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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

Chateau Thierry and Chalons to Bar
le-Duc and Nancy, with a branch going
off to Verdun. There are, of course,
plenty of other lesser branch lines be-
hind these two main lines, but they are
often single track roads and far less we'll
provided with buildings, repair shops and
sidings. By this long avenue of railway
to Nancy the Allies could most quickly
move their troops and supplies back and
forth along the line of the front, a mat
ter of high Importance, because rapidity
Of movement, especially in concentra-
ton, is the essence of surprise, and,
therefore, of victory.
Now, for a matter of ten or twelve
miles, near Commercy, the eastern rail-
way runs through the trench of the
upper Meuse and along the bank of that
river, while the most important branch
line runs down the valley to Verdun.
When the Germans reached St. Mihiel,
September %, 1914, they were actually
across few yards of the Verdun branch
and had under their guns few miles
Of the main line below Commercy.
Therefore, from that day to last Thurs
day, that is, nearly four years, the main
Allied lateral communication was cut
and the supply Of Nancy and Toul and
the line through Lorraine and down to
the Vosges had to go round behind,
through Goudecourt, while the direct
communication with Verdun from Nancy
was also cut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22
his Was the General
Lay of the Land

IN shape 1t was a right-angled triangle,
'"e angle Of the apex was somewhat
u,'uer W degrees and it's longer side ran
almost due east and west for twenty
"e miles, as | have said, from the
n0Selle Just below Pont-a- Mousson to
'1e Mouse at the Camp des Romans
,'V's and hill) and St. Mini |, and even
~. .W a few hundred yards yond that
".s thence it turned sharply slightly
Ss0I OF north to make the shorter side
y. VIC triangle, about fifteen miles, to a
~ ps'nI west of F'resnes. The hypothenuse
@'S triangle was somewhat under
."'i'S miles. 1t is this area, the impor-
'aace OF which will be seen in moment,
mat was cleared with such astonishing
~, IN the course of last Thursday.
'ne enemy had intended at the first
s'sn Oh attack to withdraw. For political
=. .saSons' probably, he did not retire until
s sae last moment and the attack was too
m naleA LOT nm. He had long withdrawn
Wv, u MS heavy guns and material,
n sN'uaihg' apparently, most of his air.
10Y .a4'' out he had to leave his field guns,
w. neavles and men enough to hold his
""e forty miles long. The American
s;s attack was on the long southern
S pas OF the triangle, lying east and west.
~ nu' at the same time smaller attack
' las launched from the middle Of the
a,;n. and shorter side between St.
'llhlel and Fresnes.
we may be certain that at the first
~, saia OF the opening bombardment the
,s saeas from the salient began. The
|,s ss:ny old not allow, however, for the
putty OF the American action. On the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22
It Was Not a Surprise Attack,
l So More Credit Is Due

The guns opened at l a. m. the morn
ing of Thursday, September IL. The zero
hour was $50 o'clock in the morning of
Friday, September Is, just over twenty
Jour hours from the moment when the first
American troops left their trenches. Two
forces, acting on either side of the St.
Nihiel salient, met at St. Benoit, and the
enemy front had receded over segment
fifteen miles in its maximum depth and
forty miles in the total front and nearly
two hundred square miles in area. Over
$4,000 prisoners already had been counted
and sixty guns captured. The operation
was so exact and, therefore, SO brief that
The first details can be rapidly told.
There was no surprise. The enemy
newspapers had discussed for weeks the
mmnence of an attack between the
Nleuse and the Moselle. The greater
credit therefore, is due to the success of
The enterprise. AS no effort at sur
Prise was intended, a preliminary bonn
Oardment of no less than four hours was
delivered along the whole southern front
Of the salient.
A little after daybreak Thursday last
The right central half of this front from
point south of the isolated land to the
Germans essentially observation post of
the high Montsec to a point just west
OF the famous Bots lie Pretre was the
scene of a sudden assault by the Ameri-
can infantry. 1t was the first operation
on such scale attempted by them since
their entry into this campaign. They
attacked along front of eleven miles
out of a total of twenty-five between the
Aoselle and the Mouse.
There WIS no continuous water OBJ
ssacle here, only an isolated pond far
behind the line. The tanks could do their
work. The German line broke hopelessly.
oy the middle of the morning the ad-
Vanced units were already near Thiau-
court, and shortly afterward they held
mat town, between five and six miles
from their point Of departure four to
SIX hours before.
Here let me describe the salient which
has been reduced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

