Canadian Valley Record (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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inn <LSX« CE Or GREECE | EXPECT RUSSIAN
COUNTED REVOLT
Terr'torlsl Troops Are S'cwly
Fight.ng Way Through the
Ci.y s SuLu. es.
FIER3E BATHE IS STREETS
Britith Troops Joined in Two Attack*
Within 24 Hour*—All Objec-
tives Were Gained.
Canadian Headquarter" in France,
June 29—Fighting their way forward
amid a labyrinth of ruined houses over
which the smoke of battle hung
densely, the Canadians at sundown to-
night were more than half way
through Avion. The attack, which
was the second In twenty-four hours,
was made in conjunction with the Brit-
ish troops, all of whom reached their
objectives.
Hold Reservoir Hill.
On the north the hold upon Rcrer-
volr Hill was m^de absolutely by the
gallant advance of the British soldiers
who went forward unchecked, despite
heavy enemy shelling.
The German trenches on the east-
ern side were occupied within half an
hour after the attack began. Through-
out the day there had been incessant
artillery activity. The Germans kept
Coulotte and the Lens-Arras road un-
der shrapnel fire throughout the af-
ternoon. evidently to make difficult
the assemblage of troops for a fur-
ther' advance Into Avion.
Tht-lr former front line on the out-
skirts of Avion also was hammered
with high explosives and considerably
damaged. The Canadian guns did
much counter battery work to the
east of Lens, where most of the en-
emy's gun** now are leered.
A Terrific Bombardment.
There was comparative calm for a
short time before 7 o'clock. When the
appointed time came cn a front of
many mile* from the Scarpe to a point
well to the north of Souchez River,
hundreds of guns operated in a ter-
rific, cannonade.
Soon Reservoir Hill, I-ens itself,
Avidn and the region to the south
were hidden behind an almost Impcne-
trnMe veil of sAtoke* from bursting
shells. Amid this the infantry, who
had remaine 1 Inactive throughout the
day, rushed forward.
Big Guns Hold Stage.
Washington, Juno 2S. Again the
operations along the western front in
France are being carried out mainly
by the artillery wing of the belliger-
ents, according to advices from the
war front.
The infantry activity, what little;
there is of It, is by patrols. In one of
these minor attacks the Canadians
have occupied an additional trench
a. tride the Lens-Arras road, but in
another attempt to bite further In the
Lena sector they were repulsed, ac-
cording to the German war office.
Reciprocal bombardments of consid-
erable intensity, conthuu to prevail
along the Aisne front, r.nd in Chain-
pngne and there has also been a re-
newal of the big gun fire In the Avo-
ccurt sector, northwest of Verdun.
Italians Lose Gains.
In the Asiago Plateau zone of the
Austro-Italian theater the Austrian ar-
tillery lias shattered positions taken
recently by the Italians and re-occu-
pied them. The fighting was on Monte
Ortlgara and the Austrian* assert that |
they captured more than 1,800 pria-1
oners.
Tt^e Rome war office, in admitting
the withdrawal of the Italians. Bays
the destroyed positions afforded no
shelter to the Italian^ from the mur-
derous fire or the Austrian artillery.
Lively fighting continues between
the Russians and Aurtro-Gcrmans on
the eastern front, particularly in Ca-
lida, south of the Tarnopol railway
and along the Narayuvka river. The
operations on the Macedonian front
continue of minor Importance, and
there is nothing to be g'eined from
the reports of the belligerents to Indi-
cate that a general engagement Is
breirinx There have, however, teen
several smart skirmishand one at-
tach by the enemy, preceded by a vio-
lent. bombardment against the French
positions. It wrs repulsed.
Expect Fall of Lens Soon.
Washington, June 27 -The slow bit
eur* encirclement of Lent, the impor-
tant. coal center held by the Germans
' In t$;e department of Pas de Calais, Is
In process of consummation by the
Canadi' n , according to offlcUl re-
ports from the fror.t Having already
Reactionaries and AnarcYists
Are Planing an Upns.ng
Petrograd Repot Says.
SOME AGITATORS ARRESTED
Others, However, Continue Their Ac-
tivities—Council of Deputies le
Closely Watching the Move.
King Constantine of Greece having
been forced off his throne by the Al-
lies, and the crown prince not being
acceptable to them, Prince Alexan-
der, Constantino's second son, was
nominated for the place. He is twen-
ty-four years old and has not shown
anti-entente proclivities, as did his
elder brother.
AMERICANS UNO U FRANCE
Advance Guard of Mighty Army Slip-
ped Across Atlantic Unannounced
—Are Seasoned Regulars.
