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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-05-14
"LET HIM LIVE"

"LET HIM LIVE"
(Author Unknown)
AS long as the flowers their perfume
give,
So long I'd let the Kaiser live,
Live and live for a million years
With nothing to drink but Belgian
tears;
With nothing to quench his awful
thirst
But the sailed brine of a Scotch
mans curse.
l would let him live on a dinner each
day,
Served from silver on a golden
tray,
Served with things both dainty and
sweet,
Served with everything but
things to eat.
l would make him a bed of silken
sheen,
With costly linens to lie between,
With covers of down, and filets of
lace,
And downy pillows piled in place ;
Yet when to its comfort he would
yield,
1t would stink with the rot Of the
battlefield,
And blood and brains and bones of
Should cover him, smother him,
and then
His pillow should cling with the rot
ten clay
Clay from the grave of a soldier
boy;
And while Gods stars their vigils
keep,
And while the waves the white
sands sweep,
He should never, never sleep.
And thru all the days-thru all the
years,
There should be an anthem in his
Ringing and singing and never done
From the edge of light to the set
of sun,
Moaning and moaning, and moaning
wild
A ravaged French girls bastard
child.
And I'd build him a castle by the
sea,
AS lovely a castle as ever could
be,
Then I'd throw him a ship from over
the sea,
AS fine a ship as ever could be,
Laden with water cold and sweet,
Laden with everything good to eat,
Yet scarce does she touch the sill
vered sands,
Scarce may he reach out his eager
hands
Than a hot and hellish molten shell
Should change his Heaven into He'll.
And tho he'd watch by the wave
swept shore,
Our Lusitania would rise no more.
"No Mans Land" where the Irish
fell,
I'd start the Kaiser a private Hell,
I'd jab him, stab him, give him gas
And in each wound I'd pour ground
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-05-14
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R. F. D. No. 4. Phone 625.
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AUSTRIA READY FOR
HONORABLE PEACE"
NcW Premier Complains of
Allies Hostile Plans.

AMSTERDAM, July 30-"We are ready
to conclude an honorable peace as soon
as our opponents renounce their hostile
plans aiming at our destruction or re-
PRESTON" said Baron Won Hussarek, the
new Austrian Premier. in presenting his
Cabinet to the upper house of the Aus
tran Parliament, according to Vienna
advices. He >added. according to the
despatch. that. so far as the Central
Powers are concerned the war is de-
fensive one.
so long as our opponents take the
standpoint of one sided dictation," lie
continued, ''.here is nothing 1or us but
to continue the war and carry 1t on so
vigorously that II will be shortened.
las in war. so in peace. Austria will
not stand alone" he added. Our al
lance with, Germany Is a real affair of
the heart and will deepen under the in
fiuence of peace. There Is nothing men
acing In this alliance, the warlike con-
tents of which were forced upon the
Central Powers by their opponents ami
will cease as soon as they extend the
hand OF peace"
Baron Won Hussarek said the dual
monarchy could remain fully confident
in its army and alliances to obtain
good and honorable peace.
In the course OF the debate Count
Czernin. formerly Foreign Minister, said
that the Austrian Emperors advance TO
King Ferdinand OF Rumania was made
under his full Ministerial responsibility
Count .Czernin raid he had learned ut
the Brest- -Litovsk peace conference that
King Ferdinand was beginning to COM
prehend the isolated and desperate situ-
alton OF Rumania and that he wished to
enter into relations with Emperor
Charles. Count Czernin said he in
formed DIR, Won Kuehlmann, at the time
German Foreign Secretary. Of the Kings
wishes As a result. the Count said. Ru-
mania escaped last desperate combat
and attained immediate peace.
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ENEMY POWERS
FACING A SPLIT
Germany and Austria Are at
LOggcrhcads Over Polish
Question.
DOBRUDJA ALSO A THORN
This Problem Causes High
Feeling Between Turkey
and Bulgaria.
DOBRUDJA ALSO A THORN
Special Gable Bespdfch 10 THE SUS.
Coppri1ht. 1915; dN riehts reserred. .


