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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Allies Maintain Steady
Push on German Flanks
Despite Stiff Counters
Franco-Americans H Hammer Away for
Continued Gains, Beating Off Resist
ing Blows; Good Weather Brings Out
SwarmS of Bombing and Battle Planes
BY the Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE-MARNH
FRONT, July "a 80 p mAong the line north of Chateau
They the Franco American forces the
out of nearly all of the Chatele forest
The allied advance made in considerable jumps In
that the Germans continuing their guard fighting
and depending much upon their machine guns.
Farther to the west the Americans gained the ascendency
the Germans and drove through and beyond the Of
Epeds
American cavalry used at point in the operations
north of the Chateau Therry line.
To the nohward the most Intense resistance offered
along the extended German right flank but the reports are
that the allies have made gains and that Germans have
been unable to halt the movement toward their ppes
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
(ESLER SAYS CITY
WILL SAVE $1,000
ON ITS FEED BILL

"Oyer $1,000 will be saved to the city
|his year by the deals in feed that |
Im now busy on" said Mark Kesler,
commissioner of health, this morning.
IA vet haven't definitely closed the
|leal for the grain for the garbage and
tire departments but il now lies be-
ween two parties aud | am expecting
h telegram today that will decide
lhings." Mr. Kesler returned the first
bi the week from the eastern part OF
Ihe state.where he has been bargaining
kog the grain -------
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
HELFFERICH IS
MADE CERMANYS
MOSCOW AGENT
Former Vice Chancellor Will
Take MirbaCh'S Place,

LODON, July 24-Dr Karl Helfie-
rich, former German imperial vice
chancellor, has been appointed Ger
many's diplomatic representative at
Moscow, according to a Reuter- dispatch
from Amsterdam.
An Amsterdam dispatch TO the wire
less press says that Dr. Helfferich will
take with him battalion5 OF Ger
man troops to guard the German en-
bassy at Moscow.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
BULLETIN

NORFOLK, Va, July 74.-Fire,
which started shortly after noon to-
lay in an immense hangar at the
naval base here, threatened to de-
stroy the structure. Help was sum
moned from Norfolk.
The flames spread to the sd-
ministration building Of the aviation
section and partly destroyed that
structure before they were put un-
der control. The origin is not
known.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
GIANT STEAMER
IS U-BOAT VICTIM
OFF IRISH COAST
"JuSticia. " of $4,000 Tons.
Sunk After Carrying YankS,

"JuStiCja, Of $4,000 Ions
Sunk After Carrying Yanks,
AN IRISH PORT, Monday,
July 22.-(By the Associated Press.)
The giant White Star liner JUS
tieia has been torpedoed and sunk.
It is believed no loss of life oc-
CURED. The JustieiA was formerly
the Dutch steamer Statendam,
which was taken over by the British
government on the stocks at Belfast
when she was nearing completion.
She was a vessel Of 32,2j4 tons
gross.
The Justicia carried crew Of be
tween 6OO and 700
24-Hour Fight.
-Four hundred OF the crew OF the tor
pedoed liner, Justcia, have been lande,
here. They report that the liner wa
sunk after 24-hour fight with subma
rlnes.
One Of the crew of the Justicia !
quoted by the newspaper as assertin
that ten torpedoes were discharged a
the Justicia. -Four of the approachin
he added. were Exploded b
guntire from the ship.
Ten OF Crew Killed
No passengers were lost and only lei
of the crew were killed.
The first torpedo struck the engin
room and the ship then stopped. Sew
eral other torpedoeS were fired bu
only two OF the missiles were effective
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Crowder Summons
600 Light Service
Men for August |

WASHINGTON. July 24.-Proyost
Marshal General Crowder today issued
call for GA registrants qualified for
limited service for work in the air
craft production bureau; 600 to entrain
August / for Kelly field, San Antonio,
,IexxS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
JustiCia Carried
5000 YankS Over

NEW YORK, July 24-The JuSticia
was returning to an American port after
delivering large contingent of Ameri-
can troops, it was learned here. The
Justicia had a troop carrying capacity
Of between 1000 and 5000 men
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
WILSON FINISHES
u. S. PROGRAM FOR
RUSSIAN ACTION
Plan 10 Be Announced When
Japan Answers Note,

