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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-01
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CapifnL Punishment

Dear Miss Grey VIA YOU please
print in your columns how many
states IN tho United states sim prac
tco capital punishment u. {. X.
Death or life imprisonment IN
the penalty for first degree muir
der IN 20 states. and In ~ states
Il In punishable by death
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-01
DUTHlES WIN SIXTH
CONSECUTIVE GAME

Making the SIXTH straight win.
the Du,hies' Timekeepers' team de
fcated the skinner a Eddy crowd
yesterday. 10 the tune Of \ 10 o. The
batteries were Jones and James for
Duthies. and Rhodes and Johnson for
skinner < Eddy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-01
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT
VEGETABLES

| pri<es Paid wholesale Dealers Tor
Vegetables and Fruit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-01

Thank you very kindly for this
recipe II Is one OF the best
cornbread recipes I ever heard
OF. and | am sure many women
readers will take advantage OF IL
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

searchllghts at their disposal on them,
hunting the armament for the flying
foe. The whirling Of the prOpellers
Of the airships stopped suddenly. In
stead, high In the air q brilliant light
appeared. the searchllght Of the Yep
pelin, which, for moment. illuminate
ed the entire landscape.
Suddenly all became dark again. A
few moments later powerful detona'
lions revealed the fact that the Yep
pelln had thrown OF ballast" That
went on long while. Explosion fol-
lowed explosion. These were followed
by clouds OF fire. In the air, exploding
shrapnel which the Belgian artillery
fired at the airshlps could be observed.
The whirllng Of the propellers started
up again, directly above our heads. II
became Quieter and Quleter, until the
powerful ships Of the air disappeared
from our vicinity.
Thus the forts were leveled. Thou.
sands of Belglans lay behind the walls
and under the Notifications, dead and
buried. A general storming attack
followed. Llege was In the hands OF
the Germans, who had paid, In dead
alone In this battle, $4,000 men.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
CTo BE coNTINUED.l
BRIGHT Etos eoya

The schoolboy "howler" Is quite com
monty amusing. but its very freQuen.
cy Is apt to make II something Of a
bore. 1t Is doubtful. however, h'a
more representative collection Of the
genus has ever been got together than
that recently given to the public. out
Of his own experience. By the vice
provost Of Elton. First there was the
exquisite. though not absolutely new
one Of the boy who explained that
Homer was not written By Homer.
but By another man OF the same mama.
Then there was dissertation on beads
In the terms that, "A bede Is a very
old man known as a venerable bede,
and sometimes called Adam Bede.-
But the gem OF the whole collection
was undoubtedly the definition Of q
vacuum as ''t4e place where the pope
lives" After thls TO be told that grav-
ity Is "a limit Of ten miles an hour e
10 the nature AZ an nnff-cllma=
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

Bile. He released my comrade and ran
away with an insane cry of pain.
Everything developed by seconds.
The blood Of the Belgian ran out of
my friends mouth; a terrible nausea
and indescribable loathing seized him.
The taste Of warm human blood
brought him almost to the verge Of In
sanity. In the course of this night
battle came in contact for the first
time with the butt of Belgian gun.
During a hand-to-hand fight with a
Belgian, second enemy soldier
struck me on the back of the head
with the butt Of his gun so hard that
my helmet was forced down over my
ears. The pain was fearful and l
tainted.
When l revived, I was lying in a
barn, with my head bandaged, among
other wounded men. My wound was
not severe. / only had a feeling as II
my head was twice Its normal size.
The other wounded soldiers and the
ambulance men said the Belgians had
been forced back within the forts and
that hard fighting was still in prog
ress.
Wounded men were brought In con-
tinuously and they told US that the
Germans had already stormed several
forts and had taken a number of main
and auxiliary defenses, but could not
hold them because they had not been
sufficiently supported by artillery. The
defenses inside the forts and their gar
rlsons were still intact. The situation
was not ripe for a stormlng attack. so
the Germans had to retire with enor-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

