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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14
BY JUNIUs b. WOOD.

l Bx SUN1CS b. WOODs
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News, Copyright. 1918
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT
THE FRONT. September 13.-Tuesday
night I rode many miles across
France, picking my way without au-
tomobile headlights an9 hundreds
| of times grazing by a hairs
breadth trains of slow-moving wagons
! and faster rumbling trucks which
| choked the roads. 1t was not case
of a single train of twenty-five
| trucks and occasional battery Of ar
| tillery. but a solid string of traffic
| stretching mile after mile. The We
hic1es were Gathering over the rough
| cobblestones of a little village where
arrived in the evening. and when
climbed to the roof of the house in
/ which I stopped at / o'clock in the
morning to see sudden faring in the
| skies and hear the titanic drum roll
of barrage by hundreds of guns the
! stream was still rafting through the
night.
When arose in the morning before
| daylight to start for the front the
| same endless procession was passing.
| This was the latest development of
the American effort which began a
year ago.
All Marches at Night.
| I've marched all the troops at
night and kept the men under cover
| in the daytime so that the Germans
| should not be able to observe the
| concentration we were making"
explained a general in outlining the
method and purpose Of the offensive.
To know how we'll the concentration
was made it was only necessary to
pass through the villages within
streets were filled with the shadowy
forms of American soldiers-more
Americans than one had ever
dreamed Of were in France, and yet
they were only a comparatively
small part of those now on this side
of the Atlantic.
Tragedy and comedy on the day
of battle are in stronger contrast
than it is possible to represent in
any written drama. Death becomes
a commonplace, where suffering is
Incidental. A soldier who may face
death a dozen times in an hour COM
plains because he lacks cigarettes or
because he cannot find his rations.
| social courtesies the same as in other
days before the war when business
was their duty.
| Visit to Headquarters.
| I entered one headquarters just as
the first phase of the attack on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14
AWAIT s0FFICIAL COPY"
Machinists to Vote on
President Wilson's Warning.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,. September
H.-Striking machinists from the
Bridgeport munitions plants held a
mass meeting yesterday afternoon
and remained in session two. hours
awaiting an official copy of Presi-
dent Wilson's letter demanding that
the men return to their work.
1t was announced that the Presi-
dents message had not been receiv-
ed and adjournment was taken to
o'clock Monday.
Strike leaders said that if the let
ter had been received at that time
the machinists would vote on it.
The Bridgeport strike agitation
started last June, and after several
hearings an award was made by the
ordnance department. This was not
satisfactory to either side. The
machinists appealed to the National
War Labor Board, and both sides
agreed to abide by the decision of
that body
After a long delay an award was
made. The plant agreed to conform to
it, but the machinists were not salts
fed. and about 5000 machinists and
toolmakers quit work on August 80
Other trades were not affected to any
extent, although 10000 workers here
were included in the labor board s
I award. Since the strike started more
than score of agents and repre-
sentatives of the board have come
here from Washington to enforce the
award.
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Method of Attack.

The U-boats are sinking ships west
ward bound from European ports per
haps by operating in pairs. One y
boat submerges near the port, with
it's periscope out patrolling for a con-
voy far enough away from it to see
the smoke without itself being seen.
1t learns in what direction the convoy
is sailinFand it's speed. Then by
sound signals it informs a second sub
marine Of the route taken by the eon-
voy, whereupon the second U-boat
places itself in the path of the ship
to be attacked.
Conveys approaching a, European
port enter the circumference of a
circle where twenty U-boats are
needed for effective blockade, since
there is no way of locating the con-
voy. The Germans assert that the
decrease of activity on the part of
the U-boats is due to the increase Nm
the allied means of defense with the
augmentation of the number of allied
submarines.
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American General Shaues
As He Snaps Out Orders
Yankees Laugh and Joke as They Go About
Business Of War---,Scenes at Head
quarters Described

