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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12

Lenine and Trotzky making war are
only little more insanely ridiculous than
Lenine and Trotzky making peace. These
two worthless have been telling the Cen
trail Executive Committee of the Soviets
in Moscow that "all our forces must be
devoted to the war;"
At Brest-Litovsk they acted on the
theory that they ought to buy peace for
Russia at any price. They paid the mon
strous price which Germany demanded.
but Russia didn't get peace. They bank
rupted themselves for Germany's benefit.
Whit have they left now to devote n
war?
They have the Red Guards bodv of
pmnderers and assassins. But the Red
Guards are not an army. Thew have a
marked distaste for fighting real troons
Lemne confessed to the Soviet committee
mat tnere were many cases in which the
hed Army Withdrew" Ga pleasant Gov
man General Staff allocution), although
stronger than the opposing Czecho-sio-
vaks. Wv
Irotzky, now Lenine's Minister Of War
referred to the Enthusiasm Of tho
Czecho-Slovaks, which, he said. "was
lacking among the Soviet troops" The
Czecho-Slovaks have morale and are IN
deadly earnest. They are fighting for ma
tionalism, for long cherisao race ideals.
Tor liberation. What Ire the Red Guards
fighting for? For sno1iation and anarchr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
Our Commander

There was never in this country the
opposition to unified command that de-
veloped in England and that delayed the
appointment of Foch until necessity COM
PEELED it. Perhaps our lack of military
traditions enabled us to view the problem
in clearer light, without bias or preju-
dice We like to think, however, that an
underlying sympathy with the French, an
admiration for the French way Of think
ing and doing, made us more than ready
to sacrifice any national pride and place
our armies under the command of that
swift, brilliant intellect which has so law
ishly justified its choice.
Certainly there are only enthusiasm
and admiration for Marshal Foch to-day
among all the Allies. The task which he
faced was desperately difficult one-to
improvise out of five separate armies a
unity Of action that would be able to meet
the superbly organized and highly cen
tralized unity of the Central Empires.
There was a Babel of tongues. There
were national differences of tempera
ulCACs AtCiC WCiC LlOOpS LINZ Jul /AuiC1
leans, partly trained, who could be used
in attack with confidence, in defence with
less certainty. There was every grade
and quality of fighting men.
This was the conglomerate mass out of
which Marshal Foch has in few short
with which he struck at the Marine and
strikes again in Picardy-and again and
again. A greater triumph of executive
intellect it would be hard to conceive. We
see no more breaks where lines of sepa-
rate armies join. We see more than ever
a mingling of forces. Americans and
French, home troops and colonials form
Mangin's shock force before Soissons
French regiments fight under American
command. Scottish regiments turn up at
the right moment to save the day in the
Rheims line. All the men of all the ma
lions fight shoulder to shoulder And
there is no confusion or break.
Marshal Foch has the rare ability to
use alien leaders and alien organizations
IN his own swift strategy. His conceiv-
Ing brain places no narrow limits on the
brains that execute. A free hand in their
own field has been given to American and
British commanders alike.
But the genius is French There can
be no mistaking the swift, silent thrusts
that have changed the whole face Of the
campaign and sent the German armies
retreating even further and further from
their coveted Paris. The superficial con-
trasts with the colossal moves of Luden-
dorf are surely revelatory of an essen
tial difference in mind. The method. the
mechanics of the German strategy are
beyond praise. Here, however, is a
swifter, farerseeing intellect, the prod
uct of the best national mind of the mod
ern age.
Americans are proud to be fighting
under Foch. 1t will always be a bond be-
tween our nations that in this great
campaign for civilization we followed
where Frenchman led.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12

