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    RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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1 Actual destruction of a Gorman U-bont liy a depth charge dropped hy an American destroyer, the plio
togrnph being taken hy an otllcer of one of the troopships nttneked. 12 Major It. D, Paddock of tliu American
army, tiding division signal olllcer, who recently won tho Croix tie Guerre and wears a wound stilpe.
American troops going through wire entanglements to meet the Huns.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAR
Huns Falling Back Toward the
Vesle River Line in the Aisne-
Marne Region.
YANKEES WIN NEW LAURELS
Defeat Best Division of the Prussian
Guard In DeGperate Fighting Ger
mans and Bolshevikl Face Re
volts In the Near East.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Tho fifth year of tho great war
opened with tho German forces In the
Alsne-Marne region on the defensive
after the collapse of the drive on Par
Is and the assumption of the Initia
tive by tho allies under Genernl Foch;
the British calmly awaiting tho prom
ised offensive by Crown Prince Rup
precht; the French and Italians driv
ing ahead In Albania; Ukraine, Ron
mania and much of Russia rising
ugalnst tho tyranny of German dom
ination; Turkey quarreling with Bul
garia and Austria with Germany over
tho spoils of war In the near East;
tho allies putting Into execution their
plans to help the nntl-Germnn ele
ments In Siberia, and. above all, the
American troops In the thick of the
fighting In France and winning the
plnudlts of the world for their splen
did work.
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With tho npparent Intention of mak
ing n stand, nt least temporarily, on
tho Veslo river line, the Germans
slowed up their retrent from the Alswe
Mnrno snllent last week and brought
their heavy artillery Into action. Do
splto the determined nnd dashing at
tacks of the allies from the south,
west nnd cost, the Huns had with
drawn In most cases with deliberation,
choosing tho ground for their ronr
guard actions nnd snvlng probably tho
greater part of their supplies. The
possibility of cutting off nnd capturing
any very large number of them passed
when it was found thnt their power
ful resistance nt the ends of the arc,
near Solssons nnd Reims, prevented
any considerable advance of tho nl
. lies there. At the south front of tho
salient the Huns fought fiercely for
days while their guns and munitions
were being transported to tho north,
and then quickly moved back, the
French nnd Americans following with
a rush. This movement carried the
battle up to and beyond the River
Ourcq. There was evidence that tho
German commnnder intended to hnlt
south of that river for a time, but he
was not allowed to do this.
To the front between Fere-en-Tnrde-nols
nnd Passy were brought the crack
divisions of the Prusslnn guards, to
hold bnck tho Americans, hut the lat
ter refused to be checked, and with a
gallantry that nroused tho cheers of
tho allied nations they met nnd de
feated tho best fighters of tho kaiser's
armies. These Prussians, unlike so
many of tho Huns, fight to the denth
when told to hold a certain position,
nnd the Amerlcnns, nlso, do not know
the word surrender. Consequently the
combat was bloody In tho extreme. It
was centered in nnd nbout tho vlllnges
of Nesles, Sergy nnd Clerges, nnd they
chnnged hands repeatedly before tho
Yankees flnnlly got tho upper hand
nnd established themselves firmly In
tho towns and then puRhcd on beyond
the river, taking Scringes and mnk
Ing n salient In the Germnn lines thnt
threatened what remained of the en
emy In the pocket between there nnd
VIlle-cn-Tnrdonols.
Thnt It was not nn Idlo threat was
proved two days later, when tho Amer
ican nnd French troops struck hard
at this pocket, storming tho heights
between Rergy and Serfages. They
wero preceded hy a rolling bnrrago
and moved forward behind n smoko
cloud. It was announced that this at
tack was for tho purposo of straight
ening the nlllcd line, hut Its possibili
ties were considerable. Tho advance,
which was stubbornly resisted nnd was
I made difficult by mile's of bnrbed-wlro
I entanglements, carried tho allies closo
to Chnmery, the town where Lieut.
Quentln Roosevelt fell to his death
with his airplane.
