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with the bayonet after the corporal
himself had been wounded again.
A little later he accounted for his
seventh German, and then having sus-
tained another bullet wound. he fell
unconscious. The corporal said. as the
fiercely and well. Their only fault
seemed to be that they were too anx-
ious to get forward quickly. and a
few entered the barrage as a penalty
German prisoners taken yesterday
and at other times recently have been
much surprised to learn of the num-
ber of Americans on this side. The
German higher command has been
spreading reports that the overseas
troops were not arriving In such num-
bers as entente capitals claim.
German Official Report.
BERLIN. July 5, via London.-The
official communication from general
headquarters issued today follows:
East of Ypres strong attacks
launched by the enemy were repulsed.
On both sides of the Somme yester-
day morning the enemy infantry at
tackled after strong artillery prepa-
ration by the British. On the north
bank of the river the attacks broke
down before our lines, with sangui-
nary losses.
South of the Somme the enemy
penetrated into the village and the
wood of Hamel On the height east
of Hamel his attack was frustrated
by our counter attack. East of Viii
lers- -Bretonneux we threw the enemy
back into his position of departure.
I'm the evening the fighting activi-
ty revived on nearly the whole front
of the army of Crown Prince Rup-
precht and kept up with Increased In
tensity during the night. especially
in yesterdays battle sector. There has
been increased fighting activity, on
the west bank of the Avre and on
both sides of the Aisne."
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CROWDER DECLINES RANK
RAISE: LAUDS ASSISTANTS
Draft Law Administrator Asks Congress
Not to Single Him Out From Fellow
Workers Next to His Heart"

Provost Marshal General Crowder
has asked Congress not to promote
him to a lieutenant generalcy for his
successful administration of the draft
law. He thinks he alone should not
be singled out for public recogni-
tion from the many civilians and
officers who. he says. faithfully per-
formed their part in carrying out
the draft.
The general made known his views
in letter to the chairmen of the
Senate and House military committees.
In compliance with his wish, the con-
ferees on the Army appropriation bill
struck out the provision for his pro-
motion. Gen. Crowder's letter to
Senator Chamberlain. chairman OF
the Senate committee, follows:
Gen. Crowder's Letter.
I'm view of that provision of the
Army appropriation bill personal 10
myself, now pending before the con-
ference committee. 1t Is unavoidable
that l should take this opportunity
to lay before you and also Mr.. Dent.
chairman of the House conferees, my
personal sentiments. ana TO ASK sou
to communicate them, II you see Ht'
to your associates.
That the provision in question in
wolves q compliment and distinction
which l value beyond anything N m"
military career ;s natural. and that
the approval testified to by the vote
of the Senate gratif1es me beyond the
power of words to express, is sim
pie statement of fact.
But. after considerable reflection.
and viewing the matter in broad
way. I am reluctant to allow the con-
sideration of the proposed proviso to
proceed any further. If the conferees
are in accord with my wishes in this
regard I should be glad II you, for
the Senate conferees, and Chairman
Dent. for the House conferees, in re-
porting back to your respective
houses that the Senate conferees
yielded on this provision, would say
that the action was in accord with my
request and for the express reason
next to be stated.
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Express Workers Get Increase.

NEW YORK. June 6-Announce-
ment that express company employees
throughout the country will receive
an increase in wages dating from July
1 was made here by George C. Taylor.
president of the American Railway
Express Company. which on July 1
took over the express business on all
the railroads of the United States
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allies is sure proof that the mistakes
and misunderstanding which for
merly estranged our two countries
are being transformed into a genuine
friendship in the fiery furnace OF
common sacrifice
Gen. Pershing's reply expressed the
qualification Of the commander that
the American Army in France and the
British army were joining In the cele-
bration and that the people of Eng
land also were taking part with the
American soldiers and sailors in
brilliant commemoration of the ami
versary. constituting demonstra-
tion of international sympathy and
unity and making a memorable mark
in the history of the two nations.
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Firm Charged With Misbranding

Alleging that the word manila"
was used and that certain rope was
represented to be 100 per cent manila
hemp, when the product was composed
OF fiber taken from old and used rope,
the Federal Trade Commission has
charged the Federal Rope Company
with misbranding.
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Much shelling During Day.

