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Evening star., 1918-06-16
HUNS ADVANCE|N
RUINED AREAHARD
Not a House in Armentieres
Fit for Use-Streets in
Ruins.
Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, June 1.-The Difficult
ties Of the German advance over the
devastated country around Armentiers
are described by the correspondent Of
the Cologne Gazette.
'In Armentieres there is not a
house that can be used" he says.
1.-THE streets are in ruins. 1t must
have been evacuated long time ago.
because there is hardly a piece of
furniture to be seen. On the western
side. by the workingman's quarter,
lies a large new English cemetery.
with countless graves beautifully
decked with spring flowers. Over
the gardens of the neighboring viii
lage the commanding heights Of
KENNEL peers above the Flanders
plain: There the battle RACES fierce:
ly. We meet English prisoners and
our own wounded. They describe the
difficulties Of the fight, above all the
countless machine-gun nests OF the
British. But they are Of good courage.
children were playing ball. but upon
the extreme edge Of the town we
came on ruined houses. and then the
widest picture of war. We wonder
ed how 1t was possible that men
could hold out there; They did so
where under the sofia thrust of
the stick and it oozes forth. One
boards. The dugouts stand a foot
and moro full Of water. The breast
works of sand and earth must be
lifted above the level and SO AFFORD
scarcely any cover for shooting.
Country Rendered impossible.
"The effect Of constant lombard
ments has rendered the country i'm
passable. Terrible Is the working of
our storm batteries around the re-
gion Of the advance. The wire has
entirely broken. the trenches have
fallen in; there is water everywhere
in small, great and colossal shell
holes. Last years holes have almost
romantic air. with flowers and wild
one Of these holes, with no one to aid
him, must surely drown.
Communications here are only Dos
sible on concrete roads, which are
built over the mud flats. Right and
left of the causeways are broken
stumps of trees. shell cases, bombs,
the bodies Of horses and even Of men.
On the roads is an endless procession
OF wagons. carts, automobiles and
columns OF troops. German airmen
fly above to protect them.
sides. The shell holes are filled with
slabs Of concrete and pontoons are
thrown over holes that are too deep to
fill. All this work has to be done
under constant attacks from the air
and from long-range guns.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
SOLDIER WHO LOSES LEG
NOW D|AMOND-cUTT|NG
New Industry in England Employs
Many From War Zone-Two Big
Buildings Are Under Way.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
BRIGHTON, England, June SOL
diers xho have lost leg, but whose
hands and sight are perfect, are learn
ing diamond cutting and polishing in
this Atlantic City Of England. They
are employed almost exclusively in an
industry new to England and expect
before the war is over to compete on
a favorable basis with the more high.
ly skilled diamond cutters Of Amster-
dam and Antwerp, where in pre-war
days there was a monopoly OF the
business. Two large. modern. four.
story buildings are being put up
which. when completed, will employ
1900 discharged soldiers.
Only ex-soldiers with unfmpaireo
eyesight and perfect control of their
fingers are taken because everything
depends on a mans accuracy OF vision
and control of his hands. Even Win
these qualities it takes a man life
time to learn the trade.
Training School at First.
First the men pass through train
ing school. When man Is hrst ao-
mitted he is put to work on marbles
SuCn as ne pldycu Will ~.
He cuts up and polishes the marbles
as he will later do with the real
stones. The marbles are first sawed IN
half and then ground into shape on
steel disk. This serves to give him
some idea Of the finished shape of the
real diamond. but it is impossible to
get the face even approximately COR
rect, owing to the softness OF the
marble.
Instead of cutting the fifty-eight
facets or surfaces found on the nm
ished brilliant, the men cut six planes
on the marble, and afterward grino
the base roughly into the shape OF me
collet or neck. When man does tnis
skillfully he is given a small dtamono
to cut, and 1t is a great day in a man
training when this stage arrives. Ihe
feeling that he has stone worth from
800 to $3.50 in his possession to cut
and polish gives him a sense of re-
sponsibility.
while undergoing training the men
receive no wages, but they receive
government allowance OF about 81
week After they have advanced far
enough to be intrusted with a dia-
mond they are put on a wage basis OF
from SO to $50 week, depending on
their ability. Their training usually
occupies a period of from three to six
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Washington Post Offered Jellicoe.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. June 1.-AccordinE to
the Sunday Herald. the British gov
ernment recently offered to viscount
Jellicoe post in Washington as Brit
ish naval representative there. He
was unable to accept the post, how
ever. largely because his wife's health
made him desire to remain in Eng
land for the present,
Evening star., 1918-06-16
''Trench Mouth" New War Disease

