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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20
(By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.)

Amsterdam, Aug. 20.-Every day ar
ticles appearing in the German press
make it more apparent that the kai-
ser,s government is preparing his
people for great retreat on the west
ern front. y
Many of the articles are undoubt-
eddy inspired by the general staff,
and most Of them hint vaguely at i'm
pending military disaster, yelling the
real situation under such terms as
shortening of the front" and con
centric gathering of our armies"
Gen. Won Ardenne in the Berlin
Tageblatt is the most outspoken OF
the military critics. He warns Ger
many, of an impending change Of po-
sition In a backward direction" add
ing:
,If, Notwithstanding the manner in
which the Germans have frustrated
the French attacks, a shortening OF
the front is carried out, it can only be
pointed out that the German armies
are Standing in enemy country and
that the war is now one Of movement
The momentous' decision to give up
the line of the Marine will, therefore
be no reason for great rejoicings on
the part of our enemies"
Foe: Strategy Praised.
At the same time another famous
expert, Colonel Gaedke, writing in
"Vorwaerts,' warns Germany OF
events that may come" lie gives
extraordinary praise to General Foch's
strategy; which ALWAYS does. the right
thing at the right moment in the right
way"
The military writer of the Berlin
LOkal AnZeigerr remarks that change
in the present line is possible, and
even. probable "The phrase, a wal
10 movement sufficiently expresses
the fact that both parties, attacker
as we'll as defender, have regained
their liberty and may again consider
the battlefield as a, chess board, with
out clinging desperately to villages
heights, or even sections" he says
1T is Indifferent whether troops move
forward or Backward so long as tho
adversarys aims are impeded."
The Cologne Zeitung says:
r. General> rooms attack mas caused
pessmism in Germany. The dismal
ones are going round with their heads
bowed, uttering lugubrious cries and
endeavoring behind the concise state
ments of the official. reports to discov.
er all kinds of bad suppressed events
"The work of the German supreme
army command should not be render
ed more difficult or altogether va
by chattering at home and on the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20

front, as occurred in the case of the
offensive begun on July 15."
\ Retreat Foreshadowed.
An article in the Vossiche Zeitung
clearly; foreshadows retreat It
says: s
1T is not in the interests Of the Ger
man army leadership to allow the
fighting front in France to stiffen,
that IS to say to revert to a war Of
position. Our Strengths in move
ment. Hindenburg has already shown
once by hissgreat retreat that without
endangering the general situation it is
possible to bring movement into stiff
front also by change of position to
the rear. Viewed in this light, there
becomes clear the extraordinary ad-
vantage which lies for Germans in
the fact that they are standing deep
in the enemy's country. We have,
therefore, at disposal as the field of
operations the whole area between the
German frontiers and the present
front The, lines in which the two
opponents stand opposite each other
are now so intricate, that somehow
or other a solution must be found.
Such tension as is connected with the
battles Of this year and ensuing de-
velopments is in the long run un-
bearable. Somehow or other this SIT
uation must change. r !
DO not allow yourselves to be de-
ceived Further great events must
follow. TO even greater extent than
ourselves the French leadership has
engaged itself so deeply that it cannot
break off the battle and is forced to
fight it out
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20
Thousand Belgians
Building Hun Roads

(By Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.) :.
Amsterdam, Aug. 2O.-One thousand
inhabitants Of Coutra west of Flanders
have been compelled to 60 to Sedan,
France, where the Germans are max
ing them build roads and dig trenches.
German convicts work with the Bel
gians.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20
King Albert Gives
Club to His Officers

Paris, Aug. 20.-King, Albert of Bel
fgium has rented and furnished the
pavilion of Henry w at Saint-GermaiA-
eli-Laye to be used as club for Bel.
gian officers, to be known as "The
Gercle Royal des Officers belges." 1t
aims to give officers with families a
lodging at reasonable prices. \
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20
Canada, Too, Calls
For, Army Nurses

by Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n.)
4 Ottawa. Cont, Aug 20-~Canadian
hospital authorities are appealing to
the young women of Canada to enroll
in schools of nursing to release train.
ed nurses for. army service, warning
the public that unless they do so many
civilian hospitals may have to close.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20

Germany is forcing it's men to at
tack and when they 60 out barrase
is held behind them se4hsy1a141H
turn. We found many Of the Machine
gun men chained to- their guns"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20

We're .Epg!ishinen dressed, in American
uniforms to fool them" he said. "They
know now that the Americans are on
the battlefield and have a wholesome
fear of US. -.a
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-20

-ders to train recrlits at CaMQ Forrest.
Ga. --' -'.-~-r'-r --------~--' -
when we took the first German
prisoners they would not believe that
we were Americans, but insisted we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
aNATIONAL SHOES" FOR SALE.

