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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29

July 90. On the left wing the cav
airy reached out to the Bay of Riga
and joined up with the infantry adj
vancing on Mitau. which was taken
on August l. Further south the Du-
bissa was crossed and by July 29 the
kovno-P onieviesh line had been oc-
cupied.
Communication had now to be es-
tablished once more, and the troops
supplied with ammunition. Supply
columns had been sent in great num-
bers to the 18th and Sth armies (pur-
suing the Russians further SOUTH
and the Niemen army was cores
pondingly short. Their further ad-
vance now began to slow down. There
was long halt. whilst the left wing
pushed forward toward the Dvina. TIC
the south of Riga the Russians were
holding an important bridgehead
which was to be thorn in our flesh
for long time to come. On the
other hand, early in September the
Dvina was reached between Uxkull
and Friedrichstadt Ga 4o-mile front
beginning 10 miles southeast OF
Riga), and the enemy thrown back to
the opposite bank.
Fresh Russians Stop Them.
Meanwhile the Russians had been
reinforced The weak forces of the
Niemen army were distributed over
very wide area so that, for the
time being, they We're unable to, adj
vance further without reinforcement
They were in touch with the left
wing of the 10th army, as the latter,
after the taking of ,Kovno. had again
encountered strong enemy forces half
way to Wilma.
An attempt by the fleet in the Bay
of Riga, on August s, had no influ-
ence on the operations on land.
The rapid advance of the Niemen
army showed that still more could
be done If. the forces had been
stronger and better equipped, espe-
cially in regard to supply columns.
(Another shot at the kaiser and
Falkenhayn for overruling his great
thanking scheme)
In the second half of August the
idea of continuing operations east of
the Niemen had assumed more diff
mite shape. The attack on the flank
of the retreating army from Poland
could only be carried out. if at all, in
the direction of Kovno- Wilma Minsk
(his original plan. now long delayed)
This attack was to be carried out by
the 10th army. whilst the Sth and
18th armies and the southern army
groups were to keep up the pressure
on the enemy.
Sticks to His Big Idea.
The operations of the 10th army
required that its flank should be pro-
tected on the north from attack from
the railway from Riga to Dvinsk,
which is a junction for several lines
from the northeast and east. The
Niemen army was to continue its adj
vance with Dvinsk as the objective,
whilst a strong contingent of cavalry
advanced toward the two railway
lines to the south.
According to this plan the Russian
front facing the 10th and Niemen
armies, which, although unbroken
was weak to the northeast of Kovno
would be pierced; that is, it would
be forced back through wilma to
Dvinsk, whilst the cavalry divisions
advanced on Poltzk-Minsk
The question remained whether the
operations would still be profitable
now that the Russians had retreated
SO far to the east. There was no doubt
that every days delay made the pros
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29

