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FOIL NEW HAS MM na <M HA Saliml Troops in Success ̂ : fill Raid, fir- R prv ""t - - * ' V; • •*- BRITISH ADVANCE ONSOMME fach*s Troops Attack on Wide Front '••^and Capture Important Position*-- y."'} British Repulse Germans an# Jtfold New Lines Intact̂ . Lull in Big BatOo (•<*•*<• ££ Continues. !%V V r*' : ' ' p ' t ' • f \ With ^Preach 'J- &y-- the American Forces on the Front, May 7--The enemy launched a heavy gas attack against the American troops on the; Picardy front during the night. They sent over 15,000 shells, composed chiefly of mus* tard gas, within a brief period. These shells were followed by an in­ tense artillery Are at midnight, several hundred gas shells dropping into toe American lines. VJ Hun Plane Shot Down. "Enemy airplanes appeared over the -.American lines about the same time. Antiaircraft guns brought down one German machine and damaged an­ other. The extreme activity of the artil­ lery and aviators, the rifle fire and night flares and the reported move­ ments behind the enemy lines in this sector may forecast a new attack, but General Pershing's men are ready for "'•lay emergency. They are countering the enemy's preparations blow for blow, keeping tap a harassing artillery, rifle and ma­ chine gun fire and are actively patrol­ ling. v • 'M* j Yankee Prisoners Taken? (Berlin, May 7.--American prisnttwrs hi vp been captured by the Germans tn engagements southwest of Blamont, pccording to the war office statement "In engagements with the Americans gouthwest of Blamont, we took .Jirls- ^flfters," the statement declares, Towns Shelled by U. 8. Meite,.,' ̂ With the American Army West of Hontdldler, May 7.--American guns are shelling Montdidler, Cantigny, Mesnll-St. Georges and other towns and roads In this vicinity captured by tile Germans some time ago. >"r7 British Win on M iie Front, t London, May 7.--The British took 200 prisoners in their local advance in the region of Morlancourt (half way between the Somme and Albert)* Field Marshal Haig announces. The British line has been advanced one-third of a mile on a front of more »h«n a mile between the Somme and Anere rivers west-southwest of Mor- Jancourt, says the official statement from Field Marshal Haig's headquar­ ters. British positions in the nelghtbor- hood of Locon and the Lawe, on the southern leg of the Lys salient in Flan­ ders, have been Improved in local flght- „ jug. j _ :> U. 8. Guns Rout Huns. ( . With the American Army -OH ' * French Battle Front, May 6.--A new German' liquified gas was projected against the Picardy front, where Amer­ ican troops are fighting. The gas Is coDta^ed ia« 0aw ties. On bursting they scatter a fl' from which heavy, white, transparent fames arise for five minutes. No detonation was heard as the bot­ tles were hurled. Apparently they were thrown by a spring. The gas caused nausea, sneezing and coughing, but did not harm any of the Americans. Two German airplanes were brought down. A successful artillery attack and raid by the Americans in the Lunevtlle sector eliminated the first of the Ger­ man salients Jutting uncomfortably y * (Into our lines on this front. \:, U. S. Guns Wipe Out Fo4fe| With the American Army ln fran^e, May 6.--During the last three days the American artillery in the Lunevllle sector has completely chased the Ger­ mans from their front positions and ,wlped certain sections of the enemy tear off the map. This is the same ar­ tillery that not long ago give a similar performance in another Lorraine sec- Just now the German first and sec­ ond lines are in about the same condi­ tion as No Man's Land, in which the Americans are working ,«nore freely tfean ever before. ' , The sections affected by the work, of these American guns are south, south­ west and southeast of Hallovllle (ap- N proximately 18 miles east of Lunevllle > and about six miles from the- German border). _ ̂, British Repulse Attack. t ,"*t London, May 6.--German troops at- > tacked the new positions gained by the • i t : MOVE EX-CZAR AND FAMILY ̂ Announcement Mads ** Moscow Fails |o. Mention Former .Heir, Ra» , . - %' ported Enthroned. ' ' TUroScow, "Russia, May 7.-- | - Jfcomanoff, former emperor, together ' v v- %ith the former empress and one of their daughters, has been transferred ' froxo"•Itobolsk to Ekaterinburg (170 " miles southeast of Perm on the Asiatic «ide of the Ural mountains), accord­ ing to a soviet announcement. British Friday night on the Flanders battle front near Hinges, northwest of Betbune. ffcey were th«j war office tffcbunces, the- BMfksh line remaining mfect The British positions were im­ proved in local operations northeast 9f Amiens, near Satlly-le-Sec and north of Albert in the vicinity of Hebuterrne. The artillery on both sides is con­ tinuing its activity along the Lys bit* tie front. Quiet on French Front. '.Paris, May 6.