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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
Baker in Effort
to Withdraw His
Statement on Loan

Efforts TO withdraw the state
ments reported in The News-Times
Thursday morning, as coming from
Chairman A. D. Baker of the Lib
erty loan committee, and Burton
Haines, a Liberty loan salesman
from Indianapolis. in which they
criticised the War Chest" cam
paign as being responsible for the
slow sales of Liberty bonds. result
ed in a signed statement today by
Mr. Baker, and r. c. Stephenson,
district chairman, making Mr..
Haines the goat" The statement
follows:
1T is extremely unfortunate that
there should have been an article
published in The News-Times this
morning under the heading of
Baker Blames Drive For War Chest
as Loan Hindrance," which resulted
from an interview given one of the
reporters for The News-Times by
Burton Haines. a volunteer Liberty
bond salesman from Indianapolis,
who has been doing some work in
this locality i'm connection with the
sale of Liberty bonds, and who had
no authority to make any such
statement on behalf of the commit
tee.
The committee had no objection.
whatever. to the drive that was
made last week for the War Chest
fund, after it was determined to put
il on in advance of the Liberty
loan campaign, but all the members
of the committee were enthusiastic
for raising the fund. They con-
tributed literally thereto and real
lied that il was extremely necessary
that the money be provided 10 al
leviate the sufferings and hardships
of the soldiers in France.
The citizenship of st. Joseph
county do nor need 20 be criticised
in the laudable work that is now be-
ing undertaken as they have re-
sponded patriotically, generously
and willingly to the call that has
been made upon them and there is
no doubt, but that the response TO
the government in the present crisis
will be needed and met by every
true and loyal citizen within the
limits Of the county.
ROME -. STEPHENSON.
Dist Chairman.
A. d. BAKER.
County Chairman
some Of the Exact Facts.
The facts of the case, as reiterat-
ed by The News-Times reporter.
who wrote the morning story, runs
TO the effect that Wednesday even
ing. the Liberty loan headquarters
called The News-Times oisce, ask
ing that a reporter be sent at once.
When the reporter arrived A ID.
Baker. county chairman. with
whom the reporter was acquainted.
introduced him TO Burton Haines
bond salesman from Indianapolis.
telling Mr.. Ha5nes, Here's your re-
porter"
Mr.. Haines then proceeded 10 ex-
plain the situation 10 the reporter.
You've got 10 wake South Bend
up he declared. Print a big
headline in the morning paper
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
GET HEAVY LIST Of
j. s. CASUALTIES
Increasing Long Reports In
dicateS Americans Are in
Important Fighting.
International News Service

International News Service:
WASHINGTON, April IL.
one of the largest lists of Amer
lean overseas casualties reached
the war department about 9
o'clock today from Gen. Per
shing Officials in charge refused
TO say how many names there
were on it. simply characteriz-
ing it as very large The list
will be made public probably
this evening.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
Declares That" War
of Positions" Will
NoU be Resumed
BY FRANK II. SIMONDS.
es and Associated Newspaper War Expert

From the very beginning of the German offensive three weeks
ago three great questions have been in every mind.
FTS-Can the Germans win the war by this offensive;
SeCond-What has happened TO the allies?
ThiTd-Have returned TO movement Is the famil-
of positions At end and the Napoeonic method
again?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11

LONDON April ll-FurouS fighting continued ON Neines-
day and last night along the whole battle la Bae
canal YpreS canal in Belgium the announced TO-DAY
The British withdrew Ameniere which
German shells.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11

The views OF American writer's on
these subjects have been set forth
az great length i'm recent days. but
7 count myself fortunate 20 be able
az this time 10 present the view OF
a French staff officer. Lieut.. Col
Paul Azan. chief of the French in
structOrs Of the training camps in
the middle and eastern states. a
military historian before the war,
and a brilliant officer both in the
feld and on the staff in the present
war Col Azan has written me a
letter setting forth his views Of the
great German offensive with partic-
ular reference TO the lessons which
it has for the American army. He
believes that the larger German
purpose has been defeated and ne
is convinced that we have already
returned 10 a war OF positions. and
that no war Of movement is possible
for any length OF time in the present
conflict
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
AMERICAN TROOPS REPULSE HEAVY ATTACK
Enemy Force of 500 is
Driven off IN the Toul
Sector by the San,n1ies

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE % p n.y., April
O-Amecan troops the front northwest of Tou today beat
of the heaviest attack yet delivered against them when the Ameri-
can lines assaulted by 500 "Shock" soldiers.
The enemy cOmpeey routed and suffered heavy losses
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11

