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FIGHTER S PLAY A PAIR Gi AVIATOR F. P. MAGOUN RELATES AN INSTANCE OF THEIR REAL SPORTSMANSHIP. f ONE FLYER'S LUCKY ESCAPE American Infantryman Has Advantage Over the German in' His Ammunition Equipment Finger Prints of Ger man Alien Females to Be Taken. .From Committee on Public Ijitormation. Washington. A committee on public information representative In London says : I There are no better sportsmen In the world than the allied airmen, and American avlaiors now fighting In Eu rope always play a fair game, as they learn It from the allies. F. P. Ma goun, a former Harvard student, now a member of the Royal air force, re cently wounded, tells how the lives of German observers escaping from bal loons have been spared. "We caught three Hun . balloons above the allied grounds In a mist, which prevented their gunners seeing us," said he. "It was a cinch. You should have seen them hustle out their parachutes and abandon the balloons. As they came falling down through the air we circled about closely but, of course, didn't open fire, as that's against the rules of the game. As soon as they touched ground they took cover like rabbits." MagoHn is the only American In his squadron, having joined In February of last year. He has bagged five German planes. While carrying bombs for low attack in, the recent offensive he re ceived a bullet through his left arm. but managed to return to his own lines. Magoun tells of a companion in his squadron who had one of the luckiest escapes during the war. He was put out of action 1.000 feet in the air when a bullet perforated his gaso line tank. He was rendered uncon scious by the fumes and his machine took a nose dive to earth, but he es caped wjthout a scratch, A section of the Royal air force- op erating In the Ypres salient has lost its only American member, who had been with the squadron only ten days when he went on a bombing raid at low elevation. He was hit by a machine-gun bullet and his plane fell in flames. He was taken prisoner. The efforts of newspapers to pro mote good feeling between the people of England and the thousands of Amer icans 'recel ted official backing when Sir Randolf Baker, member of parlia ment, offered to take charge of the American troops welfare department of the British government. His plans contemplate a continuous program of healthful recreation In every Ameri can rest camp and training camp In England. Special London theatrical companies will be sent out. An or ganization known as "Sammy's Blighty league" is being formed. The American infantryman in the expeditionary forces carries 200 rounds of ammunition in the pockets of his light canvas webb belt and his bando leers. The German soldier has only 120 rounds, and 30 of these are in his knapsack. To secure them at a critical moment he must lose valuable time. The American webb belts, according to the war department, are far su perior to the German leather bando leers. They are not affected by pro longed rains nor torrid weather. The manufacture of these belts is one of the most intricate of the operations in the textile field. United States army belts are made almost entirely of cotton. The exact weight of the 220 rounds carried by the American soldier in France is 12 pounds. With the Spring- fieTd rifle 23 aimed shots can be fired each minute. Firing from the hip 40 shots can be fired a minute. The new United States model 1917 (modified Enfield) does even better. The registration of German alien females, to begin Monday, June 17. and" end Wednesday, June 26. iill be conducted In cities or municipalities having 5,000 population or over by the police officials. In communities hav ing a population of less than 5,000 the registration will be handled by post masters. In general the plan of registration Is the same as that followed in the registration In February of German alien males. Each person who must register will be required to register her finger prints. Tis method of Identification is also used in the mili tary and naval services of the United States. Boy scout organizations are active In locating black walnut trees. Black walnut lumber is needed by the war department for use in making air plane propellers and gunstocks. t ovorv trnlnlntr -inn in the com try plans of the commission on train ing camp activities have been carrie out to provide athletic facilities foi the men. Baseball heads the list li popularity, and full equipment has been placed lu the camps. More than 70.000 baseballs and 3,000 bats have been sent. At Camp Lewis. Washing ton, there are 16 baseball fields in use Practicnlly every company in each camp division throughout the country has its team and there are company, battalion, regimental and interregi mental leagues. Every form of track jithletlcs occu pies the attention of men training at the camps. As many as 800 men have taken part In divisional contests, and track meets have been witnessed by more than-20,000 spectators. Where facilities permit, instruction in swimming