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NEWS ROTW OF 7
THE PAST WEEK
'Haig and Petain Start Another
Drive in Flanders and Make
Big Gains.
DOUGLAS fiOUNTY SENTINEL. DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA
AIMING AT U-BOAT BASES?
Good Work by the Russo-Roumanian
Forces—Teutonic Peace Move De
rided—Agreement Reached on
Food Control Bill—Exemp
tion Boards Are Busy.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
After twenty (lays of the most tre
mendous artillery fire of the waV, the
Anglo-French armies in Flanders f>e-
gan ,on Tuesday a great drive that
aroused the highest hopes for definite
results. Great masses of troops dashed
forward along a front of twenty miles,
overran the enemy’s first three lines of
defense between Warneton and DIx-
inude and captured eleven towns and
more than 5,000 prisoners. They
crossed the Yser at many places, the
engineering corps performing prodigies
In the way of bridge-building under
lire. Tanks and airplanes played im
portant parts In the terrific conflict
The Germans resisted stoutly and on
Wednesday, when the allies’ advance
was checked by torrential rains, the
Teutons by fierce counter-attacks won
back n little of the lost ground. Next
day the British again drove the Ger
mans buck, and then the artillery re
sumed the task of blowing Prince Ru-
precht’s men out of the supporting de
fenses to which they had retired.
Generals Haig and Petain exchanged
telegrams of congratulation on
success in Flanders, and the kaiser,
not to be outdone, congratulated Bu
precht on his “great success” and at
once called a conference In Brussels of
his commanding ollicers on the west
front and other ollicials. The Geri
losses are reported to have been tre
mendous and those of the allies com
paratively light. Several American
surgical teams worked on the fighting
line side by side with their British al
lies.
The exact objective of this drive was
not officially announced, but the peo
ple of the allied nations hoped and the
Germans assumed that the Anglo-
French armies intend to push along the
Belgian coast and force the Germans
to abandon their subinnriuo bases.
Such a movement would also.turn the
right end of tlie German iine and
might well compel a general retire
ment toward the Rhine. If the allies
could reach the Dutch border It is be
lieved Holland might be persuaded to
throw In her lot with them, a decision
which Germany evidently has feared
for some time.
Conditions In Russia.
The disorganized Russian troops
continued their retreat eastward
through Galicia, and at some points
the pursuing Teutons and Turks
crossed the Russian border. However,
there was a perceptible stiffening of re
sistance by the Slavs, and further
north they held their lines fairly well.
On the Roumanian front the Russo-
Rouninninn army fought bravely and
successfully, making considerable ad
vances. Its good work may go far to
ward saving the rich grain fields of
southern Russia from the enemy.
Meanwhile Kerensky and his col
leagues are working fast to avert dis
aster. Their program, .according to the
official newspaper, is to restore the
army’s power by a dear definition of
the limits of Russia’s present liberty,
the taking of the severest and most
merciless measures for re-establishing
military discipline, and the restoration
of the shaken authority of Russia’s
most disihterested and seTf-sacrifldng
servants, her officers. Hundreds of
German spies in Russian uniforms
found mingling with the soldiers have
been executed summarily, and the mu
tinous troops are being punished as
traitors. It Is now reported that Le-'
nine has escaped from Russia, proba
bly to Germany through Finland and
Sweden.
Russian secret service agents report
that Hlndenburg, having prepared for
the Galician affuir with the aid of his
flpies, promised the kulser he ‘would
put Russia out of action within two
months. But,Kerensky, though he Is
jterribly handicapped and la not a sol-
,dier, is proving himself to be a much
greater man than the German chieftain
and civilization still looks to him with
confidence in his ultimate success.
It was announced on Thursday that
General Brussiloff had resigned ns
;Commander in chief of the Russian
armies and that General Korniloff had
'been made generalissimo, being suc
ceeded on the southwestern front by
General Tcheremissoff. •
The heroic conduct of Vera .Butch-
mareff’s feminine battalion at the
front has resulted in a popular move
ment for the formation of a great
army of Ruspjan women- ...
Teulontc Peace Bunk.
