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RED OLO UD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ' I . Ul v ""r; R A was-' 'Vv'i.t'VnMMKKirfri'jaiofjwiin . & m,m"j. am &a tar. MSSSMMtf fii!IW H& fe f,&,i&AjA' ,&, Af ' is,JniA .. t t F,HHv anfMHsaBsaBaMal zi I f -- l .t-vyr TW.itnfwip.ir Union1" ,' jrtlKf?9V&$ .WS!!St)5 iYM&P lOne lone American noting ns guard of a long line of Hun prisoners. 2 Scone in tlio ruins of Pornnno, which tho ffN jA Hrltlwh hnvo recaptured. 15 Gonurul Humbert, commander of tho French nnny northwest of Xoyuu, In conversation j&tifta$llli with n colonel. tfflm wEomWl NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR British Smash the Wotan Line and French and Yankees Drive Huns North. GERMANS QUIT VESLE RIVER Continue Their Retreat From Lys Sec tor, Wfcere Americans Fight on Belgian Soil Bolshevik! Are Defeated In Siberia and Northern Russia. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The whole western front, from Ypres to Helms, was ablaze till the week, and throughout nil the long stretch the Ger mans continued their retreat. Tho ar mies of the allies followed closely on their heels, hammering at them day nd night and giving them not n mo ment's pause for reorganization of their wearied forces. It was unotber week of uninterrupted allied success, and the withdrawal of the Huns was extended to Include the Vesle river sector, between Solssons and Helms. Until Wednesday there hud been little itctlvlty there, except continuous urtll lery work and some sharp lighting be tween the Americans and tho Germans tn the region of Flsmes and Flsmette. Hut In the first days of the week air pluno observers reported evidences of a coming retreat by the enemy, and this developed on Wodnesduy. Tho American and French patrols pursued the Huns promptly and by Thursday had reached the crest dominating the Alsne, ncross which river the Germans seemed likely to take the main bodies of their troops. This retrograde movement wns made necessary by the successful advance of General Mauglu's army north and northwest of Solssons between the All ctte and the Alsne, threatening tho ChcmlD des Dames and flanking the enemy lino toward Flsmes. With the aid of Americans, Mnngln was moving steadily down the Alsne plateau and In the direction of Laon, and It ap peared doubtful that the Huns would bo ahlo to remain long south of the lllndcnburg lino through Anlzy and Craonnc. They were driven out of Clemency, Ilrny, Mlssy-sur-Alsne r.nti ninny other towns In this region, and the French as early as Wednesday night were In the outskirts of Coucy, one of the Important German bases on the edge of the St. Gobnln forest. Be tween there and Chnuny the enemy was forced from a series of dominat ing heights that he has relied on to piotcct La Fere. To tho northwest of Clmuny equally Important victories gave General Humbert possession of Gulscard nnd Maucourt after he had forced tho retirement of the enemy from Mont St. Simeon and the Canal du Nord. This lutter action wus u desperate light, for the Gorman posi tions were protected by a wilderness of wire entanglements and by Innumer pblo machine-gun nests. Captured odl cers said they had orders to retreat to tho region of Hethancourt, northwest ot Chnuny. There were Indications that the Huns planned to make a stand on a lino through Hnm, but tho French advance was so swift that their abil ity to do this was doubtful. The French First army was movlag Irre sistibly on Ham from Vesle and the Canal du Nord. At Frefiiies the French and Ameri can advance reached the old Hliulen burg line, had Hum practically flanked and was rapidly approaching Laon. The Inst named city lias been ono of tho most Important of the Germnn bnses In Plcnrdy and tho henrt of tho present Hun operations. It Is a great center ot railways and highways and Its capture by tho allies, It was said, must mean tho further retirement of .ho enemy. lea Tho British In Plcardy opened tho week by occupying Pcronno after an Australian force had captured Mont St. Quentln In u brilliant operation. A little to tho north Hnlg's men then took Combles, Morval, Courceletto and Le Transloy, and straightened out their new line by advancing It to Molslnns and to the east of Neuvllle. Then, on Monday, came a grand Hiltlsh smash which wrecked the much-vaunted Wo tan switch line of the lllndcnburg