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/: - r v k . its of United States Recounted in Official State- ments. bk • ^ Xatltf New Aggregate 123,801 1 Officer* and 1,528,924 Sr.Usted PeraoiuM|lJ.J()| ,,, . 'Tripled. ' * W^JiMed Stales is now entering ipon its second year of war. Gu the rst anniversary of the beginning of ostilitles between this country and 'tl f,-:,jGerni}iny, the people are interested in yP^fkaowiug what has been done by the V, ^United States In waging and prepar- ng to wage war upon the forces of russian autocracy. The committer n public information of the United tates government, In a review of the rst year of the war, gives a resume >f the activities of the various de­ partments of the government as they •are concerned with prosecution of the war. The committee announces that tall statements made are authorized ifoy the war department, the navy de­ partment, the United States shipping t>oard and the treasury department. The outstanding feature of the first year of war, it is pointed out In the review, has been the transfor­ mation of the standing army and Na- onal Guard, composed* of 9,524 offl- and 202,510 men into ,a fighting 'orce that now aggregates 123,801 of- cers and 1,528,924 enlisted men. A statement of the adjutant general ows that the regular army which in pril, 1917, comprised 5,791 officers j :,pnd 121,797 men, now is made up of •/?g5Q,698 officers and 503,142 men. The atlonal Guard in April, 1917, includ- i 3,733 officers and 76,713 men, while inow it comprises 10,893 officers and {•.•^"^431,588 men. The reserve corps in i*service one year ago included 4,000 Now it includes 96,210 officers d 77,360 men. The National army, which did not exist one year ago, now includes 516,839 men. A substantial vanguard (military expediency prohibiting publication of actual numbers) of this army is meet­ ing the enemy in France today or is en- ped there awaiting the call to the enches; in 16 cantonments land 16 amps and on numerous aviation fields p.* «>vJfcnd In a variety of other schools in gajy parts of the United States the men ">•1 «f the remaining army are hardening f tind training for their part in the great £ ^ , ^.contest overseas. ' r§i Behind the activities of this vast 'orce lies a great Industry organized o produce an adequate supply of mu- itions, equipment, and provisions, n<! to provide transportation to the firing line, almost every branch of essential Industry of the country hav­ ing been drawn upon to producotfcese material requirements. Expeditionary Forces." ' Military necessity particularly for­ bids a detailed review of the activities of the American expeditionary forces. General Pershing and his staff ar­ rived in Paris on June 14, 1917, 69 days after the declaration ,of war. The first American troops arrived In Prance on June 26. On July 4, in cel­ ebration of our natal day and a new tight for liberty, American troops pa­ raded the streets of Paris and were greeted as the forerunners of great American armies and vast quantities of supplies and ammunitions. On October 10, 1917, 187 days after the war was declared, American sol- v .tilers went on the firing line. In Jan- t'tiary American soldiers took over per­ manently a part of the line as an American sector, and this line is grad­ ually lengthening. Behind the fighting line in France the American forces have scientifically prepared a groundwork of camps, com­ munications, supply bases, and works In anticipation of operations by the full foroe of the army. They are building and have built railroads, hos­ pitals, ordnance bases, and docks in France. They have constructed im­ mense barracks, erected sawmills, re­ claimed agricultural lands, and car­ ried forward many incidental enter­ prises. The construction of an ordnance base in France, costing $25,000,000, is now well under way. Great quantities " of material used in the foreign con­ struction work have bfeen shipped from the United States--from fabricated Ironwork for an ordnance shop to nails and crosstieB for railroads, and even the piles to build docks. x All the while there has been a fairly even flow of men and materials from the United States to France. The men tn the trenches, back of the lines, on the construction projects, and in the hospitals have been steadily supplied. Our losses at sea, in men and mate­ rials, have been gratifyingly small. The greatest single loss occurred on Shell-Cap Cigar Lighter. Oapt. John Corrlgan of the traffic squad of the police department has re­ ceived a souvenir from his son, V. R. Corrigan. who Is in France as a mem­ ber of base hospital No. 22, and is dis­ playing it to his friends. It is a cigar Jighter, made from a machine gun one- Inch brass shell