The Copan Leader. (Copan, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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THE COPAN LEADER
WILSON DECLARES PRUSSIAN
POWER MUST BE SMASHED
Washington.—President Wilson, in a communication to the new
government ot Russia, lias made plain the war aims of the United
States and its position on '*no annexations no Indemnities.” He says:
No territory must change hands, except for the purpoae
of securing those who inhabit It a fair chance of life and lib-
erty.
No Indemnities must be insisted upon, except those that
constitute payment for manifest wrong done.
No readjustments of power must be made, except such
as will tend to secure the future peace of the world and the
future welfare and happiness of its pepole.
The war has begun to go agalnit Germany, and in their desperate de-
sire to eecape the Inevitable ultimate defeat, those who are In authority <n
Germany are using every possible Instrumentality, are making use of the
Influence of groups and parties among their own subjects to whom they
have never been Juet or fair or even tolerant, to promote a propaganda on
both aides of the sea which will preaerve for them their Influence at home
and their power abroad to the undoing of the very men they are ualng.
The position of America In this war la ao clearly avowed that no man
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of her own. but for the liberation of peoples everywhere from the aggre<s-
rly
can be excused for mistaking It. She seeks no material profit or aggran-
dizement of any kind. She le fighting for no advantage or selfish object
slons of autocratic force.
For these things we can afford to pour out blood and treaaure. For these
things we have always professed to desire, and unless we pour out blood
and treasure now and succeed, we may never be able to unite or show con-
quering force again In the great cause of human liberty.. The day has come
to conquer or submit. If the forces of autocracy can divide ua, thay can
overcome us; If we stand together victory Is certain and the liberty which
vlctoiy will secure. We can afford therefore to be generoue, but we cannot
afford then or now to be weak or omit any single guarantee of Justice and
security.
REGISTRATION IS
FIFTY PER CENT OF THOSE
WHO SIGNED MAKE CLAIM
OF EXEMPTION
OKLAHOMA IS 50,000 SHORT
And Nearly Seventy-Five Per Cent of
Those Registering File Ex-
cuses For Exemp-
tion.
KEET BABY FOUND MIHbaitu I
MYSTERY OF SPRINGFIELD
KIDNAPPING ENDED
,1 II ■■■ »
Mob of Thousands Disuaded From
Lynching By Prisoners Protests
of Innocence.
Details of Important Allied Vic-
tory Before Ypres.
F
10 BE RUSHED
200 LOST IN BURNING MINE
WILSON TRYING TO SPEED
UP CONGRESS FOR
RAPID ACTION
G0MPERS SEES THE PRESIDENT
HORRIBLE DISASTER IN COP-
PER SHAFT AT BUTTE
Over Two Hundred Escape In Nick of
Time—Bodies Are Being
Recovered.
And Points Out Importance of Haste.
—Hoover Will Soon Be In Charge
of Production and Dis-
tribution.
Butte, Mont.—With fifty bodies re-
covered and about 150 men missing
as the result of a fire which broke
out In the Speculator copper mine,
Butte wrestled with the worst mining
disaster in its history.
Fire broke out in the lower level
of the mine late at night, starting
from a broken power caple that car-
ried electricity to the underground
Washington.—Early enactment of pumps. Lower levels quickly filled
food legislation will be insisted on by I with smoke and gas. There were 415
the administration, It was made clear men on the night shift. Of these, 250
after the return of labor leaders and escaped through levels connecting
congressmen from a call on President with other mines. The gas spread to
Wilson to ask that he go before con- the Diamond mine and took a further
gress to urge action on the adminis- to11 of life in that ProPerty’
tration bills I A11 hope that any of tbe unaccount-
„ . ’ . . . . ed for miners had escaped from the
Samuel Gompers, who headed the mineg wag abandoned when the hel.
labor delegation, said afterward that met men pene,rated to the 7,200 foot
the president was in full accord with leveI of the Speculator mine from ad-
the opinion of labor leaders that food j joining mines, waded through water
Washington—Twenty-six states and,
the District of Columbia having aU
told slightly more than 50 per cent of
the country's population, have sent in
complete reports of their military reg-
istration showing total registrations
of 4,716,768 young men afor war serv-
ice.
For the territory reporting the cen-
sus estimate was 5,372,596 ellglbles
and on the basis of returns it was cal-
culated that the grand total of regis-
tration probably would be close to
9,000,000 In place of 10,260,000 as fore-
cast by the census experts.
Exemptions 2,503,624.
The reports showed white registra-
tions totaling 3,501.456; colored, 634,-
170; alien, 277,057, and enemy alien,
45018. Possible exemptions Indicated
a total of 2,508,624.