WASHINGTON. April II The
overnight casualty list from Gen.
Pershing contained 124 names.
Only one soldier was killed in
action. Two died of wounds. five
died from accidents. L died from
disease, 60 were severely wounded
four were massing in action and 80
were slightly wounded. While but
one was killed in action, according
to the list. 90 were severely
wounded, against 80 slightly wound
ed. This was the first time the
proportion lay in this direction it
was noted
List of Deaths.
KILLED IN ACTION - Private
John Pelkey.
DIED OF WOUNDS-Maj Edwin
r. Kimble: cpl Thomas J. Roberts
DIED OF ACCIDENTS-Private
Frank Bellizi, Private Leland NJ.
Pathews. Cadet William J. Whyte.
Cadet c. a. Brader. Lieut.. Charles
d. Seward
DIED OF DISEASE-Cpl. Fur
man Peoples. pneumonia; Privates
Tobe Racket. tuberculosis; Allan ].
Durward. meningitis. Leo Francis
Farrell. pneumonia; Bennie r. Sell
lin diphtheria; Elmer William y.
Shoemaker pneumonia: Morgan
Taylor, pneumonia Bugler Andrew
A. Dickes, diphtheria Private Will
liam +. Brakeman. pneumonia;
Charles W. Epple, meningitis; Le-
land Johnson. erysipelas; Frank
Sheppard. typhoid fever: Private
Isaac Simms. pneumonia.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
PRESENTS VIEW
OF FRENCH EXPERT.

Eoth on the technical and the
non-techuical side Col. Azans' view
seems to me the most interesting
have yet read since the German
offensive began. and / present his
analysis without further comment.
Writing on April Sth. Col. Azan
saws:
"AIl the so-called military experts
are seeking today some phrase by
which 20 define the strategy of the
Germans IN the present drive; they
are trying to deduce from the events
of each succeeding day, new set Of
principles of warfare But the prin-
ciples OF strategy and the laws
which have governed the art Of war
since November. 1914. have never
changed: they are simply those of
the war OF positions.
The Germans are carrying out
an the principles OF the war Of po-
,itious as / have defined them. They
have attacked. moreover. as was TO
he expected. ar the point of junction
OF the French and British forces.
They knew that the allies possessed
no generalissimo. and they counted
ON lack OF coordination and liaison
20 help them win their game. After
having tried. as all the world knows.
10 separate the English and French
armies. they are trying 10 widen
The zone which they have conquered.
So as 10 cause the rest of the allied
rr,,,t IN rive wEV
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
PRESENT SITUATION
DANGEROUS To ENEMY

=
"Rut their present situation is by
mo- means free FROM grave dangers
-o themselves. In the first place.
they have. at least up TO the pres
ont but single zone Of attack.
Thev sacrifice thousands of lives
there every day. thereby disorsan-
.zing whole divisions. are they
Going to have troops enough TO att
fack elsewhere. il such oe their IN
ention?
secondly. attracted by the bait Of
Auiens and OF the railway thence
-o Paris ,hey are thrusting forward.
towards this objective. and have
Inns created a salient which is un-
favorable and even dangerous 20
themselves The conquest OF "a zone
~ Isnd however large il be. is Of
mn advantage. il its acquisition IS
200 costly. or if il places the troops
,~bicb occupv il In an unfaNoraole
place. Both these conditions apply
+o the situation of the Germans
,cdav Not only have they lost very
,eavilv. but they run the r.sh OF
beirr exposed 90 cross nre. and IL
,.,,1tor offensive is launched at the
base of their salient theH are j"
5,urer of having their first line
looms taken from behind and cut
20 pieces.
-.Tbeir troops are obliged TO con
oontrate i'm the salient If they intend
80 enlarge. SO that their efforts to
frcrease their success viii expose
hem 20 the grasest disasters.
when such a salient cannot he
o,i.rged II is best TO eNaSuate it;
bYt a retreat is almost as dangerous
continuation OF the attack II
fbe Anrlo-French army watches lis
rbance the enemy cannot eNacuale
rbs salient without beins attacked 4;
ANA it IS we'll known that AN attack
.l,,rfrr retreat may easily occa-
sion disaster.
CFN TOCH HOLDS
PREM N HIS HANDS.
..rbus. Gen. Foch seems 90 hold
his nrev i'm his hands The ~itua-
80 - a axiefs to-day Vas certainly
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
oFN ToCH HOLDS
nRLN IN HIS uANn~.