1T now appears from the local
press that the Italian government
will shortly initiate the sale of
national shoes in Milan." Consul
North Winship reports. The sale
of these shoes is restricted to GER
tain classes of the population
mutiIated and invalid soldiers and
their families, members OF families
having a man in the army and re-
ceiving relative allowance from
the government, members of fami-
lies receiving support from chart
table organizations and employees,
both private and governmental re-
ceiving the gh-cOst-Ofiiving in
demnity Owing to the fact that
the quantities of these shoes on
hand at present are very limited
and that it is impossible at the
moment to increase stocks, the
government will use its discretion
to establish exceptions. even in the
case of the classes named. Each
person may have but one pair of
Shoes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
MOTHERS MORN
DEAD IN FRANCE
American Heroes, Who Die From
wounds, Thought of Deeply by
Sister Nation POpulace.

Paris.-(Correspondence of the
Associated Press Thousands of
miles from their maternal hearth.
the American dead, heroes of the
second battle of the Marine who
have succumbed from grievous
wounds IN Paris hospitals, are
mourned daily by French mothers,
fathers or sisters who have felt the
sorrow of the kindred of these
heroes.
Daily, the funerals leave the city
hospitals for the little cemetery
dedicated to Americans by the city
OF Suresnes, located on a hill to
the west of Paris overlooking the
capital. Daily, the Republican
guard in their picturesque and his
toric military attire marches forth
! to the funeral to bestow Frances
regard upon these Americans.
American marines act as the guard
OF honor and though no volley is
fired because it is forbidden by the
French authorities, the American
| bugler sounds taps"
A service is first held in the lit
tie chapel in the hospital Protes-
tant chaplains officiate over the
dead of their faith and Catholic
priests over theirs. The hospital
organization such as can be spared
including nurses, orderlies, clerks,
doctors attends the service
The bodies are borne from the
chapel to ponderous army motor
trucks. AS each body is brought to
the conveyance, the Republican
present arms" When all the dead
have been placed upon their mill
| tary bier, the procession to the
cemetery starts. At the head are
the chaplains in motor cars. Then
follow the motor trucks and last
the guard of honor.
The collins are draped with Amer
lean flags Each one bears two
wreaths, one given by the Republic
of France and another by the city
of Paris Tricolor ribbons bind the
wreaths. In letters of gold. the
ribbons are marked AUX Defens-
eurs de la Patrie."
The little procession winds its way
along the boulevards. The French
know its significance. Without ex-
ception, as it passes, every pedes-
trian stops, uncovers and bows in
homage to the American heroes.
Reaching the summit of the hill
of SuresneS, the interment of the
bodies begins A crowd of French
mothers and sisters gathers at the
graves. They reverently listen to,
the chaplains pronounce the last
words, and heavy of heart, they
| feel the SORROWS of those thousands
of miles away.
The American bugler takes his
place and slowly sounds taps" At
the final tone. the command is given
and the military escort returns to
it's post in the city. The little crowd
of mothers and sisters repair to
their homes, with thoughts of the
mothers and sisters in America.
The Suresnes cemetery is the
gift of the Suresnes municipality to
the American army. 1t is beauti-
fully situated in the midst OF a
cluster of trees. The walks are ar
ranged in the form of cross.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
GERMANS TAKE A
REEL OF MOVIES
AS BOAT TOSSES

