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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-03
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S potesenim oznamujene,
he hesla tohoto pouzily oba ma
Sc p6vecke sbory Lllmir q
"Hlahof,' ktere Sc seSly v ute
/ i yvecer dne rs. m. my Ceske
1 Narodnf Sfnif a spojenf uslSl--
teGnily. Razovity, oboustranny
tento krok zaslouzi 81 zajiste
vsestranne uznani al pochyalu
cele ceske vefejnosti, nebot'
spojeni toto znamena yelky 20
hrdk ma poll naseho Marco odniho
um6nf. Spojenf toto pred cliaze
" ovsem schdze a porady obou
[strannych vybord jiz delsf do
bu, We kterych rozumne jedna
no a y6c vypracovana tax, be
po predlozenf tplanu jak by se
spojeni mohlo dociliti,. v zad-
mem jednotliYem sboru MIA
kych namitek nebylo a spojeni
, uskutecneno. Prace oboustran
llych vybori zaslouzf si zajiste
plLeho uznanl. Do schGze dne
2R cervna sesel Sc hojny pocet
clenG obou p6veckych- sboril a
hlasy syymi dali ma jevo sva
pranf, ably prikroceno lined
ku zakonitemu jednani. w
sledek Uni: Jmeno sboru urGe-
no: "Smfseny Pevecky Sbor
I.umfr- -Hlahol." Zvolenf lfed-
nici: pfedseda p. Syoboda;
mistopredseda p. Husa !; ta-
jemnfk 80 p. Siler; ucetnfk -
p. Srsen; pokladnik p. Vanek;
| sbormistr - p. Ed. Krejsa; re
user p. Fried; spraWci ar
.ehiyn PIP. Svoboda a Friedl.
Il "a.
Vypracovanf opraveni sta
nov a inkorporace die dnes-
Mich pomerd odkazano vykon-
nemu vyboru.
Pfisti schIze konati Sc bude
" 1tery dne 8. cervence.1v 8
! hod. vecer v Cesko Narodnf ST
nj, a jelikoz pfikroceno bude
ku urceni dna ma pravidelne
cviceni zpevu, musi byti vsich
nj clenove prftomni, ably 0 We
ci sami mohli rozhodovati. "
tetc schulz budou prijimani da
[my a panove, kteri by 81 prali
stati Sc Gleny peyeckeho sboru
a ocekavame, ze kazdy, kdo
Iniluje zpey a hudbu Sc pfihla
81, tax aby mohl navstevovati
! zkousky hned cd pocatku. Ma
Sc ceske obeeenstvo bude Ia
;iste 2 teto zpravy poteseno,
ncbot' spojenymi silami bude
nu mozno slyseti lepsi a yetsi
dila, a lepe nacyicene zpeyy,
nez Sc to mohlo diti, dokud ST.
| ly byly roztriSteny.
A praye y teto abnormalnf 2
-hritick6 dobe name zpivati k
yuli yzpruzenf mysle. Pekny
| zpey zuslecht'uje nase city,
/ necha mas zapomenouti ma ma
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/ Gennim ziyote naskytuji. -
Ezdyt' dostavame zpravy cd
nasich statecnych hochd z
\ F'rancie, ktefi po celodennin
namahavem cviceni, jak nlaji
chvili prazdnou, shromazd'uji
lse a zpivaji. Ceska pisen necha
4 je zapcmenouti ma unavu, a dc
lnese je mys,enkami do jejicI
domova, do jejich rodne visky
kde matinka " utlem nladi jf
Jich je ceskou pfsni ukolebavt
.Ivala. A tato ceska pisen mad
|chne nase hochy takovou me
rou, ze nebudou dbati nijakt
I no nebezpeci a pficini Sc, alb.
!. valecne zlo zdolali, svetu op6F
kyzeny mir navratili q oni sa
mi vitezny, syobodny naWa
: do nasi drahe vlasti 81 vydobili
: .Iak jsi mocna, ty ceska pisni
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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-03
DoDATEcNA zPRAyA.