Tho beginning of the week was
marked by the ascension of three large
peace balloons sent up by the cei
powers. One was piloted by Chancel
lor MIchnells, one by Count Czernln,
Austrian foreign minister, and orn
the un-American correspondent, Ben-
neu. acting for MIchnells aud Luden-
dorflf. The balloons went up swiftly for
a time, hut, being filled only with hot
air, they soon came to earth again, the
descent accompanied by the ironic
laughter and cheers of the allied nn
tlons. The imperial chancellor, to
abandon the metaphor, told n vivid tal
of secret treaties between France and
Russia looking to conquest, and Pro
mier ltlbot promptly branded him as u
Hut*. MIchnells uttered n lot inor
claptrap about the wicked alms of tho
entente allies and “the justice of our
defensive war,” and, through tlie
American correspondent, gave out a
mess of high-sounding phrases and
foolish accusations, and declared the
submarine warfare would continue un
til the British raise their blockade.
Czernln gave an Interview that sound
ed more reasonable, and a couple of
days later a Vienna paper announced
authoritatively that Germany would
gladly act upon peace overtures com
ing by way of Vienna. The entire
pence move of the week, however, was
declared by Washington, London and
Paris to he Insincere and evidently
made in the'hope of slowing up the
war preparations In America and the
restoration of authority and discipline
In Russia. tejr
On Wednesday the kaiser Issued two
proclamations, to the German people
and to the German army and navy and
colonial forces, In which he defiantly
set forth his determination to prosecute
to a successful termination “this right
eous war of defense."
The German attempt to bunko the
Poles with vague promises of a re
stored kingdom has fallen through.
Dispatches from Berlin say the Polish
legions have been disarmed and In
terned, because the Germans found
themselves confronted by a mutinous
Polish army, while Austrian subjects
enrolled In the original legion insisted
on taking the oath to the new Polish
kingdom ns If Galicia were a part of
It.
America's Submarine Detector.
The problem of the submarine Is
still holding first plate in the consider
ations of the allied nations, for while
the Germans admit the U-boat cuin-
paign Is not reducing England to star
vation, Admiral Jellieo admits the
submarine has'not yet been mastered,
and says until 'the effective antidote is
discovered the allies must concentrate
on the building of- patrol bouts and
merchant vessels. Secretary Daniels
believes the American navy depart
ment has found a plan for protecting
American shipping and it will he put in
operation very soon. The department
Is working on a giant detector which
Rear Admiral Grunt thinks will bring
immediate results. The details of this
detector, of course, are not revealed,
but It Is expected to he effective over
n distance of five miles, and If these
expectations are justified the depart
ment will stretch the device across the
waters in the vicinity of the German
bases and thereby locate submarines
as they start out. Meanwhile the
trained gun crews placed on American
merchantmen are giving a good ac
count of themselves, generally getting
the better of any submarines that ven
ture to attack the vessels they are
guarding.
The British admiralty’s weekly re
port showed a decrease in the number
of British merchantmen destroyed by
U-boats. One British warship, the old
cruiser Arludne, was sunk by a torpe
do and 88 of its crew killed.
What Congress Is Doing.
One month behind time, the adminis
tration food control bill was reported
out of conference without the features
that were objectionable to the presi
dent. Its enactment within a week
wos confidently predicted. The chief
features that were eliminated were the
congressional war expenditure com
mittee and the three-member food con
trol board. The price-fixing nnd con
trol provisions were greatly restricted
and the prohibition section Is less dras
tic.
Partly as a result of the compromise
on the food control hill, the senate
adopted the Sheppard resolution for u
national prohibition amendment to the
constitution. The vote—65 to 20—,
would have been much closer had the
dry forces not consented to a provision
that the amendment shall not be opera
tive unless it is ratified by the states
within six years. The constitutionality
of that limitation is doubtful.
The dry leaders decided to await the
December session of^ congress before
trying.to get the resolution through the
lower house.
Another commendable action of the
senate was the adoption of McCum-
ber’s resolution calling upon the presi
dent to undertake to obtain the consent
of the European nations allied against
the central powers to the draft of their
subjects In the United States’ for tlie
war. It is believed- the allies will
quickly agree to this and that the plan
will be In operation before long..
The new war Industries board, with
Frank A. Scott Instead of Bernard Ba
ruch ns its chairman, lias taken ud
Midway
Misses Lila and Smith Bobo of
4tlanta are visiting relatives
herfe this week.
Miss Susie Rainwater, spent
! ast week with Mrs D. H. Morr
is of near Hiram.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cunning
ham of Spencer Indiana are here
visiting- home folks
Mrs. Gleo Cooper and children
ind Mrs. Hester Reeves of Dail-
is spent the week er.d with C. S
Xing and family.