--Artillery fighting continued along the Somme battle front, both north and south of the Avre, but there was no infantry ac­ tion, the war office reports. Near Letricourt, in Lorraine, close to the German border, the French car­ ried out successfully a minor opera­ tion and took prisoners in patrol en­ counters elsewhere. British Win at Ypres. British Headquarters in France, May 6.--Franco-British forces. In the course,of a successful operation be­ tween Locre and Drancourt, advanced their positions on a thousand-yard front to an average depth of 500 yards. The British took 48 prisoners and the French 82. The enemy was driven from two- op three farms and the allies took some high ground near Koutkot. The French, continuing their opera­ tion, carried some strongly held build­ ings in the neighborhood of the sector. All of the enemy counter-efforts were broken up with considerable loss. French Drive Foe From Hill;-" London, May 4.--While a new Ger­ man stroke on either the northern or southern battle front Is still delayed, the French have taken the initiative area which lies along the entire Somme line. It was at Hallles that the Germans effected their greatest westward penetration in their Amiens drive, and at Hill 82 they were within less than three miles of the important Paris-Amiens railway. Adding this new terrain to the other high ground taken by the French further south along the Avre not long ago, an excellent line of defenses ap­ pears to have been taken up by the entente forces In this region. Quiet on Flanders Front. The positions of the French at Han- gard and those of the British on the Villers-Bretonneux ridge preserve the continuity of the line on commanding ground at virtually all the vital spots north of the Somme. In the Villers-Bretonneux region, as well, there has been a further improve­ ment of the entente position, the French g*lntng ground in local fighting there. The Germans are still holding off on the Flanders battle front. Co-operating with the French In lo­ cal fighting South of Villers-Breton­ neux (nine miles east of Amiens) the British took prisoners, the official re­ port from Field Marshal Haig an­ nounces. Hun "Peace Drive" Near. Tn the opinion of Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, the failure of Germany's "knockout offensive" on the western front will result in a big peace offensive, directed mainly against Great Britain, and possibly made in an attractive form, but which will not afford any terms the allies can look at. In this opinion, made In a state­ ment to a correspondent, Lord Rob­ ert expressed the further belief that the new peace offensive would be largely for German consumption, be­ cause "the rulers of Germany know If they have.to rely on their own,re­ sources they cannot bold out much longer." ^ * Lull in Battle Continues. Londbn, May 3.--With the reports from the French war office and from Field Marshal Haig . showing almost complete inactivity on both the Somme and Flanders battlefields, observers here are speculating on how many more men the German higher command will be willing to risk in costly offen­ sive operations. The German command has permit­ ted three days to pass since General von Arnlm sustained his severe re­ verse southeast of Ypres, without un­ dertaking anything but minor attacks. New Classes Being Used. Not the least interesting of these bits of Information is a dispatch from British headquarters in France, which says: "The German field depots are being heavily drawn upon to replace recent casualties. The Thirteenth German reserve division has just received a company of'250 boys of the 1919-20 class, who had only eight weeks' train­ ing, and were not to be put into the fighting unless absolutely necessary. But the fact that they are now in the division in the battle line suggests the anticipation that they may have tofce used." . •. ' Casaulties of MXMXfe , Coupled with this is the statement given circulation here and attributed to a source of authority, that the Ger­ mans have suffered casualties amount­ ing nearly to 900,000 men since Hin- denburg and Ludendorff began their offensive on March 21 which was to crush the power ofthe allies. The transfer was ordered because of the alleged efforts of peasants and monarchists in the neighborhood of Tobolsk to promote the escape of the prisoners. * The announcement does not mention the former heir apparent, the young Alexis Romanoff. Storm of Shell Fire Described by Illinois Officer. {From Scandinavian . sonuces there came reports late last month that had been serious rioting in Petrograd and that the young Alexis had been pro­ claimed emperor. Other advices have contained nothing of these reports.] *:9i 0ERMAN TRICKS IN AVIATION Marking, on Enemy Airplane. Ma&e to Look Like the Allies' ' Insignia. '; "'"'t; f~» American Ai'^'W:4^rt»i;e, :^Vlfay 7.