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Germans Completely Flabbergasted by Swiftness of Haig's Assault
RULED MEN
English Labor Leader Says
Active Steps Necessary to
Undermine Autocratic
Government at Its Seat
(Advocates Brisk Continu
anoe of Military Opera
tions so Long as Necessary
but Argues That Political
Offense Most Desirable.
Am >■ « ilu NBtMteM* ta
tereteer — «l n « hrft British
Uor war aim«. Arthur Hendor
M, to e m o« labor mambar ef tha
Uard Georgs cabin at and spokes
man hr Brttlah tradaa unionism,
omphe Bleed a point g en o ra l l y orar>
laokad In thla oountrp.
Ba ravala tha Impor t« wo « a*
hohlBf In Buropa to tha eeotmdary
effenatvo tha political offensive—
launohad hr President WUaon
■falnat HohansolUmlam In hla
war declaration speech. Dispatches
(ram Fraaoa during tha past few
daps hare revealed tha extant
with which th« campaign for the
démocratisation of Germany Is
being pushed from that angle and
through ■wltseriandL—Editor Cap
ital Newa.
By LOWBUi HfflUnTi
London, Nov. 11.—The aille« Should
_ _
not abandon their political' rffinsïvi !
agalsnt Germany, according to Arthur
Henderson, because In many respects
It Is the most dangerous offensive the
bouse of Hohensollern bee to taoe.
Henderson, as leader of the labor
party
and I
has aligned with him come four
half million voters through the
new coalition of his party end the oo- ,
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speratlve movement.
A WORRIED PRINCE.
"Look at this Item In the paper,**
said the labor loader.
The Item reported the eddrese of the
crown prince to the lateet batch of
German boys brought to tho western
front to Join tholr fathom and
brothers.
"THEM ARH POWERS AT WORK
ATTEMPTING TO SOW DISCORD
:
BETWEEN THE GERMAN PEOPLE
AND THEIR SOVEREIGN, KNOW
ING GERMANY OTHERWISE IS IN
VINCIBLE" said the crown prlnoe.
IT IS YOUR WORK ALSO TO PRE
VENT THIS." end more ef the same.
"Of oourse Germany Is not 'other
wise krvlnolM«,' - said Henderson.
The crown prlnoe pretends not to fear
al Ttee* military efTorta, but he
Äjwe * greet mom regarding their
kBmty to make a wide breaoh by other
kseaa e bet ween the kaiser and bis peo
Mn THE REAL POSITION IS THAT
VBDB GERMAN KAISER AND HIS
BMB COMMAND REALIZE THAT
VHJOR MILITARY PLANS BAVE
VAILED. They are now at pains to
Preve nt their military failure leading
be A peitttoal upheaval at home.
; _REAL ALLY PURPOSB.
, unitary victory is not the final
Bta ef the alllea* It la a means to an
mé. n la nought In order to enable
feem to achieve (he sert ef pesos
Which t hey oonoatvo bn ha essential to
Pe even l any future recurrence of the
pr e s ent awful struggle and to secure
the and of tha war for all time)
p eace which win reoognlae the rights
of paoptos to disposa ef themselves as
«hay think best, and will maks the
world safe for democracy, a peace
which will solve aU old grievances
without creating new ones and which
will -««curs just recompense for the In
nocent victims of the foul wrongs per
petrated by Gorman militarism during
the war.
"Those are broadly the alms of the
allies and It seems to me that to sup
plement military effort by the political
weapon. In order more quickly to
achieve such an honorable and a last
ing peace, would not weaken the
oily position but would strengthen It.
"We are at war with the kaiser and
kaiserlsnr and personally I do not want
to see any peace made with kalserlsm.
IF THE PEACE SETTLEMENT IS
TO HAVE ANY PROSPECT OF DUR
ABILITY, IT MUST BE MADE WITH
THE GERMAN PEOPLE AND NOT
WITH THE KAISER.