Washington, June 28.—The advance
guard of the mighty army the United
States is preoaring to send against
Germany is on French soil tonight.
In defiance of the German subma-
rines, thousands of seasoned regulars
and marines, trained fighting men
with the tan of long service on the
Mexican border or in Haiti or San Do-
mingo still on their faces, have been
hastened overseas to fight beside the
French, the British, the Belgian, the
Russian, the Portuguese and the Ital-
ian troops on the western front.
News of the safe arrival of the
troops sent a uew thrill through Wash-
ington. No formal announcement
came from the war department. None
will come, probably, until Major Gen-
eral Pershing's official report has been
received. Then there may be a state;
merit as to the numbers and composi-
tion of the advance guard.
Pre .s dispatches from France, pre-
sumably sgnt forward with the ap-
proval of General Pershing's staff,
show that Major General Sihert, one
of the new major generals of the army,
has been given command of the first
' force sent abroad under General Per-
! shing as commander-in-chief of the ex
| pedition. *
I One thing stands out sharply, de
' spite the fact that the size of the task
i that has been accomplished is not
' fully revealed as yet. This Is that
American enterprise has set a new
record for the transportation of
troops.
Considering the distance to be cov-
ered and the fact that all preparations
had to be made after the order came
from the White House the night of
May 18, it is practically certain that
never before has a military expedition
of this size been assembled, conveyed
and landed without mishap in so short
a time by any nation. It Is a good
augury of future achievement". The
only rival in magnitude is the move-
ment of British troop* to South Africa
In the Boer war, and that was made
I over seas that were unhampered by
submarines, mines or other obstacles.
Petrograd, June 29—In connection
with the great demonstration that has
been arranged for next Sunday by the
congress of councils of deputies in
honor or the victims of the revolution,
the moderate law abiding citizens are
assembling for the defense of the pro-
visional government.
In the last few days evidence has
been accumulating that the members
of the extreme right have combined
with the anarchists and members of
the Bollshevlki faction to utilize the
demonstration for the purpose of a
counter revolution in the cause of re-
action. The first sign of this was
given yesterday when Alexis Scuvrin,
a well known newspaper man, and
others appealed for a demonstration
against Premier Lvoff and his re-
placement by Admiral Kolchak, for
raerly commander of the Black Sea
fleet, who Is in disgrace with the gov-
ernment. Some of the agitators have
been arrested, but others favoring a
counter revolution are still active.
Aided by the Reactionaries.
At a meeting of the Petrograd
council of deputies today a report was
presented which stated that the Dur-
novo Palace, which is the headquar-
ters of the anarchist authors of last
Saturday's unsuccessful attempt to
overthrow the government, also is be-
ing used for conferences of the reac-
tionaries. The report added that the
council daily was in receipt of fresh
facts proving that an attempt will be >
made to convert Sunday's demonstra-
tion into a counter revolutionary out-
break. !
Similar statements have been made
to the executives of the regimental !
committees of the Petrograd garrison
—that the agitation is being pushed
by the reactionary "black hundred"
among the more Ignorant soldiers, the
representatives of whom openly de-
clared that the plan Is to massacre
the middle classes of the population.
This representative Is reported to
have added "it is all the same to us
who rules us even if it la Kaiser Wil-
helm."
Take Reports Seriously.
Newspaper comment indicates that
the reactionary plus the anarchist agi-
tation is being taken seriously, but
that it is likely only to have the effect
of emphasizing that Sunday's demon-
stration will be of a pro-government
and pro-revolutionary character and
against the fanatics of both camps.
BED CROSS FU:iOl 14 MlLllifl
Country Responds Generouily to Amer. j
ican Society's Call for Financing j
the Great Work.
Washington, June 27.—The Nation's
contributions to the Red Cross in re-
sponse to the call for a 100 million
dollar war fund were estimated at 114 |
million dollars tonight by Henry P- !
Davison, chairman of the Red Crosa
war council.
"This figure assumes," said Mr. Da-
vison, "that stockholder in compa-
nies which have declared special divi-
dends amounting to some 20 million
dollars will turn their dividends over
to the Red Cross."
The policy of the Red Cross in ex-
pending this big sum, Mr. Davison
said, in a statement thanking the mi 1-
I lions of contributors, will be to "con-
j duct all our work with the utmost pub-
licity and to take the public ah com-
pletefy as possible into our confi-
dence."
Primarily the fund will be devo'od
to needs of American soldiers and sail-
ors, and secondarily, to relief work
among the Allies. His statement fol-
lows, in part.
"Local chapters of the Red Cross
are entitled to retain for their own
work 25 per cent of the total amount
collected, but It Is very evident that
the national Red Cross will have a
generous fund with which to begin
lta tremendous tasks.