Besides the artillery activity on both
sides connected with the attempted raid
much shelling occurred during the day.
The most notable concentration on the
part OF the enemy was one placed in the
vicinity okthe Doller river shortly after
noon. Our own batteries In conjunction
with the French artillery were active
along the whole front
1.-THE German machine guns kept up
continuous fire from the direction of
Pont d'Aspach and Burnhaup le Haut
Between Z o'clock in the morning and 6
O. clock in the evening number of Ger
man planes circled over our lines and
over the enemy's advanced positions
Some penetrated our lines, but were
forced back by anti-aircraft batteries In
our rear areas.
: During the night the enemy offered
a particularly fne exhibition of signal
lights, including 900 flares and rockets
at various points along the front. and
red and yellow balloons. Carrier pig
cons were seen flying from his front to
his rear positions. Our infantry was
active in patrol and raiding operations.
One party entered the German trenches
at Pont d'Aspach in the night of June
3O-July l. Results are not yet reported.
Airplanes Driven Back.
'In the Woevre sector the day of June
rs - June 80 passed quictl: fer our
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Points to Others Work.

torial headquarters and nearly six
thousand local and district boards.
with an aggregate membership of
nearly eighteen thousand citizens, as
sisted by legal and medical advisory
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Battle in the Dark,

Just beyond he saw a German run
ming into dugout and he followed
the enemy underground. 1t was dark,
but he got his man with the bayonet.
AS the corporal was returning up the
stairway he was attacked by another
German. This one also was finished
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A 100000 victory loan which New
foundland was asked to raise in six
weeks was obtained by popular sub
scription in six days, and it was an
nounced that the amount probably
would be doubled.
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Harbor Bill Goes to President.

Congress yesterday adopted con-
ference report on the riversN and
harbors appropriation bill. carrying
$23,s94.600. and sent the measure to
the President.
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FALLING OFF IN RATE
Of BRITISH CASUALTIES
London Figures Show Aggregate
for Week Ending Today Of
Only 1885.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 6.-British casualties
reported during the week ending
today reached an aggregate Of 1896.
The losses were divided as follows:
killed or died of wounds: Officers.
40: men, 1856. Wounded or missing:
Officers, 413; men, 14,1S7.
These figures show a considerable
falling Off In the rate of British
casualties reported as compared with
those of week after week during May
and June. when the effects Of the
heavy German attacks on the British
front were revealing themselves in
the casualty lists.
The June casualties reported. for in
stance, averaged approximately $4,000
a week. and for the last eight days in
June they were more than $1,000. The
total casualties reported during May
were 166.802, or an average of more
than 10000 a week.
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Kept Up Harassing Fire.

/ For some time after the counter at
tack the enemy kept up a continuous
harassing fire on our front lines. and
during the day of July 2 intermittent
fire on our front lines and on points
in our rear areas. Our own batteries
were equally active. The German air
forces were also active, but met con-
siderable opposition from our air
planes. whose activity is increasing.
Conflicts occurred of which the re-
German rear areas troops were in
position around Bonnes wood and
near Giyry. Epaux and the Picardy
farm.
During the night of July to July
hostile infantry showed some slight
activity. directing bursts of machine
gun fire on the right of our line and
sending out a patrol which attempted
to occupy a house north of Vaux. The
same time two of our own men pene-
trated the German lines in the same
region and brought back two prison
ers Throughout the night the hostile
artillery shelled our front and rear
positions on the right of our line, US
Ing more than the usual amount of
gas. American artillery vigorously re-
piled.
During the day of July there was
some machine gun fire and sniping on
the right half of our sector, but such
enemy was developed mainly by his
air forces. Once again, however. the
American planes showed themselves
able to cope with the situation. driy-
ing some of the German machines
back over their own lines.
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1t pays to read the want columns of
The Star Hundreds Of situations are
filled through them.
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Lonely, Homesick and Hurt.