--German aviators are now re- farting to unsportsmanlike tricks in an endeavor to outwit American flyers. The tricklness ̂ of the German soldiers T «loot is emulated by enemy airmen, vho are marking their machines to - jRiake them look as much like allies' <• V /-'j, a , markings as posslbld,' The Germans have taken to roi ing off the corners of the cross onl wings of their planes to make tl] look like the allies' badges. The of the German airman is to around, get in a shot if he can »1 then run. American flyers, for fear] attacking a probable friend, must up close to an enemy machine b« opening a fight. The anniversary of the deliveratt] of France by Joan of Arc will be eel] bra ted at Orleans May 12. HON SUUGHTEH WAS fiREAT rtnt fctertWaM *.«(« 0f 0«.v«. In Letter to His Father Qives Details , of ifttie In Wtych British F*ti0ht at Great Odds. Me thrilling story of the Hatg re­ treat In the terrific battle In Picardy is most Interestingly detailed by First Lieutenant Roswell T. Pettit, M. O.- R. C., of Ottawa, 111., in a letter to his father, Dr. J. W. Pettit of the Ottawa tubercuJosis colony, and published In the Chicago Tribune. For nine days the American officer was in the thick­ est of the fighting, and during the re­ treat of the British Fifth army from before St ijuentin. HIS account of the battle thrills" with the stress of the herculean conflict, ** It was detailed Immediately after he had passed through the terrible experience and be­ fore his impressions had been dulled by time. His letter: Lieutenant Fettitfs Letter. March SO. Dsnr Father: Now that the show Is over for me for \he time being, and I have time to breathe and sleep and eat and write, Til try and tell you about the battle. Before you receive this you will have had the whole story from the papers, but I know you will be Interested In knowing what I did In the affair. Of course, the things I saw were but an infinitesimal part of a gigantic whole and It would be Impossible for • me to give a correct description of the battle. And as I write this, I do it with no knowledge whatever of what has been going on even a few miles from me. I have not seen a paper in eight days; I have received no mail, and the only Information we have received has been by word of mouth, and most of what we hear must be wild rumors. For ex­ ample : The French have advanced 20 miles at .Verdun, the Ameri­ cans have taken Ostend, and are on their way to Zeebrugge, and a great naval battle has been fought In the North sea. All I know is that on this part of the front the Germans attacked us in over­ whelming numbers. In places ten divi­ sions to our one; that they suffered terrible losses, but finally broke through our lines of defense, one after another, and fighting for the most part, a rear guard action, we have retired about 15 miles in a straight line. For a week before the battle started we had been expecting it; we were ready to move on 30 minutes' no­ tice. I had been out with combatant as well as medical officers on tours of reconnaissance, definite methods of evacuation of the wounded had been worked out, and our plans of counter­ attack been made. After four or five days of waiting, the storm finnlly broke. The Boche opened up on us at 5 a. m., March 21, with the heaviest barrage I have ever heard. "Stand to," was sounded, we turned out dressed, and had all our equipment packed in 90 minutes. Then we sat down and waited for orders to move. The bar­ rage kept up continuously, sometimes heavier and then of less Intensity, •eometimes it seemed to be to the north of us and then suddenly It switched to the south. Our balloons were up as soon as it was light and the airplanes were bus- zing over our heads. The ground mist gradually cleared and the Germans put a hatl of shrapnel on our camp and we aH took cover, but three men were hit. Why it is a fellow always feels safer with a roof over his head, even If he knows bullets and shrapnel and pieces of Sneli will go through boards and corrugated Iron Jo«t Uke paper. * Ordered to Move. Our orders