"President Wilson, who has a pro
found knowledge of real politics and
whose utterances come nearer to the
Ideals of democracy than those of any
other allied statesman, has seen ths
possibilities of the use of the political
weapon In this war. and he has cour
•geously defined the Important dif
ference between the German people
and Its autocratic rulers. In this dlf
farentlon I fully concur with President
Vt ilson and I strongly advocate jt po
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lltlcal offensive to widen the hreac.l\
between kaiserlsm and .the German
people. —
LEGITIMATE METHODS.
"By fc 'political offensive,' I do not
mean that Great Britain should resort
luran uiei ureau di itom buuuiu resuj i
to the use of unscrupulous diplomatic,
practices, as Germany has done. The
British people would not tolerate them.
But I do say that they should make a
Wlse and . discriminate . use of legit!
peats political methods, which are open
Most Remarkable
Battle of the War
taged by British
Unexpected Smash of Haig Swept Germans Off Their
Feet—No Apparent Preparations for the Terrific As
sault, Which Went Past German's Second Line of
Defense.
* (Continued from Pirat Page.)
Quentin sector since early In tha sum
mer.
BEST SINCE THE MARNE.
In many clrclea here today, tha vic
tory was hailed as, perhaps, the roost
Important military stroke achieved by
tha allies since the battle of the Marne.
Aotual penetration of the Hlnden
burg line, which Germany has boasted
was completely Impregnable and
which her militarists have led the peo
ple to believe would forever bar the
allied progress, MAY BE EXPECTED
TO HAVE A POWERFUL EFFECT
ON GERMAN MORALE IN THE
FIELD AND AT HOME.
Field Marshal Haig has not com
pletely and definitely located the driv
Over Confident Germans Had Expected
a Rattling Artillery Move to Come First
By WTLUAM PHILLIP SIMMS.
With the British Armies In the Field,
Nov. II.—The strangest battle In the
world's history was that by which the
British today smashed the Hlndenburg
Una.
There has been no other battle like
It In the annals of warfare. ONLY
THE WOODEN HORSE OF TROY
OFFERS A COMPARISON WITH
HAIG'S BLOW IN TACTICAL ORIGI
NALITY.
General Pershing, commander in
chief of the American army In Franoe,
! T ltn " ,ed thl * mo,t ■'»««ring of all
the blows which the British have
launched against the enemy.
At a moment Vben the world was
saying that surprise attacks In this
wnr were no longer possible—when
010 Prussians wer« thinking the same
,hln «* sleeping soundly In their
, comfortable dugouts, without the
faintest suspicion that anything was
brewing—BRITISH ARMY TANKS
LEADING BRITISH INFANTRY,
ROSE UP FROM THE GROUND
LIKE MAGIC AND SWUNG TO THE
ATTACK.
NO ARTILLERY PREPARATION.
Ther« was no artillery preparation.
Th« lumbering tanks did th« pulver
ising of the way. They blazed the
trail, their gigantically ponderous
paths offering fre« entrance to the In
fantry Immediately behind. They
crashed over wire entanglements, over
artfully oonoealed Chevaux de Frise,
over trenches themselves end the
walking Tommies followed.
Prisoners pouring back of the lines
today were still dazed with the sur
prise of the attack.
THEY WERE UTTERLY FLAB
BERGASTED. Not an officer nor man
had the slightest Idea the British could
possibly strike on their quiet aeotor at
a time WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED
EVERY OUNCE OF BRITAIN'S
STRENGTH WAS CONCENTRATED
IN FLANDERS.
Slnoe the battle ef Arras, the Cam
brai sector has dosed In peace and
quiet The Une seemed Impregnable.
The Germane had heard that so often
they were oertaln of It They were
confident that tt would take weeks
of high explosive sheU preparation and
wtre-outtlng expeditions, as well aa
Haig's New
the Entire
Tactics
Course
May Change
of the War
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and above board and which mean
elimination of secret diplomacy."
"At present," he continued, "the al
lies are negotiating with the kaiser's
servants. All the speeches made by
the German chancellor and replied to
by allied statesmen constitute the em
ployment of open political means—to
bring about a settlement of the war. It
j * a game of skilled diplomacy, but one
0 f the chief faults Is that the alllee
are playlnK lt with a minister who la
so i e ] y responsible to the kaiser.
