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New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

bold projecting Hill of Chipilly. This
northern end of the line Of advance
beginning at Ville-en-Ancre and go
ing down to Sally on the Somme
Valley, was to prove the most diff
cult part of the ground. The British
troops operating here were faced by
the 9th German Division, which had
only a day or two before been in
local action on this ground and
which was expecting further fighting,
Beyond the Somme the land rises
to a plateau about eleven miles
w1de, the countryside being known
as Santerre. The British line ran
across this in a southwesterly direc-
ton past Villers- -Bretonneux to q
point where the plateau is cut by
the shallow valley of the little River
Luce, a tributary Of the Avre.
Beyond this valley, for another
three miles, the line was taken up to
a point opposite Moreuil by the left
Of the French First Army, under
General Debeny. Opposite the Brit
lsh line, which was held by the Fourth
British Army under General Rawlin-
son, was the 9th German Division.
between the Ancre and the Somme
and on the plateau of Santerre. in
order from north to south, were the
43d, 18th, 41st, 1O9th, 25th and 18th
divisions-the latter standing across
the Luce Valley, at the end of the
British line, and being in process of
relief, at the moment the action
opened, by the 117th German Di-
vision. Both these divisions thus
caught in the confusion suffered
heavily. The numbers of the Ger
man divisions on the front of the
French advance have not yet been
given.
1t will be noticed that the German
defensive organization here was quite
dense. There was more than half a
division to mile, and this very cir
'cumstance, which was intended to
strengthen what was known to be a
vital sector, was the thing which cost
the enemy heavy losses when he was
surprised by the British advance.
Attack Developed
Complete Surprise
The action opened with most
intense, but momentary, lombard
ment, lasting only three or four min
utes, and Immediately followed by an
advance all along the British line,
led by tanks and arnored cars. It
had the effect everywhere of a COM
plete surprise; and in the centre, upon
the bare, open Santerre plateau, the
attack went right through the Ger
man defensive system and made an
advance which, by afternoon, reached
framerville, nine miles away from
the starting point at Villers- Breton
neux. All this central movement
though Framervi]le was it's extreme
limit, pushed very far forward and
reached Caix and Beaucourt, seven
and six miles respectively from
the point of departure on the oriei-
nal line.
But while this Thursday was so
astonishingly successful, through the
effect of surprise and through the
tactical value of the tanks, on all the
central plateau, there was hold-up
on the two wings north and south.
On the north, between the Ancre and
the Somme, it was found impossible
to take Morlancourt, and the line
was hardly advanced in spite of
hard fighting all day. Further south
IN the upper Sommc Valley, the Chi
pllIy Hill was carried, but lost again.
On the right the French were held
up for three hours by the German
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

President Viera of Uruguay on Tues
day afternoon during rioting grOwins
out of the recent general strike, sd
cording to an afternoon newspsp
The President, it says, was standir;
on a balcony when fired at and ID
bullet missed him by narrow marg,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Aerial Sham Battle Will Be
Feature of Police Field Dax

New York policemen began drive
yesterday which they intend to con-
tinue until they have sold at least a
halt million tickets for the dual Police
Field Day Games and Concert, to be
held at the Sheepshead Bay Motor
drome August "a and 81. Part of the
proceeds from the games are to be
used IN purchasing new uniforms for
the police reserves, both men and
women. -.'
The programme arranged for the
two days includes not only athletic
even.s' out a sham battle, in which
pate, and an exhibition of aerial VA
fare, with forty-two machines takine
part. Several prominent singers have
volunteered their services for both
days. A''i'
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

Uruguay President Fired At
MoNTEV1DE0. Uruguay, Aug. IT,
An attempt was made to assassinate
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
These Three Elements Have
Achieved Turnover in
the Situation
Political Disunion
Is Greatest Danger
Propaganda Is Too Little
Checked in rance and
Britain
By Hilaire Belloc

Author Of "Eiements of the Great
War" and B,1tain's most distan-
guished military critic.
Especial Gable to The Tribune)
Copyright 1918. by Tho Tribune Association
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
cHApTER ~.
On the Firinu Line.