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Between Fere nnd Solssons the
French, with tho nsMntnncc of certain
Scottish units, made some progress
toward the north and east In the face
of powerful resistance. The Scots
captured the park and chateau In the
outskirts of Buznncy and held them
ogulnst repented counter-attacks; and
the French occupied Grand Rozoy and
Cugny and. In a brilliant operation,
took by storm the Butte Chnulmnut, a
commanding height.
On the eastern side of the rapidly
diminishing salient the French and
British moved steadily northward un
til the entire Dormnns-Rclms road wns
In their possession ; Romigny, Bllgny
wero occupied nnd VllIe-en-Tnrdenols
was reached. Along here the Huns
put up some of their most stubborn re
sistance nnd strongest counter-attacks,
and Infantry operations there came al
most to a standstill, though the artil
lery continued Its nctlvlty, ns It did
on all other sectors.
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in the early days of the nllled of
fensive the Gormnns were vastly In
ferior In tho nlr, but last week ninny
of their best pilots were summoned,
nnd their mnchlnes swnrmed over the
allied lines nnd communication ronds,
fighting with remarkable daring and
doing considerable execution. The nl
llcd nvlotors wero by no means Inck
ing and there were Innumerable stir
ring combats In tho air.
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When General Foch relaxed some
what In Infantry action, perhaps to
give his troops n bit of rest, perhaps
In preparation for further important
operations, it wns expected tho Hun
would seize the opportunity to nttock.
But ho did not do so, evidently not be
ing anxious to meet the nllles oftener
than necessary. Observers thought,
from the movements of the enemy,
that he would not stop long on the
Veslo river line, but would retire to the
plntenu between thnt stream and the
Alsne. This mlqht bo rendered com
pulsory by tho capture of VIlle-en-Tnrdenols,
which would open the wny
for the allies to advance down the
Ardre valley to Flsmes.
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Up to the time of writing, according
to French estimates, the Germnns had
used 45 divisions on the Solssons
Reims front, some of them having been
brought Into action several times. Ber
lin claimed to have taken 21,000 pris
oners, while those captured by the
allies were snld to number 34,000.
The object of each army hns been to
kill ns many as possible of Its oppo
nents. !
German prisoners, It Is snld, nrc
deeply depressed by the failure of tho
crown, prince's drive nnd the success
of Foch's offensive. They now renllzo
the strength of the American arms,
and the people In Germany nlso are
beginning to lenrn the truth nbout
that, despite the attempts of the lead
ers and the press to minimize It nnd
to excuse tho army's severe reverse.
On tho other fronts there wns not n
great denl of action, though the Brit
ish struck n swift blow In the north,
surrounding nnd cnpturlng the town
of Mcrrls nnd tnklng prisoners.
There wns little change In tho Albnn
Inn situation, though Vlennn claimed
tho Franco-Itnllnn forces had met with
n reverse. Tho Austrlnns nro very
soro over tho repented bombing of
Poln nnd other bnses and nre threat
ening retaliation on Italian cities, espe
cially Venice.
American troops arrived in Italy
last week and wero received with Joy
thnt wns almost hysterical.
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In tho near Hast tho best news
came from Ukraine, where the pens
nuts nre reported to bo In full revolt
ngnlnst the Huns. Field Marshal Von
Elchhorn, the Germnn commnnder In
Ukraine, who had treated the people
like slnves, was assassinated by a
young Russlnn soclnl revolutionist In
Kiev, and It was said tho life of
Genernl Skoropadskl, tho hetuinn a
tool of Germany also was threatened.
German correspondents who hnve
been trnvellng In Russia report that
the feeling thero against Germany Is
very strong nnd widespread and that
(he business men nro nil antl-bolshev-Ik.
Lenlne nnd Trotzky admit that the
bolshevik government Is In peril nnd ,
call for "mass terrorism" against the
bourgeoisie, and tho repulse of the
Czccho-Slovnks. A part of that re
markable force has, penetrated to the
south as far as the Black sen, captur
ing a port and vessels, and another
body has taken Eknterlnberg. an Im
portant town In tho province of Perm
near the Siberian border, the center
of n rich mining district. The allied
powers were still negotiating concern
ing the extension of nld to tho Czecho
slovaks and other nntl-Ooriiuiii ele
ments In Russia, but were going ahead
with their military preparations for
the proposed expedition, and It was
said on Thursday that American, Brit
ish and Japanese troops already had
been dispatched to Vladivostok.