"The result which hap been achieved
Is Indeed gratifying. Never before in
the histrrv of the world has such a
fund for the relief of human suffer-
ing been raised by voluntary subscrit*
tion in so brief a peiiod.
"Nothing which has hapiened before
i shows so clearly as this campaign
! that the great heart of the American
' people is in this struggle with deter-
j initiation that our own men shall be
cared for. that everything that can
j be done shall be done to hearten and
i to aid the suffering peoples amor g
j our allies. Indeed that nothing shall
be left undone to win this war.
"No time will be lost by the Red
; Cross in its efforts to accomplish re-
| suits with the larg* resources with
which it has now been supplied.
Is Your Work Hard?
Work kidney* tend*
tfe^ki^a^nd
■••hp lameness, headache, amines «n«
MiJS ""'nary trouble.
complaints make •BJ^eete4 there is
lands rely on them.
AKIMMC**
T. Hlstt. Merchant St..
OlWUKO, *V«11.. *
was in misery tor ®ye
vears with kidney all-
ments. I was latd up n
bed for two rno"li'*«
The kidney
were scanty and painful
In nassane and I oiten
had terrible headaches
and dizzy spells. The
pain over my left Kid
. j. v was nfonlzlnif-
Doan-s KldneyPIUs re-
stored me to Kood health
and I havent had a
of kidney com-
plaint since."
Get Dees'* *t Any _
DOAN'S ' way
FOSTOUilLBUItN CO* BUFF ALA W.T
^rery Woman Wanli
ANTISEPTIC POWDER
JSEST
FOR PERSONAL I
uissohrod fas water for
pelvic catarrh, ulcrsbooawl ——
matioa. Recommended by LjAa E.
P>kham Med. Co, for tea yam.
A heeling wonder for ansal catanV,
i throat and eoreeyee.
EXPOSED A GERMAN AGENT
A Speech in Petrograd Shows Up the
Russian Agitator in a
Bad Light.
anywhere,
attracts and kills
all flies. MfiM
DAISY FLY KILLER
•r My mr: will aal «•*>
w tnyWitaf. Oav-
uMtiirtln. SoU
Mm, .t « Mat IT «•
rnH < t- l-
COAL WILL BE CHEAPER NOW
Conference at Washington Agrees to
a Reduction in Price at
the Mines.
Washington, June 2S. - That Kins
Ludwig of r.avaria, commanding Her-
man forces, had conspired with the
Russian agitator, Lenine, toward get-
ting a general peace without annexa-
tion or contribution was the deduction
from a State Departmeut message re-
ceived today.
The message said Lenine had spoken
before the Russian Workmen's and
Soldiers' Congress June 22, in favor
of a general peace. M. Yierensky
then spoke, announcing he would re-
peat Lenine's speech. Reading from
a manuscript, he practically duplicat-
ed the agitator's utterances, whereup-
on he announced th:.t the document
' was in reality an intercepted wireless
signed by the King of Bavaria.
UNITED STATES
DEMANDS MORE OIL
Wyoming, the create* t oil «eld ofthe day. WD
Invested now may make you 11,000. Keyetose
Petroleum offer* an excellent opportunity. Be-
ipon.lble j*™**-
■nation write THE KEYSTONlPtTJOUUM
COMPANY. 317 Ideal Bids- DENVER. COLO-
ALFALFA and HKAlKlt
BOUGMT arid V Li •
bale TTT^S
J.H. TURNtR. WICHITA. KANS.
Mothers'
Vjsi
SENATORS VOTE OUT BEER
COUNT BIGGEST GOLD HOARD
Precious Metal to the Amount of
$765,000,000 Held by New York
Assay Office.
New York, June 27.—The count of
the greatest hoard of gold ever stored
in one rlace In the history of the
world, consisting of English, French
and American coins and bullion, to-
taling 7 65 million dollars, has Just
b en completed at the United States
assay office hero, "without a penny
missing."
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS
during the present week captured Itu
mnt vantage point
wes > f the town, a frf h smash at
poi
t vantage point? west and outli-
tbe 'Gemun his "btln' rewarttfcd
by*the "ccupstloa of the vUlacs of
be Coulotte, sitae ted e alio to tho
I —Lightning striking a cased In oil
I and gas well Id the Bald Hill Field,
1 fourteen miles f/om Okmulgee. Ok.,
unloosed a flow of minerals at the rate
of three hundred basreis of oil and 30
million fret of gas dally, wblcb was
ignited immediately.