We zprav9 d uvad9ni radu
Clark, (. 236, sc.kS. p. s. nemi-
lynn nedopatfenfni byio opome
nuto, ze slec. Marie Trneny. alb
Iso,ovana ucitelka ucitelka ha-
Idby, tez hrou ma piano nemalo
< obohaceni programu pri-
'spela.
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Lend 5n, 8. 6efvenee Lord
Rhondd britick kontfoi ior po
'travin (asi toiik jaxo II Soustl-
III Herbert Hooyer) zemrel
'dnes srano po yiekle choroh9
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stayili jste Sc We ctvrtek K sli-
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'neho. Dostayte se x br. Sucha-
noui, 5dl6 Barkwill Ave. IL a
hodinu neb rovnou ma 80. ulici
Euclid Ave. do D6lnicke RAJ
sdy, jak nvedeno ma programme
Alb. KOTESOVEC, pied.
NACL. yEJSfcKY, tai.
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PoRADA.Nf PoUTE,

Schhzi zahajl Il I
La vellz6 icasti zastupcii a za.
i,stupkyh. Rozhodnutf Z mino-
lfadne schlze, ably pout ze etvI
lteho eervence byla odlozena,
ibylo schvaleno. Pan a. Tpka.n
lpod daval zpraYu, jak bndou le xse 7
Echnys stany uni t6hy p kdp py
Isl pfal blizsi vysvetleni, necht
He obratf ma p. A. Tokana,
I4513 Clark ave. S. W., telefon
lLorain 500 x. Pan A.. Tokan
Ina ma starosti umistnenf vsech
|Ivystay iSvsech atrakci, aby to
ttvofilo jakysi sotllad.
Clenove tesarske -unie jiz ma
lprfpravach piIne pracujf: Pa
move KFikava p Humel mail ma
starosti svazenf ysech poHeb.
clenove vyboru cd Svazu ia
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]s.uzby ma nedeli. Ostatni who
" musfbyt pfitomny, aby v pa
iGu potfeby vypomchly.
Pout bude zahajena v patek
lv 10 hod. dopoledne, kteryzto
len jest urcen pro vsechny
danlske sbory, Weekly i ceska
lodbocka Cerveneho Krize. VI
/ Panoye kterym to moznost
ldovoluje, necht Sc dostayi 2
1prace, 10 jidlo j obcerstyeni bu-
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cas ma miste. Bude treba mno-
no schopnych pracoynich sil,
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must zalezat ma tom, aby Sc CO
mozna nejvice yytezilo.
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nym nasf povinnost sucastnit So
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Horak, Arson ave.
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1hlfk, 3449 vych. So ul.
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1Petrakova, 3T2s Burwell ave.
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oupak {. 80, A. Macha, Bari
will ave.
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q 3008 Nursery ave.
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dra, 3o68 vych. 81 I'll.
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The evening current., 1918-08-09
Allied Troops Push in Wedge ! ] Mi. Deep
Great Victory, Says London

German lines on the PicHFts
front, south of the Somne, are bad
IN broken. British and French
have driven n wedge into German
territory eleven miles deep along
the Amlens-C Chaulnes Ia Fere Rail-
way. The British are only one
mile from the Chaulnes-Itoye rail-
way, the chief artery OF the Ger
man supplies of the Mont Didier
sector. London announces fourteen
thousand prisoners and guns too
numerous tO mention taken dnr-
ing the first - hours of the new
blow. The results apparently
eclIpse those the Germans obtained
in the first day Of their territory
offensive last spring.
Allies are progressing south oi
the Somme without opposition
Germans also are retreating In the
FLANDERS sector. A further AL
lied advance In Picardy would pro-
badly outflnnk the whole line ns
far as the Disc river, and it In
probably case Of retreat OF the
enemy 90 positions linking the
Aisne line.
The evening current., 1918-08-09
speedy "Whippet" Tanks Being
Used to Chase Germans.
DN Associated Press.

By Associated Press,
with British in France, August
.. Reuters. -- Germans are blowing
> ammunition dumps In the battle
area. Indications are that they
are preparing for n retreat.
British casualties are only three
ffths of the number Of prisoners
counted this afternoon.
Cavalry patrols accompanied by
SWIFT "Whippet' tanks are report
ed far ahead OF the infantry ad-
vance.
The evening current., 1918-08-09
ENEMY M WORK ~ FIELDS.

BY Associated Press.
Paris, August 0.-The French
war ministry statement Says:
I'm a brilliant operation In which
we connected with the british,
which was eNecnted yesterday. we
surprised the enemy and captured
many soldiers harvesting the fields
behind the German lines"
The evening current., 1918-08-09
$4,000 HUN PRISONERS TAKEN.

