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Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Ry Newspaper Enlerprlse AssociatIon.


For the hundredth time in this war
history is about TO repeat itself
General Ferdinand Foch. commander
m-chief OF the allied armies, IS pre-
pairing 10 throw all the forces at his
command against the German line 10
ysve Paris.
10 was Foch, even more than Papa
Ioffre, who turned the German march
Dn Paris into a rout at the Marne IN
1914. Then he was only French gen
ersl at the head OF an army OF i2O,OW
men, opposing a German force OF
100000.
Now, the Allies generalissimo-liter-
ally biggest generar'-commanding an
army estimated at 100000 men. he IS
lwalting his opportunity TO repeat his
victory in the first battle OF the Marne
Playing a waiting game, falling back
before the Germans and letting them
spend countless lives TO gain few
miles OF territory. Foch is carrying out
the conception OF modern warfare
which he himself expressed as follows
"I never throw away my own sol
aiers. 10 Is Germans that l sacrifice y
Foch today is following the same
course that won for him the flrst bat
tie OF the Marne-waiting until thT
Germans have so exhausted themselves
that weak spots appear in their line.
That is what he did In the memora-
BILE fight OF September, 1911.
The Germans had swept forward
into France almost to Paris. The line
extended through the valley OF the
Marne TO Verdun. General Joffre. was
the leader Of the French forces, and
Foch was In command in the center.
General Won Kluck's advance on Paris
was threatening 10 envelop the Allied
left wing and capture the capital. Jof-
fre decided the time had come 10 as
sumo the offensive. Accordingly he is
sued the order:
"The moment has come for the army
20 advance at all costs and allow Itself
to be slain where II stands, rather than
give way"
In obedience 70 his command the
French left wing, reinforced by an army
hastily collected and driven TO the
front from Paris in taxicabs. moved
forward and flanked Won Kluck's forces
Won Kluck. finding that his plans 10
march into Paris had miscarried, turned
90 the east and redisposed his forces
with 4he intention OF driving through
the French center. With the Prussian
guard and the Saxon army. a total OF
100000 men. Won Kluck attacked Foch
and the Ninth French army Of only
10000.
The French wings recoiled under the
terrific onslaught. and the center bore
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

tho principal weight Of the attack. For
five days Won kluck battered Foch S
little army with ever increasing force.
Finally. on September Q, the crisis
came The French line was breaking
but the Germans were pulling their line
further 10 the east, thus thinning the
front before Foch's center.
Instantly Foch saw his opportunity.
He sent TO General Joffre this message
which will live In history as long as
General Grants famous decision TO
flight II out along this line If II takes
all summer"
"My right has been driven N, my
left has been driven in-therefore with
all that have left In my center / VIII
attack"
Concentrating his artillery on the
weakest point in the German front,
Foch threw his army against the foe
with such indomitable courage that the
Germans fell back in confusion. From
that day began the great retreat from
the Marne.
Saves Day at Ypres.
only six weeks later. Foch again
saved the day for the Allies at fpres,
where he "loosed the dikes and flooded
the Germans with Frenchmen." British
historians credit him with having saved
the channel ports from the Germans
For his victory King George bestowed
upon him the Order Of the Bath, and
General Joffre called him 1.-The ablesi
strategist in Europe"
The man who Is destined TO save
Paris once more is not OF French blood
despite the general impression th1l
he Is. He Is a Basque. This mean:
that he comes Of the sturdy race inhab'
iting the Pyrenees Mountains, partly II
spain and partly In France.
Foch IS 6I years old-twice as old a.
Napoleon In the heydsy OF his success
He excelled In mathematics at the mill
tary school he attended. and was pas
sionstely fond OF studying the Napo
leonlc wars Next to Napoleon, Caesa
| is his favorite warrior.
At 10 he fought in the Frsnco-Prus
sian war. seeing his first service dun
ing the siege Of Paris. In 1878 he b'
came a captain, and In 1898 minc
staff officer. TWO years later he wa
promoted 10 Lieutenant colonel an
made professor OF strategy In the Eco
de Guerre, the French West Point.
In 1911 Foch was made a divisio
general and placed In command OF n
Eighth Army Corps at Grouges. Whe
/ the war broke out he was in comman
OF the Twentieth Corps at Nancy, an
/ from that time on his name, whie
was known previously only 10 IN
French military, became a housellol
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Lemon Juice
For FreCkleS
oIrIsI Make beauty Iotlen al
home for a few cents. Try III