cap, After the shell d been fired Some enterprising nrhman made It into a lighter, to filled with alcohol and a wick, hich is lighted by the friction of a pteel wheel against a point of steel I Silver Coins Ii} Demand. v^Beenuse of the world-wide advance the price of silver bullion there has a pronounced tendency in all luntries to withdraw silver coins circulation. This effect, which lp uite noticeable In certain parts df ,he United States, is growing and Spreading. Canadian dimes which for­ merly were taken only at a discount-- Ind often refused--on this side of the ^International boundary .now usually j§r! accepted as freely as dimes of coinage. ; w|» have February 5, when tfaft British ship Tuscanla was torpedoed and sunk. The bodies of 144 soldiers, en route to France, have been found and 55 others were still missing on March 16. To secure an adequate number of competent officers to lead the new armies various plans were devised. Two classes at West Point were grad­ uated in advance of the usual gradu­ ating dates and special examinations were held In various parts of the coun­ try for appointments from civil life. Three series of officers' training camps have been held. Of 63,203 candidates in the first two series of camps 44,578 qualified and were awarded commis­ sions. In the third series of camps, opened January 5, 1918, about 18.000 candidates, consisting largely of en­ listed men, have been in attendance. Corps of Engineers. At the beginning of the war the en- gineer troops consisted of three regi­ ments of pioneer engineers, with trains, one mounted company, one en­ gineer detachment at West Point. The aggregate strength was approximate­ ly 4,125 officers and enlisted men. At present the aggregate authorized strength is over 200.000, with an act­ ual strength of approximately 120,000. Of the special engineer units re­ cruited for service on railways and In the maintenance of lines of communi­ cation, many are already In France and others are awaiting recruitment to full strength in order to be ready for overseas service. The first en­ gineer troops, 1,100 strong, to be sent abroad, arrived In France about three months after war was declared. Since that time the number has been greatly augmented. These troops have been constantly' engaged in general en­ gineering work. Including the con­ struction of railways, docks, wharves, cantonments, and hospitals for the use of the American expeditionary forces. They have, in some instances, In the performance of their duties, engaged In active combat with the enemy. Ordnance Department. Since the outbreak of war the commissioned personnel of the ord­ nance department has expanded from 97 officers, operating with yearly ap­ propriations of about $14,000,000 and with manufacture largely >.*onfined to government arsenals, to 5,000 officers in this country and abroad, transacting an unprecedented war program for the supply of ordnance, the total direct appropriations and contract authoriza­ tions for one year having been $4,- 756,503,185. While building the foundation for greater production, the ordnance de­ partment has provided 1,400,000 rifles; has brought the rate of rifle production up to 45,000 per week, sufficient to equip three army divisions; secured deliveries on more than 17,000 ma­ chine guns; brought the rate of pro­ duction of machine guns from 20,000 to 225,000 per year; Increased the rate of production of 3%-inch to 9-lnch cali­ ber guns from 1,500 to 15,000 per year; and has arranged for the manufacture of some 35,000 motortrucks and trac­ tors for hauling heavy guns and am­ munition, which are being deliver^ almost as fast as they can be shipped. One billion rounds of ammunition has been purchased for the training of troops in the cantonments alone. An idea of the extent df the ord­ nance program may be gained from the following few items of purchase: Twenty-three million hand grenades, 725,000 automatic pistols, 250,000 re­ volvers, 23,000,000 projectiles for all calibers of heavy artillery, 427,246,000 pounds of explosives, 240,000 machine guns, and 2,484,000 rifles. Quartermaster Corps. The magnitude of the work of the quartermaster corps Is Indicated by the operation of the subsistence divi­ sion, which is charged with the re­ sponsibility of seeing that food sup­ plies for the army are available at all stations from the Philippines to Lor­ raine. Purchases recently made In­ cluded 40.000,000 pounds dried beans, 116,000,000 cans baked beans of the 1917 crop, 65,184,475 cans of tomatoes* 91,000,000 cans of condensed milk, and 20,287,000 pounds of prunes. The establishment of the subsistence division centralised the purchases of foodstuffs for the army, previous to which such