When reported on the Cassard
after my fourteen days leave, / was
detailed with a detachment of the
legion to go to the Flanders front. /
changed into the regular uniform of
the legion, which Is about like that of
the infantry. with the regimental
badge-a seven-famed grenade.
We Travelled from Brest by rail, In
third-class cars, passing through La
Hayre and st. Pol, and finally arriving
at Bergues. From Bergues we made
the trip to Dixmude by truck-a dis
lance of about twenty miles. We car
ried no rati0ns with us, but at certain
places along the line the train stopped,
and we got out to eat our meals. At
every railroad station they have booths
or counters, and French girls work dny
and night feeding the Poilus. 1t Was a
wonderful sight to see these girls. and
1t made you feel good to think you
were going to fight for them
It was not only what they did, but
the way they did 1t, and it is at things
like this that the French beat the
world. They could tell just what kind
of treatment each Poilu needed, and
they saw to 1t that he got it. They
took special pains with the men Of the
legion, because, as they say, we are
strangers" and thst mupns. ''the begt
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
FORTY LANGUAGES in CAMP
Necessity Of One Tongue Has Renewed
Efforts to Establish Schools
for Immigrants.

Recently an accurate census was
taken concerning the different lam
guages spoken by soldiers training In
Camp Devens, Mass, which showed
that 40 languages were spoken by the
men in that camp. There were 2,269i
men whose habitual speech Is French;
1854 who speak italian, and SO on
down to the relatively few who speak
japanese, Serbian, Egyptian Persian.
Assyrian, Flemish and Arabic. OF spe-
cial interest were the 625 men WHO
speak German.
This is just one solution to a puzzle
like that. There must be one language,
which all understand and Of necessity
that language IS English. TheraRSYts
disclosed by this investigation have re-
newed the efforts made to establish q
system Of schools to teach every imnk (
grant the English language. "a
In the cooperative efforts In which
the whole nation is engaged, such as
war and many other things, one lan-
guage is necessity. Very little atten-l
ton has been paid to that In the past.
but the Importance of it Is being recog-
nized among all classes of thinkers at
the present time.-Omaha World-He
aid.
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festive American manner. but, as ]
saw we got to like IL after while.

