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S|MONDS' WAR REVIEW
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esyfng immediate degeneration of
the German machine. German high
command made one of the great
blunders Of the war in risking a bat
tie on the Marne with an insufflciently
defended flank exposed to the enemy.
but German officers. staff and field
alike. revealed familiar competency
in dealing with an awkward situa-
tion, full Of grave dangers, once the
initial blunder had led to the allied
counter offensive. The test Of an army
is in defeat and retreat and the Ger
man army stood the, test in a fashion
which must be recognized. II one Is to
face facts as they are intelligently.
To me the second Marne is the
greatest thing since the original bat
tie and the later verdun defense
believe it is the turning point In the
me essential to emphasize the real
and dismiss the imaginary results
attained. I think soldiers all over
the world. will agree that, having
done exceedingly badly by reason OF
miscalculation and misapprehensfon
of the condition Of French armies
and the availability Of American re-
serves. the German did admirably in
minimizing his punishment He could
not escape much punishment ana ne
did not. but he made the best OF
bad business in a soldierly fashion.
To sum up: When the first allied
advance reached the vicinity of Sois-
SONS and thereby narrowed the neck
of the German Marne salient to less
than twenty-five miles a retreat by
the Germans from all that portion OF
the salient south Of the Ourcq and
conceivably south Of the Vesle was
inevitable. This carried with it the
surrender of the plans for the orig
| inal offensive, the most considerable
| vet undertaken by the Germans and
| designed to bring the kaiser's ar
mics within striking distance OF
Paris on a sufficiently wide front.
with their rear and tanks safely
covered by the reduction OF the
French positions north Of the Marne
and particularly about Rheims.
| By massing his reserves and his
heavy artillery along the tanks OF
the doomed salient, about scissors
and north of Rheims, Ludendorn
promptly abolished all danger Of a
| great battlefield disaster, and by Sun
day, July 81, was free TO devote his
whole attention to the slow evacua-
tion of the Marne salient, into which
he had thrown . vast amount oi
military material This evacuation
proceeded at a deliberate pace. fol-
lowing a quick retirement from Cha
teau Thierry and the positions south
| of the Marine during all the next
| week, slowly increasing in speed az
! the rearward roads were cleared OF
congestion by the passing north OF
the bulk Of the war material
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Nature Of Country Aided Huns.

The German was aided in this rear
guard fighting by the nature Of the
country. the tangled woodlands and
the many hills and valleys. He de-
Tended the villages with small forces,
and the fighting about these supplied
the daily grist of battle reports. By
the second Sunday following the
American thrust he was north Of the
Ourcq, his withdrawal Of material
was evidently complete and his rear
guards began to draw back more rap
idly, while his own reports hfnted at
tho approach of an end of the retreat,
since they mentioned the fighting as
near the new German line.
Exactly where that line runs re-
mains in doubt now. It may be along
the hills between tho Ourcq and the
vesle valleys, with the heights above
Soissons and east Of the little Crise
river included. 1t may be along the
vesle and the Ardre or behind the
Vesle, but the exact location is of only
passing interest To all intents and
purposes the Marne salient has been
abolished; already the French are
about ready to resume the use OF the
enormously important Paris-Chalons-
Nancy trunk railroad, which follows
the south bank Of the Marne and was
cut from Chateau Thierry to Dormans
after the battle of May 81. with grave
consequences for the whole transport
system OF their armies
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Apollo.

tho flm attraction at crandalis
Apollo today and TOMORROW WIN be
How Could You. Jean7" featuring
Mary Pickford; Tuesday. kitty Cor
don will be shown in "Tinsel";
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Service Star; Thursday. Enid Ben
nett. in "A Desert Wooing"; Friday.
Jack Pickford. in Sandy: Saturday,
Constance Talmadge, in "A Pair of
Silk Stockingas
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Jay Belasco and Ethel Lynee have
been featured in q Christie comedy
entitled Are Second Marriages Hap
py?,
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CraudaHG