WASHINGTON, July 24-Presidcnt
Wilson has completed his pronounce.
ment as to the plans of the United
States for participating in the cxpcdi-
ton TO give military aid 10 Russia and
II will be made public as soon as
Japan's reply to the American pro
posaS has been received.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Partly Cloudy Is
Weather Forecast

LOCAL FoREcAsTa-PartIy cloudy and
unsettled weather, somewhat cooler to-
nIqht and Thursday
STATE FoREcAsT-Tonipht generally
fair, Thursday probably fsiri continued
warm weather.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Fourth Loan
Drive Opens
September28
Treasury Department Virtual
Iy Agrees on Three Weeks
Campaign,

WASHINGTON. July 24-1he treas.
ury virtually has decided TO hold the
fourth Liberty loan campaign in the
three weeks period between Saturday
September 28 and SATURDAY. October ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

Chateau Thiery front, and the Ger,
mans were taken completely by sur-
prise.
General March said il seemed tha.
the Lord was getting tired Of the part
nershap of Me und Got,"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
Foes Loss Thought to Be 10000
Since Fifth Drive Started July IS.

LONDON, July 24.-Accordns careful estimates war.
anns acceptance Reuters the French
'front.' the Germans have employed between seventy
divisions since July Is and have lost 10000 killed
wounded and prisoners.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
As Large as vaterland.

The Justicia in size and tonnage
nearly approached the dimension of the
great steamship, Vaterland, now a car
rler Of American troops to Europe
She was designed as a modern pas
senger liner for the trade between New
York and Rotterdam, but she never
entered that service
After her completion at Belfast, the
Cunard Steamship company turned the
lusticia over to the British admiralty
and the vessel for some time was used
as a transport Of troops and supplies
The JuS'icia was 740 feet long
eighty-six feet beam and forty three feet
dcep
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
SLAVS MOBILIZE
ENTIRE FORCES,
HOLLAND LEARNS
General Army Rehabilitation
Was Begun on July l.

AMSTERDAM, July 24-General
mobilization of the Russian army be-
gan on July 7, according to Moscow
IAdyicsk EaceiYed here. ''''---S>-'-'
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
HUN ASKS SPAIN
TO BROACH PEACE
At ROUND TABLE
Kaiser Would Give Up in West
But Control Russia,
BELGIUM TO DIPLOMATS
Foe Wants Freedom Of Seas,
Stripping Of Gibraltar

AMSTERDAM, July 24.-Germany
has made suggestions for a peace con.
ference to the Spanish government, say,
the socialist Vorwaerts of Berlin.
The suggestions are:
"FIRsT-Gerrmany wants no an
nezatiors or indemnties in the
west.
"SECOND-The peace treaties
With Russia and Rumanin may not
De questioned
"THlRD-The principle OF self
determination of people has not
been discussed but may be settled
at the peace conference where the
fate OF Belgium also Is to be set
tied.
"FOURTH-The Balkan ques-
ton is TO be settled around the
conference table.
FIFTH-The freedom Of the
seas, the dismantling OF Gibraltar
and the Suer canal and the right
for Germany to use coaling sta
tons.
"SIxTH-The colonial question
Ia to be settled on the basis Of the
status quo"
The vorwaerts considers this a very
peace program.
The term status quo applied in the
foregoing to The German colonial qie,
Il IN, has been rather loosely used in the
past in connection with the solution OF
various peace problems. In general, il
is employed as an abbreviation OF the
term status quo" ante -belum.
Germanys position heretofore, as in
dicated by her leading statesmen, has
been one Of insistence on the return of
her colonies, and there has been moth
ing in the recent utteranccs Of the Ger
ma leaders tending to show that this al
iitudc had been changed II was even
indicated t@t the pawn held by Ger
many IN the shape OF Belgium was in
tended to he used to secure the return
VI her former colonial possessions
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24
BY the Associated Press.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE- MARINE
FRONT July 24-7:30 mThe French the British and the
Americans still hammerng the fanks crown princes
The Germans known brought up fresh spe
cia forces at points but the allies report the situation as
favorable
More favorable weather conditions brought out droves Of
aircraft this morning The day excellent for
servaon and this expected change the character
fighting somewhat especially with regard to the artillery
Foe Strikes Fruitlessy Below Rheims.
PARIS July 24.-The Germans last night delivered
counter attack the allied lines the vicinity Vrigny
five miles southwest of Rheims The office announced to.
day that the attack had been repulsed.
There great activity by the artillery during the night
along the front between the Asne Marne on the noh
east toward Rheims.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-07-24

pu 40 msyAn cnAfHIAx.
xann 0 mfAsiAu pSuD5
cot'rNhIro NTIIAI
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
WHEN HER BACK ACHES
A Woman Finds All Her Energy and
Ambition Slipping Away.