to IN these columns. The first goes from
CALAIS and Boulognc through Amens to
Paris. 1t is the main line of the North
ern Railway Company in time of peace.
The second goes from Paris through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

a main offensive and was but the pre-
ude to what must follow, it is certain
that important strategic results must i'm
mediately attach to it.
The first is the release of the main
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

eastern railway from Bar-Ic- Due to
Nancy. This main lateral communica-
ton of the Allies during all these years
of war in the West consisted of two great
trunk railways perpetually referred
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

short western face, where there ;s vorx,
little broken and much denselv xpooded
country, he held up the attack fairlv we'll
against the American and French forces.
win the aid Of Austrian renforcements
ne mere prevented a complete advance
Tor nearly twelve hours. But on tho
southern face he collapsed before the
main attack. The consequence was
very heavy loss in infantry, no less than
1o'ooo men at least, and probably that
total VIII be Increased before the count
ing Is over. Early Friday cavalry from
the southern American attack had io;ned
with the advance from the west. and the
salient of St. Mihiel had ceased to exist
The conformation of the countryside
IS peculiar. The River Mouse runs from
south to north in a sharply defined VAL
ley which varies in width from one to
three miles. On either side of this val
ley rise steep, wooded hills from 300 to
5OO feet in height above the water. and
these form two banks, as it were, inclos-
ing the stream. The hills on the eastern
side are called "the Heights of the
Meuse." Most rivers run in the midst of
broad basin and receive from either
side tributaries whose sources lie far off.
The popularity of the upper Mouse and
Its strange trench valley is that no such
tributaries come in from the eastern
side. The moment you have passed the
summit of the eastern hills, in some
places only two miles from the river. Won
are already in another river basin, that
OF the Moselle, and the streams run off
eastward away from the Mouse.
The heights of the Mouse fall abruptlv
on this eastern side onto the plain of
the Woevre, which stretches eastward
as far as the eye can reach to the
Mosclle on the horizon. On a clear day
one can Just see from the SUBMITS of
these heights beyond the plain of the
Woevre the hills around Metz, twenty
odd miles away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22
By P. w. Wilson

Correspondent of The London Daily
NeWs
wv YlTH wonderful sympathy the
w ever ,, s.:', liable, American sss,
visitors who have told the
tragic yet thrilling story Of what war has
meant across the ocean. The time has come
when perhaps we may be allowed to return
the compliment and express to Americans
what we think about their effort will use
no adjectives. Flattery and compliment
would be superfuous. will give the facts
simply as I have already cabled them to
London.
The United States has registered 24,oo0,-
900 men. She did this in two days, or
twenty -four working hours-that is, at the
rate of 100000 men an hour. l am Brit
ish subject, located in New York, but regis
tered in Rhode 1sland-not simple case.
1t took three minutes, and that included
friendly greetings.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
NORTH CAROLINA RAPIDLY
!, !. APPROACHING FIRST RANK
! bs,'.
commissioner OF Agriculture Est
mates. Value OF This Years Farm
:, Products at S1O0,O00,O00.
STATE HAS WHEAT SURPLUS
Farmers Raised $4,000 Bushels
More Than Was Needed for Do
mcstic Consumption-Othcr Notes
From Raleigh.
Especial o The Times p,spatch.l

