Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 303, 2 November 1918 — Page 6

PAGE SIX

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM r j AND SUN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by " Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building. North Ninth and Sailor Strata Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, aa Sec- "-. ond Claaa Mall Matter.

MEMBER or THIS A9SOC1ATKD ITIBS The Aaaoclated Praa fa exrluatrely entitled to the use for republication of all newa dlapatchea credited to It or not otherwlae credited In thla paper and aleo the local news publlahed herein. All rlrhta of republication of Pc!a! dlpntoha herein are alaa referred.

, (. After the War Problems ; The great task of internal reconstruction after the war confronts the American people. With unparalleled and astounding success America was quickly transformed from a peace basis to an arsenal that turned, out munitions and equipment of war in quantity production on such a gigantic scale that our allies were astounded and our foe dumfounded. t ; -Within a few months our industries will turn back to peace time production. How to stop the

production of guns, shells, rifles, motor trucks, airplanes and the thousands of items that are catalogued as army and navy supplies, and to keep the factories going on new work and the laborers hnsv. is a nrnhlpm nf rpcnnaf rnfUnn that.

roust be seriously considered not only by the national legislators but also by the individual. War orders amounting to billions of dollars are in the process of completion. When peace is declared most of these will be cancelled. A cessation of work on war orders will entail hardship on the manufacturers and workers unless the industrial wheels can at once be changed to the production of non-essential articles and other commodities in demand in peace times. . Millions of men and women now busily employed in war work will find themselves out of employment unless governmental agencies provide a gradual method of transition from war to peace time production. Machinery worth millions of dollars and special factories costing huge sum3 of money, designed particularly for the construction of war supplies, will go into the scrap heap unless they can be used for other purposes. The demobilization of the army will restore 5,000,000 soldiers to the industrial and commercial spheres. Their absorption into peaceful pursuits will not be an easy one, 'nor fraught without a rearrangement of oiir industrial machinery. Secretary Lane of the Interior Department has suggested that Congress enact legislation for the reclamation of arid and swampy land, so that the returning soldiers may, if they choose, take up government land, as did many soldiers of the Civil war who were attracted to the states west of the Mississippi river by the ease with which land could be obtained. How far this plan would go to solve the problem is a matter of conjecture. The Civil war found us an agricultural people.

The American Battle on Meuse One of Big Factors of the Victory

By HILAIRE Author of "Elements of the Great War" , . .. Military Copyright, 1918,, New T DESIRE this week to turn from I the general situation of the war to the particular point of interest to American Readers and discuss the situation on either side of the upper Meuse, together with the factor of continuity in effort, which is of the highest interest and Importance at the present moment; In other words, the continuance of pressure on the enemy during the winter. For an understanding of the two Actors of the Upper Meuse, east and west of the river, and the nature and value of pressure there, three things must be apprehended. First, why this sector is of such vital importance to the enemy; second, the function In strategy of "containing the wing"; third, the principle which has governed the whole Allied attack since the middle of July, which is given no technical name, but which I will call, Jot lack of a better title, "suction." 9 First, why was the sector where the American army Initiated its attack of September 26, of vital Importance to the enemy? Why was It more Important than any other sector? There are two reasons. First, It faced the hinge upon which must pivot any great enemy retirement. Second, be-1 cause any considerable Allied advance at this point would hamper the supplies of the armies of the enemy In northern France and compel the surrender of a great proportion of these, with a possible decisive result. The nature of the ground and the political development of centuries consequent on it have compelled all the main communications of the armies proceeding from east to west out of Germany into France to lie through the Belgian plain 'and through Lorraine. At the present moment both the Belgian plain and the fertile, metalliferous Lorraine district are a network of railways and roads by which very large armies can be supplied and wounded evacuated, two things equally Important to maintaining the life and health of a force. To the south of Lorraine lie the Vosges. and to the south of the Belgian plain lies the difficult country of the Ardennes. Through neither is there the proper communication to the front that can only be found in a sheaf of communications through open country, such as Luxemburg, Metz and all the gap up to the Vosges, or the open country of the Belgian plain, which after the bottle neck of Liege has been

Mnsf nf the Civil

. on iarms ur wete

had both knowledge of and liking for agriculture. Today the conditions are different. The major

ity of our soldiers have been taken from the in

dustries, and the an agricultural

tion. It-is to be doubted if thousands of our soldiers care to enter upon farming, something about which they know little or nothing. Again, the process of reclaiming arid and swampy land is far different from settling on the fertile homestead land thrown open for entry after the Civil war. It takes years to make irrigated land available for cultivation, and when crops have been grown on these lands in the western states, the problem of marketing the specialized crops that are raised still remains to be solved. . The immensity of the problem is staggering. To make the transition a safe one, it is highly probabte that government agencies and boards which have been created during the war must continue for many months after peace is declared. A study of the reconstruction problems is vitally necessary. Congress should not delay long in appointing commissions to formulate plans for the solution of the question. .