Squeeze the juice OF two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces OF
orchard white. shake well. and you
have a quarter pint Of the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beauti-
ler. at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter viii supply
,hree ounces Of orchard white for a few
cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant
lotion into the face, neck. arms and
hands each day and see how freckles
md blemishes disappear and how clear,
,oft and white the skin becomes. Yes!
q Is harmless.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
FocH-HE'LL DO 1T AGAIN

General Ferdinand Foch saved
Paris at the Marne in 1911.
He's about 10 do It again.
Frances hero has never known
defeat since the war began.
This battle will be no exception.
Says Foch: Victory Is a thing OF
will. An army conqers not with
material. but by sheer force OF
will"
He has the will.
Foch won the FIRST battle OF the
Marne with 10000 men, all French
soldiers.
He'll have a million French,
Americans and British 10 win the
second battle with.
But Napoleon said: "ln warfare
men are nothing; a man Is every
thing. II was nOt the Roman army
that conquered Gaul, but Caesar"
The Allies take no chances. They
have the men-and they have the
man.
He's General Ferdinand FOch-
"'''- ahlest strstegist in Europe"
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
FRECKLE=FACE
sun and Wind Bring Out Ualy Spots.
How 60 Remove Easily.

Here's chance. Miss Freckle-face. 70
try a remedy for freckles with the guaran-
tee Of a reliable dealer that Il will not cost
you a penny unless Il removes the freckles (;
while II Il does give you clear COM
plexion the expense IL trihlng.
Simply get an ounce Of othine-double
strcngth-from any druggist and few
applications should show you how easy n
is 20 rid yourself OF the homely freckles
and get n beautiful complexion. Rarely Ia
more than one ounce needed for the worst
casa
BE sure 10 ask the druggist for the dou-
BILE strength Othiue as this strength l.
sold under guarantee Of money back II Il
fails 60 remove frcckles.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
by c. c. LYON
lstaff Correspondent OF THE ENENiN"

kStdU Correspondent " iHN
JOURNAL.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE SOAfNlE, June ti.-Wiihout
doubt the greatest single days Morh
the Allies have done since the peglh'
ming OF the war was when they came
40 their senses and made General Foch
supreme commander OF all their forces
The benefits Of one supreme com
mand are already beginning TO snow
themselves, after only a few weeks oi
trial. Ar.
The greatest OF these results Is the
new spirit in the Allied ranks.
n Is a spirit that expresses after u
self This fashion, and Il is heard from
officers and men OF all the Aliied
armies:
"standlng together as one great army
we can't lose because Foch is a greater
general than anyone the Germans nave
nroduced. Hlndenburg not excepted, and
he now has at his command 10 ulrec'
as he wishes. more men, more guns
more munitions and a higher morale
than the Germans. IL IS only ha1'el
OF time until he wins"
II took the Allies long time 10 come
10 the point where they cVulu ias
aside their pride and their selilshness
and center on one man to direct ueh
Tbe Germans were possibly nearer
winning the war last April than they j
ever he again. At that time the Allies
were divided into separate armies; the
british had their own organization ano
their line TO hold; the French had theirs
and the Americans had theirs WHILE
down in Italy the Italians were stil
running their own show to suit them
selves, although British and frencI
had gone to their assistance last isli.
From a military standpoint nothin'
could have suited the Germans better
because they were thus able to launcl
offenslves against each OF the Allie
separately.
They figured that II they could crusl
The British army they could then turI
upon the French and deal with then
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

Auto Tire & Supply Co, 9i5 'Shipley st.
Cahll & Co.. 2i9 French ST.
Concord Boulevard Garage, Concord
Ave
Harry r. Loose, Boulevard and Van
Burer st.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14
Drive On Paris Proves Foch Selection Wise

word in France.
lie loves the dramatic in war and be
lieves in grand charges, tremendous
surprises for the enemy, ana daring
strategioal conceptions. lie thinks the
French genius lends itself TO this SORT
OF warfare.
Foch not only achieves victory, but
does Il with a spirit that intoXieates
the popular Imagination. lie deals IN
principles and vital decisions. leaving
details 20 others. In battle he never
enters the trenches while they are un-
der fire; he remains several miles De-
hind the battle line. exercising MS un-
canny faculty for perceiving the strate-
gv that wins victories and inspiring mis-
armies to fight to the death for France
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

