South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 193, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 12 July 1915 — Page 5

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Gen. French Calls Onslaught With Poisonous Fumes Treacherous and Unworthy of German Nation. TENDON, July 12. FiM Marshal P;r John French, reviewing operations on the British front from April 5 to June 15, delivers an eloquent indictment of -what he terms the un.oMierly conduct of the Gcrmann in the employment of ajrphyxiatinK Kaprs. Ho pays tribute to the Germans as onetime exponents of the highest though, in methods of warfare and exprcssc." his surprise and regret that they should have adapted such an expedient against adversaries h worthy of fcuch a body of troops. Following is a summary of the British commander's caustic review: "It is of much regret that I have to report that during this period the fichtinff has been characterized on the enemy's Fido by a cynical and barbarous disregard of the well known u.--aea of civilized warfare and ilaRrant defiance of tho terms of The Ilapue convention. All the scientific resources of Germany apparently have been brought Into play to produce a ks?. of fo virulent and poisonous a nature thit any human brought into contact with it is hrst paralyzed and then meets an agonizing and linserins death, "The enemy Invariably preceded his prepared and supported attacks by i.charKinpr a stupendous, volume of fumes whenever the wind was favorable. Ic Gas In All Attacks. "During the whole of the 22rd the enemy's artillery was very active. His attacks along the whole front were supported by heavy uns. "I lss ;ed orders on May 1 to commence u withdrawal to a new line. This retirement, carried out deliberately and with scarcely a loss, in the face of the enemy who was in position, reflects the preatest possible credit on ir Herbert lMumer and thopo -who efficiently carried out his orders. "On the whole of the fourth the enemy heavily phelled tho trenches we had evacuated, being unaware that they were no loncrer occupied. "Up to the morning of the eighth the enemy made attacks at short intervals, always covered by rras. on all parts of tho line east of Ypres, but everywhere they wcro driven back with heavy los. "Throughout the wholo period, flnco tho first break in the line on the night of April 2 2. all our troops have been constantly subjected to a violent artillery bombardment from a large maps of guns with an unlimited supply of ammunition. Th artillery bombardment vas shortly followed by a heavy infantry attack beforo which our lino had to givo way." Referring to the work of the flying corps. Field Marshal Krench says: "Since my last dispatch fiO air combats have occurred. In which no British aeroplane was lost." In conclusion he Fays: "Some of tho divisions of the new army have arrived and prolvibly will prove a valuable addition to our fighting force." Regrets Methods Kmployed. "As a soldier I cannot help expressing the deepest regret and surprise that an army which hitherto has claimed to be the chief exponent of the chivalry of war should have stoopto employ such devices against brave and gallant foes. "The k.s was first ufod by tho enemy on April L J." Describing this attack, C.en. French says: "The affect of the pas was r-o virulent as to render the whole line held by the French division practically incapable of aetion. At first it was itnposlble for anyone to realize what actually had happened as the smoke COULD NOT STAND ON FEE! Mrs. Baker So Weak Could Not Do Her Work Found Relief In Novel Way. Adrian, Mich. "I suffered terribly with female weakness and backache and got so weak that I could hardly do my work. When I washed my dishes I had to sit down and when I would sweep the Moor I would pet so weak that I would have to get a drink every few minutes, and before I did my dusting I would have to lie down. I got so poorly that my folks thought I was poinK into consumption. One day I found a piece of paper blowing around the yard and I picked it up and read it. It said 'Saved from the Grave,' and told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for women. I fhowed it to my husband anJ he said, 4 Why don't you try it ? So I did, and after I had taken two bottles I felt better and I said to my husband. l don't need anv more.' and ho said 'You had better take it a little longer anyway. 5o i took it for three months and gr t well and strong." Mrs. Alonzo L. Eaker, 9 Tecumseh St., Adrian, Mich. Tot AVell I'notish to Work. In these words is hidden the tragedy of many a woman, housekeeper or wage earner who supports herself and is often D helping tc support a family, on meagre wages. Whether in house, office, factory, shop, store or kitchen, woman fhould remember that there is one tried TiT.d true remedy for the ills to which all women are prone, and that is Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Compound. It promo's that vigor which makes work easy. The Lydia E. I'iakham Medicine Co.. Lvna, Masi.

