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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
American Goes Through
Foe Barrage Seven Times
to Bring Up Munitions

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, April % (Tuesday).-The
shell-torn village of seicheprey, around
which centered the hardest fighting in
connection with the recent heavy Ger
CONTINUED on Second Page.J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
Are You Qualified to March In Parade? ?

tho Buyers Parade Friday?
third liberty loan
Districts
the process
We want YoU in the Bond Buyers Parade
COMMITTEE OF
Yesterdays o'clock today $436o6o
Sales previously reported $I14A4oo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
Four-Minute Addresses.

The following will make four-minuto
speeches at the theaters tonight: T. I.
Meek, Raphael and Strand; A. d. Gam
naway, Garden: Paul Grove, Crandail.s:
T. p. Littlepage. Casino and Columbia:
B. J. Laws, Leader; P. NICK. Etchison..
Plaza; S. F. Taliaferro. Apollo: W. C.
Lee, Favorite and Navy; F. A. SebrinE.
Avenue Grand; Homer Hoyt, Palace and
Masonic Temple; C. w. Darr. Savoy and
Knickerbocker; C. E. Stewart. Olympic:
De Witt c. Croissant. Liberty: Robert
Hilliard, New Truxton: w. r. Mattesou,
Revere; John R Hawkins. Howard; ].
H. Cobb, Dudley and Hiawatha: Rev.
A G. Garner, Foraker. and Blue Mouse;
A. D. Call. Circle and Penn Gardens: D.
3. Horton. Hippodrome. q
Employees Of the Old Dutch 1eAS1kel;
zdsataas1 O HOOD Nss5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24

make their resistapce to the German
invasion in the Marie campaign.
Strikes Where Units Meet.
At the moment the German has sent
the mass of his troops to the far west
But he has kept certain number of
local reserves along the front, and he
Is using these to test the Americans
his tact1cs seem to be to strike at
points where French and American
units meet-that is. at 1oint-and
seek to profit by the possible confu-
sion due to blow at such a point He
o1d exactly the same thing on a large
scale when he struck in Picardy be-
e~eeh-the British and the French, and
on a smaller scale in Flanders, when
ne attacked at the point of junction
between the British and Portueuese
UNITS. The point of contact. particu-
larly When the two units are Of differ-
point WEAK
The mission Of the American troops
In this sector is purely defensive At
present; pres, The day may come when we
sibie, Mini uaaHf,ake safiea. IT, to pinch out the ST.
simply getting our training in a quiet
sector. And the German is seeking to
make the training intensive by in
nutsing IN little offensives, which are
nothing more than raids. He wants to
learn the habits of our troops and fe
possible. find out the weak po;nts ~ ~
manly in their line. but rather in their
organization. .''e'1
Military Research Work.
In wo1d, we may think of "Fritzn
as engaged in military research work i.
he is acquiring information to he stor-
ed and applied when real American
armies face him. Conceivably he might
seek TO exploit some local gain If II
We're considerable, that is, If raid
actually resulted in a breakdown Of
our new troops. But with the French
troops about US and very strong nat
ural positions. the chance of ma io-
success even In local area is small.
Again, the German is probably seet-
ing to prevent the French from draw
ing more of their troops from Lorraine
ior use In Artois and Picardy. To do
tnis he threatens an attack in the ST
Mihlel sector. He can get men and
guns up easily. because just behind the
pase or the st. Mihiel salient is the
great fortress Of Metz, probably the
strongest fortress in the world and the
great German arsenal on the eastero
frontier
The line our troops hold is little
changed since the days following the
the forts OF Toul. while on the north
1t rests on the detached forts south
OF verdun. In sense. We are de-
iendlng Verdun, becarse if the St.
German poured through. Verdun woIld
have to be evacuated But the French
have far more troops in this area than
the Americans and the real responsi-
bility is theirs.
Show Beginnings Of New Army.
st. Mihiel operations are interesting.
as they show the beginnings of orr
new Army. In these beginnines WI We
seem to be doing fairly well, but # ia
essential to keep ones perspective and
realize how small is this circumstance
When our first troops went into this
sector our artillary hepan cYot -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
NIGHT Of Terror ON
SINKING H
Clock Bomb Thought to Have
Been Placed in Bunker.
Ship Like Volcano.
RESCUE WORK is NOBLE
BIZ A. n. DECKER.