of the present offensive. The nu,.,... :.
tending to merge into an annroasa =
new enemy positions. The succe,.
the enemy, so far, in mainta;n,,- :
tanks, if it can be continued ths. y
Monday and Tuesday, will 20 ~.
the Allied thrusting wedge that tho =
will rapidly stabilize themselves :. '' ],
Peronne-Ham-Noyon line, and VIA ! %
see just the same sort of pause r AZ,
followed the retirement of the Ger 49,
behind the Vesle, the line on w,,;oh /, 10
elected to make a stand after the g. s'sl
Marine. ,se0as
On the other hand, a new AHA
cess either north of the Somme s..s 1
Albert, or about Lassigny and No..
might result in widening the bress y 7
the German lines and compelling ) ,s.''
and disastrous retirement of the cp '
mans behind the old Hindenburo =
What is important now is not tho -. .'s
ress of the point of the wedge vb;.s f.0s
reached Chaulnes and is annrosls :
Roye, but the success or failure - .
Germans in maintaining their po.;.;s :
on the hills north and west of the Nm
and north of the Somme. A hrs.s :
either Of these positions might t,s. :
form the whole offensive into the .,~..
est disaster of the war. sas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12

INSPIRED by the drafting Of his chdaDeH'
NoU omnipresent mastodon'
You thing alive, you
! once with favor passed upon
Now | must drive you!
What though put you madly throug'
Gyrations garish,
If that was what meant to do
gladly perish.
'Tis not so much my selfish fears
l find so trying,
But lest I wreck your priceless ges"
The while Pm dying:
If preserve you, mastodon
(Ah, that's the main thingl),
This world I look my last upon
Was not vain thing.
SEYMOUR BARNAks:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
The Right Idea Anv,uau

(Fron, Tbs Philadelphia Eveniro p,b,,
George W. Nicholson, of this citv mado
two efforts to enlist, despite the fact 49,
MS heart was on the right side And when
you come to think of it, that may have been
one OF the very reasons why he was so
eager to fight for liberty. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
One Army They Can Lick

IFrom The Fl Pdso Tinaes)
The Kaiser has confscated all the prom
erty of the Salvation Army in his kingdom
and by imperial order dissolved the ORGAN
ization. So the Huns have found one army
they can lick.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12

The utter damnation of pacifism is
that to defend the idea of diplomatic
peace in all its logic the pacifst is bound
to become an apologist for German war
fare.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
Signs of Civilization

(From The Chicago Neps)
Italians in Albania captured a German
general and several other. German officers
IN pink pajamas. That just shows what
kultur will do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12

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cults In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back upon request. No red tape No aulbo'ng
We make good promptly 1t the advertiser dos not
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for republication Of all dispatches credited to IT or
not otherwise credited IN this and also the local
news Of spontaneous origin published heren.
All rights Of republication OF all other matter herein
are also reserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
MONDAY, AUGUST IL, 1918

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-12
Ludendorf:s Defensive
By Frank II. Simonds

HNHE fourth day Of the great Anglo
French offensive, which will I'M
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-22

PAGE THREE
NONE
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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-22

able consider account
lhed
all lines
O order the
will
better
matter what beals.
hands
ued W
hehas offer War
before they
a
with Likewise collections destroy business co
You will be expected be prompt without constant reminders that your ACCOUNT m
for wherever whenever
foeameC
will Oe
in the final reckoning
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sens interested that the council of
the city of Rock Island. Illinois,
having ordered the construction of
tan eight inch sewer and a six
inch Waterman on Thirty-firs1
street from the south line of Sixtn
avenue south to the alley in the
RepIat of Block 3. Island View
Heights addition. thence east in
said alley to the west line of Thir-
ty-fOurJh street,, and the ordln-
ance for the same being on file
in the office of the city clerk o.
said city, and said city having APP
piled to the county court of Rock
Island county. Illinois, for an as
sessment of the cost of said i'm
provement according to benefits,
said assessment being payable IN
eight installments, each bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent
per annum, and an assessment
therefore having been made and
returned to said court, the heas-
ing thereon will be had on the
25th day of June. A. D. 1918, at
the hour of o'clock a. m, or as
soon thereafter as the business Of
the court will permit.
All persons desiring may file
objections in said court. befor"
said day. and may appear on the
hearing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois,
June 10. A. D. 1918.
H. c. FIRST,
Officer Appointed 10 Make
Assessment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12

