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The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-12
GEORG|A TA lES IN
 WASHING AND BUYS. LIBERTY BONDS
REASONS THAT THE MORE CHILL. .DREN THERE ARE THE MORE
 BONDS SHE SHOULD BUY.
DETESTS UNSPEAKABLE HUN
Says Uncle Sam Just Has to Win This War and She Intends Doing
 Her Part

There arc five children in the family Of Georgia Sampson, who washes clothes and windows and floors to earn living for herself and the five and to make life rosier for her patrons
 There is no one to help with the iiv- ing, because Jim, Georgia's amiaDle husband, saw fit to wander too far into the turbulent stream which appealed to his sportsman instincts and it aar- ried, him off his feet.
 While she was hanging out inc full of snowwhite wet clothes the oth- CT day her employer was helping her and getting the ever-present value of Georgia's conversation at the same time, and the question of household expenses arose.
 It takes right smart lot of hustlin' now" Georgia commented through the clothespins in her mouth, Ito do every thing that's gotta be done. What with payin' for my Liberty Bonds and buyin' what we gotta eat, it keeps me sure busy.'
 ? "That's splendid of you to buy a Liberty Bond" her employer said. q know that it must be a good deal for you to try"
 Georgia Buys Liberty Bonds.
 Lawsy mel" she exclaimed. T got more'n one, and I'm goin' to take an other this time. Course, you see, I gotta take more'n some people, on account of havin' more children
 ''On account of having more chil dren? I should think they would be an excuse for you not to take any!"
 Georgia stopped hanging petticoats and planted her hands on her hips
 Why, Mrs Lewis, I'm surprised. You know what would happen to our children, don't you, if Uncle Sam didn't win this war? Lawsy, it wouldn't hurt me so Smueh-'cept just my feel in's, of eourse-'cause I won't be here So awful long anyhow. But my chil- dren l just wouldn't want to leave 'em on this earth at all if that Kaiser won. 1 should think everyone would feel the same. Sure they do. Well. then, the more children I got, don't that mean the more I ought to give to help win it? I got five of my own flesh and blood at stake in this war. even if they are too young to fight in it I guess that means I'm goin' to give everything I can to Uncle Sam, so he'll win it for 'em, don't it?''
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-12
COLLECTING THE U. s. TAX
sIackers Will Be Scarce When Treas ury Department Plans Are
 Complete

Tn the execution of Ae policy of paying as large proportion of the ex penses of the war by taxation as pos sible the Treasury is making every effort to collect ali Federal taxes due to the United States.
 The department has evidence against many who have sought to evade taxes. Some of these tax evaders are American citizens residing or so- journing in Canada. A corps of spe- cially trained revenue agents will be sent to the Canadian communities where many of these tax evaders re- side to obtain tax returns from them
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-12
CHAPTER x.
Hell at GaIIipoIi.

After I was discharged from the hos pital, I was ordered to report to my ship at Brest for sea duty.
 The boys aboard the Cassard gay, me hearty welcome, especially Mur ray, who had come back after two weeks in the trenches at Dixmude. was glad to see them, too, for after all they were garbies, and I always feel more at home with them than with sol. diers. Then, it was pretty rough stuff at Dixmude. and after resting up at the hospital, I was keen on going to sea again.
 The Cassard was in dry dock for re- pairs after her last voyage to the Oar. danelles as convoy to the troopship Dupleix. Everything was being rushed to get her out as soon as possible, and crews were working day and night. There were other ships there too-su- perdreadnaughts, and dreadnaughts, and battleships. and armored cruisers, all being overhauled
 We received and placed guns of newer design, filled the magazines with the highest explosives known to naval use, and generally made ready for a hard job. Our magazines were filled with shells for our big F and 14-inch guns. A 14-inch shell can tear a hole through the heaviest armor plate at 12.OO0 yards, and will do more damage than you would think.
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"N0T A NATION'