Officials pointed out that the census
figures were intended only as approx-
imate and that the discrepancy should
not be taken as indicating evasion of
the draft. It also was pointed out that
between 5,000,000 and 1,000,000 men
included in the estimate already are
members of the armed torces of the
nation and therefore did not register,
Springfield, Mo.—The body of Lloyd
Keet, 14-conth-oId son of J. Holland
Keet, wealthy banker, was found in a
well on the Crenshaw farm near here.
The Crenshaw farm recently was
searched by authorities after it had
been named in alleged statements
given by suspects under arrest here.
An old house there, deserted for sev-
eral years, was the headquarters for
the abduction band who planned to
kidnap C. A. Clmnt, walthyetaolnsh
kidnap C. A. Clement, wealthy jeweler
; here, and a St. Louis munition maker.
Twelve thousand persons, many carry-
ing ropes, waited on the streets of
Springfield all of Saturday night,
iwatting the returns of posses that
jverpowered Sheriff Webb and took
!rom him the prisoners arrested in
connection with the kidnapping.
The sheriff and his guard were over-
powered by the mob of Springfield
OLD SCORE IS WIPED OUT
Capture of Messines Ridges Peculiarly
Gratifying, as It Was the Scene
of Former British Defeat—
Defenses Shattered.
With the British Armies In France,
June 7.—In one of the most elaborately
planned and daringly executed ma-
neuvers of the war Sir Douglas Haig's
forces have dealt a mighty blow
against the German line in Belgium,
nnd been rewarded with notable gains
in terrain nnd the capture of more
than 5,000 prisoners und numerous
guns of various caliber. In addition
they inflicted heavy casualties on the
Germnns.
The Germnns, though apparently
awnre that the blow wns coming nnd
seemingly prepared to meet it, were
driven from their nearly three years'
citizens at Stockton. Mo„ and their ! hold on Messines ridge, opposite "poor
lives threatened but the prisoners won ol'l” Ypres. Ypres In n sense was
freedom from harm for themselves by avenged today, for Messines ridge has
denying stoutly that they were guilty been the vantage point from which the
jf the disappearance and death of lit- Germans have poured torrents of shells
control is essential at the earliest pos-
sible moment. No statement was
made concerning the president’s inten-
up to their armpits, encountered
strong gas and saw many bodies
which they were unable to recover.
tion in regard to a special address to j * orty dead had been taken out.
congress.
Held Up In Conference.
The first food bill designed to stimu-
late production has passed both
houses, but is held up in conference.
The second or regulatory bill was
The Granite Mountain shaft, 3.600
feet deep, is a roaring chimney. With
the destruction of its supporting tim-
bers, the ground is caving, compelling
all work to be directed from the levels
connecting with adjoining mines. The
Speculator, another shaft about 800
reported by the house agriculture feet distant, connects with the Granite
Mountain on the different levels.
Tons of water are being poured into
committee after the provision giving
the president power to fix prices had
been eliminated. The administration, 7he Granite Mountain shaft and from
it is understood, believes that the pur- i P°*nts on connecting levels with ad-
pose of this cause can be accomplish-1 ?oininf “in?» as near aB 11 i9 P°«lhle
....... . „ „ to get to the scene of the fire. As
ed under the hoarding clause. The I , .
. . , , yet there has been no organized at-
minimum price feature for farm prod- | tempt t0 combat the flre exeept tQ
ucts was retained. try to get the bodies out. It is be-
The regulatory bill, as reported, j lieved that the mine damage will ex-
makes the president food dictator ! ceed one million dollars.
with power to authorize some agency
to carry out provisions of the law.
The intention is to create as soon as
the hill is passed a food administra-
tion with Herbert C. Hoover at its
head. The measure gives the widest
power and would permit government
operation, if necessary, of food produc-
ing plants, storage houses and coal j
mines.
j The government could purchase and
distribute food supplies if it became
necessary.
The house committee left in a pro-
vision authorizing tne president to
An appalling sight for a number of
spectators wag the cremation of two
men. Mike Conway and Pete Sheri-
dan. who were trapped in a double-
decked cage about twenty feet above
the collar of the shaft, with the flames
flying from the shaft like a giant
torch around them.
SAN SALVADOR CITY RUINED
Heavy Loss Results From Earth-
quake In Central America.
San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.—San
.. .. .... mm » .Salvador, capital of the republic of
limit or prohibit production of food- „ , , .