products were distributed through the depot quartermaster. Ef­ fective January 1, the central control system has resulted In greater effi­ ciency and a big saving. In January, for instance, $100,000 was saved under this system as compared with the prices Obtained by depot quartermas­ ters, and In February a saving of $39,740 was made on potatoes alone. The central control system Is still be­ ing perfected. Production of 10,000 new automobile trucks is in progress for the army. In addition to purchases of 3,520 passen­ ger cars, 0,126 motorcycles, and 5,040 bicycles, with appropriate repair and replacement equipment. In three months the cantonment di­ vision of the quartermaster general's department built 16 cantonments, each one practically a small city, compris-, lng about 1,400 separate buildings and providing quarters for 47,000 men. Air Service. The atr service has been called upon in the past 12 months to build an enormous structure of the most wire. A lid. or "cap," for the lighter Is made from another piece of brass shell Inclosed at one end with a French cop­ per coin. It Is a novel contrivance and neatly made.--Indianapolis News. No Longer "Made In Germany." Clinical thermometers have. In the past, been a feature of Germany's trade; and -ao, when the German pris­ oners In France were sorted out last year, they were asked If any of them were thermometer-makers, and If so would they care to work at their trade. studied the situation predict that If the war goes on for some time longer the world will see the greatest short­ age of silver coins that has ever ex­ isted. Would Save Shipmate or Din. The sailor Is always true to his ship­ mate, Whether it is In the battle line or at anchorage away from the guns. If danger threatens, he Is ever ready to stand by. Que night last January a sailor fell overboard from the dock at iwtftotfc yard. Be went down highly trained personnel and the moat Intricate equipment with practically no foundation to start from. Three large appropriations. Includ­ ing the $640,000,000 act passed without a roll calk, made a total of $691,000,000 available for the first year.' All of this has since been obligated. Last April the air service had an almost negligible force of 65 officers and 1,120 men, 3 small flying fields, less than 300 second-rate planes, prac­ tically no avtation industry, and only the most scanty knowledge of the ka­ leidoscopic development abroad. The first two months of war were required to secure information, establish a staff, and work out the program finally adopted. The problem was twofold- first, personnel; and, second, equip­ ment Today the personnel Is over 100 times that of a year ago, practically every member a skilled man who has gone through an intensive course of training. Schools of 11 different kinds have been Instituted, courses of Instruction laid out. and Instruc­ tors secured. Including foreign ex­ perts in a score of lines. Development of Navy. The development of the navy during the first year of war has given the greatest satisfaction. Its growth and achievements during this period may be epitomised In the following para­ graphs : Strength of the navy today Is nearly 21,000 officers and 330,000 en­ listed men; strength a year ago was 4,792 officers and 77,946 enlisted men. Estimated total expenditures of the navy during first year of war: Dis­ bursements and outstanding obliga­ tions, $1,881,000,000. Total naval appropriations, real end pending, $3,333,171,665.04. American destroyers arrived at a British port to assist In patrolling Eu­ ropean waters 28 days after the decla­ ration of war. There are now four times as many vessels in the naval service as a year ago- Nearly 73,000 mechanics and other civilian employees are Working at navy yards and stations. When war was declared, 128 naval veswls were building or authorised, and contracts have been placed since that time for 949 vessels. More than 700. privately owned ves­ sels have been purchased or chartered by the navy. Six new authorized battleships are designed to be of 41,500 tons, the larg­ est battleships In the world. Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots, will be the fastest In the world, their speed equaling the fastest destroyers. Prompt repairs of 109 interned Ger­ man ships, partially wrecked by their crews, added more than 700,000 tons to our available naval and merchant tonnage. The navy has developed an Ameri­ can mine believed to combine all the good points of various types of mines, and ls manufacturing them tn quanti­ ties. During the year the latest type of naval 16-inch gun was completed for our new battleships: It throws a pro­ jectile weighing 2,100 pounds. Navy has in Its possession now a stock of supplies sufficient for tine average requirements for at least one year. Several hundred submarine chasers, built since the war, have been deliv­ ered to the navy by 31 private con­ cerns and six navy yards; many of these boats have crossed the Atlantic, some In severe weather. Naval training camps have a ca­ pacity of 102,000 In summer, 94,000 men In winter. Shipping Board's Progress. Up to date congress has authorised $2,034,000,000, of which $1,135,000,000 has been appropriated, for the United States Shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation;- on March 1, $353,247,955.37 of this sum had been expended. The Emergency Fleet corporation had requisitioned March 1, 425 steel vessels and contracted for 720 steel vessels, making a total of 1,145 steel ships, of an aggregate dead-weight tonnage of 8,164,508 tons; it had let contracts for 490 wooden vessels, ag­ gregating approximately 1,715,000 dead-weight tons; It had repaired and put in operation 788,000 dead-weight tonnage seized from Germany and Austria. On March 5 the building program of the Emergency Fleet corporation was being carried on IB 151 plants. First Year's War Cost. Total estimated expense of the United States government in the first year of war, without loans to the allies, 1s $12,067,278,679.07. To help meet this expense, the treas­ ury department Jloated $6,616,532,300 subscriptions to Liberty bonds. Bonds, certificates of indebtedness. War Savings certificates, and Thrift stamps issued by the treasury up to March 12, totaled $8,560,802,052.96. The United States government had loaned to foreign governments asso­ ciated in the war on March 12, 1918, $4,436,329,750. To March 12 the war risk Insur­ ance bureau had Issued policies for a total of $12,465,116,500 to the armed forces. A large number stepped out ; and now nearly all the thermometers for use In France are made by these German prisoners. Their workshop Is one of the old dismantled forts near Paris, and apparently they are most happy In their work. Possibly this is in part due to the fact that they are teaching their art to a number of French women.--Joseph 8. Ama^l In the Atlantic. . WILSON'S ANSWER CHIEF EXECUTIVE STATES AMER­ ICA'S POSITION IN OPENING BALTIMORE'S LOAN DRIVE, WAR FACTS ARE MADE CLEAR Causes Leading to World Conflict Re- Iterated by the President and Falr- --* Guaranteed in Consider. j lng Terms of Peace.' -- -vij % V - - ' £ Baltimore.--Before a patriotic audi­ ence of 7,000 people here, President Woodrow Wilson In a stirring speech opened the Liberty Loan drive. The event also was in celebration of Amer­ ica's anniversary of entrance Into war. He said: - "Fellow Citizens: This is the anni­ versary of our acceptance of Ger­ many's challenge to fight for our right to live and be free and for the sacred rights of free men everywhere. " "The nation is awake. There is no need to call to It. We know what the war must cost--our utmost sacrifice, the lives of our fittest men, and. If need be, all that we possess. "The loan we are met to discuss Is one of the least parts of what we are called upon to give and to do, though In Itself imperative. "The people of the whole country are alive to the necessity of It and are ready to lend to the utmost, even where It Involves a sharp skimping and daily sacrifice to lend out of meager earnings. "They will look with reprobation and contempt upon those who can and will not, upon those who demand a higher rate of interest, upon those who think of it as a mere commercial transac­ tion. "I have not come, therefore, to urge the loan. I have come only to give you. If I can, a more vivid conception of what it Is for. "The reasons for this great war, the reason why It had to come, and the need to fight it through and the Issues that hang upon its outcome, are more clearly disclosed now than ever be­ fore. "It Is easy to see just what this par­ ticular loan means because the cause we are fighting for stands more sharp­ ly revealed than at any previous crisis of the momentous struggle. "The man who knows least can now see plainly how the cause of justice stands and what the Imperishable thing Is he is asked to invest in. The Cost of Defeat. "Men in America may be more sure than they ever were before that the cause is their own, and that, if it should be lost, their own great nation's place and mission In the world would be lost with it. "I call you to witness, my fellow countrymen, that at no stage of this terrible business have 'I judged the purposes of Germany intemperately. "I should be ashamed In the pres­ ence of affairs so grave, so fraught with the destinies of mankind through­ out all the world, to speak with trucu- lence, to use the weak language of hatred