.Bhark. Monroe. featuring W. s.
Hart will be shown today and tomor-
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those plans which looked tO Q double
movement upon Paris BY the Disc val
ley to the west and by the Marne to
the east. He will have to start all over
again on the s-Rheims front or
go elsewhere.
The fourth German drive, that for
to a dead halt in three days and by a
counter thrust by Mangtn on the
western flank toward Montdidier, but
the Germans had provided against
such thrust SO carefully that 1t did
not succeed in compelling any consid-
erable withdrawal In this attack tho
German gained some valuable ground,
but at high cost, and did not in any
measure realize his plans or reach his
ob1ecttyes. In the case Of the NTH
offensive, however, he was not merely
checked, but thrown back, compelled TO
make his greatest retreat of the year:
he lost thousands of prisoners and
hundreds OF guns, and he lost q battle
SO Enthusiastically that the defeat, how
ever its meaning may be softened in
his explanations to his people. cannot
be hidden.
All this is. pretty satisfactory as W
enter the fifth month of the campaign
Of 1918 and realize that not less than
one million American troops have ar
rived in France since the great defeat
in Picardy on March 81, and that the
first considerable fraction of our
American forces in France has fur
nished an invaluable reinforcement,
out Of which, with certain French and
colonial elements, Foch fashioned his
strategic reserve to deliver the de-
cisive blow about Soissona-
Evening star., 1918-08-04

Dustin Farnum's picture The
Light Of Western Stars" II said to
follow the Jane Grey novel ito the let
ter"
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George Broadhurst early this month
is to present a musical comedy by HIM
self and Slvio Helm called He Didn't
Want to Do It" 1t is based on farce
by Walter Hackett
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Tho Ghost of tho Rancho to be
released by Fathe August II, features
Bryant Washburn. supported by Rhea
Mitchell.
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Doris Kenyon is to be pictured IL
The Inn Of the Blue Moon" q mag
azine story by. Louis Joseph Vance
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Taylor Holmes In going to do ~su-
reproductions" with his own director
and Everything like that for the Tri-
angle corporation.
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Filrnograrns::

Theda Bara IL to b. filmed in Tho
She Devil in q light comedy role.
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Anna Casa tho prima donna, has
succumbed to tho lure Of tho screen.
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Patricia Collinge. who starred In
~Pollyanna," is to be the star Of Til
lie," q dramatization of Helen Martins 8
Pennsylvania Dutch story, Tillie. the
Mennonite Maid"
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Catherine Calvert: the widow Of
Paul Armstrong. the playwright, is the
picture star Of ~Out Of the Night
a story by E Lloyd Sheld6h. filmed
by tho Frank A. Keeney picture cor
poration.
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EffzabetA Risdon has 0sAn sneated
for the company which win support
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Picture corporation's feature, "'Over
There" overwhelmed Denton, Nd,
and Rockingham. N. C., and severy-
body that got by the doorman had
to nay IS cents" ~
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EXCURSI0Na
.
. 0lftJ{I1Y6J0A

KMlNMGToN.
OAsvy Oas cars b Zoo anA s11ty <fsbs
connect at lake with ,Kensinston fns - points
near Garrett Pafk. Capitol visw, extendfng
through Remington toward WheAtna. Passen-
gers may gather Wild .fruits and Aowen a
railway land and right Of way.
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Mason. Maude Eburne, Harry Tighe.
Miss Dawn will be recalled As the star
of THE Pink Lady"
Evening star., 1918-08-04

A play successfully produced in
London by R'C. Carton and Justin
Huntley Mccarthy. entitled sNurse
Benson" will be presented in this
country by the Frohman Company.
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In the Spotlight.

portant part In tho next Cohan revue,
to be produced about tho holidayA
& The shuberts will produce . nsw
musical play by Glen McDenough and
Reginald de Koven. called sTesterday..
day.
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The works Of Justus Niles Forman.
the American author. who lost his
life on tho Lusitania, are to be shown
in motion picture form. ~Buchanan's
Wife is to be the first.
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Norma Talmadge's new film fea-
ture, Tier Only Way" is to be a sur
prise in story ana spectacular in
scenery, according to advance re-
ports. A big scene takes In q divorce
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David warheld VIII not appear in
Evening star., 1918-08-04

A musical version of "a Full House"
will be presented soon under the title
"A Bubble Girl" Dallas Wexford and
May Vokes are in the company.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

why America win Win" . sen
satfonal photoplay production based
upon the life of Gen. John J. Per-
shing. will be ono Of the new seasons
Fog features
Evening star., 1918-08-04

