light, which slowly drifts down and
fades out. All the searchlights follow
it until it dies.
Repeatedly the airmen return to the
attack. Bombs are dropped at inter-
walls until the end Of the hour, when
the machine departs, Pickering fires
and clouds Of smoke telling Of the
havoc wrought by the bombs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Sometime to Worry About.

AS If we haven't already enough to
keep our minds busy, with war and the
high cost Of living! And our friends,
the learned astronomers, who study
the heavens just as carefully as the
average fellow does the innermost re-
cesses Of his pocketbook day before
pay, are intent upon adding to our load
of worry burdens. They-some of
them-believe the sun is going to ex-
plode. One of them, writing in Pop
ular Astronomy, points to the fact that
our sun is Of advanced age, and pre-
diets it's finish as the leading figure
in our solar system. He finds that our
sun has contracted 100000 miles
from each side, thus giving it's hot
center 1S6,OOOOOO miles less Of room.
So you see the suns center is rather
crowded for space. Something like the
three-room apartment couple when Wis.,
iting relatives begin their summer va
cation drives.-Syracuse Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
FRENCH LAUNDRIES ARE FINE
American Soldier Says the Only Trou-
BILE Is Getting Your Own
Clothes Back,

New York.-"French village laun-
dries are wonderful places to the
American soldiers" writes r. J. Kirk,
a former Pacific Coast newspaper man
now doing duty over there, to an old
time friend here.
'sIn fact, every French hamlet has
a municipal washhouse," he continues.
1T is generally stone shed built over
a running stream. Here the old
French widows wash the American
soldiers clothes. Soldiers are sup
posed to wash their own clothes, but
not many Of them do it unless it is a
long way from payday, or else they're
leaving most Of their francs with the
paymaster in the shape of Liberty
Bonds, wives allotments or similar
payments.
$50 most of the 'soldats Americaine'
let the old French women do their
laundry. They do it good enough and
cheap enough, but getting back what
the soldier sent there to have washed
is another problem. The old ladies
take the socks, olive drab shirts and
underwear of half a company, souse
them all together in creek, drag them
out, hit them with paddle on the
wooden horses, then pile them and
tell the soldiers to come and get them.
VOLTA, Messieurs' (There they are,
gentlemen).
"The first man to arrive gets full
wardrobe. In fact, If he happens to be
bit INSCRIPTIONS he's likely to get
enough buds to last him over the win
ter. The last man need not go at all
he'll have only his bill to pay"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
MUSTARD GAS WORST
Most Horrible Invention Huns
Use in War.
It Brings Tears and Causes Painful
Skin Diseases Among
Soldiers.

Washington.-The most dangerous
Kind of poison gas used by the Ger.
mans is mustard gas" or dichloro-
diethysulphide.
Mustard gas has a distinctive but
not altogether unpleasant smell, more
ike garlic than mustard. It is heavy
and oily as liquid. It boils at 217 de-
grees centigrade, and thus has proper
Ties whereby it can be distributed IN
the form Of spray on the impact of a
shell.
Mustard gas is powerful producer
OF tears. After several hours the eyes
begin to swell and blister, causing in
tense pain. The nose discharges freely,
and severe coughing and vomiting en-
sue.
Direct contact with the spray causes
clustering of the skin, and the vapor
penetrates through the clothing. Gas
masks, of course, do not protect
against this. The symptoms are similar
to pneumonia - high fever, heavy
breathing and often stupor.
The damage done by mustard gas is
slow and insidious development. The
breaking down of the affected tissues
Is slow, the height being reached from
five to ten days after the burn is re-
ceived. The painlessness is also a
marked characteristic. Healing is
slow.
Mustard gas besides being used in
direct attack, is also used for "neutra-
l1zation." For instance, where supplies
and ammunition are being brought up,
few mustard gas shells will result
In dangerous confusion and delay. A
part of the infantry is "neutralized"
by having food and ammunition cut
down. If the shell hurts as we'll as
neutralizes, so much the better.
The American mask to fight mustard
gas is Of the box respirator type. The
hood is of rubber. Breathing is
through the mouth, pincers shutting
OF the nostrils. The gas-charged air
enters through the bottom of the can
listers, where by means of neutralidng
chemicals, it is purified. From the top
of the canister the air is drawn into
the lungs.
There is one-way shutter valve in
the hood through which the air comes
out This mask is designed to last ten
hours. For artillerymen the war de-
partment has made an oil suit which
encloses the soldier bodily.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10