The engagements of the Niemen
army Gin Courland and Lithuania, OPP
posite the eastern end of East Prus-
sia) during July and August had only
been directly connected with the main
operations in so far as they had
drawn enemy forces in their direction
There was, of course, a tactical CO.
operation on the Niemen between the
inner wings of the 10th and the Me
men army. With the attack on Kovno
this cooperation became closer, and
at the taking of the fortress led to
their fighting on the same field of
battle; it then relaxed again. From
now EDWARDS the connection of these
armies was to take a prominent part
in the operations.
General Otto Won Below was fight.
ing in q distinct and separate area,
and his actions therefore were more
Independent than those of the other
commanders, who were fighting on
narrow sectors. We We're able to
confine ourselves to giving general
instructions for the conduct of the
campaign.
Since the middle of July the Me
men army had held the line of the
Dubissa to southwest of Shawl. and
of the Wenta and Windau down to
the coast. At the beginning of the
operations General Won Below was
ordered to make an enYeloping attack
on the strong enemy forces near
Shawl, and, after securing his left
against attack from the direction of
Riga, to push east, north of the Me
men.
.rff s,,e, In NJ vt ~
larly good hands. General Won Below,
who had already been regarded in
peace time as an unusually efficient
and self-reliant officer. had led his
troops with great prudence and fore
| sight during the battle OF Tannen-
| berg, and distinguished himself in the
battle of the Masaurian lakes by the
effective disposition of his forces
! Field Marshal Won Hindenburg held
| his manly and upright character in
| high esteem, and in November sug-
| gested to his majesty that he should
| take over the command of the Sth
army, although he was among the
most junior generals in the service to
| hold such q command. General Won
Below had fully justified the conf
dence placed in him by his command
er-n-chief.
| His chief of staff, General Won
Bockmanu, had long heep on the gen.
eral staff and during the war had
proved himself to be a good leader
| of troops, and to have the markings
of a good chief of staff. The two men
worked together in complete har-
mony. At headquarters at Lotzen we
could feel confident that, with the
forces at their disposal, they would
exploit to the full the possibilities of
the operations north of the Niemen.
Takes the Russians By Surprise,
! The communications of the Niemen
army were a difficult problem. The
standard gauge railway ceased at Lau-
gzargen, northeast of Tilsit. and Me-
! mel. The Niemen, although naviga-
| Bile, could only be used to bring troops
| and supplies for the right wing of the
| army and the traffic control was so
! poor that it could not be relied upon.
An attempt to tow the troops, so
urgently required to reinforce the
right wing. in barses UP the river
proved a failure. The string of barges
ran aground on sandbanks on the
Russian side of the river.
Lipau could only be used With the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29

New York.-Dr. Conner. formerly Of
Johns Hopkins hospital says: Hundreds Of
thousands of men who smoke and chew
and who believe themselves healthy are
suffering from progressive organic ailments
They would never have been afflicted had
It not been for the use OF tobacco and most
Of them would soon get well II they would
only stop the use OF tobacco.
The best known habit-forming principal
Of tobacco is nicotine, but the most deadly
deadly poison, which, when absorbed by the
system slowly, but surely, affect the nerves
membranes tissues, vital organs and vital
ty Of the body.
The harmful effect Of tobacco varies and
depends on circumstances and the individ-
ual In some 1t causes general debility
others catarrh OF the throat, Indigestion
constipation, extreme nervousness sleepless-
ness, loss Of memory, lack of will power
cowardice and fear, mental confusion, etc
in others It causes heart disease bronchial
troubles, hardening of the arteries. palpi-
tatlon Of the heart, tuberculosis blindness
cancer and the common affliction known es
tobacco heart.
II you use tobacco in any form you easily
detect its harmful effects by making the
following simple tests: Read aloud a full
page from a book. If your voice becomes
muffled hoarse and indistnct and you mus:
frequently clear your throat, the chances
are that your throat is affected by catarrh
and 1t may be the beginning Of very serious
catarrhal trouble. Next, IN the morning
before taking your usual smoke walk up
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29
BY GEN. ERICH Won LUDENDoRFF