line, from Drocourt to Quennt. Despite the reslstuuce of great masses of Infantry and artillery, the British rushed for ward on n ten-mile front and speedily made a gain of some live miles, the German losses being frightful. In the succeeding days they kept up the drlvo remorselessly, putting much of tlte Ca nal du Nord behind their lines nnd ap proaching within a few miles of Doual and Cambral. These two cities were so Important to the German defensive sjstein that large numbers of troops were rushed to their rescue nnd the British drive was slowed down percep tibly by the end of the week, though It wus by no means stopped. All through tho week there were re ports that ninny towns and villages back of tho German lines In Plcnrdy were In flames and It wns certain that the foo were destroying great quanti ties of supplies which they were not given time to remove. the Lys sector, the salient west of Armentleres, the German retreat, under compulsion, continued bteadlly nnd the British advanced as far as Neuvo Chnpelle and Laventle, taking n number of villages. The northern purt of this sector became of especial Interest to Americans becuuse the Yan kees were there engaged In their first buttle on Belgian soil. These troops, biter Identified by General March as the Thirtieth division of Tennessee, North Carolina nnd South Carolina men, enptured Voormezeele nnd other towns In the vicinity, and next dny pushed on further eastward. Thurs day the British, presumably aided by these same Americans, took Ploeg stcert Ullage and Hill 03, dominating rolnts on the Messlnes rldgc. By thnt time the British, from Ncuve Chapelle south to Glvenchy, had reached the line they held before tho German drive of April 0 lust, and east of Glvenchy they bud occupied pnrts of tho old German positions. id Altogether It was a highly satisfac tory week on the west front. Tho Germnn military critics have given up tiying to conceal wholly the truth of 1 I" ich Hun reverses, but some of them let that tho retreat will not go ich farther. The German crown prince broke Into print with an Inter view In which he declared the German Idea of victory now Is "to hold our own and not allow ourselves to bo vanquished." lie said only the allies were waging a war of extermination; tl.nt the Get mans wished to annihilate none of their enemies. The Hun peace offensive seems to bnve petered out entirely for the time being. 151 The British government, aroused by th sucking of Its embassy In Pctrogr.id nnd the murder of Captain Crnmlc, the British uttacbe, bus sent an ultimatiiri to the soviet government at Moscow, demanding reparation and prompt pun ishment of the guilty nnd threatening to hold tho members of the bolMievik government Individually responsible and to have them treated as outlaws b all clvlll.ed nations. Meanwhile tho British aro holding LltlvuolT, bol shevik representative In Loudon, and his staff under arrest pending the re lease of British olllchils who wej-o ar rested In Ilusslu. U Belated dispatches from Siberia tell of the destruction of the bolshevik army east of Lako Baikal by the Czecho-Slovnks and say the Cossacks ore co-operating with the Czechs. It appears that uninterrupted connection has been established between the al lied forces across Siberia nil the way from the Volgn to Vladivostok and thnt the vangunrd of tho Czechs has Joined hands with General Semenoff'H troops on thu Onon river. In northern European Russia tho allies and loyal Russians have gained further successes south of Archangel and Inflicted severe losses on the bol shovlkl. P On tho Ussuri front In enstern Sl berla tho allied forces hnvo been driv ing the bolshevik! northward, defeat ing them In every engagement and In flicting heavy casualties. The Ameri cans under General Groves Joined In these operations. Tho supprusslon of tho Social Rev olutionists In Moscow Is bring carried out with u heavy hum!. About live thousand of them have been hi rested and sentenced to death, and It is said they will be executed If their party shows any further opposition to the soviet government. The streets of .Moscow nre under the strictest uilll tury guard. Details of the supplementary Kusso German agreements have been inado public. Germany promises to evacu ate nil occupied territory emit of Li vonia and Esthonla us soon ns boun daries are established, and to get out of nil