alone. far beyond their own lines.
over a hostile territory
At night, however. the heseech-
ing wall of the siren Is a more
serious matter The streets are
rapidly emptied, and soon they lie
lampless and deserted beneath the
cold unfriendly moon Over the
roofs may be seen the long beams
of searchlights sweeping across
the sky on slow and lingering
search. The distant 'thud. thud,
OF anti-aircraft guns down the
coast may be heard. and then the
unmistakable double murmur Of
the twinengine machine.
The nearer guns start their
crashing chorus and the star
strewn sky is dotted with the
quick flashes OF the bursting shells
and through all this noise can stu
be heard the throbbing drone of
the unseen aeroplane steadily
pressind onward towards its
goal.
great red. fan-shaped flash,
which slowly dies away, followed
by another and another and an
other and the night is made awful
with DIE indescribable laundering
crash of the bursting bombs.
But Dunkirk, with its teeth set.
has determined to see 1t through
and TO hold out in spite of every
thing and is a city still"
-BuN War SAVINGS StampS-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
FARMERS STILL
BEING BUNCOED
BY BOOK AGENT
Impersonator of Revenue Officers
Is Still at Large and Do
ing Business.
BOOKS SOLD AT GENESEO
Farmers Fall For Smooth Custom
er Who Made Big Haul
Last Saturday.

All trace of impersonators of
revenue officers has been lost
since Saturday of last week.
I. J. Cavanaugh, deputy income
tax collector of this district, made
a trip to Geneseo Sunday to in
vestigate the operations of one of
tie mpersonatOrs there.
The man who worked around
Geneseo and Atkinson last week
did a thriving business selling
farm look to the tillers of the
soil in that locality. The book is
said to contain valuable matter III
reference to farm work, but is said
to be printed on such poor paper
as to make the matter OF reading
very difficult His posing as a
revenue tax collector is with good
effect as farmers wish to obtain
all possible information in the
matter of appraising their incomes
as an aid in paying taxes. Govern
ment appraisement was made in
some cases last year. The agents
play this point up strong in the
selling OF the books from $40 to
Sill.
Sells 30 Books.
The man who worked in the
Geneseo locality is said to be
smooth customer and succeeded in
selling 80 books. Deputy Cavan-
augh was not successful in appre-
hending the man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
More Autos.


Tie following report Of 1917
shows. in comparison with the 1918
report. how the totals have increas-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
BEDROOMS IN THE
CELLARS IN CITY
ALWAYS FIRED All

The appended was taken from
the Daily Mail. a Paris publication,
received by Mrs. Charles MixteT.
754 Twenty-third street, from
France:
Dunkirk. the City Of Dreadful
Night" has perhaps been men
toned more often in French con-
muniques than any other city IN
France during this war, as there
are weeks when it IS rare for
c0mmunique not TO conclude with
the words Enemy aerOplanes
dropped bombs on Dunkirk during
the night" or "A lOng-range gas
gun has fired into Dunkirk-' This
seaport town. the nearest OF all
10 the firing line, is now scarcely
less dear TO the hearts OF the
French people than Verdun. and,
like Eerdun, has been decorated
for its courage under fire.
The amazing thing about Dun
kirk is that it is still city. lis
inhabitants. who have remained in
spite OF everything. have carried
on its normal life with idomitabie
courage. II is no town OF make
shifts. Of temporary and fugitive
shops-n0 desOlate place Of shut
tered windows and silent streets
The noisy and loaded tramwav-
cars run all day long down the
c0bbled streets Well-stocked
shops are open every day, and d
large department store with three
busy floors Of smartly decked
counters. attended by neatly
dressed assistants. is in full swing,
as If il were in Paris or ROueu.
Every week in the main square
Is held the usual market and there
is scarcely room for the countless
stalls and the thronging house
wives repIenishing their stores and
shrewdly turning over bargains"
Naturally the frequent bonn
bardments from sea, land, and air
are not laughed at They are TAX
en- seriously, but taken as a matter
OF course The bedrooms instead
OF being on the upper floors are
now il the cellars Of the houses.
and public dug-Outs are dotted
about the town much as they are
II London
The presiding genius Of Dun
Kirk is the famous siren known as
La \ache fthe cow by the
French and as 'MOurnfuI Mary by
Tie English This loud and wall
Ing hooter. with its mOurnful be-
SeechiHg note. which is the very
epitome Of fear, has been the
warning prelude to innumerable
raids and bombardments In the
day it generally adyertises the APP
proach Of d solitary Boche- a
1oae-haEd Photographic and rec
Onnaissance machine. which
eFawls high. enormously nigh, over
The town like a small and almost
transparent white bird-in the pale
blue Of the sky, surrounded by the
white puff Of the shrapEel The
crowds in the street watch il with
Interest. and with a secret feeling
or admiration for the bravery OF
LIE two airmen, unprotected and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
MUSICIANS GIVEN
TRIP ON ISLAND

