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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-17

French artillery Of medium calibre.
General Won Einem's army. which
has engaged on the German left wing
in the Champagne. yesterday deliver
ed five attacks between Suippe and
Massiges All the attacks were re-
pulsed with heavy losses. a4.
Comparatively slight progress has
been made by the enemy on the west
Of Rheims but his hope of effecting a
breach in the line was not realized:
The allied method Of defense
proved wonderfully efficacious every
where. resulting in maintaining the
armies intact.
Americans Regain Ground.
Paris, July 17.-.we regret being
unable on this occasion to follow the
counsels Of our masters. the French.
but the American nag has been
forced to retire. This is uncomfortable
and none Of our soldiers would un-
derstand their not being asked to do
whatever is necessary to re-establish
a situation which is humiliating4 to
honor. We are going to counter-at-
tack"
This was message sent by an
American general in command OF
American forces south of the MArne
on Monday afternoon after the Ger.
mans had succeeded in forcing the
Americans back towards Conde-en.
Brei. The French commander yin-
| formed the American general that the
early German success could not have
any great effect on the fate Of battle:
that 1t was understood perfectly that
after hard nghing the Americans had
slowly retired and that It was not
expected that they Immediately
launch counter attack. He added
l hA< - ~kk A>1- -
pared without risk and It might sbe
better to give the American troops
an hours lest.
| Immediately after the American
general sent the above message,
which Is quoted by the. correspondent
OF the Matfn. the Americans launched
their counter attack and the lost
Eound was soon recovered with IN
t4dditional half mile taken from the
Germans for good measure.
French O6enslvo Repeat.
Paris, July 1.-THE Germans last
night threw new forces into the hattie
on the front south Of the Marne and
attacked the Allied lines north az 81
Asnan. the war once announced to-
day. The enemy succeeded IN .pene-
Itraiing into Hourdonneris4 Tha
1 1mediately to, the south 81 this point,
j$s On the front further to the G66e
the French held the enAAy II tho
i southern outskirtn of kh6 Houduien1
Wool and at tho yilla9s cf N1sG1ss,
a powerful aktAck itkoN ~ Waa
made ~ the Gerznlns - dliiS
|drlvea from this localitx 81 = sFtoslsN
icounteFsattael. RI 81 IsIs
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-17
TELEGRAPHIC
BRIEFS

Washington-The war industries
board issued warning to manufac-
turers and would not permit the re-
selling of steel on priority orders for
non-war work.
Washington-The war department
announced new system of control to
protect the government in the pro-
curement of war materials.
Philadelphia-Coal miners and
workers in the anthracite region have
been given deferred classification but
more than 1900 have volunteered.
washington-The war trade board
has taken over the chlorine industry
to assure sufficient supply for gas
shells.
New York-Details Of huge earn
ings of group of German chemical
companies were revealed in the state
attorney generals inquiry into the
alien property situation.
Chicago-Three men and woman
were held by the police in connection
with a 100000 jewelry robbery. ,.
seattle-Nine OF the ships to be
built in Japan for the United States
-. 3
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-17

seattle-Nine OF the ships to be
built in Japan for the United States
have already been completed. ac-
cording to word brought by vessel
from the Orient
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-17

Chicago-Three men and a woman
were held by the police in connection
with a 100000 jewelry robbery. NJ.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Ukranian Separation.

Petrograd, Jan. 12.-Leon Trotzky, speaking of the peace negotiations yesterday, said:
 F'We note the statement of the quad ruple allies that basis for a general peace formulated in their declaration of December 25 is null and void, as the Entente countries in the period of ten days allowed them did not join in the negotiations. We adhere to the principles of a democratic peace pro- claimed by us.''
 Dr. VonKuehlman, with the assent of the meeting, declared in favor of a separation of the Ukraine would be discussed among the delegates of the quadruple alliance and farther dis cussion would be reserved for a plen- ary sitting.
 It was derided to hold private de- Alterations between the delegations of Austria Hungary and Germany on the one hand and of Russia on the other. The delegates having agreed to form a committee to discuss territorial ques- tions and a second committee for pre- lilninary of economics and legal ques- tions.
 M. Boluwbowysch, Ukranian dele gate in elaborating the Ukranian peace policy, said any annexations or the surrender of territory without the con- sent of the peoples involved was in admissible as likewise were war in demnities. Material should be extend cd to small states which had suffered from the devastating effects of war.
 Inasmuch as the Russian council of peoples commissioners did not repre- sent Ukraine, he said, any peace which might be negotiated would be bind- ing for Ukraine only if accepted by it. The same principle, he added, applied to the other Russian republics. discovered he was the only one of the victims conscious, but he has not yet been able to give a lucid story of the occurrence.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

