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New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
High Salvage
What Happens to a
Wounded American
in France
BY Caspar Whitney
Especial Cable to Tho Trtb,

tSUcCtua CdOtC 10 fHC 1TtOHHc)
Copyright. 1918. by The Tribune Association)
nARlS, Sept. 5.-With the American
troops every day taking an added part
in the fighting home folk will wei
como the knowledge that since our men
first went into a real battle at Cantigny
they have been following on every bloody
battlefield, carefully and thoroughly, the
provisions made by tho Army Medical Corps
for handling our wounded, and take com
fort in the facts I am prepared to give,
based on personal study.
1t implies no criticism Of our ally TO say
that on occasions. because of captured hos
pitfalls and delayed transportation in the
French area, troops brgaded with the
French have endured greatly restricted
facilities which enormously handicapped
the handling of The wounded This was
shared by the French Themselves Such has
always been the case and always will be-
Though in instances our casualties have
been heavy, due to the nature of the fight
ing required, to the splcndidly aggressive
spirit of our men and to some extent to
the incXperiencc of our boys in this hcllsh
kind of warfare, yet on the whole they
have been rather light compared with those
of tho British and French in their earlier
similar assault actions and arc not an
abnormal toll at any time for the number
of men engaged, the character Of the OBJ
staclcs encountered and the value of the
ground gained.
1t was not high price to pay when you
may say, without high coloring, that our
part turned the tide and dispeled the pail
of anxiety that had hung over us since
March.
Scattered soldiers were in com
paratively small units through areas over
which our medical force had no control
and at times even no direct contact, and
where, therefore, their organization could
function but incompletely, the handling Of
our wounded has presented almost insupcr-
able problems, and yet the work of the new
organizations, ripcning through experience,
has been surprisingly and commercially eff
cient. 1t has been enough so, in fact, to
enable us to from 80 to S5 per cent of
the total casualties, which seems all that
could be expected our war debut, a long
way better than the first records of our
allies and close to the 90 per cent claimed
by Germany.
There have been moments vital to the
Allied cause, and emergencies demanding
immediate and daring attack, to which the
American troops have brilliantly and effec-
lively responded and paid the price, but
the ends achieved have been well worth it.
When our units arc more and more as
scmbled into American armies under full
control of American officers on the front
and back areas, we shall attain position
fully to realize upon own admirable
and adequate plans organized and working
Tor the prompt gathering, transport and
care of the wounded. And America NAV
rest assured that all Of this will be done
IN the best manner possible
Indeed, wounded soldier once on
stretcher is even now receiving higher and
more skilled attention than he could get in
the average home town, because the pick
OF America S surgeons are here.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Nothing Immune

The hospital ship Comfort was to
have sailed last June without convoy or
armament, flying the Red Cross flag and
with her character plainly marked ac-
cording to regulations. This appeal to
Germany to behave for once like a civil
lied nation was suddenly frustrated by
the sinking of the Llandovery Castle un-
der circumstances Of peculiar atrocity.
The Llandovery Castle bore all the
proper markings of a hospital ship and
was brilliantly illumined when the sub
marine attacked her, and the only at
tempt at an excuse which the murderer
in command of the submarine offered
was a demand for the American airmen
which he insisted must be on board.
That the way was similarly prepared
for the sinking of the Comfort was
plain from the charges in German
newspapers that she .would abuse her
immunity and carry armed forces Per-
haps we might have disregarded this
left-handed warning but for the Llando-
very Castles fate. The Hague regula-
tions, intended to secure immunity for
hospital ships and to prevent the abuse
of that immunity, are very obviously
conditioned upon the assumption that
all the parties to the agreement will re-
spect it. But Germany, by deliberately
sinking unconvoyed and unarmed hospi-
tai ships, has left the Allies no alterna-
tive but to convoy them, unless it be to
arm them.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
The Male in His Job

The issue involved in the protest of
Cleveland's male street railway employees
against the induction of conductorettes
is much more serious than the mere
question of retaining or dismissing the
women.
In preferring their claim for men en-
ployes over women the unions of Cleve-
land have raised question that is bound
to echo again and again before the whole
problem of women in industry is solved
Shall women be allowed the same field
with men in all industries, trades and
professions?
The Cleveland unions have said no.
They have assumed that car conductor
ing is mans Job, and as long as there
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06