or vindictive purpose. We must judge as we would be judged. "I have sought to learn the objects Germany has in this war from the mouths of her own spokesmen and to deal as frankly with them as I wished them to deal with me. "I have laid bare our own Ideals, our own purposes without reserve or doubt­ ful phrase and have asked them to say as plainly what It Is they seek. Being Just to Germany. "We have ourselves proposed no In­ justice, no aggression. We are ready, whenever the final reckoning Is made, to be just to the German people, deal fairly with the German power, as with all others. "There can be no differences in peo­ ples In the final judgment if It 14 In­ deed to be a righteous judgment. To propose anything but Justice, even- handed and dispassionate Justice, to Germany at any time, whatever the outcome of the war, would be to re­ nounce and dishonor our own cause. Fof we ask nothing that we are not willing to accord. "It has been with this thought that I have sought to learn from those who spoke for Germany whether It was Jus­ tice or dominion or the execution of their own will upon the other nations of the world that the German leaders were seeking. "They have answered, answered In unmistakable terms. They have avow­ ed that it was not justice but domin­ ion and the unhindered execution of their own will. What Peace Should Be Based On. "Her present chancellor has said-- In Indefinite and uncertain terms, In­ deed, and In phrases that often seem to deny their own meaning, but with such plainness as he thought prudent--that Women to Fill Places. Bacon--I see by the pdper that America has the distinction of having the first woman dentist at work in the war zones. Egbert--Another evidence that wom­ en are to fill the place* once filled by men. t These are days when It Is not for man to live by wheat alone. Into 15 feet of water. John P. Smith, a fireman second class, attached to the United States receiving ship, jumped ] overboard after him. The man in the i water was in a semi-conscious condi- , tion when Smith reached him, but he made his rescue complete. For this gal­ lantry he has been commended by Sec­ retary Daniels. jSmlth enlisted in the navy at St. Louis in March, 1914. No Honor. , Bacon--You know a prophet Is said to have little honor tn his own country. Egbert--Yes, but how about the The latest mother-in-law joke is on the man who married his to escape die draft, and dida'V -* Transportation. TV V of the great age we tn! Think of the marvels of rapid transit" "That's what I am thinking of. And I am thinking also of the days when a good old canal boat would bring down all the coal you wanted In less than a he believed that'peace should be based npon the principles which we had de­ clared would be oar own la the final settlement "At Brest-Litovsk her civilian dele­ gates spoke in similar terms; pro­ fessed their desire to conclude a fair peace and accord to the peoples with whose fortunes they were dealing the right to choose their own allegiances. "They are enjoying In Russia a cheap triumph in which no brave or gallant nation can take a pride. A great people, helpless by their own .pet, lies for the time at their mercy. -"Their fair professions are forgot­ ten. They nowhere set up Justice, but everywhere Impose their power and ex­ ploit everything for their own use and hggrandizement; and the peoples of conquered provinces are Invited to be Iree under their dominion. "Are we not justified in believing that they would do the same thing at their western front If they were not there face to face with armies whom even their countless divisions cannot overcome. "If, when they have felt their check sto be final, they should propose fa­ vorable and equitable terms with re­ gard to Belgium and France snd Italy, could they blame us if we concluded that they did so only to assure them­ selves of a free hand in Russia and the east? World Dominion. Built In East. ; "Their purpose is undoubtedly to make all the Slavic peoples, all the -free and ambitious peoples of the Bal­ tic peninsula, all the lands that Tur­ key has dominated and misruled, sub­ ject to their will and ambition, and build upon that dominion an empire of force upon which they fancy that they can then erect an empire of gain and commercial supremacy--an em­ pire as hostile to the Americas as to the Europe which It will overawe--an empire which will ultimately master Persia, India, and the peoples of the far East. "In such a program our ideals, the ideals of justice and humanity and lib­ erty, the principle of the free self- determination of nations upon which all the modern world insists, can play no part. "They are rejected for the Ideals of power, for the principle that the