nous losses. The reports we received
were contradictory. 1t was impossible
to get a clear picture. In the mean
time the artillery bombardment had
become so intense that 1t Mortified
even the German soldiers. The heavi-
est artillery was brought into action
against the steel and concrete de-
lenses.
No soldier 50 far knew anything Of
the existence of the 42-centimeter NOR
tars. Long after Liege was In Ger
man hands these soldiers could not
understand how 1t was possible that
the defenses, which consisted Of dou-
bic slx-meter walls of steel and con-
crete. were reduced after only few
hours bombardment.
myself could not take part In these
operations. being wounded. but my
comrades told me later how the cap
ture Of the several forts came about.
Artillery Of all caliber was trained on
the forts. but 1t was the 21-centimeter
mortars and the AS which performed
the real work.
From a distance the 42-centimeter
projectiles were heard to arrive, to the
accompaniment Of q fearful Kissing
thai sounded like a long drawn-out
screech which filled the whole at
mosphere. Wherever II fell, every
thing was destroyed within a radius
Of several hundred meters. The air
pressure which the bursting OF the pro-
jectile produced was so terrible that it
made breathing difficult for those Of
us who were holding the advanced po-
sitions.
To make this witches holiday COM
plete. the Zeppelins appeared during
the night to participate IN the work OF
destruction.. The soldiers suddenly
heard above their heads the xhirling
of propellers and the noise OF the mo-
tors. The ZenpeIins came nearer.
They we're not discovered by the enc
my until they were close to the forts,
which Immediately DlaTed all the
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER II,

went to Aix-la-Chappelle to hos
pital. met many more wounded mel
who had fought in Belgium. All wer'
of the opinion that the Belgian deat
numbered as many civilians as sol
dlers. Even If the German soldier
who fought in Belgium do not adml
the crueltles committed against tn,
Belgians, 1t cannot be denied that a
least 80 per cent Of the crueltie
known to the world to have been com
mltted In Belgium were only too true
A young soldier who lay next to m,
in the hospital told me that his com
pany, during a street fight In Lege
was given orders to kill everybod.
without discrimination. Systematlcal
ly, one house after another was set OF
fire. The inhabitants either fell In thu
flames or became the victims In tn,
streets to the gun barrels of the Ger
man kultur-bearers.
At the time / doubted the words o.
my neighbor, even though had seeI
what German warfare meant. Aftel
a few days l was released from thu
hospital and again restored to my de
tachment. Partly by auto, partly By
foot, I reached my detachment by ter
o'clock In the evening. Our transport
moved this time over Trier to Luxem
burg. The little grand duchy of Lux
emburg was Overrun entirely by Ger
man soldiers. The Germans who had
made their homes In Luxembourg had
everything taken away from them, es
pecially the farmers, all food, without
thought Of payment, so that In Luxem
burg at this time there was shortage
Of food. The people here as well al
In Belgium were very friendly. yet they
harbored a terrible bitterness against
the German government, which had
loosed Its troops like a band Of robbers
and murderers over their peaceful
country.
Belgium and Luxembourg. the tive
first unhappy victims of the damnable
German politics and its drunkenness
with powerl
That the Luxembourg citizens detest
ed Germany an incident showed me
which happened in the village of Mar
moth. We were in friendly CONVEX
sation with a Luxembourg farmer. Two
officers approached and listened. One
officer, captain, asked the Luxem
burger, "What do you think of the
war, and of the quickness of Germany
There is only one Germany. isn't
there?"
"Yes," replied the farmer. 'Thanh
the Lord"
For those four words the farmei
was arrested at once and transported
to Germany as court prisoner.
could never learn what became Of
him.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
Our Gentle Leadsr.

We have a Leader so gentle that we
can 30. as 1t were. to bis tent at night
and tell hiE we are afraid of tomor-
rows warfare-that the hard battle
has weakened our nerves o tender
SAVER. wounded unto death. and yet
strong In the consciousness Of an In
domitable power. thou. on that white
horse. shalt lead Us forth conquerlng
and t. conquer bishop Of st. An
drews.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

our study is TO De
profitable a GER
tain preparation
is necessary.
This prepan-
ton consists first
of a heart de-
termination to
read the Book.
This is a funda-
mental law OF
Bible study, so
simple that 1t Is
sometimes set
aside, to our great
loss. There is no
way of under
standing the Book
except as we read
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
uSER'S TERRIBLE ENGINES OF WAR RAIN DEATH UPON
THE CITIES OF BELGIUM

synopss-The author Of these confessions officer the
the German branch of the service correspond
the engineers corps OF the United States army
Belgium with invading that country
the their
and attack Belgian
Ing their frontier
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31
Studying
the Bible
By REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department. Moody Bihle
Institute. Chicago

