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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30

Since the fall of Noyon, which was inc apex of this salient until this morning. Mont st Simeon. mile and quarter to the east, is it's advanced defense This height domfntes the val ley of the Aisne eastward and the val ley of the river Meve and the canal Du Nord to the north. These valleys were lines in the salient last night.
 The taking of Quesnoy wood this morning has tightened the pocket from she western side bringing the French within smelling distance of the main load leading out of it in the direction of Ham. The road from Noyon to chauny which skirts the salient on the south, has been under the fire of Gen. sral Mangin's artillery for several lays
 Between the roads to Ham and rhauny succession of heights extend- Ing from Mont St. Simeon to Chauny, form a position of great strength. The Germans are violently smelling the Trench lines from there today. but the rnminence of danger, threatening their communications to the north, suggests That they are merely using part of their immense ammunition supplies there to sase the pressure which had become so strong as to require them to abandon ammunition all over the field of the Avre.
 The French troops having gained a loothold in the valley of the Somme northwest of Nesle may naturally be expected to advance eastward on Ham, which will render the stronghold of St Simeon and the ridge leading east sseless to. the enemy, while enormous y increasing the difficulty of getting he rear guard out of the salient
 BRITISH GAIN GROUND
 With the British Army in France, August 29.--(By the Associated Press) The British forces gained additional ground today. There has been hard lighting in the Scarpe region where the German resistance is being sustained regardless of cost in an effort to save heir Drocourt-Queant line. As mat Ter of fact the line is still intact but lhis is solely because the British have aot actually carried out any assaults against 1t
 Tn the operations today. there was desperate fighting. this for the pur- pose of strengthening out the British line and pushing closer to the enemy positions. Individual Germans in this ocalitys as at other places, are show Ing increased dislike for the war that Is going against them. But in body and under the watchful eyes of their officers who, incidentally. have been forced to shoot some of the men for refusing to obey orders. the enemy is Dffering the stiffest resistance.
 South of the Somme the Germans are ,etreating before the Australians The French to the south having reached the banks of the Somme backwaters, the Australians are engaged in clearing the snemy from the small bit of ground remaining to him west and south of the river within the angle created by It's course.
 Bapaume has virtually been sur- rounded for several days, British pa rols having been in It's western out skirts, and 1t has just unofficially been reported to have fallen. South of Bapaume the battle con- .iruss. This afternoon the British were aast of Maurepas and Combles. while sinchy and Guillemopt have been stormpd and captured. Tho British are pushi0E on.
 otliSr British troops tAie aftefnoon'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
AidedBy Tank Fleet, San1n1ies Push Huns Back on Battlefront
Under Cover of Heavy Artillery Barrage, French and Americans Advance in Face of Hot Machine Gun Fire From the
 Enemy Rear Guards

With Anne Army in 29-( the As ociatd heavy
  German lines reluctantly fell back
  the ing. line fort made toadvan to anye ex
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
FRENCH UNITS ADVANCE 12 MILES


  vaced for than IF miles according confirms the adds wilbe high betwee Noyon nand Ham,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
ADVANCE AFTER CAPTURE OF NOYON

29The in today, continued their advance and foohod
  office tonight They have taken and have the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
Ailette RiuerC Crossed At Seueral Places By French Forces
Happlincourt Occupied By French Third Army After the Capture of N0yon-Americans on
 Vesle Front Carry Out Brilliant Operation
GERMAN LOSSES APPROACH 3,ooo,ooo

London, August 29 is estimated by experts here that the German losses in killed alone now reach total of more than OOO and probably approach 3,0OOOOO These figures given after study of tables of German and allied losses which have been published.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
GERMANS IN ANOTHER POCKET

4
 
 Nd promptly big risk of having the north by the French along the valley
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
CHILL ION COUNTY COURTHOUSE IS
 BURNED ID ASHES

Clanton, August 30. 6 a. m.) .)- Special. The Chiffon county courthouse is now only a pile of ruins and ashes Fire broke out in the building at 2 o'clock this morning, and the entire building, with furniture and all records, was complete ly destroyed. The loss is esti- mated at not less than $25, 900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
BRITISH STATEMENT