to move finally came and we marched Off to the brigade assem­ bly point several miles away. This as­ sembly point was in a little bunch of trees about the size of Allen park and behind and separated from a larger wood In front. In the larger wood there was a battery of heavy artillery and shells were dropping in there two or three to a minute, and It was heavy stuff, too. Sometimes they overshot the big wood and shells were landing tn the open around the little wood where my brigade had its assembly point As we approached our little copse we could make all this out from some dis­ tance away and it wasn't a pleasant sensation to feel that we were march­ ing straight into it. All the battalions arrived and in that little copse there must have been at least two thousand men. What a Money Is Life. Money Is no more the "root of evil" than are the good things that it rep­ resents, whether these take the form of personal service, labor, or the ma­ terial products of labor. Money means work, it means production, it means the things that have been made by men's brains and hands. It not only stands for the things we eat. the clothes we wear, and the bouses we Uve In, but It stsnds for works of art and for the services of the artists. It means the services of the entertaining You're Always Choosing. Did you ever think what a wonder­ ful thing cholee is--the power to select? asks the American Boy. It Me(#ne of the main things that give I sh' power to amount to something, ing soife choosing almost every njin- the day, and upon every choice Tod ,lng lmP°rtant depends. The revolves around choice. Choice rasd'ae very heart of business. The for jfk In the store is there iv help on choose or to influence your choice; the schoolmaster Is there to chance if th»<N>Wnani ojijinew ! But the shells costtl»|e<| to dfffip ln front of tUMUBd on 4^^^ds,̂ ^^one landed three hours, expecting to be blown to bits any second, we finally moved for­ ward. Just as we left tk»«0pse, from behind us, up over a, ridge,, came a stream of galloping horses. 1 "It's the cavalry," someone shouted, but soon I made out limbers and field guns. . They g&tldped past us, going like mad, took tip it position to our right, swung into t>osition, unlimbered, and in two minutesiWere blazing away* It was * thrilling sight 11" ^ Torn by Shsftfci " In going forward we went apotrrid the end of the larger wood in front of us, over ground that was torn to bits >by the heavy shell fire that had Just preceded, over another edge, across a valley, and under the crest of a hill. And here we found the tanks going over the top of the hill to take up their position.' At this point we were still sbout a mile from the front line At this place 1 opened up an aid post under the crest of the hill to take care of what wounded "came in while we were getting into position. I looked back across valley we had just traversed. * Shrapnel was bursting In the air, shells were wjjlzslng overhead, and our guns behind me were belching forth the fire. The noise was deafening. A railroad ran through the valley and an engine pulling a couple of flat cars was going by. A douple of sol­ diers were sitting on the rear truck swinging their feet A shell burst on the track and only missed the last car about fifteen yards. Neither man was hit and the train went blithely on. By this time It was getting along toward evening, the sun was sinking In the west and finally went down a great ball of fire. At the time, I re­ member, I noticed its color. , It was blood red and had a sinister look. Was It my imagination, or might it have been a premonition? At any rate, I shall never forget the color of the sun as it set that night at the end of the first day of probably one of the great­ est battles In history. It certainly didn't look good to me. The drumming of the guns contin­ ued, twilight gradually deepened into night, the signalers stopped their wig­ wagging and took up their flash sig­ nals, a fog dropped down on us and put the lights out of business, and when we left to go forward under the cover of darkness they were busy put­ ting out their telephone lines--signal­ ers and runners don't have an easy time. • Shell ~Dump Goes Up. . , Behind us a shell landed in •an am- munition dump and It went up with a roar; then the rifle ammunition started going off like a great bunch of fire­ crackers, and great tongues of flame lit up the sky. It is reported that the Germans had broken through our line anti we were to counter-attack in the morning. We got into positions without a single casualty. I opened an aid post in an