Thus Gen. Foch seems 90 hold
his nrey i'm his hands The situa-
tiop As II exists today, vas certainly
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
THE WEATHER

Indiana Generally raEr ana
slightly cooler tonight. Friday part
iy cloudy. Lower Michigan Partly
cloudy tonight and Friday. uo-
much change in temperature.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
some Of the Exact Facts.

(CONTINUED On PAGE FOUR
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11
Furious Fighting
on Belgium Line
in Channel Drive

n ternationaI NeMs servIee
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-11

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The Washington times., 1918-08-25
Beatrice Fairfax of the Problems Pitfalls Workers
Especially for Washington Women

A group of Washington women
were sympathizing over the afflic-
tion of an absent friend-her only
son, who was just twenty, had FALL
en- into the CLUTCHES of i widow.
The woman doctor did a little
mental arithmetic and computed
that the lady in question must be
twenty years the bows senior.
The lady in the Treasury had
distinctly obituary notice as she
remarked: "They often go like
that, in the first flower of their
youth"
The statistician-a terrifyingly
clever woman who computed things
for the Government that ran into
billions, and who knew the inner
most secrets Of "dollar-a-year
men," and who were patriots and
who were something else begin
ming with P, began: Statistics
now prove that the average male
begins his romantic life by falling
in love with a woman twice his
age
When some one awakened with
what sounded like a slight snorc,
a member of the Drama League
said: at would make a corking
good plot; the boy finds a heap OF
'mush' notes she had written to
his father in college; then he dis
covers he has really been in love
with a sweet young thing all
along"
Some one groaned and said that
situation was very reminiscent of
the French farces of the last gen.
GRAFTON. And two ladies present,
who had never married. but werc
welded to art, said, They were
glad of it that the responsibility
of bringing up a boy and getting
him through teething, college, and
his first dinner jacket would have
been TOO much for them"
Then everyone looked solemn
and stared at the electric fan and
remembered nice things about
little Archie" when he was in
knickerbockers. Little Archie"
was the victim of the widows
ffty-seven varieties Of cuteness
and everyone felt that some sort
of an expeditionary force ought 10
be sent TO rescue him without de-
lay.
Then the door opened and in
walked little Archies mother, look
ing radiant. II she had got her
lamb into the diplomatic CORPS. or
secured him a Carnegie pension.
she could not have appeared more
delighted.
Now don't all look as II you
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
Gossip and Chatter

Dick Sylvester. lately major and
superintendent of police of Wash
ington, D. c.
Having occupied his cottage there
for the past few weeks, l can say
that some one left in 1t the finest cnl-
lection Of Deadwook Dick novels you
ever saw.
That's studying criminology for
you, hey.
Wouldn't II be fine IL some one
would start SOMETHING that would
eventually run a few car lines to
our wonderful parks?
w. r. & E. Co. has showed con-
siderable good sense In employing .
well-known experienced railroad
man in a traffic-mAnaging capacity.
Perhaps now they'll get a president
who has had experience with q street
car line from some position other
than the cashiers window.
How about doing little something
for Georgia avenue? One of the
finest thoroughfares in Washington,
leading TO one of the finest sections
OF the rural neighhorhoods. Paved
with antiquated cobbles and infested
with trolley poles. III bet hat that
II there should be suddenly discov-
cred a street like that a few blocks
further west, the District Building
would he trampled down under the
rush OF protesting property owners
BY the way-seen anything 0e
those eighty nev eara?
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
Just About People

don't need a rail to park automobiles
these days.
The new court house will be one
Of the most valuable and most beau
tiful pieces Of public property in the
United States
In the Police Court met JIM
HUGHES, the veteran II was Jim
Hughes who shaved Abraham Lin,
coin on the morning Of March 4
1861, the day of his first inaugura-
ton. Jim was barber in the historic
Metropolitan Hotel.
"a gentleman came in and got into
my chair" said Jim, "and / didn't
know him at all. Pretty soon an
other man dropped In and said to
my customer, Good morning, Mr..
President and even then ] didn't
realize who was in the chair.
"But later, watching the parade,
I saw the man in the first carriage
standing up and doffing his hat to
the crowds. And / was surprised as
] could be to know ] had shaved Lin
coin and had not known it."
JUDGE M'MAHON was trying q
case, with FREDERICK B. RICE
as United States attorney and FRED
B. RHODES as counsel for the de-
fendant in a very important case.
Judge McMahon did a gracious
thing in asking the witness to speak
much slower, as an aid to the
stenographer. | wish more public
officials would remember the stenog-
rapher. Most of them are wonder
full and can achieve the impossible,
but believe me, there are times when
they need the patience Of the whole
Job family and four pairs of ears
and eight hands.
RINGGOLD HART, corporation
counsel at the court, showed me a
grand bunch of tomatoes in his Of
fee. Six big red things that looked
to weigh about a half pound apiece.
They were grown by OTTO
a policeman assigned
to the courthouse.
Mr.. Hauschild has what is prob
ably the TALLEST bean vine ever
grown since the days of Jack and
the Bean Stalk.
He threw a string over a telephone
wire, and the bean vine climbed up
to the wire. Now, when Mr.. Haus-
child wants to collect his beans he
let's the string down, picks the.
beans, then pulls the vine up again.
The Washington times., 1918-08-25

