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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01

eastern program she will come out OF
the war relatively stronger than she
entered it, and she will remain as great
menace to Europe as ever. and this
is one of the main reasons why we
cannot afford a patched-up peace.
1t behooves us. therefore. to convince
our Allies that it is not in our inter-
est alone that the eastern barrier to
German progress is essential, but that
II Germany Is to be really defeated and
to cease to be a menace to the peace
of the world in future, 1t is of vital
importance that she should not be al
lowed what she has in the east as a
means of extending her power in that
direction.
Germany entered Belgium and through
Belgium northern France in violation Of
every principle Of Justice and right, and
our answer to Won Hertling must be
that we can recognize no pawns which
have been secured by fraud and rapine.
But to make this answer effective we
must back it by action in the east, where
the almost miraculous CZecho-Slovak
army has given us an opportunity which
we cannot afford to throw away.
Such policy need not reopen the old
and profitless wrangle between the east
erner and the westerner. for we Allies
have it within our power to employ in
the east forces which cannot be made
available for the west, and the occasion
| for developing that power to the full has
come now that Russia Is beginning to
understand what a German peace means.
and that an agreement has at length
been reached on the veXed question of
intervention in eastern Siberia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
AMERICANS FIND
2BIG GUNSTANDS
Located During Advance of
Troops in the Region
Near Fere
IMMENSE STRUCTURES
BY EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

'opU'DHtJ IvIe, Ob NeD forh ItncS 20.
With the American Army, Aug. 1.
In their advance in the region of
Fere-en-Tardenois the Americans have
Come upon locations OF two of the big
cannon with which the Germans have
been shelling Paris. I went to see one
of these emplacements Tuesday up in
the Bois du Chatelet. near Breezy. 1t
lay near the highway from Breezy to
Epieds. in a neck of woods a hundred
yards off the railroad running south
from Fere-en-Tardenois.
The whole business looked more like
Pittsburgh steel mill than anything
else. From the railroad ran a switch,
which branched into three lines running
into the woods. One Of these branches
ran straight into a pit about forty feet
across and fifteen feet deep. while the
others ran to either side. Filling the
pit was a steel cylinder of complicated
construction, thirty-one feet across and
about twenty feet high. Atop this great
drum was rotary gun carriage. moved
by massive machinery and moving on
ball bearings, each ball being ten inches
in diameter.
steel, an inch and one-half In thickness,
and in sections, to each Of which was at
tached big hooks for derrick lift. The
whole thing was in sections, which were
bolted together by bolts one inch in
diameter. The structure was beautiful
in its magnificence. 1t dwarfed the big
gest dreadnought gun turret ever con-
structed. An artillery expert measur-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
BRITISH FRONT HAS
A RATHER QUIET DAY
Intermittent Cunfire on Both
Sides, but No Infantry
Action Is Reported
By H. W. NEVINSON
Special Cable to Epening Public Ledger

Copyright. 1918, by Ne,c York Times Co.
With the British Army in France.
Aug. I.
Little activity was reported on the
British front yesterday. The enemy
shelled part of the line near Merris re-
covered by the Australians Tuesday, but
made no further attack during the night
He also put down a heavy barrage on the
line between Reninghelst and Locre be-
fore dawn yesterday morning, but his
infantry did not advance.
visited that position just south of
the old Ypres salient Tuesday afternoon
and again stood On Scherpenberg. Look
ing across to Mont Kennel, one could
trace the German positions in the middle
of the narrow valley. AS usual now. the
German front line consists of series of
points, or outposts, the intrenched posi-
tions of the support line being con-
structed some distance behind.
The gunfire from both sides was In
termittent, but more frequent from the
British lines. Long avenues beside the
| rods behind Scherpenberg are now shat
tered, and cottages under their shadow
destroyed. The trappist monastery on
the summit of Mont Des Cats has also
been heavily shelled, though its three
sharp spires still mark the conspicuous
site.
| Ypres itself, though near at hand, was
| invisible, owing to the thick haze, for
the sky, though fine and sunny, was full
of mist as on September morning. and
the view everywhere was limited.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
NORWAY WALLOWING
IN WAR-WON WEALTH
Most Expensive Country in
World Except Austria, Says
Statistician
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger

Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Christiania, Aug. I.
A Swedish statistcian announces that
Norway is now the most expensive coun-
try in the world except, perhaps. Austria
Fifteen crowns go to the pound. and !
calculate that the purchasing power OF
a crown is now reduced to four pence.
I was asked eleven shillings for
twenty cigarettes of an unknown brand
I pay over fifty shillings a day for my
modest room. Woodchoppers Of the in
terror earn as much as f12 a week. A
flower woman in a market made nearly
$1,000 in the course of month Every.
body Is so rich that none could be found
to sweep the itreets last winter.
heard of pageboy at the Grand
Hotel who gathered fortune from mes
sages which he carried. A clerk wen
to the hotel to confirm a big deal b,
Herr Petersen, but no such name ap
reared on the visitors list Then a pag,
ran up and said, II am Petersen" Nov
he owns many ships.
Indeed, there has scarcely been
clerk or typist or draper's assistant VIII,
has failed to become rich. The boom
are now over. but there is so mucl
money about that any one can earn
galore. Young men display their wealtl
by using thousand-crown notes as ash
trays and watching them burn.
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|lvECOMIlNG
|lgCH FLANK
G Ofensive West Of
ons Is Believed
lzln,ninent
llEADY FOR BLOW

= i 20 Evsning Public Ledger
11& fyis. by Nc,o York Times Co.
Paris. Aug. 1.
ofoine to opinion here the stand
1lie armies Of the Crown Prince
VOW making in their positions
~ Of Soissons will probably
~ I temporary nature. Bar
kAe Intervention of an enemy
W. on an adjacent part of the
front, which IL is believed
N any case merely be of a
&AxrActer. although perhaps on
scale. It Is persistently felt
a14t the enemy's real plan is to
{ck at least to the line Of the
And perhaps to the Aisne.
Nee tbe latter is more probable.
this CASE the Aisne really means
ner German line on the Chemin-
l(ynes! which is probably the best
Ave position in the whole Of
m France. 1t must not be for.
that the Chemin-des-D Danes
kAs held by the Germans for
vro years and would be a per-
safe position to wait in until
have had time to readjust the
y which have been so thoroughly
q hy General Foch's handling of
S6ituation set up by their drive
the Alsne-Marne salient.
- German counter-attacks and
evident Intention to hold on for
11ne being to the positions south
ko1 eoissons, as disclosed by yes
y Afternoons communique. are
dod here as having for their basis
hecesslty of giving time to the
& Won Boehm's army to extricate
from the southeast depths of
pocket in the Tardenois country.
southwest Area Evacuated
1er the enemy has more or less
otul7y evacuated his troops from
Northwest area OF the salient. AL
~ 1t q tremendous cost in men
material under pressure of the
Moss attacks from the armies of
~ and De Goutte. whose sur
offensive first awoke them to
danger. 1t now remains for the
~ Princes retreating armies, by
M - stand in the hilly country
Ito1t Of Soissons. to give an op-
~ to their left to withdraw
1Ains the German counter-at-
1T the Allied positions at st.
u and Fere-en-Tardenois. and
Atly Seringes. which indicate
~ retreat certainly has not yet
~ q point where stabiiization of
font hhs been reached. The fact
gflnges changed hands repeatedly
how desperate the enemy's posi-
the southeast corner of the
y atiu ID and how much valuable
elAl he has at stake there.
n1teaessn Remains Obscure
9fl1lS situation. however. south
f1ne remains admittedly OBJ
RA4 IT, u held by many people
% qdfre ppsSible that the Ger
~ no ae3hite plan of retreat.
1e14ed that, as Foch now has
e1lE tn Initiative, they will
= Ie6lDtAnce wherever possible,
- uj<ifnate idea of resuming the
34 ~. 66on as the opportunity
445r the very ground where they
u their worst defeat since the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
ADMITS GERMANS
WERE OUTWITTED
Foch Knew Their Plans,
but Hid His Own, Says
Cologne Correspondent
TEUTON DRIVE FAILURE
BY GEORGE RENwICK
Special Gable to Euening Public Ledger

