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Sffr'i.''"' The Commoner 'AUGUST, 1918 13 The Invincible Marne t8 there some fatality for barbar . n the waters of tlio Marne, or 8Wthe a?r about it? Has it been "e by fate as the limiting line of Lvacc and inhuman autocracy? It ?. ! UnX time, as time Is counted I Wart? from Atilla to William II, lit morally they are contemporaries and historically they are twins. Be fore Atilla there was no one in his likeness; since there has been none unti" now; and" both Atilla -and the va er have found at the Marne an fnv sible something that seems to stand as with drawn sword and to say "Back!" It was on the plain lust below Chalons-sur-Marne that Atilla and his great army of buns met the final check tp bis aspira tion for world power. It was a day memorable in the world's tory, a day of battle, "ruthless, manifold, immense, obstinate." The old-time Sates of 175,000 to 300,000 slain can not be relied upon, but the carnage was awful and tbe result was final. Atilla retreated across the Rhine and the power of Atilla and the huns was forever broken. "Forever," did we say? Ab, no! Another Atilla and other huns were to arise fifteen centuries later a greater AUlla and a vaster tribe, greater in the advantages and op portnuities of evil that fifteen cen turies of human development has given them. Yet he, too, and they, have come to the Marne only to meet disaster and defeat. Twice these later huns touched the waters of the in vincible stream, and twice has it hurled them back, shattered and broken. Twice this battle has raged, as on the old day, "rutbless, mani fold, immense, obstinate," and twice SALE OF TIMBER TjANDS AND OTHER UNALLOTTED IiANDS AND SUR FACE OF SEGREGATED COAL AND ASriIALT LAND BELONGING TO THE CnOCTAW AND CHICKASAW INDIAN TRIBES, AND ONE TRACT OF UNALLOTTED LAND BELONG ING TO THE CREEK TRD3E IN HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. by the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. There will be offered Tor sale at public auction at certain railroad points In Kastein Oklahoma, from October 9. 19.8. to October 17. 1918, Inclusive, ap proximately 14,800 acres or unallotted land, includ ing 7.700 acrei of timber land In the Choctaw Na tion, C.700 acres of tho surraco.of the segregated coal and asphalt land In tho Choctaw Nation, 400 acrea of unallotted land in the Choctaw. Chickasaw, and Creek Nations, and 70 a-lditlonaltracU of tun surface of the segregated coal and asphalt land belonging to the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes, recently re linquished and never heretofore offered for sale. The timber land will Tjo old for not loco than the appraised value, the surface of the sosrotrated coal and asphalt land will be sold for caxh lo the highest bidder without regard to the appialsed value, and not on tlmo as heretofore offered, ezcepting70 ad ditional tracts neycr heretofore offered lor sal", which will be sold on time at 26 per cent cash, 35 per cent in ono year, and balanco In two year from jtataofsalo. Tho 400 acres of unallotted land will be sold to tho highest and best bidder without any minimum prico being fixed. Tho entire estate In int.rlbal Umor land and other unallotted land wju be sold. Only the surface or tho segregated coal ana asphalt land area will be sold, reorving the pal and asphalt thereunder to the Choctaw and unckasaw Nations, except where the descrlptivo circular Fpeclflcally states that the coal and asphalt lUli 80!d w,lh ""faco. No limitation is placed on the acreage of Umber land which any ono per .!? .Z Pircufl'. No person can purchase more inn??0 area daMlflod as agricultural land, nor Jin-- Uian c2 acres classified as grazing land. Resi ts 2n land not required- Bids may be submit nr 1,1 J!cr?on?r b "Kent with power of attorney, ror?.ynm,R h ?IdH h m,lU mut accompanied by amnd (?.cJai or toanlc dfaft ' per cent of tho amount of bids. Tho right to reject any and all bids ifiitM iived ,Detllod printed inform at!ou as to i,;,Pelaie!tcrms of sale, including lists or clrcu m7Vh?cli?U.va,orthtand"to be offered for sale Mrn?K0l)4aln,eUrCB of cost "Pn application to rMiiM;tParkBr Superintendent for the Five oniv !? Tr,be Muskogee. Oklahoma, who l the tii J nKi?oa "utnorlzed to sell these tribal lands to froiPMo MaPand plata may also be obtained tosoidSup?'mte,ldentacostoi from 25 cent 10 M centa each. CATO SELLS, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. have the Huns retreated Weeding from a million Vdunds. When they came down, like 'the Assyrians, four years ago, with all the pomp and majesty of conquering power, they held the French, to he easy prey. Their countless" hordes had, indeed overwhelmed ?all opposition, and Paris, tho world's desire, seemed al most in their grasp. But the Marne intervened, the Marne, whose waters shall be held sacred through all ages, and their reaching hands clutched but the emptiness of death. But they had greater powers and greater resources than Attila. Etzel, as they call him, never returned. Tho huns of kultur came back. It took them four years, four long, bloody, horrible years, but again they came no less mighty, no less fright ful, no less brutal than before. Else where they had advanced, foot by foot, and every step at fearful cost, yet insistently advancing, pressing forward as if pushed by fate into the crushing arms of destiny. And so, once more they reached the Marne; once more the possession of Paris and the fulfillment of their hopes seemed almost accomplished. But again the guardian spirit of the Marne, the guardian spirit of human ity, touched them, and they crumbled as to dust. Who shall say that this is but coincidence? Who shall say that the physical limitation of might and the spiritual limitation of evil may not be somehow concurrent? Three times the huns have met the Marne; three times it has destroyed them. There is the fact. Explain it who can. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "wZlerS &5! 2K balr. yi a es It with w hair and ? m": ttoe job eat yew AMERICANS CAIiLED CRUSADERS A Washington, D. C, dispatch, dated July 24, 'says: Italian writers wlio have visited the American army in France are deeply impressed not only by the spirit of the soldiers themselves, but the gigantic prepar ations that have been made for their transport and supply. American ter minals have been built at Mediter ranean as well as Atlantic ports of France and are constantly being enlarged. The Americans are hailed as "Cru saders of the Holy War" in an ar ticle published in II Sceolo XIX, of Genoa. It was written by a corres pondent of The Gironale D'ltalian of Rome. The article translated and made public today by the state de partment says: "The American intervention is no't a formula, a hope, a promise; it is a reality in all its forms. "The organization for transform ing and receiving the great army is already complete for the actual needs and is being completed for those of the future. The building of mari time bases, or railways, immense stores of arms, food, munitions, coal, medicine, etc., is in some cases fin ished and in others nearly complete. The organization is broadening grad ually out. "Summing up in few words my im pressions, I would say: I did not be lieve that the Americans could have done so much, but, after having seen t, I am able to believe that they will do much more and will obtain their aims . "I would define the American army as a revealing phenomenon. The .speeches, the thoughts of the officers and soldiers are surprising; it is not simply an army which goes Into line, not merely soldiers who make ready to fight; it is a people in arms which lands from across the sea, sure of its own, strength, confident In its own bleeds, like a knight in helmet and breastplate approaching to study the magic of an enchanted Island. "They believe- they come with psychology of the crusaders, con- WHATISNUXATED IRON? Pkynlclsin Explain Sny Public OnKk Kmw What Tfcey Are Takl rrnr- ilcal Advice en What I e KuIIrf Vp Ymr JUreNtrtli, rawer ami Emlurniice Mini Increiine the Kerf BteeA CrvHe! 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It excel anything I havo over used for build ing up the system and Increasing tho red blood corpuscles thereby enriching and fortifying tho blood against the ravages of disease." scious of a great task, decided to ac complish it to avenge wrongs and right them. "Tire French cry aloud: 'Oh, the boches, we shall have them.' Tho Americans repeat quickly: 'We will destroy them And tney do not raise their voices. Ther believe, have persuasion, faith. For them it is il question of time. This persuasion is nourished by the faith which they have in their own country. It is a pride; they feel that they are a great people, in its great hour; they are sure of having all gold, means, lead ers, raw materials, organizers.' particularly when they aro not con nected in any way with purchasing. Another reform being worked put in Washington as a result of discov ery of contract frauds Is tho grad ual elimination of men assisting the government from the nominal pay or' "dollar a year" basis and the pay ment of adequate salaries on which they can live without resorting to compensation from special interests. GRAFT FOUND IX ARMY SHIRT AND SHOE DEALS A Washington dispatch, dated July 24, says: Fraud and gross profiteering has been uncovered In many contracts for array shoes, shirts, leggings and oilier soldiers' supplies and equipment as a result of investigation by army intelligence and department of justice agents, it was learned today. Information shedding light on methods by which manufacturers were able to evade rigid inspection tests and pass inferior articles to fill government contracts, is understood to have been gathered from new con fessions of some of the 18 raincoat contractors under arrest In New York charged with bribery, fraud or con spiracy. Action will be taken against the other manufacturers as Tapldly as specific proof of fraud Is developed, It was said. Commissions for Officers. A large number of officers, partic ularly in the quartermaster's corps, are oaid to have been given commis sions through the influence of form er employers. Theso officers subse quently used their influence to obtain commissions for others similarly sit uated, and it is charged that certain companies or groups of concerns have been able, through this personal contact, to dictate specifications and other details of contracts favorable to their methods of manufacture. All army officers receiving some form of compensation from sources apart from the army pay are not open to suspicion, it was explained, IOWA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS A Des Moines, la., dispatch, dated July 18, says: Discussion of a plat form at the state convention of Iowa democrats was Interrupted several times late today when a reading' of bulletins on the American drive in France set the 200 delegates cheer ing wildly. Resolutions finally adopt ed approved submission of the na tional prohibition amendment to the1 statq legislatures; endorsed woman suffrage and approved 6t tlio admin istration conduct of the war. Vo cational training for maimed sol diers also was advocated, and it Was suggested that loans on easy terms be made to returning soldiers for building their homes. Tho record In congress of Iowa's four congressmen. 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