British arrive there, or be isolated, and
isolation spells capture
To-day Ludendorff faces the situation
of the days following the Second Marine
IN July-the only difference is one in size.
HIS troops occupy a salient between
Rheims and Doua. The British have
broken in one side of the salient as Man
gin broke in the side of the Marine sail
ent between the Aisne and the Marne.
Horne and Byng are now far nearer
German lines Of communication than are
the Germans far down in the nose of the
salient east of Noyon, just as Mangin's
troops were nearer to the vital roads in
the Marine salient than the Germans
south of the Marne.
The Germans in the great salient be-
tween Lille and Rheims are not vet
threatened with development and capt
ure as organized armies. They have still
a wide open avenue Of retreat, but they
can no longer hesitate about taking that
road and when they take it they will
surrender most of all the French soil
they hold and have held since Au
gust, 1914.
Unless all signs fail, the German with
drawal is already beginning. The re-
treat north Of the Aisne is likely to be
only the prelude to far greater retreat
as the withdrawal from south Of the
Marne in July was only the first step in
the retreat to the Nesle While this new
retreat is in progress the German must
as a matter of life and death, hold fast
on his fanks, just as he held fast be-
tween scissors and the Ourco in the
Marine time. We shall see tenacious re-
sstance about Cambria and Douai. while
the centre between St. Quentin and Sois-
sons is drawn in relatively RAPIDLY.
Finally, the f1anks, too, will swing back
But the details are of relativelys minor
Importance after all. The fact is that
the German must leave Northern France
from Verdun to La Bassee. He NAV
nave to retire behind the Meuse and the
Scheldt, but he has now no choice but TO
quit all of France south of the Lille
Mezleres line. He is certain to lose thou
sands OF prisoners and Tremendous
store OF munitions and supplies. He NAV
meet with supreme disaster; he is bound
10 suffer degree Of decentralization in
any event. AS to the effect upon the Ger
man people Of such reversal of fortune
it must be enormous.
foch has won the Battle of Northern
France, the greatest battle of the war
1t was, IN fact, not one battle, but
series of battles begun on July IS and
still incomplete, although the decision
has been had, and all that is hidden is the
extent of the victory. We shall be at the
Belgian frontier from the Meuse to tbe
Lys before snow flies and we may be even
further
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06

tude for this condesccnsion by agreeing
to make war on the Allied troops in the
Kola and Archange districts. This the
Soviet government is ready to do on its
own account. But it has few troops at
its disposal who want to fight anybody
but the Russian. bourgeosie. The peo-
pie Of Russia generally are awakening
to the fact that Leninc and Trotzky are
merely German agents, reacting to wires
pulled in Berlin. And Germany is hated
to-day in Russia and in all the depen-
denotes she has torn from Russia Gin
land, perhaps, exceptcd) as she was
never hated before.
The great hope which the Germans
cherish at present is to make military
use Of Russia. 1T is mere infatuation.
Russian, Lithuanian, Polish or Ulrainian
soldiers in German service would be an
element of danger rather than of
strength Even the German divisions
which are stationed in the East are be-
coming dcmoralized. The revolutionary
spirit with which they have come in
contact has made them discontented with
the slave driving conditions which pre-
vail in the German military establish
mcnt.
No Slav will willingly fight for Ger
many under the German flag. Nor will
Leninc's followers fight long for Ger
many under the Russian red flag.
Germany would really be far stronger
to-day if she had never gone into Rus
sia. She ignored the fatal example Of
Napoleon. She is in the Russian quick
sand. She fears she has got into it too
deeply, as the slight concessions now
made to the Bolshevists clearly show.
But, fortunately, greed and arrogance
the primal Prussian instincts-wlll never
let her draw safely out.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06

After the explosion of bomb in the
Federal Building, at Chicago, where the
l. w. w. leaders had been convicted and
sentenced, "Bill" Haywood, who at that
moment was on the eighth floor with
counsel preparing an appeal, said: at is
unfortunate that this thing happened at
this time" Consider the qualification, at
this time. Would it have been fortunate
at some other time-perhaps when Hay
woods own person was little safer, or
when the association of ideas was not SO
vivid?
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Dead Cat Heaving
he Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We can we'll understand your objec-
fion' set forth in "Snobs and the War;" to
any editorial thinking beyond the common
places Of dead cat heaving Thinking. alas
is something which all too seldom enlight
ems the editorial page of The Tribune. So
you repeat "First military victory. then Il
IS time enough to falkland think" All
rlght' we are all, even "The New Republic"
agreed upon the necessity for military vic
tory. But what is a military victory? Does
1t mean pushing the Germans to the Rhine
to Russia? to Mars? Please let US know
we want to be sure of an opinion free from
the taint of intellectualism-and, nresuma.
bly,, free from thought.
JOHN C. GOURLIE
Brooklyn, Sept 2, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
England ST. W. w.
An Aspect of Samuel
Gon.pers's Errond
Abroad
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Gable to The Tribuue)
Copyright. 1918. by Tie Tribune Association.

