The Ames Review. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, May 18, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE AMES REVIEW AMES OKLAHOMA
BRITISH REPULSE
GERMTACHS
Fierce Assaults With Liquid Fire
Fail to Recover Lost
Positions
DANIEL WILLARD
FRENCH HOLDING THEIR GAINS
Troops Under Crown Prince Make In-
effectual Efforts to Regain the
Ground Recently Lost
Washington May 12 — Bitter attacks
by the troops of Crown Prince Rup-
precht and the German crown prince
are being made against the positions
vital to the defenses of Lens and Laon
held by the British and French ac-
cording to the latest advices from the
French front Field Marshal Haig
and General Niville are holding their
recent gains and throwing back the at-
tacking Germans with heavy losses
South of the Souehez river one of
the natural barriers to Lens the Ger-
mans have made a third attempt to
recapture the positions taken by the
British on Thursday and for a third
time have been thrown back A mo-
mentary footing was won by Prince
ltupprecht’s men aided by liquid fire
in the new British positions but a
brilliant counter attack recovered the
lost trenches and left the British line
unchanged
German Gain Short Lived
Around Cerny-En-Laonnois on (he
plateau overlooking the Ailetie river
and only nine miles south of Laon an
important link in the German defen-
sive system in France the German
crown prince is expending his man-
power freeji but ineffectually in an
attempt to regain lost ground Throw-
ing his men waves against the French
on both sides of the village he suc-
ceeded only in gaining about 2C0 yards
of an advanced element but his gain
was short lived as a French counter
attack immediately evicted the Ger-
mans On the lengthy front in Macedonia
the entente forces continue their of-
fensive with success between Doiran
and the Cerna river The British have
checked Bulgarian attacks southwest
of Doitan and hold their recently
gained positions with a tenacious grip
West of Doiran and west of the Var-
dar river French troops have carried
by storm an important position south
of Huma on the Serbo-Greek border
and withstood violent counter attacks
by the Bulgarians Twenty miies to
the west and also near the border the
Serbians have captured twq Bulgarian
works north of Pojar In addition to
inflicting heavy losses on the Germans
and the Bulgarians the entente forces
in the Macedonian theater on Thurs-
day and Friday captured 300 prisoners
Begin Drive to Free Serbia
Washington May 11 — The expected
general offensive along the Macedon-
ian fronts apparently has been started
with full vigor From Lake Oichrida
eastward to the region about Lake
Doiran numerous big battles are in
progress with the Entente Allies the
aggressors
Southwest of Lake Doiran the Brit-
ish have captured Bulgarian trenches
at one point on a front of two miles
to a depth of about five hundred yards
and held and consolidated the ground
gained despite heavy counter attacks
Northwest of Monastir in the Cerna
river region and on various other sec-
tors the Entente forces are carrying
out heavy operations botii with artil-
lery and infantry In the famous
Cerna river bend the Russians have
captured several enemy trenches
while in the upper valley of the Mog-
lanica river the Serbians have struck
hard at the invaders of their country
and taken from them two points of
support and a number cf prisoners
Hold Germans Near Fresnoy
The Germans are keeping up with
great intensity their offensive against
' the British around Fresnoy and to the
east of Builecourt but are being hard
held by Field Marshal IIalg’3 forces
The village of Fresnoy apparently re-
mains in the hands of the Cermans
after its recapture Tuesday but the
Canadians and South Englanders are
still bolding vantage points around it
from which the Germans are endeav-
oring to expel them and put an end to
their harassing fire
To the east of Bu'lerourt where the
British have estal 1 themselves a
scant two miles frhu tie outskirts of
Queant the Cermans are striving hard
to push back the British to prevent
the capture of the southern end of the
Drocourt-Qucart line vshich would
prove of great menace to the import-
ant town of Cairbrai
The British evidently have pushed
a step forward toward the capture of
the town of Lens and the important
coal fields in IU Immediate vicinity
Daniel Willard as head of the
transportation board cf the national
defense council will handle the mov-
ing of all treops food stuffs etc
and he may also hold a cabinet posi-
tion Mr Willard is president of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
m BOBOS $50 TO $100000
The Liberty Loan Securities Will Ma-
ture in 30 Years — Have Three
Months ta Pay
Washington May 10 — The $2000-
000 CoO issue of liberty loan bonds
Secretary McAdoo announced tonight
will be in denominations of from $50
to $100000 will mature in thirty years
and may be redeemed by the govern-
ment in fifteen will be subject to pay-
ment in four installments and will