$4,000 HUN PRISONERS TAKEN.
IIy Associated Press
LONDON, AUG. 0-FOUR-
TEEN THOUSAND MEN AND
GUNS TOO NUMEROUS TO
MENTION WE'RE TAKEN
SOUTH or THE SOMME.
CNNALRY ~ PURSUING THE
ENEMY. GERMANS ARE
~ CIATING POSITIONS IN
THE LYS VALLEY ON THE
FLANDERS FRONT. GER
MAN RESISTANCE II NIG-
OROUS NORTH or THE
SOMNE. THERE II HEAVY
FIGHTING BETWEEN CHIP
lilly AND MORLANCOURT.
London, August O.--it IN report
ell that the Franco-Iiritish advance
south of the Somme reached q
depth Of ~ miles. The British
have captured Morlancourt, which
A. ON the north end of the Somme
front. The infantry line runs
southward to n point south OF Nor
euiI. The Allied advance makes
Amiens secure and relieves an,
serious threat against Paris.
The evening current., 1918-08-09
FRENCH CAPTURE ABOUT 5000.

BY Associated Press.
On the French Front, August ID,
--FrancO- Islitish. forces ..capnired
nearly three thousand prisoners on
a six-miIe front northwest OF Mont
Didier. Important material was
captured also. Our losses were eN-
tremely light.
The evening current., 1918-08-09
TURNING POINT on WAR

London, August O.-The
general opinion IL that IL IN
T. impossible to Overesti-
mate the importance of the
new battle. IL ~ regarded
~ the turning point In the
years campaign and per-
hnps the whole war. The
American army II the chief
factor In this result.
The evening current., 1918-08-09
Prisoners Far Outnumber british
Casualties

With British in France. August
BY Associated Press. British
cavalry and some infantry have
been signalled In the neighborhood
of Chaulnes this morning with or
mored cars operating back of Farm
srville. They have progressed for
many kilOmeters, cleaning the coun-
try and capturing several villages.
The evening current., 1918-08-09

London, August 0.--By
Associated pre~s.-I.ate adj
vices state that over seven
teen Thousand prisoners and
over two hundred guns wcre
captured.
The evening current., 1918-08-09
Hun General Among Captured.

Hun Generai Among '"ptufc"'
by Associated Press.
With British Army in France.
August 9.-It is reported that
German Divisional General was
among those captured,
The evening current., 1918-08-09

Recent arrivals at the Crawford
are: II. Il. Caldwell. New York
City; C. II. Starr, Dallas; Don
Bilberry, Barstow; ID. J. Williams.
El Paso.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
STAMINA OF MEXICAN
SOLDIER MARVEL IN U. S.
Can March All Day and Fight All
Night on Very Scanty Rations
and Many Hardships.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
JUAREZ. Mex, June 1.-Horses.
burros. rabbits and roots often form
the only ration for the Mexican sol
dier, who marches miles across the
hot. sandy deelgts on the scanty food
he can commander en- route.
Troops Have been passing through
here recently marching to the ojinaga
district without any commissary
supplies other than the half
starved horses and mules. which
they are often forced to kill to
obtain food. and a few bags of
Mexican beans which are boiled over
campfires and seasoned with a few
chilli peppers. Yet these soldiers are
apparently sturdy men and have been
known to march all day and fight all
night without stopping for rest or
food.
Since the days of the Mexican war
of 1S4S the Mexican soldiers stamina
on his unbalanced and scanty ration
has been the marvel of American mil
itary men. The Mexican army fire.
quently lives on the land and the fare
is as bare as the land over which
it passes.
Aside from the lack of proper. nour-
ishing food. the Mexican soldiers
life in the field Is miserable. He 10
whipped for the most trivial infrac-
tions of the military rules with the
fiat side of saber or a heavy stick.
He is forced to wear rags for q uni
form, his feet are covered only with
thin. leather sandals and only cover
ing at night in the mountain country
Is a tattered zerape or shawl. Yet the
MAxican common soldier can and doea
fight bravely after the Mexican fash
ion and is obedient to his superior Of
fcers even to the point Of charging
a machine gun ngle-handed.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
|ENTENTE MUST ACT
BEFORE RUSS ARE SAVED
Trickery and Deceit Of Bolsheviki
Leaders Hinder Possible Plans.
SITUATION HAS DANGERS
Growing Antagonism to Lenine and
His Gang May Make Rejuve-
nation Of Nation Easier,