Madison women know how the
aches and pains that often come when
the kidneys fail make life a burden.
Backache, hip pains. headaches, dir
zy spells. distressing urinary trou-
bles, are frequent indications of weak
kidneys and should be checked In
time. Doan's Kidney Pills are for
the kidneys only. They attack kid
ney diseases by striking at the cause.
Here's proof of merit in a Madison
woman's words:
Mrs. III. G.. Killion, 712 Blanche
avenue N, says: Il had attacks of
lumbago and my back ached and was
so lame I could hardly straighten up
when l bent over. I was miserable
all the time and my work was often
neglected. l felt tired out and lam
guild and had dizzy headaches. My
kidneys acted irregularly and were
sluggish. Doan's Kidney Pills
strengthened my kidneys. My back
was soon all right and I felt better
in every way. My kidneys acted reg
ularly and naturally"
Prices, so cents at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Killion had. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
FATHER ACCUSED
III. BIGGERSTAFF, OF MISSION, Is
HELD FOR WHITE
SLAVERY.

Omaha, Neb., July 10.-Charged
with white slavery" his own l5-
year-old daughter being the alleged
victim, Henry Howard Biggerstaff. of
Mission, S. D., was held in $500
bond by United States Commissioners
Neeley, before whom he had a hear
ing.
The decision of the court to bind
Biggerstaff on a heavy bail met with
the hearty applause of a courtroom
crowded with women. After court
was adjourned the women all gath
cred around the girl. shook hands
with her and assured her of their
sympathy and support.
This Is one of the most revolving
stories to which have ever listened"
said Commissioner Medley from the
bench, and IL true this defendant
will not want to face trial. l will
fix his bail at $500"
Biggerstaff. the defendant, is well
connected in Nebraska. He formerly
lived in Sarpy county, and has a host
of relatives and friends In that Sec
ton. His father is Samuel Bigger
staff, retired, and now living in Lin
coin, but formerly of Ashland. He
sat in the courtroom and listened to
the testimony, but did not speak to
his son during the hearing. Later,
the father and son arranged bail.
Senator Burkett and e. w. Brown,
of Lincoln, represented Biggerstaff at
the hearing.
The girl is Is years old. She is
large for her age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
Magazine Writer'S Closeup
of Our General Pershing, as
a Man and American Soldier.

What of General Pershing, who may
one day have as great an army as anyi
The question Is asked as often In Eu.
rope rs In America. 1t is not. I think,
known In America how deep a first i'm
preston his character as man and SOL
der have made on the British and, in
deed, the French, writes w. Beach
Thomas In Harper's Magazine.
When he landed In England In June,
1916, n of the British newspapers,
whose correspondent had been for a
long while In his presence, compared
him with Moltke, who was silent In
seventeen languages" What General
Pershing, the master of several Philip
pine dialects, said was little and good.
When General Joffre shook his hand In
Paris a few weeks later-a scene wor-
thy of a great historical memorabilia
said to one of his stan, General Per-
shing will think first and act after.
wards" At all junctures the general
has been cool and prompt and deter
mined. His colonel In Cuba wrote of
him, HE is the bravest and coolest
man under fire / ever saw In my life"
His W recorded maxims are few but
at the most worrying crisis in France
when news of the arrival of American
troops was published while some OF
those troops were still in the danger
zone at sea-he said, II do not worry
and when the days work Is over I GO
to Sleep"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
Underground Railroad and
Useless Caucus Room, Two
ExtravaganCes at Capitol.