I know a man who simply raised
the roof because he couldn't get any
ice in the recent hot spell. Said ALL
the ice cream dealers in town could
get all THEY wanted. why couldn't
he? Then when ice cream manufac-
ure was stopped he sulked in his
back yard, and was among those
present when Ice cream was served
for BREAKFAST on Tuesday. the
day the ban was lifted.
Public Utilities Commission might
do we'll to change the loading plat
form at Sixth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., south side. At present the
platform is On the west side Of Sixth
street. where many larger merchants
trucks are employed all day long.
Across Sixth street would be q bet
ter place, as there are no merchants
at that particular corner.
Our speed fiends wouldn't be so
brash II Congress would give our
Police Department enough money to
buy motorcycles.
And wouldn't II be nice il the
police could have iron stauch!ons,
and plenty of them, 10 mark the
blocks wherein parking Is permitted
or prohibited. This method OF TAX
Ing q piece of string and tying a
nimsy printed paper TO tree is the
most laughable thing | over saw.
Relieve me, boys, even Harpers
Ferry has better parking signs.
EIarpers Ferry, you know. Is the
summer stamping ground OF Major
The Washington times., 1918-08-25

i hear he is not the only one,
said the lady from the Treasury.
You will find there about every
boy who graduated in June, /"
Archie's mother continued; "she
likes them young-about frying
size. l daresay the mother Of every
bantam that goes there is as CRATE
full to her as I am. She will never
marry again, she enjoys the role
of professional widow too well. In
the meantime she runs the kinder
garten."
The lady who computed statis-
tics said: young boys minds
seem to be made chiefly Of ell
bows, they are all angles and large,
lnobby joints. And the widow is
welcome to all Of them as far as I
am concerned"
The widow will bring him
through that stage beautifully"
the boys mother continued, sand
when he falls in love with some
nice girl she will wonder where
he got his tact, suavity, and knowI-
edge of the world. Very likely
she will resent the widow, and be
jealous Of the part she played in
her husbands education, without
ever acknowledging her immense
debt Of gratitude.
No woman Is ever grateful to
another for that sort Of rescue
work. Second wives notori-
ously spoiled class-are neve.
properly grateful to the first who
broke In the fractions colt and
taught him to be bridle-vise," one
OF the spfnsters spoke up.
But the second always feels he
might have been better without a
few things he picked up from the
first like expecting strict economy
and" the second spinster began,
but was interrupted by Archie's
mother, who said:
This Is purely a talk on
widows and their place in the edu-
cation Of a young man; ! haven't
finished with them yet. The final
duNduLdSe OIL WiuON, As young
mans college education, is that
she serves as a sort of temporary
inoculation for the early matri-
mony habit
BY the time the widow has con-
ferred on them the degree of B.
A.-whic his more comprehensive
than the college ranking-and
means Bachelor OF the Art OF
Being Agreeable. he won't want to
marry every girl he dances with.
His tastes will have been formed,
and he won't be the pitiful object
described In Seventeen
You are so enthusiastic over
them that one would think you
were a widow yourself" some one
said.
The lady from the blizzard State
looked reminiscent: "Once on a
time" she said, Il was a widow
did q great educational work for
many women's sons. 1t Is only
fair that some other widow should
do the same for mine"
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
TODAY'S TOPIC
THE CASE OF THE WIDOW

