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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
RETIRING FOE FLOODS FLATS
TO GAIN TINE FOR RETREAT

By PHILIP GIBBS

Continued from Page Ono
them and they remained in cellars
listening to the troops and transports
passing overhead.
During the night of Monday the
cannonade became louder. Several
men left their hiding place and went
UP to investigate the situation. They
met few German stragglers search.
ing for food. The latter told them
that the British would soon be in the
village and advised them to leave at
once. promising that they would pack
their effects Immediately.
| A Frenchman hurried back to the
cellars and told the good news to the
others. They walked across the fields
and met the first patrols coming from
Rumaucourt.
The refugees say that they were fed
by the Spanish and Dutch>relief com.
mittees. receiving sufficient food to
keep them from starN Ion but not
enough to enable them to perform the
tasks allotted by the German Off.
cials. They had been completely cut
off from the outside world since the
beginning of the war and not allowed
to visit neighboring villages.
All the civilians agreed that the Ger
man troops had been badly demoralized
during the last week of their occupa'
ton of the village. They appeared to
be short of rations.
On the northern part of the British
advance where they are up to the
marsbv area at the junction of the
Sensee and the Agache. the men have
been going over new ground which
British troops have not traversed since
the first year of the war. 1t is nc
longer shell-torn waste, but crops
have been grown and harvested this
year, and patches Of beets and pota
toes are still green. The British have
| been rescuing civilians from villages
little hurt by the war.
On Cambria battle-ground
On the southern end of the British
ADVANCE they are again on the grounc
which they won in the battle of Cam
| brai in November of last year, and vii
lagos have fallen to them which they
failed to win or rather, never held. al
though they fought their way int
| them more than once. Such are TIT
villages of Moeuvres and Inchy. which
though bad enough, are much les
wrecked than the hamlets of the OLE
battle zones left behind.
Nowhere, as far as I can learn, ha
| the enemy made any serious resis,
ance, though the canal appears t
be holding in strength and infantr,
patrols or airplanes approaching n
great dry ditch have been met at al
points by heavy machine-gun fire.
Most of the prisoners are from tn
| Twelfth and Fifty-second Reserv
Divisions, both of which have newl
come down from the Bailleul-Keme
area to hold the British advance
Both, however, have fallen back bt
yond the canal.
Those of them in the cages are sa
people, though less sad, perhaps. thai
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

the artillerymen, against whom the
German infantry still bring in charges
of firing short and killing their own
men. and the cavalrymen, of whom
the British have taken a fair number
when dismounted as infantry. They
feel the humiliation keenly and say
that the German cavalry is virtually
ended
I heard stories today of the great
work done by the tanks throughout
this fighting in the Scarpe area. where
in the first days Of the battle they
had to go forward under heavy artil'
lery fire. and the gallantry with which
they fought was beyond praise. The
service which they have rendered in
saving lives from machine.gun fire was
quite incalculable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Smash Attacks i'm Balkans
By the Associated Press,

Paris. Sept. 5.--An official coulmuni-
cation concerning the eastern front says:
"On the right bank of the Vardar
British troops on the night of August 80
completed their success of the preceding
evening, taking new enemy works. The
total of prisoners captured was sixty
seven, of whom one was an officer. In
the Cerna bend and in the region of
Monastir the enemy attempted two sur
prise attacks. both of which We're un-
successful"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
SPANISH WAR VETERANS MEET
Officers Nominated and Plans
Made to Take in Present Fighters

Baltimore. Sept 5.--At yesterda y :
session of the fourteenth encampment
of the Spanish-American War Veterans,
nominations We're made as follows:
Commander-in-ch Congressman
Charles c. FanDyke. Minnesota. and w.
/. Sterling, Maine: senior vice COM
mander. William Jones. New York
junior vice commander. Major Joseph
Lee Masurier Virginia surgeon general
Dr. Charles c. Wylie. Pennsylvania
chaplain, the Rev. A. j. Hassbrook, New
York: the Rev William !. Desault.
Massachusetts. and the Rev. Robert +.
Elwood, Pennsylvania historian, w. g.
Tucker, Ohio.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