They said that we were not nation Just medley from various lands; No national heart and no national
 soul: With no hope and no wish to join
 hands. Nothing to hold us together; No aims and no dreams that we
 shared; Ideals and backgrounds all different; i; We couldn't make war-if we
 dared Then the word blared forth to the
 country. Close ranks! For the Flag of us
 all! And the faith that brought us to-
 gether Shene out at the Color's call. One cry came back from the people, From Latin and Norman and Slav: America! Freedom is threatened! Take all that we are and have. We know what we sought when we
 came here; What we're working for, every
 one, And that work has bound us to-
 getker Tt will hold till eternity's done. We give you our lives and our dol
 lars, We will work; we will fight; we
 will die: For the faith that has builded na-
 tion From the four winds of earth, and
 the sky
 -Lucy Jeanne Price.
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The nurses certainly work hard. They always have more 10 do than they ought to, but they never complain. and are always cheerful and ready to play games when they have the time, or read to some poilu. And their work is pretty dirty too: would not like to have to do it. They say there were lots Of French society ladies working as nurses. but you never heard much about society, or any talk about Lord Helpus or Count Whosis, or pink teas or anything like that from these nurses.
 few shells landed near our hos pital, while was there. but no patient was hit. They knocked a shrine of Our Lady to splinters. though, and bowled over big crucifx. The kitchen was near by, and it was just the chefs luck that he had walked over 10 our ward to see pal of his, when shell landed plumb in the center Of the kitchen, and all you could see all over the bar racks was stew.
 That was a regular eatless day for us, until they rigged up bogies and got some more dixies. and mixed up some cornmeal for US. The chef made up for it the next day. though. The chef was a great little guy. He was a -'blesse" himself. and guess his stonl- ach sympathized with ours.
 There was a Frenchman in the bed next to me who had the whole side of his face torn off. He told me he had been next to bomber. who had just lit a fuse andN did not think it was burning fast enough, so he blew on it. It burned fast enough after that, and there he was.
 There was @ Belgian in one of the other wards. whom 1 got 10 know pretty well, and he would often come over and visit me. He asked many ques- ftfons about Dixmude, for he had had relatives there, though he had lost track of them He often tried 10 de scribe the house they had lived in, so that I might tell him whether it was still standing or not. but I could not remember the place he spoke of. Dur ing our talks. he told ne about many atrocities. Some of the things he told me l had heard before, and some of them I heard of afterward. Here are some things that he either saw or heard Of from victims:
 He said that when the Germans en- tered the town of St. Quentin, they started firing into the windows as they 'paysed along. First. after they had oc. leupied the town, they bayonetetlever lworkingman they could find. Then they took about half Of the children that they could find. and killed then with their musket butts. After this Ithey marched the remainder of the chil ldren and the women 10 the square lwhere they had lined up a row of male citizens against wall. The women and children were told that If they moved they would al be shot. An other file of men was brought up. and made to kneel in front of the other men against the wall.
 The women and children began to beg for the lives of the men. and many
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of them were knocked in the head with gun butts before they stopped.
 Then the Germans fired at the double rank of men. After three volleys. there , were eighty-four dead and twenty wounded Most of the wounded they then killed with axes. but somehow. three or four escaped by hiding under the bodies of others and playing dead, though the officers walked up and down firing their revolvers into the piles of bodies.
 The next day the Germans went through the wine cellars. and shot all the inhabitants they found hiding there. A lot of people. who had taken
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-12
The Kaiser Is eoina to Move.

IL is just as well for the Kaiser, says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, if he hasn't jut in his winter coal-be- cause he is going to move The quick subscription of the Fourth Liberty Loan will help him on his way.
The Carlisle independent., 1918-09-12
10000 Germans Captured in Mont

The allied arn1iss in their series of offensives between July IS and Au- gust IS have captured more than 100000 Germans, says Marvel Hutin in Echo de Paris The Americans had part in this,' The Liberty Bonds you bought in previous loans helped to make this possible. A larg- CT purchase of Fourth Liberty Bonds will do much to put the finishing touches on the Kaiser and his Hun hordes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03

what is played for on the banks Of the
Somme is a whole form Of civilization.
THE noble peoples who now fight
side by side have not been created to
1--we under the German yoke. They
possess the superior Will, the powerful
instinct, that produce victory"
THAT touching and noble. phrase,
All we have IS yours" says the eau
lois" will henceforth be engraved in
the heart of every Frcnchman. 1t re-
fleets faithfully the unanimous thought
Of great people which comes to our
aid with an irresistible enthusiasm and
which from the moment it said to US
y Gu may count on US has cndcavored
indefatig ably to prove it. That ma
non offers eol' US the maximum of her
energy and gives US. with a magnlti
cent gesture, her children, her wealth,
her industry, her heart and her
brains"
"L'Eclair" says:
CHOSE who have studied the psy-
chology Of our transatlantic friends
even little know we'll that Pcrshing
expressed the unanimous sentiment of
his troops"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Germans Hamed
By Peyshi7g's Offer,
Soys Par;s Paper