Theda Bara is to be filmed in Tho
She Devil in a light comedy role.
Anna Case the prima donna, has
succumbed to the lure Of the screen.
Doris Kenyon is to be pictured in
The Inn. OF the Blue Moon" q mag
azine story by. Louis Joseph Vance.
Jay Belasco and Ethel Lynee have
been featured in q Christie comedy
entitled Are Second Marriages Hap
py?
Dustin F1rnum's picture The
Light Of Western Stars" II said to
follow the Jane Grey novel ito the let
ter"
Tho Ghost Of tho Rancho to be
released by Fathe August II. features
BRYANT Washburn. supported by Rhea
Mitchell
Taylor Holmes is going to do .su-
reproductions" with his own director
angle corporation.
The works Of Justus Niles Forman.
the American author. who lost his
life on the Lusitania, arc to be shown
in motion picture form. ~Buchauan's
Wife is to be the first
why America win Win" . sen
sational photoplay production based
upon the life Of Gen. John J. Per-
shing. will be ono of the new seasons
Fox features.
Norma Talmadge's new film fea-
ture, Tier Only Way" is to be a sur
prise in story ana spectacular in
scenery. according to advance re-
ports A big scene takes In q divorce
court
Vivian Moses writes that the Select
There" overwhelmed Denton, Nd,
and Rockingham. N C., and .every-
body that got by. the doorman had
to pay IS cents" N''
Catherine Calvert: the widow Of
Paul Armstrong. the playwright. Is the
picture star Of eOut Of the Nfrht"
q story by E Lloyd Sheld6h. filmed
by tho Frank A. Keeney picture cor
"A typical New York midnight
crowd in a popular lobster palace"
was recently filmed at the Culver
City studios out, west. At tho same
time, nearby. the "old Naples street
scene used in The Ghost Flower
featuring Alma Rnbens. was pulled
or,
.Smf1ing~ Bin Parsons n guan9 to
perpetuate the New York conduc-
fnreffe IN his c0medfea HA In "a.
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NARolDlOckWOD.
.SAN0E
Otis Skinner next season in . new

Some Daddy" . new comedy by
Harry A. Jacobs and James L. Camp
bell, opened at the Actors and Authors
Theater, New York, last week.
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smiling Bin Parsons n euane to
perpetuste the New York conduc-
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a L h WOODS, the veteran
~ theatrical producer. star
"A tied Washington last week
~ with a new type Of enter
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
(Toronto Mail and Emplre).

The reduction in freight rates on
manure from Toronto to the Essex
peninsula raises the question OF
whether Ontario agriculture could not
be assisted by a government system
of fertilizer distribution. The scar
citv of labor, it's high cost and the
need Of cars for even more essential
purposes are difficulties, but the need
of enlarged output of foodstuffs is
pressing and adequate fertilizing Is an
assured method of increasing yfefds.
Toronto and other Of the larger cities
accumulate a considerable surplus
of manure in the crop season, and
some central agency ought 10 be at
work gathering this UP and shipping
if to AGRICULTURAL areas where it can
he r,rofitably used. In connection
with this a government system Of
supn1ving artificial fertilizers at cost
all over the province ought to be in
effect. At present, off course, the cost
Of nitrstes, phosphates and potash is
prori bitive and the latter is scarce
" obtainable for agricultural pur-
noses. But the need of food produc-
ton, even at high cost, is now so
pressing that economies of former
DAYS seem Insignificant compared
with present value Of large produce
ton. The province could well af-
ford TO lose money for the time in
venture assuring fullest possible sup
Div of fertilizers In districts greatly
needing it. Germany's remarkable
production Of cereals and potatoes
is owing chiefly to the skilful use of
artificial fertilizer. The difference IN
res,11ts obtained by German methods
is astonishing:
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

meat once a day on all abstinence
days except Fridays, Ash Wednesday.
Holy Saturdays and Christmas eve.
This rule is now slightly modified to
the extent that the fast of Holy Sat-
urday will end at noon.
American Catholics will Also OBJ
serve the nation's meatless day, but
that does not exclude fowl. The Cath
ofic workingman, who is permitted by
the church to eat meat on Saturday,
is asked by the president to make
that a portzless day.
The permission granted to soldiers
and sailors to eat meat on all days
Of the year except Ash Wednesday.
the last two days of Lent and Christ
mas eve, was to be expected, for this
exemption has been applied for many
years to the army in peace times,
and not only to the navy but to
sailors in the merchant marines.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
Punish the Appeal.
{ bridgeport Telegram-)