NDPCluf tdOte 10 ECentHg fuOHC BedgeT
.Copyioht,-fofs. bu Ne'c York Times Go.
With the American Army in France.
Sept. 5.
Chance took me to Scissors on
Tuesday. The once busy, pleasing
little city of the Aisne is gone The
noble cathedral there. around which
the town used to cluster. hascollapsed
within itself under shell fire. and there
Is nothing of it longer save an ugly
and irretrievable ruin. The four walls
stand, but in countless places they are
perforated with gigantic holes and
seem to support most unsteadily even
the small. dangling patch of roof that
is left. The shops and dwellings OF
the city haVe been tumblcd into its
streets.
1t is needless to say that the monu-
ment in the Place Republidue erect
ed to the citizens of Scissors who
were shot by the Germans in 1870, is
demolished. Perhaps it is needless to
add that the two splendidly proper
toned towers of the Abbaye St
Ledger. dating back to the thirteenth
century. likewise. have been battered
until no semblance of beauty'has been
left.
The town is completely deserted
and the pounding of the German guns
from the uplands above and toward
Juvigny plateau. seems somehow to
Undue the place with death like
calm. Soissons, robbed of its grace and
sparkle. has become but another me-
mortal to the frightfulness of the in
vaders.
The ruined villages and towns OF
northern France. have, day by day, a
deep an significant effect upon the
boys of the American army, though
few of them ever knew there were
such cities as Villers-Cotterets. Cha
teau- -Thierry, en-Tardenois. Cha
Ions and Soissons in the days before
the coming of the boche.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
U. s. FLIERS DEFEAT
GERMAN SQUADRON
Enemy Machine Brought
Down-Foes Railway Cen
ters Heavil, Bombed
BY The 4ssocidied Press
with the American Army In I,rr.i,,

Sept. 5.
American aviators in a battle with
German alrmen near POut- "a -MousSon
today routed the euemy. One enemy
machine is believed to have been driven
down.
American bombing machines in their
attack on Eonfians and Longuyon yes
terdaN. were successful In Loueuyon.
the raiders dropped forty-forr bombs
ana seven direct hits We're observed at
the east end of the railroad ward. two
on roundhouse and repair ShOp and
two on other buildings. one American
machine turned back after dropping its
bomb. At BarOnCourt four direct hits
We're observed
In the CONTAINS raid. more than a
thousand Kilograms of bombs were dron-
ped on the junction of the Briev-cr,-
fansMetz railway. The bridge of the
former road was destroyed All our
machines returned safely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
UNITY OF EFFORT
FORCED RETREAT
Only Through Allied Co.
operation Was Foes With
drawal Brought About
EFFECTS ARE NOW SEEN
Advance Near Scissors and
British Victories in North
Compelled Retirement
By C.. II. PERRIS
7'ioi Cable 10 Epening Public Ledger

7rini Cgble 10 Epening Public Ledger
'opnwi0ht. 1918. IN Nctc York Times Co.
With the French Army. Sept. ).
The secondary effects of Mangin's
advance to the western crest Of the
Soissons plateau and of the British
victories in the north are visible to-.
day throughout this front. Tnremit.
Ting vigilance and pressure have been
maintained by the French. and until
Tuesday afternoon there was no ap-
parent slackening of the German de.
fense.
Large fires at some points of the
enemy rear suggested that stores of
lesser importance were being de-
stroYed, the usual prelude to a with.
drawal, All common prudence made
it probable that the stubbornly pro-
traCted stand on the Nesle.Noyon
Canal, on the hills above Noyon and
on the Nesle would not last muCh
longer.
However. Hill II, just east of Nesle.
was still being held. or at least it's
farther slopes. In the Noyon salient
the French could make lrogress only
few hundred yards to Genvry on
their left and Saliey on their right.
South of the Aisne there was o
change.
A certain weakening Of resistance
has been experienced along the Canal
du Nord and Chapitre Wood. while
Hill 90. just beyond it, and the village
of Buzby have been occupied withoutu
much difficulty.
General Retreat Started
Yesterday morning it became evident
that the main body of the enemy had
been withdrawn and that only strong
rear guards had been left. The French
at once began to move forward along
on the north of the Noyon-Ham
road, and the fact that their cavalry
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
KORNILOFF REPORTED KILLED
Death Said to Have Resulted
From Shell
By the Associated Press