John Henri Sugden and his band
of % pieces, on the invitation of
Colonel Leroy T. Hillman, COM
mandant at the arsenal, toured the
island visiting each of the shops
yesterday.
Director Sugden of the band was
formerly leader of band of the
United States infantry. He wears
his uniform at each concert.
The band is playing to crowds
each afternoon and evening at the
Watch Tower park. Soloists &C
company the band.
-RnN Thrift Stamns-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
On County Records
Warranty Deeds.

Rudolph H and Amelia E. Neseler
lot ,, blk 20, Old or Original town
Rock Island. 81.
William j. Giertz to Henry Thode.
Lot 10, William E. Bailey's 4th add,
Rock Island. 81.
Lillian E. Parsons and husband
to Charles o. STANCE, ct al, Lot 80,
blk. 4, Fruitland add. Moline. 81.
Walter B. Smith and wife to Rose
X. Siemon. Part lot 2, B. F. Rhod-
enbaugh's sub. div. lot IA, Brasil
er's sub div, sec 11-17-2w. 81.
-Ruy War Savings Stamps-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12

Vegeta BILE Compound cured me 50
aid nor need the operation. and ! am
telling All my friends about it
Mrs. A. w BInzer, Black River Fails,
Wis.
1t IS Just such experiences tiia l
If Mrs Btuzer that has made this
famous root and herb remedy a
household word from ocean to ocean.
ANY woman vino suffers from imam
yraffon liberation, displace ments.
backache. nervousness irregularities
ar The blues" should not rest until
she has given ii a trial, and Tor spe-
ciaI advice write Lydia r. Plnk Ham
Medicine co, Lynn. Mass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12

saved me from
an operation. I
C a n n o [ say
enough in praise
OF It. l sufr cred
from or & a n J c
troubles and my
side hurt me SO
/ could hardly be
up from my bed,
and | was una BILE
to do my house
work. ! had the
best doctors in
Eau Claire and
they wanted me
to have an oper-
alton, but Lydia
II p n k h a m 8
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12

Steamboats, ana wafer CTaIJ--
Dogs, for the first time in the his
+orv nj the township. were assessed
this YEAR. Six hundred male and
II female dogs were recorded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
HERE
CAUSED BY WAR
ASSESSOR SAYS
persoaal Property Value Takes a
slump in Comparison With
Last Years Total.
xrvBrR OF Autos DOUBLED
nays Are Considered in List for
FIRST Time in Rock Island
Township.

ro.a1 real value Of personal
n Pock Island township
pFofe'' 90 IL .-.,~4....
amounts to S4'VS''lAo' aNeoi 1lHs 70
the books 2, Assessor II. [. HIM
richs. which we're filed yesterday
with County treasurer +. J. Glen
denim.
The assessed value Is Sl,ae4,5'0'
while that OF 1871, was SI.Se4' VI>,
decrease q Si9.e4H. IL is renewed
that the decrease IN personal prop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-12
THIS WOMAN
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound, One of Thou
sands of Such Cases.

Black River Falls, Wis.-'As Lydia
: pInl1han vegetable COmpOund
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-13
HUNS ONCE HAD
EICHT-mILEC CAP
IN ALLIES'LINES

unframed from the trap which
they were in, and in Flanders dur
ing the disastrous early stages of
the battle, which only began 10
go well for our armies after he
had been removed and replaced
by General Plumer."
Mr.. X. p. Hearne, a well-known
authority on aeronautics. also
writing in The Sphere, points out
that the Germans have missed
their chance again by failing to
maintain their once acknowledged
supremacy in the air. He writes:
An exceptional opportunity for
new air strategy has been offered
by the German offensive, and 1t
must be said that our airmen have
made the most of it. The results
tho not yet apparent, are very
important, and If we had ten
times the number of machine at
work during the past month the
results would have been more than
tenfold. In future actions there
is no reason why we should not
multiply the aerial effort many
hundredfold."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-13
CHANGE IN ARMY
PLANS SURPRISE
Continued From Page One.)