stories, happy medium of the ser- ious exposition of life in the trenches and quaint account of the men. MT. Narrow Mind would find a whole lot to criticise in these swearing, poker playing soldiers, but the bad side of them is superficial, said Peat, who predicted the American soldiers would come back better and stronger men.
 Hope they will. and believe they will, mothers!" exclaimed Private Peat, ''and send them nice things, not a tin of corned beef, but 8 few lux uries, things they can't get there, not even if they have money. A little candy, cigarettes and, above all, letter.
 When will the war end? The lec- turer declared it might go on for years, but to all intent it was ended with the entrance of these United States. You boys are better off, fourteen times better off than we were in those first two years of horror. Then behind that thin line there were no reserves; now behind each one there are fourteen men.
 "Try to correct the morale of the German government? You'd better first try to correct the morale of the
 
 against a hard job when you try. The thing to do is to lick 'em and lick 'em hard.
 'I have no patience with the people who try to defend the Germans; they can't be defended, they don't realize that they can't fight on the square. Why, what do you think I did when a German soldier. a Iagger in the ranks, fell on his knees and put up his hands and pleaded, Kamradn Do you think I threw down my gun and embraced him or do you think I gave him dose of cold steel? To hell with his 'Kamrad!'
 He belonged to the same regiment that had crucified three prisoners on a barn door the day previous, simply be- cause they wouldn't give the enemy inform ation. One of the cruciffed lived long enough to tell us so. 'Kam- rad!'"
 Applause greeted the lecturer. Half a dozen girls went through the au- dience and collected what looked in the baskets like a generous response in bills and silver for the tobacco fund
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Mrs. Ann Cullen Passes Away at Are
 of 70 Years

Mrs. Ann Cullen. aged about TO-. died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Andrews. at 40 Perkins street New Haven; ignorant Of the death of her husband, Michael Cullen, last July. At the time of Mir. Cullen's death, Mrs. Cullen was ser iously ill and was not informed that her lifelong partner had passed away.
 Mrs. Cullen is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. James Mccarthy of 455 Stanley street and Mrs. Eugene Smith of Springfield, and Thomas Cullen of Springfield and George Cullen of Boston. The de- ceased was a resident of New Britain for many years. The funeral will be held from 40 Glen street Monday morning and from St. Joseph's church ot o
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Berlin and Frank Bacon of Beckley. The delegates will attend the war SUD- per at the Hartford club on Thursday evening and the convention is to be held at the capitol
 Church Programs.
 The churches Of Berlin and Ken sington have arranged the following programs for their Sunday services:
 Berlin Congregational Church. Morning service at 1O:45; Sunday school at 12; Junior Ehdeayor meet ing at g. Senior Endeavor meeting at 6:3O.
 St. Paul's-Service at 10 o'clock in Kensington and at o'clock in East Berlin.
 Kensington Methodist Morning service at 10:45; Baraca class and Sunday school at noon; at 5:45 there will be a Junior league meeting, and at there will be the regular evening service.
 Kensington Congregational " The usual morning service will be held at 10:45. There will be Sunday school , at noon and the Christian Endeavor union will meet at 6 o'clock at the parsonage. Next Thursday, at 5 o'clock, in the church rooms, the an- nual meeting of the church will be held. The reports of the different departments will be read and new off, cers elected. At 6 o'clock supper will be served and following the supper the annual roll call will be held All members and their friends are invited. Isaac Porter, of Philadelphia, is com piling @ roll of honor of the young men of the church who are in the service. MT. Porter has made an -ori- ginal design which will be placed with the holl. There are now 8 men in the service. The roll will be placed in a prominent place on the church wall. 1 Home Guard Has Successful Dance. 1 The Berlin Home Guard held @ suc- cessful dance last evening at Grange hall. The hall was crowded with dancers in masquerade costume, and . the only regrettable thing about the event was that 1t was obliged to end too early. A special car was on hand to convey the visiting guests to their homes. The grand march was led by Captain George Beckett of the Der lin Home Guard, and Miss Nellie Pe- rondni. The prize for the prettiest costume was awarded to Mrs. Alvah Ventres, who was attired as Miss Lib 1 erty.' The prize for the most gro tesque costume was won by Michael 1 dart Who wore the very appropriate costume of the chief of tho Berlin fire department. The s5 gold-piece was won by Daniel Malarney, of New Britain. There were 200 present and the dance was declared a decided suc- cess. The proceeds will go to the 1 tobacco fund
 Berlin Briefs.
 The Boy Scouts met last evening at : the church.
 Walter B. Nelson, of Dedham Mass, who has been visiting friends 1 in Beckley, has returned to his home
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
CIGARETTE HELPS
 GOING OVER THE TOP
Veteran Tells Of Conditions Along
 the Battle Lines