. , j. , Salvador, a city of more than 60,000
destroyed by an
stuffs. The senate judiciary commit- l inhabitanfg. wag
te© reported favorably a resolution by eartjjquake
Senator Sheppard for a national pro- ‘
hibition constitutional amendment. ;n town® °* Armenia and Que-
rn, iv, • j . ,, . zaltepeque, near San Salvador, forty
The labor leaders told the preei- ! ’
dent that waees have been virtually p s were kl,led and 100
den tha ges ha been Jrtualiy wounded as the result of th„ th
stationary for several years while food :
. . v a m . quake which was the most severe and
costs had steadily mounted and that - ... , .
...... . ... most disastrous felt in Salvador since
legislation is necessary to meet the ‘
,f .. . 1*73. Eighty out of everv 100 houses
situation. The working man, they de- . 1 . , ,
, . . a i a a . ln ®an Salvador were razed and the
dared, is underfed and continuance ; „nHr„ ..__ , . .
, ... .... . , entire business section was destroyed
of this condition much longer is sure by bre '
There are no authentic reports as to j
the number of casualties ln the capi-
tal.
to lead to discontent and injury. If
expected to serve in military and in-
dustrial capacities, It was said, the
workers must, in turn, be given an
opportunity to live.
July 1 Too Late
Some of the principal commercial
houses and theaters in San Salvador
were destroyed as were hundreds of
Mr. Gompers expressed the belief smaller homes. The neighboring
that if the legislation was not enacted towns of Armenia and Quezaltepeque
before July 1 it would be too late. By j were virtually wiped out and almost
that time, he said, the crops would be all of the casualties caused by the
on the move or at least contracted disaster occurred there. The large
for and the United States might find I town of Santa Tecla, several miles
Itself In a position similar to that of west of San Salvador, suffered great
Oklahoma Fifty Thousand Short.
Oklahoma City.—With complete re-
turns in Oklahoma registered nearly
50,000 short Of the estimate. A total
ot 169,211 men registered in the state,
iccording to official figures tabulated
by the adjutant general. Of the total
lumber of registrations, 154,131 were
white persons, 11,914 negroes, 2,947
aliens, and 219 alien enemies.
A total of 102,926 white persons and
7,491 negroes claimed exemptions.
The war department’s estimate of eli-
gibles in the state was 215,614.
The registration by counties:
Exemp-
Registra- tions
County. tion. Claimed.
Adair ................. 1.112 581
Alfalfa ................ 1,277 806
Atoka ................. 1,567 1,172
Beaver ................ 1,129 77k
Beckham ............. 1,555 1,212
Blaine ................ 1,286 631
Bryan ................ 3,i>54 2,170
Caddo ................ 3,oos 1.99:1
Carter ................. 4.616 3,261
Canadian ............. 1.953 1,1«9
Cherokee ............. 2,033 1,446
Choctaw ............... 1,554 1,114
Cimarron ............. 315 164
Cleveland ............. 1,588 1.063
Coal .................. 1.578 926
Comanche ............. 2.314 1,526
Cotton ................ 1,091 755
Craig .................. 1,378 757
Luster ................ 1.657 1,012
Delaware ............. 1,090 798
Dewey ................. 1,114 607
Ellis .................. 990 658
Garfield ............... 2.368 1.609
Garvin ................ 2,518 1,653
Gradv ................. 2.745 2.065
Grant ................. 1,256 740
Greer .................. 1,462 694
Harmon ............... rS5
Harper ................ 743 394
Haskell ............... 1,696 1,171
Hughes ................ 2.098 1,657
Jackson ............... 2,140 . 1,523
Jefferson .............. 1,567 1.092
Johnson ............... 1.631 1.245
Kay .................. 2,872 2,011
Kingfisher ............. 1,287 957
Kiowa ................ 2.066 2,011
Latimer ............... 1.036 702
I„e Flore ............... 3,354 2,261
Lincoln ............... 2,529 1,561
LX1.tffJ H*?