/ greatest caution as base of supplies.
At that time the Russian fleet and
English submarines dominated the
eastern part of the Baltic. Neverthe-
less, with the material we had found
there, we managed to maintain an
! inadequate service on the railway
running east from Libau.
When our plans for large opera
! ton began to mature we had to de-
velop a more complete network of
| railways.
About the middle of July, after the
arrival of the reinforcements, which
had been dispatched in June, the
grouping of the Niemen army was
completed Army headquarters were
bitterly disappointed because, owing
to the attack on the Narew, they did
not receive the quota of troops they
had hoped for. They adhered to their
original plan of operation notwith-
| standing.
| (This is another bitter reference to
the kaiser's action in overruling him
and accepting Falkenhayn's plans for
an attack north of Warsaw in July
! instead of the sweeping flank move
ment to the north that he had
schemed)
The line of the Dubissa, as far as
| Kielmy, was not very strongly held.
! The LIST reserve corps was concen-
! trated for attack between Kielmy and
! Shawl The line of the Windau was
also lightly held to the point where
| it Joined a strong sector north of the
Libau railway. Here there were two
| or three infantry and as many cav
airy divisions.
On July IA. when, in North Poland,
| Prasnysz had just fallen, and further
south the Russians were still west of
the Vistua and south of Lublin-
! Cholm, General Won Below crossed
! the Windau with the intention of en-
veloping the strong Russian forces
near Shawl by an advance from the
north in the direction of Mitau. and
pressing forward from the southeast
with the list reserve corps. The weak
center was to hold its ground. The
right wing of the army on the Du-
bissa was to stand by for the time
being, and only to join in the opera
tons after some progress had been
made
Apparently the Russians had not
| expected an attack, nor had they dis
covered this extension of the line to
the north. In the direction of Ok
MAY (across the Windau, S5 miles
northwest of ShavlD they attacked
the 9Th reserve division, advancing in
the center, and forced it to with
draw to the west. But their right
| flank was threatened to such an ex-
tent that they were unable to follow
up this success.
development Is Baked.
| BY the 18th the infantry divisions
on the left wing had beaten the Rus
slams at Autz GO miles east of the
Windau and so miles northwest of
ShavlD, but owing to what had &C.
Cured to the 9Th reserve division,
they had to be brought back south.
In consequence of this the enveloping
movement was not effective. In the
course of continuous fighting, which
| lasted until July 23. these operations
which became known as the Battle
of Shawl" ended with the retreat Of
the 5th Russian army beyond Shawl
towards Ponieviesh ESQ miles south Of
east of Shavli)). Portions of 1t got
away, as the German cavalry in their
rear was short of artillery
Pon!eyiesh was occupied by us on
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29
BETTER THAN CALOMEI
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
Are a Harmless Substitute

Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets are the
result of DR., Edwards determination
not to treat liver and bowel Complaints
with calomel. For II years he used
these tablets "a vegetable compound
mixed with olive oily in his private
practice with great success.
They do all the good that calomel
does but have no bad after effects NJ
pains, no, gripping. no injury to the
gums or danger from acid footIs--vet
Lney stimulate the liver and bowels
lake DR.. Edwards Olive TABLETS
N when you feel 'logy" and "heayy."
Note how they clear clorded brain and
Pesx w the spirits loc and Csc q boz, 4
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29

tive hiring or of strikes, the number
Of men and women working for sala-
ries and the number of persons de-
pendent on the return from their in
vestments for living, who have been
unable to adjust their enforcedly in
creased outgo to their very little or no
in income is amazingly large
And they are the classes. usually.
who suffer in silence.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29
LUDEND0RFF'S OWN STORY
FINDING RUSSIANS OFF GUARD, PUSHED
INTO RUSSIA, BUT COULD NOT FINISH BIG OPERATION
Too Late for Complete
Russia Accomplished Under Difficult Conditions
Car His and Took Charge of the Army

OF had o h
Of
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had the chance
edowmn of
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-29

How the Germans treated Poland
is told by Ludendorff tomorrow. He
endeavors to show that their rule was
not so harsh as the world has been
taught, yet has to admit that the
country was exploited and efforts
made to GermaniZe it.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
The Minimum WAGE.

There is wide variation in the vari-
Gus states as to the minimum wage.
Texas has its own peculiar conditions,
and these are to be taken into account
rather than what is paid in the other
states of the Union. The wages paid
in California, for instance, range from
So per week (recently increased from
$6) to $3.50 per week, with 4S hours
as a working week; the maximum ap-
pears to be $3.50 for all women.
In Oregon the women work 80 hours
per week and the wages range from
S111.10 to $48 per month.
In Kansas the wages range from
$3.50 for experienced women to $11
for factory workers. The 54-hour law
is in effect.
In Massachusetts 50 is considered a
fair wage.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
FORSAKE MILLS FOR SCHOOL
Fewer Children at Work In South
Carolina Since Passage of CON-
pulsory Education Law.

The passage of the South Carolina
general assembly at its recent session
of compulsory education law requir-
ing four full months of schooling for
all children between the ages Of six
and fourteen years has already had
an appreciable effect upon the labor
situation at the cotton mills Of the
state, as is shown in a report prepared
by the state department of commerce
and industries.
The number of boys between four
teen and sixteen years of age en-
ployed in the textile mills decreased
464 during the year, and the number
of girls decreased 32S. There are now
employed in the mills 20S3 boys and
1878 girls of these ages. The total
number of employees in the plants of
the state is given as 50,071, compared
with 52,445 the previous year.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
ShipbuiIdinq Record Set.