SUGGESTS A PARTNER.
'To my mind, the most satisfactory
channel of communication available
Is provided by the German Soclalsts
By J. W. T. MASON.
New York, Nor. 21.—General Haig's
great victory against the Hlndenburg
line haB been won by the adoption of
revolutionary tactics that may change
the whole course of the war. Surprise
has been restored to strategy.
The British advance has been made
with tanks serving Instead of artil
lery to break the German barbed de
fenses. No preliminary bombardment
of the enemy's position waa under
taken sufficiently far In advance of
the attack to give the enemy time to
prepare his resisting measures. In
stead of the uprooting barrage the
1
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® n(l particularly by the minority So
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cla lists. Personally. I would much
rather consult with a German minority
Socialist during the war than with an
official of an autocratic German gov
eminent after the war.
"if WE REALLY DESIRE TO BEE
ing front, but the German official re
port named It aa centering over the
Bapaume-Cambral highway.
HINDENBURG LINE DESCRIBED.
The Hlndenburg .line starts at Dro
court just northwest of Douai and runs
In a fairly straight line down through
Vltry-en-Artols, Vllllers, Cagnicourt,
to Queant and Pronvllle, thence on the
Boursles, Havrtncourt, Gouzeaucourt,
Epehy and SL Quelntln.
The first, or upper section of this
Une —that from Droeourt to Queant
has been named the "Wotan line." The
lower section Is the "Siegfried line' 1
both together form the general scheme
of the Hlndenburg front.* The total
length Is about 40 miles.
unprecedented barrages to do the
trick.
So they dozed and slept and took
life easy In the German lines. There
was practically no artillery fire felt
from the British side—"the Englischer
sweln" were too busy with their con
centrated guns at Passchendaele, and
besides they didn't have enough guns
to concentrate, so why worry? That
must have been the German psychol
ogy.
No more utterly demoralized human
beings In the world were seen than
these name sleekly confident Boches
us they crawled from their dugouts,
sleep barely out of their eyes, at the
sound of crunching, lumbering Jugger
nauts above them—to find British sol
diers swarming everywhere. They
raised their arms In shrilling cries of
"knmerad," "kamerad," and fled hith
er and thither, dazed and terror
stricken. Guns that never fired a shot
in this battle were seized by the Tom
mies or else crushed Into the yielding
earth by the steely weight of the
tanks.
Cement emplacements, steel bound
roofs of dugouts, crunched In burying
Germans like ants In hills trodden un
der foot.
ALL OLD RULE8 DISCARDED.
All of tho rules of preparation for
war and of the actual battle strategy
Itself were thrown aside In the British
coup.
Some time Monday night a large
number of BrlttBh tAnks took their
berth behind the lines. The Germans
didn't hear them; It was too dark for
them to be seen.
In the early morning Tuesday these
monsters crawled forth In the hazy
light between darkness and daylight.
A smoke barrage concealed their
camouflaged sides. The Germans did
not know they were In action until
they rumbled and wheezed over their
heads.
The Hlndenburg line—the Impreg
nable, the never-yielding, the last word
In defenses—was taken, therefore,
without a single preparatory gunshot.
HOW COMPLETE WAS THE SUR
PRISE OF THE -GERMANS WAS
EVIDENCED IN THE FACT THAT
AT ONE POINT A GERMAN DI
VISION WAS IN PROCESS OF RE
LIEVING ANOTHER AT THE VERY
MOMENT OF THE ATTACK.
1 British tanks cleared the path for the
infantry.
NEVER BEFORE IN TRENCH
FIGHTING.
Never before since the adoption of
the trench system of fighting, have
tactics of this kind been employed. Ar
tillery always hag been the advance
«gent of the Infantry. Sometimes the
preliminary booming has continued for
more than a week and always for sev
eral days. Thus the enemy has been
given ample warning of the direction
from which an attack was Impending.