One of the curiosities of the capitol
rs the miniature railroad that connects
the senate, via underground passage,
with the senate office building, relates
"A Washington correspondent. The cars
of this railroad operate on a monorail
by electricity.
The road is about $50 yards in length
and has a double track. When n
car is ut one end of the track the other
ear is at the other end, and vice versa.
The railroad was intended originally to
aid senators In making speed from
their offices to the senate chamber. Roll
calls do not require much time In the
senate and there is danger that If a
roll call is asked when a senator is in
his office he will miss the roll call I'M
less he uses the electric car. That
saves him about ten or fifteen seconds
time.
The road is open to the public and
1t costs nothing to ride. AS a conse-
quence messenger boys, clerks and
janitors use the railroG l freely, while
senators, except on days when the
weather is inclement, prefer to walk In
the open air between their offices and
the senate chamber.
Besides the initial equipment, the
road entails an expense of about $50
weekly for the employ of two opera
tors and probably half that amount for
electricity. This would make a yearly
expense of $1,000 as a very %conserva'
tive estimate. AS a matter of fact the
railroad probably costs more like $4,000
or $1,000 a year.
The senate has another extravaganza
that Is almost an eyesore. This is the
palatial caucus room that cost no one
knows how many thousands of dollars
when the senate Office building was
constructed. The room is finished
throughout In marble and has immense
crystal chandeliers. 1t has the largest
seating capacity of any room in the
capitol except the hall of the house
and the senate chamber.
Yet the acoustic properties of tn,
room are 10 bad that 1t Is w used
and 1t stands there as an expensive
monument to some ones mistake In
planning the senate office building. o.
course a person would ordinarily pa!
no attention to such a thing as bat
acoustic properties, but in this |
cannot help but be noticed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
AMERICAN WAY
YANK METHOD OF FIGHTING
BEATS EN- ALL.

Chicago, July 10.-Sergt. Sam p.
Barr, 80 years in the United States
army and just returned from France
after five months service with the
expeditionary force, Is in Chicago to-
day. Speaking of his experiences, he
said:
Our methods of fighting differ
from those of our Allies. They re-
treat from the thinly held first line
trenches when a heavy barrage an
nounces an attack. When the enemy
has wasted his ammunition and has
taken the Allied first trench the AL
lies rush i'm from the second in a
counter attack. We asked ourselves,
why go back, then ahead, through
the %barrage?' So we decided we'd go
ahead, under the barrage, and wait
for them at the barbed wire. In our
fights we met the Germans long be-
fore they expected us, killed a lot OF
them and scattered the remainder In
the barbed wire. Then we went back
and sat down while the machine gun
men moved them down in the wire.
There is no way to beat this method
of fighting.
I'm a clear field the American can
whip the German up to five or six
times his number. The German is
we'll trained and fights hard, but he
does only what he is told. When he
reaches his objective he doesn't know
where to go from there. So we catch
him at that point-and he doesn't &C
from there until the grave section
comes along"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
ATTENTION, LADIES OF MADISON

Do you know that thousands of sol
diers in France are dying because of
the lack of surgical dressings to bind
up their wounds?
Do you know that we are supply
ing only 25 per cent of the surgical
dressings demanded at the front?
Perhaps some of our splendid Lake
county boys may die of neglect be-
cause of the lack of these things.
Perhaps your indifference and
c~arelessness in not going to the Sur
gical dressing room In Madison and
working may be the direct means of
causing the death OF some of these
brave boys who are over there fight
ing for you. They are not taking any
vacation during the hot weather.
Why should you?
Some days there are less than 10
ladies there at work when there
ought to be so there every afternoon
and evening that the rooms are open.
There are no special days for cliques
or societies, every lady in Madison or
Lake county is welcome there any
time. We want your help in this
great work Of mercy; we need it
sorely. The Red Cross is religion
under shell fire; now is the time for
you to show your religion. We ap-
peal to you to show your loyalty and
willingness to do your bit. by conse-
Grating yourself to this great work.
Won't you make some sacrifice for
the boys who are making the SUI
preme sacrifice for you?
-H. H. Holdridge,
County Chairman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
Law Forbids boarding.

Persons who have sought to excuse
their violations Of rules and regula-
lions Of the United States food ad-
m~inistration on the assertion that
"there Is no law requiring it," are
warned that there is a law governing
such cases. According to the law,
persons who willfully hoard any nee
essaries shall, upon conviction, be
fined not exceeding $1,000 or be i'm
prisoned for not more than two years.
or both. The statute sets out just
what 'hoarding" Is and includes, not
only the act of boarding, but the with
holding Of necessaries to gain a high
price for them. Hoarders will be
prosecuted In the federal courts
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
BELIEVE LINES WILL HOLD
Observers Say Germans Are Prepar-
Ing for Big Assault.