st. Mihiel salient had been success
fully completed at o'clock. Field
telephones were ringing and mes rs.
sengsss were srowdns n and w epe
sticking pins on maps to show the
new lines of attack and the whole
atmosphere was one of tense inter-
est. Through q door standing a1ar
I poked my head into the major gen
and sleeping room. Maps were
spread on the table and orders were
piled on the chairs and helmet and
gas mask were in a corner. come
in." shouted the general over his
His. coat was hanging on chair
and pair of burly biceps projected
from his short-sleeved shirt. He
was busy shaving.
II have been up all night" he
said. lathering one side of his face.
II always rest myself shaving. It
gives me something to think about. y
General, an airplane reports that
German conveys are leaving the
salient" said an officer entering un-
batteries to shell the road"
Gives Orders as He Shaves.
''That's good" said the general.
continuing to lather his face. How
many of our batteries have moved
forward?" On receiving the officers
reply, the general continued: See
that the heavy guns go forward in
single batteries. We do not want
more than one battery firing at a
time"
The general started to scrape with
the straight edge of the razor and
pointing with a blunt finger Of the
other hand at map while explain
ing the strategy of the days moves.
He talked and scraped, sometimes
giving orders to other officers en-
tering the room and sometimes
praising. the work of the men. 1t
was all as matter of fact as If the
scene were barber shop.
Outside around the corner ambu-
lances were bringing in wounded
from the front and unloading them.
other ambulances were leading up
treated and were starting back
with them to the evacuation hos
pitaI. The patients included Ger
mans as well as Americans. Sitting
in the shade Of wall was middle
aged German, leaning back and
smoking a cigarette. One of his feet,
which were bare, was dyed red with
blood dripping from bullet wound:
He was talking in German to one OF
our soldiers.
"He keeps insisting that we are
English" said the soldier. Aren't
they stupid?"
"They are mostly Poles from Prince
Ludwig's Bavarian guard" said an
other soldier. "They are tickled that
they are prisoners. This sergeant has
been in the army five years"
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MUT|NY OF Crews
mot OF Recent DATE
German Sailors Protest u
Boat Service Before Be-
ing Told of Losses.
HUNS TRY TO HIDE FACTS
ny "A. DECKER.

0x "A H. DEOEAEns
CableEfam to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright 1918. :
BREST, France. September 13.-
German sailors did not await publica-
ton by the British Of the names Of
the commanders of the $50 lost Ger
man submarines to undergo loss OF
morale, as is intimated in the late
German communications regarding the
publication of the list. Mutfnies in the
German fleet had already taken place
because of the enforced service on
the U-boats. The sailors objected to
being included in the number of crews
which never return, since it was i'm
possible to hide the loss of the sub
marines from the rest of the fleet.
The Germans tried to hide the
losses by changing the bases, scatter
ing the crews. changing the system
of numbering and excluding the u
boats from the fleet. The German
bulletin claims that more submarines
are built than are lost. This Is pos
sible, since Germany does not lack
material with which to construct sub
marines. However, she lacks expert
enced anGftrained men to man the u
boats. The number of such boats
cruising is known to be gradually de-
creasing. At one time they Travelled
in large groups. but now they rarely
sail in groups of more than two.
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Real Means of Defense Yet untried

1t is true that the allies have aug
mented their means of defense
against the submarines. However,
the real augmentation has not yet
been in operation. American sea-
plane stations are just being equip
ped and the American destroyer fleet
awaits new units of the American
chasers, which are just arriving.
The allied submarines are not a
great factor in eliminating the
U-boat because of the low range of
vision and the small target present.
ed by the submarines.
Recently a French submarine trail
ed a friendly convoy in an effort to
sink the U-boat if the convoy were
attacked. The convoy was attacked
when the night was at it's darkest,
and an American ship was sunk by
two torpedoes when only 800 yards
from the Frenchman, who was on the
surface hunting feverishly for the
unseen enemy. The marchant ships
under full steam separated and rush
ed at high speed. passing within 700
feet of the Frenchban, who despite
the imminent danger OF being ram
med, remained on the surface. The
Frenchman did not see the German
nd reitheV he nor the enemy was
seen by the conveys. The Frenchman
was disgruntled because he lost an
opportunity, and remained on the
scene for two days hoping that the
U-boat would return to the wreck
age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14
80 DRAFT INDICTMENTS.
Mrs. Bergdoll in Philadelphia
Jury's Net.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, September "A.
A special federal grand jury, which
for some time has been investigating
violations Of the selective draft law
in this city. has returned thirty-thres
indictments against twenty-eight per-
sons.
Among those indicted was district
appeal board No. 2, which was recent
~ abolished and it's work combined
with district No. 1; local board No. 4,
located in the fifth ward. the scene of
the political riot last September; local
board No. 10; Mrs. Emma A Berg
doll, wealthy widow, and A. b. Gordon
Davis, a lawyer.
The members Of local board No.
have also been ousted from office after
n federal investigation. The three
boards were charged with irregulari-
ties in administering the law.
Mrs. Bergdoll was charged with aid
ing her son. Grover c. Bergdoll, well
known in automobile, racing circles, to
evade the draft. Davis was charged
with taking money in order to aid
persons to dodge the law.
In making its report the jury said 1t
found many cases Of perjury among
the witnesses who testified before 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14
Americans in Canadian List.