cPStsue cuotc " GOeH"S uOtC LeuSef
Copyri0ht. 1918. bv Ne,o York Times Co.
Amsterdam, Aug. 1.
DR.. George Wegener, of the Cologn,
Gazette. one of the best German war
correspondents, has much to say that
Is interesting in one of the longest
and most complete messages which
have yet appeared in the German
press from the front. He begins by
admitting that as the factor of sur.
prise was lacking in the German of.
fensive the attack did not progress as
was expected. He says:
"When the German command saw
that, it Immediately stopped the ad
vance SO as to avoid sacrifices which
would not have been consistent with
what might have been achieved. At
this vital moment the enemy began
his offensive at another point On
that day / was on the e7'' front of
the wedge when the first news OF the
enemy's offensive came. Unquestion
ably. the first and not very definite
news created very uneasy feeling
&c tbe attack was to some extent in
| tbe rear of our positions. The wooded
country on their front Of attack gave
o,,r enemies the best oDDortunities tc
assemble masses of artillery and other
necessaries Of attack. together with
their storm troops, and to keep them
concealed.
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pllITS U. S. IS in FIGHT
= General Adds, However, Mum
Der Is Exaggerated
~ fhe Associated Press

~, Aug. 1.-Lieutenant General
,3Vou Observation-Disclosures. chief
k<gupplementary German general
q An article In the Mannheim
n, declares that the Intervention
unitod States may now be con-
u fact, but that the Americans
<fkinad and therefore must be
between the British and French.
pnsra; Gays also that the num-
. Americans Is exaggerated by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
WIN BRIDGING MATERIAL
Booty Shows Foe Planned to Cross
Marne in Strength
By the Associated Press

London, Aug. 1.-The booty captured
by the French in following up the Ger
man retreat from the Marine included a
large amount of bridging material.
which the Germans had collected just
north of the Marne.
1t Is pointed out that the intention of
the Germans to effect the passage of the
river in great strength and drive in the
direction of Paris is thus indicated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
EEEN FEARS RUMANlA
1t Removing Troops to the
\ Western Front

Aug. LIN well-informed Ru-
clrcles 8n Paris II is said the Ger
command has asked the COM
bf the German troops stationed
mia and in the Russian dis
- many divisions can be re-
b sent TO the western front.
> 2h(arshaI Won Mackensen, the
y In Rumania, accord
~ diupatch TO the Havas Agency
&fne. replied that it would be un-
)Iomove any troops, owing to the
I condition of the Rumanian peo-
4 f1ispatch adds that Won Macken-
~ directed the Rumanian Govern
lawing to uprisings. to proclaim a
q Siege throughout the country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01

even from the most careful aerial ob-
servatiun The enemy has brought
the art of camoufiage to the very high
est development. In that he was
possessed greater supplies Of material
and of labor. In this respect, as in
so many others, matters are much
more diff1cult."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
Allies Ahead in Reserves
Ry the limited Press

London, Aug. For the first time
this year the Allies fresh reserves are
now stronger numerically than those of
the Germans, although the German
armies as a whole are still stronger in
numbers, it was learned today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
SARlA.TURKEY BREAK NEAR
Charged With Not Keep.
ing Frontier Promises

(evas Aug. 1.--(By I. N. S).-The
y HuiEarian newspaper Mir has be-
the Bulgarian populace
feek with Turkey.
hltion from Sofia today credited
With saying that Turkey would
her frontier promises"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01
REss zITA AssAILED
y 4nmsiion Campaign Of Ger.
man Origin

kue. 1.-tBy /. N. S.).-The
nEainst Empress Zita. of Aus
100. Private letters received
&ne today say that II is gem
nilod that the campaign is
- &rlEtns because the Empress
lklc TO German control of
1ue rsports have been circu-
X1@nna attacking the private
IN Empress. II was said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-01

unofficially reported from
on Tuesday morning that
md Bulgaria had already
latiops as a result of a quarrel
dt9po6ition Of Balkan territory.
of the situation is that Turkey
- that Bulgaria give up some
1nkish territory annexed by her
~ Balkan wars.
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LEFT SECRETLY

= l--(Hy = n. Sl-King
~ along with German
w. q ~ 1|Icefa was accom-
D11 fapily seid :
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MUST OVERCOME GERMANY,S
AIMS OF CONQUEST IN THE EAST
PeaceAie
in achievements of Csecho-Slaus in Siberia and
Southe Russia
By MAJOR GENERAL F. B. MAURI CE

Former Director Military Operations Of the British
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
YiBlH
pLs Hhuu.
> " D. ~.