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 1.-"Trench mouth"
Is one Of the war diseases which are
engaging the attention of BRITISH
army doctors. Cases Of the disease
have been for some time under OBJ
servation and treatment in both the
British and French armies. It ap-
peared first in the German army,
where the experts attributed 1t for
q long time to their war bread
Later observers thought 1t arose
from prolonged diet Of canned food.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
NEWS FROM ACROSS THE SEAS FOR SUNDAY STAR REA
New National Anthem
of Ukrainian Republic

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, June 1.-The
following II . translation Of the
new national anthen Of the
Ukrainian republics
Nay, thou art not dead, Ukraine,
See. thy Glory's born again,
And the skies, o brethren
Smile once more:
AZ IN sprinEtfme nelts the
So shall melt away the foe,
And we shall be masters
OF our homes.
Soul and body. yea, our all
O6er we at freedom's call
We. whose sires were mighty
C0ssack braves.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Commons Member With Expedition

Correspondents Of the Associated Press.
J LONDON, June There was one
member Of the house of commons on
the British expedition to Zebrugge.
Commander Hamilton Benn. member
for Greenwich. commanded one of the
motor launches In charge of the
smoke barrage work. He escaped
without q scratch. although the bow
of his vessel was stove In, - {
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Dr.. Marck Killed at Front.

oeRrsspcndenee Of the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM. June 1.-One Of Ger.
mAnys foremost scientists, DR.. Robert
Aarcl, chief professor Of chemistry At
Jena University. has BEEN killed In
the dghtinG in front OF Amiens. HA
Fas serving ~ an infantry lieutenant
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Real Femininity Unabated.

All manage. no matter what the
nature of their work, to keep as neat
and clean as circumstances permit
and they "are wisely careful of the
appearance of nails and knuckles, and
have not discarded all that was good
in E3anicuring" But the only cos
metics they use are rain water and
face creams for chapping and sum
burn.
"The mannish clothes necessary to
80 many war avocations," the article
continues. do not in the least abate
real femininity; they can be business
like, curtiy-spoken neutrals in work
time, and most attractive hostesses
or guests when off duty.
'AThey are developing a hard side
they are becoming pitiless toward in
efficiency, especially in the male. and
SO quietly contemptuous regarding
fear or any display of nerves that
they check the spread of panic tu-
mors and constrain many a naturally
timid person to pretend he is rather
amused than otherwise in an air raid.
Yet I cannot accuse them of undue
rashness Where they settle down
they generally contrive a good and
practical refuge from shell and
bomb"
Evening star., 1918-06-16
WOMEN NOW LEARN
TO COOK AND SEW
War Demands and Scarcity
of Servants Making Changes
in British House Life.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, June S.-The war has
taught women not only how to drive
cars. make shells. plow fields and
become effective soldiers. but it also
has taught many Of them. who didn't
knew how before, to cook and to sew.
A writer in London paper says he
knows Of several girls in a British
government office who spend their
evenings in learning cookery. Most
Of them" he says, come from homes
where the things Of the house have
always been done for them by we'll
trained servants. 1 asked one Of these
girls why she was spending her spare
time In learning how to boil cab
bage and make potatoes look at
tractive.
"I want to feel independent she
said. expect to be married shortly,
husband came home suddenly on leave
and couldn't cook him a decent din
ner. We can't count on servants
these days
War work, the writer concludes,
whether it is work in an Office or in
a hospital or in factory. is teaching
women to be businesslike and orderly.
It Is teaching them that If thing has
to be done at all, it is more pleasant
and infinitely easier to do it well
than to do 1t badly. And, above all,
it Is teaching women to be self
pendent, giving them the desire to
make a success Of whatever they un-
dertake.
? = Bus Conditions Popular.
One Of the hardest-worked Of the
new order of woman employees is
the "conductorette" Of the motor bus.
Her job is particularly nerve wearing
and physically hard. She is exposed
to all kinds Of weather and she must
be constantly climbing the narrow,
winding stairs to collect fares from
the passengers on top. She must
make change in the dark and punch
a ticket for every fare. and the fare.
unlike that collected in the usual
American city street car. varies ac-
cording to the distance the passenger
desires to ride.
surging crowds. All these onerous
duties she performs wonderfully we'll,
and the marvel Of 1T is that the strain
Of the work doesn't spoil her temper.
But 1t is a rare sight to see a con-
ductorete show irritation. AS a rule
she Is a CHEEKY, friendly little woman,
who gains the good will and admira-
tion Of all who ride with her, especi-
ally the Americans. Londoners seem
to have recovered long since from
their establishment over her achieve
ments.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Loss OF YACHT WAKVA'
BEM0ANED BY ALLIES
American Armed Craft, Sunk in
Collision, Had a Record in
Fight With U.Boat.
BY A. II. DECKER.
Correspondence Of The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.