Geo. II. Crockett, iii W. % 81.
Delaware Motor Sales Co., nth and
King SIS.
Diamond Stale Automobile Coz sos
Tainall ~.
Foss-llughcs Co.. nth and Orange Sts.
Evening journal., 1918-06-14

r. B. Norman Co, 7i7 shipley 81.
Penn-Del Motor Co, 223 French st.
Walter J. Thompson. 3iOi Market =.
Chas. II. Tibbill. 1907 Lancaster Ave.
Wilmington Rubber Co. 2lS w. 10Th st
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
BY LIEUT. F1rzHUGu GREEN r.
ES r. .
Recruiting.

better, but the gratuities remain
fixed.
Seamen who distinguish them
selves in battle, and occasionally
even those who save some careless
sidc-cleaner who has tum bled in, re-
ceiVe 500 and a gold medal from
the Navy Department. The great
drawback to this trophy is that it
comes in a lump; while it's donation
is a ceremony in sight Of the whole
ships company. The attendant en-
barrassment is no small peril to ones
composure, and furthermore there is
immediate necessity for general cele-
bration ashore. I once heard of
hero who didn't spend his 500 for
three whole days. Then the ship
reached port.
Holes in the bullseye at target
practice mean one to five dollars
month to the man who makes enough
Of them. Also each seaman who
proves he can manage a guns crew
in action is favored with extra paw
Prize money for engineering and
8unnery competitions varies accord
ing to the number competing.
Best Of all. doctor and hosnitaI
bills are free. Each battleship has
its own drug store which dispenses
without charge anything but cigars
and rubber nipples. And in case Of
death a navy man gets a funeral
with band music and other FILINGS
such as the best lodges cou1dn't
touch.
NO, I am not recruiting; but I am
beginning to understand the n0tori-
Gus extravaganza of mano'-waxs-
man.
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OUR FLAG.

"Our flag expresses the will of
a free people. "-McKin1ey.
Why do I love our flag? Ask why
Flowers love the sunshine. Or
ask why
The needle turns with eager eye
Toward the great stars in North
ern sky.
I love Old Glory, for it waved
Where loyal hearts the Union
saved;
I love it, since it shelters me
And all most dear, from sea to
sea:
I love it. for it bravely flies
In freedoms cause meath foreign
skies;
I love it for its blessed cheer,
It's starry hopes and scorn of
fear;
For good achieved and good to be
To us and to humanity.
It is the peoples banner bright,
Forever guiding toward the light;
Foe of the tyrant, friend of the
right,
God give it leadership and might
EDWARD A. HORTON.
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STAND UP, AMERICA.

Whatever hopes the Kaiser had Of
lean troops to the battlefelds Of
France by sinking army transports
vanished when the revised list of
dead from the Tuscania was brought
Ito him. He must have then realized
that so long as the convoy system is
continued even the loss of transport
sdoes not mean that all hands on
board necessarily perish. The sailors
and soldiers on the conveying ships
THE only effective way Of completely
stopping such transportation is to
Eink not only an army transport but
Pill the ships conveying it. And this
IS we'll nigh impossible.
NJ Latest reports from the scene Of
disaster are encouraging. They show
how relatively small is the loss of life
! our first great accident on the
overseas route Out Of a total Of
,397 on board the Tuscania it is now
#ertain that all but 200 were saved.
Final reports may even bring this
@umb Der down lower. The German
admiralty may we'll look at these
#gures and take into account the fu-
u lily of trying to prevent the landing
Ne American troops in Europe
&c y;
v on. England has seen to it that
90, 900 Canadian troops made the
II burney overseas in safety, not losina.
man from submarine attack. In
body numbers troops have been
transported from far-off Australia
ARfth the same results. The chances
Re favorable then that the United
n ates will successfully send abroad
& entire army with a comparative
naIl loss of men.
There will be other sinkings, Of
NJ urse; that is the fortune Of war,
r is not too much to say, however,
n at the loss of American lives on
II a will not in any way compare with
e loss on land, once the fighting
ss 5es on some form of permanency.
. cannot expect to engage in war
& thout losing men. The nation must
prepared for such casualties.
here must be a strengthening Of
We II, buckling on of courage with
pich to face any and all bad news
PIT comes out of Europe in the next
rec or four months and particu-
8 iy at the time of the contemplated
Ping drive against the German
rdes What must take place in
| country is a welding together Of
ndlc opinion, determination to
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08
AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS.
The Way the Old Lady of State
Street, Hartford, Helps to
Win the War.
(Bristol Press).