festive American manner. but, as /
say, we got to like it after while.
Then, too, they do not do any hazing
in the French navy, and this surprised
us. We had expected to 60 through
the mill just as we did when we joined
the American service, but nobody slung
hand at us. On the contrary, every
garby aboard was kind and decent and
extremely courteous, and the fact that
we were from the States counted lot
with them. They used to brag about
it to the crews of other ships that were
not SO honored.
But this kindness we might have ex-
pected. 1t is just like Frenchmen in
any walk of life. With hardly an ex-
ception, / have never met one of this
nationality who was not anxious to
help you In every way he could; ex-
tremely generous, though not reckless
with small change, and almost always
CHEEKY and there with smile in any
weather. A fellow asked me once why
it was that almost the whole world
loves the French. and told him it was
because the French love almost the
whole world, and show 1t. And ! think
that Is the reason, too.
About the only way you can describe
the Poilus. on land or sea, is that they
are gentle. That is, you always think
that word, when you see one and talk
to himr.unless you happen to see him
within bayonet distance of Fritz.
The French sailors sleep between
decks in hunks. instead of hammocks,
and as had not slept In a bunk since
my Southerndown days, 1t was pretty
hard on me. So / got hold Of some
heaving line, which is one-quarter-inch
rope, and rugged up hammock. In
my spare time taught the others how
to make them, and pretty soon every
body was doing it.
When / taught the sailors to make
hammocks, ] figured, of course, that
they would use them as we did-that
is. sleep In them. They were greatly
pleased at first, but after they had
tried the stunt of getting in and stay
ing In, 1t was another story. A ham
mock is like some other things-it
works while you sleep-and If you are
not on to 1t, you spend most Of your
sleeping time hitting the floor. Our
gun captain thought I had put over a
trick hammock on him, but did not
need to-; every hammock is a trick
hammock.
Also, taught them the way we
make mats out Of rope, to use while
sleeping on the steel gratings near the
entrance to stoke holes. In cold wealth
er this part of the ship is more COM
Portable than the ordinary sleeping
quarters, but without mat it gets too
hot.
American soldiers and sailors get
the best food In the world, but while
the French navy chow was not fancy,
it was clean and hearty, as they say
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ing along the road, without their guns
q few Of them being slightly wounded,
Some Of them looked scared and 9TH
ers happy, but they all seemed tired.
Then we heard some singing, and pref
ty soon we could see an Irish corporal
stepping along behind the Huns, with
his rife slung over his back, and
every once in while he would shut
file bit and then sing some more. He
had grin on him that pushed his
ears back.
The British noncom who was de.
tailed as our guide sang out: "What
kind of time are you having, PATTI"
The Irishman saluted with one
hand, dug, the other into his pocket
and pulled out enough watches to
make you think you were in pawn
shop. "Oh, foin toim I'm havin',"
he says. II got wan from each of thin
fellas." We counted fourteen prison.
ers in the bunch. Pat sure thought he
was rolling In wealth.
After we were rested up we were
issued rifles, shrapnel helmets and
belts, and then started down the com
munication trench. These trenches
are entrances to the fighting trenches
and run at varying angles and vary
ing distances apart. They are sci.
dom wide enough to hold more than
one man, so you have to march single
file in them. They wind in and out,
according to the lay Of the land, some
parts Of them being more dangerous
than others. When you come to a
dangerous spot you have to crawl
sometimes.
There are so many cross trenches
and blind alleys that you have to have
guide for long time, because with.
out one you are apt tc walk through
an embrasure in q fire trench and
right out into the open, between tho
German front line ard your own,
Which is hardly worth while!
If any part of the line is under fire,
the guide at the head of the lire is on,
the lookout for shells, and wnen he
hears one coming he gives the signal
and you drop to the ground and wait
until it bursts. You never get all the
time you want, but at that you have
plenty of time to think about things
while you are lying there with you.
face in the mud, waiting to hear the
sound of the explosion. When you
hear it, you know you have got at least
one more to dodge. If you do not hear
it--well, most likely you are worrying
more about tuning your thousand.
string harp than anything else.
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down East. For breakfast we had
bread and coffee and sardines; at noon
q boiled dinner, mostly beans, which
were old friends of mine, and Of the
well-named navy variety; at four in
the afternoon, pint of vino, and at
six, supper Of soup, coffee, bread and
beans.
Although the French ''seventy-fiye"
is the best gun in the world, their ma
val guns are not as good as ours, and
their gunners are mostly older men.
But they will give youngster a gun
rating il he shows the stuff.
Shortly after went aboard The Cas-
sard, we received Instructions to pro-
coed to Spezia, Italy, the large italian
naval base. The voyage was without
incident but when we dropped anchor
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NO nave Is yourss to the French. These
French women, young and old, could
be a mother and a sweetheart and q
sister all at the same time to any hairy
old ex-convict in the legion, and do It
In a way that made him feel like lit
tie boy at the time and rich church
member afterwards. The only thing
we did not like about this trip was
that there were not enough stations
along that line. There is a tip that
the French engineers will not take. ]
am afraid.
There is another thing about the
French women that / have noticed, and
that is this: There are pretty girls In
every country under the sun, but the
plain girls In France are prettier than
the plain ones In other countries. They
might not show 1t in photographs, but
in action there is something about
them that you cannot explain. / have
never seen an ugly French girl who
was not easy to look at.
We finally got to Dixmude, after
having spent about eighteen hours on
the way. On our arrival one company
was sent to the reserve trenches and
my company went to the front line
trench. We were not placed in train
ing camps, because most Of us had
been under fire before. l never had,
but that was not supposed to make
any difference. They say If you can
stand the legion you can stand any.
thing.
Before we entered the communica-
ton trench. we were drawn up along.
side of crossroad for a rest, and to
receive certain accoutrements. Pretty
soon we saw G bunch of Boches com.
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ALCOHOL A DEADLY POISON.