OTTAWA. September 1.-THE fol-
lowing Americans. who have been
wounded, were included in the latest
casualty list:
W; Bullock. Chicago; J. X. Ham
iIaeAawanna, Pa; C. E. Green. Des
Noinee. Iowa; y. A. Jennings, Tyler,
Wash; Lieut.. c. g. Avery, Detroit; 3.
u walker: Lincoln. Neb.; h w. Step.
xnAA Nowate, ca.
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Fallacy of German Statement.

This illustrates the fal1acy of the
German statement. At present there
exists no way of preventing some tor
pedoing, because of the nature of the
submarine, though augmentation of
sinkings is not feared. The increas-
ing demand for tonnage is liable to
cause another crisis in shipping be-
cause of the necessity Of providing
the American Army with superiority
of equipment. There exists the great
est need for carrying out vast
ahipbuilding program.
HEMN R2NSsl3 SO I0y2.ISefAsEH!EN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14

Park, ILL.,. student aviator at the
Rockwell Field Aviation School. and Pri-
vate Allen H. Anderson of Detroit.
Mich. were killed late yesterday when
the airplane driven by Lieut.. Whfttle
and carrying Anderson as q passenger
fell into the ocean about half q mile
from the Coronado shore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14
SPECIAL NOTICES

4 DUuNEss MAN OF THIRTY YEARS Elk
vgEasnce In retail lumber and millwork enter
pffoes, fifteen years ~ owner and operator
whose business has been practically closed BY
tAe eutaflment Of private building operations
10 spen for engagement in some lire where hi
expsf1ence and qualifications would count. Of
win take an active and financial interest In
some line not affected detrimentAlly BY the
war. Address Box 221-C. Star once.
NOTICE. PASTORS ANY PRoTESTAN1
pastor who 10 at any time in need Of supply
for pulpit will ind aid BY writing 40 st.
NV. DR.. L. O. HUBBARD, minister in good
standing with his denomination. VIII show
the proper credentials. Best references. Terms
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ROOFS GUARANTEED

When Repaired and Painted Wash. Loan Z
Grafton 6 Son, Inc. ,p ar"s. r. s's IS
'-sTovEs AND FURNACES REPAIRED"
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Killed 4. action finelua-

Note-Above is a summary of casu-
alties issued by the War Department.
The list includes 291 lost at sea, also
the total Marine Corps casualties to
date. but does not include the Navy
casualties.
Army casualty lists for last night
and today contain 25s names, divided
q q fall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14

I entered one headquarters just as
the first phase of the attack on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14

Two Fliers Fall to Death in Ocean.
SAN DIEGO. Cal. September IA
Second Lieut.. Amos B. Whittle of Oak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-14

Lieut.. Francis Danielovsky, now Of
tho Czecho-Slovak army. had to fight
with the Austrians. But he deserted
to the Russian army, and when that
exploded he went with his country
men on his way to vladivostok. hop
ing to reach France to fight with them
there. He will remain in the United
States for a time to get as many Of
his countrymen a. possible to enlist
for service abroad,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
FINAL PAYMENT
DUE ON BONDS
PAYMENT Must be Made Be
fore August Is of 40 per
cent of Purchase Price and
Unearned Interest.