AS the Hartford Courant staff
does. not read the Bristol Press"
the following extremely accurate and
keen diagnosis of its own condition,
made by the Winsted Citizen, will
not puncture it's abnormal pride.
But Mr.. Roosevelt and few Of
the administration opponents in con-
gress are not the only ones who have
been conducting a political propa-
ganda for many months. We doubt
if any outand-out pro-German news
paper could aid the enemy moro eff
fectively than the insidious and sub
tie methods employed by the Hart
ford Courant in its continuous slurs
and insinuations in respect to the adj
ministration at Washington. 1t goet
on day after day; Wilson, Marshall
Baker, Daniels, Lane, Garfield, one
after another are the subject of the
Courant's biting sarcasm and ridicule.
Nothing democratic is right. In
patriotic address before the Masona
at Wilmington, Del, Vice President
Marshall said:
THE country is founded on the
golden rule Of the lowly NaZarene.
Whatsoever ye would men should do
to you do ye even unto them On
this general foundation stone rests
the safety Of not only this country
but Of the whole universe.'
And the Courant in its eager de-
sire last week to discount and pooh,
pooh him, characterized this and sim
liar remarks Of the vice-president as
"di!uted rivalry and "mush.' Even
the Scriptures along with the admin
istration are thrown into the discard,
BY the slow process Of education
tine Courant hopes that when the time
shall come that its readers shall be SO
disguised and confirmed IN the con-
viction that the present administra-
ton is SO iInbeciIe and has made such
1amcntable failure that the next set
of republican candidates will be
swept into Office with Overwhelming
majorities. That is the klnd OF po-
Htical game the Courant IS playing
and that is the way the Courant is
helping Connecticut to help win the
war"
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CARRANZA'S CONGRATULATED

Venustiano Carranza, President of
Mexico, went out of his way IN show
er birthday congratulations upon
Wilhelm, der grosser, Emperor of all
Germany. II have the honor to send
your majesty my most cordial con-
gratulahons and am pleased to ex-
press to you my best wishes for your
personal happiness and that of your
august family" cabled the Castilian
to the Teuton.
There may be some surprise at this
out-pouring of sentiment on the part
of the old revolutionist There may
be some who wonder at the fawning
of a so-called blue blood. 1t should
not be so. Carranza took this op.
portunity to slap the United States
in the face It is part of his make
up. With his Office gradually slip
ping from his hands he probably
sees a chance to renew relations with
the gentleman Of Berlin who, through
his paid agents in Mexico, promised
the return Of three sovereign states
Of this Union to the outlaws Of the
Southern "Republic".
Any peon in Mexico, no matter
how ignorant, should be able to see
through the f1atteryr Of Carranza,
payment for the same brand that was
meted out by the Germans who prom
ised reprisals agai inst the United States.
There is as much chance Of Germany
giving back to Mexico three states OF
this nation as there is of the man in
the moon leading the grand coti1lion
at a Broadway tango. parlor. Aside
from revealing the true status quo
OF Carranza, in his hostility to this
country, his congratulations to the
Kaiser may be taken at their face
value,-bunk.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08
1ODAY'S TABLOID TALE
The GOObStCedunp.
BY Joe Blast.

Prof. Eggfrei Gobsch, Ger
many's greatest chemist and
author Of the famous "IIraut-
Wurstheit Spishgemein'' text
books, hove two too Teutonlc
siNhs and summed up his
mornings work.
Let me see," he unused
summingupilly, ''item No. la
substantial, tasty bread can be
made fHom flour derived from
pea pods and almond shells.
On q pound and a quarter Of
: this bread, which contains
eleven calories to the HUNK
watt, a soldier will be able to
give sixteen hours OF his best
work a day, while three pounds
of it will keep his family re-
freshed for twenty four hours,
providing they number not
more than twelve people, in
which latter case an extra slice
a day for each additional mem
Der will be sufficient.
Item No. "A nourishing,
palatable substitute for meat
can be made from the skins Of
sweet potatoes mixed with the
glutinous substance derived by
boiling pine shavings in banana
fo1l. A half-pound of this
meat substitute, which is rich
IN hybo-swishrates, quatma
rines and jillies, is amply suff1-
Client to sustain a fighting man
three days, or civilian six
days and eleven hours
Just then Frau Gobsch, with
her husbands lunch on a tray,
entered in fear and trem bling.
THE municipal schlabreisser
Good administrator has re-
duced your rations again, Egg
frei,' she faltered. For your
lunch today there is only four
quarts of sauerkraut and nine
teen frankfurters.'
Prof. Gobsch's face turned a
violent black.
Gobbstreimer egehundlich
kusssssswugger!" C!&*!! **!)
he roared. '"That's the goobst-
gedung! (Last Straw How can
a man work whole halliday
on a lunch like that?"
And, tearing the results of his
mornings labors into useless
fragments, he jumped on his BIZ
cycle and rode to Holland,
where he had himself interned.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08