Lloyd's shipping report says that at
the end of June, 1919, a record amount
Of shipbuilding was going on through
out the world, namely, 100000 tons,
of which 100000 tons were building
in the United Kingdom. During the
year to June 80 there were 100000
gross tons registered at LlOyd's, of
which the United States built 1900 900
tons, the United Kingdom 100000,
Japan 100000 and Canada 100000.
Next to the United States Japan
showed the greatest increase in ship
building In wartime.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
FORESEES RULE
OF LABOR PARTY
Washington Newspaper Com
mentS on Coming Changes
in Great Britain.
MEANS MUCH TO The WORLD
Just How Far the Workers Will Go
In the Application of SociaIistic
Ideas Is the Greatest Point of In
terest-May Not Hold Power Long.

The hour is near at hand, evidently
when Great Britain will be governed
by the labor party. The coalition gov
ernment has held together remarkably
we'll, thanks to Mr.. Lloyd Georges Won
derful political SKILL but the handwrit-
ing has been on the wall ever since the
armistice, and labor will have it's way
soon. The passing Of the British gov
ernment under labor control depends
merely upon the date Of the elections
and they must be held soon.
The course of labor in England will
be closely studied in America, prin-
cipally in the development and appli-
cation Of sOcialistic ideas. 1t appears
probable that British labor will sue
ceed in having mines, railroads and
other activities SocialiZed. The Lloyd
George government has gone very far,
indeed toward meeting these demands,
but it has not satisfied labor and must
stand aside for a government that
will unhesitatingly adopt socialization
on decisive scale. Where will the
experiment lead? Where will the
vested interests try to call halt?
When and how will the British classes
be broken up, if they are to be broken
up, and what kind of society will
emerge?
Trade unionism has been carried
much further in England than in the
Tni+
conference in Washington splits on
the question of collective bargaining,
British employers have long ago rec
Ognized the principle and are glad 70
be able to hire union labor, for it is
now the only labor that is dependable.
If union labor is the beginning of So
cialism, it has long way to go in the
United States, for it has not yet
reached that stage even in England,
although the opponents Of unionism
think they see socialism of danger
Gus kind emerging from British union
ism.
The dominating personalities Of a
labor controlled British government
are family foreshadowed. Some of
them are not very prepOssessing. They
have been misled by bolshevism and
have espoused illusOry economic the
ories which, if they have the power
to put them on trial, will cost England
dearly. But it is not probable that
any man will remain dominant long
if a labor government should come,
for the very condition itself is shift
ing and experimental, and ministers
would probably come and go with
great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
Admits Germans and Austrians.

The international labor conference,
called under the peace treaty, voted to
Austrian delegates. The vote was al
most unanimous-it stood II to l.
The solitary negative vote was cast
by Louis Guerin of France. The argu-
ment that won the admission of the
delegates was: zone question we are
going to discuss is the eight-hOur day.
1t would be entirely impossible to i'm
pose the application of the principles
that might here be adopted on Ger
many and Austria, if they are not al
lowed to participate. And we read
daily that in Germany workmen are
busy nine and ten hours a day."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
Eioht-Hour Workday in Japan.

The decision of the Kawasaki Ship
building company of Kobe, Japan, to
adopt the eight-hour working day,
made after labor troubles there, has
been followed by similar action by
many factories and companies at
Osaka and other western Japan cen
ters.
The Tokyo chamber of commerce
has passed resolutions recommending
general adoption of an eight-hour
working time system.
The chamber has also recommend
ed prohibition of night work between
10 p. N. and a. m, prohibition Of en-
ployment of workers under fourteen
years and granting Of furlough of four
weeks to women workers before and
after childbirth.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
ENGLAND Needs Miners.

