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HAIG WILL CONDUCT
A WINTER CAMPAIGN
HIS BLOWS IN FLANDERS CAUS
ING CRISIS IN GERMANY—SEC
RETARY BAKER GIVES WEEK
LY REVIEW WAR SITUATION.
Washington, Oct. 22.—Gen. Haig
will conduct a winter campaign. His
blows in Flanders have brought on
what promises to oe a cabinet crisis
ia Germany, and the allies have suf
ficient wealth oi resources and raa-1
terial to keep up these blows.
The German land and naval offen
sive against Russia is a desperate
effort to bolster up the breaking mor-,
sic of the German masses. What ad
Tsntages the enemy has gained in the j
Baltic in no way offset the allied
victories in Flanders. ^
These striking statements are made
tonigst by Secretary of War Baker in
■weekly review of the progress of the
war.
In his review Secretary Baker
takes occasion to comment on what
America is doing in France. He says:
“Our men in France after three
months intensive training are in
splendid physical condition and ef
ficient fighting trim. They have al
ready become acclimated and feel1
at home in the war zone.
‘Our troops have met with the
most warm hearted and enthusiastic
reception on the part of the armies
and people of France. The health of
our men overseas is reported as ex
cellent
1 lie w cetv juai v-iuacu uoa uccu
one of relative quiet on all fronts.
'Bad weather already prevails on
the western front, wintry conditions
will soon set in and the terrain will
become increasingly difficult for at
tacking troops. Nevertheless the po
tency of allied material and men, the
accumulation of the technical means
of combat, and the preparations
which have been going on for many
months, will make it possible for the
British and French commanders to!
triumph over natural obstacles and
with few short intervals we may ex
pect the offensive to press forward.
“It is not anticipated that the allies j
will go into winter quarters this year.
“The full importance of the battle
in rlanders is beginning to be re
vealed.
“In order to appreciate the real
significance of this engagement and
the effect it has had on the morale
of the German army and the German
people we must consider briefly the
German attacks in the Riga sector,
including the capture of Oesel, Dago
and other minor islands of the Fin
nish gulf.
‘ While no attempt should be made
to belittle the importance of the po
sitions gained by the enemy we
canno. fail to record that it is/ ap
parent that the Germans undertook
this expedition with a view to bol
stering up the morale of the country,
more particularly in order to be able
to meet the impending internal dif
ficulties which threaten to culminate
in a renewed cabinet crisis in the
near future.
“The German higher command has
invariably picked out a weakened
oojective in order to be able to re
cord a success wnich would be of
political rather than military value.
“The islands of the Finnish coast
in ihe hands of the enemy in no way
offset the recent allies victories in
Flanders.
“Sound strategy demands that no
such diversion of forces be under
taken at so crucial a moment.
"If the enemy had any confidence
in being aole to stem successfully
the tide of the allied advance in the
west he would throw- every ounce of
his strength into the balance in Flan
ders and. if possible, by crushing the
allied armies, bring about ‘peace
with victory.’ which the Germans
have often stated as their objective.
‘ Germany, by extending her lines
in the east, has merely added to the
length of her line of communication.
“Thus the events in Russia today
should cause us to have increasing
confidence in final allied victory.
“Along the w-estern front trench
raids as well as the usual artillery
duels are reported.
“Isolated counter attacks were con
ducted by the enemy in such a man
ner as to indicate that no real suc
cess was expected, but merely serve
to keep up the aggressive spirit of
the troops.
"It is evident that the terrible pun
ishment by allied artillery fire is be
ginning to have a very decided ef
fect along the western front.
“Never before in any series of en
gagements have so many German
divisions, after brief encounters, been
withdrawn and replaced by fresh
troops. Deserters from German ranks
taken into the allied lines have be
come increasingly numerous.
‘Rumors of an impending Austrian
offensive directed against Italy have
been current during the last week.
Reports of concentrations of Austrian
and German divisions to take part in
the attack are noted.
“Anyone familiar with the situation
can at once determine that these ru
mors are exaggerated. Even should
the season permit it, the concentra
tion of the number of fresh divisions
estimated as high as forty, could not,
as a physical possibility, take place
in the narrow Trentino Valley, fed
by a single railroad.
“However, it is possible that the
central powers, fearing further Ital
ian successes along the Isonzo front, j
have massed a considerable number ■
of troops in an effort to check the
Italian advance, and, if possible, re
gain some of the terrain lost during
recent engagements.
“An interesting summary of troop
movements in the United States
shows that since the present mobi
lization began 914,19.* persons have
been transported in standard or tour
ist sleepers, the remainder in ordi
nary coaches. This vast movement
has been conducted by the railroads
of the country without a single [
serious accident, and the co-operation
between the railroads and the de-!
partment has been most cordial and
effective.”
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The Epicureans derived their name
from Epicurus (342-271 B. C.), who
was a philosopher of Attic decent. |
whose garden of Athens rivaled in j
popularity the porch and the acad-'
emy.
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Melted Shelias will mend broken
fountain pen barrels.