Are you from America, too?" he
cried. as he eagerly put out hand.
"Oh. I'm glad Of that"
He was lonely. homesick and hurt,
and wanted comfort from somebody
" no came from home. A friendly chat
began and the soldier clung desper-
ately to the correspondents hand.
Suddenly his eyes fastened on. the cor
respondents British uniform and
look of disappointment came to his
face.
You're not Yankee, are you?" he
asked with a quivering voice and his
eyes were moist. The correspondent
assured him to the contrary. In
stantly the boy frightened and
throwing his arm over the corre-
spondent's shoulder he exclaimed:
I'm mighty glad of that. I'm glad
you are Yankee, too"
Then he told the story of his part
in the battle. and here is the way it
ran.
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Next to His Heart.

These men. my fellow-workers.
their tolls, their sacrifices and their
achievements, are next to my heart.
On this subject. I frankly confess to
a deep sentiment hope that 1t will
not be reckoned as sentimentality-a
sentiment which would not receive
unalloyed satisfaction from the be-
stowal Of any honor. however generous,
that is personal to myself only
In placing before you at this time
these sincere convictions. j trust that
have adequately expressed the mo-
tive that prompted this letter"
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Enemy Planes Aggressive.

'In Picardy the day extending from
noon June 80 to noon July l was marked
only by the aggressiveness Of the enc
my's airplanes The German machines
were more active in combat than has
been the case recently. They were fired
on by our planes and anti-aircraft bat
teries. No results are as yet reported.
The enemy's artillery fire was of mod
crate intensity and was concentrated
only on some Of our positions in the
vicinity OF Broyes and Villers Tournelle.
Very few shells fell on our front lines.
His machine gun fire. originating mainly
from the vicinity of Chateau Jenljs,
was directed principally on our lines
near Cantigny.
Sin the Mulhouse sector on July 1 the
feature of the day was the attempt Of
the enemy to raid our trenches after
artillery preparation. In connection
with this our advance positions between
the Doller river and Balschwiller were
heavily bombarded between o'clock
and o'clock in the morning. The
bombardment involved the use of
very large number Of shells of small,
medium and large oaliber, but our
casualties were exceptionally light The
raid itself was entirely repulsed by our
counter barrage.
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A New
Sunday Serial
THE MYSTERY
OF THE
HASTY ARROW
Anna Katharine Green.

TT IS q rnre sIeuth who can
i untangie the threads so
skinfully woven in the masses
of an Anna Katharine Green
plot. In ''The Mystery of the
Hasty Arrovs'' she has surpassed
her own best inventfveness.
A beautiful young girl falls
dead In one of the galleries of q
great museum, her heart pierced
by an arrow whose origin is q
mystery. By her side kneels q
woman of remarkable mien. Her
eyes, axed upon space, shows
depths of horror hardly to be
explained even by the startling
character of the tragedy. Upon
the scene comes Detective
Gryce, whom thousands of read
ers Will remember with q thrill.
He discovers q bow hidden In
the hangings OF the gallery, but
his eleverest schemes fail at
Arst to unearth the archer, and
various astounding complica-
lions lend sest to the chase.
Watch for the opening chap
tiers tomorrow In the New Mag
axine Section of The
SUNDAY STAR
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WAR GOES ON UNTIL
GERMANY ACCEPTS
WILSON PRINCIPLES