The final payment on the third
Liberty Loan bonds is due on the 18th
of August and should be paid in at
the bank where the bond was bought
in time to allow the money to reach
San Francisco on that date.
In addition to the 40 per cent pay
ment there Is unearned interest on
each bond that the buyer is required
to pay with the last payment. This
amounts to 39 cents on each $50
bond, rs cents on each $100 bond,
The bonds began earning interest on
the date of issue, and have attached
coupons for that interest, but the
buyer does not receive interest for
the time he held the money for the
/ deferred payments. In putting up
/ the rs cents the bond holder pays for
the coupon and on receipt of his bond
can clip 1t and receive the interest
on the money he has actually put up
together with the refund of the 7S
cents.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
Church Service at Featherville.

Rev G, E.. Mason of Mountain
Home preached at Featherville last
Sunday evening to good audience.
Mrs. Watts played the organ, and
the singing was enlivening. Quite a
number of Mountain Home people
were present
He will speak at Pine next Sur
day evening the 18th. He and fami-
ly are enjoying their vacation, and
have had the pleasurable company OF
Mrs. Briegleb and Irene during their
short vacation. Mr. Mason caught
some trout. The young people enjoy
frequent visits at the fine warm
plunge at Prices.
They expect to be home on Tues
days stage.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
PRAIRIE NEWS

a
Mrs, Daniel Howe and children
of Deer Lodge, Montana, are visiting
her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
w. w. Newell
Mr. Hopson was called to the bed
side of his. sister who is suffering
from paralysis.
Miss Flora Newell who has been
with her sister in Deer Lodge,
Montana, since last September re-
turned home last week.
Warren Simmons started for
Boise Sunday to bring his wife and
three weeks-old son home. His
sister. Mrs. Elkins, will probably re-
turn with them.
| The hay crop is fair this season
and the farmers are exchanging
work and managing so as not to
lose any of It There is promise OF
an excellent wheat crop and by good
management they hope to save 1t in
good shape in spite Of the shortage
of help.
| The Farm Bureau School at the
Lenox Hall was success and the
work being done by Mrs. Holt and
Mrs. Bennett was highly appre-
ciated by the people Of the Prairie.
The quilt pieced by THE Little
Helpers, was sold at the Red Cross
dance the 27th. First 1t was raffied
off bringing s21.O0 Then the win
ner, Mrs. Minnekie, turned 1t back
to be sold again at auction and that
way it brought $500. Mr. Green
was the final winner and he turned
1t in to the Red Cross to be sold
again The dance brought $54.0O
making a total of 100000
! A letter from chet., Keltner says
that he has arrived safely In France
He left home the last Of May.
| v G. Kerr is Prairie visitor He
/ is trying to interest the farmers in
tractors.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
Road Being Improved.

Work on the road between town
and the Snake river, all to be gravel
ed, began this week Ben Robert
son, who has the contract has four
teams of his own on the Job, with
two and possibly more additional
teams to be put on, 1t is estimated
that the entire job can be completed
in something like thirty days II the
needful men and teams can be pro-
|cured When the work is finished
we shall have boulevard from Bru-
neau to Pine in Elmore county, and
beyond, as work is being vigorously
prosecuted In the adjoining county
as never before. Good roads mean
OF most definite
character Let's hayeem an keep
EN- Bruneau Nugget.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
ALLIES STILL ON
THE OFFENSIVE
Germans Retreating With
Vast Loss of Men and
Munitions. American Boys
Real Warriors.