TEXT-Search the scriptures.-John $50.
All Christians should give some
time to the study of the Bible and IL
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-31

Streets, sidewalks, houses In
the town Of Neuve Chateau are
heaped with dead and wound
ed-elvlIlans and soldlers-after
the town 10 taken by the Ger.
mans In a hand-to-hand eneoun-
ter. The next Installment tells
how the German soldiers car
rled out the orders Of their or
GERS to show no mercy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
ENEMY is GAINING
GROUND ON AISNE
[Continued from First Pagc.1

[Continued from First PaSc.1
Vezilley appears virtually unchang-
ed. the Germans failing in all their
efforts to win ground.
The energetic defense on the right
wing is exemplified by the fighting
at T'hillois, three miles east OF
Rheims. where the Germans enter
ed the town only tc be driven out
by French counter attack.
BY such resistance the safety OF
Rheims is monentarily safeguarded
but observers of the operations view
its ultimate fall as apparently inevi-
table.
Expected to Reach Marine
The probability of German pene-
tration right up to the banks of the
Marine in the center of the advance
is likewise indicated in the news dis
patches which mention the near ap-
pr roach of the Germans to Chateau
Thierry and Dormans, both of which
towns are on the Marne river.
The civilian population has left
Chateau-Thierry and some of the
refugees from it have already pass
ed through Paris for the interior
On the British front the Germans
are active with their artillery east
of Amiens and in the Albert region
to the north as we'll as on portions
of the Flanders front, but no infan-
try movements of note are reported.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31

"The climate is fine and there is
beautiful scenery along the road to
the front" comments Robert K.
Cunkle, who recently arrived safely
Mrs. A. d. Cunkle, All Herr street.
Private Cunkle left Harrisburg last
August with Company d of the old
Eighth Regiment. While at Camp
Hancock he was transferred to the
112th U. S. Infantry. In Harrisburg
he was employed in the office of the
DAD foreman of engines in the Penn
sylvania Railroad station.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
BIG RECRUITING
DRIVE SCHEDULED
CONTINUED from First Page.1

lContinued from First Page
drafted men. On Monday the Ma
rine Corps is to open a campaign in
the city and has a mum ber of meet
ings scheduled.
The new drive will be conducted
on, much the same manner as had
been planned for this weeks drive.
Various organizations throughout
Harrisburg will have charge of. the
meetings on the several evenings.
The Y. M. c. A., the Loyal Order
OF Moose and the Rotary Club are
several of the organizations that will
nave charge of these evening meet
1ngs. No schedule has yet been ar
ranged. This, however. will be COM
pleted within the next several days.
To Use Platform
The platform and Army tent that
had been erected for use in this
weeks drive is still in place and
VIII be used in the new drive. The
purpose of the new drive is mainly
TO stimulate enlistments of boys un-
oer II years old, especially those
who are nearing that age.
Mailing the Kaiser" activities will
Harrisburg Y. M. c. A. will share in
the proceedings of these activities in
harrisburg. Two nails, one a silver
plated one, will be auctioned off on
saturday evening to be driven in
Bits facsimile. John Buch has bic
81 for the ordinary nail. The silver.
plated nail, just presented, is a gif
of James Stiner, of the st. James
Hotel. The nails will be auctioneC
off by Maxwell Hite, Harrisburg!
patriotic auctioneer. who aided il
Mailing the Kaiser" events at botI
Middletown and at Harrisburg las
Saturday. Hite has been named by
local recruiting officials as the Off
cial auctioneer for similar activities
| throughout the Harrisburg recruit
| ing district. Preliminary prepara
lions are now being made for thes,
events in several towns. In each on,
some deserving war organization will
share in the proceeds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
American Birdman Is
Captured in No Mans Land

With the American Army in
France, May 31.-An American avia-
tor was captured by the Germans
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
French Main Lines Hold
Firmly Before Desperate
Efforts of Crown Prince
By Associated Press