CONTINUED From Page One.)
army, they have chosen the lat
ter.
ITO the sledge-hammer uses of
masses of men by the enemy the
allies are opposing the strategy of
meeting the blow with the smallest
force capable Of standing up to the
shock, while keeping the strong
est reserve possible. Troops on
the wings are permitted to give
ground within limits wherever the
enemy has been made to pay a
greater price than the ground is
worth, the whole aim being to re-
duce the enemy to such state Of
exhaustion that our reserve, at the
right moment, can restore the sit
uation.
"In the present operations the
British army has withstood many
times its own weight of enemy
masses. 1t has retired slowly, ex-
acting the fullest price. Mean
while Foch holds the bulk Of the
French in reserve, sending units
only to points hard pressed. This
strategy has justified itself in that
in three weeks 1t has seen the
enemy brought to standstill
without a single strategic objec-
tive being fulfilled and with loss
es so immense that his reserve is
in danger OF proving inadequate
10 his policy.
The German commander, SEE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-13
ENEMY MOVES Men
FROM u. S. SECTOR

my's advanced positions. These
boches are believed to have been
killed by the American BON bard
ment.
German machine guns are active
again Seicheprey Gin the Toul Sec
tor
In the Lorraine and Verdun
sectors, American patrols pene-
trated the German wires easily
and conducted extensive explora-
lions without encountering any
resistance.
Use Gas Trick
Shells heaved over by the Ger
man gas projectors recently are of
a new type, now popularity desig-
mated as "tin cans" They are Is
inches long and eight inches in
diameter, blunt at both ends and
contain three or four gallons of
liquid which evaporates rapidly
and throws off gas. The pro-
jectors are not rifled and It is
possible to throw these new mis-
sives only short distance. The
gas is a form of phosgene and is
capable of Spreading a daaeeSors
vapor over an area of SO yards.
The Germans shot 'sneeze gas
first, then the phosgene, attempt
Ing to give the Yankees a whiff of
the former, to force them to re-
move their gas masks and sneeze,
thus enabling the phosgene to do
its deadlier work.
The trick failed, as the dough-
boys are too handy with their
masks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-13

When I left New York for
France, being a newspaper woman
/ had three very definite newspa-
per stunts that | wanted to do.
One was to interview Gen
Pershing; the second, to visit the
front trenches, and last, to inter
view President Poincaire.
AS had personal letter to
Gen. Pershing from one of his
dear friends, that interview did
not worry ME very much, but
knew that permission for both OF
the others l must get thru the
French war office and our Ameri-
can embassy.
(Times readers will recall Mrs.
Gibson's great interview with
Pershing, printed a number Of
weeks ago.
They Sidestep.
At the Maison du Presse l en-
cOuntered a charming gentleman
in the uniform of commandant.
He tried to shoe me off on one
of those Cook tours that have been
providentially provided for the
American sight-seers in France
by the French war office.
Anyone who can put up $50 a
day will be taken to Verdun and
shown some of the sectors there
that are not now in action and
where no trouble is expected.
This, however, did not suit me
and l explained to the command
ant that l had been assigned by
the Red Cross and the newspa-
pers l represented to visit the
French front.
The commandant was very po-
lite, he even made me think he
was going to give me that pass
once or twice, but at last he said,
"Eet ees my feeling, Madame Jib-
some, just my feeling, you under
stand, that a gentleman should
never send lady into danger"
! tried to explain to him that ]
was no lady. was just a newspa-
per woman.
He caught the humor of this
and looking up with a twinkle in
his eye, said: Il think, Madame
Jibsone, that you are what you
call a sporting"
She Goes.
thanked him because I knew
that he meant that l was always