Washington, July 9.-As a result
Of the disclosures made by General
Peyton C. March, chief of staff. re-
garding the weeks developments on
the Western front, military observers
here expressed their complete conf
dence in the ability OF the American
and Allied forces to hold firm against
any blow the Germans car deliver.
No attempt is made, however, to
conceal Re beiie: thai the days i'm
nediatrly ahead may bs those Of the
most severe fighting o. tia a
The very delay of the Germans in
pressing their assault indicates the
great preparations they are making.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
MOTOR PRODUCTION GROWS
May and June Output Equals That Of
Britain In 1916,

tH StV
Elizabeth, N. j., July 9.-Production
OF Liberty motors in American work.
shops during May and June equaled
the production OF aeronautical engines
OF all types In Great Britain for
the entire year Of 1915, according to
John D. Ryan, chairman OF the aircraft
production board, who delivered an ad-
dress he re.
Mr.. Ryan spoke at the launching
OF the Langley" a giant Handley.
Page bombing machine, the first of
this design made In this country.
The airplane made a successful trial
flight with five passengers, one of
whom was Major General w. L. Ke1ty
chief of military aeronautics.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
STATE NEWS.

Aberdeen - Forty-one Aberdeen
citizens, so far, have joined the
1000 club" consisting of those who
have signed up for $1,000 worth of
War Savings stamps.
Observation-Disclosures men of this
city are preparing to leave their own
( work, all that is possible, and go out
and assist in the harvest fields this
month.
Watertown-That Lieut.. Royal G.
Johnson. congressman from this dis
trict OF South Dakota, is either on
the way or already is ''oyer there"
is the gist of a telegram received
from Congressman Harry Z. Candy,
of the Third district.
MITCHELL. II. Johnson, 1917
West Fourth avenue, spent his first
dollar for medical attendance several
lays after his 95th birthday. He is
In full possession of his faculties, as
Is Mrs. Johnson, who is 93 years old.
The aged couple live with their son,
who is rs years old.
Aberdeen-George Harris, a farm
err living north of Groton, has a bro
ken collar bone. and Mrs. Harris sis
In the hospital with a fractured skull
and a broken collar bone as the re-
suit of a collision between the Har-
ris automobile and a car belonging
to w. j. Face, Several members of
the Face family were painfully bruis-
ed but suffered no permanent injury.
Britton-Official notice has been
received by Rev. G. w. Rodgers, pas
tor of the Britton Methodist Episco-
pal church, for him to appear at
Louisville, KY, about July 16 for
training for overseas duty as a chap
lain. After completing his training
he will be placed on the reserve list
until called for active duty. Some
member of Mr.. Rodgers family has
been In every American war, starting
with the revolution, and he proposes
to do his full duty in this.
Sioux Falls-According to figures
compiled by DR.. George w. Pettigrew
of this city. formerly grand secretary
of the Masonic lodges of South Da'
kota and now grand master of the
South Dakota lodges of the order
there are now 1910 South Daketa
Masons in some active branch of the
government war service. The totaI
membership of the lodges in South
Dakota is $4,000, SO the percentage
of those who are serving their coun.
try is high. Out of the 1910 there
are 1873 In service who are members
or the two lodges in Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falis-Thirty-three Siou,
Falls and Minnehaha county mer
have returned from Camp Funston
Kan, where they went with more
than 500 comrades from the city anc
county who composed the June con.
tingent of selective draft men. The
33 failed to pass the rigid physical
examination. The local exemption
board now will have the duty Of
drawing for the July draft 33 Other
men to make up for this shortage il
the June contingent. and in addition
will have to call Is additional mer
to make up for the Is registrant:
who had been called to the colors In
the June draft and who failed to APP.
pear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-07-10
Murphy's Odd Idea

An officer on board a warship was
drilling his men.
II want every man to lie on his back
put his legs In the air, and move them
rs IL he were riding a bicycle" he ex'
planned. "Now commence"
After a short effort one of the mer
stopped.
"Why have you stopped, MurphyT
asked the officer.
IF We PLACE. sir" was the answer
"Oi'm coasting."