has been visiting at Newton and Des
Moines, was in the city Monday be-
tween trains.
Mrs. DR.. Newcomer returned to her
home in Mason City this morning af-
ter visiting during the week at the
Rev. DeVoe home.
Mrs. Wilson Chase of Chicago,
daughter of W. r. and Mrs. Cowan, is
in the city to attend the funeral of
Aer cousin, Miss Ethel Barr.
Elmer L. Mattox and wife, who are
missionaries in Hongkong, China, Wis
tied last week at the Mrs. J. II. Leath
RS home, No. 301 North street.
Will Davis, of Muskogee, Oklahoma,
who has been visiting his sister, Miss
Ida Davis, and his brother, Harry E.
Davis, departed for his home today.
Mrs. r. NJ. Johnson of Denison and
Mrs. Max Moss of Ute, Iowa, returned
to their home this morning after Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. W. B. Har-
vey. s.t
Rovy Brannon, formerly associated
with the Oskaloosa Traction 4 Light
Company of this city, has sent word
to friends here of his arrival safely
ION the other side" "&
Miss Lena Rowe and her mother
left Sunday evening for Washington,
ID. c., where they will make their
home, as Miss Rowe will take up work
in the Ordnance Department.
Mrs. Joe Casting and Miss Eliza
beth Casting returned to their home
in Eddyville last evening after visit
ing their brother, Jess Casting, in
Davenport for the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Turitz and their
son and daughter, of Chicago, have
become residents Of Oskaloosa and
are living at 507 Third avenue west,
Mr.. Turitz deals in furs and hides. +
Mrs. J. H. Leathers went to Abba
last evening to visit at the Mrs. Web
Smith home, and will return this ev-
ening with Mrs. A. d. Smith and son
tMyer, of Landers, Wyoming. who have
been visiting in Abba.
| w. r. Mattox, whose home Is In
ECalifornia and who during the winter
Eand spring visited in Cuba with his
fson, is visiting his sister, Mrs. J. III
fLeathers. He will also visit with Mrs
Jess Martin and at the G, Winter
home
Mrs. Roy Shoemake, who was re
lcently severely injured and came neal
losing her foot. is able to move about
with the assistance of crutches. but
many days will elapse before she car
use her foot again. The leaders weH
Z completely severed.
Miss Lucille Pogge. teacher o
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
Lacey.

Lacey, May 29--Miss Vera Snyder
was in Oskaloosa Thursday to visit
friends.
Mrs. Hattie McCombs and son Ray
mond arrived here Saturday from Des
Moines. They will make their home
with ID. M. Dilley.
J. c. Long was called to Dakota by
the death of his brother.
Miss Mary Wyatt spent Saturday
and Sunday with her friend, Miss
Ethel Blake, at Rose Hill. Miss
Blake leaves for school at Cedar Falls
June 5th.
Miss Je&netta Moffett was at New
Sharon Saturday.
Orr Downey has a new car.
Lunt & Tice took in hogs at Lacey
last Friday.
The ladies of the w. c. T. U. met
with Mrs. Wyatt last Thursday after.
noon. Sixteen members were pres
ent. The union has membership
OF twenty-four. They will meet with
Mrs. Tracey Jackson on Thursday,
June 20.
Frank Martin of Dakota has been
Visiting the past few days at the Nell
Martin home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
MANY BRIDGES DAMAGED.
Flood in Timber Creek Valley Worst
Ever Known.

Marshalltown, May 28.-The dam
age to county bridges across Timber
creek, the valley of which was flooded
last week by the highest water that
is said ever to have inundated the
valley land, is general and serious. 1t
was reported to the county that the
water rose two feet higher than was
ever known before, and in places rose
nearly ten feet. Practically all of
the old bridges were washed away or
were undermined and left unsafe.
None of the new concrete bridges was
disturbed by the water, but the old
bridge that was left standing along
side the news one over Timber creek
in the Center street road was washed
away entirely. Planks from il were
swept down the creek for miles.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30