McClain ............... 2.995 1,062
McCurtaln ............: 2,995 1,951
McIntosh .............. 2,448 1.062
Major ................. 911 671
Marshall .............. 1,351 994
XfariT .......... 1.178 817
Muskogee county ..... 2.226 1,5M
Muskogee city..'....... 2,475 1,364
Murray ................ 951 6x4
Noble ................. 999 425
Nowata ............... 1.4S6 1.078
Okfuskee .............. 1.920 1.285
Oklahoma county...... 1,752 969
Oklahoma City ........ 7,343 4,278
r>kmulgee ........... 4,510 2,705
'sage ................. 2,634 1.219
Ottawa ..........v..... 3.537 • 2.500
Pawnee ............... 1,525 985
Pavne ................ 2.765 1,937
Pnttsburg ............ 3.746 3.000
Pontotoc .............. 2.540 2,066
Pottawatomie ......... 3,321 2,383
Pushmataha .......... 1.307 838
Roger Mills ........... 842 388
Rogers ................ 2.010 1,384
Seminole .............. 2.018 1.578
Sequoyah .......... 6.791 3.039
Stephens .............. 2.042 1,434
Texas ................. 1.076 701
Tillman ............... 1.664 1,098
Tulsa county .......... 2.316 2.4»>
Tulsa city ............. 6.178 4.150
Wagoner .............. 1.496 833
Washington ........... 2.623 1,945
Washita ............... 2.033 1.439
Woods ................. 1.277 812
Woodward ............ 1,167
Totals ..............169.211 110,417
tie Lloyd Keet, the wealthy banker's
ion.
Sheriff Will Webb returned and said
four of the prisoners, including Mrs.
Taylor Adams, the woman member of
the band are ln Jail at Stockton, the
:ounty seat of Cedar county, forty
miles to the north. The two other
prisoners—C. J. Plersol and Taylor
Adams, the woman’s husband had
Deen sent northward under a guard,
toward a railroad line that would pro-
vide transportation to Jefferson City
and the Missouri state penitentiary.
Out of meager news that has come
into the stricken city. The British also
wiped off an old score ngninst the Ger-
mans, for they held the ridge in Octo-
ber, 1014, and with very thin forces,
and virtually no artillery, fought blood-
ily but vainly to hold lt when the Prus-
sian troops massed their modern and
overpowering weapons of war against
lt.
Prisoners tnken declared that the
bombardment of Vimy ridge was
child’s play compared with the gunfire
turned upon Messines ridge.
Triumph for Artillery.
This fire reached Its climax just
as dawn was graying the eastern skies
back to Springfield from the rough
hills and sparsely settled districts of! andJw]li'f *hf fuJ> ™oon "as stl11 8a*-
Cedar, Polk and Dade counties, it has
been possible to supply only the bare
outlines of the triumphant fight for
the lives of Mrs. Adams and her five
companions. Apparently it was won |
by Piersol, who authorities say, has
made damaging admission in the at- | guas'
tempts to fix the makeup of the baud,
but refused, despite a rope around his
neck, to admit that any of the sus-
pects were concerned with the death
Df little Lloyd.
The Keet baby was stolen from the
family home here the night of May 30.
His parents had gone to a dance at the
country club here and the baby was
left with a nurse and an older son.
The abduction was said to have been
committed about 10 o’clock that night.
Neighbors described later having seen
an automobile drive by the house at
pended high in the heavens.
The attack was accompanied by all
the arts and deviltries of latter-day
war. The enemy guns and gun crews
; had been bathed for days In gas shells
sent over by the long-runge British
ins.
The night wns filled with red in-
rendlnry flames. Shells that spurted
lead in streams crashed In appalling
numbers about the heads of the de-
fending soldiers. High-explosive nnd
shrapnel fire was carried out with such
rapidity that the earth writhed under
the force of the attack.
Mines that had taken two years to
dig and fill with an overwhelming ex-
plosive broke into an avalanche of
flaming destruction In the half light of
dawn. This was indeed an Ypres day
of retaliation nnd victory for the
i rapid rale or speed. ... .uppo.*, j ^".T* "
to have stopped behind some bushes, ; _ , .....
Three men were believed to be the ab- j Gunners Strip to Waist.
doctors and it is assumed they took | !t wns “ day of intense heat' and thp
the baby from his crib, carrying him
about two hundred yards to tne car.
The Crenshaw farm is eight miles
southwest of here. The body was
partly decomposed and had been in
the well apparently two or three days.
Local and federal authorities here
are continuing their invetsigation of
the disappearance of the baby. The
formal charge is that of attempting to
commit a felony by planning abduc-
tion, the alleged cases referred to be-
ing the plans, maintained by authori-
ties to have been rfiade. to kidnap C.
A. Clement, wealthy jeweler here; a
baby and a St. Louis munitions maker. | non.
The Keet case has not come within
the scope of the warrants.
gunners worked stripped to the waist,
j The nttaek went forward with eloek-
i like regularity.
The British casualties were slight.
Three out of four of the casualties
i were reported to he walking cosps, who
would return to duty in a few days.