other territory east of Germany when Itiisslti has fulfilled her Ilium clnl obligations, which must be with in four months. Russia Is pledged to light against the entente foices In northern Russia, and Germany prom ises that Finland shall not attack. Russia renounces Its sovereignty over Esthonlu und Llvonln, but Is to have free transit to Rovnl, Riga nnd Wln dau. An attempt to assassinate Nlcolnl Lenlne. soviet premier, was made by n girl In Moscow, but nt last reports he was still olive though In a serious condition. Very likely his death would be a godsend to Russia. ta There Is not much to sny of the war on the Itullan, Albanian and Greek fronts. Small engagements nre nu merous, but no decisive operations have been started lntely. In Albania the retirement of the ullled line for a short distance Is explained by the necessity of preparing for winter by occupying certain dominating heights. Austria has not attempted anything Important In Italy, possibly because she Is too busy trying to settle her tntcrnnl trou bles, or because of the call on her for troops to help out the sorely-pressed Germans In France. Several Austrian divisions have been Identified on the west front. Meanwhile the Italian airmen, aided by American flyers, havo been doing a lot of bombing of Aus trian towns, railways and naval sta tions. a According to dlspntches from Mu nich by way of Genevn, Count von Ilertllng, the Imperial chancellor, re signed Thursday, giving poor health as the cause of his uctlon. From Cologne came the news that the commandant of the Brandenburg province had placed the province, In cluding the city of Berlin, under mar tial law In order to stop the "Invention and circulation of untrue rumors cal culated to disquiet the populace." a General March said last week that more than 250,000 American troops were landed In France during August, and that up to the first of September more than 1,(500,000 had embarked for the various rronts, Including those sent to France, Hngland, Italy and Si beria. There has been no olllclul men tion of late of the First American Field army, and observers In France und In Fngland believe It Is being prepared for a great drive, of which the present big offensive Is but tho preliminary ta- All preparations have been com pleted for the registration of men be tween the nges of eighteen and twenty one and thirty-one und foity-Ilve, un der tho now draft law. General Crow der has cnlled on the people to aid In making the registration u complete sue- cess, and, so far as the older men are concerned, has given assurance that a very large proportion of them will not be required to go to tho front. The young men, he and most others believe, will be only too glnd to get Into this greatest and most righteous of all wars. Kj Spain has not yet come to tho hrenk Ing point with Germany, hut another Spr.nlsh vessel having been torpedoed, has decided to seize German Interned ships without further parley. Tho tone of the press there, und nlso In other noutrni countries, Is becoming distinctly pronlly. a American shipyards set n record during August, turning out 00 ships aggregating ,110,115 dead weight tons. Forty-four were of steel. Tho tntnl tonnngo built for tho shipping bonrd has now passed tho two million mark. British merchant vessels completed during August nmounted to 121,075 gross tons. Tlte new construction In the allied countries Is now well abend of the destruction by submarines. An Hour a Day With Jesus Dy REV. HOWARD W. POPE Moody Uible Inititute. Chicago THXT Whatl Could yo not wotch with tno olio hour? Matt. 2G:tO. Never wna Iho Master's rehuko to the disciples more pertinent thnn to day. Wo arc liv ing nt a rapid rnte. Every ono seems to he In a mud rush to get (hero, and multi tudes of business in o n a r u I' II II. i ui'lntmlv vlntn tliu' ' sclously Uolntlllf, the speed laws of health nnd safe ty. It Is becom ing harder all the while to secure time for private or family wor ship, while modi t at 1 o u on tho Won! Is, we fear, nlm.ist n lost nrt. Men and women too. aro using up seven days' strength In M days time, so that Sunday usually Minis them completely ex hausted. Let me suggest ns u remedy nn hour n day with Jesus, emphasizing not so inuih thu amount of time us thu fact of a generous period set apart each day for fellowship with the living and wiltten Word. Our souls need It. How