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and fume: hid everything from sight. 'Hundreds of the men were thrown into comatose and dying condition and within an hour the whole position had to abandoned toother with o) I m !.! ble to I'm- It. '"I wish particularly to rrpudiaf anv Idea of Attaching the least blame to "the French division for this unfortunate incident and to express my firm conviction that if any troops in the world had been able To hold the.se trenches in the face of such a treacherous and altogether unexpected on"hiuKht the French division would have stood h rm. "The left flank of the Canadian position was thus left dangerously exposed to serious attack on the flank and there appeared to be a prospect of its being overwhelmed. In spite of the danger to which they were ex-pncf-d the Canadians held their ground with a magnificent display of tenacity and courage. The bearing and conduct of these splendid troops averted a disaster which might have been attended by the most serious consequences. "The second Londcn heavy battery which was attached to the Canadian division, posted behind the right of the French division, beini? involved In their retreat, fell into the enemy's hands. ' It was recaptured by the Canadians, but the puns could not be withdrawn before the Canadians were aK'ain driven back.'

WOODMEN PLAN BIG FIELD DAY Camps IYom Northern Indiana Will Celebrate Day at Kaffle Point, Osceola, Aug. 1. The annual Battalion field day of the Modern Woodmen of America from the various camps of Northern Indiana will be held August 1, at EaKle point. Osceloa, Ind., according1 to arrangements made Sunday afternoon by 50 delegates who were present at a special meeting to prepare the time and date of the affair. Camps that were represented at the meeting held at M. W. A. hall were Elkhart, Mies, Mich., Goshen. Mishawaka, Syracuse, Washington and Colfax camps of this city. Special ears will leave each of these cities early In the morning of August 1. for the lake, where a big time is expected. Lunch will be served by the neighbors and foresters of the various camps to the friends present. A feature of the da' will be a competitive drill to take place between the drill teams of each camp of which eipht entries have already been made. Three prizes will be awarded for this event. Various out of door sports have been outlined for the occasion by the committee in charge and prizes will be given for each contest, which will be given the Woodmen by merchants of the cities represented at the picnic. The business meeting yesterday was followed by a smoker and a social time. The Woodmen attended the Auditorium in a body during the afternoon. Complete arrangements for the part of the local camps will be made tonight at the regular meeting of the Colfax camp, No. 3305, M. W. A. J. D. OLIVER PLAYFIELD VISITED BY OVER 1,200 New Hecrention Center Has lligget Day Slnco OiH'iiing .lmut TOO Children Play During Day. The opening of the J. D. Oliver play ground yesterday proved to be the largest day that the grounds has had since its opening last week. More than 1,200 people were on the grounds during tho day according to a report mado by F. B. Barnes, municipal playground director last nieht. Tho day was featured by two simultaneous ball games. Volley ball was enjoyed by girls, boys and men as was vnany other contests open to all. The children's toboggans and other play ground paraphernalia were filled during the entire day there being more than TOO children playing on the grounds at one time. People were present from all parts of the city and it is beliexed that this playground will be only the beginning of a large number which will be found in any part of the city in a few months. TALK OF HIGHWAY FROM TEXAS TO CANADA BORDER Autmolilo Chamber of Commerce to Discuss Paed Koad Across Continent I roni North to South. Probably the most ambitious highway plans yet formed are those credited to a coterie of roadbuilders from several states who met in Chicago recently to make active plans for the project. The plans as formed will be presented at tho annual American Autoinnblle CJiambcr of Commerce meeting to be held in Maine during the coming week. The plan as proposed is to build a permanent highway brick or cement all the way from the Mexican border of Texas to -the Great Lakes on the Canadian border to be known as the International Pavedway. The plan has already received the hearty sanction of the states west of the Mississippi, and Illinois, Indiana and Michigan are said to have exhiibted marked interest. The paved way is intended to show the highest type of roadbuilding and it is planned that the publicity of an instinctive nature showing its progress and the methods cmpioed shall be a strong feature in its promotion. 1.000 ATTEND POLISH FALCONS FIELD DAY Irtgr:im of Events nt Janowkl (Irte Continue All Day Parade Pntnlo, 1 xerviss. More than l.'0f people attended the big field day exercises of the Polish Falcons, held Sunday in the Janowski grove west of "the city. The Falcons met at the Z. B. hall on W. IMvision st.. at U:30 o'clock in the morning and marched in a b dy to the place of the eexnls.s. The line of march was as follows: n Division st.. to Chapin st.. on Chapin st.. to Napier st . on Napier st.. to Walnut st.. and then to Washington, where special cars were boarded. The exercises began soon after the arrival of the croud, and many of the exercises and drill were not tinished until late in the evening. so b-ngthy wa.s the program. Athletic stunts." drills with tings, hoops, rifles. calisthenics and a variety of attractions were offered for the plsure of tho crowd-

