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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25
MAKING SUPREI
EFFORT TODAY NORTH AI
SOUTH Of CITY0F BAPAg..
Their Efforts South of This Point %
Sunday Resulted in Complete
Failure British War
Office Reports
French SEND ASSISTANCE TO BRITISH
FRENCH SEND ASSISTANCE TO Brit
Satisfaction of the Allied Commanding Officers
Upto This Afternoon.
Az Associated Press.l


LONDON. March 25.-Fresh attacks by the Germans
have developed northward and southwark OF Bapauae
the War Office announces The British repulsed poYer
attacks Yesterday afternoon northward of Bapaume
The British drove back to the eastern bank Tie
Somne bodies of German troops which had crossed the
river between 3icollrt and Brie south Of Peronne
Tie staa@i1c1tstf follows
front Powerful attacks delivered by the enemy yese
day afternoon and evening north Of Bapane were heavily
repulsed Only at point did the German
our trenches where they were Immediately thrown OUT
Elsewhere the enemy attacks were stopped by rifle ma
chine gun and artillery fire in front of our positions ana
his troops we're driven back with great loss.
During the night and this morning fresh hostile at
French Aiding British
PARIS. March 25-The French on Saturday went to-.
the assistance of the British and took sector OF
battle front the War office In the regonod
Noyon and on the right bank Of the Disc heavy 1eg
with the Germans is in progress
The statement follows:
"French troops began to intervene on March Is m the
battle now being fought the British front They
eved certain of the allied forces and took up lighting on
this sector Ct the front.
at the present time they engaged in heavy fighting
in the region Of Noyon and they dsputmg the heights
on the right bank of the Disc with important German
forces.
Northeast of Rheims there has been violent artillery
action in the region of Courcy and Lolvre-
In the Champagne two German surprise attacks east
Fippes resulted in failure. French patrols took some
prisoners near Tahure
There was much artillery activity between ArracoIt
and the Vosges At daybreak German forces attacked
the French lines east Of Bleneroy and east Of Badonve
The Germans were repused with heavy losses
tacks have again developed IN this nelghborhood ana also
to the south of Bapaume.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25
rRusrEs 70 MEET.

A meeting Of the trustees Of the
First Presbyterian church WIN be held
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock IA
the offices OF City Commissions J,
waiter Barnes IN the city buiIdine.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25
GERMANS CLAIM
THEY HAVE BAPBUNE
Say Fighting is Now in
Middle of Old Soznme
Battlefield.
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BERLIN, March 25.-[British -Ad-
mfrelty per wireless Press9 - The
Geuaspx sssansl;ligg- II -S;ll,A
north of the somme in the middle OF
the former Somme battlefield says
today's official statement.
Bapaume was captured in night
fighting.
storm, the $2;ement adds:
British, Americans and French we're
thrown back through a painless wood
ed country. Guiscard and ChaunS
we're captured in the evening.
Violent fighting developed Tor pos
session of Combles and the heights
west OF the town. The enemy vas de-
feated, the statement adds.
More than 5000 prisoners and more
than 500 guns have been taken, the
statement says.
ClSy Associated Press
LONDON. March 25.-Tbe British
this morning were counter attacking
between Nesle and Ham. Reuters cor
respondent at British headquarters re-
ports. The French also were in &C
ton.
North OF Bapume he states the Ger
mans were attacked in considerable
force at dawn but did not get through
the British barage.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Japan May Be Trusted

Charlton Bates Strayer, in Leslie's.
 Japan. alone of the allies, is in posi- tion immediately to throw forces Into Siberia in support of the Czecho-Slova.lS troops and the loyal Russian clements that have already rallied to the latter. Such move on the part of Japan, sup ported by smaller forces from the United States and the allies, would immediately ease the pressure on the western front. There is no fear of Japanese domination in Russia Viscount Ishii, Japanese am bassador to the United States, has said that the German Emperor was responsi- ble for the yellow peril" in the United states and for an extensive anti -Ameri- can propaganda campaign in Japan. On another occasion he brought this message from the people of Japan to the people of Anne rica: 'We trust you we love you;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Quantity Production in Aircraft
Edward wildman. in the Forum.