Paris, May 31.-The allied left
forced back by violent German at
tacks in the region of the Ailette
river. it is announced officially. Near
scissors and further south German
attacks broke down, the French
maintaining their positions.
In the center the Germans made
a slight advance north of the Marine.
Further east, and also northwest and
north of Rheims, all the German
efforts were vain. The French by a
counterattack won back the town Of
Thillois, west of Rheims.
Hold Main Line
Withdrawing before the German
onslaught in the region of the
Ailette, the French fell back on po-
sitions north of Blerancourt (nine
miles southeast of Nayon) and
Epagny (seven miles northwest Of
Soissons). The French are holding
their positions along the road be-
tween scissors and Chateau Thierry
as we'll as in the eastern outskirts of
scissors.
The statement follows:
THE Germans extended their ef-
fort on their right as far as the
Disc by violent attacks in the region
of the Ailette. The French fell back
fighting, on positions to the north of
the line Blerancourt-E -Epagny.
"In the region of scissors and
further south the German attack
broke down before the heroic re-
sistance of the French. who main
tanned their positions in the western
outskirts of the town and along the
road to Chateau Thierry.
I'm the center the Germans sue
ceeded in making a slight advance
in the regions north of the Marne.
Further east, as well as northwest
and north of Rheims. all German ef-
forts to make progress were vain.
An energetic counterattack deliver
ed by French troops won back
Thillois."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
The Horrible Handicap
of Poisoned Blood

under, s. s. S. offers hope. This
remedy has been in general use for
more than fifty years. It Is purely
vegetable, and contains not a par
ticle of any chemical, and acts
promptly on the blood by routing
All traces of the taint, and restoring
it to absolute purity. =
Some of the most distressing cases
of transmitted blood poison have
yielded to the treatment of s.. s. s..
and no case should be considered in.
durable until this great remedy has
been given thorough trial. S. 8. s.
acts as an antidote to every impur
lty In the blood. You can obtain It
at any drug store. Our chief medi-
cal adviser will take pleasure in Civ
ing you without cost any advice that
your individual case requires. Write
to-day to Swift Specific Co., A33
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
NEW FIRE APPARATUS
TO BE IN CITY SHORTLY

Commissioner Gross received word
to-day that the new motorized chem
ical and hose truck for the Paxton
Fire Company will be delivered in
about three weeks. his piece of ap-
paratus, the last to be motorized, was
expected to be finished and in serY-
ice early in the spring but lack of
materials and other delays due to
government orders, prevented filling
the contract in time.
In speaking of the housing of AL
derman Murray's automobile at the
Friendship fire company house,
Commissioner Gross said he intended
to consult Solicitor Fox to learn who
has authority to order the car to be
removed. He stated, however, that
he understood the automobile would
be removed soon to a nearby garage
which is now in the course of con-
struction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31

this report to the chief of the British
general staff in writing:
I'VE are being undermined in Italy
because the British ambassador in
Italy is being blackmailed by. the
Germans and is afraid to send in
formation to England"
Name on Vice List
Captain Spencer added that the
ambassadors name was also on the
list prepared by German secret
agents of $4,000 British men and
women. Earlier Captain Spencer and
Mrs. Villiers Stewart had declared
that the persons named were said to
be addicted to vice and held in
bondage to Germany through fear of
exposure. Captain Spencer said he
was born in the United States and
had served in the American Navy.
Mr.. Pemberton- Billing, the de-
fendant, is publisher of the newspa-
per Vigilante and a member OF
parliament
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31

