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Evening star., 1918-06-29
Geography Has Bearing.

1t is always essential to keep in
mind the relation of the geography to
the strategy of any campaign in We
| netia. Austria holds all but thin
| great plain. Last year she almost
pushed the Italians off this thin edge.
If she can ever accomplish this feat
then the Italians will have to retire
| to the Adige. and il they are not able
to retire swiftly from their Piave po-
sittons between Montello and the sea
they will suffer a great disaster. be-
cause their main lines of communi-
cations in their rear will be cut.
This is the essential vice of the
Italian position; 1t was a far greater
weakness when the Italians were
strung out all the way in a broad cir
! Gle from the Dolomites to the Julian
Alps and from Caporetto to the sea.
because then, while the Italian lines
| of retreat to safety behind the Adige
were more than a hundred miles long,
the Austrians were always within a
| scant dozen miles of these communi-
ca tons This was what made the
led ,tS Of bs June vagdr asS which coin
serious. This was what made the
Isonzo disaster at Caporetto last year
SO dangerous.
Now that the Italians are behind the
miles to clear while the enemy is
| advancing half that amount, and.
therefore, they are reasonably sure
to get away. even II their hill posi-
tions are forced. But If they should
push east again. with the same old
menace still standing in the noun
tains, the farther they get east the
greater the peril for them of any sue
cessfuI push of the Austrians out of
the hills and toward the Verona
Vicenza- -Treviso railway. Only when
the threat in the hills has been
eliminated canDiaz go east safely.
Italians Have Best Position.
AS 1t stands the Italians have all the
best of 1t in their present position
They have interior lines and can move
reserves rapidly from central point
either north against the Trentino
threat, or east against any attack
coming from the Piave direction. The
Austrians cannot move troops from
the.mountains to the plain or from the
plain to the mountains without trans
porting them over two hundred miles
Evening star., 1918-06-29
CROWDER MAY Be MADE
LIEUTENANT GENERAL

Following enthusiastic praise by
senators OF the administration Of the
Army draft. the Senate adopted an
amendment to the Army appropriation
bill designed to promote Provost Mar
shall General Crowder to the rank Of
lieutenant general. The amendment
by Senator McKellar of Tennessee.
would authorize tho President to give
the provost marshal that title during
the war.
Fall Amendment Rejected.
Rejection of the Fall amendment pro-
posing extension of the draft ages to
twenty and forty years paved the way
for passage by the Senate today of the
$4,000, 100000 Army appropriation bill.
The long discussion over the extension
of the draft ages, which was considered
unnecessary by Secretary Baker and
Cen March, chief of staff. IN statements
made before the Senate military COM
mittee. was ended by an adverse vote
of forty-nine to twenty-five. The de-
bate on the Fall amendment, as we'll as
on similar amendments offered by SEN
ator Hardwick of Georgia and by Sen
ator Weeks OF Massachusetts,, indicated
that the majority Of members prefer to
postpone all efforts to extend the draft
ages until tno new army program,
promised by Secretary Baker, is sub
mitted.
Changes Made by Senate.
The appropriation bill as 1t stood for
passage today contains several i'm
portant Senate amendments The organ
ization on the same lines as the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation Of the $780,
O00, 900 Aircraft Production Corporation
for the purposes Of coordination is
authorized. Basing draft quotas on
the number Of mon in class /, in
stead of upon state population, also
is authorised. Eeutrals who claim
exemption from the draft shall not be
eligible for United States citizenship.
according to the provisions of an
other amendment.
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Number Not Announced.