Beware 6f Boasting From the Indianapolis News. . . -

T!

Europe have found that the American people, as represented by their soldiers, are not given to "tall talk." Yet certain newspapers, in their exuberance over the fine showing made by our men in any task they were called on to perform, and warmed by the words of praise spoken of them by European military expert, have allowed their pardonable enthusiasm to run away with them. All have done, and are doing "well. But we should remember that the great burden is still borne by the British, French and Italians, and that all have been at the job much longer than we have. For more than four years the British and French have, with a desperate valor and a stubbornness that can not be too highly praised, stood off the Hun invasion, and have died by the million. The American people will never forget the splendid sacrifices that these brave nations and men have made. We are proud to be associated with them, and the only ambition of our men is to do as well as their comrades in arms have done. The heart of

America thrills at BELLOC and Britain's Critic Most Distinguished York Tribune inc. passed, opens up in a fan like system or rauroaas from Ghent, and Brussels on the north to Namur on the south The German armies stood five weeks ago after the reduction of their i salients, with n Inoo rt onma onn nnn ' - u .wtju V .UUfUVU prisoners and half a million casualties and nearly 3,000 guns, on a line which ran pretty well north and south from a few miles west of Ostend down to the sector of the front between Laon and Soissons, at which point they turned the corner of an obtuse angle I and carried on eastward and a little south past Rfceims, through the Argonne forest and to the Meuse below Verdun. There they turned another corner and ran southward and a little east after the reduction of the St. Mihlel above Metz at Pont-a-Mousson, covering Nancy and Luneville, and so on to the Voges. From Metz to Lille are the great main line railways which are the necessary lateral communications for this great arc, or bow. They run through Montnedy, Sedan, Hirson, Valenciennes and so to Lille. This line linked up Lorraine with the Bel gian sheaf of communications, and all the supplies of the million, men who lay in the forward thrust of the great sanent between Arras and the Argonne depended on it. Now this railway runs in all its eastern part right under the difficult country of the Ardennes, and if you will look at the map you will see that the point where the belt defending it was narrowest was the sector of Verdun; that is, the two sides of the Upper Meuse pust north of the town. It was here that the front ran dangerously close to the main lateral railway, and any considerable advance along the two sides of the Meuse below Verdun threatened to put this vital railway under are and therfore cut it. Further, should Allied pressure compel the enemy to retire, he would, of course, retire where there was the most open ground behind him, that is, by the north on the right, pivoting on the left or southeastern extremity of the active front in the sector before Verdun. A strong advance, therefore, in this sector not only threatened to cut oft at the root the lateral communications whereby the German armies on the north communicated with the south and thereby the great (German mass in the center was supplied, but also to break the hinge or pivot of a j possible retirement, which retirement

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM ANJ SUN-TELEGKAM

war vsterans had been reared i t , . - ., . i,bo uiuse tu iub sun mat mejr United States instead of being country is a manufacturing na-

HE American soldier abroad has made a reputation for modesty, as well as for efficiency and courage. To their surprise, many of our friends in

the mere mention of Ypres, where the ,

British and the Canadians, our neighbors fought against the most frightful odds and prevailed, or of Verdun, where the French stopped and threw back the onrush of the Huns. The war is an old game to these brave men. We are newcomers and it behooves us to be as modest for our soldiers as they are for themselves. We are all proud of them, and properly so. They have earned our gratitude and admiration. It is merely suggested that our people keep their sense of proportion. We are sure that they do not mean to boast, but are simply proud that they are able to be of service in this great world crisis. They will ever feel a sense of the truest brotherhood with those peoples with whom they are associated in the great war. They have no other thought than to give praise where praise is due, and in proper proportion.