Tin1 soviet government of Russia Is
reported to hnve renounced all claims
to the great provinces of Ksthonln
nnd Livonia, and these, together with
Courlnnd, probnbly will be united un
der a genernl government under Ger
mnn nusplces.
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From Copenhagen, the source of
many lies, came the statement thnt
Turkey had severed relntlons with
Germany and Austrln because of the
disputes between the Turks and Bul
garia over territory taken from Rou
mnnla and Russln. There wns every
evidence thnt this wns "greatly exag
gerated," as Mark Twain said of tho
report of his denth, but thero Is no
doubt thnt Turkey Is tired of the war
and Is getting nil tho worst of it. How
ever. Germany, being In control of
Turkish finances and In commnnd of
Turkish armies, has tho whip hnnd
nnd probnbly will bo able to keep the
Turks to their nlllanco for some tluii
yet.
Genernl March, chief of staff, has
been working out the details of n plan
by which the American land forces are
to be amnlgamnted Into one army, Iho
existing distinctions between the reg
ular army, the National nrmy and the
federalized Natlonnl Guard being
wiped out. This will do nwny with
mnny jealousies concerning promo
tions and every soldier will wear on
his collnr the letters "U. S.." the "N.
A." nnd "N. G." being removed. The
chief of staff nlso Is beginning to
"loosen up" some regarding informa
tion ns to what American units nre
engaged In certnln operutlons.
The war department prepnred tin
country lnst week for "the reception
of long casualty lists. The casualties
in tho Alsnc-Mnrne battle, though not
excessive when the magnitude of the
struggle Is considered, mny run ns
high ns 10 per cent, It Is Btnted. It
Is comforting to know thnt the vnst
mnjorlty of tho wounded nrc suffering
only from clean hullet wounds nnd will
soon be bnck In the lines.
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Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
British ndmlrnlty, told the house of
commons the naval situation wns snt
Isfnctory nnd thnt the civilized world
wns gnlnlng stcndlly on tho U-boats,
by reducing the sinkings nnd Increas
ing the building of ships. He snld
Amerlcn's progrnm of destroyers nnd
nntl-suhmnrlnc craft Is beginning to
come nlong nnd "will become n verl
tnble torrent."
More trouble In renllzlnc the Amort.
can nlrcrnft progrnm enmo to light
with tho Information thnt Genernl
Pershing had told tho wnr depnrtment
to send over no more of the Do Hnvl-land-Four
nlnnrB It hnd been tinll.llnV
until changes were made, as they had
proved useless. Secretnry Bnker hnlf
denied this nnd hnlf admitted It by
stating that Improvements nro being
miic'n In tho plane thnt It Is hoped will
make It satisfactory, nnd thnt Genernl
Pershing hns requested n Inrge ship
ment of the Do Hnvllnnds. The sen
nte commlttco Investigating alrplnncs
henrd testimony highly praising the
work of Genernl Kenly, director of
airplane operations, but was-told that
John D. Ryan, In charge of production,
was only beginning to get his bearings
In the big task,
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While Mr. Hoover In In Europe con
ferring with other food controllers,
the food administration has cut the
monthly nllownnco of sugar to two
pounds per person, nnd wnrnB tho
country Is threntencd with n serious
sugar famine. Tho whent situation Is
I'cMrr nntl cltlzeiiH nro released from
the voluntary pledge to do without
that cereal.
Power to Charm Lies in Forget
fulness of Self.
Women Who Fascinate Have Simply
Developed the Art or Power of
Putting Others "On Goad
Terms With Themselves."
