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- ' RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF id n lreat if oi '' ' "" llllllMlli "i mm iii ii n in i i tit i i mi mm iiiwwi , ,ji A Resp W ISlDllltV vv l m This Is the American hospital shin I without protection to test the behavior 1 Castle the plan has been held up and NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK 'Most Glorious Independence Day In History of the United States Celebrated. HUNDRED VESSELS LAUNCHED President Wilton Declares There Can Be No Compromlso With the Foe Secretary Baker's Heartening Statement Confusing ' State of Affairs In Russia. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. With more than a million Americans In Franco fighting for the freedom of the world; with moro than another million Americans in training for the iamo great contest; with tho subma rine menace finally overcome, tho "bridge across tho Atlantic" completed and Its mulntenanco assured by the 'tremendous amount of shipbuilding ac complished and underway; with quan tity and quality production of airplanes 'and artillery announced; with huge 'crops In prospect, and finally with tho nation solidly behind tho government la Us plans for tho prosecution of tho war to a victorious finish, tho people of the United States very properly made tho celebration of the Fourth of July the greatest celebration In tho history of tho country. No tusk so 'groat and glorious ever before con fronted them, no moro lofty Idealism ever inspired them to perform tho task, never was their confidence In their power so absolute. With reason, too, was the national holiday celebrated by tho allies of 'America, and especially gratifying was ithe fact that tho day was made a na tional holiday by many of tho Latin; 'American republics for that indicates that the unreasonable Jealousy and fear of the United States some of them have entertained is passing away. Though last Thursday was not so noisy as the old-time Fourths, there jni one most glorious noise that, fig uratively speaking, must have been distinctly heard la Berlin and Vienna. That was the "grand splash" when out one hundred vessels were launched at the various shipyards of the country. Between sunrise and unset approximately half a million 'tons of dead weight shipping was add ed to the fleets that ore defeating the submarine pirates, carrying our armies 'to France and transporting tho food and munitions for them and our al lies. This greatest ship launching in all history was the most significant feature of the day's celebrations. In tho fiscal year Just ended 1,022 ijow ships were numbered by the bu reau of navigation, their gross ton nage being 1,480,703. This was a rec ord output and one-half of it was com pleted in the last four months. In the new fiscal year this record will be eclipsed, for many new shipyards aro just gottlng started. Tho loyalty and idevotlon of the shipyard workers wcro 'Justly recognized by' tho government officials from the presldont down, ana by-tho people, and tho prntae for their efforts is shared by tho railroad work , 'era, without whoso devoted co-operation tho nchlovoments of tho vessel bulldora would not havo been possible. lm Beautifully dovetailing In with all this was tho announcement-by Sena tor Swanson, cnairman oi mo navai affairs comraltteo, that with tho co-op eration of the American destroyers the allied naval forces havo destroyed 03 per cent of tho submarines sent out by Germany, nnd that they aro now de stroying tho U-boats faster than they can bo replaced. N Secrelary of War Baker's detailed tatoment to- the houso committee on military affairs was mado Just In time to gtvo added zot to the celebration of tho Fourth. Ho said tho American JlRrmy now consisted of 100,400 officers m Comfort which me war ciennt-tment of tho Germans. Slnco the sinking of may bo abandoned. and 2,010,000 enlisted men and that on July 1 prnctlcully a million of them were In France; that the death rate for disease among all troops in tho United States was only 3.10 per thou sand; that the number of combat planes delivered to June 8 was 280, tho production for the week ending on tnat doy being 80; that 5,315 