New York Jan. 12.-"We gotta have 8 flag, we just gotta!' cried Private Peat at the end of his talk on the war last night at Carnegie hall on his return appearance. Don't let this be a smokeless night; a smoke is something essential to the soldier. Things get on our nerves over there whiff of a cigarette and they're gone. It's only whiff that's needed A cigar? You need a rock ing chair to smoke it in; a pipe takes too long to load a cigarette, a flag is the thing. The soldiers need mil lions of them.
 Don't be afraid, mothers" con- tinued the young blue shoulder striped veteran of the Ypres cam paign, don't be afraid that your boys will come back tobacco fends, victims of nicotine; that's nonsense; we don't smoke one long enough to inhale it-just a whiff to brace us up as we go over the top.'
 The spirit of the trenches would make a good subtitle to Private Peats talk, and an even better one would be, An Address to Mothers Whose Sons Are Taking the Road to France" for to them he counseled pa tience and hope. Perhaps some of the sons would never return, but 95 per cent. would, and the women who lost sons and husbands should learn to rejoice with those whose men came back, for this is a woman's war" explained the speaker, "and it is for the mothers and sisters that men are fighting the Hun
 T smile when I hear people-Eng- fish people-say Englishmen are will ing to fight for their king, that Americans are fighting for their pa triotism. These may be good enough reasons on the way over, lodging the submarines, but once in the trenches, once they have seen with their own eyes what Germans have done, what Germans are still doing-cutting the arms off of little girls, mutilating women-then the American and Ca nadian know that they are fighting to save their mothers, wives and chil- dren from the atrocity of the Hun"
 It was a, simple but telling speech, not too full of horrors nor of funny
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
HUGH w., JR., AND ROBERT MILLER.

True to their Scotch lineage, Hugh w. Miller, Jr, and Robert B. Miller, of 732 East street, decided that they would share the work of "strafeing" the Hun which has been taken up by thousands of kilted lads recruited from the heather-soWn land of Rob- ert Burns. So they marched into a recruiting station of the Brunswick
 Kilties on July 7, 1917, and presented themselves for service. Needless to say they were accepted, for the Can adian army was looking for strong, healthy young Scots eager to take
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
KENYON COMING.

Hartford, Jan. 12.-Senator Will liam Squire Kenyon of Iowa, member of the congressional party which re- turned recently after visiting battle fields and American training camps in France, has been secured by the Connecticut State Council of Defense as the principal speaker for the war supper to be held Thursday evening at the Hartford Club.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

their places on the battlefield of France.
 The Miller brothers are the sons of Hugh w. Miller. Hugh w, Jr., is 22 years of age and Robert B. is 20.
 The name of the regiment has been changed from the New Brunswick kilties to the MacLean Kilties of America, owing to the fact that one- half-or 600-of it's members were re- cruited from the New England States. And when the MacLeans go lover the top," the Boches will be inclined to agree that at least one American was right-and his name was Sherman.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

home afetr attending the funeral ot her aunt, Mrs. Margaret Gribbons, which was held a few days ago.
 Henry Futile of Grown street is Visiting freinds in Cleveland, Ohio, for a few days
 John Mcclure is indisposed at his nome after attending the funeral of her aunt, Mrs Margaret Gribbons
 Bradbury's Crullers and Doughnuts on sale at Simpsons store.-advt. WANTED-Board for two young lady
 school teachers. Address Plain
 Vile school board. 1-9-6d
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Gulley Under Railroad Bridge Submerged by Heavy Rain
 WAR RALLY CHAIRMAN
Rev. c. N. Dodge to Preside at
 Patriotic Gathering January 1S- Saloon Keepers Await Develop ments on Early Closing.