Number Not Announced.
Gen. March had no announcement to
make today as to the total number OF
France. Formal announcement, he
said, would be made later.
Surveying the entire front, Gen: March
said the situation could be said to be
extremely favorable to the allies. He
had received no official report on the
two attacks made yesterday by the
French and British and would make no
comment on these or upon the 1ndica-
tions Of an impending German attack.
The first National Army division has
March announced it is the 77th. raised
in New York, trained at Camp Upton
and originally commanded by Maj. Cen
]. Franklin Bell. 1t was taken across
under Maj. Gen. Johnson.
Pershing Gets Back Troops.
The announcement was made also
that five American divisions. which
had been brigaded with the British
Gen. Pershing's command. the train
ing having been completed.
One of these is the 35th Division.
composed of Kansas and Missouri
troops. and commanded by Maj. Gen.
william NJ. Wright when it left the
During the past week American ac-
tivities in France have been local in
character, but official reports show
that the Americans at all times and
places have more than held their own,
Gen. March said. Fine examples OF in
diyidual bravery are coming, he said,
Indicating that the rank and file are
doing splendidly all along the line.
Gen. March disclosed that the official
reports from the Italian front placed the
number Of Austrians captured at $4,000
and also a large amount of war mate
rial. The line of the Piave has been en-
tirely restored by the Italians. and In
some places has been slightly ad-
vanced.
Military opinion. Gen. March said.
found the Austrian attack faulty be-
cause it was spread over 80 large a
front as to make 1t impossible to
carry through successfully.
The Austrian disaster which followed
is valuable to the allies not only in Il
military sense. but psychologically. the
chief OF staff said, because Of its stimu-
lating effect upon Italian morale. both
among the civil population and the
army. The practical result in prison.
ers and guns taken also was. of
course, valuable, he said.
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Death Not Confirmed.

LONDON, June 2s.-Ak the Russian
embassy 1t was declared today that
no official confirmation had been re-
ceived of the report thtA the former
Russian emperor had BERN assassinat-
ed. If the report is tru the crime is
not a political one. acc riding to the
embassy officials, but L.erely an act
of brutality on the par of an angry
guard.
Regarding the unexpected appearance
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WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
warmer tonight
Temperature for twenty-tour hours
ending noon today: Highest 81, at
4:5o pm yesterday; lowest. IS. at $50
am. today.
Full report on page IL.
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Intense Aerial Activity.
French Line Held Intact.

PARIS. June 29.-German attacks
on the front southwest of Scissors
for the purpose of ejecting the
French from positions taken by them
on Thursday night were repulsed last
night, and the French line was held
intact. according to the statement is
sued by the war office today.
In addition to their attack on the
front in the scissors area the Ger
mans sent assault detachments
against the lines held by the Italians
on the Bligny heights. southwest of
Rheims. The Italians drove of tho
German thrust. The statement reads:
Two German attacks, for the pur-
pose Of retaking French positions
south of the Aisne which were occu-
pied by the French on Thursday night.
were repulsed. An attack by a num-
ber of German battalions between
Fosse-en-Bas and Sutry ravine were
repulsed along the new front and the
French lines were held intact.
Germans Driven Back.
Southwest of Rheims. tho italians
engaged In a sharp combat with the
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tn. Associated Press Is exclusively entitled u
the use for republication OF all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited In this
paper and also the local news published hereia-
All rights Of publication Of special
dispat atches herein are also reserved.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
Historic SionaIs.

Our books on naval history which give,
In terms of flags, Nelson's signal at Ira
falgar, will have to be brought up to
date to include in Morse dots an1
dashes, the immortal "St. George ybr
England of Zeebrugge. Our Japanese
allies will be the first to note the fine
watchword for Togo, an intense hd-
mirer of Nelson, employed a variant
of the Trafalgar signal in the great
sea battle with Russia. Said he in his
report: 81 ran up this signal for hll
the ships in sight, THE fate of The
empire depends upon this event; ev}ry
man is expected to do his utmost.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
LUKEWARM NO LONGER.

