Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1918 — SALUTES PHOTO OF PREMIER [ARTICLE]

SALUTES PHOTO OF PREMIER

Instinctive Action of Officer Reveals Respect of French for M. Clemenceau. Paris. —Little unconscious aqts often reveak the real measure of tbe popularity of a great leader. Tn the photographer’s showcase not far from the fashionable Parc Monceau there is among other pictures an excellent almost life-size head of M. Clemenceau. A young French officer who was passing the shop the other day glanced casually at the showcase. Perceiving the picture of his chief he Instinctively raised his hand to a salute and passed on unaware that his spontaneous tribute had been observed. In the early days of the long-range gun bombardment of Paris, says the Matin, it was stated that the shells were made from a new type of steel alloyed with vanadium, which gave it exceptional properties. But analysis has shown that the shells are made of ordinary nickel and chrome steel, such as is in current use for making guns both in France and Germany and whose properties are well known.