—Major Ooneral Pershing, tb? Amer
ican commander, has left the hotel In
v hi' h be hns been rtavlng iince his
• arrivafin Parl to make Whom* \a
a tin* old rotid'.ne* la the Rue De
Vriaw, *o a* to be Mir bit kMt*
Washington, June 29.—An Imme-
diate general reduction of $1 to $l.f 0
a ton in the price of coal of all kinds
at the mine *aa agreed upon here to-
day by representatives of the coal
operators.
• This reduction is expected to be fol-
lowed by still further decreases in
price after investigation Into the costs
of mining coal, and it Is probable that
the government will be given a still 1
lower price than that to the general
public.
The action means a sav ing of mil-
lions to the peopie of the Nation.
At a conference of operators from
all fields a resolution giving "assent" |
to fixing of maximum prices was re-
ported by ex-Governor Fort from a
special committee. He said he be-
ieved the resolution was entirely safe,
for the conference, to adopt and that ;
any responsibility as to the legality of 1
the fixing of prices was put on the I
government and not the operators, un-
der the terms of the resolution. The
resolution points out that a great
national emergency now exists in the
N'atlon's fuel supply and that the coal
operators and miners desire to co-
operate with the government.
Agricultural Committee Favorably Re-
ports Substitute for Food Bill
Parsed by the House.
Washington. June 28.—With drastic
prohibition amendments to prohibit
the' manufacture of beer as well aH dis-
tilled liquors and giving the President
discretion to permit the manufacture
of wine only, the administration Pood
Bill was agreed on today by the Senate
agriculture committee and favorably
reported as a substl'ute for the House
bill. The vote was 8 to 7.
Senator Wads*ort!r of New York
proposed to wine exemption. Senator
Sheppard of Texas, a leading prohibi-
tionist, mado the fight in committee
against the subcommittee plan of al-
lowing the Presiden: to determine
whether further manufacture of beer,
as well as wine, shall be allowed,
i The committee also approved ex-
| tension of t'tderal control to steel and
J iron products, petroleum and its pro-
ducts. iarm implements and machin-
ery, fertilizers and binding twine ma-
terlal, as tecommended by |U> sub-
committee.
Demonstrate thrift in your home.
THIS IS THE AQI OF YOUTH.
Yon will look ten years younger if yoa
darken your ugly, grirtly, gray hairs by
wing MLa Creole" Hair Dressing.—Adv.
Too Much for Him.
"Conscription hns. maybe, saved the
country," growled the stropping young
soldier, "but what I object to Is the
company It drives a man Into. I am a
practical plumber by trade, an honest
workman, yet Pin com| elled to suiter
the society o' slch professionals as a
lawyer, a minister, and an auctioneer."
"Not it bad selection. Jock." re-
j mnrkt'd his friend.
"Oh, maybe no* in a way; but when
the minister and the lawyer start an
argument on Egyptian law lu the mid-
dle n' the night across half a dozen
beds, with the Messed auctioneer as
umpire, what chance hns even a prac-
tical plumber o' stoppln' the gas leak?"
TO SEND GIFTS TO SOLDIERS |
Washington. June 20.—Despite the!
scarcity cf shipping space, America* *|
'loya in France are going to have their
Lttle luxuries tf-om the "home folks." j
•ti® ^Var Department today detailed |
niiijbr Wright to look eitc^mciiing ar-1
aAlJfiju'.«t i. A-!tfc"ur*b' *r•• yet vtte
,1aot to eead atrcfc&adue are iccora-
plat*, it ei& be sailed at tb« later-
aauoaal paroei >e*' tate el **ei*e
osstl s
BIG PROFITS IN CAN GOODS
Current Retail Priest Nearly Twice
What the Wholesalers Paid. &aye
Federal Trade Commietion.
Washington, June 27.—Current re-
tall pricus on caaned vegetables are
nearly twice the prices paid cann"r
Ly whole alera fofr.tbik season's out-
put, the Inderal Trade ComnU sioa
repoi'tca today la-cor.ueetioa witb its
i&vagusatioa late food prioot. Tbe
i&Qulry rnto oaaaed good*, the ooo*
&*i loa expired. I* fe "wtttvUI
i Irmiauvi ymn."
Self-Evident.
"Please, lady." begged the very dirty
tramp at the bnck door, "can yon help
a poor man that lost his Job three
weeks ng<> and ain't been able to find
no work since?"
"What sort of a Job was it?" asked
the lady.
"I was workln' in a soap factory."
"Well, lfs phi in to be seen that you
were not discharged for dishonesty."
Short Enough.
"I like public speeches. I like to read
addresses, but most of them are too
long."
"Run over a few of these," suggested
Flubdub, handing him a copy of the
city directory."
'Give all the kids
Post Toasties
—They like Ism"
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