strong must rule the weak, that trade must follow the flag, whether those to whom k Is taken welcome It or not, that the peoples of the world are to be made subject to the patronage and over-lordshlp of those who have the power to enforce It. Would Mean World Conflict. "This program once carried out America and all who care or dare to stand with her must arm and prepare themselves to contest the mastery of the world, a mastery in which the rights of common men, the rights of women and of all who are weak, must for the time being be trodden under foot, and disregarded, and the old, age­ long struggle for freedom and right begin again at Its beginning. "Everything America has lived for and grown great to vindicate and bring to a glorious realization will have frllen In utter ruin and the gates of mercy once more pitilessly shut up­ on mankind. "The thing is preposterous and im­ possible; and yet, is not that" what the whole course and action of the Ger­ man armies have meant wherever they have moved? I do not wish, even in this movement of utter disillusionment, to judge harshly or unrighteously.. I Judge only by what the German arms ha.e accomplished with unpltylng thoroughness throughout every fair .re­ gion they have touched. "What, then, are we to do? For my­ self, I aiii ready, ready still, ready even now, to discuss a fair, just and honest peace at any time tjiat it is sincerely proposed--a peace In which the strong and the weak shall fare alike. But the answer, when I proposed such a peace, came from the German comman­ ders In Russia and I cannot mistake the meaning of the answer. "Force to Utmost" Only Answer. "I accept the challenge. "I know that you accept It. All the world shall know that you accept it. It shall appear In the utter sacrifice and self-forgetfulness with which we shall give all that we love and all that we have to redeem the world and make It fit for free men like ourselves to live In. "This now Is the meaning of all that we do. Let everything that we say, my fellow countrymen, everything that we henceforth plan and accomplish, ring true to this response till the majes­ ty and might of our concerted power shall fill the thought and utterly defeat the force of those who flout and mis­ prize what we honor and hold dear. "Germany has once more said that force alone, shall decide whether Jus­ tice and peace shall reign in the af­ fairs of men, whether right as Amer­ ica conceives it or dominion as «he conceives it shall determine the des tinies of mankind. "There is, therefore, but one re­ sponse possible from us: Force, force to the utmost, force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant force which shall make right the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust." The New Vocabulary. "No one should use words he does not precisely understand." "But," objected Miss Cayenne, "if I kept running to the dictionary and the gazetteer, I'd never get a chance to talk about the war." LOYAL Mil T CRUSHING OF GERMANY CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ONLY BV OUR FINANCIAL AID, RESPOND TO LIBERTY LOAN • _• r; Appeal to All True Citizens to Help Eliminate the Diseased Tree Lying Across the Path of True Democ­ racy. (By WINSTON CHURCHILL, Who Recently Returned From the War Zone.) Germany may be likened to a great tree that has fallen across the path of democracy. The trunk; Is being chopped through by'two axes, the mili­ tary ax and the . propagandist ax. If the trunk be severed and the obstruction r^|oved, neither ax must be spared. Americans must con­ tribute willingly to%elp their allies, to support their army and navy, which will be the deciding military factor in the struggle. Our American president Was the first world statesman to make clear that while a military victory Is es­ sential, it Is not in itself adequate. The great significance -of this war lies not on the battle lines, but behind them. It |s a war for human liberty, and that which restricts human liberty, not only In the German em­ pire, hut also In America and England and France and Italy and Russia must be abolished. We are beginning to perceive that the future progress of democracy depends on national un­ selfishness and international co-opera­ tion scientifically conceived. Issued World Proclamation. . In a series qf masterly state papers Mr. Wilson has announced to the world that America enters the war unselfish­ ly, and has defined the true Issue for- all the peoples of the earth--even for those deluded portions of the Ger­ man population which, because of a false system of education, have hith­ erto upheld the hands of the Worst enemies of liberty, the junkers. Until quite recently, one of the most dis­ quieting symptoms from