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Arizona republican., 1918-08-06
Bombardments Are Violent

Bombardments Are Violent
 The Germans are not guarding this part of the line, an advance through which to any considerable depth would compel them to entirely lose their hold on the territory around Reims. Vio- lent bombardments are in progress.
 It is not expected the Germans will The hill region to the north of the >Aisne-probably the old Chemin des Danes battle front-is considered the more probable sector on which the crown prince will elect.
 Battle Front May Change
 Possibly the greater portion of the battle front shortly may undergo ma terial changes in positions. From the southeast of Amiens near Montdidier northward to the region around Ypres the German front seems all a-tremble with expectancy. In addition to a re- treat near Montdidier to the west bank l of the Avre river, retrograde move ments in the face of attacks around Albert and an evacuation of territory over a front of half mile north of La Bassee canal the Germans are ner- vously bombarding British and French positions at various points. possibly with the idea of ascertaining their strength. The Bethune. La Bas- see Hazebrouck and Ypres sectors are | being principally chosen for the atten- | tion of the German artillerymen. Crown Prince Rupprecht Worried l Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria during the early stages of the allied offensive on the Soissons- Reims sec tor detached large numbers to aid the | German crown prince, thereby weak ening his line while Field Marshal 1 Haigs front was not materially | touched by withdrawals. It Is prob able. therefore. that Rupprecht is wor- rying over this diminution in strength and already has placed barriers be- tween himself and the forces fronting | him to ward off possible attacks and | is endeavoring to ascertain what chances he has to hold other positions | from which he had intended ultimate ly to launch a drive toward the chan nel ports.
 Ambulance Steamship Sunk
 A German submarine has sunk the British ambulance steamer Warilda. as | the vessel was homeward bound from France, with sick and wounded. A large number of incapacitated men were killed by the explosion, of the torpedo or drowned in attempting to leave the vessel in small boats. Sev- eral Americans were on board and one of them is missing
 Submarines again are working off the Atlantic seaboard-off the Virginia coast, where an American tank steam CT has been sunk, and off Nova Scotia where a number of small craft have been sent to the bottom
Arizona republican., 1918-08-06
HUNS HARD PRESSED TRY TO REACH AISNE
 AMBULANCE SHIP SUNK, OVER 100 KILLED
OF ALLIED TROOPS
 MEETS STRONG OPPOSITION
 FROM RETREATTNG GERMANS
(By The Associated Press)

THE GERMANS now imposing strong opposition
 to the further advance eff the allied troops along the
 Nesie river from the east of SOssOns to the region west of Rems.
 Meantime the main bodies of the enemy army continue make their way toward the Asne to the north of which stream they hope somewhere to reach haven of safety from the persistent onslaught of the allied troops which m less than three weeks have all but plotted out the Sossons
Arizona republican., 1918-08-06
Engage Enemy North of River Aisne

Notwithstanding the bringing into play by the enemy of large numbers of machine guns and artillery o heavier caber the employment of large numbers of picked troops including the wetried Prussian guards and the Bavar ans and in spite of the fact that the rains have sent the Vese out of bounds and turned the lowlands into quag mires, the Americans and the other allied troops have forced crossings of the river at number of new points and on the northern side of the stream engaging the enemy.
 The latest French official communication which re- entIy has been extremely modest in chronlcllng gans made by the aies says that Monday only local el agreements and that the situation the battle front is without change.
 Heavy Casualties Are Inflicted
 Correspondents with the allied headquarters say at several points between Sermos east of Sossons, and Fismes and between Fishes and Muzon. the French and Americans have taken further ground across the Nese and have mlified German counter attacks delivered Tn an andeavor to recoup the losses. Between Mulzon and hamnpnv the Prlssian guard and the Bavarans again suffered casualties in their efforts to hold back their tagonists
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
FIGHTING SPIRIT
STRONG IN FARMERS
Dairy Director HOgue Says He
Has Never Met a Pacifist /,
Among Them !.