boy were not making love to her
he would be making love to some
girl OF seventeen whom he couldn't
afford to marry for years"
Everyone looked less anxious
over little Archie. and his mother
went on: "Now I don't even have
to invite the widow to tea. she is
teaching my boy beautiful man
ners. and shey considers herself
amply repaid by having him around
to fetch and carry"
But | thought you took such
pains with his manners when he
was little" some one interrupted.
"Yes! l taught him not to sprawl
over everything, and to take his
hat off and things like that; but
/ couldn't teach him how to talk,
how to make himself agreeable,
how to match himself up with
other men, because they have to
get that kind of a schooling away
from home"
The Washington times., 1918-08-25

had not been discussing the alleged
family tragedy" she began.
Archie's mother has the discon-
certing frankness that comes from
the country west Of the Rockies
and her truthfulness is often as
startling as an epigram.
Il want to say" she began with
a directness that is characteristic
Of her well-known blizzard State.
that regard a widow as a high
ly valuable postgraduate course
to the kindergarten. A boy OF
twenty is bound to fall in love, it
is as inevitable as the safety razor
we give him about this time"
The hostess ordered iced-tea,
and the lady from the blizzard
State continued: And a widow
is the romantic equivalent OF the
safety razor: she tides over a
delicate novitiate and she keeps
him from cutting himself. If my
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GOODWIN.

After years OF peaceful quiet, that
portion OF the Mall" between Sixth
street and Fourteenth streets. be-
comes one Of the hives OF the war
Industry. Sixteen thousand Govern
ment employees, housed In q variety
OF buildings Of old and new design,
make that section into an entirely
new neishborhood. Just as the pres
ent city neighborhOods, with their
defined boundaries, their traditions,
their Oldest inhabitants, and favorite
shopkeepers sprang to being IL the
days Of the civil war. this new War
Department nelghborhood will soon
settle down from its rather fresh
and unkempt status into Q character
istie portion Of this nne big city.
One OF the most pleasing features
OF this nsighborho0d for tEe $4,000
Government employees 10 the nne
open green. spaces. with the great
spreading trees. Lunch time down
there will see the entire 5000 ''tak-
ing II easy" under the branches Of
old oaks, chestnuts. elms, and naples
which grew up with Washington.
Now that this section has become
definitely inhabited, I trust the
gentlemen In charge Of parks and
grounds will see their opportunity to
induce the fullest use Of that stretch
The Washington times., 1918-08-25

You can see q lot Of interesting
people in q mornings prowl around
the city.
For instance, / had to 90 down to
the Census Building, where the Su-
preme Court Of the District Of Co
lumbia is interned pending the erec-
ton Of the splendid new court house.
On the steps was ED Mckee,
smoking a large and comfortable
looking briar pipe. What would the
court house be without Bro. Mckee,
/ wonder?
And thence made straight to
the office of the Register Of Wills,
where a word in the ear Of WILL
LIAM CLARK TAYLOR, produced
the desired information.
And thence to see MAURICE
SPLAIN, the marshal, over whose
Office door hangs the same sign that
graced that sanctum in 1850, I
guess. If you have any respect for
antiquity, Maurice, please don't
change that sign when you move
into the marble halls now being pre-
pared for You in the new court
house.
It's a twice told tale, but q good
one. Just after Manrlcs Splain was
appointed United States Marsha his
faVorits waiter was discussing the
event
what does a marshal do?" asked
the waiter to a friend.
"why. don't you know, a marshal
am de man what sits on a hoss and
leads all de parades," was the wise
answer.
CHARLIE SHREvE was in the
hallway, rushing to his office on
Seventh street, where he keeps
busy. busy. busy.
So also the handsome TOM BRAD
LEY, ex-oarsman. He and and
MAURICE JOYCE, veteran crier and
athlete, fell to talking about the old
Columbia Athletic Club days, and
JOHN CR0SSLEY, the C. A. c. ath-
letic instructor.
Thence to the Police Court, via
John Marshall place, where | stop
ped to wonder IL they will still keep
the Lot Fannery monument OF LIN
coin standing on that high thin pill
lar after the new court house Is fin
ished.
That statue has stood there a long
time-just how long l can't tell Just
now-but it has outlived the old
hitching-rail which ran by its base,
and many is the time have seen
horses tied to that rail. Lawyers
The Washington times., 1918-08-25
Every Woman Worker in
Washington
Should Read the Articles Written Es.
pecially for Her
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

This space on this page will be de-
voted each day to her writings, in which
she will discuss the very many problems
that are daily presenting themselves to you
woman workers in the Government de-
partments There will be no aspect Of
your lives which she will not consider and
write about intelligently, and. above all,
with sympathy.