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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
BRITISH STATEMENT

erable hostile endorsements" says Field Marshal Haigs report from the British front in France today. progress has been made along the whole front of our attack Bray has been captured and a number of prisoners secured.
 Further progress has been made along the high ground. southeast of Albert. Several hundred prisoners were taken.
 "LaBoiselle. Ovillers, Mouqeut farm. Thiepvar and Grandcourt have been cap tured with over 20O0 prisoners. Our troops are astride the Thiepval ridge and are advancing eastward.
 There was heavy fighting around Mi- raumont, where the enemy held out un- til outflanked by advancing columns"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
AUSTRIAN STATEMENT

Vienna August 24.(-Via London.)-The official communication issued by the war office today says:
 Thursday night the enemy dropped go bombs on Douzingreig. Several of the inhabitants were killed and hospital vas damaged.
 Albania: We have pierced the en- emy's lines between Berat and Fiere We carried forward our attacks as far IS the heights south of Kumani and he Italian positions northwest of Berat have been penetrated.
 These successes were extended yester- Fay and enemy counter attacks broken off. We have gained ground in the mountain region of Silores.
 we have bombed an airdrome near Valona (Aylona)."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

Over 10000 women are employed on the lines of the Pennsflvania railroad east of Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
GERMAN STATEMENT

Berlin, August 24.-(via London.)-Ihe communication from general headquar- ters today says:
 ..The British extended their attacks in northeriy direction as far as south east of Arras and in southerly direc- ton beyond the Somme as far as Chaul- nes The armies of Won Beulow and Von Der Marwitz broke the storming attack of the enemy. who was in superior num- aers
 "The strongest artillery engagements preceded the battle launched at day hreak. Our advance lines. in accordance with orders, withdrew and are hghtins along the Croisilles-St. Leger line"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
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number of German dead were found by our troops.
 ..This morning we have advanced our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

ciated Press )-How detachmeht U. American machine gunners contriNeo to take part in the recent 1lghelns on the British front is told in letter from an officer commanding Cana dian machine gun section The ietler says: can machine gunners attacheu .o ou section for instruction. When orders for the attack came. our colonel. wno regarded the Americans as 1nsuIIl- ciently trained for participation, 1s- sued strict orders to the Americans to remain behind during the attack. We were well across into German terri tory when suddenly Americans ap- peared in the thick of the fray on the right flank. They had been le1t pe- hind. according to orders, but re- mained behind only about two min utes, and then took matters into their own hands As soon as the first wave had gone over they followed the Cana dians.
 "One of the first officers they en- countered on the other side of NO Mans Land was the colonel. who hs.d commanded them to remain behino but he was too busy to do much more than .frown at them. They excused their presence on the ground that they thought they could prove useful in es- corting back prisoners, and the colonel gave them permission to do this.
 "But some hours afterwards I saw them again we'll up in the front Of the attack close behind our cavalry. and very busy firing their guns. which they must have kept concealed some where during their interview with the colonel.
 They worked like veterans and stayed with us throughout the next two days. One of them is in line for decoration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
Enemy Staggered As Allies
 DeIiuer BLow After BLoW

line north of Baileul on front Of mile, capturing some 50 prisoners. A counter attack attempted by the enemy during the afternoon was crushed by our artillery"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
VARISAMAN OPPONENT

Senators FAll of New Mexico; Smith of south Carolina. New of Indiana, all an- nounced their support of the bill Opposi- ton to drafting boys under 21 years of age was voiced by Vardaman of Missis- sippi, who said if boys are to be called hn favored extending the maximum draft age to include men of 60 years.
 Answering arguments of opponents of the plan to lower draft ages to IS, Sem ator Chamberlain called the Senate's at tention to the fact that Senators Martin of Virginia and Bankhead of Alabama entered the Confederate army, and Sem ator Nelson of Minnesota and Senator Golf of West Virginia entered the union army at IS years of age or younger Senator Warren of Wyoming enlisted when IT years old. he added. Former Senator Daniel of Virginia enlisted at IS. and was an officer at 19 years of age; :; former Senator McKenna entered the army at 16 years of age; Alexander Ham, ilton was in the Continental army at 19
 'The young men are the ones to fight this war if it is to be fought to suc- cessful finish" the Oregon senator de- clared. land America intends to fight it to a successful finish"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
MAN POWER BILL PASSED BY HOUSE
 IN ORIGINAL FORM
Continued from Page one)

age of police officers is said to be threatened was defeated.
 An amendment by Representative Treadway of Massachusetts, which was adopted, provides for the appointment of special examiners in local conscrip- tion districts for the re-examination of men placed in deferred classification as means of further curbing the deferred classes for additional men for active service
 Chairman Dent of the House military committee read a letter today from Secretary Baker in which the latter set forth his objections to the McKin- zie amendment which was defeated yesterday. and which provided for de-
 ferring the call of youths from IS to 20 years. MT. Baker said he believed the amendment would seriously Impair the ability of the war department to get the men in accordance with the mill itary programme
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