PARIS, France. June THE sink
ing of the American armed yacht
Wakiva early on the morning Of May
%, after a collision with the American
steamer Wabash in a fog. constituted
the loss Of one OF the most popular
ships in the deet Of converted yachts
The Wakiva was one Of the three
yachts which engaged in the famous
battle Of Belle Isle against moro than
one submarine.
On the night Of the collision the
yacht was escorting a number Of mer-
chant ships in q convoy which en-
countered q dense fog. Il was impos-
sible TO see moro than a few yards
ahead and all nerves were tense in
the effort to perceive the steamers in
time to avoid dangerous contact. Sud
denly the Wabash loomed out Of the
fog and struck then Wakiva on the
starboard quarter before 1t was pos.
sible to turn.
Two Victims Of Crash.
The Prov cut through the light craft
until stopped by the propeller shaft.
Fortunately 1t struck where the en-
gine room force was Off duty. although
two men were killed instantly. One
was Joseph Farley. a second-class
fireman, OF 2712 North Racine avenue,
Chicago. the other Willard B. Hoyt. a
third class carpenters mate. Of Attel-
boro. Mass. This was a small loss. con-
sidering that the crew numbered 10.
A few others were injured painfully.
but not seriously, as It was calm and
boats were launched without diflculty,
though many OF the survivors were
wet and uncomfortable when they
were piched UP by the Wabash.
The Wakiva is the fifth ship lost
from the American patrol feet in
French waters.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
PARIS KEEPS CHEERFUL
IN SPITE Of HUN A|RMEN
Populace Is Not Worried Over
Big Gun-Great Contrast Of
Conditions in 1914.
Correspondence Of The Sunday Sta
and Chicago Daily News. :
BY EUNICE TIETJENs.

Correspondence Of The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.
PARIS. France. June e.-No greater
proof Of the confidence Of the French
nation could be given than the state
Of mind in Paris during the second
battle Of the Marne. The French
army has wrought a miracle. but some
had not believed in miracles. In 1914
the greater part of the population of
Paris fed from the shops. the theaters
were closed. the streets were largly
deserted and q pail of horror hung
over the city.
Today nobody denies that the capital
Is in danger. yet q greater contrast
with the condition of things in 1914
could hardly be imagined. In spite
OF the pet gun and waspish German
airmen. Paris is as cheerful and un-
new summer fnery, who throng the
streets and theaters.
Boulevards and Shops Crowded.
The shops are all open and the de-
partment stores are crowded with
women arming themselves against
hot weather. The theaters are run
serenAiy and are well patronized. The
Comedie Franchise Is celebrating the
anniversary Of Corneille's death by
| reviving his plays. The Vaudeville
Theater Is playing The Belle Of New
York"
The boulevards are crowded and at
the hour Of "aperitir' (taking appe-
| tizers) every table on the sidewalks
before the popular restaurants is oc-
cupied. As usual the food continues
| to be good and plentiful. This time
Paris believes that 1t will be saved
not by q miracle, but as a matter OF
| course. After four years Of war con-
ddence in our armies il unshakable
| and life goes on undisturbed.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Bayliss' Remarkable Combination.