But Haig apparently did not loosen
hla artillery days in advance of the
L — a . « ... .
treason why, aide by side with such
A DEMOCRATIC GERMANY WE
SHOULD DO ALL IN OUR POWER
TO STRENGTHEN THE DEMO
CRATIC ELEMENTS IN GERMANT.
If we Intend that peace when' lt comee
shall bo a democratic and lasting
peace, made by democratically-elected
representatives of all the people.con
cerned, surely It would be better to
address our speeches not to the Ger
man Imperial chancellor, who la the
servant Of the kaiser, but to the elect
ed representatives of the German
people.
NO MILITARY LET-UP.
"Bo long as military effort la neces
sary there must be no slackening on
the part of the allies, but that la
effort, we should not attempt, by
wise and sensible uee of the political
weapon, to hasten the settlement of
the war by a peace which shall be Just,
honorable and democratic."
Waits for
American
Fighters
England's Hope Based on
Yankee Man Power and
Many Millipn Tons of
United States Shipping.
London, Nov. 21.—England looks
anxiously for the day when America's
"first million men" shall be In France
and when America's first «,000,000
tons of shipping shall sail the seas
bringing more men, more munitions,
more supplies, In the common cause
against autocracy.
The hope ot an early realization of
these plans, as expressed by Premier
Lloyd George In his speech opening the
Brltlsh-American war conference, was
re-echoed throughout England today.
It served again to emphasize the
Brltfsh public's realization of the vast
Impetus which America will give to
the allied war machine and, to the
! Americans here,, at least, lt also served
as a reminder of the gigantic task to
I which the United States has set it
! self.
I SPEEDING UP.
! With Lloyd George's speech opening
the confrf-enee, tho representatives of
, the two governments bent to work to
i speed up the realization of the pre
mier's hopes and aspirations.
Foremost under discussion was the
British plea for acceleration of Amer
lea's concentration of fighting men at
the front. FROM LLOYD GEORGE'S
WORDS IT WAS EVIDENT ENG
LAND -HOPES FOR ALL SPEED IN
THIS MOBILIZATION.
"Like Britain," the premier said,
"the United States is a pacific power
and she, therefore, has had to build
up a war organization fçpm the start.
In doing so she can learn from many
mistakes which Britain made. Two
of the most urgent matters today are
man power at the fronts and ship
ping.
DISCOURAGEMENTS.
"The collapse of Russia and the re
cent reverses of Italy make lt even
more Imperative than before that the
United States should send as many
troops as possible across the Atlant!
as early as possible. I am anxious to
know how soon the first million mß n
can be expected in France.''
can be expected
The premier detailed the allies' needs
In airplane, food and supplies and re
iterated the necessity for closest co
operation in the war.
RUSSIA ANeTiTALY
SITUATIONS DEMAND
QUICK ACTION BY U. S.
London, Nov. 21.—Added emphasis
that America's more speedy aad larg
er participation in the trenches has
been necessitated by the Russian and
Italian developments was given to
Premier Lloyd George's speech before
the American mission iu newspaper
comment today.
AU editorial comments held the
prime minister's forceful address had
aptly summed up the part America
must henceworth play in the concert
of nations leagued against Germany.
Great stress was also laid on the
Imperative ne^d that America's ship
building promises be kept in detail.
Premier Lloyd George tendered his
conferees a luncheon today in Down
ing street, many Important British of
ficials attending. Colonel House was
the only American commissioner ab
sent.
present attack. The emphasis In tho
British official report is placed on the
fact that the enemy was completely
surprised. No such surprise lias ever
over taken the Germans on the western
front since the battle of the Marne.
They have always known beforehand
when any major attack was preparing.
NOW THE BIG SURPRISE PARTY
Today, however, it has been demon- 1
strated that a surprise attack can b,
undertaken along; a huge front with
great success. The German air ser
vice even can bo fooled. If the Ger
mans are unable to discover the direc
tion of attacks In advance, their fight
ing efficiency must suffer an immense
decline.