SUPERGUN ACTIVE With the American Army on the Vesle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25

have thrown enough men into the battle to retari the British
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
TEACHERS HERE
NEXT MONTH
A Hundred Of Them Meet at Hiqh
School Auditorium to Study
Teaching of Language
and Geography.

session of the Study Center for
Lee county teachers will be held in
Keokuk next month with members OF
the state teachers college at Cedar
Falls on the rostrum.
About hundred teachers from
Keokuh and southern Lee county are
expected to be sitting in the high
school assembly room on the morning
Of January IS, when the session opens.
T. ]. Cable. OF the state college will
be the instructor in geography and S.
A. Linch, of the same faculty. viii! be
Instructor in language.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
NO PAPER NEW YEARS DAY.

There will be no issue of The
Daily Gate City New Years day.
business in the city win be practi
cally suspended for the day. Mer-
chants should arrange to get their
copy for pre-inventory sales adver-
tisements into the : hands of the
printer at the earliest possible hour.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
posroFFlcE ANNOUNCEMENT.

New Years day, January 1, 1919.
there will be one early delivery and
collection by carriers over the en-
tire city. General delivery and car
riers' windows open from 11:O0 a. IN.
TO 1890 m No delivery on rural
3utes numbers one and two. Even.
II collection as usual in business
lion.
e w McMANuS,
Acting Postmaster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

LOAN AND BUILDING AssoclA-
TON.
Dues payable Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. Fines assessed If paid aft
er 3 o'clock p. m.
J. D. ECKER, Secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31
HALL FURNITURE

$8O002piece hall set chair and settee, seat and
back, gothic style-Pre- Inventory Sale Price $1,000
370O-SoIid mahogany hall seat and mirrorPre Inven-
tory Sale Price Observation-Disclosures. 500 80
$2890-Mahogany hall seat and mirror-Pre Inventory
Sale Price ............... S2275
$1200-Golden oak hall tree Pre- Inventory Sale
Price . .. $3.50
S5.00-Oak hall tree slightly damaged-Pre- Inventory
Sale Price .............s... ........... So 80
$2900-Golden oak hall and bench-Pre Inventory
Sale Price ............. .......5....... $23A
$3300-Golden oak hall tree with gass-Pre Inventory
Sale Price .e.. $3.50
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-31