we know was imposed on the enemy and has taken place. When on September 26 what the enemy long expected took place and the main battle was opened with a powerful American attackin this vital sector north of Verdun and between the Argonne and the Meuse, the enemy met it by a heavy concentration. It was a matter of life or death for him that the advance of the Allies, whenever it took place, should not be here. He brought up against the American effort everything he could possibly spare, even to the extent of weakening other sectors to the north, and as far as mere ground is concerned he has parried the blow for the moment. As we all know, the advance in this sector toward Grandpre which has been reached and passed, and toward Dun, which is not yet reached, has fort and expensive in men, and ha, covered five weeks Judged by the map alone, or by anyone who did not consider the strategical problem as a whole, it looks like a failure. It is nothing of the kind. On the contrary, it is an operation absolutely fundamental to the Allied plan. To make this appreciated I shall turn in my next points to the function of the containing wingv The great part . of the Americans during the past weeks and pending further operations has been to form the containing wing of the great Allied sweep. The function of such a containing wing in a movement of this sort is the most useful and the most necessary of all, but it is the kind that least advertises itself in movement. When you have at once the superiority of numbers and also the initia tive over the enemy holding a bulge or salient against you, you try to reduce the salient by striking its two extremities. That is, you act principally on your two wings, maintaining in the centre only as much pressure as is necessary to pin the enemy to his salient," trying as far as possible to hook him. Now, short of some very bad blunder cn the part ot the enemy, or gross inferiority, you will hardly secure envelopment in a movement on this vast scale. There is no example in this war, no even against the half-supplied and broken armies of Russia at the end of the 1915 campaign. But by the threat of envelopment you compel him to retire with a very heavy loss of men and material, and during the compulsion he will naturally give way before the wing that threatens his very life. This latter wing, therefore, which by exercising constant and unvarying pressure permits the other extremity to do its work and go forward, is called the containing wing. Its role is for the moment ungrateful. Its business is to hold great masses of the enemy and by so doing to permit its. fellow at the other extreme to advance rapidly and compel a general retirement, but its usefulness to the general scheme is as high and if anything higher than any other component part of'the scheme. Not only does it thus contain, that is, pin down and prevent the movement of great masses which the enemy could use- elsewhere, but it exercises the

fores I have ca!led suction.