Edward Wildman, in the Forum. Quantity production is achieved by perfect coordination of a number of different manufacturing plants, each building the parts best suited to it's particular equipment: in the case of the aircraft motor and plane. quantity pro- duction is building those parts so ab- solutely perfect as to be indistinguish- able from and interchangeab with
 the parts built by any other concern
 working on the same plan and specifi- cation-down to the two-thousandth of an inch, both in metal and wood work ing. The part. no matter how small or complex, built in an Elmira machine shop, must fit without fitting" work. into another part built in Toledo. A screw or connecting rod made at De- troit must correspond exactly with it's complementary part or with It's dupli- cate made in Elizabeth, N. J., or Flint,
 Mich. There must be no deviation either as to size, weight, or hardness
 of the metal An assembled motor made at Dayton must set into fuse lage or airplane body, made at Detroit or Buffalo.
 To accomplish tf1fs scientific achieve ment is to insure not only productiou
 in quantity, but to make possible tho rapid substitution of parts on the field of action It also permits the entiro | and enables the assembly plants to draw necessary supplies from any ono of it's co-ordinating manufacturing units irrespective of distance In this is involved the transportation problem, requiring the rapid movement of forged
 parts to their machining plant and thence to their assembly plant and thence to tho aviation field and to
 tide water. Nothing must interfere with the smoot exchange and quick supply lest one slight holdup of one part defer assembly and hold back de- liveries-
 When America was faced with tho problem of contributing its share to the air battle In Europe, the govern ment naturally turned for knowledge of aircraft to the existing and proven en- zines and planes in use at the front The various models successfully built in England and France were studied. brought over here, and taken under expert consideration with a view to quantity production.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

~ NE vivid impression remains 1T N with me of my visit few days N U ago to Neighborhood House.
 No, 1t isn't the children; no, it isn't the building; no, it isn't the equipment; all these are very fine and very modern and very effective. but the one vivid impression is of the wonder 1, ful woman, Mrs. Clifford Steward, who is in charge of the work there and whose personality is as radiant as the rose. whose smile Is worth going miles to see ana whose sweetness and gentleness is of the exotic type so rarely seen in wom- en to whom are entrusted the care of such institutions
 T always hate going to charity things hospitals, day nurseries, homes for the friendless, homes for the aged and all sorts Of things like that-because they are so depressing. I h>ye a natural shrinking from disease and poverty and the down and out" and all that sort of thing-the "seamy side" of life, so to speak. but visit to Neighborhood House is the best antidote I know for the blues, or despondency, or when the world has seemed to all but get the best of you for there-since Mrs Stew ards incumbency--is "a little bit of heaven" revealed--radant, insistent, beautiful
 Mrs. Steward has spread her marvellous personality over everything at Neigh borhood House; here is the sort of per sonality that is bound to spread itself anywhere; under any conditions, with her understanding-"Gods gift of under standing" as my friend in my adored book, "The City of Beautiful Nonsense" says. With her understanding eyes, her hair (which, to use her own language, looks like red wisp of rag carpet'D wiDdblown and truant; her simple, quiet, black garments, clinging close to her slender figure. and her smile that has not diminished in beauty since she was a girl in old Tennessee popular and courted, she constitutes the unusual sort of woman you meet just now and then maybe once in a lifetime.
 I'll tell you who Mrs. Steward reminds me of more than anybody I can think of: Cora Harris, and if you like Corra Harris and all her wonderfully clever books as much as do you'll immediate ly like Mrs. Steward; she has that keen sense of humor that Mrs. Harris has, and her comparisons and similes are genuinely witty. You remember when Cora Harris was talking about the new tenor in the choir Gin "The Circuit Riders WidowD and she says. "He sings like ar angel and keeps his mar riage vows like a tomtit." That's just one of the many aphorisms that recall and one of the many that Mrs. Steward indulged in when I was chatting with her was the motto that she suggested, to be pinned on the wall; Swear if you must, but don't be a grouch!'
 There she is-there is the keynote of her lfe-joy, happiness, sunshine. She'll tell you frankly about much of the joy and happiness which has come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
L You Arg Down and Ot and F Tot h World Has Gotten he YOu You Drop Fine Ony NeighbOho0d
 and Nee Mrs Clifford Stauard and See Lte Bn Of Heapn