ADl1uSSpoiL
If there is one thing in Connect
cut court procedure more than an
other which invites criticism it is in
the relations of the city and town
courts with the common pleas court,
criminal side. Appeals are taken
from the minor tribunals to this
county court. They are encour-
aged alike by lawyers hungry for
every case which goes up.
No matter how regular the preced-
ure, no matter how just the sentence
no matter how frivolous the ground
of appeal, up goes the case if it in
wolves a violation of the liquor,
gambling or disorderly house laws
The purpose of this appeal is not
to secure justice, but in nine cases
out of ten to thwart justice. Such
but it is in some cases, because wit
nesSeS have a way of disappearing
and prosecutors are not as watchful
of the public welfare as in the lower
courts, after thinking over the case
for a month
Now the way to deal with these
cases is to make the punishment
much heavier in the upper court
when it is found that there is no
honest ground for appeal.
The situation is not pleasant one
to contemplate It is a procedure
which discredits the courts, and,
like all such things, it should be cut
out by vigorous action.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
BY LIEUT.. F1rzuueH GREEN u NJ
Oil
Submarines must be.

are oil burners Submarines must be.
How unself1sh we are-or foolish.
Other powers with whom we are
fighting or competing realize the
superiority of oil burning ships
BIndly we seek only the dollar and
for it barter the coat of mail God
has given us. Our annual yield is
265, 900, 900 barrels, two-thirds of the
worlds supply of oil. At this rate
students Of the subject set % years
as the limit.
So serious was the prospect in 1918
that the Navy Department halted its
policy of building oil-burners until
the Department of the Interior could
canvass the national resources The
only assurance forthcoming was that
oil could be relied upon for the life
of battleships constructed within the
decade--tWenty years perhaps.
We are not dependent upon our
export trade in oil. 1t is a source of
luxury rather than of living. We're
we to hold what we have for our own
supply would last rs times as long or
long, or more than 500 years Naval
specialists the world over grant linn
itless superiority to oil fuel ships
Greater speed, efficiency, strength, and
tactical value are but a few of their
overwhelming advantages. And we
are content to sell our safety for
pieces of silver!
The government is doing it's best
On September 27, 1909, the president
withdrew large areas of public land
in order to create a national reserve
Already there are Naval Petroleum
Reserves, Nos. l, 2 and in Califor-
MIA and Wyoming. BY the president S
order of April. 1915, these areas
shall be held for the exclusive use
or benefit of the United States Navy"
Going Not only the oil,
but the price is going-higher. Re-
member the hungry elephant But
when you try to corner the market
of his fodder don't forget the other
wild animals. The Bears for in
stance.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Soak it in oil Take your saving s,
cash your insurance, rob the baby's
penny bank-and sodse it into oil.
I'm crazy? Listen:
We don't know how many automo-
hi]es there are, but if Zeus looked
down on the world just now he'd yell
for the bug powder We don't know
exactly how many aeroplanes we
have, but we do know we are about
to spend a, billion dollars on more
And we are only the y. S-news to
some people, but it's so. w are not
the World by several million motor
cars and aeros. All of which burn
gas, meaning OIL
Turn for a. moment to the waving
wheat So carefully is it sown, grown,
harvested, dried and threshed. Lady,
rinthine ar the processes from grain
to -four, and almost art is the bak-
ing thereof into bread Long and
costly is the way from fuxrowed field
to fap-jack; yet Man will have no
other.
10 the fat Elephant. I'm get to
the Navy in a minute) In ponderous
majesty he enters the wheat and
feeds. He shuts his little eyes and
gorges-nilkweed too, and grass, and
vines. Fodder IS that which fills his
capicious belly Were he fastidious
he would starve
Our Navy is eiephantine. The
myriad motor vehicles Of the world.
autos, aeros, and interurban jugger-
nauts, like their finicky owners must
have the small costly Installations of
a vast harvest; gasoline and kero-
sene. The hulking Man-of-War iron
bellied and with yaxds-even miles
Of steel intestines, feeds on unpicked
fodder. the original crop CT raw and
unrefined crude Oil.
Yet the oil supply is limited Some
experts predict that our generation
shall see its end. Little wonder then
when by the present program the
Navy will require in a single year, g.
721, 900 barrels of fuel oil, and three
times that in war! All new ships
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
Replacing the Ounces Stool.
Waterbury Republican,.