Pratracted Meeting will begin
it Midway next 4th Saturday.
Mr. Fred Miller and family of
?ell City Ala. are visitiog Mrs.
). T. Miller.
Mr. C T. Hollman is remodel
ng his residense.
Mr. Robert Mozley and family
pent Sunday with G, S. King
ind family.
Pratracted Meeting is in prog
ress at Buhh this week.
Modified Training Plan For Tech
Plans are under way to establish a
nodi fled course of military training
’or all students who enter the Georgia
School of Technology this fall, and it
s expected that they will be complet
ed shortly and put into operations as
soon as school opens.
German Consulate Entry Reported
A full report of the facts, so far as
known, concerning the alleged en
trance into the offices formerly occu
pied by the German consulate in the
Atlanta National Bank building and
tho alleged removal of some of the
archives will be made to the depart
ment of justice at Washington by
United States Attorney Hooper Alex
ander.
An agreement was reached as a re
sult of which the federal deputy mar
shal was placed on guard at tho doors
of the consulate was withdrawn.
with vigor Its work of government
buying and supervision over the gen
eral industrial activity. Mr. Scott an
nounced that profit-making must now
yield to patriotism, extravagance to
economy and selfishness to service.
The reorganized shipping board also Is
speeding up and last week^It made the
Southern pine producers promise
prompter delivery of the timber they
have pledged, for tlu\,board Intends to
build as many^ wooden ships as pos
sible.
The embargo that is designed to shut
off Germany’s supplies of food and
ar munitions Is going to have nn ef
fect on the supply of shipping. Nor
way already has proposed to place al
most Its entire merchant fleet at the
•disposal of the allies and promised to
expert nothing but-fish to Germany if
assured of receiving American food
products, aud Holland, too, Is willing
to exchange ships for food If the ves
sels are not to be sent Into the danger
zone. Sweden and Denmark, It Is be
lieved, will follow suit. The effective
ness of the embargo policy, however,
•depends to a considerable extent, on
whether or not the shipment of food
stuffs from Russia into Germany can
be prevented.
The shipping board last week pre
pared to commandeer all American
shipping, nnd President Wilson issued
an order that has the effect of cutting
off steel exports to Japan unless Jap
anese vessels are diverted'to war uses.
Exemption Boards Busy.
The examination of drafted men by
the exemption boards Is going on rap
idly and smoothly, and under instruc
tions from Provost Marshal General
Crowder the boards have tightened up
on the exemptions. They-, have been
told to keep In mind that the two
things to he accomplished are the rais
ing of armies and the maintaining of
Industries. Meanwhile the federal and
local authorities all over the country
are rounding up the slackers.
Continuing their work of co-operat
ing with,the Germans, the Industrial
Workers of the World stirred up vari
ous troubles for mine owners/lumber
producers and themselves,»in many
Western localities. Some towns fol
lowed the example of Blsbee and de
ported the disturbers, and one of their
leaders, Frank Little, was taken out
and hanged by masked men at Butte,
Mont. Such occurrences, of course,
must be deplored—theoretically.
The government cannot and will not
tolerate strikes that tie up industries
that are vital to the successful* conduct
of the war. This was‘demonstrated by
the quick ending.of a strike of thou
sands of railway switchmen that
started at Chicago. When the fed«k*al
authorities took a hand, tyoth sides
found they could yield points and
reach an amicable agreement.
Life
Was a
Misery
Mrs. F. M. Jones, ol
Palmer, Okla., writes:
“From the time 1 en
tered into womanhood
... I looked with dread
from one month to the
next. I suffered with my
back and bearing-down
pain, until life to me waG
a misery. I would think
I could not endure the
pain any longer, and I
gradually got worse. . .
Nothing seemed to help
me until, one day, . . .
I decided to
TAKE
From Weak and Lame
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“Last year, I got almost down with'
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of Gainesville, Ga., It. No. 3. “I suf-
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the stinging sensation disappeared. E
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“ I took four bottles,”
Mrs. Jones goes on to
say, “and was not only
greatly relieved, but can
truthfully say that I have
not a pain. . .
“ It has now been two
years since I tookCardui,
and I am still in good
health. . . I would ad
vise any woman or girl
to use Cardui who is a
sufferer from any female
trouble.”
If you suffer pain caused
from womanly trouble, or
it you feel tlie need of a
good strengthening tonic
to build up yourrun-down
system, take the advice
of Mrs. Jones. TryCar-
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believe it will help you.
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