carry the privilege of conversion into
any bonds which may be issued later
during the war at a higher rate of
interest
Two per cent of the subscription
must be paid on application The re-
mainder will bo paid as follows: Juno
28 18 i or cent July 30 20 per cent
August 15 30 per cent and August 30
30 per cent
The bonds will bo dated June 13 in-
stead of July 1 the date previously
designated and interest will be pay-
able semi-annually on June 15 and
December 15
Two classes of bonds will be issued
coupon and registered The lowest
denomination of registered bonds will
be $100 other denominations being
$500 $1000 $5000 $10000 $50000
and $100000 Coupon bonds payable
to bearer are issued in denominations
of $30 $100 $300 and $1000
Decision to place the minimum de-
nomination at $50 instead of $100 the
amount tentatively agreed on last
night was not reached until late this
afternoon Another detail not decided
until the last minute was the conver-
sion privilege In all other respects
the tentative program reached last
night was virtually undisturbed
The present offering it was an-
nounced will be limited to $2000000-
000 and "no allotments will be made
in excess of that amount” This dis-
poses finally of reports that Mr Mc-
Adoo had under consideration the ad-
visability of extending the amount of
the offer to include a percentage of
the over-subscription which apparent-
ly will result when the subscription
books are closed June 15 next
"Applications must be made on or be-
fore June 15 1917” reads the formal
announcement "subject to the right of
the secretary in his discretion to
close the subscription books at an
earlier date”
The statement then gives the term?
cf payment and continues:
“Accrued interest will be payable
vith the full and final payment (An-
gus 30) Provision will be made for
the privilege to par earlier the full
subscription price upon terms and con-
ditions determined by the secretary'1'
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
— An appeal to the world concerning
the calling of a peace conference in a
neutral country will be published im-
mediately by the Council of Soldiers
and Workmen’s delegates according
to a resolution adopted at a meeting
of the executive committee in Potro-
grad — Six enemy aliens accused of in-
flammatory utterances against the
United Stater who left St Louis re-
cently when they learned secret ser-
vice agents were watching them have
been arrested la New Orleans
ONE COMMISSION
TO BUY SUPPLIES
Entente Allies and the United
States to Sign Agreement -Eliminating
Competition
M’ADOO TO DRAFT DOCUMENT
France Italy and Great Britain Have
Expressed a Desire for Such
Arrangement
Washington May 12— An Interna-
tional agreement under which there
will be placed in the hands of a small
commission possibly of one man the
purchasing power of virtually every
dollar of the billions to be lent the
Allies by this government and the ad-
ditional biliiuns which they will spend
in this country out of their own in-
come is at present in process of form-
ulation A draft of the proposed agreement
has been left to Secretary McAdoo
who already has held a number of con-
ferences with foreign envoys on the
subject Great Britain France and
Italy are understood to have signified
their desire to enter sucfi an agree-
ment and other Entente governments
are likely to assume the same atti-
tude To Eliminate Competition
Discussion of the proposed agree-
ment has reached a stage where the
chief beqeficiaries of the huge Ameri-
can loan hav agreed that it would be
to the interest of all concerned to
eliminate absolutely competition
among themselves for American prod-
ucts and have signified their readi-
ness to pledge themselves to do so
The agreement when drafted wrould
have for its aim the attainment of
maximum efficiency both for the Al-
lies and the American government for
every dollar spent in this country for
war purposes
The commission when created
would have the widest purchasing
powers ever entrusted to any one body
of men in the history of the world
It virtually would be a purchasing
agency for all Christendom with the
exception of the few remaining neu-
trals and the Central Powers It
would eliminate entirely competitive
bidding among the Allies and this gov-
ernment for American products and
would seek to insure 100 cents’ worth
of value for every dollar spent
NAMES THE RUSSIAN MISSION
Elihu Root Is Chairman and Gen Scott
and Admiral Glennon Are
Also Members
Washington May 12 — The Ameri-
can commission (o Russia for which
Elihu Root has been selected as chair-
man with rank of special ambassador
will have Maj Gen Hugh L Scott
chief of staff of the army and Rear
Admiral James A Glennon as the mili
tary and navy members The other
members are:
Charles R Crane of Illinois Chicago
manufacturer and business man
John R Mott of New York general
secretary international committee of
Y M C A
Cyrus McCormick of Chicago presi-
dent International Harvester Company
