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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 To Well and Strong Try them. Foley Kidney Pills will do for other men and women—quick ly—what they have dono for Mrs. Straynge. “Last year, I got almost down with' my back,” writes Mrs. H. T. Strayngo of Gainesville, Ga., It. No. 3. “I suf- I grew worse. I tried Foley Kidney Pills, and after taking them awhile my bladder action became regular and! the stinging sensation disappeared. 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