The heavy rain cut a number of capers early this morning, the most Outstanding being the flood under the railroad bridge, there being nearly five Effect of water there at 9 o'clock this M morning. The position of the bridge makes it a natural catch basin and A this mornings storm more than S proved this. Water running down @ from all the surrounding embank- ments poured into the hollow and this @was soon so heavily flooded that all &attempts at trolley service between wBerlin street and Kensington were soon abandoned and the cars were run onRy to the bridge.
 The water extended from the Kelly place to within short distance Of the @Kilby house This spot has been re- N paired numerous times but it seems that all efforts to avoid such tie-ups M as this mornings have been wasted The only effective way to do away N with this permanently would mean @ Considerable expense to both town and 8 railroad but this would insure against @ future annoyance. Many Berlin peo-
 Sple failed to reach their work this # morning because of practically every
 body being forced to walk from Ber- @ lin street to the cars.
 @ LeClair Will.
 @ The will of the late Leon LeClair, @N an old resident of Berlin, has been
 approved by the probate court. It
 Syas drawn on September 25, 1916 and &leaves his entire estate to his wife,
 satherine LeClair, after all his funeral &#S sxpenses have been paid. Leon Le-
 &S Hair and Agnes LeClair the son and BH laughter of the deceased, have been 2S# npointed executOr and executrix of
 & he estate.
 Cafes to Remain Open. EA Up to the present time there has been no indication that the local
 Balloon keepers will follow the ex- E ample of neighboring towns and close #their establishments at an earlier S9alour. Several of the local men upon Enquiry declared that they had heard R#noth1ng concerning the early closing
 gput were awaiting developments. A , War Rally Chairman. 8 It has been officially announced to- @day that the chairman for the big war HE ally which is to be held on Friday
 6evening. January IS, at Athletic hall NAn East Berlin, will be Rev. C. N. %Dodge, pastor of the East Berlin xS xSdethodist church. A large audience
 are being organized in Berlin to at-
 TN end the meeting.
 @ Delegates for War Convention.
 # The delegates for the war conven- & ion Which is to be held in Hartford
 & next Thursday and Friday are Claude
 w. Stevens, Robert o. Clark of East
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
STEAMERS TIED UP.

Newport News, Va, Jan. 12.-The e 60 mile gale which swept this coast last night, drove three ocean steamers aground in the harbor. The ships are hard fast but none is thought to be in serious danger. While the storm has tied up shipping here no serious dam age has been reDorted
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
BUILDING BURNS.

Cleveland, Jan. 12.-Fire of un- known origin destroyed the five-story brick building occupied by the Shields Wertheim Cigar company to- day with an estimated loss of $125,- 900.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
MINOR AUTO ACCIDENT.

Charles Young, chauffeur for the Connecticut Light and Power Co.,. re- ported to the police this afternoon that his machine collided with another car on Stanley street, inf1icting slight damages to the other machine.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
COLD IN INDIANAPOLIS.

Indianapolis, Jan. 12.-With the government thermometer registering 19 degrees below zero at S:30 this morning, Indianapolis awoke to the coldest day in 34 years.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

More workers are urgently needed at the surgical dressing room, which has been opened at the home of Mrs. G. F. Root on Golf street The room is open all day, and the early part of the evening.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Maple Hill

Frederick Johnson has returned to the Bliss Electrical school in Wash ington, after spending a vacation at his home.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

The next meeting Of the Literary club will be held at the home of Mrs
 Richard Hubert, Jr., on Stuart street, Wednesday. Papers will be read by Mrs. T. H. Cogswell and Mrs. G. k.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
BLIZZARD IN OHIO.