Not tips-thoy are not allowed in
the Navy. Once a sailor showed
pretty visitor over his ship. She
thanked him on leaving and slipped
q quarter into his hand. He took the
coin with a bow. Just a minute
he said extracting a small envelope
from his pocket. THANK you too,
for the pleasure OF having shown
YOU about" Deity he put a bit of
card between her fingers. 1t was
theater ticket Turning away, II
have the next seat" he said to no one
in particular Now they are mar
ried and have Piffle! that's
not what 1 started to write about.
Navy pay is small, scanty, and
meagre. But there is almost no ex-
pense for clothing, food, doctors or
lodging. The government provides
many things free which aggregate to
a considerable total.
When a man enlists he receives a
clothing bounty of $50, Or enough to
last him at least a year. If he ships
over after his four year cruise he
gets three months pay as a reward.
For his food 50 q month is allowed
Only a few we'll paid petty officers
care to exceed this sum. Remark
able as it may seem, the men thrive
and grow fat on this soc per man per
day ration.
If bIuejacket cares to tawe
little extra risk the government re-
wards him with from IS to SIS
month while in submarines or the
aeroDlane service. Amounts are
based on dives in the former ana
flights in the latter. AS safety de-
vices increase the risk is getting
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08

War Cabinet bill we new have tlhe
0vernaan bill which if enacted, would
authorize the President to oo-ordi-
nate and consolidate the executive
bureaus, agencies, officers, and for
other purposes in the interest Of
economy and the more effective ad-
rnanistration of the government"
This, in a word, is the President S
answer to the Congressional agitation
for a curtailment of executive power.
Coordination and consolidation are
the catchwords of the hour in WASH
tngton- Senators and representatives
are afraid the President has been
given too much leeway. Hence the
idea of a War Cabinet.
There is no more need for the
passage of the Overman bill at this
time than there is for the Chamber
lain bill. Looking back over history
we can see that in the two previous
great wars of. the nation-the Civil
and the Spanish-Lincoln and Nc
kinley were not hampered in their
work by any committee of three dis
tinguished gentlemen of demonstrated
ability If not those Presidents, why
Wilson?
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08
WANTS WIFE TO BE SINGLE.

Unless she takes unto herself an
other husband, Mrs. Annie Meng, by
the terms of the will of her late hus-
band, Adam Meng, will have the life
use and income from his estate. In
case she remarries however, she for
feits these rights. The rest of the
estate is to be equally divided be-
tween the testator's children, Charles,
Bertha and Alfred Meng and Ellen
House. Mrs. Meng is named as exc
cutrix and j. F. Sweeney and George
Weyh are appraisers
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08

in touch with the movement and give
Captain Grace all possible help. The
New Britain police have always shown
public spirit in responding to any
appeals that are made, and it is ex-
.pected that they will make a fine rec
ord Of Thrift Stamp sales,
The New Britain Advertising Club
will meet tonight to further plan the'
publicity end of the campaign
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-02-08
POLICE BUY THRIFT STAMPS
CAPTAIN Grace in Charge of Sales to
Men in Blue and Brass-AH In LII
to Win.

The policemen of New Britain are
to do their bit in buying Thrift
Stamps. Captain T. w. Grace has
taken charge of pushing the sale OF
the stamps and he has received the
assurance of all the force that they
are with him in this campaign. The
CAPTAIN found when he undertook the
sale that he was up against a snag.
There was no fund available with
which to carry stock of stamps
from week to week He conferred
With Chairman Patrick r. King Of
The police board, who at once began
putting in operation the necessary
wires to furnish the money Comp
t,OIler Fl. L. Curtis informed nm
that it would be necessary TO get d
vote Of the common council 10 ap-
nroDriate money for any such pur-
nose. 1t was put up to the city Ia
theirs and they lost no time IN giving
the necessary sanction. Captain Grace
now has a fund with which to keep
a. supply of stamps and is organic
ing a war savings society in the po-
lice department. The society will
take in the "supes" as we'll as the
regulars. Chairman king will keep