when / note the results l am
ashamed that 1 ever was lukewarn in
the matter of prohibition of BOOZE"
says Chief of Police James Malone Of
Lincoln, Neb. eff ever Il thing was
detrimental to a community it was
booze. 1t brought on starvation and
strife, filled the penitentiary and in
sane asylums, brought hunger to the
little children and the wife in the
home, caused murder and every crime
in the list.
"The saloon was a loafing place for
men, where time and money were
spent, where energy was dissipated
and the moral fiber broken down. In
the days of the open saloon pay days
We're busy days. On Christmas day
after the dry law went into effect, the
matron and policed the city while the
patrolmen enjoyed day off,"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

lain Is supposed to be sacrosanct. But
everyone knows that to the Hun the
safeguards Of the Geneva convention
are as obsolete as the Sermon on the
Mount is to them.
A Brother to the Wounded.
The hospital is one Of the principal
fields for the chaplain's endeavors. As
one chaplain puts it.: I'm the hos
pital, they can't get away from me-"
But there is a more powerful element
in the chaplain's success among the
sick boys. AS soop as they feel help
less, they reach out 'nvoluntarily for
friendly hand, and it is rare for q
man in q hospital not to be glad to
see the chaplain.
The most impressive story ! have
heard was given to me by a friend Of
mine who is chaplain. He had be-
come greatly interested in one of the
men who was seriously i'll and not ex-
pected to live. Every time the chap
lain came to see him, the fellow would
ask him to "say just one little prayer,
won't your" Toward the end they
thought that he would be delirious.
But he was not. The chaplain came,
and the soldier whispered his Gus
tomary request for prayer. The
chaplain prayed. When he had fin
ished he asked.
'Did you understand me then,
Gray?"
EYES," the dying man whispered. II
understood. l can understand anything
about God. It's wonderful"
Those We're his last words.
The army has learned that men may
worship God in different ways, but
they all need the same kind of broth
ering. So the army chaplain looks
after all his boys alike, whether they
have faith or whether they have
none. He knows, better than any
other officer, that Uncle Sans boys
are not mechanisms, but men. Because
he comes so close IN touch with the
human side of the army he is in a po-
sition to stimulate that morale with
out which fighting men are powerless
to win battles.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

One Of the most amusing tricks in
fireworks Is the serpents egg trick,
where a little pellet when lighted turns
into a horrible snake, many, many
times the size of the pellet, How
awe-inspiring it is to the youngster!
Most people have no idea what in the
world causes the snake to appear. The
explanation is simple. Mercury sui
pho-cyanid burns with a voluminous
ash. The little pellet is nothing more
than some mercury sulpho-cyanid.
The heat causes the ash to move off
SO quickly from the burning pellet that
It writhes and distorts itself into the
shape Of a miniature snake.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
huration Of Mar .

The bhrase duration of the war" is
moraJpoked about in England than in
4 .serica.
, "You will realize how philosophical
we are become out here" an officer
writes to the Evening News, when ]
tell you that we have just been in
vited to enter a team for a divisional
football competition be an annual
event.
my men seem very keen, especially
as cup is offered. | suggested, quite
gravely of course, that winning three
times would mean Keeps and they
cordially acquiesced,"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

ganize classes in the common branches,
so that they may improve themselves
along those lines, make themselves
more useful to their country, and
brighten their own futures. The chap
lain frequently gives lectures to re-
cruits ON discipline and the relation
of moral cleanliness to health and eff
cheney. He keeps a record of all the
men as they come into the service, in
Guiding their name, home address,
next of kin, education, and other
items.
The chapiain's day includes plenty
of humorous incidents. A fellow chap
lain, now on duty at one of the base
hospitals, tells an amusing story of
talking to an Italian who had been re-
Gently injured. The man listened at
tentively, his great brown eyes fixed
on the chaplain's face. The padre did
not know that the injured man was an
Italian and spoke little English,
though a soldier in the United States
army. After suggesting little prayer
the chaplain added carelessly:
ut makes no great difference be-
tween us, but what is your
creed?"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