LONDON. July 3O.-The Amsterdam
CORE spondent of the Daily Express teie-
graphs that trouble admittedly Is brew
ing among the Central Powers, first, be-
tween Germany and Austria ever the
Polish question, and also between Bull
garla and Turkey regarding the Do
brudja.
Germany will not hear OF the ann Xa-
ton of Poland by Austria in any form,
whereas Austria is considering bringing
the kingdom OF Poland under the scep-
tire OF the Hapsburgs as a vital neces-
sity. II was hoped in Germany that
once Count Czernin resigned as the
Austro-H Hungarian Foreign Minister no
more would be heard of the Austro-
Polish solution OF the Polish question.
Thus Austria was permitted to annex
important Rumanian lands under the
pretext Of the safety of her frontiers.
1t appears from an inspired article by
Emil Zimmerman in the Berlin LokGl
an nrciger that Count Won Burlan. another
resigned Austro- Hungarian Foreign Min
lister. is just as anxious as Count Ger
min was about All Austro Polish solution
oNVi NIiNu HusNi "a oNSiho iihSiy "
main most obdurate.
No peaceful solution Is in sight re-
garding Turkey and Bulgaria in the Do
brudja and Adrianople difficulties. Feel
ing is rising high both in Sofia and also
In Constantinople. Zimmerman urges
the Central Powers not to fight among
themselves during the war, for other
wise what they so far have managed to
gain probably will he lost.
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GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL;
ALLIES SLOWUP, BUT CONTINUE TO ADVANCE;
IT, S. TROOPS FORM APEX OF ENTIRE FRONT
Millerand Sums Up
War Aims of French
Special Gable Despafch to Tnr srx.

Special Gable Despdfch TO The SrN.
Copyright. 1915: all rights reserred.
PARIS, July 30.-M. Millerand,
former French Minister Of
War, writing in the Revue des
Deux Mondes. says:
"There are five words that sum
up the conditions of a peace ac-
ceptable to the Allies, 'Prussian
militarism must be destroyed
The former Minister places
first, as an indispensable condi-
ton of peace, the restoration to
France of Alsace-Lorraine and
the satisfaction of Italy's just
irredentist claims. Rumania
under the Hapsburg domination
must be returned to the mother
country and the independence of
the Czechs and the Czecho-
Slovaks must be guaranteed. He
lists also the restoration with
reparation of Belgium, freedom
for Serbia and the reconstruction
of Poland.
Until all these objects have
been attained, he says, the United
States and France will not stop.
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The situation was being discussed last
night at meetings of Transportation
Local No. 3 and Station Department
Local No. both affiliated with the
lntelborough Employees Association
neid in Queensbor0ugh Hall, at l56 East
Forty-second street. Three hundred and
nve men In the latter branch OF the
service are affected by the position
taken by the company, and 1t was said
tA9t they would probably reach a deci-
on to-day as to whether they would
consent TO go on tralns-despite the
opposition OF the trainmen-or whether
Uey would stick to their present Jobs
and take the chance of being compelled
10 seek employment which would be
regarded as essential by the draft
boards. Should the new draft age limit
be raised to 40 or IS years a large
proportion of them would be included.
In addition to the problem OF how to
hnd enough trainmen for the opening Of
me H trains. the Interborough Off
cials are also disturbed over the fact
mat the $4,000 employees have de-
,hsnded 40 per cent. Increase in wages
beginning September l.. The two year
working agreement, entered into at the
Vine OF the transit strike during the
summer of 1915. expires August 81.
New working agreements have been
submitted to General Manager Hedley
,py all branches save the cable men
iney were at work preparing the final
drat OF their proposed new wage scale
last night.
although a 40 per cent. raise has
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Berlin asserts that the main attack
was delivered by the Allies on the front
from flaItennes TO Fere-en-TaTdenois in
the morning and that after the .tl!ies
troops had "stormed again and again in
dense masses" all the assaults broke
down before and at the German lines
Il H. said the Allies attacked five times
southwest OF Rheims between Cnam.
brecy and Nrigny, but were repulsed
everywhere; all OF which, as usual. i,
entirely false
Although it has not YET developed
whore TIE Germans intend to make Their
stand the advance of the Americans to-
day and the gains made BY the Fren,n
northeast Of Fere-en-T -Tardenois. where
they reached the high ground beyond
the Ourcq, make IL clear that the Ger
man line can not be established imme-
d!ately rorth OF that stream. AS had
been expected in some quarters
The most likely place now for Ger
man stand is Immediately south Of the
Nesle River, where a ridge or series OF
stop there, however, the probability -
that II will he only for a short time, as
the position north o: the Vese is bettor.
while that north or the Aisne. along
the famous Chemn dcs Danes. il by
far the strongest defensive line in that
part of France. Probably that is the
ultimate objective" of the retiring Ger
man armies,
On the British sector In the LyS
salient. Australian troops soon after mid
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PERSHING REPELS ATTACKS.
America Resist Attempts Oi
Fresh Troops to Take sergy.