London, Sept. 5.--General Kornilof,
formerly Russian commander-in-chief,
has been killed by shell in Yekaterino-
var. according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Copenhagen, quot
ing from. the Politiken.
The death of General Korniloff has
been reported many times since the
overthrow of the Kerensky Government
Last May it was reported that he had
been killed in a battle with the Soviet
troops. Q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
AMERICANS WILL
AVENGE SOISSONS'
Ruins of French City Make
Deep Impression on Our
Soldiers
WHOLE TOWN WIPED OUT
Frightfulness of Invaders
Shown by Completeness of
Destruction
Bv CAMERON Mckenzie

By LAMEKON MaCkENLIE
Special Gable to Erening Public Ledger
.Copyriohts s-f9s. bU Ne3c York TimcS Go.
With the American Army in France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

Paris the French armies gave fHo
British time to recover from the sewers
shock. Today the southern front bene-
fits by the splendid northern advance.
Both British and French have a.
pended, and must increasingly de.
pend, upon American aid. which Win
in time take forms no less dramatfc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
By the Associated Press
with the American Arm. in Franc.


Ten German airpaueS attacked a
group of American pursuit planes this
morning and after brief fight one
Fokker was brought down by Lieutenant
Stroso. An American machine went
down behind the German lines appar-
emily under control.
American airmen shot down. an obser
walton balloon in the Woevre this morn.
ing. Another was forced down ycster-
day afternoon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Doughboys on Tesle Front
Haze Ne,U Song for Boche
BY CAMERON MCKENZIE

BY CAMERON Mackenzie
Special Cable to Erening Public
Ledger
With the American army on the
Vesle Front, Sept. ;.
The doughboys have a new song.
1t has replaced "Tipperary" and
the tale sufficiently: "The drive that
we started in Chateau-Thierry we
will finish in Berlin"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINKING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.

II you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; IL your
head is dull or aching; If what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom-
ach, or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
just right, begin inside bathing. Drink
before breakfast, glass of real hot
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in 1t. This will flush the
poisons and toxins from stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels anCrS oanse,
sweeten and purify the entire alimen-
tary tract. Do your inside bathing i'm
mediately upon arising in the morning
to wash out of the system all the pre-
vious days poisonous waste, gases and
sour bile before putting more food into
the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your pharmacist q
quarter pound Of limestone phosphate
which Is inexpensive and almost taste
less, except for a sourish twinge which
Is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so hot water and limestone
phosphate act on the stomach, tver.
kidneys and bowels. Men and wnen
who are usually constipated. biubus,
headachy or have any stomach dis
order should begin this inside bathing
before breakfast. They are assured
they will become real cranks on the
subject shortly,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
Grabs Wolf With Hands

Columbus, Kan.-Gar Richardson,
night marshal, has performed many
daring feats, but his latest was to cap
ture a gray wolf bare handed. The
wolf, a large female was in fighting
mood, at that, because seven OF her
young were in danger Of capture.
Richardson and Charles Dye OF this
city happened to be out five miles
southwest of Columbus recently,
when they spied the wolf. They follow.
ed her until she disappeared in a hole.
The men had no gun and II was too
far to go after one, so they took oppo-
site positions around the hole and
waited. The next time the animal
stuck It's head out 1t was looking at
Dye, and Richardson sprang and grab
bed 1t by the back of the neck. He
hold on until Dye tore down fence
TO get a pole with which the wolf was
finally killed. Procuring a spade the
men captured the young q litter of
seven.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
FOOD VIOLATIONS
+ PRODUCE MILITARY
POLICE AT CAMPS
DOCTRINE OF THE CLEAN PLATE
ONE OF THE FIRST LESSONS
GIVEN THE ROOKIE.
Western Recruit Writes Of His First
Experience With Army Rations
and Regulations.