training planes had been delivered to Juno 8, more than 2,000 Liberty engine, and 37,600 machlno guns for use on nlr planes. Between the declaration of war and June 1 more than 1,300,000 rifles were produced nnd delivered and enough nre now being received -to equip a division every three days. Mr. Baker told muny other encouraging facts, and enlarged on the wonderful work of tho American engineers who enlarged port facilities nnd built rail roads In Franco for tho landing and movement of American troons. KV, ' N LjinBcentrni powers would know t ttawaverlng determination of tho -people of the allied unions, they have but to read President Wilson's Inde pendence day address at the tomb of Washington, In which itwns voiced most eloquently. "There" can be but one Issue," declnrcd tho president. "The settlement must bo final. Thero can bo no compromise. No hnlfwuy decision -would be tolerable. No half way decision Is concelvnble." Ho thus put our great objects In a single sen tence: "What wo seek Is tho reign of law, based upon the consent of the gov- crned nnd sustained by the orgnulzed opinion of mankind." In less formal language, tho Huns must bo whipped to n frazzle, for until they are their rulers will not accopt such u peace as tho allies will grant, nnd the people of Gcrmnny nnd Austria, with too few ex ceptions, nre like sheep. Ha In tho absence of nny great military operations on the French and Italian fronts last week nttcntlon was largely directed toward Russia. What shall bo done to old that dlstraatcd country Is a problem still unsolved, and It Is made more difficult by tho lack of fe llnble Information as to what Is going on there. Tho reports of the downfall of the bolshevlkl and tho re-estnbllsh-ment of tho monarchy with Grand Duko Nicholas as czar, which came through tho always unreliable German sources of news, wcro given little credit, but it appears to be tho truth that Grand Duke Michael Is co-operating with tho Czecho-Slovak forces In Siberia and that they are establishing their rule In that country. The Ukrain ian telegraph bureau at Kiev says Mi chael has been proclaimed czar and Is marching toward Moscow. Washington received official reports confirming the news that the Czecho slovaks had whipped the bolshovlkl Ifi a bloody battle At Vladivostok nnd taken over the administration of that port. It may be they will form tho nucleus for the gathering of tho elo mentH thnt havo revolted against the bolshevlkl and before long bo recog nized by the allies as a stnblo govern ment and given aid. It Is now admit ted In Germany that tho German and Austro-Hungnrlan war prisoners In Russia aro fighting on tho sldo of the bolshevlkl. Up In tho province of Archangel, which extends ncross northerly Russia In Europe, thero is new trouble brew ing. At Kola nnd along the railroad southward from that port are great stores of war supplies now guarded by American nnd allied murines and blue jackets, and moving toward that region Is n largo force of Germans nnd Finns. Submarines nlrendy are reported to be In the White sea. It may bo tho nllles will find it necessary to senu troops up there. Delegates from the Murmnn and White sea coasts nlready "have asked them for protection. Tho Swedish press snys tho kaiser has ordered tho Finnish diet to Intro duce monarchlal rule without delay, threatening that if It does not comply Germnny will set up n military (lie tutorship, Hnvlng discovered extcnslvo move ments of troops nnd mnterlals behind tho German lines In tho Chateau Thier ry region, Indicating a coming attack, tho Americans stationed there took tho inltintlvo and, In tho most Important operation they had thus far under taken by themselves, they captured tho Intcndod tn send nr-rous - Arnmtto the Cnnndlan hospital ship Lhmilover village of Vnux nnd the Bols tic In Roche, advancing tholr lines on n front of several kilometers nnd occuplng strong strategic positions. Previous to the attack the American artillery utterly demolished Vnux, nnd the as rault which followed was equally ef ficient and complete. Tho enemy lost henvlly In killed and wounded and sev eral hundred prisoners nnd consider able material wcro taken. All next day the new