Shortage of labor in the British coal
mines is advanced by Sir Auckland
Geddes as a contributing factor in the
increase of price by 6 shillings per ton
for coal in England. This labor short
in a report made by Sir Auckland
Geddes covering the years 1913-1918,
which are the years of the war with
Germany and when many miners were
called to the colors.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
Open Shop Is Indorsed.

The advisory committee of the ma
tional council for industrial defense, in
executive session at New York, unani-
mously passed a resolution indorsing
the position taken by the employers
group Of the Washington industrial
conference against "any form of col
lective bargaining which does not give
equal recognition to all forms of col
lective agreement in industrial rela-
tions."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-11-28
NOTES..

Japan has over 1000 women glass
blowers.
London tram girls have been "de-
mobbed" to make room for the male
conductors coming out of khaki.
The 1,400 policemen in Boston who
we're demanding an increase in wages
were supported in their demand by
over $4,000 union workers in that city.
The recent suspension of work by
cotton workers in Lancashire, Eng
land, cost the operatives over $12,0O0,-
BOO and much larger amount for the
employers,
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-29
GRAIN CONSUMPTION
VARIES DURING YEAR
Feeding Of Oats Is More Uniform
Than That of Corn.
Barley, Wheat and Rye Approach
Monthly Uniformity In Degree Less
Than oats-siIage Reaches
Hioh Point in February.

prepared by the United states Depart
ment Of Agricrlture)
Whether the suppos!tiOn Is that the
consumption of corn by live stock on
farms in the United States varies
little from month to month, or that
the summer consumption is relatively
small. the fact, as ascertained by the
bureau of crop estimates, United
States department of agriculture, is
that during the six months from May
TO October nearly three-eighths of the
years corn ration Is eaten, and from
November to April five-eighths. The
warm-weather fraction will seem large
or small according to the size of the
guess. Oats, more than corn, is the
feed from April to September. and the
monthly consumption of oats is more
uniform throughout the year than that
of corn. Barley, wheat and rye ap-
proach monthly uniformity in degree
less than that of oats throughout the
year and a concentration of consump-
tion in the colder months Is found in
hay, silage and mill feed, as in the
case of corn.
OF the years entire consumption of
corn by live stock on farms the high
est consumption in one month is 11.5
per cent in December, and the lowest
4.6 per cent in August. For oats the
highest is 9.S per cent in April and the
lowest 6.S per cent in December; bar
ley. highest 100 per cent in November
and lowest per cent in June and also
In July; rye, highest 1913 per cent in
October and lowest IL per cent in
July; wheat, highest ia per cent in
November and lowest 5.S per cent in
July.
Mill feed consumption says to As
per cent in July and rises to 11.5 per
cent in February and again in March.
More unequal yet is hay consumption,
with its range from the highest. l4.2
per cent in February and also in
March to 80 per cent in August; and
another degree Is reached by silage,
the consumption of which rises to 16.S
per cent of the years total in Febru-
ary and falls to 1 per cent in July and
again in August.
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-29
W. N. u, DENVER, NO. s5-19,s.
DUEL INDEFINITELY PUT OFF
How Wisconsin Congressman Turned
Challenge to Deadly Combat
Into Matter of Ridicule.

The story of the PotterPryor duel,
the famous challenge of Civil war
times whereby Wisconsin congress-
man by ridicule put dueling in disre-
pute, recalled by the death of one OF
the participants, is told In interesting
style I'm the June number of the Wis
consln Magazine of History, quarterly
publication of the State Historical So
ciety.
Roger A. Pryor, the Virginia con-
gresham who figured in the episode.
died n few months ago In New York
city. 1t was he upon whom John Fox
Potter of East Troy, Walworth county.
then representative of the First con-
gressional district of Wisconsin. dur
ing April, 1860, brought nationwide
ridicule In answer to n challenge to
duel. Congressman Potter offered to
fight with bowie knives at a distance
of four feet, but Pryor refused because
they were $50 demnition vulgar"
Most of Mr.. Potter's bowie knivcs
including the one he purchased for
the duel and others sent to him after
the AFFAIR, are now on exhibit In the
State Historical museum. Madison.