CableEfam 10 The Evening Star hhu
Chicago Daily Nesvs. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE AMERICAN NAVY IN
FRENCH WATERS, April "a am
now permitted to make public details
of the explosion on April II of the
American munitions ship Florence H.
The ship was loaded with high explo-
sives, and blew up, killing forty-one
of the crew, wounding seventy-fve and
badly burning fourteen. The cause of
the explosion is unknown. but many
suspect that a clock bomb was con-
cealed in No. bunker.
I talked with several Of the shivering.
half-naked survivors. just after they
had landed from q rescuing American
destroyer. 1t was a pathetic, yet glo-
rious story Of a night Of terror on
sinking ship, treacherous explosion.
volcanic flames over the bay, men toss
ed like burning cinders and Of destroy
ers speeding through the exploding
powder cases to pick up survivors
freezing in the water while their ship
mates were burning to crisp near by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
Hospital Blown Up.

Toward evening a hospital which had
been established in Seicheprey was
blown up along with the doctors and
ambulance men. The chief surgeon of
the American regiment engaged hur-
ried to the spot with French and
American ambulance cars as soon as
he learned Of the occurrence. The res
cue party passed through a severe bar
rage fire. but eventually reached the
village where they tended to the
wounded for many hours under a
heavy enemy fire.
An American lieutenant with only six
men patrolled six hundred yards Of the
front during the entire day and main
tanned communication with the battal-
ions on his right and left Many other
incidents of bravery are recorded by
the French. but details are not OBJ
tainable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
Show Beginnings Of New Armv

st. Mihiel operations are interesting.
as they show the beginnings of our
new Army. In these beginnings We
seem TO be doing fairly well, but it is
realize how small is this circumstance
When our first troops went into this
sector our artillery began such a furi-
Gus hombardment that a French gem
Americans were beginning the war
all over again." We are not cutie
doing this north Of Toul yet but we
are beginning the war for America
which is something.
Up to the present hour nothing has
happened to suggest that the opera.
tions in the st. Mihiel area forecast
coming drive in Lorraine or pass he
yond the limits of the ordinary trench
raiding for purposes of informa tion
on the part of the German
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
Decide to Stick and Fight.

Behind the Americans and on their
left flank were German units, but they
could have retired on the right. How
ever. they decided to stick and fight,
which they did with wonderful valor.
notwithstanding the incessant enemy
bombardment and rifle fire. Numerous
hand-to-hand combats were fought in
the course Of this long struggle. from
which the Americans found themselves
obliged to retire toward nightfall, but
only after destroying their machine
guns.
In seicheprey a squad of Americans
found several cases of grenades with
which they succeeded in putting up a
terrific fight and holding out the en-
tire day on the northern extremity of
the village. They refused to surrender
when summoned to do so and at the end
of the fighting only nine out of the
original twenty three were left. A
cook, surprised by the Germans and
half-stunned by a blow from a grenade.
seized a rifle and continued firing until
he fell dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
French Give Unstinted
Praise to Americans
Valor at Seicheprey

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, Tuesday. April 2s.-The valor
and steadfastness Of the American
troops during the German attack at
Seicheprey last Saturday is given un-
stinted praise by the French troops on
the same front. This admiration for
the fighting qualities of his transat-
lantic comrades is demonstrated in a
report forwarded to the general COM
manding by the colonel of a French
infantry regiment, which took part in
the Seicheprey engagement.
II visited Renneres wood after the
counter attack. in which the position
was recaptured and examined the stu
alton in DETAIL" says the report.
Everywhere traces of hand-to-hand
fighting show that the American SOL
diers. despite two hours of heavy bonn
bardment by large caliber guns, de-
Tended themselves valiantly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler
tonight; light northwest winds.
= Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm. today: Highest. n, at
$3.50 pm. yesterday; lowest. So. at am.
today.
Fuli report on page 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-24
Gunners Die on Weapons.