Amerlcnn positions were subjected to heuvy bombardment and then the Huns made n fierce counter attack, but did not regain n foot of tho ground they had lost. The American machlno guns nnd nrtlllery mowed down the enemy In heaps, nnd our losses were comparatively slight. A complete American army corps of 220, 000 men under command of Gen. Hunt er Liggett now holds tho Chutcnu Thierry sector. ,The French started off the week with an important advance between Sols sons nnd Chateau Thlorry?"cnpturlng n commanding rklgo nnd other points that the Germans had organized as tho Jumping off place for their next nttnek. The British moved their lino forward northwest of Albert, .but after several counter-attacks they' were compelled to withdraw to their former positions. On Independence day tho Austral Inns, assisted by some Americans, took! the town of Ilnmel and neighboring woods, nnd the French cut through tho enemy lines nenr Autreches. I Observers nt tho front believed th Germans were nbout ready to launch another great blow, perhaps the great est of all, desplto their terrific losses since the beginning of tho offenslvo on March 21, estimated nt 800,000. Tho opposing forces thero aro now nearly or quite equalized by thoso losses and the arrival of more Americans, nnd tho allied commanders nnd troops have not the least doubt of tho solidity of their lines of defense. ) The Italians continued their bril liant work last week, nnd the Austrl ans suffered accordingly. The lnttcr were gathering their forces for new attacks In the mountain region, but General Diaz struck there first, nnd in a fierce hnttle won the formidable heights of Monte del Bosso, Monto dl Val Bella nnd tho Col dl Chclo. These mountains on the northern edge of tho Aslngo plateau and Just west of the Brenta river, aro of great strategic im portance. Their capture put the' Ital ians in the strongest posslblo position to meet the expected offensive, iq which German troops wero expected to tako part. The Italians nlso kept up a continuous series of attacks on the enemy nlong the Plnve, and on Wednesday they forced their way for ward across tho partly flooded ground near the mouth of the river. i ) A characteristic piece of German brutality was tho torpedoing of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle off tho Irish const. About 200 lives were lost, Including medical! corps men and nursing sisters. The commnnder of tho subranrlno ques tioned officers of the steamship con cerning Amerlcnn Hying officers whom ho mistakenly supposed to ho on board. Berlin sought to cvndo responsibility for this new outrago by asserting that tho ship was sunk by n British mine. It mny bo that tho sinking of tho Llandovery Castlo will cause our war department to abandon Its plnn to send the hospital ship Comfort across without convoy or nny nttempt to avoid tho enemy. It Is difficult to sco how Sccretnry Bnkor enn find nny ex cuse for trusting to tho decency nnd humanity of the. Huns, for they have repeatedly proved thnt they nro whol ly lacking In those qualities. Holland has again aroused tho Unit ed States and Great Britain, this tlmo by making an ngreement. to sell 00,000 tons of potatoes to Germany In ex change for tho right to purchase 50,000 tons of German coal. In Washington and London It was moro than Intimat ed that unless nollnnd canceled this ngreement tho brendstuffs promised tho Dutch from America will not be provided. -N Tho sultan of Turkoy died on July 0, but this Is unimportant for ho was but mo tool oi mo xoung tunc party. T'HE responsibility attached to tho preparing of a remedy for infants anil children is undoubtedly greater than that imposed upon the manufacturer of remedies for adults whoso system is sufficiently strong to counteract, for a timo at least, any injurious drug. It is well to observe that Oastoria is prepared today, as Ifc has been for tho past 40 years, under tho personal supervision of Mr. Chas. H. Fletcher. What havo makers of imitations and substitutes at stako? What aro their responsibilities ? To whom aro they answerable? They spring up today, scatter their nefarious wares broadcast, and disappear tomorrow. Could each mother sco tho painstaking