The top sergeant of every military
company from time immemorial has
been "up against 1t" to find enough
attractions of discipline to punish his
men with the Kitchen police" detail.
Kitchen police means scrubbing
greasy and SCOT covered cooking uten-
sils, pealing potatoes, dish washing
and so on through long list of dis
agreeable tasks utterly devoid of any
pomp and glory OF war.
Modern warfare mixed with strictly
enforced food conservation, however,
has at last given the much feared
top" what he has long been looking
for. That any infraction of the Army's
strict enforcement Of all food ccnser-
walton rules furnishes long Kitchen
police" sentence is shown by the fol-
lowing extract from letter of a re-
cruit at the Preside, San Francisco:
Then the bug.e blew, and we
were called in for our first meal
cooked by Uncle Sam. A long line
is formed, leading past a counter
after the style Of a Cafeteria. Ev-
erything from soup to nuts goes
on the one plate There are not
many different helpings, but they
are all well-cockeG, wholesome
and generous. One has 70 eat all
he allows the kitchen police to
put on his plate or he is given ten
days as kitchen police. Bread
larger than an inch square and meat
the same size could not pass the
eye of the guards in front of whom
we had to go on our way to wash
our dishes. The list was posted
each evening of those who had to
serve as kitchen police the fol-
lowing day"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
FOOD CARDS TO ENTER
20 MILLION HOMES
VIII Be Distributed Week of Decem-
Der Throughout Nation.

Lansing.-The new conservation
program OF the United States Food
administration will go into 20 million
American homes the week of Decem-
Der l instead OF the week of Octo-
Der n, as was previously announced,
TO hang upon the kitchen wall until
the war Is over. The distribution Of
the new home card has been post.
poned on account of the epidemic Of
Spanish influenza throughout the
country. The provisions on this home
card are the chart by which the con-
duct of the American households will
be guided as long as the stress Of
war lasts.
One year ago the pledge of BOD
conservation was taken by IL million
families and home card was given
to each for its guidance. This year
no pledge will be taken; the Govern
ment knows that every loyal Amer.
lean Is committed to doing all that is
necessary to win the war and fulfill
the nations purpose. The American
war conscience is aroused.
When the inter-Allied food CO. neil
was held last summer, the needs Of
the Allies were computed and the re-
sources from which they could be met
were reckoned. America must this
year send for the Army and the Allies
half again as much food supplies as
last year. In place of Tx million
tons, the shipments this year will be
17h million tons. This country Is
pledged to send so per cent more
food from substantially the same
stocks as last year. There must be
increased conservation to accom-
plish the result.
AS first step In the new program.
it was resolved by the conference of
Federal Food Administrators who
met in Washington when Mr.. Hoover
returned from Europe in September
to place in every home the card ell
ing the essence of the new program.
This program is less specific but no
less definite than that of the !.st
twelve months. Then the Food Ad-
ministration was meeting one emer.
gency after another as 1t rose. This
year it will be a long, steady pull Il.
rected to the whole food situation
and not so much to particular com.
modities.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
THANKSGIVING RAFFLIAG HIT
BY FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Copy Of a Letter Sent to the Sheriffs
of the State BY Food Admins
traitor Prescott.

Lansing. Nov 1.-The United
States Food Administration is opposed
10 any form of gambling that ha1 for
it's object the winning Of fowl" says
Food Administrator Prescott.
"It Is we'll known that gambling In
the fern of raffles, keno and similar
Games of chance with food commodi-
ties. such as turkeys and other fowl
as prizes. il usually prevalent at this
season of the year, therefore the pub
liz should know the attitude of the
Administration in regard to these
games wherever found.
"In addition to the fact that raffles
and games of chance are against the
law. this is a time when all irregular
traffic in foods must be stamped out"
GAYS the administrator. 1.-THE organ
ized effort of the nation Is to stand
ardize prices and enforce equitable
dealing.
"Dealers all along the line are CO.
onerating to insure fair prices. Lot
tories I'm food-stuffs, turkey raffles
and enterprises of the sort, set at
naught the attempt at regulation of
prices and fair dealing.
mo purveyor of commodities who
does business in the legal manner
can complete with the man conduct
ing a rattle, as he can pay and ex-
orbintant price in purchasing. The
rattle is not only illegal but unfair.
II will not be permitted any where in
Michigan"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
S5FT DRINKS AGAIN
HIT BY new ORDER