The attack began at dawn, nnd the
setting was as picturesque as can well
} be imaginable. The day before had
| been hot and sultry. Toward evening
j there was a series of thunder storms
which extended well into the night, the
lightning mingling with the flashes of
[ the guns, but the thunder being virtu-
ally unnoticed amid the din of the can-
A full moon struggled continu-
ously to tireak through the heavy
clouds which scudded across the vel-
vety night sky.
Sing on Way to Fight.
On the way to the front were all the
familiar pictures of the war—endless
trains of motor trucks; all varieties
of horse transport, the British sol-
diers marching to battle light of heart
London—A British trans-Atlantic and ^nglng songs familiar ln every
steamer moored in a British port, hav- American community,
ing the staff of the first division of In shadow of an old wlndmil!
the American army that will co-oper- w'Mch has withstood the storms of a
ate in the world war; General John ontury and been undaunted by nearly
J. Pershing and his personal staff and 'hcce years of war, the correspondent
the officers of the general staff num witnessed the last phases of the seven-
berlng nearly sixty. There also wer« day preliminary bombardment nnd the
on board about seventy private sol ^na* outburst of the guns which sent
diers, and a clerical force of the sami ,*ie British infantry confidently on
number thplr way t0 ,,ew successes In fighting
The ship crossed without sighting |he *reat?* m",tary natlon the world
a hostile craft. When the passenger! ms **'er I|l’wn'
PERSHING NOW IN LONDON
Amenican Commander Crosses Atlan-
tic In Safety.
England when she first began to cope
with the food problem.
property damage but the loss of life
there was small.
The president of Nicaragua sent a
telegram to all towns in the republic
calling for aid for the stricken city.
His message declared the casualties
were small, but that the town was
Salazar Quits.
San Antonio.—That Jose Inez Sal-
azar. the Villa leader who has long
been thorn in the flesh of the Mexi- obliterated"
can government, has been granted j __
amnesty for himself and his followers . War Message In Book Form,
by President Caranza, was confirmed Washington. — President Wilson’s
by Robert L. Barnes, in charge of the i war message, arranged with foot-note
bureau of investigation. It was re- j references and notations to make it
cently reported that Salazar had ap- available for detailed study by schools,
plied to the Mexican government for’! was issued in pamphlet form by the
amnesty, agreeing to lay down his j committee on public information. The
arms and deliver himself and bis fol- j pamphlets will be sent free to schools,
lowers if pardons were issued. libraries, organizations or individuals
Socialists Expel Russell.
New York.—Charles Edward Rus-
sell, widely known socialist and a ]
member of the war commission of!
Russia, was expelled from the sociaL j
1st party by the central committee of
the New York local meeting here for
failure to consult the party before ac-
cepting the appointment as a member
of the mission to Russia.
came on deck the last morning they
found American torpedo boat destroy
ers escorting them on either side.
The arrival of the Americans in
London also was a quiet one, the
knowledge of the coming of the repre
sentatives of the newest ally being un
known to the public. There were nc
military formalities at the stations.
Preparing American Base.
Boulogne.—A number of officers of
Major-General John J. Pershing's staff
have arrived here to begin the work
of organizing the bases of the Ameri-
can army in France.
Italians Invade Greece.
London.—The occupation by Italian
troops of the city of Janina, in north-
western Greece, is reported in a Reu-
ter dispatch from Athens. The Greek
cabinet assembled to formulate a pro-
test.
German Captain White Slaver.
Philadelphia.—The federal grand
Jury here indicted Max V. Thierlchens,
former captain of the seized German
auxiliary cruiser Prince Eitel Fried-
rich, Albert K. Fisher, Mrs. Helena
FlBCher, his wife, and Henry Rohner
of this city, on charges of conspiracy
and smuggling In addition Captain
Thierchens was indicted on a charge
of violatln the Mann white slave act.
He Is charged with bringing a woman
from Ithaca, N. Y. to Philadelphia for
his personal Immoral purposes.
Germany Aids W»r Cost.
Washington.—Millions of dollars in
dividends and debtif due to Germans
from Americans, may be invested in
Liberty loan bonds under the trading
with the enemy act now pending io
congress
Army Shoe Contracts Let.
Washington.—Contracts for 750,000
additional pairs of shoes for the new
army were awarded today at an aver-
age price of $4.75 a pair. Their total
cost will be about $20,000,000.
U. S. Ship Fights U-Boat.
An Atlantic Port.—A running fight
with a German submarine, in which
forty-two shots were fired, was report-
ed by the armed American steamship
Virginian, upon her ‘arrival from a
French port. The Virginian was not
damaged. The gun’s crew did not
know whether any damage had been
done to the submarine. The fight oc-
curred in the Bay of Biscay on May 30.