is given. Men are first given land Instruction and then sent into the water. Tennis courts have been built in every camp, one having 40 courts, and the sport is rapidly gain ing in popularity. Through the gene rosity of golf clubs located near the camps, the demand for golf courses is partly being met. Polo matches are frequently held, and competition for places on the teams Is keen. There Is a list of 137 occupations where the demand for men in the war department constantly exceeds the sup ply. A pressing need exists In the army for men experienced in handling mules, and before all future needs are met a recruiting campaign may become neces sary. No difficulty has been expert enced in getting men who can buy and handle horses, but blacksmiths are scarce. There is a constant demand foi butchers, and Cooks are greatly need ed. In several technical branches, particularly the engineers, men for the higher positions are plentiful, but the workers for tbe. ranks arc scarce. Ex perienced mechanics, especially those familiar with automobiles, are always in demand. More interpreters than can be used have applied for positions with the war department, and applications for commissions as army chaplains are also in excess of the need. The excess totals thousands in each case. Clerks for general work are plentiful, but there is demand for specialists. . At present there is a surplus of dentists and pharmacists. Deliveries of the 8.000 motortrucks recently ordered by the motor trans port service of the war department are to be made between August 1 and December 1. These trucks, known as "Class B Standards," will have a ca pacity of from three to five tons, and will be distributed as needed through the various branches of the army. Ten thousand of these class B standard ized trucks have previously been or dered and are now In process of man ufacture and delivery. Under a new agreement the army will handle all mail for the expedition- ; ary forces after It leaves United States ports. The post office department will deliver the mail to military authorities 1 at the port of embarkation In this I country and receive it from them at a port In France for dispatch to the United States. The domestic money- , order service to the troops will for the present at least, continue under the , direction of the post office department , in France. The first Porto Kican laborers to ' reach the United States under govern- 1 ment auspices will be at work upon 1 government contracts within a month. ' The employment service of the de- I partment of labor hns already found i employment for at least 100.000 of these men, as common laborers on con struction work at Norfolk, Newport i News. Baltimore and vicinity. Ar- ' rangements are now being made by ' the department of labor to provide proper housing for these men. POLK CQtJNTY NEWSTEYONN- 0. r ' - ' i ftHI& ' PlinMim I 3v :-r- ;r zTnn r fir i "tS. 1 i ' Imzm P Clllln in,, V mm 'Alpru i U -? V JX.&A XS&nr I German 1 French refugees with their household goods passing tmtisn gun positions us wty Germans 2 King George and members of the royal family reviewing American troops at Buckingham palace, Lon don S-Capt. Gabriel Pares, director of a band composed of wounded French soldiers that is touring the United States. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Germans Start a New) Drive on Paris, Striking Lines off the Allies in Champagne. ADVANCE, BUT LOSE HEAVILY Women between the ages of twenty- one and thirty-five who have had a high school education or its equivalent will he elicible for admission to the army school of nursing, arrangements for which were recently made by the war department. It is intended to start several schools in selected mili tary hospital. Unless otherwise spe cified, applications should be sent di rectly to the army school of nursing, office of the surgeon general of the army, Washington. D. C. "Keeping Our .Fighters Fit For War and After," Is the title of an official book issued by thecommlssion on training camp activities, describing the athletics, mass singing, social life and other recreations of men in array and navy camps. The book tells of the theaters, the work of the Y. M. C. A., Knights of 'Columbus and other or ganizations associated with the com mission In welfare work, and gives details of life in the camps. The two picric acid plants to be built at Little Rock, Ark., and Bruns wick, Ga contracts for which have been completed by the war depart ment, will cost approximately $7,000,- 000. Enough heavy Browning machine guns for instruction purposes have been shipped to every National Guard training camp and cantonment in the troops are in training. Heavy Brown ings for overseas training have been shipped. Light Browning rifles sufficient In number to equip the machine-gun units of more than four army divisions have been manufactured, and over seas shipment of one half has begun. The other half of the output goes to Briny divisions In this country. Men of selective service age who leave the United States