Waterloo. Iowa.-Reports that
the Germans use motion pictur'
machines in photogrsphing sub
marine victims are corroborated III;
a letter received here by parents
of John Durchdenwald, one OF the
crew of the American transport
President Lincoln, recently tor
pedoed.
The first flush of excitement
among the men when the torpedo
blasted gap in the vessel. soon
gave way to a remarkable calm.
Then the men suddenly broke out
in chorus:
Where do we go from here.
boys,
Where do we go from here.
Durchenwald' letter tells of the
suffering endured for IS hours
while at sea on a raft. Durchen-
valid said he braved death repeat
eddy by leaping into the rough sea
and then climbing on to the raft
as exercise against freezing.
Several hours after the Presi-
dent Lincoln was sunk the submar-
inc returned to look for the cap
tain.
One of the officers told the sub
marine crew the captain had gone
down with the ship, SO they came
up to where this officer was sit
ting in the life boat and took him
prisoner" the letter continues.
After that the sub came in on
US as close as possible and took
our pictures. They also had a
moving picture outfit and clicked
off a reel of movies of us as We
were tossed about on the RATS and
life-bOatS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
HAMLET

Alex and Frederick De Bord Wis
tied over Sunday with relatives and
friends here
Mrs; G, B. Halstead. Mrs Mary
niece. little Miss, Maxine Boyles.
Cooper in New Boston.
Miss Carrie Cooper is sick with
sonsilitiS at the home of her sister.
Mrs. VIII Wagner.
Mac Hood and family visited a the
home Of Will Wagner Sunday.
Clyde Harris and family spent
Gray.
Hiram Cooper and family motored
to MaComb Sunday and spent the day
with Miss Bessie Cooper.
Elisha Lee and daughters, the
Misses Mary and Elena, and Charles
Bopes and sister, Miss Katherine,
motored to Monmouth Thursday and
attended a banquet at the Colonial
State university.
Mr. and Mrs. Reinert and children
Of Rock Island spent Sunday at the
home of Prentice Halstead
Mrs. Myron StockberEer returned
home Monday evening from Indiana.
Mrs MyrOn Stockberger and the
Misses Hazel Stockberger and Emily
SWartout spent Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Harter.
The. Woodmen put up hay Satur-
day afternoon for I-eck Cain, who is
sick with malaria fever.
Mrs. c. L. Boyles was called to the
bedside of her father in Aledo Tues
day morning.
Ben Nicely of New Boston visited
with his sisters, Mrs. c. B. Halstead
and Mrs. E. r. Steelman, the last of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph OdelI of Aledo
called at the home of Leck Cain Sun
day.
Miss Addie Boyles was a Rock Is
land visitor Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Cars father and sister,
Miss Mamie, came Thursday to visit
Rev Mr. Carr and family
Mrs Harvey Ramsey and the
Misses Katherine Bopes and Martha
Schriver are in the tri-cities TO pur-
chase siIverware for the Community
hall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
MEETING.

A meeting Of the democratic
county committee of Rock Island
county, is hereby called at the
Rock Island house at 8 p. m, Fri
day, July 10Th, to consider matters
of Importance in connection with
the county campaign in the fall
election.
The attendance of all members
and democrats generally, is desir-
ed
T. A. FENDER, President.
MARX D. HARDER, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
Al the Majestic,

The Safety Curtain" which will
oe shown al the Majestic theatre
tonight and Friday with the bril-
Ilant Select star, Norma Talmadge,
- q fayorite emotional role, tells
me story OF Puck, Norma Tai
Oadge, a dancer in a cheap London
music hall. who is suddenly trans
giehied into army life ar a post in
India.
PUCK is caught between the safe
y curtain which drops behind her,
ana an explosion in the audience,
snen Captain Merryon, from his
oo1' sees her plight. He leaps onto
tiie stage and Puck, remembering a
secret passageway from the theatre
y an unused alley. is saved just
De1ore the walls Of the stage cave
Merryon takes her to his roma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
@,e[hQater
In the Movies.

Spencer Square-Tonight: Earle
Williams and Grace Dormand in
IN the Balance"
AT Spencer SQuare-Friday and
saturday: Sessue Hayakawa in
The White Mans Law; also Mack
bennett comedy. Two Tough Ten
derfeet"
AaIestic-Tonight and Friday:
Norma Talmadge in The Safety
curtain screen telegram.
E1fth Avenue Tonight: 1.-The
auction Block. Pathe news. Fri
Gay: Olive Thomas in Betty Takes
Z Chance comedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
ASKS PRIVILEGE
TO PLACE TRACK
Especial to The Argus. J

Springfield, Ill, July 1S.-The
Moline Pillow company filed petit
ton with the state public utilities
commission today asking for au-
thority to build a side track across
the Tri-City Railway company's
track at Forty-third street in Rock
Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
At the Fifth AHenue.