Samuel R Bertron banker of New
York
James Duncan vice-president Amer-
ican Federation of Labor
Charles Edward Russell of New
York author and Socialist
SENATOR J B FORAKER DIES
End Comes to Conspicuous Leader of
Republican Old Guard at Home
in Cincinnati
Cincinnati May 11— Joseph Benson
Foraker former Cuiled States Senator
from Ohio lawyer orator soldier and
citizen died at hit home here today
He was 70 y£ars old Former Senator
Foraker had been in poor health since
his retirement from the Senate in 1909
Foraker was twice elected and like-
wise twice defeated In races for the
governorship of Ohio He served in
the United States Senate from 1897
to 1909
Mr Foraker was born July 5 1846
on a farm near Ttninsboro O In 1862
lie enlisted as a private in an Ohio
Infantry regiment and served until the
close of the Civil War when he was
mustered out with the rank of first
lieutenant and brevet captain He
was graduated in 1869 from Cornell
University and began tbe practice of
law in Cincinnati He presented the
name of William McKinley for the
presidency at the Republican national
convention In 1896 and 1900
REJECT THEJOOSEVELT PUN
Proposal for Volunteer Division to
Serve in France Eliminated—
Expect Approval of Report
Washington May 11 — The long
deadlock of Senate and House con-
ferees on tbe selective draft military
bill was broken today with an agree-
ment on a compromise measure under
which a great war army could be
raised by selective conscription of
men between the ages of 21 and 31
Authorization for recruiting Colonol
Roosevelt’s proposed volunteor divis-
ion for service in France written into
the bill by the Se'nnte and defended
stubbornly by the Senate conferees
finally was thrown out on the insist-
ence of' committeemen representing
the bouse In return tbe House yield-
ed to the Senate’s proposal for pro-
hibition at military posts
The conference ieport is expected
to receive approval of both Senate and
House in a few Jays and within two
wdeks after the President has affixed
his signature registration of those elig-
ibie for conscription will be under
way throughout the country Some
states already have selected their reg-
istration boards and the war depart-
ment has erected a vast and intricate
war -machine for assigning and orga-
nizing the conscripts They will be as-
sembled at training camps in Septem-
ber Although there has been no direct
authoritative expression from the
White House regarding the Roosevelt
volunteer proposal administration op-
position to it has been inferred front
tbe fact that no provision for volun-
teers was contained in the bill as sent
to Congress from the war department
With the Roosevelt proposal the con-
ferees also threw out a Senate amend-
ment under which three regiments of
volunteers could have been enlisted
for service on the Mexican border
The compromise bill is understood
to be generally satisfactory to the ad
ministration and to the army general
staff on whose advice the original
measure was framed The most im-
portant change made in Congress was
in tho age limits fixed by the staff it
19 and 25 inclusive The Senate mado
them 21 and 27 and the house 21 and
40 The ages named in the confer-
ence agreement are 21 and 30 inclu-
sive making the draft applicable to
all male voters under 31
ANOTHER CRISIS IN RUSSIA
War Minister Guchkoff Declares the
Country in On the Edge of
An Abyss
Petrograd May 12 — Russia is on
the edge of an abyss Alexander J
Guchkoff provisional minister of war
and navy declared in a speech yes-
terday at a meeting of present and
former members of the Duma to cele-
brate the anniversary of tbe creation
of the Russian Parliament
Army Has Failed the People
“Unfortunately the first feeling of
radiant joy evoked by tbe revolution
soon gave place to one of pain and
anxiety” Guchkoff said
“The provisional government ex-
plained the cause of this in ita declar-
ation in which it was pointed out that
the destruction of the old forms of
public life to which an end had been
put by the revolution had been effect
ed more rapidly than had the creation
of new forms to replace then)
“For the moment we hoped our mili-
tary powers would emerge from the
salutary process regenerated and re-
newed in strength and that a new rea-
sonable discipline would weld the
army together but that has not been
the case”
NEW YORK HONORS J0FFRE
French Here of the Marne Presented
With a Miniature Gold Statue '
of Liberty
New York Miy 11 — When Marshall
Joffre arrived on (he north meadow of
Central Park today to receive the gold-
en miniature Statue of Liberty the gift
of the people of New York through
popular subscription five thousand
school children waving the Tri-color
and the Stars and Stripes greeted
the hero with a great shout
Mayor Mitchel presented the statue
to Marshall Joffre after paying a glow-
ing tribute to the distinguished sol-
dier A little girl dressed in a zouave
uniform standing close to Joffre
shouted “Vive la France” The her