CHAIRS
$57OO-Mahogany and straight chair; arm air has
crotch back, made BY Berky and y-Pre-I Inventory
Sale Price $3.50
sssoo-solid mahogany, Berky and Gay arm and side
chair-Pre- Inventory Sale Price ........... $3.50
$6OO-Golden oak high grade char-Pre Inventory Sale
Price .............. .............. $3.50
$3.50 Golden oak high grade Inventory Sale
s2so e oak arm and straight chair William and and
Mary style-Pre Inventory Sale Price -. $3.50 $2160
$25.00-Wiliam and Mary style arm and Strength chair
Pre- Inventory Sale Price 1880
CARPET DEPARTMENT. 9x12
$lo5 Oo-Harford Sa1ony rigs, sx1oL Pre- Inventory
Five choice patterns to select nom
S4ooo-Kimarnock, 9x12 rugs-Prel Inventory Sale
Two patterns to select from
$75.OO-Wilton carpet, 11x1EPre- Inventory Sale
This carpet was cut by mistake
carpet with border to match
Three patterns to select from
s2oo-Tapesry carpet border and stair to match Pre-
Inventory Sale Price, I'd ..-............... $11o
Three patterns to select from.
DRAPERY DEPARTMENT
$25oo-Brocade velvet double faced portiers only
Pre-lnVen'ory SAFE Frlce Sl78o
s25oo-Velour and silk porhers Pre- Inventory Sale
3 pairs to select from !. @-000
$2.1O-Lace curtains pair each-Pre Inventory Sale
Price Observation-Disclosures. ................ $105
s3.5o-Lace curtains pair each Pre- Inventory Sale
A1Aoo $1.oO
$5.50-ace curtains, pair each-Pre Inventory Sale
80 ~1.ao |
$125-Iace curtains pair each-Pre Inventory Sale
$500 -. o0C |
75c-Lace curtains, pair each-Pre Inventory Sale
- - - - ooo
$43OLace curtains, pair each-Pre- Inventory Sale
Price s215
$1OOO-Lace curtains, pair eacl-Pre- Inventory Sale
Price ...s..... ........... $500
S350-Iace curtains, pair each-Pre Inventory Sale
Price ............... .............4 $175
s675-Lace curtains, l pair each-PreM Inventory Sale
Price ............ 1897
$1325-Lace curtains, pair each Pre- Inventory Sale
Price .................. .......s...... $685.
$7Oo-Lace curtains panel each Pre- Inventory Sale
Price ..................<. ............ $3.50
s60O-lace curtains panel each-Pre- Inventory Sale
Price .................... ..... $500
s400-Lace curtains, panel each-Pre Inventory Sale
Price .............. ..t............... $500
S9OO-Lace curtains, panel each-Pre- Inventory Sale
Fr1ce 4.......... $3.50 l
S3oo-Lace curtains. panel each-Pre Inventory Sale
fr1ce ...s..........-.-. Observation-Disclosures 175 |
QUEENSWARE DEPARTMENT
f25oo-ffand painted
sl5 oofiand painted piecesPrelnventoy
ssoose Sale
75ccaster set-pre-nventory Sale price 500 soc
s s sss: Price =
Sli-Chocoiate SET beautiful hand
ssoo-Roya Sale
sSso-choeoae Sale Price :s7s
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
Engineers Men of Hour

p9ell lOEe yGiIS.G fS5t ~
Engineers Men of Hour
Tin such times and such places the
Yankees realize as never before in their
lives that the peace and ease of an adj
vance in france varies inversely as the
square of the mud.
In such times the men of the hour
are those Pioneers-both engineers and
infantryAwho are pathfinders for the
guns.
They were hard at work at dawn on
the 26th. With the first Douglboys
to go %riproaring out of the 20 miles of
dismal, mistveiled trenches went en-.
gineers and w~irecutters and footbridgs.
Planks for Everyone
"In Tie division that swept up and
beyond Bethincourt the Engineers at
the zero hour were lying abreast OF
the third infantry wave, each mar car
Trying a plank. When the great hour
struck they passed through the thitt
wave, through the second. through tht
first, so that by the that frs
wave came up to q swollen, swamp,
stream a kiJometer ahead of the jump
ing OFF place, there were the engineer
tossing their planks down to make /:
swift and decent footway.
Over this footway a brigade passel
on. Then up came the planks. to b
Fashioned in twinkIing into a broad
substantial bridge over which by
O'Clock that first morning. heavy traffi
was numbering slowly forward.
Colonel. Sans Socks, Sans Shoe
AS night fell attae end OF the tIir
day. their colonel could have been See
ensconsced In his Headquarters. Hi
headquarters was limousine our. q
was neatly uniformed, except that, 4
defiance If all regulations, he wor
i neither s0cIssnor shoe.IIiswearvfe til,
had got past the point Of endurif,
eithes u n hand he held cup
coffee, the first warm thing he had q
countered for four steepicss days an
nights. 4 the other hand he held Il
~recciycrSof his telephone, which II:
~ronvenisntly set Id the front SD
Into the moulapiscc be vas houring i
report. which mi both boast and
lbitter cpmplaint, s.:ss:|s.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
COMMONS T1I1D OE FOES
ILL BEREAVEMENT on BRITISII

London, Oct . Cave
British home secretary, today gave d
long account in the House Of Connmoils
of GerInafa's ~ treatment Of British
war prisoners and her continued vtio
siatioi of agreements concerning nj4s
utlers of war. and said Germany ought
70 pc made 70 pay for these violaiions.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
Used on ST. Mil,icl Front.