London. August 29 The occupation by the Brttiph of Bapaume vas officially announced tonight in Field Marshal
 <c.n1a.rea z, rass 1Au.s,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
ENEMY GROWS DESPERATE

With the American Army in France. Ausust 2a s D. ml-- (Ry the Associated Press. )--LAte this afternoon the Ameri- eans held positions In the fighting line lin the Sossons region extending in . northerly direction from Chavigny.
 All .he skill of General Won Schwerin. coinmanding the Seventh guard division. |is being exercised to hold back tho AmtricaEs at their foint in the lino
 (co.tiaued ea Pare TArse,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30

The firing was continuous throughout the night on both sides, the German guns being especially active. The rains os the early evening ceased before the ground had been conS erted into mud, so when the orders were given today the men moved forward unimpeded.
 The Geman positions were shelled most vigorously by heavy guns. mortars and light pieces, firing almost point blank, ss well as by iong-range naval guns which searched the positions far and near. And then the infantry advanced,
 Up over the plateau the infantrymen went towards Juvgny and across the lit t.e railroad running north and south. The Germans immediately began to em- pioy the tactics of similar retreats, leav- ing their rear defended by 2 line of machine guns hidden behind every clump of bGshes, promontory and woods. Only a few detachments of infantry were left the enemy again adopting measures cal- cuated to save the most men possible
 From Couronne woods and another lit- tie wood standing like sentnels between Juvigny and the American lines, the German guns delivered q deadly cross fire. Juvigny is only village. but, lo- cated along the side of hill, it of fered a peculiar opportunity for defense until the advancing forces moved into | make it untenable. The resistance then stopped. the Germans retiring further east into more broken ground.
 TWO-MILE FRONTAGE
 The frontage, assigned to the Americans was less than two miles. That part in which Juvigny is located was the scene of dramatic tank drive Under the cover of artillery, the light French tanks fiirted along both sides of the path up to the little place, smashing down one ma chine gun nest after another, in spite of the employment by the Germans of their new tank gun, a sort of super-MauSer. This gun is virtually identical with the Mauser, except that 1t fires a bullet . little more than half an inch in diame- ter. This, 1t Is calculated, can pierce the tank and possibly injure some vital part of the engine. But in the path of the adv ancing machines there now lie broken or smashed into the earth scores of these grEs.
 There is unquestioned mastery of tho air by the allies along this front It has been misty this morning and there was little effective aerial work, and practically none by the Germans. Above the lines the allied planes were seen all forenoon, attempting to conduct ob- servations in spite of the murky at mosphere. and occasionally q German plane dared to dart through, but in every case it was forced to retire hastily.
 Only few prisoners are reported IS yet, the Germans apparently seeing to it that only machine gun crews should be sacrificed. 0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
FRENCH OCCUPY HAPPLINCOURT

With the French Army France August 29-(By the As sociated Press The Third French army continuing card today and occupied Happlncou and the field ersop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
FRENCH CROSS RIVER OISE

Headquarters French armies of which captured Noy today both sides the River Disc and The of the Disc Morlncourt first that General able to the
 wood, Ecuvy which Debeny's of the artillery front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-30
ADVANCE 1900 YARDS

Paris, August 2e.-The trancO-{ American attack against the Germans in the region of Juvigny. north of Sois- sons is giving excellent results. ac- cording 10 dispatches received from the battle front this afternoon Tho French and American forces have ad- vanced about 120D yards. and hold the approaches to the railway.
 Participation by the American troops in General ManEins operations in the Juvigny sector was a complete sur prise to the enemy, says Liberte.s The units intended to be placed in the line to reinforce tho French were brought up on the evening of the previous day. and passed the night in the thick forest from which they started at dawn
 Suddenly at o'clock they attacked on -kilometer front The Prus- sian Seventh infantry regiment, which was in front of them. suffered severe losses and was forced to give way.
 With the American Army in France, August sa--- Reuters )--The enemy, though he ia showing renewed activ- ity along the vesle river, where he Is surrasslns his previous efforts to test the strenGtha of the Americans. has sn- dicated the importance of the Juviguy plateau by bringing up some of his best troops 10 check the progress of the Franco-Americans which slowly but Shrety IS DelnS mdue rom the deep hollows which the French are holding, as well as from the curious circular mound to the south of Crecy- Au- Mont toward the ridge line of the Jlatean along which runs the Sois- sons-st. Quentin road.
 The Germans know that when tho Franco Americans reach that they will he able to obtain observation which will permit the gunners to pick out their targets along the long hill line that lies between the plateau and the Vesle valley, and that his gun positions on this hill. facing artillery fire from the south. southeast and west. will have to be relinquished
 After this several interesting things would be due to happen, hut they would not be of interest to the Cor
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
CHAPTER Xxx.
KuItur-the Real STUFF.