Coroner Bauer of Cincinnati the
other day returned a verdict to the eff
feet that John Lewis, three years old,
of that city, "came to his death from
alcoholic poison accidentally admins
tered The examination in the case
brought out the fact that Johns
brother Charles. eleven years old, gave
him several spoonfuls of whisky to
cure his cough. The child died an hour
after he was admitted to the general
hospital.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
EVEN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

mo, / don't believe in prohibition"
said a leading capitalist and manufac-
turer in a great state which went dry
at the last election. "But there was
nothing to do but to destroy the sa-
loon and the liquor business. 1t had
grown SO strong that no laws could be
enforced against 1T. Its political pow
ers were becoming SO great and 1t
was SO bold and contemptuous that for
the sake Of life and liberty it had TO
be wiped out"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
FRENCH ANTl-ALcoHoL POSTER.


The following poster has been used
In some Of the barracks Of the French
army in promoting an educational
campaign against the use of alcohol
One who uses alcohol
Gets ulcer of the stomach.
Gets phthisis.
Gets delirium tremens.
Gets a ward in an insane asylum.
Gets to prison.
Gets disgraced.
He further
Loses time.
Loses money.
Loses intelligence.
Loses will-power.
Loses self-respect.
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THE WINE WAY TO DEcENERA-


anybody who has ever travelled
abroad and has gone into the wine
making countries will realize that
there is no drunkenness there This
statement was made by julius Kahn.
representative in congress from Cali
fornia, at the hearing in the senate
committee on the prohibition amend
ment to the agricultural bill.
And United States Senator James ID.
Phelan, from the same state, said that
''in wine-making countries there is
conspicuous sobriety." Hear what
Vance Thompson, author and jourpaI-
list and experienced traveller, says In
reply to the claim that there Is no
drunkenness in southern Europe:
HE who makes that statement
speaks out of deep ignorance. He
has never dwelt in the villages Of
Provence, or wandered over the wide
roads of Italy. You do not, / admit,
see so wild and manifest drunken
ness as in the harsh, northern, spirit
drinking lands; but the southern
drinker. making up in quantity what
was wanting in the alcoholic strength
Of his beverage, reaches the same
stage of physical impairment, begets
the same poisoned offspring, dies in
the same kind Of alcoholic dissolution
Ito use the technical phrase. His
moral corruption, as his physical de-
generation, is slower in its progress !;
but statistics must be piled hospital
high to show it reaches the same end.
1T was in my horoscope to watch
for 20 years the growth of the alcohol
habit In France. saw the nation
weary of the too feeble intoxicant of
wine and take to strong drink. During
those years the drinking of absinthe
alone rose from an annual consump-
ton of 100000 gallons to over 5,0O0,-
GOO gallons. The French race, with
dangerous deterioration, turned from
the slow poison of wine to the fiercer
and more active Of alcohol poisons--to
the wilder alcohol Of amers and alb.
sinthes.
with what fine spiritual energy,
born of battle-peril, France drew her
self back from the abyss Of racial de-
generation, You shall see, but assured
ly she was going-even as the wine
boy is making for whisky drunkenness
toward the alcoholic deterioration
which is national deterioration, which
Is national death.
Let there be no doubt about it; the
wine way to drunkenness is way like
any other"
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Depew gets his first experience
in the front line trenches at
Dixmude and learns how the
British Tommies garry on"
He tells about 1t In TIE next In
stalIment.
tTo BE coNTINUED.3
She Earned Il.