WASHINGTON. July 3O.-Gen. PERISH
ing's communicate for yesterday re-
ceived to-day at the War Department
reads:
Section A-Beyond the line Of the
Ourcq heavy counter attacks made
by fresh troops Of the enemy have re-
suited In severe lighting. Sergy, taken
by our troops yesterday after having
changed hands four times remains in
our possession.
Section B-Tbere is nothing to re-
port In this section.
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Trainloads of Captured German Guns
Sent to Rear by the Americans
BY RAYMOND G. CARROLL.
Special Cable Despatch The sry and the Public Ledger
ta,s.


reserved
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, July 30The great
quantities of artillery captured by during the
latest offensive to-day stream back from
the south of scissors and of Chateau They for the
where the American headquarters a located
batch of carloads included everything German
Another batch of nnetyve embraced U.s. 7s
Trains heavily loaded passing the
throughout the day.
of the of ammunition captured
that American unit before the Of
devoted three days especially shooting the
drive the The
the first honor firing the returning the shells the
the lines the first day. The corporas had all
their third prvates
shells the breeches and pulled the anyard
Thousands of machine guns have also been taken.
for the shipment
the United States for patriotic
and to be placed Of view in American cities
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U. S. AIRMEN REPORT VICTORY.
See Their Opponent Plunge Down
Within Enemy Lines.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. July 30.-Lieut a. r. Brooks
OF Framingham, Mass. and Lieut. David
+. Putnam OF Newton, Mass, OF the
American aeria. forces report that they
probably brought down an enemy air
plane last night behind the German lines
at Montsec. the same mountain which
obscured Putnam's recent victory from
observation, and consequently official
credit.
The avators saw their opponent
plunge earthward. but the fog and
clouds prevented them from observing
the crash.
The fight was the first in the Toul sec
tor for several days owing to the unfa-
vorable weather, which IL now improv-
ing. giving promise of renewed aerial
activity.
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Sack of "Baccy" Better
Than a Ray of Sunshine

"YoU have had, ! know, that
good old feeling that just
gets in a mans bones when the
sun comes from behind the
clouds after four days absence.
My friend, that feeling cannot
be compared with the joy that
comes to soldiers heart when
he receives sack of 'baccy.'"
So writes Private E. NJ. Jones,
Company G, 167th Infantry, to
SUN Tobacco Fund contributor.
Don't you want to give joy to a
soldiers heart? See page 5.
WARNING! THE SUN To-
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. 1t employs
no agents oysolicitors.
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EHRET,S3,W WILL
COME T0CLAIM
HIS$40,0O0,OOO
Brewer to Demand Return
of Estate Seized by
Custodian.
BERLIN RESIDENCE CAUSE
Case Parallel to That of Mrs.
Busch-President Has
Jurisdiction.
BERLIN RESIDENCE CAUSE
Special Despatch 10 TuE srS.