Tho allied superiority. In man power
and munitions will then play their
real part in the war, for the Germans
haven't enough men to concentrate ev
erywhere at once. Should von Hin
denburg, therefore, fall to Invent new
measures to guard against surprise of
fensives. the possibilities of Haig's
novel tactics are limitless.
CANDIDATES NAMED FOR
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP
New York, Nov. 21.—Some of tho
best performers on eastern tracks thla
year were nominated for the Metropol
itan handicap, the suburban handicap
and the toboggan handicap. Nomina
tions were made pubMc today and In
clude Old Rosebud, Hourless and
Omah Khayyam, sensational handicap
horses of the year. They are named
for the suburban, which will bo the
first time the trio of stars have been
pitted against each other.
Campfire, champion 8-yesr-old of
191«, also was nominated for this event.
Sunbrier is entered In all three
everts. Papp. which was one of the
best of this year's horses, will run In
the Metropolitan and Toboggan.
SIX DAY BICYCLE RACE.
New York. Nov .81.—Two more
teams for ths annual six-day bicycle
race were announced here today. They
are Bobby Walthour and Paul Suter,
end Tom Bello and Vincenzo Madonna.
Promoter Wellman «tili 1« casting
about for a man to pair with Frank
Kramer. Alfred Goulet! refused to
race with Kramer, figuring the vet
eran could not last through a alx-day
grind.
g a j ne( ^ only after Utterhart had threat
1 ene j to B tart habeas corpus proceed
tv,.
To See Her
Child; Ray
of Cheer
Mrs. De Saulles Looks For
ward to Visit That Will
Lighten Gloom of Murder
Trial.
Mlneola, L. L, Nov. 21.—For the first
time since her murder trial opened,
Blanca De Saulles seemed almost an
imated today as she entered court,
smiled at her sister, Amalio, and
looked shyly at the eight Jurors in the
box. Defense counsel, Henry Uter
hart said the prospect of seeing her
child. Jack, after court adjourned to
night, had made a marked change In
Mrs. De Saulles. The sister, Amalio,
looked even sadder and more weary
than Mrs. De Saulles until the ques
tlonlng of prospective Jurors got under
way again. Then the girl on trial for
murder lapsed into her old llstless
ness.
WILL MAKE ADMISSION.
Frank admission that Mrs. De
Saulles went to her former husband's
home the night of Aug. 3 and shot
him to death with a revolver will prob
ably bo made by the defense, accord
ing to Indications today. Admitting
this Utterhart will demand that the
prosecution prove—"beyond a reason
able doubt"—that the beautiful Chilean
was perfectly sane when she did the
killing.
Every Juror In the box has answered
"yes" to the following questions:
"If, when you retire to the Jury
room, you have a reasonable doubt
as to the sanity of this defendant
on the night of Aug. 3, will you
acquit?"
Thus Uttferhart believes he has only
to create a reasonable doubt of Mrs.
de Suulles' Insanity In order to ac
quit her.
WILL SEE CHILD TONIGHT.
Immediately after court adjourned
tonight Mrs. De Saulles will meet her
child, Jack, five, for a two hour visit
In the Nassau county jail. She will be
permitted two visits a week until tho
end of the trial. This permission was
lngs to get the boy.
lira. Errazuriz, mother of Mme. De
Saulles, had partly recovered from the
effects of the heart attack she ex
perienced In court. She may reap
pear at the trial this afternoon.
Beads, baskets, trays, fancy China,
pictures, scarfs and mocassins at
Schackner's Art and Gift Shop. Pic
ture framing. Adv
BIG STROKE
(Cor.tln".ed from Page One.)
♦ he Germans have had to deplete their
defense lines of a considerable number
of men—probably both for the Italian
drive and to protect their positions in
Flanders.
BRITISH MENACE MAIN
COMMUNICATING LINE
By ED L. KEEN.
London, Nov. 21.—Field Marshall
Haig has broken the Hlndenburg line.
At various points on a front over
at least a score of miles, the British
commander In chief today reported his
troops had smashed their way for a
distar '8 of between four and five miles
through the first defenses of the
vaunted Hlndenburg defenses.