This third point of our comprehension of the whole system and the part played by the sectors of the Upper Meuse Is very important. - A superior enemy has through his superiority this advantage among others . over aitacaTeo pel the enemy to throw in division aiter division ana ioruiu isutu illusions after days of battle to obtain sufficient rest. While he, himself, gives the divisions with which he has recently attacked, say, three weeks for rest and recruitment his dwindled opponents are compelled to throw in corresponding divisions again within a week or ten days, with all the consequent loss of efficiency, which is progressively increasing. On those parts of the line where the enemy short of complete disaster. Is compelled to hold on at all costs, this compulsion to fatigue his parts is imposed with such severity that he would break-down unless he perpetu ally renewed his forces. As he here i suffers the greatest pressure and must j held or lose everything, he pours in I men continually, and though the line does not appreciably move on the map, we must visualize wastage, which is more important than movement. This vital sector, though kept stationary for a time, or nearly stationary, is on the boil. It is the scene of forces perpetually thrown in and exhausted. A look at the following figures will make one appreciate the full meaning. When the pressure was first seriously applied by the Americans in this vital sector of the upper Meuse the enemy had, I believe, eight divisions to meet the first shock. In the shock the superiority of the forces opposing forced. him back, as we know, past Montfaucon. He continued to pour in men. At he beginning of October he had displaced fifteen divisions, by the middle of October twenty and at the ! close of tho month thirty. The process continues. He had of available divisions ten days ago, that is, divisions for the front, though, of course, pot in their full establishment, but now heavily and increasingly depleted, rather ove.r 170, of which less than 160 could be used actively, and of these again a certain number, about forty, were kept in rotation behind the lines, recovering from the effects of battle. Therefore, it is true to say that upon this very short and vital sector of the front the Americans have' compelled the enemy to employ something like a fifth of his active strength and this proportion will grow to more nearly a quarter by the time these lines appear. This, then, has been the function of the American armies at the Meuse during the last five weeks a funstion j I fear that has not been sufficiently understood and, consequently, has not been receiving its due meed of praise. The function of the containing wing has been exercising continuous pressure on the. most vital point, compelling the enemy to weaken resistance elsewhere and thereby permitting the whole process of the advance on the north which has lost for the enemy the seacoast and thrown him back from the Scheldt. It has been far more important than any cession of ground, has worn down the lirle and narrowed the margin between security and the breaking point. Can the pressure be continued? Will winter conditions and the recruitment of the Allies permit continuance? Undoubtedly. The winter lull of the last two years depended on two factors. One was the exhaustion of the Allied recruitment and the other was the difficulty of advancing over ground which was subjected to the intensive bombardment thought necessary in the earlier stages of the war. Today the problemn of recruitment is solved by the continual arrival of American forces. The problem of the ground is solved by the fact that the war has become a war of movement, no longer involving the churning 'up of the soil by prolonged bombardments upon a narrow belt, and by the extension of the movement out of the Waterloo district southward to dryer regions. More important than either of these considerations is the fact that today the enemy does not hold as equal against equal. He is not, as ia late 1916, and even late 1917, an exhausted man standing against another man equally exhausted, and both partiesf pausing to recuperate. He is a man '" r""" rapid than that of his opponent, and he is a man suffering the political peril of a constantly nearer approach to his own frontiers. The pressure will continue and It will continue victoriously and one of the great factors of its victory will prove to have been the' containing effort of American armies have exercised this . autumn on the upper Meuse. In France at one time only those of i noble birth were allowed to be glassblowers. RASH "When my little boy was two months old a rash broke out on his face and it kept spreading until his face and the back of his head were covered. It soon developed into large, ' deep eruptions, and itched very much and he would scratch and rub so that he could hardly sleep night or day. His face was a solid scales His hair was thin and dry and nearly all of it fell out. This lasted seven months. "We were told it was eczema and we got a free sample of Cudcura Soap and Ointment. After using it three days we saw a great change so we purchased more, and when we had used two and a half boxes of Ointment with two cakes of Soap his head and face were healed." (Signed) Mrs. O. R. Wilson, R. F. D. 1, Roxbury, Ohio, Augusts, 1917. For every purpose of the toilet Cudcura Soap and Ointment are supreme. Sample Each Free by Mail. Addresi postcard: "Cutieara.Dept. R. Boston." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 2S and 50c

cut HEALS

SATURDAY, KOV 2, 1918;'

EXPLAINS FEDERAL ESTATE TAX LAW The following statement has been issued ffOm the office of the Internal revenue agent at Indianapolis: "On account of the Federal Estate tax law, which was enacted September 8, 1916, being a tax on an estate in a lump, it has become qonf used with the Indiana Inheritance tax law, which Is a transfer tax a tax against the legatee. The Federal Estate tax law requires all estates of decedents dying after September 8, 1916, to file returns, when the gross estate amounts to $60,000.00, or more, or the net estate Is $50,000.00, or more. There are two particular forms which executors, administrators and attorney's should familiarize themselves with. Form 704 should be filed within 30 days after death, or within 30 days after letters testamentary are issued. Form 706, containing itemized lists of the various assets, should be filed within one year after death." Mrs. Elizabeth Replogle Dead at Hagerstown HAGERSTOWN, Nov. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth Replogle, 87 years old, died at the residence west of town, near Chicago Corner church, Thursday night. She was one of the oldest pioneers of this county, and had lived in this neighborhood practically all her life with the exception of a few years spent in Huntington county. She was a member of the Brethren church. The deceased , is survived by her husband, John Replogle, and two children, Henry Replogle and Mrs. Frank Robinson. Funeral services will be, held at the Brethren church Sunday morning at 10.50 o'clock, and interment will be made there. Wilsons Pardons: Soldier Sentenced to Death WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. Private Clarence E. Sperry, Three Hundred and Forty-third"" Artillery, sentenced to death by court-martial because he TRAINED NURSE TELLS OF TREATMENT FOR INFLUENZA Gentlemen: For the benefit of thousands who are suffering with La Grippe or Influenza I feel It my duty to tell others about your wonderful remedy, Hull's Superlative Compound. It was through this remedy that I became Interested in medicine and nursingand 17 years asro entered the City Hospital at Indianapolis, Ind., from which I graduated "fcnd became a registered nurse of Indiana. I believe Hull's Superlative to hw the most efficient all around Family Medicine on the market, as it has never failed in families to Vwhonv I have recommended it. to break up Colds. La Grippe, TonsUitis, Influenza, Bilious fever, acute Indigestion, and I find It also to be a splendid blood builder. Every family in the country now especially needs Hull's Superlative for by havingr this remedy in the home and beginning to take it on the first symptoms of chills it will ward off the severest part of the disease. I received the best results for influenza by taking1 1-3 teaspoonful every two hours for five doses, followingwith from 1 to 2 tablespoonful of castor oil or epsom salts, then contin-' ningr the medicine by takiner from 6 to 10 drops 3 times a day. The patient g-oes into a heavy perspiration and should be kept under cover not allowingthe draft to reach them, althouarh plenty of fresh air in the room. I must say I never thought I would relish the idea of having- my name used for advertising but I feel it mv duty in this crisis of the dreadful disease Influenza, which is proving so fatal to so many to recommend it to others for their help. Wish I could tell thousands of mothers of the rriferit of this wonderful medicine. Yours very sincerelv. MRS. J. H. DIXON'. R. N. 401 Middle St.. Dayton. O. Hull's Superlative is a root and bark remedy, rich In Peruvian Bark, fever breaker, Golden Seal, the greatest known vegetable antiseptic and other ingredients as good as those mentioned. Hundreds testify to ' great good rereived. Be sude and keep It in the house. La Grippe comes almost at once without warning. Then is when you need Hull's Superlative. A. J. HULL, The A. J. Hull Medicine Co., FIndlay, Ohio. For sale by all drug-gists at $1.00 per uuine. auv,