My little daughter came In with
penny. I asked her where she found
1t, and she said: Il earned it. You
see, Carter called me bad girl and
was going to fight him, but he had
come pennies, so ! told him If lie
would give me oenny wouldn't
fight hhn-and he did,
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my health so can do all my work and
] am so grateful that / am recommend
ing It to my friends. - Mrs. d. M.
ALTERS, r. r. A, Oregon. III.
Onlywomenwho have suffered the tor
lures Of such troubles and have dragged
along from day to day can realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable,
Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters
condition should profit by her recon-
mendation, and IL there are any com
plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The result of their 40 years experience
is at your service.
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Quite 4 Difference.

Bill Bashem was not a safe person
to deal with. On the contrary, he
dealt with safes; but the lady visitor
to the slums was not to know this.
80" she said to Bills little son.
"tley've put your father away for safe
keeping?s
Nah! Fer safe-breakin' |" replied
the grubby one, with wink.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
Peat and Chalk for Fuel.

\ Peat and chalk are being extensively
used for briqueting in Canada. Such
fuel has been found efficient and eco
nomical.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
RESULTS OF PROHIBITION IN
DETROIT.

S. s. Kresge Of Detroit. Mich, told
the senate committee on agriculture
that there was not single arrest for
drunkenness or accident, or theft In
Detroit, city of 100000, on one day
after prohibition went into effect. Ar
rests for drunkenness during the
month OF May in Detroit went down
from .692 in 1917 to 307 in 1918. Mop-
day absences at the Ford plant were
1920 On the last wet Monday, 1,62S on
the first Monday, and 1900 on the'sec
ond dry Monday.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-10-19
MEN
AND
WOMEN

Of order or diseased For good results
kidney medicine At druggists in large
and medium size bottles. Sample size
bottle by Parcel Post also pamphlet
Address DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. and enclose ten cents. When writ
Ing mention this paper.
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NOW RAISES
500 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved Of Or.
ganic Trouble by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.


game uOuDle winch
pulled me down UNI
til could not put my
foot to the floor and
could scarcely do my
work, and as / live
on a small farm and
raise six hundred
chickens every year
it made it very hard
for me.
II saw the Com
pound advertised in
our paper, and tried
it. 1t has restored
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TAMFERlNG WITH THE PERSON.
AL LIBERTY OF OUR FOREIGN
BORN CITIZENS.

We tamper with their personal lib
erty when we draft them for the army.
Take a man out of his home, make him
change the style Of his clothing, as
sign hours for his meals, drill him,
work him, control his habits, put him
on shipboard, send him to the firing
line, and there make him fight and
possibly die, and you are tampering
with his personal liberty considerably.
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GUNNER DEPEW SHOWS THE P0lLUS HOW AN AMERICAN
NAVAL GUNNER CAN SHOOT.

synopsisAbe Depew tells of his service
he attained the rank Of chief
petty officer fcass The world after he
discharge he leaves for
with determination enlist
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Kidney trouble preys up
on the mind, discourageS
and lessons ambition
beauty, vigor and cheer
fulness often disappear
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C9Hx
|OgillpgtallCe
Z, l'>otsz 8

tLUnouc,eu by the Nal4vnai woman 8
Christian Temperance Union.)
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-15
DANCE With THE GUARDS
THURSDAT AT ARMORY

Have you a ticket for the Wisconsin
National Guard Reserve dance Thurs
day evening? ii not, it's time you
thought about it. Pat NeitZel and his
famous jass orchestra will be there
with the music-real music, the kind
that will make your heart lighter and
your feet instinctively keep time. The
boys, SO in number, expect your CO.
operation in this their first effort The
finances of the mess fund at present
are nothing and in order to swing it
right and put forward a company that
will do credit to Watertown, needed
supplies will have to be bought Your
share is only fair, so come across with
money to purchase a ticket. Drop in
Thursday-look the ArmOry over and
see what has been done by the boys
Probably squad or two will execute
a few movements for the benefit OF
the audience.
Refreshments of all kinds will be on
sale and a perfect night is assured
Wardrobe facilities to take care of all
who come is another item that has
| been attended to. Will you be there, OF
are you among the slow ones?