the point of view .of the allies was a discontent with, If not an actual opposition to. the war of large elements among the work­ ing classes of the allied peoples. In Russia, where democracy was most cruelly suppressed, where conditions for the peasant and the worklngman were hardest, a revolution actually took place--a revolution that has sounded the keynote of our times. The world service which our president is doing Is that of enlisting the alle­ giance of those masses for the war. He Is convincing them that it.Is their war. And these are they upon whom the evils of an outword economic sys­ tem have pressed hardest, and who hitherto have seen little hope that vic­ tory over the Germans meant their own deliverance. Mr. Wilson has Is­ sued a world proclamation of ernajHd* patlon from economic slavery. Make Their Own Treaties. ^ He not only declares that powerful nations shall cease to exploit little na­ tions, but that powerful individuals shall cease to exploit their fellow men. He declares that henceforth no wars shall lie fought for domination, and that to this end secret treaties shall be abolished.. The peoples through their representatives shall make their own treaties. And just as national democracy insures to the individual the greatest amount of self-determina­ tion, of self-realization, world democ­ racy shall insure selfrdetermlnatlon to the indivldual nations of the earth. In order that each may be free to make Its own contribution to world democ­ racy. Fighting for Oppressed. This is the spirit In which America has entered the war. We are fighting for the oppressed everywhere. And we are.equally determined that the In­ justice and Inequalities that exist in our own government, the false stand­ ards of worth, the materialism, the •luxury and waste shall be purged from our midst. We shall seize this oppor­ tunity to finish up the cleaning of our own household. To sustain our army and navy In the struggle for such a cause, to uphold our president, to aid our allies who have fought so long and so bravely, these are worthy of our sacrifices. I am confident that the re­ sponse of the American people to the third Liberty loan will be generous. Bonds Feed the Boys. jgvery farmer knows how his boys to eat. Mother's fried chicken i apple dumplings and pumpkin pies en't a chance in the world when boys sit down at table. Lots of •s' boys are In France and the doesn't want them to go hun- over there. Liberty Bonds buy for them. like and hav the farmers' farmer gry food COUNTER-ATTACK mf English Recapture Trenches ̂̂ Avetuy Wood--Prisoners " i"A .,¥1|̂ [,auns Taken. FRENCH WIN ON OiSE FRONT '••V'4? "JT. >• -4N mi IS German* Renew Assaults in Regie* «# Chauny .and Barisie--Fiwc^;^W'|;;*^;|J Oust Teutons West of Noyon --Haig's Troops Clash With Foe in Open and Inflict . Heavy Losses. London, April 8.--The British 0*: cial report issued on Sunday sayst "Counter-attacks carried out by US successfully re-established our former positions in Aveluy wood and resulted in the capture of over 120 prisoners and Several machine guns. "Later in the day the enemy again attacked our positions opposite Al­ bert, but was repulsed, and another attack, attempted early in the night south of Hebuterne, was completely broken up by our artillery fire. "By a successful minor operation carried out by us south of the River Somme we Improved dor position and captured 40 prisoners." French Block German Drive. Paris, April 8.--Attempts by the Ger- ? mans to make gains against the Frendk troops in the region of Hangard-en- Santerre Sunday were blocked, accord­ ing to the official communication is­ sued on Sunday night. The French ar­ tillery took under its fire German troops at various points north of Mont- didier. A strong attack by the Ger­ mans in the region of Hill 344 in Verdun sector was put down. Allies Hold Their Own. The second phase of the great along the Somme, which the Germans began on Thursday last, has died down. It lasted less than three days. , . * j t French Repulse Attacks. 4 Paris, April 8.--The French official report says: "The French repulsed a German attack in the region of Gri- vesnes. "West of Noyon a German detach­ ment which had succeeded in gaining a foothold in the advanced French trenches was immediately ejected bar a counter-attack. "On the Oise front the Germans re; newed their assaults in the region at Chauny and Barlsls. "A German attempt to raid the French Hues north of Cheniin den Dames was unsuccessful. -y' Line Before Amiens Holda. a, London, April 8.