UTTERLY DEMORALIZED.
The surprise of the British drive,
coupled with its overpowering force,
was so complete and th/ German de
moralization so utter, that official re
ports dl(i not attempt to estimate the
num t>er of prisoners taken nor the j
q Uan my 0 f guns, supplies and amniu*
several weeka. agents of the depart -
nltlon.
OVER FORTY MILES.
Last night's report from Field Mar
shal Haig specified operations extend
ing in all from the river Scarpo to St.
yuentin—a front of nearly 40 miles.
Today's report, however, does not
specify the exact frontage on which
the line was broken, merely announc
ing lt was "wide."
The British may have started their
drive at scores of points along the var
ious parts of the 40-mlle line nnd later
concentrated at certain strategic sec
tions. This would seem to be borno
out by the great advances made di
rectly opposite Cambrai.
The concentration apparently cen
tered there, where the largest gains
were reported.
CLEAN UP AGITATORS
IN MIDDLE WEST
Kansas City. Mo., Nov. 21.—What is
expected to prove the greatest round
up of I. W. W. agitators in the history
of the middle west la on throughout
the Kanaaa oil flelda today and with
in the next 49 houra lt Is probable
that 3000 arrests will be made.
The largest raid ao far reported waa
at Augusta, Kan., where 22 were ar
rested. Several leaders for that dis
trict and a,large amount of literature
were taken. Many other arrests were
made during the night In the Augusta
and Eldorado oil field districts, which
has been the center of I. W. W. die
t urban ces.
Throughout the" state citizens are
lending the athorities every aid In an
effort to "clean up" the state. For
ment of Justice hove been watching
the operations of the agitators and
have boon laying tha plans for tha!
raid now undor way.
(Continued from Page One.)
Nebraska soldier. "They wouldn't be
lieve me If I told It to 'em."
A SURRENDER.
At that moment the Nebraskan ob
served a movement In the rank grass
and weeds among the American en
tanglements. He hadn't taken his eyes
off No Man's land. His rifle steadied,
his figure tensed and then relaxed.
The grass parted and a yellow dog—
Just plain dog—emerged, paused In
quiringly, his forefoot lifted with the
graceful gesture that some pointer
forebear's blood had bequeathed him
aad then hh loped from Germany to
the United States.
He dropped Into the American lines
—his tall wagging the signal "Kam
erad." He was adopted on the spot.
We passed on down the trench. A
Memphis, Tenn., machine gunner was*
our next acquaintance.
. "There are plenty of ducks In death
valley," he volunteered, after some one
had mentioned the crow Incident.
"There's a small lake midway over No
Man's land and they gather around
there."
CHALLENGE ANSWERED.
From somewhere an American sni
per's rifle cracked the deep stillness
and then quiet settled down again. In
growing shadows we passed on down
the trench. As we stopped, there came
abruptly the unmistakable whistling
of shells, then Instantly three bangs
as the three shots struck a hundred
yards away, near the first line. There
wore no casualties.
Immediately the American guns
took up the challenge, measure for
measure. Then It was quiet again.
That brief interchange suggested In
quiry as to what took place In the
first lines when shells came over. A
Wyoming boy proudly showed his dug
out
"It accommodates S3 of us. also a
million rats." he remarked with a grin.
"And I forgot the dozen or so cats."
MACHINE GUN ACTION.
We passed still farther along—and
got by a machine gun post just In time
to see the little death-dealer rattle a
lively barrage over against a German
village when the Boches were seen to
he hanging out tlielr shirts on a clothes
line. The Huns left their laundry.
Reaching tho end of the American
sector, wo turned to the rear. A tomb
like stillness reigned at that moment.
It was so quiet that the loudest sound
was the water splashing and swishing
under tha "duckboards" (lattice work
pavements' benenth our feet.
Half an hour later the lull was brok
en. The Bochos started a sudden
spasm of artlllcrylng. They hurled
50 shrapnel shells with a drum-fire
speed—25 a minute, perhaps.