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WILSON PROCLAIMS
SUNDAY OF PRAYER
OCTOBER TWENTY-EIGHT DESIG.
NATED TO BE SET APART FOR
ASKING DIVINE AID IN WORLD
WAR.
Washington, Oct. 20.^-President
Wilson today issued a proclamation
setting aside Sunday, October 28 as
a day for supplication and prayer for
the divine aid in the successful issue
of the war.
The president's proclamation is as
follows: _
“Whereas, The Congress of the
United States, by a concurrent reso
lution, adopted on the fourth day of
October, in view of the entrance of j
our nation into the vast and awful
war, which now afflicts the greater
part of the world, has requested me
to set apart by official proclamation
a day upon which our people shall
be called upon to offer concerted
prayer to Almighty God for his di
vine aid in the success of our arms:
“And, whereas. It behooves a great
free ' people, nurtured as we have
been in eternal principles of Justice
and of right, a nation which has
sought from the earliest days of its
existence to be obedient to the divine
teachings which have inspired it in
the exercise of its liberties, to turn
always to the Supreme Master, and
cast themselves, in faith, at. His feet,
praying for his aid an J t uccor in
every hour of trial, to the end that
the great aims to which our lathers
dedicated our poweis as a people
may not perish among men. but be
always asserted and defended with
fresh ardor and devotion, and through i
the divine blessings, set at last upon |
enduring foundations for the benefit
of all the free peoples of the earth;
‘Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil
son, president of the United States,
gladly responding to the wish ex
pressed by Congress, do appoint
October 28, being the last Sunday of
the present month, as a day of sup
plication and prayer for all the people
of the nation, honestly exhorting all
my countrymen to observe the ap
pointed day, according to their sev
eral faiths, in solemn prayer, that
God's blessings may rest upon the
high task which is laid upon us, to
the end that the cause for which we
gave our lives and treasure may
triumph and our efforts be blessed
with high achievement. ’
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The agricultural department at
Washington has published complete
reports on the caloric value of every
known article of food. For instance,
a pound of pure lard supplies about
4,000 calories. Thus one pound of
lard would supply all the calories
that a 200 pound individual would
need, in 24 hours. But we at once
appreciate the fact that none of us
would like to be confined exclusively ,
to a diet of lard. We see the ne- j
cessity for a diet made up of all
classes of food.
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The journal of the British Astron
omical Association reports that Rich
ard F. Roberts, a member of the As
sociation and also a fellow, of the
Royal Astronomical Society, was kill
ed in the aeroplane raid on Lond n I
June 13 „ His daughter was killed in
another house during the same raid. !
Mr. Roberts was an amateur as-'
tronomer and took part in an eclipse
expedition in 1900. .
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The American consul-general at
Mexico City has transmitted the in
formation that agricultural machin
ery of all kinds is now exempt from
mport duty.
SYMPATHETIC
‘ I once knew a man who w’ent
hungry in order to buy feed for his
horse.”
“I can understand his sentiments
Many’s the time I have cut down on
meat and potatoes to buy gasoline.”
—Washington Star.
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DEPENDS
Mrs. Flatbush—“What does your
husband call your dog?"
Mrs. Bensonhurst—“When he’s call
ing him in the house do you mean,
or chasing him out?” — Yonkers
Statesman.
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CARELESS COMPARISON
Member S. P. C. A. (to brutal
driver)—"No, my friend, I will not
shut up. Your poor horse, unfortu
nately, cannot speak like Balaam’s
ass,, but I would have you know,
sir, that I can."—Boston Transcript.
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Australia is experiencing difficulty
in getting storage for its wheat.
The steel helmets adopted by the
French and British veigh one and
one half pounds each
Seals are killed by the thousand ev
ery spring on the coasts of northern
Norway, Spitsbergen and Nova Zem
bla.
Cytisus proliferuB, popularly known
as “tagasaste." is a plant of orna
mental value and a good stock forage
too.
It is customary when a Chinese i
dies to place the body in a wooden j
coffin, the wood being generally im
ported from China.
The city of Riga is the seat of gov
ernment for the province of Livonia.
Under normal conditions it has a
population of 504,000.
The many speculations that
been published concerning the or”“M
of life on earth and on any ° ■
bodies in the universe where
possibly exist usually assume tD* ■
some way or other, "life ggrnc ' ■
transported across the rrulfs °I
from one planet to another. J
has been suggested that lue 1U7®
have been brought to the (,ar ■.
meteors. One of the most w
suggestions is that minute ■
germs” may escape from the ■
phere of a planet on which ( B
ists. just as molecules of the
pheric gasses are believed to ■
from our terrestrial atmospher . ■
may be driven by light press ■
some world where physical » ■
dltions have become suitable ■
port life. While there is nothm* ■
sentially absurd in these hypo
it is not clear why their . lift I
should take it for granted tD*‘ |B
cannot originate de novo on II.
ESTES W. MANN I
architect I
Hfications and I
endence I
rianna BUlf* I
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