New York Tribune)
~ ERBY, England, Sept. 5.-All doubt
as to the leadership of the British
Labor Party was settled at the
Trades Union Congress yesterday when
resolution urging the government to open
peace negotiations the moment the enemy,
either voluntarily or by compulsion, evac-
uated France and Belgium, was adopted by
an overwhelming majority.
The resolution was introduced by J. N.
Thomas and seconded by Will Thorne.
Havelock Wilson, president of the Seamens
Union. opposed the resolution declaring
that Germany must be defeated absolutely
A few others also opposed it, but when it
came to a vote the Hendersonians won
easily. George Barnes, the labor member
Of the War Cabinet, who intended to sup
port Havelock Wilson, finally supported the
resolution, as did other labor members Of
the government.
The resolution reaffirmed the Labor
Party's war aims and declared full faith in
the Congress and in an international Con-
gress.
Members of the Gompers mission heard
the debate. and it was APPARENT they were
surprised at the few supporters Mr. Wilson
was able to enlist. The resolution pro-
testing against the governments refusal to
grant passports to labor delegates also was
adopted
Most of those who attended the debate
expected to see lively session. After the
enthusiasm at the meeting Sunday at which
Premier Hughes and Samuel Gompers
spoke II was thought that Wilson would
make much stronger fight in the Con-
gress. He aimed not so much at the over
throw of Henderson, but to weaken him.
1t was a question of which way the gov
ernment labor members would go, and it
was expected that most of them would sup
port Wilson. The Hendersonians won be-
cause they reached a compromise on the
resolution and were able to win over the
labor officials
Havelock Wilson said to me: 81 have
known Mr.. Gompers now for thirty years
I've followed his work and actions all the
way through and have endeavored so far
as could to- copy his methods, for be-
lleve he has sane outlook. After Mr.
Gompers unbosoms himself the pacifst
crowd will not be so friendly. though this
may not lead to open hostility, because
Gompers stands for a great deal to British
workingmen. His presence here will be OF
great benefit to organized labor. OF course
those identified with labor who are Of
pactist turn of mind will no doubt resent
his presence and anything he can say, but
they are to my mind identical with the In
dustrial Workers of the World They are
not known by that name in this country
but their acts and ideals are the same 10
every respect"
G. H. Roberts said that the Henderson
resolution should not be interpreted as
pacitst declaration. but rather as indics'
tive of labor's determination to fight to
victory
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06

Senator Reed Smoot criticises the eight
billion dollar revenue bill as unfair and
political, and proceeds to say CD that the
amount of money proposed to be spent
for war cannot be raised and GU that
if it were raised it could not be spent, "be-
cause we can't produce or get that much
worth of war material and services in
year. The Senator is still believing in
statistics. He takes an estimate of the
national annual production of wealth in
normal peace time, writes down in con
trast the amount demanded for war, and
says it can't be done. The impossibiity
is theoretical. England and France like
wise are spending more money than they
can statisticaly raise and raising more
than they can statistically spend, and
have been doing it for four years.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
ME present German retreat will go
to fbo poI @r;o, fxo.,4;a,