Have you ever met a farmer paci-
list? The chances are you have not.
An any rate, George E. Hogue, direct
or OF the Dairy Bureau of the New
York state department of farms and
markets, says that he has met none.
although he has very wide acauaint-
ance among men in agricultural lines.
Mr.. Hogue said:
Il have been familiar with farming
conditions all my life, and my ac-
quaintance with the farmers leads me
TO believe that as large a proportion
are truly patriotic as those engaged in
other professions. / have vet to meet
the first farmer pacifist. | believe
them to be as deeply interested in
winning the war as any body of men
IN our nation. | am confident that
every farmer who is able will buy
Liberty Bonds, and l am sure many of
them who are best qualified would
gladly act on the committees in their
respective counties and towns.
The farmers have met with many
dlsappointments and disbursement
resulting from the unsettled war con-
ditions, and their patience in many in
stances has been sorely tried But he.
with all others, has learned to bear
with these things as incidents of war
fare. The last season he demonstrated
that he could increase production even
with the shortage of labor that exist
ed, the increase in some products. be-
ing SO great that instead of a scarcity
there is today found to be a real sur
plus. | believe he will again the COM
ing season more than do his bit in
raising food and will also respond
readily in purchasing Liberty Bonds.
| know of no safer investment"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
IT'S NOT ALL TRENCH LIFE
United States Soldiers Will Spend Most
of Their Time Behind the
Front.

There are always four soldiers be-
hind the front for everyone in it. You'll
do eight or ten days or, may be even two
weeks in the trenches, and then you'll
move back for a rest and some other
battalion will take your place. SO don't
get the notion that It's one continuous
round of shells and bullets and gre
nades and cold dugOuts. 1t isn't. The
larger portion of every mans time will
be spent out of the line, in towns and
villages beyond reach of any enemy
except aircraft. Otherwise human
nerves couldn't stand it.
Speaking of nerves, did you know
that horses are subject to nerve shock
much the same as men? The veteri-
nary hospitals always have punches of
horses suffering from "debiiity'-noth-
ing but nervous strain. But they don't
have any mules in that shape No, sirt
Whenever you find a hardtail in a hos
pital he's there from shrapnel wound
or cut or because another mule kick
ed him. No nerves in his case! All
of which merely goes to prove that it
takes roughnecks in this game. The
more l see of war the stronger l get
for roughnecks. You can't do without
them. Chautauqua salutes won't win
a war-you need two-fisted men with
hair on their chests.
Another relief from strain will be
leave" Our men are to get it every
three months, according to the present
program; in fact. it will be obligatory
for everybody in order to keep them
fit. They will be given seven days
tel bills paid. Special trains, with
capacity of thousand men each. will
run every week for this purpose
George Pattullo in the Saturday Eve
ming Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
NOT CALCULATED TO CHEER
invitation to Prospective Soldiers to
Purchase Cemetery Lots Criticized
as in Poor Taste.

Down in south Jersey they are wide
awake. The hour of the Jersey clocks
had not gone twice around the dial
after 300 newly drafted men in
certain city had been called for physi-
cal examination when the postman
brought to each of them an Invitation
to buy cemetery lot The invita-
ton read as follows:
(which is the better time to con-
slider a matter of this character? Now,
when there is ample time for calm,
deliberate selection, or later, perhaps,
when there is necessity? Expert
ence has proved the former the better
course; there is satisfaction In own
ing an unused plot, and in knowing
you have relieved others of a respon-.
sibility"
There are possibilities for the hui
morist in this, if anyone feels like get
ting fun out of it. Probably it does
not seem funny to the young men
about to be taken from their work and
their wonted ways of daily living to
go into the trenches.
The clerk of the county is going to
investigate the manner in which the
names got out, and it may not be
funny then for the people who sent
out these cheerful invitations.
Somebody ought to investigate, while
investigation is in order, the psychol-
ogy of these Jersey geniuses.
York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
BUY BONDS WHILE
BIG FIGHT RACES
Liberty Bond Campaign Commit
tee Doubles Effort as Titanic
Conflict RACES Overseas.