old dugout and settled down to sleep until morning. You may think It fun­ ny that one could sleep under such conditions, but I had been up since 5:30, "had tramped about six or seven miles, had had a rather trying day and was dog tired. So I settled down on the rough plank floor and was soon asleep. I must have been asleep a couple of hours when a runner came from headquar­ ters and told us we were to move off immediately. I looked at my watch and it was 1:30 a. m. on the second day. We went l>ack to the railroad, fol­ lowed it around to a position some six miles to the north of us. landing there about 4 In the morning and flopped down on the floor of some abandoned huts to wait further orders. Our or­ ders came along about 9 o'clock. We marched up across the open pralrfe, the sun shining, and It was really hot Just like some of the warm days we get the last of March at home. In going forward it was necessary for us to march seventy-five yards in front of three batteries of field guns. There are six guns to a battery. They shoot an eighteen-pound shell and while we were there each gun was shooting twice to the minute. You can Imagine the racket when I tell you that the discharge of one gun can be heard about four miles. In addi­ tion the Boche was trying to knock out this battery and he was dropping his six inch shells a little too close for cottifort. •*••• Nearly In a Trap, ' • Then I made a lovely was to establish an aid post near bat­ talion headquarters and went blithely on when I met a company commander and asked him where to go. "Back there about a quarter of a mile," he replied. "Tlds Is the front center company. If you keep on In the direction you are going you are going up over that ridge and Fritz will be waiting for you with a machine gun." So my sergeant and orderly and myself didn't waste any time in clear­ ing. On the way back 1 found a gallon can full of water, got Into a corrugated iron shelter and had a wash and a shave. It certainly felt good. I don't believe I had washed for thirty-six writer In the form of books. It means the pleasure-giving efforts of the mu­ sician in the opera or concert It means musical instruments for the home, educational opportunities In the schools, publicity In the press. Inspi­ ration in the church, fun and emo­ tional relaxation In the theater, police protection on our streets and Justice In our courts. Money means cleanli­ ness, good appearance, self-respect Money is the source of good Just as it may be the source of evty, but In either case only because of what It teach you how to choose. At every point in your life are alternatives, and you have to choose between them whether you want to or not You choose whether you will get up on time or lie abed and be lazy; you choose whether you will be a day laborer or a bank president You choose whether you will turn the cor­ ner or walk straight ahead. There is nothing in life you have to watch SO cioseiy aft choice. The fellow who knows how to choose is the fellow who gets the pinna. Writ* a motto ml&tk It was warm could look out of mf our support lines di^ in several hnirared yi urds away. *he cannon tic* csased, thf WKdtthn gttns settled down to an occasional fitful burst and It was midday of a beautiful spring day. A couple of partrldgt flew over me. What did they know or care about all this noise and racket and tnen getting up In line and killing each Other? Along about three o'cf^Sfflitngi b*> gan to liven up again, fa the mean­ time headquarters had been establish­ ed in a sunken road with banks about fifteen feet high on either side (later this cut was half filled with* dead). My aid post was ln a dugout near by and gradual!/ things: got hotter nftd ^hotter. , • , Our men had dtt# themselves in ifnd were popping aWay with their rifles. The field batteries behind us were putting up a barrage, airplanes •were circling overhead, both ours and the Germans'. The Germans put up a counter-barrage, the machine guns were going like mad, I was standing with the colonel on a little rise of ground above the sunken road when the Germans broke through about a mile to the north of Us. Thsy could be plainly seen pouring over the ridge in close formation. Tanks Get Into Aotton. - Then the tanks came up, and you should have seen them run! Just llko liabblts t -JThe tanks retired; the 'Bodies reformed and came "at it again. They tell me that at certain places our men Withstood fifteen suc­ cessive attacks and thai the Germans went down in thousands. One Welsh­ man told me that his gun accounted for 75 tn three minutes during one Wave. Machine-gun