A MVacIous woman writer seokltijf
the ict of feminine fascination,
finds in the art or power some wom
en hut of charming oilier; by putting
them s a bluir Britisher phrased It,
"on i ping good terms with them-sclve-
is not this u chariiclerlstlc
of ill st all those persons, men and
wonn whom we like the best nnd en
Joy f. most? Do they not, either by
urtlll or by Instinct, endeavor to
ami., i lie people they meet feel that
tliej "lount to something, know some
tliliu have some excellence, attinc
tlveii. s or Interesting qualities, nnd
thus n them on pleasant terms with
then im'.s. The persons who nro
least n.lept nt this or least Inclined to
try n me the self-centered, self-important
people completely absorbed In
their iimi affairs and not wise or well
bred in little worlds of which they are
the outers, and may be said In a cer
tnln s use to revolvo nbout them
selvo Tins is a characteristic brought up
from lnwer forms of life from which
wo. ar ancestrally derived and only In
pnrt outgrown. For most animals the
only loncerns of the least Importance
nro those which directly affect them
selves They are egocentric. Tho
things that touch them make up their
worli' mid they have no Interests out
side nf that. More than any other mil
:nal Hie dog can sink his personnllt
so tn speak, subordinate himself and
make his master's Interests his own.
Onl infrequent Individuals of other
specls can or will do this. Hence dogs
ns n mle nro more companionable for
nun. t tin ii any other living creature
below him In tho evolutionary scale.
But to return to human beings, Jo
sephine wns tho most beloved nnd
chin inlng woman In France because
sho took n genuine nnd kindly Intel est
In tlu affairs of all with whom sii
enme in touch. She was outgoing, In
flush c in her sympathies and thus
counteracted antagonism created by
Napoleon, who wns self-centered to nn
extraordinary degree. Not to multiply
o'liiitplos, docs not experience tench
nil ohservnnt people that In selfless
ness lies the secret of charm? Are not
tho lovable people those whose love
goes out spontaneously, or appears to?
Is not egocentrlclty, entire absorption
In themselves, n characteristic held In
common by most of the peoplo win
git on one's nerves? Kind hearts bio
more thnn coronets, snld Tennyson.
More attractive, therefore, than
beauty or tho brilliancy and glitter of
intellectuality Is the drawing power of
kindly consideration for other. Fns
dilution Is horn of the heart, not of tho
mind; nnd whether Instlnctlvo or nc
qulrcd, would seem to be tho urt of,
entering Into the lives of others nnd
putting them, ns tho Englishman said,
on good terms with themselves. Roch
ester Post-Express.
She Knew Better Anyhow.
A certnln snuill town, seven miles
from somewhere else, iik the crow files,
honstcd only two physlcluns, Doctor
Smith nnd Doctor lirown. Thero wns
iimsldernhlo rlvnlry between tho two
ltiilKhts of tho pill nnd powder nnd
vtlicn Doctor Smith received n very
urgent cnll from a young fnrmer ubout
four miles In the country, ho left nn
olllce full of pntlents, crnnlced up whnt
has to bo cranked up nnd wns off.
When ho nrrived nt the farmer's
hiiuso ho found thnt n thrce-yenr-old
"farmer" hnd cut his finger. Tho doc
tor wns chagrined when be 8nw the
"'erlous" nnture of the accident. Ho
thought of tho ofllco full of pntlenta ho
had left nnd hnd visions of them walk
ing In single flic to the office of Doctor
lirown.
"It woh very, very silly of you to call
mo on this case," he snld, somewhat
testily, to tho farmer's wife.
"I know It wns, but Doctor Brown
was out."
Strained HIo Telescope.
Tho oldest Inhabitant of Little
Cockleton possesses a telescope which
ho never uses.
"Why don't you make use of It some
times, James?" n neighbor nsked.
"It used to he a good 'n," James
paid sorrowfully, "but It's broke now."
"Broken?" ho neighbor asked.
"How's that?"
"Well," James replied, "It wns such
n good'n that I could see tho old church
Btcenlo five miles nwnv onlto nlnln.
j hut Joseph, tho scoundrel, got tho
lend of It nnd tried to mnko out tho
, steeple of tho Mcthody chapel morn'n
ten miles nwny. Ho tried and tried
nnd couldn't, so thnt ho strained my
i glass and It's never been right since.
wit Joseph."
Commander a "Good Fellow."
Ono of the hoinc-gunrd boys hnd on
n uniform thnt wns too lnrgo for him.