[Continued from First Page.]
man advance. Gabriel Hanotaux, in
the Figaro, compares the strategic
situation with that on the eve of the
battle of the Marne. All the COM
mentators, however, express confi-
dence that the high command will so
dispose the allied troops as to restore
the situation, which L'Homme Libre
considers to have reached it's maXi7
mum point of gravity yesterday. The
Petit Parisien says the government
officials who saw the army chiefs
yesterday returned in the evening
still confident, which it regards as a
good sign.
1t is the resistance of the two
wings of the allied forces which in
spires the confidence of all the mill
tary critics. To take victorious ad-
vantage of the success they have so
far gained the Germans must succeed
in bending these two hinges, and all
their efforts to do this have up to
this time been vain.
Reserves Arriving
Another reason for the confident
feeling is the arrival of allied re-
serves.
The Havas correspondent at the
front, who is considered to reflect
the official view, thus summarizes
the situation:
THE rapid advance of the enemy
is due to the temporary numerical in
feriority of the allies which has
completely changed the aspect of the
struggle. 1t is necessary to go back
to the beginning of the war for an
analogous situation. This is war of
movement where two armies man
euver under the open sky.
Under these conditions the mo-
mentary advance of an army and the
capture of town may mean nothing.
The problem is more vast For its
own reasons our command did not
ind 1T advisable to give battle either
on the Somme or in Flanders after
the March offensive. 1t confined itself
to stopping the enemy.
Shall we accept battle this time
as we formerly accepted it on the
Marne? What is the secret of our
command? The Germans have no il
lusions as to the value of the success
they have gained. They know we
have several million picked troops
forming in maneuvering masses
which they will have to encounter
some where.
IF the enemy had the choice of
ground for the offensive, we have the
much more important choice of the
field of battle on which Germany's
destinies will be decided.
1T will be seen therefore that
there is no ground for alarm. We
probably are witnessing the prelimi-
naries to a great battle which both
sides wish to be decisive.s~ Conse-
quently, it is comprehensive that
our commanders do not act hurried
ly, but strictly in accordance with
plans agreed upon"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
HOSPITALS ARE AGAIN
ATTACKED BY HUNS
[Continued from First Page.

ters We're killed in a house a short
distance from a hospital. Another
nurse was standing on the upper
floor of the hospital ministering to
patients. when piece of bomb
struck her, piercing her lung.
Nurses Cheer Patients
Five American nurses were in the
same hospital. They were Miss Ma
talie Scott. of New Orleans; Miss
Helen Spalding, of Brooklyn; Miss
Mary McCadlish, of Atlanta; Miss
Blanche Gilbert, of Cleveland. and
Miss Constance Cook. of San Fran
cisco.
While the raid was in progress
tients. Although many serious cases
of sick and wounded were aggra-
waited because they had to be moved,
the nurses had to carry them to the
lower floors and the cellar.
1T was. an exciting time" said
Miss Scott, but there was no panic.
Some of our boys actually slept
through it all, although their beds
were showered with broken glass"
AmbuIances Wrecked
| Three American ambulances were
caught in the raid Sergeant Ethan
Wells, of San Francisco. who was
driving the first ambulance, said
"Our three ambulances were hur-
rying to hospitals with patients when
a bomb wrecked a building directly
in front of us, in a narrow street
Our ambulance was perforated by fly
ing missiles. We were all hurled out
but escaped with a few scratches"
Private Robert A. Bowman, OF
| Galveston, who was in the same car
said:
There was a terrific explosion
The next thing I knew was lying
on the ground. / looked around and
heard the patients groaning. pulled
myself together and found the pa
tients uninjured except for the
shock. Our ambulance was shot to
pieces"
The second car apparently received
the full force of the explosion, and
was completely wrecked.
Wounded Beg For Help
| Private Roscoe e. Willy. of Madi-
sonville, Texas, was driving the third
car. Sergeant j. w. Nolder, of AL
| toona, Pa, and three patients were
with him.
! There was wreckage all around
u.s." said Sergeant Nolder. injured
civilians in the shattered houses
nearby We're begging for help. We
all pitched in as soon as we had re-
covered from the shock and assisted
in the work of rescue. We had to
dig many persons from the debris by
the light of small pocket lamps.
Meanwhile enemy aircraft were
buzzing overhead. The barrage was
deafening. Bombs continued to fall.
1t was worse than anything in the
trenches. I would rather have been
in No Mans Land"
| "KULTUR" RECOGNIZED
In one village a large funeral es-
tablishment opposite a hospital was
bombed and wrecked. Although the
| patients in the hospitals were hur-
riedly covered with blankets and car
ried off to cellars, there was no panic
anywhere.
| The Americans and French joked
and laughed. One American who par
ticipated in the capture of Cantigny
said:
We've got Fritzs goat. We licked
the tar out of him when we took
| Cantigny. Now that some of us are
sick or injured and helpless he wants
revenge. If numbering sick and
| wounded defenseless women and old
men and children is his idea OF
| 'kultur' we must destroy 'kultur' il
it takes us a hundred years"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-31
aUENCHEs THE THIRST

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