WAsHINGroN. July 3o,-George En-
ret. the New York brewer. is on his
way back to this country from Ger
many for the purpose Of instituting pro-
ceedings for the recovery Of his S40.-
100000 estate, which was seized and
sequestered several months ago by A.
Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Gus
tod!an.
Mr.. Ehret's return from Germany
parallels the course taken by Mrs.
Adolphus Busch. widow of the St. Louis
brewer. whose vast holdings In this
country also were seized by Mr.. Pal
mer, and who now is seeking to regain
control of the millions she inherited
upon the death in Germany of Mr.
Busch. Both contests. 1t is understood,
will be predicated upon the contention
that the sequestered estates are the
property OF American citizens.
Residence Is the Basis.
Seizure of the estates was based upon
the determining clause Of the alien
property act, which makes residence and
not citizenship the basis for seizure.
reported to Mr.. Palmer by his son,
George Ehret. Jr,. who retained admin
istration of the estate. even after 1t
passed officially within the control Of
the Alien Property Custodian.
Mr.. Ehret celebrated his eighty third
birthday in April last. Declining health
was given as the cause of his going TO
Germany before the war with America
started. and he has been there ever
since. An investigation by the Federal
authorities Immediately after the alien
property act was passed revealed he had
been living continuously in Berlin, and
II was upon that basis that Mr. Palmer
took control Of his estate.
The inventory OF the estate submitted
by George Ehret, Jr.. just before it
passed into the control OF the Govern
ment showed that it consisted of APP
proximately s24. in real estate
and s16.0oO,000 of personal property.
Mr.. Ehret's son and the Central Trust
Company were designated as depositaries
for the alien property custodian.
Some time after the bulk OF tte estate
had been taken by the custodian. 1t was
discovered that two valuable pieces OF
real estate owned by him had been over
looked, and they were seized. They were
the old Astoria Schuetzen Park in
Queens, and all additional block OF
Queens realty.
Under the provisions OF the act by
which the estate was seized, a claim for
Its return to Mr., Ehret upon the fact of
his return to tits country, thus elimi-
mating his alien enemy character. would
automatically come within the jurisdic-
tion of the Department OF Justice, Under
that provision Of the act the President is
empowered to return seized property II
satisfied of the owners American citi-
zenship and his return to this country.
No information was available to-day
as to when Mr.. Ehret is likely to reach
this country. or regarding the route By
which he is returning. 1t was under
stood, however, that he probably will &C
first to Spain and then to Havana. the
route taken by Mrs. Busch.
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T'UHUU" IVtN'
Cop1riDht. 1915; al rights rsSer' 81.
TIE HAGvE. July 3o.-The German
losses recently have been very great.
Although the German Government en-
deaVors to Keep them secret a. possible
the people get to learn in the talk in
the cafes among Themselves that this
friend G" that acquaintance has been
KILLED. All this is having depressing
ERECT ON the masses Of the population.
VINO fu'ly realize that the war is going
against Germany They do not speak
OF france ana Belgium their fury IS
directed against England and America.
against whom It Is recognized that Ger
many Is hShting losing battle.
rear mat the Entente Powers event
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Fighting Area Cut in Half
Since French Often
sive Started.
LINE 30 MILES LONG
Scots Gain at Buzancy;
French lose BeugneuX,
Yankees Cling to Sergy.
ENEMY'S REPORTS FALSE
Despite Continued Retreat
Berlin Tells of Victories and
of Losses to Entente.
ENEMY'S REPORTS FALSE