According to his comrades. Bayliss
added to the daring Of Guynemer
and the precision of tactics of
DOrme. He attacks every enemy he
perceives. Irrespective OF circum-
stances or number. At his debut he
was brought down by anti-aircraft
guns while insuring communications
he was never once hit in combat. He
is a great act, who does honor to
America and is a worthy rival Of our
most famous champions. He refused
the rank OF captain in his own army
to remain a sergeant in ours along
with his comrades in the Storks. Let
us admire this great deed Of vol
unteer who prefers to remain with
his companions in arms"
The following citation, in an order
Of the French armies, has been ap-
proved by Gen. Petafn:
frank Baylies. sergeant In the for
eign legion. pilot with squadron
Evening star., 1918-06-16
WAR ZONE WOMAN
IMPORTANT FACTOR
Sir Harry Johnston Pays High
Tribute to Her Devotion
and Fortitude.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, June british, Ameri.
can and French women working in the
war zone have become "a factor of inn
portance in the organization of VIC
tory" writes Sir Harry Johnston in
the Evening News.
There is no parallel" he says, in
tho German army to the woman's
work done with our armies The
women in the German empire are
not trusted: they are reiegate,l to
home life or to home tasks They
are not fighting with the men at tha
front, as ours are. The German mill
tary commanders and the German
army are afraid OF woman's in
fluence."
One comes well within sight OF ths
German lines, the article states be-
Young Mems Christian Association
helpers or as Red Cross nurses are
lost sight of.
Women Alive to Duties.
1t is difficult to be too enthusiastic
over the glorious army of hospital
nurses" and the writer asks. was
ever such devotion shown? I'm the
hospitals" he goes<cn, zone may SEQ
acting as mere probationers ths
daughters and granddaughters Of
great and celebrated men, thankful
to be employed in housemaid's work
while qualifying for skilled service.
1 don't think / encountered one silly
woman in the whole of my recent
experiences in France"
Another question he propounds is.
What has become of woman'S
nervesT adding: They seem not spell
oially distressed over the drum fire
that keeps all but the most tired
fighting men awake at night behind
the lines. They are no more inclined
to scream over the dropping OF
bombs than are the men: no more in
clined to faint at the sight of blood
or terrible wounds. no more disposed
to leave their post OF duty even
though death may fly round it and
over it"
Evening star., 1918-06-16
q. s. Yacht Sinks U-Boat.

Only a week ago an American armed
yacht sank a submarine. One after
noon the lookouts several times
thought they saw a periscope. Late
that evening at about dusk, when
dinner had been ended and the officers
were still sitting about the table
chatting and even discussing the
monotony of coastal convoy work.
one of the officers chanced to look out
Of the portfolio and saw a periscope
only few hundred yards distant.
The officer rushed on deck, and grab
bing a gunner's mate and another
man by the collar hauled them aft to
the depth charges. all stumbling over
the guns. Meanwhile, an alarm had
been given and the yachts course was
changed toward the place where the
submarine was now diving full steam
ahead. Then an order to drop charges
was given. Several were sent over
board and there came an upheava1 Of
the ocean. The small yacht was
literally lifted out Of the water by
the big bombs.
The yacht circled around, returned
20 the same spot and dropped more
water bombs. The men on deck then
saw huge bubbles, as big as dinner
plates OF oil floating on the surface
and then bits Of debris. Some of the
latter on being picked up was found
to be dry teakwood splinters.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
U-BOAT ACTIVITIES
LESSEN GRADUALLY
Mines, Increased Patrol Yes
sells and Aerial Guards Help
to CurtaiI Their Work.
BY A. r.. DECKER.
Correspondence of The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.

and Chicago Daily News.
PARIS, France, June Tt was said
Arecently, '"The time is coming when it
Swill be suicide to go to sea in a sub
marine" This condition is now be-
coming a reality, though, gradually.
The increase in the number of patrol
vessels, the experience in hunting
U-boats and the increase Of the aerial
guard have all contributed to d1mln-
ish activity of the submarines.
The greatest factor consists in stop
ping the submarines from leaving
their bases. This is obtained by inn
mense submarine mine fields in the
English channel and the north sea-
Il must have cost nearly 81 ,00o, 100000
TO manufacture and lay the mines.
The United States has helped great
ly in this all-important war task
U-boats still operate in the Medlter-
ranean. coming perhaps through the
Adriatic and the Dardanelles. Per-
haps the menace of increased activity
by the submarine called for by Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz few months ago
will take the form of campaign by
large submarine cruisers far from
their bases and we'll off shore, where
they expect to be less annoyed by the
increasing good results of the convoy
methods. The allies also have lately
been sinking many submarines. Just
to cite few cases: A British steamer
crossing the channel at night came
upon a Uiboat. The captain on the
bridge had time to change his course
30 as better to ram the submarine
and be sure to hit it. There was
tremendous shock. The U-boat had
been cut in two. A fishing steamer
managed to drop a depth charge on
an enemy which sank. One of the
survivors came to the surface and
was picked up as evidence. =
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Machine Riddled With Bullets.