Twenty-six shots and a torpedo were
fired by the submarine and the Vir-
ginian.
Hundred Aviators In France.
Washington—One hundred aviatori
from the navy flying corps have ar
rived safely in France for any duty
that may present itself, according tc
the statement issued by Secrtary Dan
iels. They are the first of the Amer
lean fighting forces to reach France
The statement adds that Ijputenanl
Kenneth Whiting commands the
corps, which was sent for duty in
anti-submarine operations or any othet
active duty that may be given them
ln France The force Includes four
highly trained aviators and a large
percentage of the remaining men Is
also composed of experienced airmen
The others will complete their trail*
ing in France.
Japanese Mission Next.
Tokio.—It is understood here that
Japan is arranging to send an official
commission to the United States.
Red Cross Units To France.
I^ondon—The American Red Gross
units from St. Louis and Philadelphia
left London for France, where each
unit will take over a hospital of 500
beds. The party which numbered
nearly 40, was given an enthusiastic
godspeed.
From the German line the same
lazy, looping rocket signals were as-
cending to illuminate the treacherous
kit of ground between the trenches
known as No Man's Land. This night-
ly ‘‘straffing" had been going on so
long that the enemy considered It en-
tirely normal nnd took no alarm. Oc-
casionally %lue and yellow rockets
would be flung Into the air by Germans
holding the front line.
One by one the guns became silent.
There was the old “grandmother"
howitzer of enormous caliber, which
kept breaking the peace at five-min-
ute intervals, the shock of each suc-
ceeding explosion nnd the shriek of
the heavy shells being emphasized by
the silence which lay over ail the sur-
rounding country.
Like Volcanoes In Eruption.
Day was scarcely breaking when
from the dimly visible ridge a score
of fiery volcanoes seemed suddenly to
spring from the earth. The night had
been filled with strange noises and still
stranger sights, but these masses of
flame, leaping from the ground, had n
meaning all their own. They were the
spectacular outward and visible evi-
dences of more than a million pounds
of high explosives which had been
buried deep in mines below the ene-
my’s positions for months.
All the world appeared lurid and
HAVE CAPTURED FIVE TOWNS
U. S. Makes New Loan To Altiea.
Washington.—Additional loana of
$3,000,000 to Serbia and $75,000,000 to
Great Britain w ere made by the treas-
ury-
British Mike Gains of Tremendous Im-
portance In Their Two Victorious
Drives in Belgium.
London, June 7.—The British really
made two victorious drives. Begin-
ning their attack on a nine-mile front
between Messines and Wytschaete, at
an early hour, they captured ail their
first objectives, taking a large num-
ber of prisoners, and then continued
. j>ress the advantage thtls gained.
horrible under the sinister glow. The
earth shook as if torn by a great seis-
mic disturbance. It was not a single
shock. The force of the explosion
actually set the earth rocking to and
fro, and under the influence of the
giant guns, which immediately begun
to roar from far nnd ueur, the trem-
bling continued indefinitely. It whs
3:10 o’clock when this final terrific
bombardment began.
It has seemed that the battle of the
Somme attained the ultimate In the
close assembly of war weapons, but
this sudden outpouring on Messines
ridge was beyond all calculation. The
lighter field guns far forward set up a
-perfect curtain fire, pnder which the
assaulting troops trudged confidently
to their allotted goals. Farther back
the deep-throated heavies began to
pour out torrents of high explosive
shells on the German trenches nnd
communications, while still other guns
—enough to win any ordinary battle—
confined themselves solely to the task
of deluging German guns und gunners
in baths of gas fired in shells of ev-
ery conceivable caliber.
The effect of this counter battery
work was not appreciated until later
ln the dny, when the infantry sent
back word that their progress had
not been hnmpered by the enemy ar-
tillery and that their casualties
amounted to virtually nothing.
Enemy Signals for Help.
Great black observation balloons
had stolen skyward during the din of
the newly begun bnttle. In the wood
hack of the windmill spring birds,
awakened by the deafening clamor,
had begun to sing Joyously. Like so
many children who have come Into the
consciousness of being In the midst of
the war, these birds regarded the ap-
palling noise of the battle as a normal
condition of life.
The smoke of the giant mines ex-
ploded nlong the bnttle front mean-
time rose in great, curling plumes to-
ward the sky nnd was punctuated by
red signals for help from the stricken
Germans in the front anil support
lines. Never was Afie air filled with
more frantic notices of danger. The
entire horizon glowed with red balls
of fire sent up by the nervous Ger-
mnns.