--The Germans GM0 fM ^ FIH Nail Holes. Kail-holes ID wood may be filled uft by mixing sawdust with glue till it is of the consistency of stiff paste. Press this compound into the holes, and it will become as hard as the wood itself. Earned a Sweater. "Well, Tommie, were you a good boy at school today?" asked mother. "Yes, I was, mamma. I licked the stuflfln' out of a German boy. N6w, mamma, Will you knit me a sweater?" Alibi. *THffn*t"s great many of our musical comedies formerly come from Ger­ many?" "I don't think so," replied the tired business man. "I don't think German talent could produce anything with so tittle plot In It as a musical comedy.1* The Real Teat. "Don't conclude that a man is a pa­ tient mortal because you've watched him sitting on a log fishing,'* Mid the milk toast philosopher. "Watch ldm while he's waiting for his sapper." Don't Bury Your Bond. When you and your neighbor have bought your Liberty Bonds, don t take them home and hide them in the cup­ board. Take them to your country banker and have him give you certifi­ cates of deposit for the bonds. Your banker can take these bonds to a Fed­ eral Reserve bank and borrow money for your use In case you suddenly flnft yourself In need of funds. Hiding a bond is as bad as hoarding money. Keep the bonds and the money in circula­ tion and the country will pull through this crisis all right. The Safest Guide.. The mnch-pralsed optimist, although to be admired, is not a safe guide. He tells us all Is well, when It is not. He falls to see the pitfalls and urges ns forward and we fall into them. Likewise the pessimist, although shunned and berated, leads us to be over cautious. Under his influence we hopelessly sit down for fear we will fa 14 into the pit, when there is none. The cautious leader who watches, waits, and withal Is patient expecting the world to move forward. It ailwAya most trustworthy. • tinue their efforts directly before Amiens. They "centered their attack in the vicinity of Corbie, tn the tri­ angle between the Ancre and the Somme. Corbie, where great waves of Ger­ man infantry had pressed to the east­ ern outskirts early Saturday morning, according to staff correspondents' dis­ patches, remains in possession of the British. German Losses Huge. The German casualties in the flyfcfr lng in the Albert sector on Friday were heavy. At numerous places it was possible to see them forming for the attack, and the British artillery and machine guns played havoc among the assembling troops. Near Hebtt- terne German concentrations were caught in machine gun barrages on three occasions and badly smashed. Fight in the Open. A spectacular feature of the fight­ ing developed at Ville-Sun-Ancre, be­ low Dernancourt. At this point tike British troops who were advancing for a counter-attack clashed in open ground with Germans who were com­ ing forward for another drive at the British line. Hand-to-hand fighting of the bitterest sort ensued and the Ger­ mans were finally forced to withdraw. The fighting about Dernancourt was Intense and lasted nearly all day. German Losses Great. On both ends of the line, at Then--i and Grivesnes, there were severe en­ counters in which the French obsti­ nately kept the Carrier intact against furious assaults. A division of the German guards suffered especially ' heavy losses. Among the attacking troops were seven entirely fresh dl- ; visions. J French artillery, mostly field guns, . ,1 ij was brought hurriedly to the scene and ^ , j| s b a t t e r e d t h e G e r m a n s u n m e r c i f u l l y . 5 ^ 1 ^ Both artillerymen and infantrymen de- J j dared that never had they had better 'ffJj targets. They fired at them until their M .) supplies of ammunition were atr | hausted. Prisoners affirm that the German / ^ losses were terrible. Many companion were reduced to below fifty. t/IJC < "W, 1 ^ i Slays Wife and Her Parentit, Mexico, Mo„ April 8.--Dt^rbey S. Adkins, twenty-three years old, shot and killed his father-in-law, Nolan McGowan; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Ruby McGowan. and his wife. * H» then shot himself, dying Instantly. -*; Fifty Dead Huna an Acres. £ ! Faris, April 8.--"We've been selling what bits of our ground the Germans have taken at a price of 50 killed to the acre," said a wounded French offi­ cer, "and we are perfectly prepared t* sell them more at the same price." 'f' dui "dk.'i*". W; I / 3- > ' i.::. «... . t / & a ;s4v • Two U. a Flyers Taken. Paris. April 8.--Charles Kerwood of Blyn Mawr, Pa., and Houston Wood­ ward of Philadelphia, both of the La­ fayette escadrille, have been missing since April 1. Kerwood fell behind the German lines In a fight. "Mountains of Dead Left Bellini.* Basel. April 8.--"It is true that have made a continued and substan* tial advance, but we have felt behind mountains of dead," the Dresden Neueste Naertchten dsetnraa received tpprak "V"*t ' *TS V%\ "< ̂ * ' • i, t & ••