An article in recent number of
the Survey discusses the passing Of
the old-time ounces stool. There
was a time when the backward child
was considered disobedient or per-
verse and his dizziness was punished
by public disgrace or the ounces
stool.
Now the backward or stupid child
is recognized as the victim of some
cause other than a wilful DISPOSE
ton against learning. He may be
tagging behind his grade because Of
i'll health, change of residence, in
sufficient nouriShmen ignorance of
the language and many many. other
reasons. He may simply be slow in
developing. He may be feebleminded.
Whatever the cause of his inability
to keep up with his class, it is rec
ognized that punishment is not the
thing he needs. Failing to pass the
backward child year after year is
not considered good either for the
child or for the quicker mindede
children with whom he is placed.
Just what should be done with
has not been settled yet. But many
educators and social workers have
recognized the problem and are work
ing at it. There is a growing ten
dency to look into the meaning and
causes of the childs mental deficiency
and to overcome the handicaps wher-
ever possible The child who has
been retarded by health or environ
ment is given a better chance to de-
velop normally and to catch up once
more with his more fortunate school
mates. Those with an inherent de-
feet of the brain are put in other
classes where they are given such
training as they can assimiIate and
use.
There is much to be learned and
much to be done before the children
can be helped fully in the ways they
need There is a big field Of re-
search and careful study ahead Of
doctors and specially trained teach
ers and society in general before the
problem can be solved. But in spite
of the vast amount is ca HDLLT
of the vast amount that remains to
be done, there is cause for rejoicing
in the fact that a start has been
made to replace the ounces stool
with intelligent, sane and humane
methods.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
TODAY'S TABLOID TALE
Preparedness.
By Joe Blast.

Preparedness.
Shh, Humboldt dear, don't
talk SO loud-people will hear
you!' cautioned Mrs. LAppet.
They were in a street car, on
their way to the theater to see
E. II. Southern in the poetic
drama of tramp life, THE
Outburst of Roamin' Candle"
and Hum bolt Lappet continued
in a loud voice, LET EN- hear
me, Let EN- hear me! | want
people TO hear me! I'd like the
whole country to know how I'M
prepared this COVER ment Is and
then maybe something would
be done about it!
Think of it--only a compar-
alive handful of men over'n
France when by this time we
should have at least twelve
millions! Think of it. And
the ones that are over there
are still using old fashioned
Squck machine guns that can't
kill more'n eighty Germans
minute! Think of it,"
'Humbolt, shh--''
II won't shhh! TIL be heard!
I'm only a private citizen, but
7 know unpreparedness when I
see it and TIL speak out! Look
at the blankets the COVER ment
is providing the men! Think of
it, Only ninety eight tenth
wool and the other two tenths
ordinary cotton! Think of it!
There's preparedness for you!
And rubber boots that don't
come three inches above the
hips, and you can hardly find a
soldier wearing more than two
shoes at a time! Preparedness!
oh yes! Preparedness"
Hum bolt, what row are our
seats on?"
Til see" And, sti11 snorting
with national Indignation, he
searched in all his pockets.
Then suddenly he emembered-
He had left them home on
the sitting room manteli
Copyright 1918 by George
Matthew Adams)
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
Pennsylvania Record Coal output.
philadelphia Inuuirer)

An unprecedented output of $685.
600, 900 tons of coal is Pennsylvania's
contribution to the national welfare
for 1917. The total would have been
larger except for the low price for BIZ
luminous fixed by the government au-
thorities, which closed many mines
which could not operate profitably at
the official figures. The cold weather
also acted as a deterrent in the last
weeks of the year.
The total will closely approach one
half Of the total output of the coun-
try and includes over 100000 tons
of anthracite, which is much above
the record of any other year. It
should be rem m bered in consulting
statistics that in this state the long
ton is used, while most books give
totals reduced to short tons Alto
gether a third of a million persons
were employed in and about the
mines, but not all of them worked
continuously It is probable that in
a year the average Is about 1000 tons
per man working constantly.
In the year before the Civil War,
when Pennsylvania already had a
reputation for industrial and mineral
development, the total amount of coal
mlneO WAS only Lo,ooo'ooo IoAl0' VI
less than is now produced every
month 1t is a matter of regret on
high national grounds that Secretary
Lanes original arrangement with the
bituminous coal operators was not al
lowed to stand. In that case there
would be more coal for industries and
for export and the quality delivered
would be much better than at present
One of the great complaints of the
present is not only that it is difficult
to get coal but that the quality is poor
when it is secured. More slate and
culrn have been sold in the last few
weeks than ever before and the re-
cipient knows better than TO COM
plain We are really paying the nigh
est prices for coal in history, taxing
into consid Grafton heat producing
power.