More nnd more British airplanes be-
gan to make their appearance. One
flew over the lines, the flashes of the
guns being reflected brilliantly on its
highly glazed wings.
Under this appalling fire trudged for-
ward on the ten-mile front General
I’lumer's army. At many places the
men found German troops utterly
dazed by the mine explosion and th«
ordeal of the artillery fire.
First Taste of New Warfare.
Many of these troops had but recent-
ly come from Russia, where they had
spent 18 months and knew nothing of
what actual warfare was like on the
western front. They had bolted at the
first mine explosion and had only been
gathered together in groups by theli
noncommissioned officers when tha
British appeared out of the smoke and
shells and made them prisoner.
They said they had been given tf)
understand by their officers that the
British always killed their prisoners.
It was really pitiful ln some instancei
to see the manner in which these prlss
oners cringed to their captors.
As a matter of fact, the British sol-
dier, when the fighting is done, Is ffi-
dined almost too strongly to trent the
German prisoners as pals. Some ol
the prisoners taken today had only
gone into the German lines Inst night
and had made their way forward un-
der a galling flre nnd hail lost heavily
But tlie troops nlrendy In the line wen
calling for relief in such a manner thal
their appeals could not be denied.
Failed to Time Attack.
In view of the fact that the ottnek
had been expected the German com-
manders were endeavoring to get theli
best units actually into the fightinf
front, but had underestimated when
the British would strike. The troop!
in a strange line were utterly bewil-
dered when the attack began and fell
easy prey to the advancing British.
The Irish, New Zealanders and Aus-
tralians, who had , been rehearsed in
every detail of “the show,” knew Just
what to do from the moment the word
to advance was given.
The battle was far more visible dur>
ing the first uncertain moments than
inter when the sun gradually burned
its way through the eastern banks ol
clouds. By that time the smoke of ex-
ploding shells and the vapors from the
blinding barrage, which had been part
of the artillery duty, obscured the more
distant landscape to such an extent
that the roaring guns could not be seen
at all. although the firing was almost
at one’s feet. The brilliantly leaping
shrapnel shells, breaking far above
ground, appeared through a thick misl
only ns brief and brilliant electrU
sparks.
British Planes Rule Air.
For a month past, hut especially
since June 1, the airplanes on this
front have been Indefntlgably at work
during every possible flying hour.
They had brought down nearly fiO ma-
chines in six days as a means of blind-
ing the enemy. Lately the Germans
have endeavored valiantly to obtain
airplane Observations for their artil-
lery, but their observing machines
have seldom been ahle to direct more
than one or two shots before the Brit-
ish fighting scouts had pounced upon
them and either sent them crashing to
the earth or had driven them to covet
at’breakneck speed.
Today the British plnnes flew fni
and long over the enemy's retreating
lines nnd were only challenged by
some very bad-shooting nntl-alrcrnft
batteries. All through the day British
plnnes ruled the air. They co-operated
nctlvely with the British artillery and
infnntry in maintaining the success ol
this brilliant episode In modern war
fare.
Messines, I-enfre, Zeebrea nnd Wyt-
schaete were reported taken.
The official report says that the sec
ond drive carried the village ol
Oosttnverne and the JJermnn posi-
tions east of the village over an ex
tent of five miles. The German cas
unities were very heavy, and the Brit
Ish took more than 5,000 prisoners
many guns, trench mortars and ms
chine guns.
Naval airplanes dropped bombs oi
the airdrome at Nleumunster, near th<
coast between Zeebrugge and Ostend
Mmaronal
SUMS*,
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute.)
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 17
THE RISEN LORD.
I-F.SSON TEXT-John 20:2-16.
GOLDEN TEXT—But now la Christ
rlaen from the dead, and become the (lrat
frulta of them that alept —I Cor. 15:20.
The death of Christ made a deep
impression upon the beholders (Luke
23:48, 41)). Joseph, %ho seems to have
been n secret disciple, obtained the-
| body, nnd gave it burial (Mark 15:
42-47). In Mark’s record we have the
story of the discovery of the resurrec-
tion by the women, and Matthew tells
us how his enemies dealt with that
fuct. Be sure to use a good harmony
of the four gospels ln presenting all
of these lessons, else some Important
detail will be overlooked.
I. Mary’s Visit to the Tomb (vv.l-
10). The Sabbath ended at sundown,
and the shops were then open, and
Mary Magdalene was able to purchase
spices with which to anoint the dead
body of Jesus. There is strong prob-
ability that the women paid a visit
to the tomb lute on Snturdny (Matt.