The Third Liberty Loan campaign,
which is now holding the attention Of
practically every community throg gh-
out the country, is the greatest tinan-
cial campaign that has ever been con-
Quoted.
Never before has there been an or
ganization so carefully devised, so
carefully trained and so carefully pre-
pared
From the beginning of the present
campaign canvassers will be headed
away from local headquarters toward
every single homestead, office, shop,
factory or plant in the Third Federal
Reserve District with Instructions not
to overlook an opportunity to sell
bonds to any one who has or may be
able to save the amount of money
needed.
On every citizen will be forced home
the fact that it is his duty as a matter
of patriotism and loyalty to the coun-
try which provides him with a home
and with safety in that home. to in
vest his money In the future of his
country. 1t will be pointed out to him
that the vital need at present is the
success of the Liberty Loan, and that
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
Ruruomaster Retorta.

The Prussian town of Altwasser has
developed a humorous burgomaster.
The Schwaebische Taswacht says:
'The burgomaster Of Altwasser, who
has been flooded with anonymous let
tiers accusing him of failing in his duty
as regards the food supplies, has
caused a reply to his accusers to be
posted at the town hall. 1t reads:
"T am blamed in letters for the
scarcity of potatoes, for the heavy
rains and the consequent muddy state
of the streets, and for the unlawful
appropriation of food cards on the
part of many inhabitants. Besides,
the writer's of these missives attack me
for providing my household with more
than / am entitled to and for pocket
ing public funds as salary.
81 invite some of these pettifog-
ging spirits, who have no other re-
course than to besmirch the reputation
of their public officials, to come and
dine with me any Sunday.
"aThey would regret not having
stayed at home to partake Of the meat
with which they are no doubt provid-
ed. instead of the cabbage and turnips
which they would find representing
the Joint on my table,"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
SAVE SOLDIERS LIVES

A large part of the money raised by
the Third Liberty Loan will be spent
on barrages. A barrage is curtain Of
fire put down over a battlefield by
guns of all calibre.
Figures have been supplied to the
United States war department show
ing the cost of the British barrage on
the Messines- Wyschaete ridge In June,
1917, over front of II 200 yards The
British reported that the number Of
their casualties was small considering
the magnitude of the operation.
In six days preparatory lombard
ment 1,250,54i shells We're fired at a
cost of $43, 1866, 535; ON the seventh
day, when the attack was made, 7O7,-
934 shells were fired, costing 500, 424,-
700, making total of 1,961,375 shells,
costing $63,791, 235.
Without adequate barrage prepara-
ton the lives of American troops
would be endlessly wasted at the
front Liberty dollars invested in
barrages will save them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
LIBERTY BONDS
BUY VICTORY
Georges Eastman Sees ReaIIza-
ton Of Nations Ideals
in Big Sales.

In statement by George Eastman,
general manager of the Eastman Ko-
OAK Company, of Rochester, N. Y, en-
phasis is laid on the fact that the sue
cess of the Third Liberty Loan by
means of popular subscription will
represent a realization of the great
democratic ideal. Mr.. Eastman said:
No man in his right senses seeks
to accumulate money except for the
for greater benefits it will buy him.
Only the miser seeks money for itself.
Does not the same principle apply to
a nation? We are the richest nation
in the world by many times over, ond
we have been accused by less success
full nations Of being money makers to
the exclusion of some of the higher
things of life, but the time has come
for us to prove that that charge was
without foundation, that we have
sought money simply for the higher
things 1t would buy and not simply
for the sake Of amassing money.
"The winning of this war is the
greatest thing we have ever had a
chance to buy with our money. 1t is
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
FURS COMMAND HIGH PRICES
More Than Ever Are Pelts of Animals
Coming TO Be Considered Arti-
cles of Luxury.