into her life. and sheTl tell you equally as frankly of the many tragedies which have swept her very nearly off her feet. and she'll tell you still more frankly how She realizes every day that
 God moves in a mysterious way
 His wonders to perform"
 and how she cannot understand how He has dropped her down with all her whirn- sical. humorous, frivolous nature into a place like Neighborhood House to do His work when she feels she Is so wicked and incapable.
 But those are her words. not mine; she isn't my idea of wicked or incapable person-never, I'm sure her voice alone has chirked up hundreds of lives-glrls that have fared forth to work with high courage in their hearts and spread the gospel of sweetness and gentleness. which they have learned under her ten- der influence.
 People who love the little children of the side streets and alleys are always, 1 believe. full of the love of God and hu- manity that they haven't time to think or talk about themselves; and Mrs. Stew ard is exactly this type. she hates news paper notoriety; she has been writer herself-for years has been a member of the National League of Penwomen of America-her one hope is to hide her candle under bushel; but had no idea of allowing her to do so, and with my Sherlock Holmes experience made fast to do what set out to do and get this wonderful woman to tell me something of her life and work and aims, especially for Neighborhood House.
 My one detestation, indeed, my watchward is detestation of the word charity" said Mrs. Stewart, and this statement alone made me like the woman.
 ''The common or garden variety of charity should be abolished from the face of the earth; the charity that does not curb the pride of the giver while 1t preserves the pride of the re- ceived; the charity that makes Lizzie Maude. the poor woiking goil.' feel that she is nothing more than the scum of the earth under the feet of those who sit in the seats of the the patronizing. professional charity. You remember how the chil- dren at the Daddy-Long-Legs orphan age hated everything connected with the institution and the way it was run, and the way they were made to feel? Well-thats the kind
 Thank goodness, Neighborhood House is run on high plane and the word charity does not enter into it's The atmosphere is kindly, gentle and tender. Work and love are the keynotes and none within it's doors know anything but just sweetness ard happiness and joy!
 T know so much aboutsthe ordinary, every day charity" Mrs. Steward said, that I've lost patience with it; in some places I've lived I'm almost hated by the charity workers because of my attitude. My watchword for Neieh- borhood House with these thirty or more little children under my infiu- ence is What can I give back in re- suits? What can do to show my ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

with others and have found that the spirit of cooperation has been of defi- mite value and has brought good re- suits. As witness for instance the kindness of MT Sabine. the young man who has charge of the Boys club; he came here new and unused to condi- tions; he and I had our friendly talks about the best way to run our sep- arate institutions; we each corrected many mistakes for the other: now Mr.
 Sabine has taken so much interest in Neighborhood House that he has kindly given us the pleasure of his moving picture outfit which as you know was donated to the Boys club by the Xii wanis and Rotary clubs. The Boys
 club had no space to put up their pic ture outfit so Neighborhood House of fered our lawn and one Friday evening recently when the pictures were shown there was an attendance of over 500 , the sidewalks were lined up with spec tators and the entire place was filled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Afterward we had a dance and 1t was very delightful affair.
 T believe strictly in the open house policy" Mrs. Steward said. By that l mean that Neighborhood House has no special visiting days nor visiting hours; all hours of all the days we al e ready and eager to receive callers; if things go wrong, if the children cry and everything is generally awkward l simply explain that accidents will happen in the best regulated families everybody knows that. Neighborhood House is open from o'clock in the morning until il in the evening, ana we are always glad to have visitorsN
 Neighborhood House is to me aff ideal, Mrs. Steward said. 'T would like to make it the model institution of it's kind for this entire country, so that it might be the foundation of world move ment; it matters not how small your model is. it is model after all and many an achievement like this has set
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
FOE FARRELL"