BY Gable to the Courier dies Etats,I'nisl
PARIS, April IN. Terry, writing in
"L'Ocuvre," says one Of the chief pur-
poses Of the German offensive is not
only to cut tho connection between the
English and French armies, but also to
prevent the reinforcement of the Allies
by the United States army.
"This design" he says, "has been
baffled by General Pershing's noble
offer to General Foch. True, the Amer
lean army is still in formative state
but President Wilson will not wait
until its preparations are complete.
From now on he puts at our disposal
all the trained regiments that have
crossed the Atlantic The others will
follow necessarily and Will be as
numerous as is necessary
"Not only is an incxhaustibc rcscr-
voir of men thus opened to us by the
American Republic, but it offers us at
the same time all its aircraft, artillery
and other matGricl.
"Thc Bochcs certainly did not fore
see such a rapid intervention, but they
will have occasion to feel its increas-
ing Importance"
"Thcsc few Words" says M. Capus in
dc Figaro referring to General Per
shing's offer, "havc in their simplicity
a profound meaning. They show the
greatness of the stake and that the
whole world is conscious of it. In fact.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
(By Tho Associated Prose,


WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April 1.-The Germans con-
tinued their desperate efforts to-day to
open a road toward Amiens, their OBJ
jective since the starting of the battle,
but they made little if any progress
In fact, the Entente Allied troops we're
able to recapture the town of Hangard-
en-Santerre. Most of the enemy forces
were hurled in the course of the day on
the. British, the French lines on the left
being more or less quiet
The LIST German Guard division ves-
terday suffered most severe beating
at Grivesnes. At 1920 o'clock in the
morning the Guards attacked with the
greatest fury, and after hours of the
closest fighting they succeeded in get
ting a footing in the village Two
hours later the Guards were elected
pellmeil by magnificent counter at
tack at the point of the bayonet.
This was not the end, however, The
Germans came back again time after
time, preceded by & heavy artillery bar
rage. In the grounds of the Grivesncs
castle the Frenchmen went to meet
them. and fought them back with bay
onets and rife butts, making them re-
treat in disorder under grilling fire
from automatic rifles mounted on ar
mored motor cars.
Once more this morning the Guards.
not satisfied with their defeat vester
day. returned to the assault but the at
tack was in vain, and the enemy had to
seek shelter in his positions, leaving
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Constantine s Agents
Executed in Athens

ATHENS, March 80. = Lieutcnants
Calamaras and Hodjopoulos, who came
to Greece recently on German subma-
rine as agents Of former King Con-
stantinc, were condemned to death by q
court martial and the sentence was car
ried out to-day. Their lawyer, NJ.
Conoupis, also received tie death SEN
tence.
The two officers, after receiving in
structions at Zurich, Berlin and Vienna,
came to Greece in an enemy submarine
from Pola with letter from former
King Constantine and plans to arrange
a system of espionage and to establish
a naval base. COnoupis was inter-
mediary in the matter. A sister of
Lieutenant Calamaras was sentenced to
life imprisonment and Il peasant re-
ceiVed a hftecn-year sentence for har-
boring the licutcnants.
A royal court-martal has been dl-
rectcd to prosecute Captain Paparrigo-
poulos, former aide dc-camp to King
Constantine. who is said to have ar
ranged for the visit Of the lieutcnants,
and Kolidyas Capchicfst. who also
aided in their plans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03

BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE, April 2.-The British
stormed strongly held German posi-
tons in a wood along the Luce River
yesterday. When the enemy withdrew
after sharp fighting he left the ground
strewn with his dead.
The Germans shelled the wood hcav-
lily after it was occupied by the Brit
ish. and organized two counter attacks
for the purpose of retaking it. Both
were caught in the British artillery
barragc and broken.
The British yesterday improved their
position by an attack south Of Hangard.
and later repulsed two German counter
attacks which cssayed to restore the
situation.
South of Hebuterne the British con-
Quoted successful local attack and
repulsed counter assault.
According TO prisoners the 2oSth Ger
man Division since the beginning Of
the offensive has suffered losses Of 70
per cent, the 20th Division lost 80
per cent, the s8th Division lost 30
per cent the first day and 40 per cent
in an attack on Mezicres March %.
In the lat Division the average
strength Of the companies was reduced
to forty men by March 28 The Guard
Ersatz Division suffered % per cent
loss between March Il and g.
The 5th Division had 50 per cent
casualties AT Ham and additional heavy
losses IN crossing the Somme In an
attack north Of the Scarpe River one
regiment Of the goth Division lost
twenty-four officers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Regret Need of Using
American Soldiers to
Fill Allied Gaps
[Stof Correspondence

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Thc official
announcement in London that such Of
the American regiments as cannot be
used in divisions of their own will be
brigaded with the British and French
units so long as the necessity lasts
was regarded in War Department
circles as an immediate necessity and
Justlfiable on that account.
1t was not believed arrangements
viii become permanent, but vill con-
tinuc only so long as the American
army in France is not sufficiently large
to operate as distinct unit. While
there was no criticism of the action,
army authorities regretted that the ne
cessity existed. declaring it was prefer
able that the American troops be sent
into battle in their own organizations.
"The thing we cannot learn from the
British and French" one high author
lty in the army declared, "is how to
win the war We must learn that our
selves, and the quicker we get about
it the better. That of course, is an
Nnsurrectonary' view. But we have
the right to expect and to require
much more from ola' troops than mere
ly to fill gaps in the Allies formations
"The plan to fight our army as ma
tlonal unit has not been given up. Ever
since the war began the question of
whether it would be better to train
them together, or to incorporate some
Of them in the British and French
armies. The training suggested in that
manner would not be for the men
alone. but for the officers as well, no
matter how long they might have been
in the SerVice.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03

here are several small woods, but the
country is generally better fighting
ground than the marshy terrain east
oi Amicns
The Germans have narrowed their
lighting front about twenty-five miles.
with the spearhead pointed southeast
cf Amiens.
The reports from Haig and Petain
show that there has been fighting of a
local character, with the artillery actv-
ity limited, though extremely heavy in
d few sectors. The British have taken
few prisoners south of the Somme.
There is an interesting sentence in
Haig's communiQue which reports en-
envy raids near Hollcbcke and south
east Of Ypres.
Around Demtin and south Of the
Somme the Franco British troops have
recovered some ground. 1t would be
unwise to consider that the Germans
have abandoned their efforts south of
the Somn.c or that the Allies have sue
cessfully blocked the attempt to cut
the ParisAmiens line. Conditions have
improved materially, but the threat
against this railway is still very real
one.
The Smelling of Dunkirk, st. Pol and
Paris shows that the enemy has manu-
featured a cons derable number of long
range guns. The nearest point from
which he could lombard ST. Pol is
about twenty miles.
Enemy Filters Active
Another feature of the recent firing
is the increased activity of the German
fiiers. who apparently are now ready
to contest the air superiority with the
British. American aviators are begin
ming to appear over the battlefield in
considerable numbers.
Destroyers, cruisers and Zeppelins
have appeared several times recently
off the north coast of Holland. The
period of moonless nights will come
shortly. and attacks on the English
coast are not improbable. The Ger
mans chief hope now is to interfere
with the British Channel communica-
tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Wall of French Bayonets Halted
Repeated Attacks on Grivesnes