Guns of almost similar caliber next
appeared al the st. Mihiei salient,
where they fired o. he Metz region.
Description of these gung is pro-
si'ibited for military reasons. aside from
the fact that they are transported by
railway. They are Of such size that the
French ~despaired Of the Americans ever
getting them TO the iroEt.
All the accompanying equipment is
ectire American. The monsters were
brought over dashed to the decks Of
ships.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
Dusout stones Used.

an the region Just to his left, Il road
had opened up for three kilometers at
the end of the first day. Down that
road at sunrise, II would have been inn
possible for q column of tWos to have
marched without casualties. The shell.
holes were SO many and so huge that a
five ton truck could not have stood
level in the road. much less have driven
yards along it without disaster.
Yet Don a solid road came into being
there.
Out of 100 dugonts the pioneers
came, carrying the stones with which
those dugouts had been walled. Out OF
the stones they would build new thor
o~ugllfares, or with them mend and
strengthen even those along which the
trucks We're slowly grinding. You can
shove such stones under the crushing
tractor wheels and watch them be
ground to a powder that will defy ever
the steady wash and drain of autumn
IN IN II e 8
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My duties As City Auditor prevent making 4 personal
canvass among my friends 10 Codington County,
Furthermore under present conditions at home and
abroad, | have no desire 10 do 50.
While my age excludes me from the active service Of
my country, my only son, who was born in this county
t~hirty-one years ago is, as nearly every one knows,
facing the enemy in the front line trenches.
At the same time | have in every way possible render:
ed assistance in all Liberty Loan Campaigns and Red
Cross work which has been carried on.
| therefore request the consideration Of all loyal and
patriotic citizens, and take this means Of asking for
their votes. for the office Of Clerk of Courts.
HARRY WOOD
aaNaaRaaaEE - zKEEaMNN6N
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
Engineers Quick Work in Making
Foot Spans for Doughboys
to Cross.
ROAD MATERIAL EVERYWHERE
How the Bridge Experts Prepare
the Way for Boys Who
Garry Guns.

Paris,-The Doughboys and gunners
have been extolled for their fighting on
the western front, but little praise has
ben said for the Engineers and pio-
.neers, whose work in repairing roads
and building bridges is largely response
bic for many American victories at the
front.
When the infantry moves forward
many miles through the rain and over
Scared and tortured countryside as
stretched, ahead of the American army
in the Argonne,'' says the Stars and
Stripes, the newspaper of the American
Expeditionary Forces, the Immediate
task is pushing the heavy artillery
and ammunition III behind them. TIL
Immediate problem is the instantaneous
creation of roads where no roads had
been for wears.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31

"a broad, solid road all the way
through, sir, inc I'll be doggoned If the
traffic of five divisions isn't hogging
it already
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31

IL you have anything you want TO
sell and can't find a buyer, just ster
in the WatertoWn carbonating Co
huiIdinu and have a talk with Auc.
TloNEER NYGAARD. He cries Real
Estate Sales, Livestock Sales and
Farm Sales and Guarantees satisfac.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
Road Material Everywhere


some 1900 men at work on one main.
artery of traffic. mopped his brow and.
blessed the god of good roads who had.
inspired the French to m~acadamize
theirs. For only good roads originally
made of broken stone can be mended
quickly with broken stone. For mate.
rial, even if the neighboring dugouts
were not full of il, the villages all about
are now nothing but broken stone. fit:
only for roadbeds for the avenging
armies.
.'These Engineers had marched up to
the line under the booming guns the
night bfore, Carrying two huge bridges.
each strong enough to bear two lines
of five ton trucks.
I'm some cases the Engineers worked
from freshly developed arial photo.
graphs which INDICATED the details of
their jobs exactly. butsyen photographs
snapped from the air the day before
cannot predict the sl1ellholes and mine
~craters which will yaWn in the earth
at the eleventh hour of q retreat.
boulevard Constructed
Zone such erater-a diz.ving hole 20
feet deep and $50 feet wide split open
the road to Varennes. The road was
straightWay wrenched around it and
now fine "a foot stone boulevard leads
up to yarennes and on beyond for the
steadier supply Of the troops that took
the town and fought on ahead OF it.
These roadnlasters worked under
shellfire, worked night and day, without
sleep and sometimes without food
Nor has their work been qnite void o.
excitement. The Engineer lieutenant
out prospecting with two Of his me-
who had The extreme pleasure Of turn
ing his revolver on an u~nobservet
reargaard machine gun and, eventual
tIys Of seeing the three gunners TAX
flight yer the hill toward Germany
was not 81 the only one.
ssTaken By Engineers.
One knot Of Iioaeers were lustiiI
swinging their picks when the Whiz
of machine gun bullets past alisif ear
,3gaye tkere pause. With an eyiIltssn
warMi,opp, they threw away their pick
ALL ssaoyeis, rushed for their rifle
stacked iandily by. dropped Warily int
The nearest alaellholes, and olened fir
on y lurking nsacnin guns with sue
GOOD effect that they wounded sssers
of the lingering enemy and after a fe'
moments warm figIlting. had the siti
faction Of seeing six prisoners Of che
own taking marched off tarougl. ii
I rain, under guard: The guard Was 4
infantrvnans but you may be sire u
Z pFisoners were labeled. Taken j =
{ Engineers
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-14
NEW DRAFT LAW
 WOULD TEND TO
 PREVENT STRIKES
Also Will Educate Youths Under 21 Serving in the Army.