28:1, R. V.). Starting the next morn-
ing, “while it was yet dark" (v. 1),
they came to the tomb to perform this
last service of love. Jesus had no
need of such service (Matt 10:27; 20:
10), hut the women were rewurded by
receiving the first glimpse of the risen
Lord. There were five appearances on
this first day of the week: (1) to Mary
Magdalene, (2) to the “other women,’*
(3) to I'eter; (4) to those on the way
to Eramaus, and (5) to the ten dis-
ciples, Thomas being absent.
None of these seemed to expect Je-
sus to be risen, for they had each
failed to listen to and ponder his
words. The extent and genuineness of
(he affection of the women is found ln
I that they went to serve Jesus when
apparently nil hope had failed (I Cor.
i 13:8, It. V.). As soon as Mary saw
| the stone rolled away, she concluded
that the tomb had been rifled, nnd
: hastened to report to the disciples
| (v. 2). This report of the women to
: the disciples was considered “as idle
tales” (Luke 24:11). With Intense
t-agerness Peter and John ran to the
| tomb thus reported ns being robbed.
John, the younger, reached the tomb
; first, hut In reverence did not enter,
only stooping to look in (vv. 4, 5).
Peter, the impetuous one, rushes In-
side, nnd sees the linen clothes lying,
nnd the napkin that had been about
the head carefully folded and lying In
a place by itself (v. 7). This appar-
ently insignificant detail Is one which
is really significant. Inasmuch as lt
shows that the tomb had not been
rifled, leaving disorder behind. In-
stead of excitedly snatching the nap-
kin from his face, and hurling It
whither It might fall, he had quietly
tnken It off,_ and In an orderly way
laid it aside. It is In such minute de-
tails as this that we see the greatest
evidence of the veracity of this rec-
ord.
II. Mary Weeping (vv. 11-15). The-
( disciples returned to their own homes,
and doubtless to the other disciple*
(v. 10), but the loving Mary remained
behind In this place made sacred a*
having housed the body of the Is>rd.
| It is natural for us to linger In silent
meditation In places of our greatest
revelation >or of our deepest soul ex-
perience. Jesus had told his disciple*
over nnd over again thnt he should rts»
again, and it seems strange that hi*
enemies should have remembered it
(Matt. 27:63) nnd his friends not.
Mary looked Into the tomb to see If
after all there bad not been some mis-
take. She it was who saw the two
angels, and, half In wonder nnd yet
In protest, they exclaimed. “Woman,
why weepest thon?" Her reply whs
j most nnturnl nnd touching, "Because
j they have tnken away Iny Lord, and
I know not where they have laid
him.” In sorrow she turns from the
tomb, only to see the risen Lord,
though as yet she does not recognize
him (vv. 14, 15). Her answer to the
questions of Jesus are suggestive, and
; the record is certainly not one that
has been adroitly painted, but Is the
plain record of facts as they actually
! occurred.
III. Mary Worshiping (w. 16-18).
There must have been an inflection la
I the voice of Jesus, for, upon the utter-
ance of that one word, “Mary," she
recognized her risen Lord. Joyfully
she exelnimed, "Rabboni," thnt Is to
say, “Master” (v. 10), nnd would hnve
poured out her love and worship at
his feet. Jesus, however, does not suf-
fer her to hold him fast. Mary must
leave him, nnd tell thp others. Liter-
i ally, he says. “Do not lay hold of me
but go nnd make known the glad truth
thnt I am risen again." The risen Lord
must return to “My Father” nnd “My
God.” whereas the one who would
gladly have remained at his feet must
go to the brethren, nnd make known
the fncts j)f the fulfillment of prophecy
and the resurrection of our Lord.
The bribed soldiers spread abroad
the tale thnt the disciples had stolen
his body. The later lives of these dis-
ciples, their heroism nnd mnrtyrdom,
are evidence of the absurdity of any
such net on their part.
The resurrection of Jesus Is a vin-
dication of his clnim to being the Ron
of God. We do well to emphasize hi*
birth, and to dwell much upon hi*
denth. yet both of these hnve no es-
sential value apart from his resurrec-
tion.
Apart from this, the cross Is the end
of n fnllure. The resurrection dem-
onstrated that Jesus Christ’s redemp-
tion was not completed upon the cross.
The resurrection Is better authenticat-
ed than any other event ln history.
The risen Lord called this weak
band of disciples “my brethren"
(Matt 28:10). He Is onr brother still,
and we, ar? to proclaim his work of
! redemption, the proof of which Is the
j resurrection, unto others who know It
not, for this story Is no fiction. It la
ithe world’s most tremendous ond awa-
Inspiring and glorious fact.
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