After November LIST, 1918, the pro-
duction of soft drinks including fruit
juices, waters, concentrated extracts.
syrups, and carbonic acid gases. will
- curtailed on the basis Of SO per
cent per annum based upon the pro-
duction of the calendar year 1917.
That is, no months production shall
exceed so per cent of the production
of the corresponding month of the
previous year.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

Fortunately, we have had an unusual
ly large crop OF grain In the United
States this year, as we'll as an abund-
ance OF other products, leaving a sur
plus over present consumption for the
requirements Of the allied armies ana
nations. But comparative crop fall.
ure on this continent next year, In the
absence OF reserves, would lmperII our
cause and make the allied position ,s
desperate as IL was last winter.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

Labor In this country today 10 for
the war, and Is giving In full measure
to the nations cause. We are a ma.
ton Of wage earners. And the vel
fare Of these men must have that con-
sideration that guarantees to them
that to which in all fairness they are
entitled. We must have just remedial
legislation for the betterment of this
great mass Of our population at all
times, not only because 1t is their
due, but also that by justice always
we can prevent the insidious influence
OF the criminal elements of the /. w.
w. from taking hold in the ranks of
real labor."-Will H. Hays, IN Grand
Rapids Convention Address.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

The new food program 10 less spe.
cine but no less definite than that Of the
last twelve months. Then the food Ad-
mInlstratIon was meeting one emergency
arter another as II rose. This year Il
VIII be a long, steady pull directed TO
we whole food situation and not so much
TO particular commodities. After q
ysars experience the Food AdmInIstra.
ZION 10 on new footing here and
abroad. The ways have been learned,
the methods have been developed. The
war conscience 10 active everywhere.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
Americas Pledge

TIE interaIIIed council sat
II !ast summer planning
meant Victory In 1919 for the
cause Of freedom. Food was
vital factor.
The United States OF Amer.
!cs by Its representatives osve
them this assurance,
Determine what you n,u.,
have and how much the shjn.
can carry.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08


STs, snon demand even nstent will
ali
Relief
for wv
After
Nnoa Z"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
Salvation Army 10 Rich

New York-The salvation army's
wealth In the United States aggre-
gates $s,353.179, its officers stated In
petitionlng the Supreme Court IN
Brooklyn for permission to mortgage
= piece Of property.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
Our Duty to NeutraIs

WI HEN the war ends In
w democracy's triumph,
new obligations will fall
upon US. We shall be called
upon to send not less food. but
more.
The allies Will by no means
produce a new harvest over
night. Eighty millions of men
can not be taken out Of pro.
ductlon for four years without
lasting losses Of Yield. II will
be years before their fields re-
euperate, farms are restored.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

the coming
will
America which shipped sur
They trust
America Wi not a them.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
FOOD FLASHLIGHTS

The 1888 Food Program Is both
a National and Personal Obligation.
The Nation has never failed to meet
all obligations and the individual must
not.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

At best the Allied table will be less
than ours, for the Allied peoples are
denying themselves more In order r.
transport soldiers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
Get Ys|:!df2Q&
CUT THIS QUILT is WORTH MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip,
enclose with sc to Foley G Co., 2S35
Sheffield Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs, colds and Group,
Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic
Tablets.-Hite's Drug Store.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

We cannot administer the food
problem on the basis of the present
food shortage. We must prepare for
long continuance of this shortage
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08

Your grocer is pledged to full CO.
operation in the Food Administration
program. Are you helping him to keen
that pledge?