Distant thumps and red flashes near
us showed the American gun volley
sent painstakingly in reply.
Then lt was still again.
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FOSTER MOTHER FACES
A MURDER CHARGE
Chicago, Nov. 21. — John Henry
Longman who halted a coroner's In
quest by declaring policemen had
forced him to confess he had poisoned
his foster father and mother by
"beating him up." was expected to be
formally charged with murder today.
Uncrnan denied that the admissions
made In his confession were true. In
lt. he had Implicated his present foster
mother. Mrs. Margherlta hangman;
John Kigas, the latter's son by her
first marriage and Philip Kaufman, a
boarder at the Longman homo. Mrs.
Longman is under arrest and warrants
are to be Issued 'for the others.
Assistant State's Attorney Lowery.
In whose office young Imngman modo
hts confession, denied that the boy was i
beaten.
Langman already has told several i
versions of the poisoning, each time de- I
daring that an J8000 estate of his /os
ter father's was involved. |
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POSTUM
is a full-bodied
mans drink. Its
snappy flavor
makes it favorite
with father and
mother and as
it is pure and
drug free child
ren can drink it
without harm
I
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25 c
what effect has government control
had? In every Instance, there was a
substantial Increase In wages with
a fair margin of profit for the con
cern.
MARTIAL LAW IN
TEXAS OIL FIELDS
Houston, Tax.. Nov. 21.—Following
clash late list night between union
and non-union men In front of a Goose
creek theater In the oil fields near
here, Goose creek and the adjoining
fields was under martial law today.
Soldiers were patrolling the streets.
Several were painfully injured In
the clash, one man having his hand
smashed. A report that one man was
killed could not be verified. The riot
was quelled by the appearanoe of
troops on guard at the Gotose Creek
field.
Although United States soldiers
have been patrolling the oil fields sev
eral weeks, this Is the ftrat time mar
tial law has been instituted since 10,
000 oil field workers (truck three Weeks
ago.
IS HE VICTIM OF
GERMAN AGENTS?
Chicago, Nov, 21.—Frank Rlsdon
Moore, 65, confidential agent of Flint
& Co., Industrial brokers of New York
city, who disappeared here a week
ago, is believed by police and federal
officials to have been the victim of
German agents. **
A vigorous search was under way
today for Moore, who came here two
weeks ago to assist In the govern
ment's shipbuilding program.
Moore was last seen leaving the
hotel Atlantic, where he was a guest.
HEADACHE POWDERS?
NOT YETI A BOMB!
Chicago, Nov. 21.—The last word In
bombs was occupying the attention ot
postoffice officials today, tt contains
"pink headache powder."
The bomb which fell out of Re wrap
ping in the mails, was five Inches long
and half an Inch In diameter. It con
tained a pink powder which, when ig
nited. burned slowly and emitted a
pungent gas that gave everyone pres
ent a violent headache.
ANYWAY, SOliEONE
LOVES FAT WOMAN
Chicago, Nov. 21.—The biggest thing
in Stephen Hattala's life is his alleged
affinity, according to his wife, who
filed suit for divorce today.
The affinity, according to Mrs. Hat
tala, Is Miss Louisa Lichtmann, who,
she aver«, weighs 350 pounds.
Mrs. Hattala alleges that Hattala,
who is advertising manager for the
Hungarian-American Dally People's
Voice of New York, has taken Miss
Llchtmann to New York, where she
Is posing as his wife.
Miss Lichtmann who Is 22 years old,
formerly was Hattala's stenographer.
Hattala, according to his wife. Is "a
lightweight."
"But he likes 'em fat," she explained.
BRYAN ON HUMAN
BEINGS AND HOGS
Chicago, Nov. 21.—"I hope to see the
day when Illinois will place human
beings at least on a hog level," de
clared William Jennings Bryan. In re
ferring to the fact that the state spends
thousands of dollars a year to eradi
cate hog cholera.
Bryan made this statement In for
tnally opening the campaign to make
Chicago dry at the April 2 election. He
addressed 3000 persons in Medinah
temple last night.