Especial % The Times piSpatch.l
:. RALEIGH, &C. December TN
his annual report 10 the
s sioner of Agriculture w. ~ Graham
= made a splendid showing for North
! Carolina farming and for the affairs
OF the state Department OF Agriculture
( of which he is the head. The depart
. lrh,nt receipts for tho year totalcd $363.-
t5I5 Some OF tho most notable sources
I cot the departments revenue were:
meal. s26.,?2. feed. s4o.7ol; hog serum.
t,5,5: lime. S22,962: ties; farms ST.
{ Tie report gives the estimated value
1918 as s7h0.o0o.ooo compared with
sstl1s46.0o0 in 1916 and only sli2.S9o.-
900 for 1909. He SHOWS North Caro-
! lima to have passed from the rank OF
1 twcnty-fifth in corn in the Union to
fifteenth. from twenty seventh in
wheat to ninth. from twentieth TO nth
in potatoes. second in tobacco. fourth
| TN peanuts. first i'll cotton acre pro-
duction. tenth i'll apples and seventh
noo nea nshs TGe rSn9 5n@W5 1as
ana abo3te TIC fhee,as Of the State.
Commissioner Graham rencws insist
cncc that the dcpar,ment must have
some legislative relief for it's building
/ equipment, especially the $4,000 de-
sired from the Legislature for re-
a placing tue UTt trap section Ol the
building with freproof quarters, in
which there shall he ample vault as
3weN as division quarters. The COM
| missioner reviews the work OF the de-
partner, in tick eradication. for which
/ there arc plans to completely clean
Sup the State by 1920. The situation
Vas to agricultural limestone grinding
for the farmers by the State depart
ment was reviewed as developing sat
isfactorily. General and further in
rreascs in salaries were recommended
Ito Keep up with the steady climb in
I the cost of living.
Tine report on animal industry
showed nine creamcrieS operating in
the state. The report notes the res
/. ienation of w. ~ HUT as horticultur-
Alist. effective November |, and sug-
gests leaving the place vacant for a
while. Affairs 1T the different test
l EARNS are reviewed and recommends
ton made that the dairy herd on the
}Wcndcr farm be sold to provide cat
silc for tho Buncombc farm. the dairy
iwork being supcriluous i'll the east.
the commissioner says.
J. a. Giles OF Glen Alpine. was
named to-day by Governor Beckett as
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
The Quick Way to
Stop q Cough
This homemade syrup does tho
work In . hurry. ERally pro-
pared, and saves about 81.

You might be surprised to know that
the best thing you can use for a severe
cough, is a remedy which is easily pre-
pared at homo in just few moments.
It's cheap, but for prompt results it beats
anything else you ever tried. Usually
stops tho ordinary cough or chest cold in
"a hours Tastes pleasant, too-children
like it-and it is pure and good.
Pour 90 ounces of Pinex in 4 pint
bottle; then fill It up with plain
granulated sugar syrup. Or use clari-
fled molasses, honey, or corn syrup,
instead of sugar syrup, if desired.
Thus You make a full pint-a family
suppy-but costing no more than
small bottle of ready-made cough syrup.
And as a cough medicine, there is
really nothing better to be haG at any
price. 1t goes right to the spot and
gives quick, lasting relief. Il promptly
heals the inflamed membranes that line
the throat and air passages, stops the
annoying throat tickle, loosens the
phlegm, and soon your cough stops en-
tirely. Splendid for bronchitis, Group,
whooping cough and bronchial asthma.
Pincx is a highly concentrated COM
pound of Norway pine extract, famous
for its healing effect on the membranes
TO avoid disappointment AJAX. your
druggist for S'2 l.sounces Of PineB with
directions and ,dop't scsept anything
else: Guaranteed to give absolute Salts.
The Pinex Co., ii. Wayne, Ind. N
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08

Ministerial Union Meeting Deferred
The December meeting OF tho Minis
tcrial Union will no, be held to-mor-
row. 1t has been deferred by tho of
ticcrs until later in the week on ac-
count O: the absence OF all the Meth
odist ministers from the city, and in
order that the plans for the Sunday
evan EciiStic campaign may be further
perfected for announcement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
RICHMOND TIMES DIsPATCH:. SUNDAY, DECEMBER g. 1918

nounccs that special edition. will be
issued the day President Wilson ar
rivcs and urges Socialists and labor
organizations to spread tho edition.
circulation" IL Says Our friends may
be certain they arc doing good prop
uganda work against tho impcraiis;ic
passions of the present hour and for
just and final peace"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
PLANS NOT COMPLETED
Sunrd of Honor Chosen 10 Escort Pres
fdcnt Wilson Through Streets
OF pnr1s.