The high cost of living has a desir-
able running mate in the high cost of
ornamental wearing apparel which has
Suddenly dawned in another article
climbing up to price never dreamed
of in the luxury of adjoining ones self
with a pelt of some favorite animal
skillfully made up for the trade.
For instance, the coyote has jumped
in raw state to as high as $40 and
not lower than Sc The detestable
skunk of odoriferous renown, also clips
$3.50 for his covering, while the wild
cat is now in a rating as high as $3.50
and as low as 81. The little fox goes
for $3.50, and even the jack rabbit
leaps away at cents per pelt.
The above prices were given in n
circular received by J. Fl. Drew, and
came from st. Louis furrier house.
The legal bounty in Arizona is only 50
for the coyote and lesser sums for the
fox and wildcat In consequence the
county is receiving at the present time
but a limited number Of pelts, and the
animal department is practically abol-
ished. Meatless and wheatless days
ordained will soon include hideless
days, unless peace negotiations are
soon realized.-Prescott Journal-Miner,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
{Ma Pes gd *
Author sc AT GeddIold S;SSSSsSsHSy ~ EVA
WILD OATS.

There are two kinds of agricuI.
tural1sts. One kind sows tame oats
In the country fields and the other
sows wild oats on the Great Wbjta
Ways. "Al'0
iame oats are sown in the spring
out wild oats are sown all the wear
round. Tame oats are sown between
dayDreak and sunset, but the most
successful wild oat agriculturalists
start putting in the crop about mid.
night and ride home with the milk.
man in the morning. Tame oats will
not grow without rain, but if there
Is anything that isn't necessary in
raising a crop of wild oats il ia
Water-except in minute Quantities
as a chaser.
Inc young man who has a large
quantity of wild oats to put in usu-
ally dresses for the job very care.
iulIy., He wears all the clothes his
tailor will trust him for. And vet
sowing wild oats is infinitely harder
on clothes than the other Job. Night
after night, the sower will come
nome with his plug hat mashed down
over his ears and one tail of his
dress coat unaccounted for. This
proves that the wild oats farmer is
fool. He should swathe himself in
blue overalls and wear a two-acre
straw-hat which does not soil easily.
People would send for the insanity
commission if farmer were discov.
cred putting in tame oats in a plug
hat and Prince Albert. But said
plug hat would last seven years long
er in a tame oats field than it us
ually does in the wild oats business.
The bona 1ide farmer puts in all
his oats in a few days, but the hap
by young man with the soft pompa.
dour hair and the pellet of gray
matter under his left ear sows wild
oats with industry for as much as
ten years at a time, frequently work
ing twenty.four hours q day at the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
A writing implement, composed of

A writing implement, composed of
a mixture of wax and finely ground
pumice stone, containing particles of
ink has been invented by William G.
Geer of Akron, o., to take the place
of ordinary and fountain pens, cray
ons and all other writing implements,
says the Popular Science Monthly AS
the body of the new writing device is
composed of a mixture of wax and
pumice stone, which is easily worn
away when rubbed against paper
surface, the inventor claims that the
cells of ink intermixed with the wax
and pumice stone will also be liber.
ated, giving a uniform supply of ink.
The device is made by mixing the
wax, pumice stone and Ink together.
When it is heated to the proper tenn
perature it is suddenly immersed in
cold water. This chills and solidifies
the wax mixture. producing a body
having a cellular structure, each cell
being filed with ink.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
Would Have Pleased "oId put.n

The spirit of "Old Put goes march
ing onl The doughty New England
general Of the Revolution. unable to be
present in this war, sends David e.
Putnam, a direct descendant of Is
rael Putnam, who has just brought
down his third German airplane
within a month on the French battle
front. He is the nineteen-year-old son
Of Frederick H. Putnam of Boston
and Newton. In a letter received by
his mother he says:
''We had been flying about ten min
utes when l looked back and saw
two machines heading out of Ger
many. Down on the nearer one I
came, my gun throwing out spray
of lead. But when had fired about
90 shots he got under me, and
shot by toward plane No. 2, leaving
No. for my men behind me. No.
dived, but l followed, always shooting.
We had come down from 10000 feet to
5000 in less than it takes to tell it.
when suddenly the machine in front
wavered and then plunged straight
down. 1t was 'rumpler' biplane Oh,
I am proud"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
FORCED CHANGE IN WARFARE
Work of Daring Air Scouts Has EIiml-
mated All Possibility of Sur
prise Attacks.