Columbus, O., Jan. PA blizzard and cold wave struck Ohio last night and it was the coldest since February,
 1899.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Elect BOISheyiki.

Petrograd, Jan. 11.-Returns have been received showing the election of 510 delegates to the constituent assembly. These known to have been elected 267 socialist revolutionaries and many Bolsh eviki.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Admiralty Board.

London, Jan, 12.-The new Ad- miralty board is announced officially There is nothing sensational or dramatic about the list of names and only one naval member of the board was not serving at the admiralty when Admiral John Jellicoe was the head. He is Rear Admiral Sydney R. Freemantle, who becomes deputy chief to Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Weymss, the new first sea lord.
 Archibald Hurd, the naval critic, in commenting on the new board, says it is apparent no revolutionary dis turbance of the main lines of naval policy is indicated. Behind the new board is the reOrganized war staff for which some of the most brilliant young officers have been chosen.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Sunk by Mine?

Amsterdam, Jan. 12,-The Wolf bureau, the semi official German agency, in a statement regarding the sinking of the British hospital ship ReWa, says the German authorities cannot yet give a final statement, as the submarine that might have been concerned is still at sea. Neverthe- less, critics regard it as possible that the ship should have been torpedoed by submarine Accordingly, the only possibility is that she was sunk by a mine.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Mrs. A. R. Lamb entertained a few of her friends at luncheon Wednesday at her home on Johnson street.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

w. J. Woram has returned afte spending two weeks with his daugh ter, Mrs. Harold Clark, of Springfield
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
RUSS DELEGATION
 ACCEPTS DEMANDS
 ID CONTINUE TALKS

Continued from First Page) cruiting, and appealing to the com- rades in the Ukraine to respond to the call in order to defend liberty.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Irving Tyler of Woodmont has re turned after spending a few days wit. his aunt, Mrs. c. R. Hare
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
WEATHER PROPHETS
 SEE EARLY SPRING
Believe Storm Broke Back Of Old
 Man Winter BLUEBIRDS, VI0LETS, ETC.

Epidemic of Mumps Stirs Town Health Onficer-SchooI Teachers Have Diff ficulty Finding Accommoda tions- Advent Christian Conference Coming Here.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

c. R. Hare is in Washington fo a few days.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Mrs. A. E. Johnson left Tuesday fol New York, where she will spend sev- eral weeks with her sister, Mrs. N R. Hammer.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Conference Here,

At an executive session of the ministerial committee of the Connecti- cut and West Massa chusetts Advent Christian Conference held on Tuesday at the New Britain Y. M. c. A. it was decided to call a special session of the quarterly conference to be held in the local church on Friday, January 25, in the afternoon and evening. The business meeting will be held at 2 o'clock. Addresses at 4 and 7:30 o'clock to which he public is invited.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Root. Miss Airline Root will render vocal selections.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Plainville Bri

Plainville Briefs. Mrs Arthur Firbush of Swamp scott, Mass, has returned to her
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

The Boy Scouts met last evening at the church.
 Walter B. Nelson, of Dedham Mass, who has been visiting friends in Beckley, has returned to his home
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12
Epidemic Of MulnDS.

The town is having it's share of troubles, and there is an epidemic of humps among the school children which has caused many of them to be absent. pr. Bull has all he can do to take care of the number of cases on his hands and reports that they arc spreading fast
New Britain herald., 1918-01-12

Two of the school teachers were to leave for their homes today on account of~being unable to get boarding places. The school board came to the rescue finding suitable places for the teach CTS and thereby saved the teaching staff from being depleted.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-08-22
GERMAN MANPOWER

The man power of the Central
they are becoming short of men to
do the fighting for the Autocrats
Only recently the French took one
thousand seven hundred German pri-
soners and in another attack they
captured eight thousand of the enc
my thoops.
These reports are indications of
the present German man power. 1t
shows the absolute need of the Huns
so far as their need of more SOL
diers is concerned.
The time has come when the
French, British and Italian soldners
are becoming more victorious than
they were before the Americans
crossed the water and began fight
ing for the liberation of the rights
of man. 1t is necessary that we send
all soldiers attainable to succor the
Allies in gaining the victory they are
now SO much in need of. The allied
soldiers realize the power of our
men and they are strengthened in
their fighting, and their bravery Is