PARIS. December Tho program
tor president Wilson's visit here is not
yet fully settled. according to. Marcel
iiutin. of the Echo dc Paris. lie says
however. that the crack troops forming
the guard of honor have already been
selected. II is probable that President
Poincare Will give Il lunch for MIR. and
MIS-. wilson on Saturday. December
II, the day they arrive in Paris.
The Socialist organ. Uumnnitc an
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
AK Sale. Modit,rntion.

NEW YORK. December Tho New
York Merchants Association has APP
pealed to tho Council OF National De-
tense to modify the agreement exist
ing between the retail merchants and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08
rARDONED AFTER SERVING
EIGHTH MONTHS OF SENTENCE;

Clarence Davis. Wilkes County. is
pardoned from the remainder of n
three years Sentence for manslauGhtcr
10y Governor Beckett on recommends
ton of the trial judge, solicitor and
others on the ground that there has
not only been sufficient punishment
in the eight months sentence. but that
there is really doubt as TO the young
man haying fired the fatal shot that
killed.his antagonist.
Commissioner of Labor and Printing
NJ. l.. Shipman has gone TO Winston
Salem to attend n special conference
OF workers for the war savings cam
paiEn being waged by Colonel CT. T..
H. Fries
\ charter is issued for the Bcrtic
Supply Company, of RoXobel. capital
$4,000, authorized and $1,000 sub
subscribed. by I. y. Bishop and others
for a general mercantile business. cs-
pccially the business Of running
farmers for tho crop season.
The Emo Land Company, OF Durham.
is chartered with $4,000 capital au-
,horzcd and $4,000 subscribed for real
estate development. j. q. LunSford Is
among the incorporatorS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08

y member of the joint board of dirco-
tors for the state hospitals for the
Goldsboro. lie succeeds the late c. p.
Mathcson. who died few days ago
ut his home at Taylorsville.
Governor Beckett on the Governor OF
New York for Ira Polansky. who IS
charged with forging tho name of
Thomas III. Daic to Il check for $500
on tho Nachovia Banking and Trust
COMPANY at Winston- salem. The fu-
GitiNc is under arrest in Brooklyn. n.
\. An officer Will go from Winston
- 'a, tor In inn,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-08


es, pu as Say sRps o
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-16
RED CROSS MAKES
 SPLENDID REPOkT
Total of Eighty Eight Pieces Have Been Turned Out Since the
 26th of January.

The standards committee of the To- cal Red Cross Chapter, composed of Mrs. A. J. l.. Stephens, Mrs. A. J. Wolf and Mrs. Owen Walker, held meeting today and passed upon the following garments which have been completed since January 26 by the chapter members: Twenty three pajama suits GAG pieces.)
 Twenty eight bed shirts. Fourteen hot water bag covers.
 Total-88 pieces. The committee did not reject sim gle article, which speaks we'll for the work of the chapter. Several ladies of Tuckerman visit ed the local work rooms yesterday for the purpose of gaining information to be utilized at the opening of their 1 work rooms next Tuesday.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-16

State of Arkansas plainly provides that The governor may, by proclaim ation, on extraordinary occasions convene the general assembly at the seat of government, and the present conditions confronting us as 9 people in regard to the traffic in intoxicat- ing liquors plainly constitute such an extraordinary occasion which can only be met by Special and Extra ordinary convention of the General Assembly, which occasion is both grave and urgent and will become worse as the year goes by.
 Now, Therefore, in view of the un- doubted emergency confronting us, Be It Resolved That we do hereby respectfully petition the Honorable c. H. Brough, Governor of the State of Arkansas, to speedily convene the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, at the seat of government at Little Rock for the purpose of passing additional drastic laws against the introduction of intoxicaJ- ing liquors into the State of Arkan- sas in any manner or by ay any means whatsoever, for the purpose of hav- ing said general assembly ratify the proposed amendment to the constitu- ton of the United States forever pro- hibiting the liquor traffic and for such other legislation in this behalf as the general assembly in it's judg- ment may deem most effective for the total suppression of the liquor traf- fic; and,
 Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions over the signatures of our chairman and clerk be mailed to Governor Brough and copy sent to the newspapers so that the. public may be advised of our action and stand on this important matter"
 The above and foregoing body and preamble, S an exact copy of the res olutons passed by the First Presby terian church of Newport, Arkansas, February 10th, 1918, Sunday nght.
 E. D. Brown, Chairman. s. M. Beattie, Clerk.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-16