AVhllo waiting on tho station plntform
for tho train to como tho commnnder
noticed this hoy nnd coming up to him
turned him nround nnd around, look
ing him over on every sldo. Finally
ho snld: "Young man, thnt suit does
not fit you."
Tho boy, not realizing to whom ho
was tnlklng, promptly retorted : "Well,
that Is no reason why I should bo
mnilo n windmill of, Is It?"
Luck favored him and tho comman
der laughed.
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Help
Save the
Canadian
When Our Own Harvest Requirements Are Completed
United States Help Badly Needed
Harvest Hands Wanted
Military demands from a limited population have made such a
pr"rrllT nf nt-m lmlr in Pinnrl'i 4-linf Ilia nrru?il nf Oi fnnnrli'in
I Government to the United States
Help to Harvest the Canadian Grain Crop of 1918
Meets with a request for all available assistance to
GO FORWARD AS SOON AS OUR OWN CROP IS SECURED
The Allied Armies must be fed and therefore It Is necessary to save every bit
of the crop of the Continent American and Canadian.
Those who respond to this appeal will get n
Warm Welcome, Good Wages, Good Board and rind Comfortable Homes
A card entitling the holder to a rate of one cent per mile from Canadian
boundary points to destination and return will be given to all harvest applicants.
Every facility will be afforded for admission into Canada and return to tlw
United States.
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UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
HASTINGS, LINCOLN, NORTH PLATTE
USED TO SWIFT LOCOMOTION
Traveling, Even Driving Fa6t Team,
Was Altogether Too Slow for
this Modern Farmer Boy.
Kdwnrd S , n hustling young em
bryo fnrmer, Is In the hiihlt of driving
his father's uutouiohlle mid attending
to tho family errands with neatness
nnd dispatch. The other morning,
however, when ho went to get the rnr
out to drive Into town there wns, with
the exception, perhaps, of n few mild,
whispered cuss words, nn awful silence
In the gurage. The hoy tried every
thing In the hook nnd almost every
thing out of It, but he wns flnnlly con
vinced thnt tho engine could not be
conxed, pcrsunded or bulldozed Into
turning over, and very reluctantly ho
harnessed Bob and Beauty to the sur
rey for tho seven-mile Jaunt to the
county sent.
When ho reached tho edge of town
very red ns to face nnd very lldgety ns
to feet ho drove up to the nenrest
telephone pole thnt lie could see nnd
stopped. "Sny," ho called out nnxlous
ly to the womnn who was sweeping
tho walk nenrby, "do you euro If I
hitch my team hero nnd wnlk? I'm In
a terrible hurry this morning I" In
Ilnnnpolla Nows.
Caveat Emptor.
Urocei- "Did that wutermelon I
lold you do for your wholo fnmlly?"
Customer "Very nicely. Tho doctor
'a calling yet."
A Warning.
"My wlfe-to-he Is nn expert nt
keeping house." "Then tnko my ad
vice nnd don't put It In her name."
Do This After You Eat
Hot Weather "Out of Fix" Stomachs
Easily Put Right
When hot weather comes, stomach
and bowel miseries begin. Strong,
Bound stomachs as well no weak ones
are easily affected by tho harmful
oaaes and acids so often produced in
too things wo eat and drink during
hot weather. Winter Nature's icn
box, is gone hot weather breeds
the poisonous germB that cnuso pto
maine poison in all its many forms.
'Every one knows that tho after-eating
nausea, belching, that wretched,
bloated, "lumpy" feeling, sour stom
ach, heartburn, food repeating, and
other forms of indigestion ana dys
pepsia are far more frequent during
not weather. It is tho titno when you
bavoto guard constantly against an
upset stomach and tho many ills that
aro always apt to follow. Then again
wo havo tho world's war to win
with tho chango of diet and extra
work which means wo must all care
fully guard our stomachs this your
keep ourselves fit and fine. ,
A marvelous relief and prevention
has been found for stomach sufferers,
which makes it possible for you to oat
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Now, more than at uny other season
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If you nre troubled with pains or ache
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Heard In the Studio.
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Druggists aro amazed at tho aston
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