bullets were nlpplny around me, the shell fire was getting hotter, and ev.en though it was a won­ derful sight to watch I decided "dis­ cretion was the better part of valor " or something Uke that and got down In my dugout I was sitting there smoking « cig­ arette when my orderly came down and said I was being relieved and was to go back and work with the ambu­ lance. Fifteen hours later the man that relieved me was captured. But I am getting ahead of my story. I went back to the advanced dress­ ing station through the hottest shell fire I ever experienced. More than once I went down on my face when a shell burst and the pieces went whia- zing over my head. I spent the night in a mined village where the advanced dressing station was located, and all night they shelled It to blazes. It was remarkable how few casualties we had. About eleven o'clock the morning of the third day a shell blew In the side of our post, but luckily no one was hurt We stuck to it until about four in the afternoon, when we saw our men retiring over a ridge in front of us, keeping up a continuous machine gun and rifle fire, and we bent it back to another village and opened anoth­ er post The Begrimed Lord. About ten o'clock on the morning o< the fourth day Lord Thyme, my col­ ore! when I was with the battalion, stumbled Into the .shack where I was sitting. He looked like a ghost He had lost his hat his face was covered with a four days' beard, the sweat had traced tracks in the dust from his forehead to his chin. His sleeve was torn and bloody and he had a gash In his arm where he had been struck by a piece of flying shell case. • "My God, doc,' are1 you here?* he said. "You got out just in time. The battalion Is all gone. The sunken road Is filled with dead--mostly Huns, damn 'em. The line broke on the right; we were surrounded, and at the last we were fighting back and back. Only thirty of us got away." So we knew the Boche*had broken through to our right and our left, and It was a question of how long it would be before we, too, were surrounded, but We wanted to stick It out as long' as we could. But not more than an hour later a medical officer rushed In from one of the battalions and between gasps for breath told us the Germans were on the edge of the village, had shot him through the sleeve with a machine gun bullet (luckily that wan all), and for us to beat It. The ninth day, sitting around the fire In our mess after the best dinner we had had in days, the commanding officer handed me some papers and said, "Here is something that will ln< terest you, Pettit I want to any we shall be sorry to lose you." And this Is what It was: "Lieut Roswell T. Pettit, M. R. C., is relieved from duty with the British army and will proceed to the A. B. where ho will report for duty." I leave for Paris _in the morning. This has been a long tale, but the half of It hasn't been told. I hope I haven't strung it out too much. I have just been Informed that all my kit had to be burned to prevent it falling Into the hands of the enemy. I shall probably want you to send me some things from home, but will see what I can get here first Your eon, ROSWELL. stands for. And so, as somebody** great-grandfather used to say, "it money Is the root of al evil, give us plenty of the root 1"--Physical Cnl- 1. . •' • • . 1 f- •*" ; Wow the' Cats Went. *'-1 Little Frank had an amusing way of imitating the mewlug of cat*, ao one night, when there waa company at din­ ner, his father asked him how the cats went. "On their feet" waa the nnexpootod reply. on your brain, and never lose sight of It: "Watch your choice." Then take pains to develop the habit ot making your choices decisively. . Practically on Same Plane. Do man dat believes everything lie hears," said Uncle Eben, "ain't much worse off dan de man dat won't believe nuffin* 'ceptln' what pleases him." In times of peace the mines are the largest comumm of «•> plosives In the world Subscriptions Will Total Nejacly ̂ $4,000,000,000. NIs* LOAM ; RECORD IS ttT Iowa L«n4« Al* tto States, W*h Wla- con sin a Close 8econd--Michigan, lliinoia and Indiana Are , ̂_ Largely Oversubscribed* ' v FIR8T LOAN. Quota ...^•^*••'>2,600^00^00 Subscribed 3,035,226^60 Subscribers ...w...V..»<No count) SECOND LOAN. Quota ...$3,000,000,000 Subscribed 4,617,532,300 Subscribers (No count) THIRD LOAN. Quota ..... .V... 000,000,000 Subscribed . .. M,OOO^OCWK» Subscribers * 15,000,000 The total of Liberty loans for the oountry (present loan estimated) is $10,652,760,150. *Estimated. •, 3 Washington, May flL---Third liberty Loan figures as officially announced on Sunday by the treasury department were placed at $3,318,628,250. Some 17,000,000 Buyers. Approximately 17.000,000 persons purchased bonds. The approximate number of subscribers in each federal reserve dlstrict JcOlO^s ; Number of District s - Subscribers. New York 4,000,000 Chicago f............4#...