This massive looking specimen Of
man is big enough to take ones
breath away. The most recent jibe d.
rected at tall men, Jaw, you're too big
to fit in the trenches" is smashed to
smithereens, as this picture shows.
The "giant" is an Italian colonel,
who is paying visit to the Italian Sec
tor in France. The Italians on the
western front have been giving good
account Of themselves and are CO.
operating with the French on this
front to stop the German drive just
started.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Different Species.

Our little three-year-old spends his
mornings out Of doors always, even
though he has no playmates near and
has to play alone. He calls to US once
in awhile, and the other day Informed
our maid he was fixing nuts for the
squirrel. To tease him and also to
help him differentiate, she asked him
why he didn't give the squirrel spin
ach or beans, for instance. "Oh, no."
was the instant protest, che isn't an
inside bird, Laura" -Chicago Tribune.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
WILL EAT CHESTNUT LOAF
French Medical Professor Urges Use
OF New Ingredient in Making
Bread.
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Paris.-Doctor Labesse, professor in
the medical school at Anglers, urges
the use Of chestnuts in bread.
Chestnuts, which used to be sold in
profusion in the streets Of Paris, have
disappeared from the market, he
points out, and says a considerable
saving in potatoes and wheat could be
effected by using them in bread, &C
cording to recipe which was demon
strated before the Academy of Sci
ences as long ago as 1851.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Smoky City Sees Snakes.

Pittsburgh.-Charme by the glar'
Ing headlight of a standing automobile
q five-foot snake, eight inches in cir
conference startled pedestrians in
the downtown section recently. Po-
icemen were summoned and the rep
tile was dispatched. It's arrival in the
business district remains a mystery to
the police department..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Fireman's Bravery Lauded,

John Harvey Stacks, fireman, third
class, United States navy, has been
commended for courage displayed dur
ing a fire on board a patrol boat.
Stacks attached a line to himself and
went down the port ventilator with q
fire hose to help quench the flames,
though the fire was then at it's height
and smoke and steam were pouring
from the ventilator. Stacks enlisted
Aug. Is, 1916, at Dallas, Tex.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Yanks Studying French.

Chicago.-Fifty thousand soldiers In
the environments in America do not
propose to arrive in France unable to
converse with the fair French damsel.
At least that is the estimate given by
Y. M. G. A. officials of attendants at
French classes in the camps.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Burn German Text Books.

Marinette, Wis.-While scores Of
people looked on the German text
books formerly used in the Menomonie
high school were burned in the public
square, thus marking the end of the
teaching Of the Teutonic language in
the public schools of this city.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Steam Destroys Siqht.

Altoona, Pa.-Percy S. Boring, a
Pennsylvania railroad machinist, lost
an eye when steam from boiling COT
fee blew in his face when he lifted the
lid. Boring has filed claim for COM
pensation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
FlDO'S BATH AND
3MEkLS ASSURED

Spokane, Wash.-One thou
sand dollars to provide three
meals a day, a bath and a bed
! for her pet dog is a provision
of the will of Mrs. Quincy Bur-
. CESS, recently admitted to pro-
bate. When the dog dies the
! will provides that it shall be
buried beside it's late owner. A
mice casket" is to be used and
! the dogs grave is to be properly
cared for.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
Rob SEWING Machine Bank.

n0U sewing WdCHine Bank.
Sharon, Pa.-Mrs. James Rasci wait
ed two weeks to report that someone
had stolen $1,000 from her sewing ma
chine drawer bank -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-08-10
IN WATER 10 HOURS
IS SAVED BY COFFIN