On the following day, during COM
bat, the aces machine was riddled
by bullets. one piercing his fuel tank
and another cutting his trousers. The
total Of lis victories now is twenty.
Tho citation which accompanied the
cross Of the Legion Of Honor which
was awarded him some time ago
reads: "A pilot Of exceptional daring
who has given proof OF Incompatible
mastery of the airplane In chasing
work as well as in reconnaissance.
photoEraphay and nj os:anba bombardmeTt 3a7t at At
shot down within our lines an enemy
airplane; since March 16. 1917, he
has destroyed six enemy balloons and
four airplanes: he has executed three
daring bombardments at a very low
altitude; he has already been deco
has been cited seven times for notable
actions"
Boyau's citations already number
fifteen. Lieut.. Sardier, twenty-five
years old. law student before enter
Ing aviation, is another French ace
Montdidier, he shot down three Bodie
airplaneg and on June 4, two. Sardier
cially plus six probable victories,
Lieut.. MAIDEN. since May 81. has de-
stroyed seven German machines off,
cially plus ss Elk ,,. probable et.l7 victories
Capt. Pinsard. who escaped from a
German prison camp. burned an enemy
balloon, making his nineteenth victim.
Lieut.. Bozon Verduraz. the constant
flying companion of the American ace
Of aces, Bayliss. has run his total
victories up to ten. as has also Lieut..
Cassale. who burned a German OBJ
servation balloon in the Marne region.
Jacques Mortane, the distinguished
aviation writer, speaks Of Frank
Bayliss. the New Bedford (Mass.)
fier. in an article in LIE Petit Jour-
nal. as follows:
I'VE will wait a few days before
giving an idea Of the prodigious work
accomplished by our aviators in the
battle where, like our poilus. they
expend their energy without count
ing. but IT. seems Indispensable to an
nounce the victories Of the remarka-
Bile American pilot. sergt. Bayliss.
who has just received the cross of
the Legion of Honor. On May 2S he
brought down his ninth official air
plane and the next day his tenth. The
latter boche belonged to a group of
eleven chasing machines attacking
two French reconnoitering machines.
Bayliss not only released our ma
chimes. but marked his passage by
an even more palpable result.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
BY PAUL AYREs ROCKWELL.
Correspondence Of The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.

Correspondence of The Sunday Star
and Chicago Daily News.
PARIS, France, June S.-Herculean
labors continue to be daily undertaken
and carried out by members Of the
French aerial forces, influencing great
ly the allied resistance to the Ger
manic hordes. In the course Of the
first nine days Of the Teuton offensive
in the Champagne, French aviators
destroyed ninety-one enemy airplanes.
forced sixty-one others to land badly
damaged, burned sixteen German OBJ
servation balloons and dropped 336
tons of high explosives upon German
camps and military centers. Even
those unacouainted with warfare can
easily imagine the demoralizing effect
which all this death and destruction
rained from the air had upon the
crown princes minions.
Scores of letters found upon killed
or captured Germans testify that the
incessant activity Of the allied air
firing line a hell on earth for the
kaiser's men.
The record for the number Of Ger
man machines destroyed In the Cham
pagne and the Marine battles belongs
to Lieut.. Boyau, who, before the war.
was an "ace' foot ball player. This
indefatigable airman destroyed Ger
man airplane May 2s, two airplanes
and one balloon on the following day,
another airplane May 81 and an air
plane and balloon June 4. all officially
confirmed. These victories were not
gained without great danger, for
Boyau. on the second day of the Of
fensive, when the Germans were ad-
vancing rapidly. was forced to leave
the aviation field when the enemy was
only a few hundred yards away.
Boyau took to the air in the last
ten minutes after the French infantry
had fallen back. Boyau had already
risen when he noticed that his
mechanic, who had been charged with
driving motor trucks and had stop
ped to save few ducks, pigs and
chickens, was almost surrounded by
Germans. The lieutenant swooped
down on the attacking Teutons with
his machine gun, thereby enabling his
mechanic to get away with the motor
truck.