Continued from First Paee.)
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boards in every jurisdiction, have CO.
operated with the national headquar-
ters efficiently and honorably, and
many without compensation, in the
superb team work which has produced
the gratifying results attained under
the seiective service law.
These results embrace the regis
tration OF more than ten and one-half
millions of citizens and their classi-
f1cation for military service. and the
entrainment of the nearly 100000
men now serving with the colors. BY
August l of this year this latter num-
Der Will be approximately 100000.
and by the close of the year. If ex-
pected requisitions are received. the
aggregate will approach 100000.
"Of the members of these boards II
may be truly said that when the Sc
lective service system. which they ad
minister. ceases to function efficiently
to produce the military and to con-
serve the industrial man power, we
shall be in a fair way to lose this
war.
Urges Recognition
81 have long entertained the view
that something ought to be done to
recognize publicly and emphatically
the enormous sacrifices the citizens
have made in bestowing the contin-
uous and eHhausting services tnat
have been indispensable in carrying
the administrative burden Of the selec-
tive service system. The difficulty
has been in devising suitable re-
ward, nationwide in it's application.
and acceptable generally to those
who have SO participated. AT the risk
of being regarded as ungrateful to
the proposers of this provision, I
cannot bring myself to be satisfied
that my own coascientiously per-
formed share in discharging that duty
should become the subject of recog-
milton. so long as the far greater
share of these other builders of the
national army remains without pub
lie and distinguished acknowLedg-
ment in the records of Congress.
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REALLY Big WAR
PROGRAM FORMING
Continued from FRS, Pageo

=.
In the present draft and the mon in
Europe had not been disclosed. the
public generally would have frowned
upon any suggestion or inttmatfon OF
change in age limits that did not
seem TO be Immediately necessary.
Public Sees Responsibility.
But the public by careful study
of man-power figures already pub
lished and by a knowledge now OF
how many men we have in France
and must support and replace-for
wastage due to sickness and casual
ties Is considerable-can easily see
the tremendous responsibility in
volved In the decision of Congress
upon the advice of the executive
branch of the government to wait
ninety days before calling registrants
to the colors of older and younger
years than the present draft classes.
especially those without an important
status in industry or the home.
The government is at present work
ing on a big military policy. Details
are. of course. being withheld. but II
Will be a program commensurate with
Americas protestations of her un-
finching purpose in this war. Mill
tary men already speak of it as a
really big program.
| How else can the additional man
power be obtained except by a change
,, in the age limits? And with this
| change will come the application OF
| the work or-fght' order to men
above the present draft age. Indeed
the same system of classification OF
| men in skilled labor, with dependent
! wives, children and relatives will be
used.
Older Men at Bottom.
Cnquestionably the older men would
be put at the foot of each of the FIVE
classes so that If the emergency ever
arose requiring the mobilization of
class 2 men, the registrants between
the ages of twenty-one and thirty
one would be the first to answer the
call.
| Men above the age of thirty-one
already are beginning to be solicitious
about the time when they may expect
a definite announcement from the gov
eminent. And irrespective of the fact
that Congress will not be back in
Washington until September. just as
soon as the War Department deter
mines what the new age limits should
| be a stateemnt to that effect would
give millions of men the opportunity y
to adjust their affairs so as to be
|, in readiness to enter actively in
the crusade for democracy and the
achievement of victory.
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YANKEES SHARPLY
REPUlSE GERMAN
RAID IN LORRAINE

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Bid Each other Goodbye.

I'VE all were very anxious to do
we'll and we were ready to fight to a
finish We knew there was trouble
for us over there In no mans land.
None of our boys cared for that, but
the day before the attack all the men
of my company got together and shook
hands and said goodbye, for. you
see, we did not know II we should
meet again.
Il had worked very hard to learn
to be a good COLDER, for l wanted to
be a credit to the folks back home. l
guess l must have learned some
things, for my commander gave me
twenty-four of our chaps to lead over
the top as corporal. And my men
fought we'll"
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Kills Seven Boches.

Just across the way was another
Chicago corporal who had been
wounded three times in the fighting
about Vaire and Hamel woods. To
compensate for his hurts he himself
rad killed seven boches in fair fight
ing.
His platoon drove up toward the
woods from the south. The ground
was bad and there was some wire OBJ
structing the way. They pushed for
ward. however. until they came up
against German machine gun nest
camoufiaged in a wheat field. This
post was spraying the advancing
troops viciouely with bullets.
About this time the corporal was
wounded in the leg. but despite his
injuries he kept going. The machine
gun fire became too hot. and the cor
poral deliberately charged the nest
with bombs. Here he killed four Ger
mans with his explosives and silenced
the rapid firer.
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Eager to Join Attack.