The Boy Scouts series Of adven-
lures will be shown in motion pic
lures at the Fifth avenue theatre.
beginning Saturday, July 90. Each
and every story is complete and
there are five in the series. The
Boy Scouts of Rock Island have
taken charge of the theatre on DAYS
the pictures are shown and will
share in the proceeds from the sale
of seats.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
JEWISH FAVOR MOVIES.

LondOn.-The moving picture
has acquired a sudden and enor-
nous popularity in Jerusalem, par
ticularly among the native popu-
lation, according to letters from
soldiers there. 1t is impossible to
accommodate the crowds that try
to attend the theaters. People al
most fought to get into a big the
alter when the film depicting the
occupation of Beersheba was
shown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
At the Black Hawk.

Clara kimball Young in The
Marionettes, at the Black Hawk
theatre tonight, wins new laurels
as the unsophisticated country girl
who is married off to the Marquis
Roger de Monclars Nigel Barrie)
he doesn't care for her at all, but
she borrows an idea from a mar
lonette show, and sets out to win
his love. Well, you know what
chance he stands when Miss Young
sets out to do that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
CALL FOR BIDS.

Bids will be received at the may
or's office, city hall, Rock Island,
Ill. until 10 o'clock a. m. July 81,
1918, for painting the outside of the
city hall building. Specifications
on file at the mayors office
City reserves the right TO reject
any or all bids.
JOHN A. MURRIN,
Commissioner, Department of Pub
lie Property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
SOLDIERS RIDE
FREE IN AUTOS
Motorists and Men I'm Uniform in
TrI-Cities All Members of
Salute and Ride" Club.
SUCCESS IN OTHER TOWNS
Tri-City Auto Trade Association
Officials Urge Drivers to
Acknowledge Signals.

Salute and Ride" is the title of
a new club formed in the tri-cities
of which every motorist and man
In uniform is a member.
officials of the Tri-City AutomO-
bile Trade association urge the CO.
operation of the motoring public
in successfully carrying out the
one rule of the club which is TO
give every man in uniform a lift
when possible.
The plan has been worked sue
Cessfully in cities throughout the
United States. The situation here
makes it more urgent that the plan
be enacted because of Rock Island
arsenal where several hundred SOL
diers are stationed. Automobile
drivers have been giving the men
lift for several weeks, but it is I'M
derstood that the soldiers have hest
tated in calling on the driver for a
ride. Salute and Ride" applies to
ali soldiers and motorists and the
drivers of cars are urged to immed-
lately stop when saluted by a man
in uniform and to give him a lift if
possible.
Inter-city traffic is heavy in the
tri-cities making it unnecessary for
motorists to go out of their way in
carrying out the Give En- a Lift"
plan. Soldiers can conveniently
ride in one car part of the way and
ii the mOtOrist has not the time to
continue in the direction the soldier
is going. he may ask the passen-
ger to take the next machine that
happens along.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
PUBLIC NOTICE.

On and after this date l will not
be responsible for debts contracted
by anyone other than myself.
July IT, 1918. JOHN RAPP.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
Cards Not Needed.

In other cities placards have
been furnished to all motorists on
which is printed a message stating
that the driver is willing to give the
soldiers a lift and that the car is at
their disposal whenever possible.
Such signs would be of value in the
tri-cities but are unnecessary as
every motOrist has been placed on
the roll as member and is asked
to aid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18
At the Spencer.


Polly Moran, after a session as a
perfect lady in several Sennett
comedies. goes back to Sherfff Mel!
ana the Wild and WoolIy in Two
Tough Tenderfeet," which will be a
feature of the bill at the Spencer
Square theatre next Friday and
Saturday. There is a lot of won
derful rough riding in this comedy,
and Polly on her broncho, per-
forms some of the widest Of the
stunts. There is one scene in
which Polly is the only passenger
IN a stage hold-up that would raise
the hair on the heads of the famous
old stage drivers of Carson City
fame
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-18

where he cares for her until morn
ing. In the early papers they read
OF the disaster and Puck sees that
her brutal husband. Vulcan, who
mas OFTEN beaten her for fancied at
tentions to another man. is report
ed dead. Later in the list, however.
she sees her own name and real
ICES that his name, too, NAV have
been mistake, and that she is not
yet surely free from him. How
ever, without telling Merryon OF her
past she consents to a marriage
with Merryon and fees to India.
The Washington times., 1918-11-24
FOOTBALL SCORES