By 70" (Quiller Ciuch). The McMillan
 company. publishers, New York City, U Zoe -Farrell'' has been called the Arabian Nights of the trenches. The colonel tells the story-and it's inter- est is unquestionable-to his young of ficers in a dugout not very far from the front line. His narrative is full of incident and plot, and abounds in keen and effective humor and penetrating character analysis
 Like Stevenson's pr. Jekyll and MT. Hyde, this is psychological study of the transformation of character. It is also a rousing story of adventure. the incidents of which take the princi- pal characters around the world and involve a number of unusual and in teresting people. The authors theme is the effect of hate upon two natures how in the one case it undermines the character, and how in the other, through resistance to 1t beneficial change is wrought. Altogether it is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

I the pace for some great worldwide move
 ment I want the children who go out from the institution to be self-support-
 ing and clean physically and mentally;
 I want them to spread the glad tidings of
 good things to their families; I could cite
 many cases where children have been brought to us whose home life has been unspeakable; after little while the spir- | it of ambition for better things has been
 aroused in them and this ambition has | been infused into the home and the result is that the family of the child has
 moved from a bad neighborhood to a | better one: the mother has seen the er-
 TOT of her daily life and general tone of uplift has been the result.
 Don't confuse that word uplift, please, with the general uplft work you hear of Mrs. Steward said quickly. T hate the word in it's general deception; t doesn't mean anything; it's just an
 other word for charity and I've told you how I hate that word.
 "Our friendliness at Neighborhood House reaches out to everybody Mrs. Steward said "and it's effect is going to
 be largely felt during and after the war, l because so many of the fathers of poor
 children are being drafted and the moth
 CTS will have to go to work and Neigh borhood house will have to care for their
 babies. A sweet-faced woman came to me only a few days ago and said her husband had been drafted; how much
 would it cost her to put her baby in
 Neighborhood House; she must go to work; 30 cents q week, told her-5 cents day. And she smiled, and said that she could pay a little more than
 that. but, of course, she couldn't be- cause we wouldn't let her.
 Recently we have been so pleased over tnrv fvxs flrc Ao hacn xyS to the Neighborhood House by one of our loyal friends" Mrs. Steward said. proudly. "The pole was lent to us by troop F, Boy Scouts; one of the big boys in the neighborhood set 1t up for us. and we feel awfully set up over o,A good luck, and the children are so proud of the flag"
 As you turn into Neighborhood House you'Il see the Stars and Stripes float ing gioriously over the building and on
 the broad veranda, in the pretty flow CT boxes, you'll note the smaller flags of our allies; as you step inside the big doors you'll see the little, cherry-faced,
 chubby, happy boys and girls busily
 engaged in Kindergarten, singing. sewing
 or playing. It is sight worth seeing. Every morning as soon as the chil. dren arrive one by one they are given a bath fresh clothes are put on them, and they are as sweet and attractive as can be.
 Promptly at Il 30 Mrs Stewards cook-a and she's a wonderful cook. too-serves a palatable dinner for the childern aft CT which they are put to bed. the little
 bitties" sleep in nice, clean little white
 beds and the big ones sleep on the clean, shiny floor. From 12 to 8 there Is ab- soute silence at Neighborhood House. At 5 o'clock biff, bang, boom. there's "something doing" for every little tot Is wide awake once more and ready for kindergarten, which occupies the after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