twice deserted to join his partially paralyzed wife and their three children, has been set free Dy order of President Wilson. The President set the sentence aside because the offense was due to the soldier's "very proper solicitude for his family," and directed that a copy Af , his indorsement be

HOW WEAK, NERVOUS WOMEN QUICKLY GAIN-VIGOROUS HEALTH AND STRONG NERVES 7 A DAY FOR 7 DAYS

A Vigorous, Healthy Body, Sparkling Eyes and Health-Colored Cheeks Come in Two Weeks, Says Discoverer of Bio-feren. Worlc A Grandest Health Builder Costs Nothing Unless It Gives to Women the Buoyant Health They Long For. , It is safe to say that right here in this big city are tens of thousands of weak, nervous, run-down, depressed women who in two weeks' time could make themselves so healthy, so attractive 'and so keen-minded that they would compel the admiration of all their friends. The vital health building elements that these despondent women lack are all plentifully supplied In Bio-feren.

Keep Out the Cold and Save Coal EVERYONE wants to save coal this winter. t It's needed to win the war and it's high in price. The easiest way to save coal, is to keep out the cold and keep in the heat with Storm Windows and Storm Doors And this saving in coal means a big "profit" to every householder. Houses protected by storm windows and storm doors , require from one-third to one-half less coal. ' Youcan easily figure what that means to you in dollars and cents. The saving in coal will pay for the storm windows and storm doors in one or two seasons. And in addition they increase, the comfort and healthfulness of your house by eliminating cold floor drafts, by permitting perfect ventilation and by making it possible to keep warm in the severest winter weather. See us now and have a comfortable house all winter. The Miller-Kemper Co. Phone 3247-3267 Richmond, Ind.

i

MT(U)E)Y

MY

RICHMOND

handed to Private Sperry as a stimulus to him to remember the fidelity and diligence which 1b required of soldiers called to defend theircountry. Sperry disappeared while in training at Camp Travis, Texas, last spring and was found at his home, Madill, Okla. After being returned to camp he deserted again.

If you are ambitious, crave success in life, want to have a healthy, vigorous bdoy, clear skin and eyes that show no dullness, make up your mind to get a package of Bio-feren right away. It costs but little and you can get an original package at any druggist anywhere. Take two tablets after each meal and one at bedtime seven a day for seven days then' one afte'r meals till all are gone. Then if you don't feel twice as good, look twice as attractive and feel twice as strong as before you started your money is waiting for you. It belongs to you, for the discoverer of Bio-feren doesn't want one penny of it unless it fulfills all claims. Note to Physicians: There Is no secret about the formula of Bio-feren, It U printed on every package. Hera it in; T.Anithin rii,, : phate; Iron Peptonate; Manganese Peoivumvs. iiu Tuwica; rowa. Bentian; Phenolphth&lein; Olearesin Capsicum; Kolo. COMMERCIAL CLUB

T

i i