to evade' mil- National armjM itary duty will have to stand trial on country where charges of violations of the selective service act when they return to the country, according to the department of Justice, even though they do not re turn until after the war. The department has at hand infor mation from which complete lists may be prepared of all men who have left the country to avoid service, says a recent statement authorized by the attorney general. Foch's Reserves Come Up land Huns Are Checked North of the tfarne Americans Carry Out Offensive In Gallant Style Italians Win Two Vlctorieal; By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Last week witnessed a renewal of the kaiser's drive on the west front, but to the surprise of everyone not in I the confidence of the German high I command, the blow was directed, not '. against the allies in Flanders, nor against their lines In the Aliens re , gion. but In Champagne. His appar ent Intention was to rush hs foYces 'swiftly on 'Paris, breaking j through ! where the allies were wer.kst. The : location was well chosen and he prep j aratlons made with wonderful secrecy. I but up to the hour of writing the re ( suits were, as In the former diives. not comparable with the losses sustained. The apex of the drive had advanced , some 18 mll?s beyond the startng line, reaching Vezllly, six miles ffom the Marne and 44 miles from Parts. The famous Chemin des Dames hip d been taken, as had Craonne. Vailly Fismes and other towns and villages, and finally, on the west side of the new ' salient, the allies retired from Sols j sons. But by that time Genea Foch's j reserves were arriving In large num j bers and the desperate efforts of the , Germans to widen the salient w,ere ( stubbornly resisted and virtually , checked. In the suburbs of Soissons the French were holding onto tttfg west ern outlets from that city, and north west of Reims, on the east side of the wedge, the Franco-British forces were repulsing every Hun assault. ' The commanders of the allies, viewed the situation with (calm confidence and seemed to have no doubt that they; could stem the onrush of the Germans Jong before they reached the neighborhood of Paris. They were not yielding a foot of ground easily or cheaply, but were pursuing their former potiey of retiring in good order before vns't)y su perior numbers, maintaining their line Intact and sparing their reserves as much as possible. f - jr. The German armies selected tcif this third drive were those of the crown prince, though they are commanded really not by that degenerate Sjrm of the kaiser, but by Generals Von Bjbehm and Von Below. About thirty divisions, with large droves of tanks. and nuch artillery, were brought up to theiChe min des Dames front in the nights and kept concealed In the daytime sdtthat the allied aviators had no lnkllnthat ttoe long expected attack was. be made there. Facing the 30 divisions were nine French and four British di visions to stop the Germans whenfthey began their attack on Monday between Coucy and Reims, after a terrific bom bardment with gas and high explosive shells. They forced their way down to the Alsne the first day, and (4ven crossed that river at some pfnts. Next day they made a further advance of 89m e five miles, reach' ng the flesle river and forcing a crossing at FlSJjiea, hut already they were being slowed up, and on the flanks they were able to make little progress. Wednesday hey directed great masses of troops at $iols sons, and the French and British tl)?re. after exacting a fearful price In lives, withdrew to the western environs. Meanwhile the German Center 3vas pushed forward to Fere-en-Tardeols and Vezllly. On Thursday the etfflre allied line was reported to be holding well, and thereafter the Huns injHd slow and difficult progress, or nonfat Foch's arrangements for handling Hia reaervea proved excellent, and She - ' - .... I , - : 5,;.: : , ,X ; - 1 ' ; " 1 J - fresh troops arrived swiftly and with out confusion! largely by motortruck trains, and got Into the fight immedi ately on reaching the front. Foch was compelled to keep In mind the fact that more than 3.000.000 German soldiers are facing him and that vast numbers are still threatening Amiens and Ar ras, and consequently he culd not make his line everywhere ar thick as he would like to have It. Buj his plans for quick shifting of troops are ad mirable. The German soldiers. It has been learned from various sources, were keyed up to the present effort by promises of the prompt capture of Paris and a consequent German peace. That these promises cannot be, ful filled there need not be the least doubt. The morale and valor and determina tion of the French and British were never greater than now, and the ever Increasing numbers of the dashing American soldiers give them renewed confidence. The Americans In Plcardy undertook their first real offensive on Tuesday, and acquitted themselves gloriously. Attacking on a front of one and a quarter miles west of Montdldler. In less than an hour