TN the vicinity between the front
trenches and the communication trench
connecting the Jury and Renneres
woods two American machine gunners
died fighting on their weapons after
covering the ground around with GER
man dead. The enemy suffered great
losses thanks to this heroic resist
ance.
Everywhere there are signs Of Ger
man wounded having been carried off,
while many German bodies remain be-
cause the retiring enemy was unable
to remove them. Numbers of these
dead belong to German storming de-
tachments"
The French soldiers who Joined in
the fight declare that the Americans
displayed a splendid spirit of combat
They relate that north of Seicheprey
an American detachment was separated
into small groups and was cut off from
the company to which it belonged
throughout the entire fight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
AN OPEN LETTER
From the Editor to the
Farmer.

We are facing a third Liberty Loan
for the sustenance of the war and
perhaps no time is more fitting to get
together and have little honey talk
to the farmers of our community.
We are engaged in tremendous
undertaking, one that calls for sacri
fee and money, munitions and sup
plies. The day for conservation has
passed and merely talking patriotism
will not get us anywhere.
1t is not believed that the majority
OF our farmer folk realize this yet
We say this advisedly because recent
statistics show us that of the income
wealth of the United States during
the past fiscal year, AZ per cent. went
directly to the farmers. and in looking
the matter up we find that only two
per cent. of them subscribed for or
were holders of Liberty Bonds.
We make this statement reluctantly
because we were always prone to push
the farmer forward as representing
the bone and sinew and real stability
of the country. we thought he was the
anchor cast to windward
And we don't want to think that
this lapse was intentional on the part
of our agricultural friends. We would
rather hold that 1t is due either from
carelessness or lack of appreciation
Of the condition of affairs as they real
ly are.
Shall we lay it up to selfishness or
greed or miserliness or disregard for
others? We don't want to hear the
people of the cities say that the farm
ers are not doing their part and, in
passing, it might be mentioned that
accusations of this kind are not in
frequent.
This war is long way off which is
good thing until we come to con-
slider what would happen in the con
duct of some of our people were il
closer because it then would be
brought right home to them and no
matter how self-centered they were
they would be pried loose from their
SNUG satisfaction and their precious
dollars.
1t is a lamentable fact but never.
theless true that sometimes dolla,
grows to such proportions that it oblit-
crates the whole surrounding land
scape and when we come to sum it up
In cold, hard figures, 80 per cent of
our farmers in this United States OF
ours are war slackers That is an
ugly term to use and strikes the ear
with peculiarly discordant note, but
these are figures substantiated by au.
thoritative report and the question is.
what are you going to do about it be-
cause it is cup to you"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
NEW INCOME TAX RULES FOR
FARMERS.
Levy Not Confined to Profits on
Products Raised-AIl Gains
Included.

Income tax regulations for fs.rm-
ers, issued on Friday by Internal
Revenue Commission Roper, provide
that all gains, profits or income re-
ceived in 1917 from sale or exchange
of farm products, whether raised on
the farm or purchased and reuold,
must be included in the return. The
rules apply to all persons or coIpor-
ations operating ordinary farms,
ranches, plantations, stock, dairy,
fruit or truck farms.
Deductions from gross income may
be claimed only for expenses con-
nected directly with farming, OPERA
lions for last year and made during
the year, even though crops on Which
the expenditures were made
were not sold within the year A
former ruling that the cost of stock
purchased for resale is an allow able
deduction under the item of expense
is annulled and these expenditures
now are regarded as capital inv est
ments. Consequently, when the live
stock is sold, the original cost may
be deducted from the sales price, to
ascertain the profit which is taxable
Under the same procedure, IL the
cost of stock or farm products PR
chased in any year previous to 1911,
were deducted in returns of those
years and the stock sold last year
the entire proceeds are to be iHciud-
ed in the taxable income. This aD-
plies only to farmers who have made
income tax returns heretofore. If
this deduction had not been claimed,
it may be taken from the selling
price of stock last year to determine
he taxable profit.
Farmers who keep books accord
ing to some approved method of &C
counting which clearly shows net
income and who take annual in
ventories, may prepare their rei.lrns
in accordance with their inventory
records. Live stock purchased fol-
draft. breeding or dairy purposes
may be included in the inventors for
zach year at a figure which will re-
1ect the reduction in value estimated
On the basis of increased age OF the
animals
These regulations relate only to
arm operating income and Itdt to
nrofit which may have resulted from
ale of farm. Neither is farmer
~equired to include in his taxable
income the value of farm produce
consumed by himself and family. If
produce is exchanged for merchan-
disc, the market value of the ma
terial received is to be considered as
income.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
IA. Badge OF Honor.