LONDON. July 30.-Despite the most
terrific counter attacks which the
Germans have launched since they
entered the Marne region In May
and the use of nearly 1,OOO,OOO men
In relatively small area, less than
half of what 1t was when the French
offensive began ten days ago, the
Germans were unable to make any
progress to-day except in couple Of
minor localities. Their utmost ef-
forts retarded the advance of the
French, Americans and British, but
failed to stop them.
The chief and most brilliant ad-
vance of the day was made by the
American troops in the face of the
concentrated resistance of the best
troops the Germans had. After hold
ing Sergy against repeated attacks
by the famous Fourth sPrussian
Guards the Americans this morning
pushed their line almost two miles
TO the north. beyond Nesles, which Is
practically the same as Seringes, and
at last reports were holding their
position firmly.
The fighting was exceedingly fierce
along the whole line, now about
thirty miles long. On the western
side of the salient the Scots made
Smnil gnin at Buzancy and now hold
part of the village. South of this
point the French lost the village of
BeugneuS about five miles nOrthweSt
of Fere-en-TardenOis. but to the
northeast of the latter place they ad.
vnnced their lines and took posses
sion of the high ground, giving them
n very advantageous position.
Americans Hold sergy.
American troops were unable to hold
Cierges. five miles southeast of Fere-
Ta-denois, but at Sergy. on the
same line two miles nearer to F'ere-en-
Tardenois. the utmost efforts OF the
Germans. delivered in great force, were
unable to bulge them.
On the eastern side Of the salient
powerful attacks were made by the
Germans against Ste. Euphraise. the
gray clad columns advancing on both
!, sides in assault after assault, but al
! failed. The enemy. however, made a
small gain to the west of the village
againe; which the Allies are reported
10 have taken possession of the village
ot Auhilly, in the upper valley of the
Ardre, which il in the same vicinity.
The night report from German army
headquarters says: After his defeat
yesterday the enemy has remained
quiet" The earlier statement from
the same source de scribcs the opera
lions yesterday as n German victory.
: 1t asserts that the Allies launched at
taCkS with strong forces against the
new German lines north OF the Ourcu
and against the German positions on
the wooded heights southwest OF
Rheims, but that the French, British
and Americans were thrown back on
the whole attacking front with the
heavics; OF losses. In fact it was the
Germans who attacked and were
thrown back with tremendous casual
ties
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PARIS, July 30,--The Chamber OF
Deputies to-day adopted the measure
providing for the renewal of the privi-
legcs of the charter OF the Bank of
France FOR twenty Ave years. The vote
was 23l 10 72.
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BRILLIANT FIGHT
AT GRAND R0Z0Y
Supported by French They
Advance in Face of
Heavy Fire..
ENEMY IN A "BALCONY"
English Troops Cross Perfectly
Open Ground and Gain
Important Points.
ENEMY IN A "B.ALCONY"
,Bs. GERALD CAMPBELL.
Special cable Despatch 70 TaE srS iron, the
London Times


corr nit 1915; all rights r<serrsd
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY. July Co
An attack on Grand RoZoy and Butte de
Chalnont was carried out this afternoon
by combination of French and British
divisions attached to Gen. ManS,ns
army. According to a French officer the
British. upon whom fell the hardest part
of the work, fought brilliantly. They
were on the left Of the French and sun
day. when the attack began. acted as a
flank guard while our allies crossed the
brook in front of Cuc1y and advanced to
Butte. high. bare Hill north Of the
Ourcq and affordinE extensive views of
the country to the north and east.
The divisions met strong resistance
in the shape of rear guard defence. CON
s!sting chiefly OF machine guns. The
French took the hill and reached their
obtectives with comparative ease, and
having sustained extraordinarily small
losses.
Monday Il was the turn of the British
TO make the chief attack the French
acting as a flank guard and not starting
their advance until the S.;ish had be-
gun. The British. who on the first day
crossed the scissors road at Plcisser
liil, had for their objective the line OF
heights beyond the VILLAGE of Rozoy, in
which, as the French officer who watched
the advance said. the Germans were
waiting for them as II sitting on bal
cony.
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Besides the machine gun resistance the
infantry had to meet heavy artillery
bombardment, as the enemy On this part
OF the front at present Is concentrating
all OF his guns OH the infantry front
Occasionally also villages in the rear
are being bomhI-ded but little counter
battery work is being done.
Early this morning the attack went
forward in satisfactory way. the
British carrying their first lines to the
woods on the east OF The road and TAX
ing Grand Rc2oy. which was blazing
mass of flames, in their stride, while the
French right got their objcct!vcs south
east of Bugneux. but Bugncux Itself il
strongly held, The enemy evidently de-
termined to make a stand there, using
1t as stronghold
II was then decided in the afternoon
to make another assault and 1t was this
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