81 ye said nothing about the
NoFk II chaplat4s IN the field
which @ ao present war, means
Chiei.s ~ there" MY own expe-
rience has not yet extended thither,
but I can answer briefly some of the
questions that people ask. The query
is often put to me: 'Do chaplains go
into the frOnt-line trenchesw The
answer is, yes, of course. Frequently
they go over the top with the men,. A
chaplain's place is wherever his men
are, and when they are in danger he
is, too A chaplain who is not willing,
If necessary, to lose his life in the per-
Torrance Of his duties is false to his
trust and does not deserve his commits
sion. AS matter of fact, many have
been killed. The mortality among
chaplains on the western front has
been as high as one day, which is a
high percentage when the small total
number Of chaplains is considered.
The chaplain has this additional
test of nerve-that he is obliged to 90
unarmed. BY the terms of the Geneva
convention, chaplains are not permit
ted to carry arms. OF course, in re-
turn for this, the person Of the chap
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
ReninnInns of Great Things.

On July &c, 1S47, the first electric
magnetic locomotive was exhibited and
operated. The exhibition was made
in the town hall Of Dover, N. H., by it's
inventor, Moses G. Farmer. 1t carried
several people, who were doubtless
the first passengers transported on a
railroad by electricity in the United
States Farmer lectured upon the in
vention at various Eastern points,
after which he opened telegraph Of
fee, where he devised the well-known
fire alarm apparatus. AS early as 1850
Professor Farmer predicted, among
other results, the talking exactly as
we talk today by telephone, and he
also saw the feasibility of electric
traction by means of the storage bat
terry and trolley system now in use. He
also invented q flying machine, but
his sudden death prevented his bring
ing it before the world.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
RAILROAD MEN NOT WITH MR..
GOMPERS.

The resolution in favor Of nation
wide prohibition adopted recently by
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers was the unanimous vote of the
857 delegates present. w. S. Stone,
chief Of the order, takes Mr.. Gompers
to task for his efforts to lineup organ,
lied labor for the brewers. He declares
that intoxicating beverages have no
place in the industrial life of America,
certainly none in the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
Why He Would Not Build.

It is in Jewish legend that .Methu-
selah declined at the age of six hun
bred or so to go to the trouble of build
ing house because the Lord answered
his question as to how much longer
he had to live, and the. patriarch de-
cided that three hundred years was
too short a time to warrant him in
making the exerE5h. Undoubtedly
MethuseIah prefffed his tent and was
ready to grasp any excuse for stick
ing to it.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

The presidents letter says: "In
inviting these organizations to give
this new evidence of their patriotic
cooperation, wish it distinctly under
stood that their compliance will not
in any sense imply the surrender on
the part Of any of them Of its dis
tinctive character and autonomy, be-
cause / fully recognize the fact that
each of them has its own traditions
principles and relationships which II
properly prizes and which, If preserved
and strengthened, make possible the
largest service"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

The organizations referred to dl
the Young Mems Christian associate
the National Catholic War eounf
which includes the Knights Of Colut
bus; the Young Women's Christi
association; the Jewish Welfare boah,
the War Camp Community Servid,
the American Library association, AZ
the Salvation Army.
The budget for funds needed \
these organizations aggregates SIN
100000, which the American peod,
will be asked to contribute, beginnlb
December IL.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
Japanese cersm25laI

Calming earth'S spirit, "a ceremony
peculiarly Japanese, which is supposed
TO date from the time Of the first EN-
peror Jimmu Tenno, was recently per-
formed at the site Of the shrine erect
ed in memory of the late Emperor
Mutsuhito. 1t was conducted with
Shinto ritual and elaborate ceremony
and was attended by the ministers of
state and high officials. The signifi-
canoe of the ceremony, which usually
is performed on a lesser scale before
the erection of any building in Japan
is that of publication of the land,
homage to the deity of the earth and
the destruction Of any evil spirits that
may exist.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
ARE You a nEEEcrIvE2

God never made q normal brain
that needed alcohol to stimulate 1t to
action. And if you examine your
brain and decide that it needs alcohol,
just set yourself down as a defective
by birth, or by habit. For if by ma
ture your brain needs alcohol to stimu-
late 1t, you are inferior to your fell
low men, and II 1t is not matter OF
birth but of habit, and your brain
needs alcohol to stimulate It because
you have accustomed 1t to a crutch,
then you have made yourself inferior.
civilian Jennings Bryan sSs
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12
UNITED APPEAL FOR FUNDS
President Would Have Army Welfare
Agencies Set Same Date for Solic-
itation Of Contributions.