A Liberty Loan button is baage
of honor. Rightfully obtained II
marks the wearer as one whu has
performed a distinct, definite SER
vice to the country.
Not all can fight, not all can work
directly for the Government; but in
buying a Liberty Loan Bond, or wal
Savings Stamps, every American
renders some service to the Nation
It has been put within the reach aud
power Of every citizen to aid the
United States financially; it is-a p ,or
American who withholds support
from the Government, from our sol
diers and sailors fronting, death on
battlefelds and oceans.
Iron crosses to German soldiers
and diamond orders exchanged be-
tween Turkish and German sover
eigns may be but the honors OF
atrocity. But a Liberty Loan but
ton, as simple as it is, signlhes
patriotic duty done and is an IN
sigma of honor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
Sixty Thousand Trees At Cost AT
State Forest Nursery.

The State Forester, r. w. Besley,
announces that the spring season is
near at hand, and calls attention to
he opportunity of securing suitable
Maryland-grown trees for forest aud
roadside planting at actual cost of
growing. Prices range from S4 to
SO per thousand for the small seed
lings, and one to twenty cents each
for the large sized stock suitable for
planting along the roadsides.
There are great variety of trees
to suit variety of tastes, and judg-
ing from the demand in previous
years, those who want trees under
these favorable conditions will need
to put in their applications promptly.
The State Forest Nursery has been
in operation nearly four years, and
each year has shown q marked in
crease in the number of trees dis
tributed 1t is an institution that is
finding favor throughout the State
and wants to extend it's usefulness.
Many of those who started tree
planting when the first stock from
the State Nursery was available have
continued the practice each year
with increasingly satisfactory re-
suits. One farmer in Montgomery
County, who had badly run down
farm, decided to plant large por-
tion of it and began few years ago
planting little each year, until now
he has about SO acres in plantations,
I'll doing exceptionally well. Much
If this stock was purchased from
he State Forest Nursery.
The Baltimore City Water Board
has been a large patron of the State
Forest Nursery, having purchased
within the past two years approx
eately 10000 young trees for plant
ing on the Gunpowder watershed.
The price of timber is advancing
20 rapidly, more than 25 per cent in
the last two years, which makes
tree planting on waste lands attrac-
tive, with splendid prospects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
Money Needed To Win.

Extract from patriotic address by
Billy Sunday, delivered in Baltimore
March 4:
ssBut to win we've got to have
money. Those fellows who go over
there in the trenches to live and
sleep in mud, to be shot up and
bayonetted, to be gassed, to be tor
tured by the most barbarous set oil
fiends God ever let live, are MOI do
ing it for paltry 80 bones month.
They are doing it because they are
real men, because they are patriots;
and when your country calls on you
for the loan of your money IT. S a
mean thing and a little thing 1t is
asking you in comparison with what
it is asking of them. And you know
Uncle Sam has only two ways OF get
ting money. One is to borrow 1t
from you and pay you four per cent
on it, and the other way is to take
it away from you in taxes. He could
tax the shirt off your back if ne
wanted to, could take your tin
Lizzie and let you use the street cars,
-or it could take your limousine and
make you walk with the rest OF the
crowd. But he prefers to borrow
your money, so you might as Well
make up your mind to come across.
We've got no room in this LAND for
money slackers any more than we
have for the other kind.
sThe Germans would love to have
our loans fail, they would love to
give us trouble in getting the money
we need, but they will be fooled.
They will find that throughout
America there is but one spirit, that
of an incorporating determination
to push this war to the end, no nat
ter what it may cost us in NOR or
money"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.
Announcement OF The Secretary Of
The Treasury.