Genoa, Italy, January 20.-(Corres- pondence of The Associated Press)- From Queen Helena of Italy, the American Red Cross Committee for Genoa, has received telegram ex- pressing her appreciation and that of King Emmanuel for it's thigh and beneficent work" in opening can teen and refreshment place in the railroad station at Genoa. The Genoa Committee was organized early in November, erected chalet in the station yard and served as many as six hundred refugees in single night, during the height of the Teu- tonic invasion.
 Now that the influx of refugees has decreased, the scope of the can teen work has been expanded to in- clude Italian, British and French soldiers passing through.
 The new work was formally inau- gurated this week in the presence of municipal and army authorities. Paul Grosjean, manager of the Genoa branch of a New York bank and chairman of the local committee, spoke in behalf of the whole Red Cross organization in Italy. A Bel gian, he has enthusiastically under taken the American work.
 "The small nations, overwhelmed by the barbarian, have stronger faith than ever," he said. "This is an ex- ample to us. To these little nations The American Red Cross represents
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-16
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

 The Independent is authorized ts announce the candidacy of the follow ing persons, subject to the action o1 the voters at the city primary ir Newport, Wednesday, February 27 1918. For Marshal Abe Ballew. c. c. Martin For Recorder B. c. Graham. For Mayor E. L. Watson. For Treasurer c. P. Randy.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-16
TAKE CARE AND FEED THE PIG
 PROPERLY FOR BEST RESULTS
By Fl. K Sanders, Pig Club Specialist, University of Arkansas.


 Care and feed are two great factors in producing pigs; consequently how to feed thepigs before weaning should be well understood It is true that if pigs are given an opportunity they will begin to eat when about three weeks old. For these young animals nothing is superior to skim milk mix ed with shorts. Many farmers have no skim milk, and in this case thin slop of shorts will be the best thing tu feed until the pigs are from four to six weeks old, after which time the ra- tion should be made up of equal parts of corn meal and shorts. These young animals should not be fed on corn alone. They should Dc given such feeds as skim milk, shorts, pas ture, cowpeas, soy bean4, meal and peanuts, because they make bone and muscle
 Weaninc the Pigs.
 Don't wean under eight weeks Of age. 1t is better not to wean until 10 or 12 weeks of age. The mothers feed at weaning time should be re- duced so that the flow of milk will be checked. If full feed is continued when the pigs are weaned, the moth CTS teats and udders are apt to be ruined. Gains on young sucking pigs can be made as cheap by feeding a given amount ef feed to the mother as feeding directly to the pigs, yet the pigs should be accustomed to feeds before they are taken from the motli- CTS. If not they are sure to be ser iously checked in their growth. Feed what they will readily clean up of five parts corn meal, five parts of shorts and one part of tankage or nine parts of corn meal to one part of tankage, bran or middlings for young pigs: and for adult pigs one part tank age to Il parts of corn, bran or mid dlings will balance the rations in the proper proportion or each to build up the bone and muscle of the pig. Pigs eight to nine weeks old should weigh from 36 to 40 pounds each.
Newport daily independent., 1918-02-16
ADDrecidtes the Red Cross

the spirit of humanity that animates the entire American people. It has given immediate aid to unfortunates forced to abandon their homes. 1t works throughout Italy in harmony with the country's institutions. It in tensifies the bonds of solidarity and sympathy between the two countries. Out of the awful struggle good has come. Nations understand each oth- CT, draw nearer together, and strengthen their friendly relations. The American Red Cross and the It. allan Red Cross will work together in holy mission of giving comfort and aid"
 Consul General David T. Wilber expressed Amberica's appreciation cordial collaboration shown by citi- zens of Genoa. The mayor of Genoa responded warmly for the civilian authorities and General Garione for the military.
 American, Italian and Red Cross flags were flying, and the station was thronged with cheering crowd"