The first war use of airplanes was
for spying upon the enemy. Mounted
patrols used to do this work. They
would try to gain some height from
which they could look down upon the
opposing army and size up its forces,
writes A. Russell Bond in st. Nicholas.
But the airplane proved far superior
to any other form of scouting, because
it gave the scout an unobstructed view
OF the surrounding country for miles
and he could see just what the enemy
was. doing. He could see whether
large forces of men were collecting
anywhere for drive at some particu-
lar point. He could locate the artillery
OF the enemy and discover his weak
spots. And so it came along that there
was a complete change In warfare. The
surprise movements that used to play
such an important part in former days
are thing of the past. No general
of today can expect to spring a sur
prise on the enemy as long as there are
enemy eyes in the sky.
Modern long-range guns are placed
far behind the battle line. They may
be as much as five or six miles behind
their own lines, well concealed in some
wood or back of hill. The gunners
cannot see what they are firing upon,
but their aim is directed by a spotter
in some observation post, such as a
captive balloon or a tall tree But the
best observation most 10 ono that con
take wing and soar over the enemy
during Dombardment From such a
post the spotter can see just what his
own artillery is doing, and he can
signal back when a shell goes beyond
or falls short of the mark. Such air.
planes are constantly prowling around
in search of suspicious objects for the
big guns to shoot at.-A. Russell Bond
in st. Nicholas.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
Find New Lakes and Rivers.

Chains of lakes hitherto unmapped
and rivers equally unknown were
traversed in the interior of Labrador
by the exploring parties of represent
atives of the National Geographic So
ciety and the Carnegie museum, Pitts
burgh, which arrived at st. Johns, N.
F., recently.
The journey covered about $50
miles over a route never before trav-
eled by white men and was made
more difficult by the fact that the five
Indians who were taken along as
guides proved to be unfamiliar with
the country.
The party included F.. B. G. Todd,
curator of ornithology in the Carne-
gle museum; O. J. Murie, orator of
mammals in the same institution, and
Alfred Marshall of Chicago.
They left Seven Islands bay on the
north side of the Gulf of st. Law
renee, about the end of May and trav-
eled north by canoe and portages.
reaching Fort Chino near Urgava
bay, August. %. In addition to map
ping the country, they studied the nat
ural history.
Mr. Todd said the existing maps
of large district were found to be
very Inaccurate. and altogether mis-
leading, having been made by guess.
work from information supplied by
Indians.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
1hex,re channIna Shoes AGAIN.

While there is talk of using shark
skin for shoe leather, the manufacture
ers who have to turn out shoes with
the material already at hand are re-
sorting to ingenious economies. Shoes
aren't going to look the same, accord
ing to writer in the Boston Post, in
touch with the big shoe manufacturing
districts In Massachusetts.
Tongues will be left off pumps to
save leather, heels will be low to save
fiber board, with small base to save
leather, sock Innings will be abbreviat-
ed, Innings will be skeletonized and
vamps may be cut off. 1t is said that
some of the economies proposed amaze
even the fellows who have reputation
Of "skinning shoes" during times other
than in war.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30
What Is storax7

Probably you never heard of storax.
which is a gum that is imported from
Asia Minor. Makers of perfume es-
TEEN it so highly that they have been
paying $40 pound for 1t instead Of
20 cents. which was the price before
the war. Now it appears that red
gum tree, common in our Southern
states, yields gum fully equal in
quality to the imported storax. That
is only one of hundred ways in
which the war is disclosing America
resources.-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-30

therefore, these bonds give him an op
portunity for the sort of investment
that will mean freedom for him and
safety for his descendants.
The great dragnet will reach into
every home and into every business
house with an urgency and persist
ence justified by the great emergen-
cies which we now face.
An advantageous feature Of the
present drive is the fact that the peo-
pie have come to realize the value OF
U. s. Government Bonds in the strict
ly Investment sense 1t is no longer
necessary to educate them on the
comparative value Of these issues in
relation to other securities.