: Indiana, Pain the water for
! 10 hours and a portion of the
!. time clinging to a rough box
3 which contained the casket Of
!. an American soldier who had
3 died at sea was the experience
of Frank S. Kepple of Advance,
!. near here, following the sinking
]. of the steamer President Lin
! coin, according to a letter from
Kepple to his folks here.
::
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-04
Interned Germans
Tunnel to Escape,
But Are Fooled

ATLANTA, Ga, May Am sp-
parent attempt at a wholesale delivery
of the German prisoners at Fort Nc
Pherson was foiled late yesterday when
the guards discovered a S0-foot tunnel
leading from under one of the prisoners
barracks toward the dsube wire fence
which encloses the prison camp, it be
came known today.
3 The discovery of the underground
passage followed an investigation of
some trouble among the prisoners, the
guards being compelled to advance with
fixed bayonets before the crowd OF
angry Germans would disperse. They
had been engaged in heated discus
sion and several blows were passed
among the Teutons.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-04
ENORMOUS FIELD
or MINES May Be
CURE FOR U-BOATS
Thousand Square
Miles of Sea Is Covered,

LONDON. May 4-According to
Archibald Hurd, in the Daily Tele-
graph. the area in the North Sea recent
ly announced by the British govern
ment as prohibited as being dangerous
to shipping after May IS, will be the
greatest mine field ever laid for the
special FAirpose of foiling submarines.
1t will embrace III 1872 square miles, the
base forming line between Norway
and Scotland and the peak extending
northward into the Arctic circle.
Hurd, who is an authority OF naval
subjects, says that there has been a vast
improvement in British mines since
Admiral Jellcoe became first sea lord.
He points out that the creating OF this
barrier across the Northern exit of the
North Sea was an enormous task in
volving twelve or more months and es-
Inmates that tens OF thousands OF mines
were required to cover the area. He
suggests that when Admiral Jellicoe
made his famous prophesy that the sub
marine menace would be met BY August,
that he had this mine field in mind.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-04
Haywood Charged
With Direction of
|. w. w. Sabotage

CHICAGO, May 4-Testimony tend
ing to show that William d. ("Big
Bill') Haywood and other cabinet
members" OF the |. w w. directed the
anti-war activities of the organization
from the Chicago headquarters. was in
troduced by the government today in
the trial of IL leaders charged with
violating the espionage act
Scores OF letters and documents
bearing signatures of Haywood, .the
general secretary treasurer. and his as
sistants, were introduced by counsel for
the government and identified by wit
nesses some of whom are now en-
ployed by the organization
Admission of these letters over pro-
test Of defense council and establish
ment OF the signatures they bear, will,
according to government attorneys, form
the link TO chain OF evidence that
the government has, showing a war
program being entered into by leaders
at secret meetings here.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-04
Drive in Italy
May Be Started
Associated Press War Review.


Vienna dispatches today indicate that
the predicted Teutonic drive against
Italy may be about to begin. Simul-
taneously there are indications that the
Germans are on the eve OF a renewal
OF the major attacks on the Franco
Belgian lines.
London announces the beginning this
morning of an intense bombardment OF
the Anglo-French positions on the
Flanders front south and southwest OF
Hpres 1t was here that the Germans
met their disastrous defeat early this
week in their vain attempt to develop
their success in capturing Mount Kem-
mel the week previous 1t has been as
sumed that they were gathering their
forces for another and presumably
greater effort
To the south, on the Somme front,
the artillery activity continues, but there
have been no infantry movements by
the Germans.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-05-04
MORE HARD LUCK NOW \
FACES JACK STANLEY

Jack Stanley, owner of the ill-fsted
Riverside Country club, which was
closed by a court injunction last Jan
uary, and later destroyed by fire, will
be tried with Johnny Duncan in the
county court this afternoon on a charge
of maintaining a liquor nuisance at
o}OH West Tenth street. Stanley's
Tenth street apartments were raided by
city and county officers a short time
after the Riverside club was closed, and
clothing and furniture value at nearly
$500 were seized and later ordered
confiscated Johnny Duncan, the of
ficers allege, was the lady" employed
by Stanley to run the place.