NuItur-tne heai stun.
Neustrelitz was mainly for Russian
prisoners, and there were neither Brit
lsh nor French soldiers informed there
only sailors Of the merchant marine
such as the men / was with. The
Russians we're given far worse treat
ment than any other prisoners. This
WAS for two reasons, as near as I could
make out. One was that the Russian
would stand most anything, whereas
the British and French could only be
goaded to a certain point, and beyond
that lay trouble. The other reason
was that the Russians sent German
prisoners to Siberia. or at least, so the
Huns thought, and Fritz hates the
cold. SO, hating the Russians, and
realizing that they were used to be-
Ing under-dogs, Fritz picked on them
hnd bullied them In a way that the
rest OF MS would not have stood. We
would have rushed them and gone
west with bayonets first.
The barracks were made OF spruce,
and were about ninety feet long and
twenty-five feet wide. and you can
lake IL from me that as carpenters,
whoever made them were flne farm
There were cracks In them that
bou could drive an automobile through
vhen we were thezss each barracks
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
Hookworm in the Army.

A report Of the surgeon general OF
the army states that In two regiments
recruited from two gulf states, hook
worm infection was found to the ex-
tent of "a per cent In one command
and 80 per cent In the other. 1t L.
significant that both regiments showed
an unusually large mortality due to
measles and to lung and bronchial
troubles. Measles occurred two and a
half times as frequently In men with
hookworm as in those free from 1t.
Measles patients suffering from hook
worm were twice as likely to fall vic
tins to pneumonia and kindred dis
eases.-Scientifc American.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

1t seemed 70 get colder and colder, we
did not mind it SO much. At about
eleven that morning, we arrived at a
place called Minden and saw a prison
camp there-just a stockade near the
tracks with the boys out in the open.
We waved to them, and they waved
back and gave a cheer-oh or two. We
felt sorry for them, because we knew
we were not going to that camp, and
from what little we saw, we knew we
could not be going to a worse place
than they were in. I shall never for
get Minden, because it was here that /
received the only cigarette ! had while
l was in Germany.
Mlnden is quite q railway center, /
guess, and when we pulled into the
depot, we saw many troops going to
the front or coming back. AS at all
important German railway stations,
there was a Red Cross booth on the
platform, with German girls handing
out barley coffee and other things to
the German soldiers. / saw a large
shanty on the platform, with a Red
Cross painted over the door. / saw
the girls giving barley coffee to the
soldiers, and / thought I would have
a try at it and at least be polite
enough to give the girls a chance Of
refusing me. / was refused all right
but they were SO nasty about 1t that !
put down my head and let something
slip. I do not remember just what 1t
was. but it was not very compliment
airy, l guess. Anyhow, / did not think
anyone lea there understood Eng
lish, but evidently some one heard : 9
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
The First and Last Cigarette.