• 2,498,000 Cleveland ................. .1,561,979 Philadelphia (estimated).... L200.000 Boston (estimated) ....ii*. 1,200,000 San Francisco .......... 4 . . 1,000,000 Atlanta i. . 1,000,000 Minneapolis 1,000,000 Kansas City (estImated)5Vi' 900,000 Richmond St. (estimated). Louis Dallas I • . • • » , » > 900,000 866,342 '850,000 Grand tMstt !:. .Tf.. f... .fia,976,321 The most effective night's drive of the campaign is yet to be tallied up. The Boston and Philadelphia districts' figures represent sales only up to 11 o'clock Saturday morning; the New York district up to four o'clock in the afternoon, and in the remaining dis­ tricts up to three o'clock. The final figures, It was said, will go well over the $4,000,000,000 mark. The fourth loan and a Red Cross Cftmpaign are to be started in the fall. Seventh District Loan Figures. Chicago, May 7.--The .Seventh fed­ eral reserve district has unofficially subscribed 150 per cent of Its quota to the third Liberty loan. The latest official figures for the Seventh federal reserve district, given out Sunday night when many thous­ ands of subscriptions still remained to be tabulated, are as follows: Bub- Pet of Bcribers "Value quota 690,119 1136.527,200 108.20 Division. Quota Chicago .1126,180,000 Illinois .. 62,800,000 Indiana . 53,770,000 Iowa .... 71,060,000 Michigan 76,600,000 Wisconsin 45,600,000 851,558 72,246,000 136.83 292,270 60,751,800 112.89 471,532 109,416,900 154.00 359,886 92,694,650 122.61 292,913 66,002,000 144.74 Totals .$425,000,000 2,468,278 «587,841,460 126.60 Chicago's unofficial subscription to­ tal is $150,000,000. This may be swelled by reports not yet tabulated. Chicago's quota was $126,180,000. One in every three persons In Cook county is a bond holder In Uncle Sam's third big loan drive, according to the statistics compiled Sunday. The com­ plete figures may show a million sub? scriptions in Cook county, one to every two and one-half. Predictions Are Realized. All day belated reports poured Into Liberty Loan headquarters from the first five states in the district. From scores of these it was seen that the optimistic predictions mnde Saturday night when the campaign closed in a blaze of patriotism throughout the district will be realized. Iowa came through with a report Saturday of 9,000 subscribers, taking $10,000,000. Michigan, whose final per­ centage was expected to be 133 per cent of Its quota, reported that this figure would easily be met. Indiana, expected to show 128 per cent, re­ ported that the final figures may boost this to IS? (Htnt. Wisconsin, at no time feared as a laggard, came through with flying colors and trailed Iowa a close second With a 155 per cent oversubscription. More significant than anything else In the finale to Chicago's splendid blow for liberty was the fact that more than 800,000 of her citizens are bondholders, sharing the responsibil­ ity for the great war almost 50 per cent more than In either of the two previous loans. Montreal claims to have the largest flour mills in the British empire, with a capacity of 5,000 barrels a day. Potato's Spread In Europe. , The potato was first introduced into Spain by Hieronymus Carda, a monk; In 1553; into England by Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake in 1563; and into Ireland by Sir Walter Raleigh, In 1586. Limit to Truth Telling. Troth telling does not mean that we are to tell all we know to every one who questions, nor that every outsider has a right to gratify his curiosity con* corning things that should be sacted- or private. Fifty-Flfty. "Dent Imagine," she said, "that I would consent to be your wife Just because I have persaltted; you to kiss me." "Oh, very well," he replied, "but don't get It into your head that I'm going to ask you to be my wife Just because I insisted on kissing |on,"-- Springfield (O.) News. Ideal Republic, b a republic the cause of tfngle dtlaen shoold be that ot the whole. *o drive a fair, handle the guns, anC **ocp over the enemy trenches, takes •trong nerves, good rich blood, a good^ •toBMMSh, liver and kidneys* When th#r . ttnw comes, the man with red blood il| ' l«W "Is up and at it." He has iro<| nerve* for hardships--an Interest In hit J wor* Pips him. That's the way yon , * fe<i when yon have taken a blood an<|| ' ; ner?