The Americans were exceedingly
keen to participate in the attack. the
general said, and several units WHICH
had expected to take part were heart.
broken when they found they would
not be employed. The American casu-
alties apparently were very light:
Later the correspondent visited
casualty clearing stations to see some
of the wounded Yankees who had
gone through the show.
Lying on a cot f1anked by British
soldiers was a Chicago lad who had
been shot in the leg after gallant
fight. He was blue-eyed. round
faced youngster who looked strangely
out of place among the older veterans.
He said he was twenty years old. but
he was nothing more than likable
boy with a winning, but at the mo-
ment somewhat wistful. smile. The
correspondent introduced himself and
told the little soldier how proud
everybody was of tine Americans. The
boys lips trembled, but his eyes
briEhtened.
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Some Overly Eager.

He paused, his face glowing with
honest pride, and then continued:
"At midnight Wednesday we went
forward and laid out in the open
waiting for the signal to advance.
Then about daylight came the bar
rage. 1t was a pretty big thing. the
biggest we ever heard. It was just
like real Fourth Of July celebration.
The time came for the charge and we
pushed out. A few of our boys were
too anxious and they got so close to
the barrage that they were hurt. My
pal was struck by shell beside me-"
Again he stopped and this time
there were tears in his eyes and a big
lump was working in his throat.
There was silence for a moment and
abruptly he went on:
We were advancing toward Hamel
village and had to go over one slope.
then down into little valley and up
another hill We got along all right
but down in the valley there was
lot of barbed wire that held US up
some. 1 know / got caught, but not
for very long.
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brought forth much favorable COM
Soldiers wounded in the
fighting were glad of the opportunity
to meet the enemy and the general
in command of the American troops
was exceedingly pleased with the
work his men had done.
Our troops understood thoroughly
when they went over the top that
they were expected to do no less than
any of their allies" said the general
to the correspondent today. Reports
which I have received from the Aus
tralians indicate that our boys con-
Quoted themselves with great credit
and did all that could have been
wished"
They had more than done their bit
and he we'll knew it.
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Airplanes Driven Back.

'In the Woevre sector the day of June
rs - June 80 passed quictl:- fer our .
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Tribute to Dead Fighters.

The chief also has
awarded the distinguished service
cross posthumously to the following
officers and enlisted men of the Ma
rine Corps:
Capt John Blanchfleld, Capt. Donald
F. Duncan. Capt. James Mccoy, First
Lieut.. Orlando c. Crowther, Dental
Surgeon w. G. Osborne. Second Lieut..
Clarence A. Dennis, Second Lieut.
william c. Peterson. Second Lieut.. C.
c. Robinson, Second Lieut. Vernon L.
Somers. Second Lieut.. Joseph A. Syn
nett. Marine Gunner W. r. Cornell.
Second Lieut.. II. Leslie Eddy, Second
Lieut.. Walter D. Frazier, Second
Lieut.. Thomas H. Miles Killed in
action at Chateau Thierry. France.
June 6. 1918, they gave the supreme
proof of extraordinary heroism which
will serve as an example to hitherto
untried troops"
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md utter disregard for danger In lead
ing platoon in its objective under
heavy f1re.''
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Carried Back by Chum.


Then I knew I had to fight him
with the bayonet like a man. So
got to my feet somehow and as he
jabbed at me with his bayonet I par
ried it with my rife and then swung
the rife to his head as hard as could
The blow broke his skull and he went
down. That's all / remember until
woke up and found a chum beside me.
He had gone out and brought me
back.
That finished the personal story of
this boy. who had fought and killed
and been wounded. but he had some
thing else which was very much on
his mind. After much hesitation 1t
finally came out.
g! wonder if my little girl at home
is happy" he said anxiously. refer
ring to his sweetheart in Chicago. The
correspondent told him she certainly
would be very happy and proud to
know how we'll he had done
Il hope she will be-" he responded
thoughtfully. and then added:
Would 1t be too much trouble for
you to drop her just a line to let her
know that / am all right? don't
know when I shall have a chance to
write"
That letter will go Immediately, but
pending it's arrival the girl in Chicago
should know he is wounded but. as
he himself says. all right. His wound
apparently is not serious.