caro with which tho prescription for Fletcher's Castoria is prepared : could they read tho innumerable testimonials from grateful mothers, they would nover listen to tho subtle pleadings and falso arguments of thoso who would offer an imitation ' of, or substituto for the tried and truo Fletcher's Castoria. -' 5N Vn rWrtnf IfiTluid "Draohn U ri- T .aMHtfifllHP !.9 N2tf IKS K3 W v m TI,n.rPrftmollnDWcStiOnl ChccrfulncssanoiKsi.w'' neither Oplum.Morphlnenor Mineral. Not PJAhcotiv, AtptafountSAxmnnxx ?Cs MitoJw JUSfna )iBitnjrttnr I AhclpfulRcmedyfor Gon5tJpatlonnndDlorrhoe and Fcwrlshness oni 22 C"ei nauiUnsihcrefrojBJI!!! facsimile Sljnatoreo IaiaMTAffliCoOTfl ih NEWutti ZmX Exact Copy of Wrapper. The Piano at the Front. Lieut. Reginald 11 Jones, formerly organist nt tho Commercial Street Baptist Church, Newport (Mont.), writing from Franco, says: "Tho padro enmo along on Sunday evening, and our battalion had an open-air sorvlco whllo tho shells wero whistling over nnd tho German planes hovering. Wo balved nn old piano from n ruined cottngo. It had seven notes missing and thrco holes from shells in it, but wo mended tho wires with tolephono ulro nnd string. I played It for tho sorvlco, tho fitter having 'tuned' it. In spite of the great discords wo had fine, hearty singing." KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT .EASILY RECOGNIZED Applicaats for Insurance Often Rejected An examining physician for one of the prominent life insuranco companies, in an Interview of the subject, made the as tonishing statement that one reason why so many applicants for insurance are re jected is because kidney trouble is so com mon to the American people, and the largo majority of those whose applications aro declincil do not even suspect that tljey have the disease. , I iM.li.iil4 IX . 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It Is acldom thkt morn tban on ouncn its remarkable record of success. i la necdwl to completely clear tbo akin and gain Wn lind that Ku-nmn.ttnnt is strict v y an herbal compound and we would ad vise our readers who feel in need of mcl a .remed) to give it a trial. It is on pals at an urug stores in noiucs oi mo sues, medium and large. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer A. Co., Pinghaniton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be Euro and mention this, paper. Adv. UnKultured. "Nero fiddled whllo Romo burned." "Yes ' replied tho Count von Schreckllch. "Hut ho was a vcry nmatour Incendiary. Ho mado no spe cial nrrangoments for demolishing cathedrals and hospitals." RED CROSS SERVICE. Red Cross Ball Bluo glvos to every housowifo unequolcd service. A largo G cent packngo gives moro real, gen uine merit than any other bluo. Ited Cross Hall Dtuo makes clothes whiter than snow, You will bo dellghtod. At all good grocorjB. Adv. This Season's Objective. "Whore aro you going this sum. mor?" "pon't know for sure," 'replied the young man. "Franco, I hope." Children - BiHIHHHHBVBB Extracts from Letters by Grateful Parents to Chas. H. Fletcher. G. J. English, of Springfield, Mass., Bays J "It was your Castoria that eaved my child." Mrs. Mnry McGinnls, of St. Louis, Mo., unyo : "Wo havo given our baby your Castoria ever Binco Bho was born, and wo rcccommend it to all mothers." . i. ' ?; C"1?3' of Marlon, Ky., saya : "You havo tho best medicine In tho world, as I havo given your Castoria to my babies from first to lost." ( Br3,.A1!bc?t uCs1:y, of Lawrcnceburgr, Ind., oaya: "As I havo had your Castoria in uso for nearly three years, I am pleased to say It is just na represented. My children nro both well and happy thnnka toCastona." R. P. Stockton, of Now Orleans, La., eayo: "Wo began giving your Castoria to our baby when ho waa eight days old nnd bavo kept it up ever Binco, never having had to give any other medicino." i Mrs. iJoiph Ilornbuckle, of Colorado GENUINE CASTORIA the Signature Of rnenced giving your Castoria to our baby when Bho was four weeks old.1 ?AVL la n.ow v?n rnontha and weighs 191 pounds. Evcryono remarket1 What a healthy looking baby.' Wo givo Castoria credit for it." I THK CKNTAUK COMPANY. NEW YORK OITY JUST HIS LITTLE Of Course Soldier Could Not Be Blamed, but It