League Island Marines, "a: George
town, Z.
Indian Head Marines. 90; Seamen
Gunners. o.
Pittsburgh. 81; Georgia Tech o.
Great Lakes n. T. S. .; Navy 6.
Brown. IS: Dartmouth. o.
Harvard Radios, o: Princeton Avi-
ators, 90.
Granite State T. s. I; Newports
n. r., 9.
Columbia University. IL; New York
University, o.
Harvard, IA: Boston College. G.
Camp Devens. 20: Garden City Avi-
ators. o.
Lehlgh. II: Lafayette. o.
Holy Cross. 81; Tufts, :.
University of Maine. 20: New
Hampshire State, o.
Cleveland Naval Reserves. IA; Camp
Grant, 8.
Wisconsin. II: Ohio State, 3.
Holy CSoss, q; Tufts, I.
Maine, %: New Hampshire State, o.
Naval Reserves. Il: Camp Grant. g.
Wisconsin. /: Ohio State. 3.
Penn. 10; Swarthmore. :.
U. $. S. Hartford. s: Citadel. o.
Princeton Aviators. .: Howard
Radio. o.
Camp Devens, Is; Garden City AvI-
ators. 0.
chicago Naval Reserves. %; Mime
sofa s.
AiiinoIs. %: Chicago. O.
The Washington times., 1918-11-24
Made Few Mistakes.
MEN IN UNIFORM TO WALK
IN FIVE-MILE ROAD RACE

Men in uniform are eligible to com
pete in a five-miIe walking race to be
held anksgivirg Day. $3.50 p. M. on
the EIlipse. The uniform must be
worn. but the blouse may be dis-
carded.
Prizes will be siX-inch silver cup
for first place. and gold, silver and
bronze medals for the next men over
the line. no entry fee will be charged.
and the entry sheet closes at 1880 2. m
Wednesday, November %. Entries
should be mailed to T. w. BurckhaE
ter. War Camp Community Service
headquarters. ! sos Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. Entry blanks may be obtained
at the following pieces:
War Camp Community clubs at 63S
Pennsylvania avenue. Twelfth and ID
streets. 1914 Massachusetts avenue.
I40S Pennsylvania avenue. the V. N.
c. A. and X. OF G. huts at PennsylN3
MIA avenue. and Seventh street, and
the Y II. c. A. building at 172S G
street
The Washington times., 1918-11-24
DARTMOUTH IS FAVORED
BUT BROWN WINS GAME

BOSTON. Nov. 2i-Brown swAmped
her old-time football rival, Dart
mouth. IS to o. yesterday. Sensational
runs through tackle and around the
Green's ends by Quarterback Samson
and Halfback Gagnon, OF Brown, and
intercepted forward passes contribut-
ed toward Browns victory.
Dartmouth went into the game a IA
vorite, and was forced by the speedy
Brown backs to play an uphill game
all the way.
The Washington times., 1918-11-24
HANK G0WDY MAY DEMAND
TRANSFER FROM OLD CLUB

BOSTON. Nov. 2i.-When he comes
marching home again with the boys
OF the Rainbow Division, Hank
Gowdy. who quit the Braves in the
summer OF 1917 TO enlist with the
colors of an Ohio regiment. is likely
70 create a big stir in local baseball
circles by demanding that he be sold
or traded to some other club. 1t Is
whispered that he would like to play
with McGraw's New York Giants
Gowdy is said to have written to
friends here that he Is Through with
the Braves" intimating that he won't
play with the local club again when
baseball is resumed
The Washington times., 1918-11-24
BOWIE PATRONS WILL AID
RED CROSS AT RACE TRACK

Tomorrow is Red Cross day at
Rowie There will be no free list.
All will pay admission prices. and
the entire gate viii be turned over
to the American Red Cross by Gen.
eral Manager O'Hara for transmits
sion to France. Several owners OF
contending horses have also offered
to turn over to the fund their purses
won in the days races.
The horsemen are working in con-
junction with the Bowie mBnagement
and the best horses now in training
will be seen in the seven events on
the card