Lincoln School, was complimented one
day last week by number of her pu-
pills who gave her handsome silver
jelly spoon. Presentation was made
by the SEEK, children. Miss Pogge
will leave at the end of school for
Chicago to enter Cook County Hos
pital for training to take up service
in France.
David David has received a mes
sage telling of the death of his
nephew, Mckinley David, from heart
failure, at Fort Arthur, California
Young David, who was q years old,
was resident of Prescott, Ia, where
his parents reside and at which place
he enlisted in April, being first sent
to Fort Logan, Colorado. and later
transferred to Fort Arthur. The re-
mains will be brought to rescott for
funeral and interment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Landfear received
the announcement of the marriage Of
Miss Welth Gilbert to Mr.. Lee Gilbert
of Decatur, ILL.,, March 23rd at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bailey,
at Omaha, Nebr. Mr.. Gilbert is q
salesman for Victrola Co, and has
been in the city number of times,
calling on trade. Mrs. Gilbert was
former Oskaloosa girl. She was
graduate of the class of 1907, and
q bookkeeper for Harris Bros Gro
Gerry for numbeC of years. They
will make their home in Omaha, Nebr.
after June Is.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
Emergency Seed Corn.

Iowa farmers are assured that there
is enough good seed corn at hand in
the state to meet any replanting emer-
gency that may develop in the next
week or ten days. With the backing of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
the agricultural extension department
at Iowa State College bought and stor-
ed enough tested seed corn to take
good care of such needs as might arise
because of the shortage of seed. This
stock was drawn upon for some thous-
ands of bushels before planting time
by farmers who found themselves
without good seed, but there are still
some thousands of bushels left for fur
Their calls.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
Seriously Injured.

Louis Ent., OF the Blue Line Trans.
fer Company at Grinnell, was SERIOUSLY
injured in attempting to rescue the
company's horses from their barn.
which was endangered BY IRE.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-30
RECORD FISH CATCH.
Lands $4,000 Pounds In About -Four
DAYS

Dallas City, May 29.-The record
catch of fish around FIT. Madison in
the Mississippi river was made re-
Gently by Ed Mead and Victor Pat
terson of this city. The pair during
four days pulled in 10000 pounds Of
the fin food and sold the lot for SO 900
All the fish We're Buffalo, with the
exception of 10000 pounds all were
shipped into New York market by the
eastern buyers who came here.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-21
LEMON JUICE
 TAXES OFF TAN
Girls! Make bleaching lotion If skin is sunburned,
 tanned or freckled

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complex ion beautifier. at very, very small cost
 Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will sup ply three ounces of Orchard White for few cents. Massage this sweetly fra grant lotion into the face, neck. arms and hands each day and see how freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yesl It is harmless.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-21
EXPRESS RATES TO BE RAISED WHEN
 BUSINESS STARTS
CBy Review Lensed wirel


 WASHINGTON, June 20.-1he con solidated express compan to start op- eration July l, will increase it's rates about 10 per cent with the sanction of the interstate commerce commis- sion, it was learned today. Many ex- captions to the general increase are to be made however.
 The commission is expected to an nOunce tomorrow its decision on the express rate increase application for which has been pending since last fall It is understood that although the action will be favorable, consider ation has been given to the suggestion of shippers that a flat increase would not be justified for all classes of serv- ice and localities.
 The commission today incidentally handed down an order denying the ap- plication of the leading express com panies for permission to apply for fif- teen instead of ten per cent higher rates, and promptly withdrew this or der when it was found that the de- cision on the 10 per cent phase of the application did not accompany the order.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-21

such offer There had been sugges- tions but never a frank avowal.
 "C'--.- '-,lv." he continued, the gov ernments are not going to shut their ears to anything that can be called reasonable suggestions, if such sug- gestions should be made. These treat ies were entered into by this country with others as means of an alliance. By these treaties we stand. Our na- tional honor is bound up in them.
 We have the task before us of do- ing all we can to restore Russia to full national self consciousness. Ey- erybody sympathizes with the difficult ties in which that vast population finds itself"
 This was the very last time, said the secretary that the allies were like ly to make proposals to the central powers, or so far as he was able to judge, that the central powers were likely to make proposals to the allies, except fc; the one purpose of peace offensive. What the central powers apparently wanted to do was not to propose reasonable terms for the alli- ance as a whole, but to offer some member of the alliance terms seem- ingly extremely favorable, if ,hat member could consider only it's own interests and not the interests of the whole alliance, and thereby disinte- grate the members of the alliance, some of which would be perfectly helpless taken in isolation and were strong only so long as they were united.
 He did not '--- 70 central powers for laying such trap, he said, but should blame those who fell into the trap, and most of all he blamed his pacifist critics. who appeared to think it almost criminal not to fall into the trap.