The Treasury.
The following statement was gwen
to press by Secretary McAdoo:
'sThe campaign for THE THIRD
LIBERTY LOAN will be opened on
the 9Th of April, 1918, the first ami
versary of the declaration of state
of war between the United States
and Germany.
1.-THE amount, terms and ccndi-
lions of the loan have not yet been
decided because these features are
dependent upon further legislation.
II expect to ask the congress at
any early date to grant the necessary
additional authority.
"Of course the opening date OF the
campaign is somewhat dependent
upon the new legislation, but It is
hoped and believed that the matter
can be considered and determined in
ample time to begin the campaign
on the date suggested.
! ''April 9Th, will forever be a con-
secrated day in American history,
and it seems peculiarly appropriate
that the opening of the second year
of our participation in this war for
the honor and rights of America and
the freedom of the world should be
celebrated with a nation wide drive
for another Liberty Loan.
"The campaign should begin with
great demonstrations of patriotism
4 in every city and hnn,let in the
country that will truly express the
spirit of aroused America. On this
date every American should pledge
anew to his Government the full
measure of his resources and resolve
| to make required sacrifice in the
same reverent spirit that impels our
gallant sons in the trenches of
France and on the waters Of the
Atlantic to shed their blood in
Americas sacred cause
ITO carry forward America
essential part in this war for
righteousness and justice every man
and woman in the country must lend
their available means to the govern
ment and I know of no more fitting
time for such a patriotic response to
the call of duty than the beginning
of the second year of the war.
1.-THE campaign in all probability
will last three or four weeks and an
nouncement of the opening date is
made at this time in accordance with
my promise to make public all mat
ters connected with the loan as soon
as determined and in order that
ample time may be given every COM
munity to prepare for the event.
II earnestly hope that parades and
patriotic meetings will be held in all
parts of the country
''The Treasury department will
endeavor to make the observance of
1.-THE anniversary of the declaration
of war as memorable as was the
patriotic observance during the
second Liberty Loan campaign of
Liberty day on the gath of October,
1917.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
A Bilious Attack.

When you have a bilious attack
your liver fails to perform its func-
etions. You become constipated. The
food you eat ferments in your stom-
ach instead if digesting. This in
flames the stomach and causes
nausea, vomiting and, terrible head
ache. Take ebay Seriains Tablets
They will tone tY your liver, clean
out your stomach and you will soon
be as well as ever. They only cost
quarter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
What The War-Savings Stamps Will
Buy For Our Soldiers.

A single Thrift Stamp will buy a
tent pole or five tent pins, waist
belt or hat cord, shoe laces or ident~
fication tags; two will buy one
trench tool or a pair of WOODEN
gloves. Four Thrift Stamps will
buy two pairs of canvas leggins; SIX
will buy five pairs of WOODEN socks
or three suits of summer underwear;
twelve will buy steel helmet.
One War-Savings Stamp will buy
one hundred cartridges or cart
ridge belt or Scabbard for bayo-
net; two will purchase two pairs of
wooden breaches or two flannel
shirts; two and half will buy gas
mask. Three War Savings Stamps
will buy an overcoat or two woolen
service coats; three and a half will
buy three pairs of wooden blankets;
four will buy a rife.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-03-15
Trend OF Prices OF Farm Products

Trend OF Prices Or Farm PRODUCES
The level of prices paid producers
of the United Staes for the principal
crops increased about rs per cent
during January; in the past 10 years
the price level increased about Az
per cent during January. On Feb
ruary / the index figure OF prices was
about 9S.S per cent higher than a
year ago, 94.1 per cent higher than
Q years ago, and 99.4 per cent higher
than the average of the past 10 years
on February /.
The prices of meat animals Clogs,
cattle, sheep, and chickens) to pro-
ducers of the United States decreased
IL per cent from December Is to
January Is; in the past years
prices increased in like period 2.2
per cent. On January Is the index
figure of prices for these meat ami
mails was about AIS per cent higher
than year ago, 94.9 per cent higner
than years ago, and $50 per cent
higher than the average of the Fast
n years on January Is.