Washinton, August 13.-With a work or fight amendment designed to prevent strikes and new provi- sion for education at government eX- pense after the war of youths under 21 serving in the military or naval service, the administration man-poW- CT bill extending the draft ages so as to include all men between IS and 45 years of ae, was ordered favorahly reported today by the senate military committee.
 Chairman Chamberlain plans to re- port the bill next Thursday and to take up it's consideration in the sen ate next Monday, cutting short the senate vacation recess period by al
 The bill which was framed by Sec week
 The bill, which was prepared under the direction of Secretary Baker, is framed to enable the nation to in- crease its war proram in accordance with an understanding. reached with the allies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-14
GERMANS REPORT
 ON NAVAL FIGHT

Copenhagen. Aug. 13.-The follow, ing official communication of the Ger man admiralty dealing with the re- cent encounter off Ameland in which several British motor boats were de- stroyed, and German airship was brought down. has been received here:
 British naval forces approaching a German bay were immediately at tackled with bombs and machine guns. eW destroyed three fast boats and damaged another.
 "A battle cruiser and torpedo boat were hit by bombs, the latter being sunk.
 Our naval forces. which immed- lately approached the field of battle. were unable to meet the ertiring en- emy.
 "Our casualties amounted to an air ship, commanded by Corvette. captain of reserve procaess, and an airplane." "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-14
NEWS OF JEFFERSON BOYS WITH COLORS
Gets Letter From Brother.

Mrs. J. w. Gray, 612 West Fourth has a letter from her brother Henry who is with the 17th company, A. K. C., Camp Merritt, N. J. The letter in part follows:
 I have been through Missouri, Illi- ncis, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Penn sylvania, New York and New Jersey and have been in the Dominion of Canada. visited Niagara Falls. It has the prettiest park I ever saw and l have seen many in the large cities. From Detroit, the town with so many automobile factories, they put us on boats and hurried us across into Can ada. have seen some fine harvest fields, mines and mountains chains. "In most of the manufacturing cit ies they would blow the whistles and wave at us. We stopped several times on our trip of 82 hours and the Red Cross ladies always served us good things to eat. We came 900 miles out of the way on account of a wreck that had been on the route we should have travelled"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-14

New York, Aug 13.-Abnormal war time demand for cotton. partlctl- ary of the higher grades were blam- ed for the disparity between prices i'll the southern markets and future quo- tations on the exchanges, by witness es who testified atthe government in- u,liry into the cotton trade begun here today.
 Several brokers told Charles A. Brand, conducting the investigation as chief of the department fagricul- ture's bureau of markets, that exact ing army and navy specifications have contributed toward high prices.
 Best Grade in Demand.
 For articles for which in private trade inferior grades are used with complete success, the witness said, the government departments have re- q,lired white cotton of the finest type.
 Announcing the investigation will not be confined to the operations of the New York Cotton Exchanges, but will go into the entire question of prices where cotton is grown, milled and trade on contracts for future de- livery. Mr. Brand declared that the present differences in rates "seem to be wholly unjustified."
 The bureau has conducted general inquiry into the sharp disparity be- tween spot and exchange prices, he said, and proposes to apply remedy but is seeking the views of the public and of the brokers before compiling it's final report.
 While admitting that 15 to 20 per cent of the trading on the New York exchange is in futures, Walter L. Johnson, president of the organiza- tion, said it was not always posslDle to tell whether a customer was deal- ing as an actual purchaser of cotton or as a speculator.
 West BIames Government. Sidney Y West, of Little Rock, Ark, led the witnesses who laid at the door of the government responsibility Tor