they had smashed the German lines, captured the village of Cantigny. taken several hundred prisoners and Inflicted heavy losses In killed and wounded on the enemy. The entire attack. Including the waves of barrage fire, was carried out with per fect smoothness. Twelve tanks led the way. arid Pershing's men followed them with the cry "Go to It, Yanks." When they reached Cantigny they, found the village mainly ruined houseswith the German garrison hidden in caves and dugouts. These refuges were speedily cleaned out with grenades, and all the Germans there were either killed or captured, A ridge beyond the village was the real military ob Jeetlve.nnd this our troops soon gained, and prepared to hold It. dejite the fierce fire from the enemy. And hold It they did throughout the week, against repeated counter-attacks. This operation was not extensive, but as one British officer jubilantly re marked, it was not the size that count ed so much as the splendid way In which the Americans showed the Ger mans their mettle. In the Lunevllle sector the Huns made a heavy attack on the American line Wednesday, but were driven back with considerable loss. The American casualties were few and not a prisoner was taken by the enemy, though that was their main object. That night there was great artillery activity all along the front northwest of Toul, and on Thursday many serial battles were fought there. - la in Flanders the Germans made one big attack, early In the week, between Voormezeele and Locre, but after gain ing a small bit of ground they wer driven back with severe losses.. fe A characteristic hit of German bru tality was the deliberate bombing of; American hospitals In a town many; miles from the front. One nurse was killed and a number of wounded were Injured. The Hun aviators also made several attempts fo raid Paris, but the air defenses of the French capital are now so admirable that the raiders were easily driven off. American avia tors are now helping to defend Paris. The Italians apparently grew tired cf waiting for a renewal of the Aus trian offensive and took matters Into their own hands. In two dashing op erations they captured important mountain positions in the Tonale re gion, together with many prisoners and guns, and cut a big gap through the Austrian defenses on the lower Plave front at Capo Slle. The first of these battles was fought on ground 1,200 feet above the sea and amid gla ciers and melting snows. tei Sweden. It was announced ha: signed a commercial and navigation agreement with Great Britain and her allies. A similar agreement between Denmark nd America has so angered Germany chat the Danes have been served with ar nltlmaMm that it must be canceled. The swamping o the riun submarine by American shipbuilders goes ahead merrily and no lougi.r here any doubt of the ultimate failure of the U-boat wprfare. A significant event of the week was the launching at Newark of the Agawam, ihe first of tlje new standardized fabricated steel vessels built by the Emergency Fleet corpora tion, j The British admiralty announced! that the transport ship Leasowe Castle had been torpedoed in the Mediterranean with a loss of 101 persons. The central committee of Finnish workmen has protested against the brutalities of the White guard, which, it asserts, has Imprisoned 70,000 per sons and slaughtered prisoners by wholesale, hundreds of the killed being wolnen. In this delectable work the' White guard is helped by the German soldiers. p fa Of great importance was the an nouncement by the administration last Wednesday that the United States now supports the nationalistic aspira tions of the Czecho-Slovaks and the Jugo-SIavs. Until now the president had gone n,o further than to express sympathy with the idea of autonomy for the anti-German Austrian states, but he has changed his attitude and his new policy may do much to encour age the subject races of Emperor Charles to revolt. It will certainly encourage the brave Italians who are fighting along the Plave, where before long American troops will be with them in the trenches. On the other hand the Austrian em peror has stated that in the future he will rely on "the faithful and pre cious collaboration of the Germans for the development of the interests of the state." IS3 - President Wilsou appeared before congress unexpectedly on Mouday and urged that body to begin work imme diately on tax legislation to provide the funds necessary to the carrying on of the war. The defeat of the cen tral powers, he said, is the considera tion that dominates every other. Sen ators, representatives, supreme court justices, everybody present, rose and cheered lustily when the president add ed : "We are not only in the midst of the war. we are at the very peak and crisis of it. Indreds of thousands of our men. carrying our nearts witn tnem and our fortunes, are in the field, and ships are crowding, faster and faster to the ports of France and England with regiment after regiment, thou sand after thousand, to join them until the enemy shall