much they need It wo shall never know until wo ndopt the habit. Wo need It both for our Information and Inspiration. We need to know God better that we may loo htm more. We need to know our selu's better that we may take and keep our proper attitude toward him. Anil when we know Ills will we need the constant und constraining Influence of the Holy Spirit to Incite us to do It. A slumbering church needs It, for If It Is ever nwakened and set on lire for God It must bo through the Instrumen tality of those who aro already on lire, nnd whose caniest Intercession gives God no rest until he establishes und makes Jerusalem n praise In the earth. A perishing world needs It for never will It realize that It Is dead un til it comes In contact with those who are alive In Christ Jesus. Formal preaching nnd feeble testimony will never disturb the sleep of tho dead, but "the people thnt do know their God shnll be strong, nnd shall do ex ploits." When people henr about tho victorious life and sec It In their midst they will realize their own need. And Jesus craves It. We are not simply the servants of Jesus who go to him for orders, but ho says, "I have called you friends," and "all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you." A business man may employ hundreds of women, nnd dally assign them their work nnd pay them their wages, hut there Is one woman whose relnlon to him Is entirely different. He Is not her employer but her husband. He did not select her for tho work thnt she could do, but to he his wife and companion. Even so the church Is the bride of Christ, nnd far more than the service that we can render, ho prizes our fellowship und love. An hour n dny with Jesus gives deep, abounding Joy. "Did not our hearts burn within us us ho talked with us by the way, and while ho opened to us tho Scriptures?" It makes our testimony more effec tive. Some years ago I came In close I touch with n group of young people. I soon saw that one of the number wns far superior to nil the rest In tho weight of her testimony und In her knowledge of the Bible. Then I found the secret. Shu was giving an hour n dny to the study of the Bible and nrnvnr. Her life wns beautiful .-..- ..... - - ..--. . f aim ner inuuencc unique, inougii ner natural gifts were only ordinary. Thnt hour n day with Jesus seemed to cast a halo over nil that sho said and did. It gives grenter power In prayer. In Acts 4:31 we read that when the apos ties hod prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all lllled with the Holy Ghost. "And with grent power guvo they witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; nnd great grace was upon them nil." And so wo come bnck to our fitnrt- I ng point, and leave with you tho I question, "Could wo not manage our households, nnd carry on our business, ' n,i accomplish more study, nnd mako ' mro monev If we would spend nn hour m Jny with Jesus and the Bible?" A Uttlo talk with Jesus, bow It smooths the ruKRcd road, How It seems to help me onward, when I faint boncath my ondj When my henrt Is crushed wltk sorrow, and my eyes with tears aro dim, There Is nnuKht can bIvo mo comfort llk a Uttlo talk with him. I cannot live without him, nor would I I! I could; Ho Is my dally portion, my medicine and food, HVa altogether lovely, none with him can compare, Tho chlof umonjr ten thousand, the fair est of tho fair. Bible for Every Cottage. Give to tho people who toll and suf fer, for whom this world Is hard nnd bud, tho belief that there Is u better mndo for them. Scatter gospels nmong the villages, a Bible for every cottage, Victor Ilugo. lurching Paid (or Plfl. I Fiench impels delight In an iTl. es of the pood rulutlons between the American soldlets and tho pens nuts. One of these siorlus, with which General Pershing's uiuno Is coupled, is printed this week. "A big American automobile toro through n Freach vIHako on Its way to nil American camp," Hnys n Lyons Iiuner. "llofArtlinnti'tv n nlo hntnnir. I lag to nn old peasant woman strayed 1 Into tho path of the car and was killed. Tho old Indy wns heartbroken, nut n few days later n letter cuuie for her, Incloslig n check for 100 franca, and anylng how sorry tho writer wns for tho death of her pig. "Tho Hlgnuturo wns thnt of General Pershing." Stat of Ohio, City of Toledo, L,ucaa County kb, lVnnk J. 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