the mountains skirting Venetia to
the north. soon will be the scene of
terrible fighting, If all indications
are accurate. The Austrian leaders.
Field Marshal Voroevic, are assembling
Field Marshal Won Hoetzcndorf and
vast forces in preparation for the at
tempt. Great weight of heavy artil-
lery is being marshaled and 1t would
appear that the Austrians are going
to make strenuous effort to gain the
Venetian plains. when they once get
their great military machine in order
are auspieious for military efforts.
The Italians, British and French
during the winter months made every
preparation to frustrate enemy en-
deavor. and are confident that when
the Austrians get under way they not
fall dismally at all points Of attack.
When the italian armies first took
up their positions on the Piave and
in the mountains, the Austrians had
better chance of breaking the Italian
line than they have at the present
moment. True 1t is. the Austrians
have had time to prepare for this
years endeavor just as have the
allies. but barring the lower sections
of the Piave. an extremely treacher-
GUS stream on which to base tactical
and strategical plans, the allied
drHiSS tOuAy are IN Detter tOpO&fapn-
ical position than the enemy. To the
east of the Brenta and toward the
Plave. the Austrians, through their
offensive efforts in the Monte Grappa
region. gained predominate heights
but later offensive of the Italians and
French made the full use of these
points extremely hazardous.
But the main point Of the Italian
situation is that the commanders are
ready and the state Of morale exist
ing In the ranks of the Italian armies
was never higher. In the italian heart
there 10 keen desire to avenge the
disastrous operations of last year,
and there is every reason to believe
that this will be achieved either in
offensive or defensive actions.
During the past week the British
delivered surprise attack in the vi
cinity of Assa and scored minor tao
tical success. Austrian detachments
were repulsed in Val Arsa and In the
Astico valley. The Italians gained at
Monte Pertica and the Italians re-
pulsed the enemy in the Monte Corno
region. East of Capo Sile the Aus
trians were pressed back
Evening star., 1918-06-16
FINDS CLIMATE IS CHANGING.
Subsurface Drainage System Affect
ing New Orleans Conditions.

NEW ORLEANS, June 15.-The eli
mate of New Orleans Is undergoing
a change, already with an increase
in temperature since 1900 of eight
degrees III summer and decrease of
four degrees in winter. DR.. I. M.
Cline, weather bureau district fore
caster, holds that the city OF New
Orleans. itself. is responsible because
of the installation some years ago
Of the subsurface drainage system.
The scientific explanation 10 that
water absorbs heat more slowly than
the earth during the day and loses it
less rapidly at night. New Orleans,
entirely surrounded by water and
with It's soil saturated. formerly
boasted of a more uniform climate.
In late years. however. levees have
prevented overaows. reclamation
projects have effected the draining
Of swamps and. finally, subsurface
drainage in the city not only has
eliminated surface water from the
street drains. but. ground moisture
has been lowered eight or ten feet
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Women Fill New Wartime Field.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON, June 1.-The very latest
field for women's work is helping to
provide eyes for the army and na1y
by making lens and prisms. Only
women with deft fingers. quick eyes
and a gift of patience are taken for
this work. which also involves fitting
glasses into periscopes, gunsights.
for use on aircraft.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Surprised Over o. s. in War,
No Square Meal for Days.

Some Of them declared that they
had not had a square meal for many
days. and they accepted with genuine
gratitude three old loaves Of black
bread and few pieces Of chocolate
which the Americans were able to
spare them. AS an afterthought, one
of the Americans brought out to them
the remains Of a large round Ameri-
can cheese. It had been purchased in
New York city, and had accompanied
the mission from Vancouver to Yoka-
hama. Moscow and Jassy. serving
throughout tho Rumanian campaign,
There were several large camps of
German prisoners in the far north of
Russia, but these had mostly boken
up completely since the revolution,
owing to dificulties with the food
supply It was said that thousands Of
German prisoners in these northern
camps died Of scurvy, which was also
prevalent in many Of the far north
ern villages and among the refugees.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
BYU.B0AT
OF M0NR0v|A TOLD
Eyewitness of Liberian In
oident Reaches london-4
Killed, 3 Injured.
NAVY, I BOAT, BLOWN UP