TNHE present German retreat will go
to the Belgian frontier. Whatever
the temporary pauses, such as we
have seen at the VesIe and the Canal du
Nord, there can be no permanent pause
tor the Germans now, short of the line
Of Lille -Valenciennes- Maubeuge- Mezeres
and the Meuse from Mezieres to Verdun.
The advance of the British and par
astride the Scarpe, has been decisive. BY
forcing the Drocourt-Q -Queant line the
First Army has insured the fall of Douai
and of Cambria and with them will go
the safety of all the German line between
Lille and Verdun.
Nor is it by any means certain that the
Germans will be able to hold Lille and
the Belgian coast for the balance of the
present campaign, for the situation about
Lille is becoming very grave and the pos
sbiEty of the loss of the southern de-
fences of the city from Neuve Chapele
to La Bassee is plain.
The truth is that the German situa-
ton on the whole Western front from
Rheims to Lille is highly critical and
Foch has it still in his power to widen
the area of active operations by attack
between Verdun and Rheims or between
La Bassee and Dixmude. Successive at
tacks on the fronts Of three German
armies have already produced disloca-
ton of the front from Rheims to Lens,
but the dislocation is extending north
ward and westward rapidly.
The decisive thrust of what has now
become the Battle of Northern France
was Hornes. A simple figure illustrates
the episode. The German front hangs
between Rheims and Lille, much as a
hammock hangs from two posts. The
attacks from the Somme to Scissors were
to be compared with the operation of
pushing a hammock with some one in it.
backward. Always there is chance that
the hammock will sway forward again.
But Horne's push was like laying an axe
on the rope between the hammock and
one post. TO cut the rope was to bring
the hammock down, and the rope has been
cut. Moreover, Mangin has been cutting
the other rope toward Scissors, although
he has been less successful. But one rope
gone upsets the hammock and spills it's
contents.
Laying aside all figures, what has hap
pened is clear Striking at that portion
of the Hindenburg line east of Arras, the
British have driven through all systems
of defence and are rapidly approaching
Cambria and Douai. When they reach
these towns they will have cut many i'm
portant railroad lines serving the Ger
mans both to the south and to the north.
and will directly threaten the remaining
lines on which the Germans from Laon
to st. Quentin depend for supplies. The
threat moreover will compel the Germans
to retire to the Belgian frontier to re-
establish the security of their communi-
cations. In other words, they must get
north of the point which the British
are approaching their main lines of com
munlcatlon with Germany before the
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Mannon
iFronl The ph;Iodo,rh;a

'Fron The Phiiddelphia inquirer)
DR.. William Bayard Hale seems at fret
sight like man who can serve two masters
nearst ana the Kaiser but perhaps there
was only one master after all.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Payday Coming

(Fronl The Louisville Courer-JomnoD
1t would seem to be time now for Ger
many to realize that "The Day. for her. is
payment day; that it is coming Just as
surely the sweep of the planets in their
courses brings in the year 1919, and that
for every farthing the Germans have ex-
acted and may yet exact of Belgium they
will have to pay in full and with interest.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Puck a Victim Of Its Own SLOGAN

(from The Philadelphia Inouirerl
"Puck's' remark, What fools these mortols
be- was never better exemplifcd than when
is former owners sold the publication of
that name to Hearst Its recent death was
Vne only remaining thing needed to con-
vince the most doubling Thomas.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Not Effective

From The Kansas City Stor)
If you ever looked out the window of an
express train and saw an elderly lady with
bird cage and umbrella signalling it
to stop and pick her up at crossroads,
you have an accurate picture of how Lord
Iansdowne looks to the Englishmen he is
calling upon to stop fighting
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Our Guests
{ From The pb,,c6.,nb,o j,

'From The Philadelphia Inquirer
About the only Germans who are enjoy
ing vacation this summer are those who
are in internment camps.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Pretty Soon He Won't t Be

(From The Baltimore Antericanl
Presently the German people will be ask
ng, Why is Crown Prnceo
New-York tribune., 1918-09-06
Battle OF Northern France
By rank H. Simonds

Copyag 1918, By The Tribune York Tybune
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07
OILANDGAS
Leases, Supplies, Production. ETC
WANT CASING HEAD GASOLINE

We have client who Will build one
or more easing head gasoline plants
In any district IN mid-contlnent field
where gas is suitable. We want ca
set In touch with practical man who
is able 10 superintend building and
operation OF plant or plants; must
have sufficient knowledge OF field "a
select most desirable location and 10
secure and make contracts for supply
OF casing head gas: viii make most
favorable arrangements with right
party, giving him position as MANAGE
with good salary and some stock h cas-
ing head gasoline company as bonus.
Corr aspondence strictly confidential,
Ralph Development company 334
Mayo Bldg, Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07

BALD Hill. @ Bradstrect and
hun have spudded No. ; ON the J..
Fields farm In the center Of the north
line of the northeast Of the southwest
OF 3-14-1I
The Texas Company has q rig mn
FOR No 10 on the h. Lewis flfm m
the southwest corner OF the north
west OF the southwest or 2O-l5-li
The SAND company No s on the
l. Barnett farm in the southeast cor
ner OF the northeast OF 20-l5-lS i
stil a rig
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07