Was an Unfor tunate Error. Tho anonymous author of "Nursing Adventures," tells an amusing Mory of a Mildler brother of hers, who came to crave her hospitality for ii'hrlcf pe riod nt a clearing hospital "somewhere In France." Ho was caked all over with mud, so uh u preliminary he was sent to wash lu (he kitchen. I left him (sho writes) getting off Inyers of mud into u bucket of warm water. Later he Joined us. "Have you emptied your bucket?" I asked, as I had not heard the heavy door open. "Oh, yes," he replied; I emptied It down the kitchen sink." A horrid thought came to me. "There Is no Blnk!" I exclaimed, "only the well of drinking wnter In tho corner." Sure enough It was there the dirty water had gone, and some one even murmured that the coffee that night hnd n flavor not Its own. FRECKLES Now U Ue TUm to Git Rid of These Ugly Spots There's no longer the slightest need of feeling aauameri of your freckles, aa Otliloe double . Wauiiru clear complexion, Be euro lo auk for the double strength Othlnc. aa tbla la aold under guaranteo of money back If it falla to remoro freckled. Adr. Goose Was a Fighter. Fighting u gooso a man had an ex citing experience nt Grand Lake, New foundland, tho other day. Thu man was goose hunting, nnd It being after nightfall ho hud a searchlight rigged upon his boat, when ho came upon two geeso In the distance perched upon n piece of Ice. Ho fired and struck one of tho birds. Up hastened to secure it, when tho other attracted by the light Hew right on hoard the boat, and for a considerable tlmo both huntsman and bird fought with each other upon thu durk waters of Grand lake. Automatic Water Pan for Furnace. An oxtra Inrgo wator pan, illus trated in Poplar Mechanics Mngazlno, is now holng Installed in furnaces of n certain mnko, which is equipped to fill automatically whon almost empty. Tho pan holds soven gallons, and ono end makes a'contact with tho flro pot, so that evaporation is very rapid, Water is suppllod through n plpo, tho flow being governed by a float-controlled valvo. Cry For Springs, Colo., Bays : "Wo com ALWAYS BEARS1 FOR PERSONAL HYfilFNF Dissolved in water for douches stops pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflam mation. Recommended by Lydia E. Pinkharn Med. Co.- for ten years. A healing wonder for nasal catarrh, ore throat and sore eyes. Economical. Hat citraotdinary clcuiing' and germicidal rower. ISampIotTM. 30c all dnigzub. or pottpaij or XJgyJ- Ua Tasfcm.r oUrt Comwny, Dotlon. Mm. JI HAIR 1AW3AM A tolltt preparation of merit Help to eradicate dandruff. For Restoring Color and Beauty toGray or Faded llalr. too, ana t LOO at Urartuta, He'd Forgotten Something. It was in the earlier days of recruit ing, whon a particularly smartly at tired man presented himself before tho sergeant at a recruiting oHlco. Ho adopted an air of great superi ority, displaying nt tho same time, in an ostentatious manner, a watch-chain with big seals, a glittering tle-pln. studs, cuff links, as well as several rings. "Ah, sorgennt," ho said, In n per emptory manner, "pleaso look sharp with my details; I have ah rather an.important engagement." Tho sorgeant looked him up and down steadily as though soarchlng for something he could not find. Sudden ly ho sprang to his feet. "I havo It," ho exclaimed. "Heav ens, man, you've forgotten yor brnce lot!" Most people who keep diaries for any length of tlmo keop them for sale. Soothe Itching Scalps. On retiring gently rub spots of dan druff nnd Itching with Cutlcura Oint ment. Next morning shampoo with Cutlcurn Soap nnd hot wnter. For frco samples address, "Cutlcura, Dcpt. X, Boston." At druggists nnd by mall. Sonp 25, Ointment 25 nnd CO. Adv. His Record. Guest How much did you ovor get out of your car? Owner Well, I think soven times in ono mllo, Is my record. A Question. Tho Worker What aro you doingT Tho Shirker Helping to win tho war. Tho Worker For which sldo? Flyloaf. -When Your Eyes Need Cart Try Murine Eye Remedy So Smarting Jmt ICyo Comfort. 0 oenu at rvgglals or tualL. Write for Kree flro Hook. MVUIMISXBKIUIKUY CO., CUlOAtlO MISTAKE- ZT- Z -v jvcry w oiuaii wants 1 fkjEH ti ; i Miji u n in i f u i ul N , ijwiaw(W3,s Bty vi3rg S'iiikiHiagJgBMB 3