® tonle, made np of Blood roo%? \ S'Iden Seal root, Stone root Cherry* • rk, and rolled Into a sugar-coated tablet and sold in sixty-cent vials by al-| most all druggists for past fifty year#®* as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Disco*# ery. This tonic, In liquid or tablet fora^f is Just what you need this spring tof 2- give you vim, vigor and vitality. Atthfl P. fSg end of a hard winter, no wonde|§ you feel "run-down," blue, out of sortsfc Try this "Medical recovery" of Dttf^ Pierce's. Don't wait! To-day Is th#F day to begin! A little "pep," antt'yoitS latigh and live. The best means to oil the machinery of the body, put tone Into the llveivl , kidneys and circulatory system, Is t<f? first practice a good house-cleaning|» ; I know of nothing better as a laxatlvj*'. than a vegetable pill made up of MayM apple, leaves of aloe and Jalap. Thl|%; is commonly sold by all druggists «>n Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, andf shou ld be t aken a t l e a s t once a week t # ' r dear the twenty-five feet of Intestines^ \ You will thus clean the system--expet - the poisons and keep well Now the time to clean house. Give yourself a spring house cleaning.--Adv. n Why Women Suffer 1 s v .. "fDBCAUSE you are a woman , there is no need to soger ;.;'jpeln and annoyance which la- .'V vri*h work, comfort mn<* . -^ijlpleesure. When you Buffet again pg&bl Pis®* Tablets--a valoable, ""'.„%saling local application with _ fwtringentand tonic effects. The ^ "'?..|^|teaai« Piio established over 50 t 7**** guarantees fair treatment •, • juoney refunded if not satisfied. J If you would be lid of Bade - * ~i >Hsadaches,Nervou»neea, i ̂ Weariness as symptoms of the condition---a trijd will oonvineet DISOS ITABIETS S0M SvetyirAw* 60 Cmatm Smnpl0 HUM Fnm -erfafr--e poatemrd THE P1SO COMPANY ̂ 100 PI-- EMs. WumA wX': P " • I v • j PATENTS BatMiwuoaabl*. BlakMtrateraneM. BmMnteM.1 Educating the Farmer. The use of motion pictures in con-f|' nection with lectures and demonstra-4 • tlons on agriculture is proving a great* success in the province of Ontario* Canada. The average attendance at these meetings has increased greatly; - since their introduction in demonstrat#^ Ing the right and wrong way to getKl* things done on a farm. More than 5,000^ farmers have seen the "wood grading"!#^ film since November 1, while the aver-*- age attendance per film from Novem-> ber 1 last varies froaj 50 to 5,000, ae-yl^ cording to the subject. ' ;• •• if, $100 Reward, $100 - Catarrh ia a local disease greatly influ­ enced by constitutional conditions. It therefore requires constitutional . treat­ ment. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE? is taken internally and acts through th* •*. Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-,, tem. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICXNS|i- destroys the foundation of the disease* (rives the patient strength by improving?^ the general health and assists nature : doing Its work. 1100.00 for any case o£ ; ! Catarrh that HALL'S CATAMM MEDICINE falls to cure. k# Druggists 76c. Testimonials free. F. J. Cheney * Co., Toledo, Ohlow ON'DOLLY* V I?.. HER "FRAME-UP" •mail Girl Had Learned Early In Llfefft That There Are Times to Dodge ̂ Responsibility. ̂ The conversation In the lobby * Washington hotel turned to the subject^ Of uougtng responsibility, when anecdote was fittingly related by Rep- resentative Frank D. Scott of Mlchl-s' ; "Some time since a fond mother turned from an afternoon call andfc/ ^ found her five-year-old daughter hud^f v died up in a big armchair, crying blt-i" j terty< ' •. ^ "Why, Bessie," exclaimed the moth- . er, taking the little one in her anns#^; ••what in the world is the matter?" "Somefin dwelful has happened,'"^ sobbed the youngster, nestling closer^ to her mother, "I--'--T "That's all right, darling," coaxing!^ \} responded the mother. "Tell pie alt ;, i about It." <jK';V MIt waa my dolly," was tho tearful^ explanation of Bessie- "She dot awayfe^ from me and breaked a dlah ln,,tlMK. ; pantry." ^ ' • ' 1;:?- 'I Why Not, Indeed! "Why not open-air schools for all „ : childrenT' asked the bulletin of tbefj Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis sani-ffo' tarium. "Why the stupid policy of£/£. waiting till a child gets sick befor# giving him the fresh air he needs?" Quite a Grip. "Has Jones ever had much of a hoi •n yon?" "He succeeded In p my leg once." says -̂ W •<&) To ietthe best of all Corn fbods.order SmetXHsftReadylb-Gat ̂ umm • • ;,v ^ '",4 « ' V.jVv'O'^ 1 m v >.* -s , . _ +4 ̂ Lt 'siif,. * * ' * sV » , *, \ I*-