preciation of what is being done so that l won't be regarded as an object of charity Charity is a menace both to the giver and the receiver.
 T believe that every child born into this world should have an equal chance" Mrs. Steward said. 'They should be given chance to lead their lives so that they may be credit to themselves and their ideals. Institr- tions maintained by the government for the feeble minded and others are just as much a part of the govern ment's concern as the navy and the army maintained at Annapolis and West Point: the people maintained by them should be given as much oppor- tunity as the soldier or the sailor.
 Since coming to Birmingham three months ago." Mrs. Steward said, the attendance at Neighbrohood House has increased from II to between 30 and 36 children. I have put out every wire and have worked from every ansls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

noon up to certain hour. And oh. thas kindergarten party. Mrs Steward is sit ting at the piano smiling and encour- aging, her sweet. gentle voice leading the pretty little songs, and those happy bright children raising their little baby voices in what seems almost a heaven ly chorus.
 Let me tell you again. if you happen to be down and out and feel that tn5 world has almost gotten the best of you. suppose you drop in some fine morning at Neighborhood House and meet Mrs. Clifford Steward, and sec "a little bit of heaven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

The Chinese have observed their an : nual dragon boat festival since 450 B. C., wherever streams in China will per
 nit use of long dragon boat paddles
 with which the boats are propelled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Tn Paris, darkened by night against air raids, rings of magnifying mirrors have been placed about columns and lamp posts to catch whatever light there is. and so guide chauffeurs and pedes- trians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

and if you will let us, we will walk at your side in loyal good fellowship down all the coming years History proves that Japan may be trusted. just as it proves that Germany may not be,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
THE FLYING TEUToN."

IdE FLflNG TEUTON." By Alice Brown. The Macmillan com pany, publishers, New York city. Alice Brown has long been one of the most popular of American short story writers and a new collection of her work in this field is always genuinely appre- ciated. The present volume offers va riety both in style and theme, and 1t shows throughout the skill and artistry of the practiced writer.
 One of the most complimentary no tices which has been passed upon Alice
 Browns The Flying Teuton," comes
 from the pen of the well known critic,
 Edward J. O'Brien in The Bookman," in
 which he says:
 The Flying Teuton' is the best short story that has come out of this war as yet in either English or American mag azines Accepting the old legend of the
 Flying Dutchman,' Miss Brown has imagined in re-embodied in modern set- ting. and out of the ironies of this situa- ton most dramatic story results with a sure and true message for the Amer ican people It is in my opinion one of the five best short stories of the year."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

To convert an ordinary bicycle into motorcycle a motor-driven wheen to re- place its front wheel has been patented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Congressman Cooper of Ohio fitted himself for his present position while working as railroad man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
"FLAsHEs FROM THE FRONT. ;

| FLASHES FROM THE FRONT.v ], By Charles H. Grasty. With a Fore
 word" by General Pershing. Illustrated ! The Century company, publishers. New York city
 "The history of this war cannot be written without the perspective which | time alone can give" says General John l Pershing in his foreword "In the mean- while such chronicles as the author (Mr Grasty) has presented supply the pnb- | lie with current information and pre-. l serve useful record for the historian The exceptional opportunities of observa- tion enjoyed by the author will make this volume one of the best among con- temporary publications on the war.~ MT. Gfasty is war corresponaentl of the New York Times travelling with or ders to go wherever there are big things to see, study and write about. The exceptional opportunities of observation spoken of by General Pershing arc founded on the international prestige of his paper, the machinery for facilitating the seeing and reporting put at his dis posal by it's regular correspondents in Europe wherever he went. and MT
 Grasty's own special equipment for sec ing and strdvin~ the great figures and
 events of the war.
 -Elashes | roi the Front is made up
 of his maturest opinion on men and
 things Of the war, and they are presented
 with an accuracy. charm and fullness not possible for the usual newspaper cor
 respondence. The book is series of bril-
 liant sidelights on the war, Illuminating now an outstanding figure among the allies now section of trench life, now
 a matter of diplomacy or international politics, etc.
 Flashes From the Front" is the cream of the material gathered in Europe by one of the greatest war correspondents from this side of the Atlantic.
 War contracts now being filled in