Over curving front OF more than
30 miles the British and French
troops are continuing to sweep back
the Germans eastward across the
plains OF Picardy from the region
north OF the Somme east of Morlan-
court to the eastern bank OF the
Avre northwest of Montdidier
As on the first day of the offensive.
material progress was made Friday
over the entire battlefront Many
villages were captured; the bag of
prisoners were largely increased; nu-
merous guns and quantities of war
stores were taken and heavy casual
ties were inflicted The losses of the
Anglo-French forces are relatively
small
To the allied forces there have fall
en- 1900 German prisoners and be-
tween 200 and 800 guns, many OF
them OF heavy caiibre. and innumer-
able machine guns, trench mortars
and kindred small weapons.
To the north OF the Picardy theatre
the. Germans also have given ground
on two important seetors-on the
Lys salient, northwest of La Bassee,
and in the region southwest Of Ypres,
north OF KENNEL. On the Lys sector
territory over front OF more than
seven miles was evacuated by the en-
envy while to the north OF KENNEL
the British advanced their line over
front exceeding 1000 yards,
These maneuvers seemingly indi-
cate the Germans either considered
their ground insecure or that Grown
Prince Rupprecht's army has been
materially decreased in strength to
rush reinforcements to the battle
zones where the German armies in
the south are being sorely harassed.
After the British had penetrated
the Picardy salient to depth of near
lly 13 miles In the center toward the
Important railroad junction of Chaul'
nes, the northern and southern
fanks OF the battlefront gave way
before the pressure respectively oi
the British and French.
On the north the British captured
Morlaneourt and pressed on east
ward, while on the south, northwest
of Montdidier, Pierrepont, Contoirt
and ArvilIers were taken by the
French, who drove their wedge to q
distance of more than eight and q
half miles.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
Applicants for First Aid Certificates
Take Notice.

Apparently without knowledge of
the rules and precedents governing
procedure in the American Red Cross
organizations, some persons, doubt
less With the best of intentions, have
organized themselves into classes for
ltraining, designed to render them tit
to afford First Aid service. either to
themselves or to other persons In
need OF such help and having pursued
selves, have then applied to Division
Headquarters of the Northwestern
Division for certificate OF fitness.
OF course, it devolyes upon the Di-
visional officers OF the organization
to decline to furnish these certifi-
Gates AZ requested entirely apart
from all consideration OF the fitness
OF the persons making application
and simply because Of the deviation
First Aid organizations regularly
aulHOTlHpu ny the american ilcu
Gross secure their official identity by
conforming strictly to the directions
given by the chairman of the chap
ters OF which such units are formed,
and in no other way, Full informa-
tion as to the proper method of pro-
cedure in this behalf is ohtainable
at all times at chapter headquarters.
Ii would be we'll, therefore, for per-
,sons who have become members OF
I First Aid units that have not been
duly authorized, to effect valid or
ganizations of their respective units
without delay and thereafter to ap-
ply for certificates, with their creden-
tials duly validated
1t will be special pleasure of the
official organizations of the American
Red Cross, at all times, to facilitate,
in every way, the realization of the
desire of all fiji applicants to render
First Aid service, and to grant GER
#tificates asked whenever applicants
be found qualified for the work.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-10
|EIGHT men WILL
| LEAVE AUGUST 20
Second Call for Month Will
Make Total of $500 Men
Sent From Idaho During
August. Men From 1918
Glass.

County quotas under a call for 500
Idaho men to entrain August rs for
Camp Lewis were announced by the
adjutant generals department Friday
as follows;
Ada, IA; Adams, 3; Bannock, 40;
Bear Lake. IA; Benewah, 10; Bing-
ham, 8; Blaine, Z; Boise (city), 20;
Boise, 3 Bonner, 12 Bonneville, 20;
Boundary, s.; Camas, 2; Canyon, "a;
Cassia, II; Clearwater, s; Gilmore, s.;
Franklin, 10; Fremont, IL; Gem, 10;
Gooding, 8; Idaho, 20; Jefferson, 15;
Kootenai, 20, Latah. 2S; Lemhi, 4;
Lewis, s.; Lincoln, IL; Madison, s.;
Mididoka, 16; Nez Perce, %; Onida,
8; Owyhee, Z; Payette, 4; Power 6;
Shoshone, 22;. Teton, 5; Twin Falls,
&c. Valley, 5.
Elmore countys quota of eight
will probably be made up of one man
of the 1917 list and seven men of the
1918 class. The first eight men OF
the 1918 class are;
Richard Leigh Anderson.
Eearl Vivian Anderson.
Daniel F. Hoffman.
Charley Luke Stephenson.
Robert Bryan Mosgrove.
Earl Reed
Olive r. knight.
Geo. A. Aulback