who did, for I got an awful boot that
landed me ten or twelve feet away.
l fell on my hands and knees, and
about q yard away I saw d cigarette
stub. l dived for it like a man falling
on a football, and when I came I'D
that stub was safely in my pocket.
And it stayed there until I reached
Dulmen and had q chance to light it
behind the barracks. If any of the
other men had smelled real tobacco,
they would probably have murdered
me, and l could not have blamed them
for 1t.
That was the first and last cigarette
l got In Germany, and you can be-
lieve me when l say that I enjoyed
1T. There was not much to it, but 7
smoked 1t until there was not enough
left to hold in my mouth, and then I
used what was left and mixed it with
the bark that we made cigarettes out
Of. Incidentally, this bark was great
stuff. / do not know what kind of
tree it was from, but II served the
purpose. Whenever q fellow wanted
to smoke and lit one Of these bark
cigarettes, q few puffs were enough.
He did not want to smoke again for
some time afterward, and like as not.
he did not want to eat either. They
were therefore very valuable.
1t Is very hard to get matches In
the camps, and when any prisoner
does get hold Of one. it Is made to last
a long time. Here is how we make a
match last. Some one gives up the
sleeve Of his coat, and the match is
carefully lit, and the coat sleeve
burned to q crisp. Then we take a
button from our coats-the buttons
are brass with two holes in them
pass a shoestring through the holes.
knot the ends, and with the button In
the center of the string, buzz it around
as you have seen boys do, with the
string over both hands, moving the
hands together and apart until the
button ravolves very fast.
We then put a piece Of flint against
the crisped cloth, and buzz the button
against 1t until a spark makes the
crisp glow, and from this we would
light our bark cigarettes. I do not
think any man in the world could in.
hale one of these bark cigarettes:
some Of US tried and went right to
sleep.
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
Cure for tuberculosis Claimed,

An Italian physician, Prof. Domenico
Lo Monaco, announces that he has
evolved a remedy for consumption.
The base Of his discovery lies in his
finding that sugar applied to the bron-
chial ~secretions caused the disappear
ance not only Of the secretions but Of
tubercle bacilli as well. The impor-
lance Of this lies in that the bronchial
secretion is held to be a necessary We
hicle for the existence and growth Of
consumption germs.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
Friqhtful Dilemma.

The tramp sat by the roadside the
picture of despair. Great sobs choked
him, his thinly clad shoulders heaved
convulsively.
A passing farmer refined In his horse
and asked what allied him.
The tramp rocked himself to and
fro.
Its awful" he wailed-'awful |"
What Isl" inquired the farmer.
II want something to eat" walled
the tramp, 'and I've got nothing to
pawn but me false teeth And If /
pawn me teeth to buy something to
eat I sha'n't be able to eat 1t! Boo
hooI"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

A private In the quartermaster's
corps at Camp Pike decided that he
would sooner be In a more active
branch Of the service. so asked for and
received a transfer to the artillery.
After bidding him good-by. his bunk
mate hung a service flag with one star
In front Of their barracks. On being
asked what It all meant he said: 1Our
Joo has Joined the army"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Experience, like other teachers. Is
seldom appreciated by man until a
long time after he graduates.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08
Safe Excursions.

There is a deathless JOY in natural
beauty" "Oh, that's one result Of the
gasless Sundays"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Smile, smile, beautiful clear white
clothes. Red Cross Ball Blue, American
made, therefore best. All grocers. Adv.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Dark horses are not always as black
as they are painted.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

There are more fugitives from injus-
tice than from justice.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

Fortunate Is the man whose friends
are all good and his enemies all bad.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-08

We Had Our Choice Of Standing Up
and Dying, or Failing Down and Be-
Ing Killed.
It q point to pay us a visit, and though
! do not think they were as bad as the
civvies. especially the women, they
were bad enough.
We had one bucket in each barracks,
and as these buckets were used for
both washing and drinking. they were
always dirty. We boiled the water
when we washed the clothes. to get
rid Of the coolies. and that l4ft q
settling In It that looked just lite red
lead. We had to get the water frsa
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-09-20
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
COMING EVENTS.