HENRYETTN-The lucky Tiger
OH company has spudded No on
the Charmen farm In the northwest
corner OF the southeast Of the south
east Of l9-l2-12
Kennedy and associates are drilling
al 1850 feet on the Cozer King farm
In the southwest corner Of the north
west OF the northeast Of 2-l2-l4
The KipgwtSpd OH company has a
rig half built on the Miley Gray farm
In the southwest corner Of The north
west Of l7-12-lt.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07

New Pipe Line anh Casing ior sale.
FOE SALE -lC 900 feet 2-nuh =
lb. tubing. 5000 feet G 4, inch IA
10 casing 1000 gre. lO-fnch rs ID.
casing Also have the following sec
oud hand goods to offer: 80 GOO feet
l-luch AZ III. tubing: 5000 feet
3 9-1b-inch l8-lh. casing; 5000 fe"t
6x inch 20-lh, casing, 2,O0o feet 6N
inch Am easing; l,pOO feet 81
inc a4-lh. casing. 1900 fcet sL
incn 2S-lb, casing; 500 feet lC-inch
% .lb casing This Is good serbice-
able second hand pipe For parucu-
lars call OF write oklahoma ! ipe Co.
lOl North Boston avenue. Phone "a i
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07

ATTENTION. DRILLING CON
We have good second
hand manila drilling and spuddins
lines. Also several second hand wire
lines oklahoma Ppo aomJan", iol
North f0ston Phone 6ili. Tulsa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07
coLr pOoI The Cclcsune OH 3

COR pOOI The Celestine on 4
Gas co has q rig un yet on the Io
Manuel farm n the nSrthenst corner
OF the northwest Of l-1l-l5.
In tho northwest corner or the
northeast uf 2-14-lJ. the Bradstreel
No. . on the T.. Harrison farm, ~ sull
n rig.
The Iowa and okla No. ? on the n
Harrison farm is setting casing nj
.63O feet
The Englcrt Oh company is fishing
at $50 feet ou the H. Smith No. J In
the center OF the south line uf the
northeast Of the southeast OF 5-li-l0 D
and so y iu the center ot the south
east ~ rrfe southeast Is rigging up.
ftvitJr ANA Price arc shut down NJ
500 Feet ON The n Conner 40 In the
southwest corner Of the northwest OF
Cli-li.
Stur and associates are shut down
% 800 feet ON the Sells No In the
center ~ the southeast Of the south
! west ot o-l4-l5
IN the southeast corner Of the north
west Of l?-lI-l5 the rrohst aud Nor
rissou 80 : ON the Manuel farm ls
drilling at 600 feet
TN" Lyrnming oil compam Is riEFed
upon the /. Ecutie No. in the south
'1Hl 'Nihtl 'l lNf southwest OF luc
, northweat of 17-14-1S.
Patterson on company is shut down
at 1900 feet an the J. Rentic No !
iin the northeast corner OF the north
west uf the southeast uf lS-lA-l5
A. G. Saint is drilling at 57l feet OF
the T. Rrutir No. l Ia the uoIthwcs
lcorner of tho southeast of the south
cast of l9-ld-lJ
Cooper ana others stil have the r.i
up for y Carter No. . I'm the suuthw cs
corner uf the northwest OF 2S.l4-l5
In the center of the north line of th
southeast of the southwest Of 2H.l ian
the Standard Royalties company /
still shut down at 80 feet on the 5
Jefferson No 3
liralcT or Gas co is drilling %
-the McCartv No ! in the southw.,
corner uf the southeast of the north
east OF 29-l4-l5
The Laurel oil 4 Gas 60 iS shu
down At 2.lj0 feet on the II Colbet
No | IN the southwest corner ut IA
e southeast of the northwest Of 3l-I4-Il
! Newman and others are drilling a
. / .000 feet ON the f. Deer farm In th
( northwest corner of the northeast d
'thc northwest Of 80 1i.l5
BRokEN ARROW The Edra
on company is shut down at %
; on the A. Atkins No. In 1881.
in the northeast corner of IN
T. southeast Of the southwest Of IN
southeast of lg-lS-Il the Parkdal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-07

WEST OF OKMtI.GEf.-Wig Wigton
4 Cosden have spudded In the south
east corner of the northeast Of the
northwest OF S6-t3-t2 on No. on
the Hannah Bird farm.
Cosden and others No I ON The II
NJ Tiger farm In the northeast corner
Of the southwest OF 35-t3-l2 is a so
barrel well IN sand found from $50 10
SIS feet