of tbe Marne took her in his arms ana
kissed her on both cheeks Then turn-
ing to the mayor he said in French:
“I am profoundly touched by the re-
markable souvenir which with BUch
delicate attention you offer me 1
am profoundly tounched above all and
I feel the value of this emblem that
comes to me from the common people
of America from the people as a
whole 1 thank you from the bottom
of my heart and I ask you to thank
the people for this gift which I shall
keep all my life”
PREPARE IBl LAND
-BPS ME HO
-“Seed
and Feed” the Slogan of
the Year
The papers ore filled with the appeal
for soldiers sailors and farmers anil
all are timely all are necessury Tim
sailor is needed to man the ships that
protect the shores police the seas and
clear the ocean of tormenting and
meddlesome mnsfced buccaneers to
give help to the allies to make more
efficient the present fighting units that
are keeping free the sou lunes and
ocean routes The soldier is required
to keep alive and intact the unity of
the nution and the frecduin of the
world to protect the lives of its dtl-
zens from Incursions without ami raids
within to guard the honor and pre-
serve the dignity of the great United
States to render not only sentimental
hut prnctieul assistance to those who
for two and a half years on the bat-
tlefields of Flanders and the steppes
of the East have been fighting for the
freedom of the world against n domi-
nant autocratic ami militarist I’rus-
sinnisin which were It to become sue-'
cessful would mean nutocratism ijill-
lturism and I’russlanlsm and a “get-ofT-the-sIdewnlklsm”
over the entire
world Tlie allies are proud to wel-
come these new accessions to the fight-
ing forces which mean an curlier ter-
mination of the war and the duwu of
an era that will be historic one
that we will nil be proud that we lived
in Throughout all Canada Great
Britain France and all the allied coun-
tries when the news was received that
the United States hud entered the war
a thrill went up and down the nation’s
sides and the pulses throbbed with a
new life keenly appreciative of the
practical sentiment that Imd brought
to their sides an ally of the strength
and virility of tho United States
But the soldier mnl the sailor need
to be fed and therefore the cry for
agricultural enlistment The strength
of the fighting man must he main-
tained In his absence from the field
there conies the necessity for provision
to take his place The appeal for farm
help is well timed opportune and im-
portant There are vacant lands a-
plenty in the United States tlmt givea
a fair opportunity under competent ad-
vlsement and reasonable help will pro
duce abundantly Western Canada
also provides an excellent field for the
prosecution of work in’ growing wheat
and other grains and white it Is not
the desire of the Canadian Government
to draw from- the resources of tho
United States believing that it is1 the
duty of every patriotic citizen to do
all he possibly can to build up tho
stores of depleted foods and making
use of every energy at home the wish
Is to lay before the public the fact
that Cnnadn has millions of acres of
excellent land capable of producing
wonderful crops If for any reason
the render having patriotism and q
love of his country in liis heart and a
desire to forward the cause of the nl
lies cannot avail himself of the oppor’
tunlties afforded in tho United States
Western Canada will bo glad to ren-
der him any assistance it can in locat-
ing him on its vacant areas where large
crops can be grown at minimum of
cost Let as grow tho grain raise the
cattlo produce the food to feed our
soldiers our sailors and provide food
for our nllles no matter whether It is
done to the North nr to the South of
the boundary line that in tho object lq‘
view should not be known ns a boun-
dary Let us keep up the spirit of pn-
trlotlsm whether It be growing grain
In tho United Stntes or in Canada lm$
Canada fully alive to tbe necessity
joins in the apponl of its allies — the
United Stntes — for more food and more
food — Advertisement
Tlie annual loss In this country front
hog cholera exceeds $30000000
HEALBA3Y RASHES
That Itch Burn and Torture With Cutl
cura— -Trial Free
A hot Cutlcurn Soap bath Is soothing
to irritated skins when followed by
a gentle application of Cuticura Oint-
ment Use Cuticura for every-day toi-
let preparations to prevent such trou-
bles After tills treatment baby sleeps
mother rests and heulnient follows
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard Cuticura Dept L
Boston Sold everywhere — Adv
Silent contempt is responsible for
many un undelivered blow
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hat possessed by few — n beautiful
head of imlr If yours is streaked with
gray or is lmrsli and stiff yon enu re
store It to its former beauty mid lus-
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Bruises should lie Judged solely by
tho way they were obtuined
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