President Wilson in a letter to Ray
mond B. Fosdick, chairman Of the com
mission on training camp activities,
urges that ali American army welfare
agencies recognized In Europe by the
war department combine in their next
appeal for funds.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

SuOW lltO uhiNN
sal obligation Of
Christian serv-
ice. The question
to whom this OBJ
legation is due
and the measure
of the obligation
confronts many
a n h on e S t in
quirer. 1t is in
teresting to dis
cover the meaning
Of the masters
a N S W er to t h e
young mans ques-
ton. He seems
to say that my
neighbor is the
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

"rhe greater ones power with God
in constant prayer, the greater grows
one's power with men who seldom
pray"
We plan and plan, then pray
That God may bless our plan.
So runs our dark and doubtful way
That scarce shall lead unto the day.
So runs the life of mani
But hearlSen! God saith, 'Pray."
And he will show his plan,
And lead us in his shining way
That leadeth on to perfect day
Each surrendered man,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-12

man in need, the man in need of what
I have to give, and whose need arises
and is made known to me at time
when am able to give it. If this be
true, how amazing and wonderful has
become the world neighborhood, and
how clearly is the Christians duty to
make Christ known emphasized by the
universally of human suffering. Like
the man on the way to Jericho, ma
tons lie stricken, bleeding, hungry and
ready to die.
Over against this appalling fact, the
like of which the Christian never
faced before in all the history of the
world, stands Christ, Gods only an
swer to human need. We Of America
know him. We have him enthroned in
many an earnest heart. We have
throughout the land the open Bible,
Gods word spoken to sinful and suffer-
ing man everywhere and in ali ages,
words of love, words OF hope and
words of comfort. How nightly it be-
hooves us in this time of world tragedy
and suffering to study the parable of
the Good Samaritan and to search our
own hearts to know whether or not
we as individuals are rendering that
ministry to the suffering which human
need REQUIRES. and our knowledge of
human suffering and our ability to al
leyiate II insistently requires.
What a reproach that in the mas
ter's parable the representatives of re-
ligion--tha servants of the Temple Of
Goo Luasst3 nv tile suterer. Each
knew of the ease Of human need. Each
looked upon the torn and bleeding
form, each pos assad ME resources
Ilssf4ssy y ~ 8.H tss5aF,.-
away passing 1u the other sde. dplIu-
era.nly Walking away from this reyeIa-
ton of suffering ana need, deaf to this
cry. So proud SO seif-righteous, so ex-
elusive. .were these servants of religion,
and so devoted were they to the forms
and ceremonies of their service, and so
filed with the thought of their own
importance, that there seemed to be
no place in either heart for the milk
Of human kindness. Will we ever again
permit this reproach to be laid at the
door of the representatives of religion?
Can it be possible that those who pro-
fess to be followers of Jesus Christ,
and who are the opponents and advo-
Gates of the Christian religion, shall
fail to exemplify that high and holy
love wherewith the master loved men?
Shall we forget in the days to come
that the master himself in answer to
the doubt of John the forerunner an
nounced as the evidence Of his divinity
and gave as the proof of his adequate
ministry to men, that "the blind re-
ceive their sight, and the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf
hear, and the dead are raised up, and
the poor have good tidings preached to
them"
Shall we not, as we Journey toward
the day Of world peace, in our comfort
of circumstances, in our amplitude of
resources. think of the peoples who
have fallen by the way? viii not Bel
GUM and France and Roumania and
Armenia and great old, riven. torn and
demoralized Russia, draw out of the