the French the masters of the stua-
ton.
In their great race to attain the COM
munlcatlons connecting the north and
south at Amiens the Germans had the
advantage of knowing exactly where
they were going, and when the British
and Franch troops retired before the
immense volume of German troops the
enemy again was favorably placed for
rushing reinforcements from one part
of the line to another, owing to the fact
that he occupied the interior line of a
semlcircle in which the battle was being
fought.
In the first few days Of fighting the
Germans naturally were able to pick up
many groups of prisoners which had
become isolated from the main bodies
during the receding movement, but re-
Gently their haul of captives has been
comparatively small.
The French did remarkable feats in
connection with the transport of troops
when called upon to support their
British allies in holding the southern
par, of the line in the first stage of the
battle: One army corps came from a
long distance. to be thrown immediately
into the fighting as the men dcbarkcd
from motor lorries with their packs.
This same corps now has been in the
fighting line ten days without relief.
and has requested permission to remain
there, although it has borne a great
part in barring the route toward Paris
through the valley of the Disc.
Other French corps have entered the
! struggle since, but none has earned a
greater amount OF praise than this first
reinforcement
The reserves OF the Entente Allies
still are virtually intact.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Submarines Sink
Two More Steamships
The Carlisle Castle and Ales-
sandra Sent to Bottom
by U-Boats

News of the sinking by submarines
OF BRITISH and Italian steamships was
received here Yesterday. The torpedo
ing of the Carlisle Castle, a freighter.
carrying war supplies under charter to
the Cunard Line, was reported by Of
metals Of the Union Castle Mail Steam
ship Company, her owners, in this city.
The Carlisle Castle left an Atlantic
port on January 27 and was torpedoed
on February 10 in the English Channel.
1t was announced. She carried crew
OF fiftytwo, all of whom were saved
Se e;,rpp the fourth engineer, who was
killed at his post The Carlisle Castle
was vessel of 1926 gross tonnage and
was built at Newcastle, England, in
The Italian steamship Alessandra. a
vessel of 2,432 tons gross register, was
sunk by German submarine off the
island Of Madeira, according to advices
received here yesterday. The crew was
landed last Saturday at Funchal. The
Alessandra was last reported leaving
Gibraltar for an Atlantic port.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03

light trench mortar detachmcnts, known
as infantry artillery, equipped with
two light trench mortars of new
model, mounted on specially high
wheels, supposed to be capable of firing
twenty rounds a minute against tanks
or other obstacles. The personnel Of
each detachment comprises two officers
and forty men.
ut is apparent from the foregoing
that the whole apparatus for destroy
ing our centres CT resistance has been
relegated to the second line, the ccle-
brated storm troop sappers, with cx-
plosives and light trench mortars in
stead, being first to follow over the
waves of infantry have swept over the
position. The mission of these spc-
cialists remains tho same. They clear
the trenches, reduce strong points.
bomb rccalcitrants from dugouts; but
while they are doing this the battle is
in anticipatiOn"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Germans Fear to Use
Alsatians and Lorrainers
For Duty in First Lines

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Further
information regarding the losses suf-
fered by the Germans in their offensive
and on the German attitude toward the
Alsatians, as revealed by secret docu-
ments seized on prisoners. is given in
an official dispatch to-day from France.
The dispatch follows:
con April l the Germans withdrew
from the front four divisions that had
suffered severely. To the depleted d.
visions mentioned yesterday may be
added the following: Ist and 10th
whose companies are reduced to forty
men; the 40th, the 9Th, the 50th, the
195th and the reserve division of the
guard, which has lost % per cent of its
men. A regiment of the 18th division
ma mas been reduced to less than 500 men.
The 5th and 45th reserve divisions were
reduced more than half
The Alsatian contingents. three
quarters of which had been until now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Press iva England
Praises America
For Troop OFFER

LONDON. April 2.-The American de-
cision to place American units in
brigadcs with French and Rritish hat.
talions for Immediate norticinotion !,
the LIGHTING on the Wrstern i> fron+ =
greeted bv the morning newsnapers as
a historic action. wThe Dailv Tolc-
graph" in its comment, save.
THE part PLAYED bv Prcsidont vii
son in tho dcliberatj1ns which ondnd
in the decision will not be forrottcn bv
those peoples Of EuroDe which alrnad',
owe so much ia his strono and rcsor,cn,
full statesmansbin., ''''''
"Thc Dailv Chronic1o, c,vs. "Tbo
fine spirjt shown NV no 1rnitod c+a+ac
throughout this crisis has boon No
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