sept. 2s.s-colorado State Fair at
Pueblo.
Hugo.
Sept 2s-2s.-crand County fair and
race meeting.
Oct. Fourth Red Cross home service
institute at Denver
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-09-20

time these men go into the fields dur
can render the greatest service. In
one evening alone 40 men were able to
shock more than 80 acres of wheat.
Women Cook for Hands.
In Indiana "a towns secured an en-
rollment of 5000 workers to assist in
the harvest of the wheat and oats crop.
Kansas City. ms result Of a campaign
during the week of June to 8, en-
listed 10000 workers to assist Eansns
farmers. These workers not only Of
fered their services, but under the d.
rection of the athletic club and the
chamber of commerce took u course of
training which fitted them and harden
ed them for the severe work they
would be called upon to do on the
farms. In addition to enrolling men.
women were enlisted from the towns
and cities to go to the country to as
slst the farmers wives in cooking and
caring for this large army Of harvest
hands. Forty thousand city people as
sisted Kansas farmers In handling the
wheat.
III thN hiSNiiSt Sputh VI 4 wv
land. Ore, n large amount of help Is
needed to harvest the crop. The farm
help specialist In Portland enlisted the
services of 1000 women and girls, who
were organized into units and taken
to the district. where they are now
working and aiding In harvesting the
crop In a satisfactory way.
Emergency Labor Organization.
The farm labor administration Of
the Illinois state council of defense.
in cooperation with workers furnished
by the U. S. department of agricul-
ture, has perfected an emergency farm
labor organization In practically every
county of the state. Reports from 90
counties show more than $4,000 work.
ers registered to assist in the harvest
In the sugar-beet districts of south
ern Michigan. Colorado and Utah many
thousands of workers have been Sc
cured to cultivate this crop and thus
insure large supply Of sugar.
In q similar why the other states
have organized and enlisted labor for
the farms and thus meet in most
admirable way the emergency needs.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-09-20
ToWNFoLK MUST HELP

Though townspeople have al
ready done much In aiding
farmers to harvest their crops
and to do other necessary work.
there Is still much to be done
this fall IL all the crops raised
by American farmers are to be
saved to supply food and cloth
ing to soldiers and war workers.
Harvesting Of cotton, cane, rice.
late sweet potatoes. and other
crops in the South, and corn,
late Irish potatoes, fruit and
other crops In the North. is yet
to be done and win require the
cooperation of men, women.
boys and girls from cities and
towns to help in the fields and
orchards. Through the active
efforts OF many city and town
organizations In securing neces-
sary help for farmers, the labor
problem has been successfully
solved in many communities.
bbI titA = ID tNth rAtaltA 4ltt1
for emergency farm hands In the
future. With organizations well
started, with better under
standing on the part of urban
people as to their responsible
ties, with public sentiment Ia
voring the ''work or fight Idea.
with the classification OF nom
essential Industries, with anti
loaflng laws In many states fore
ing able-bodied idIers into pro-
ductiye work, with women doing
mnch of the work previously
done by men. with boys effec-
lively organized and volunteer
ing in large numbers to help
farmers, farm labor problems.
according to the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture. are being
solved in nearly every part of
the United States.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-09-20

Chicago Hogs Half "A load Of light
noEs brought s2l.O0, a new nigh record.
butchers. S2O.3O02US5: light 500 az az
se-Ye. packing. SIg60m2O.20; rough.
yIS.75ff 1910.
SattIe-Bcef cattle good choice and
prime $fG.50ml9.5O. common ana fa,.
dunn. $4,000 1850. butcher stocl,
cows and heifcrs. $7.5Ori8.T6. cnnners
nnd cutters. SG5Osf75U; atocixerr and
leeders, good. choice and fancy. sfI 80
~ 100: Inferior. common and medium.
$S-opei 100; veal calves good and
choice, S1S.25ff 1900.
Sheep-I Lambs choice and prime.
SlH35e 1910; medium and good, S15.7b
!.2o' cuils $1,000 1850. .wcg.
choice and prime. $il-50ff 1928: medium
ana GOOD. SI0.25N1L50. cuIis. $4,000
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-09-20

1hlcaHo.--fu ttef-creamery, asa 53c.
Eggs -Firsts, 421aM43Isc. ordinary
hrsts. ~ u n 42c' at mark, cases in
ciuded- IS n ~ iAc.
i'otatoes-- Minnesota Early Ohios.
bulk. s2,25Gt 2.3s do. sacks. Sz.50u 2.ba.
,t2.45Fi 255
Ipsoultry-Fowls. 2sa zoe: springs Is