By the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 13.-An eyewitness
of the bombardment of Monrovia, cap
ital of the African republic Of L-
IBERIA, by German submarine, arrived
in London today and gave the follow
ing account Of the attack:
About o'clock in the morning
everybody in the hotel where lodged
was aroused and informed that a
large German submarine had appeared
in the bay and that 1t was expected
the town would be bombarded i'm
mediately. Our position was not a
pleasant one for the hotel where we
lodged was formerly a German wire
less station which had been trans
formed into a hotel when war was
DECLARED, and 1t was reasonable to ex-
pect that the Germans would shell it
first of all in the hope of putting the
wireless out Of commission.
I'VE retired to the cellars for a
time, but no shells came. About the
middle of the morning it was learned
a messenger ashore with a demand
that the German and French wireless
stations and the French cable station
should be destroyed before noon or
the town would be razed.
There was great hustle ashore
among the officials, but no decision
had been reached at noon. and the
German commander thereupon, in
order to show that he meant bust
ness. blew up the Lberian navy, which
consisted Of one two-masted schooner.
U-Boat Moves Closer to Town.
Immediately afterward the subma-
rine moved into a more favorable posi-
ton in the outer harbor, where 1t could
easily be seen from the shore and carry
out its program of shelling the wire
less stations. the cable station, the Brit
ish consulate and the offices Of the
American diplomatic representative.
''Soon after the U-boat reached it's
new anchorage it sighted Liberian
launch coming out with the govern
ment's reply. which was delivered per-
sonally by the mayor. The reply said
the Iiberian government was unable to
conform with the German wishes. The
German commander thereupon said he
would commence a bombardment at 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
U-Boat's Aim Is Bad.
"Punctually at the hour named he
opened fire on the French wireless sta
ton, but his shooting was very bad and
for an hour and a half shots landed in
various places all over the town.
THE submarine was of large type
with two large and two small guns.
The hour and half bombardment of the
city resulted in four women being killed
and three persons being injured. Most
of the shells appeared to have been
shrapnel. The damage was slight, ex-
cept for the destruction of the French
wireless station.
THE U-boat commander told the
mayor that he intended to take over
Monrovia as submarine base
A dispatch from London, April 13.
said German submarine had lombard
ed Monrovia. April 10, destroying the
wireless station and sinking the Libe-
rian armed vessel. President Grant.
The casualties inflicted on shore by
shells from the U-boat were not numer-
Gus. The activities of the submarine
were interrupted by coastal steamer.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Bolsheviks Face
Some Trying Times.

the hands Of Germany's war lords and
who undoubtedly have been rewarded
for their actions. have been SO abso-
lutely impotent In carrying out the
many reforms which they promised to
the Russian people-promises on the
strength of which they were able to
overthrow Kerensky and compare
lively definite order of things for the
period of anarchy and chaos which
still reigns.
The peasant cadets, constitutional
democrats and practically all parties
which have through force and hope of
readjustment Of national ills sup
ported the bolsheviki in a more or less
half-hearted fashion. rapidly are be-
coming rampant enemies and critics
of the regime in Moscow. 1t is becom-
ing palmer that the behest Of Berlin
is law with Lenine and his gang of
rabid theorists in Moscow. These men.
who for mere gold have betrayed mil
lions of peoples and hazarded the des-
tinies of one of the greatest nations in
the world. with Snug piety and hypo-
critical patriotic utterances, backed
up by more or less co-ordinated mill
tary force. continue their efforts to
complete the ruin Of Russia. They
evidently realize their impotence and
that they see the handwriting on the
wall is indicated by the appeal to the
people to rise and crush life from the
counter revolutionary movement
Evening star., 1918-06-16
GERMAN PRISONER
NOW RUSSIAN HOBO
Wants Neither to Work Nor
to Fight-Has No Aim
to Organize.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON. May 2s.-The German war
prisoner has become the hobo" of
Russian idle. shiftless wanderer,
who wants neither tol work nor to
fight. Many such prisoners, both
Germans and Austrians. were encoun-
tered at different points in Russia
by the members of the American Red
Cross mission returning from Ru-
mania.
They were never under guard, were
usually in small groups, and appar-
emily had no employment or wish for
employment. They were without
arms and shabbily clad, and always
declared emphatically that they had
no desire to get bck into the German
army, nor even any wish to return to
Germany until after a general peace
wis declared.
If the prisoners showed any dispo-
sttion to organize or even to travel
about in marauding bands. they
would furnish serious problem, but
under present conditions they are
merely nuisance.
Surprised Over q. 8. in War,
At a small station north of VoloRda
there was a group of about fifty pris-
oners idling on the station platform,
some asleep in the winter sun, some
playing cards. others whiting little
toys and knickknacks out Of soft
wood. The Associated Press corre-
spendent talked with several of them.
They were greatly surprised to hear
that the United States had entered
the war a year before, and several of
them expressed still more surprise at
being informed that America was not
the ally of Germany.
They had been sent to this part of
Russia nearly two years before in a
railway construction gang, but had
done no work for several weeks. They
lived in freight cars and got their
food by hook or crook from the vii
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