be beaten and brought to a reckoning with mankind." Despite the desire of many members to have an early adjournment, congress yielded at once to Mr. Wilson's pleu and plans were made to formulate a revenue bill as speedily as may be. The president in his address confirmed the expectation that there would be another and larger Issue of Liberty bonds in the fall, probably Immediate ly after the election. JSS On Wednesday the president Issued an appeal to all Americans to buy only those things which are essential to the Individual health and efficiency, and to save their money and Invest it sys tematically in war savings and Thrift stamps and other government securi ties. 1 Director General McAdoo announced general pay increases for nearly 2,000, 000 railway employees, carrying out most of the recommendations of the railroad wage commission, and he fol lowed this with the announcement that both freight and passenger rates would be raised. 4he latter to 3 cents a mile, and the former by more than 25 per cent. This, it Is estimated, vrUl bring In about $900,000,000 more a year which will be used to meet the In creases in wages .and the higher cost of supplies. fe Popular belief, based on the wheat crop estimates, that the restrictions on the use of wheat might soon be modi fied was corrected by Mr. Hoover, who says every prospect of tfc- wheat sit uation intensifies the need for the greatest possible limitation In the con sumption of wheat and wheat product In America In order that there may not be serious want among' our allies The consumption of the cereal at home, he 6aysr should be only one-third of th normal. caused ' s sen". iiuco wtucri ha vp devastation during tu iust off tho m States. The,, n , 1 lit a' e Kn at least nine distance out of v.". own to ... Sight nf . southern t ---- ocIi!ey shore it is reared that still have hPOn oa. .. rt marauders, the moveme have been reported at during the last fortni, incr infn .'"IZ: uum suther;Jt -Nine Amer; t0 have been 'ican New York. were known vjcimau suDmannes off the n-.f -' : """ i-uwi biuce May 25 a li ii jn.fie.Mf if. r n . i .. oia, wuicu are seeing to pJ aailine- nf Iran enow- I -u.id wiia trcI "" " uauiciicmb . oi trance nl New York to Porto Rim n J uua, oi o.uuu tons, which w J-f ed Sunday night about is BuuLueasi ui aanay-Hook. Their-'" her 220 passengers and ere j j--who took to the boats whea. r::;. began to fall a"bout the vessel ; iy f. known, but there was hope th: tis had been picked up by soae e." ship or would reach shore st inc: the small boats. Not a life tzi l the sinking of the other ships, l cr 1 Ing to late reports. Ithc. : Reports brought ashore by Jhc: vivors indicated that the Wit nie and nearly all the schoosenj sunk by the same U-boat wfel been lurking in the path of sL: off the New Jersey coast and tie! ware capes since late last moo sfnrma told hv the skinny l schooners indicated that tie mander of the submersible ml usually humane for a German ri rine officer. In no instance, scl known, was a lifeboat shelled a all cases reported the crews fy given opportunity to escape bF taken aboard the submarine iF19 1 some of them were kept priscEl T '. eight days before they were net 1 adrift for eight days before thejfjBcL . ' turned adrift to be picked up rear t passing vessel. teac': . m V: SUPREME COURT HOLDS CI-llLD LABOR LAW Washington. The federal cU TL bor law of 1916 forbidding J-for t shipment of products of ci.4cer.: has been declared uncons:;:4n; and invalid by the supreme coi'pf t' . Injunctions restraining the Pj't! ment, from putting the statute : tl effect and restraining a Chariot ,ar C, cotton mill from discharjis? : t t dren employed by it were ss' by the court. e x Justices Holmes. McKenna. I' utut deis and Clarke dissented. In deciding the case, Justice -who rendered the opinion, satf "Ovot. inforctntp . t ranspcrtdt. Its indents, the regulatory Pt c- Conrreas is ample, but the p:' of articles intended w commerce is a matter of lca- "' all i- nd r :re. ard It: t: 1 . . .11 .J slip1 "If it were otherwise, tnro intpnrlpri for interstate wrmiH ho hrnne-ht under f trol to the practical exclusion M aiithnrifr nf thp statCS. & ' , . itDH hv DM tainiy noi conieiupia- - on nt fha institution . x o is. kuv Vin'l voataA 1 fnn PTfifiS the aUi-- ..aou in "o . 5 . omnllE U " I reguiate commeiLc " GERMAN DRIVE IS PRACTICALLY Although it cannot be saio a i Germans in their new offer- been definitely stopped, J enneieBS, a mo.i W w v wt hP" ' fKoir pains bave lively small. And, according to the , unofficial observers, . hava been able since lo bees i the allied lines to attain a heavy price in lives has FLOCKS OF AIRPLAY" c0, ARE PATROL"" New York.-Fifty or more reinforced by hydrops - , n Tr Tia Trni nil in - - um ' i every observer keeping ,,.1 out for hostile submarine mation was refused oy - ja avtn a a TVtSRlble " ,-1fl''l renh. British and Italian' iow are scattered in an amoa throughout the authorities, but force of fliers w V
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