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Delegates to Recent Peace j Congress at The Hague Are) Back Home Every Bit of Land is Cultivated. NEW Yoklv. July 12. "Wo work by day and weep at night," was the heroic remark of a German woman in a hcsp.tal in IJeilin to Miss Angela Morgan, the poetiss, and Miss Keboeea Shelly, delegates to the recent Woman's Peace congress at The Hague, who arrived home on the HollandAmerican liner, Rotterdam. Following the adjournment of the conference at which Mis Shelly was the youngest delegate, he and Miss Morgan went into Germany "to get the Ge, man point of view." as Miss Morgan expressed it at the, Woodstock. On tho voyage back the Rotterdam was held up 11 days at the Downs and Avonmouth by the British naval authorities. Three German passengers. Frcihen Montz von Guerckheim, Hans Puschmann and Josef Obonek, were taken off the ship. "Between Rotterdam and Avonmouth," said Miss Morgan, "three British ships were torpedoed In the path of our ship including the Leyland liner Armenian. We passed through the wreckage of sunken ships and during the time that we were detained we saw submarines, Zeppelins, torpedo boat destroyer." and other machines of war and witnessed the departure of the steamship Francona, now a British transport, with 3.000 splendid young soldiers on board bound for the Dardanelles. Sings 'Auld Iang Syne." "In connection with that w were witnesses of a most inspiring and saddening incident. On the transport the young soldiers were cheering and shouting all day long. One night as by common impulse they all hurst into the strains of Tipperary. They sung it through and there was silence for a minute then suddenly from our ship, Vernon Stiles, the American tenor, who had been singing at the Saxon court, sinking through a megaphone, burst Into the strains of 'Auld Iving Syne.' Following that he sung 'Annie Iaurle.' It was perfectly beautiful. As his voice died out across the water a midnight silence fell and then from the throats of the 3,000 young men about to sail away to the horrors of war there came a long ringing cheer. With that cheer in our ears the ureat ship slowly got under way and passed out to sea." In Germany the two young peace advocates had several despairing experiences. Blinded In Pattle. "At one of the American Red Cross hospital.- in Munich," said Miss Morgan, "we saw scores of men who had been blinded in battle. They were making pitiful efforts to learn to read and write under their new conditions. One poor fellow had his face so badly mangled that he had to wear a mask over it. He had been engaged to marry when the war started, but because of his wounds his romance was at an end. All that he had wag his iron cross which he clung to like a baby with her doll. I turned to a German woman who was standing near and spoke to her about our peace movement. She pointed sliently to that terribly wounded man: " 'How can you talk peace to us Theaters AT Tim AUDITORIUM. "The Diamond from the Sky," the serial stor,y featuring Bottie Pickford and Irving Cummings, Charley Chaplin in a very funny comedy, entitled "Caught in the U?in." "Braga's Double.' a two-act Kssanaj- and "Sweedie's Finish," an Kssanay comedy, are tho picture offerings at the Auditorium today. Tin: iwci: in tin: moon ij cut." On tomorrow the live-part TTilliam A. Brady photoplay showing Robert Warwick in "The Face In. the Moonlight,' will he shown at the Auditorium theater. Robert Warwick In the bright particular star of the photoplay and has an enormously powerful part to undertake. He has the support of such experienced screen artists as H. Cooper Cliffe and Montague Love. Stcn.a Archer makes her llrst appearance rn the screen with Ribert Warwick in "The Face in the Moonlight." The action of the play takes place in Franco at the period of the first French empire. Napleon had just come into supreme power, he is heard of in the photoplay; but he is not seen. Magnificent costumes and settings, allied with good photography makes this feature a pleasing offering to the eye; the cast and the acting, as well as the story constitute Robert Warwick in "The Face in the Moonlight," a singularly powerful costume play. Robert Warw ick has a dual role in the drama: he plays the parts of two half brothers; one an aristoertic young soldier, the other a degenrato villiain ami murderer. The aristocrat is wrongfully accused of murder and pardoned by Napoleon. Rabat, the actual criminal, goes at last manfully to thv scaffold. There is a strong pathetic love Interest. AT Till: LA SALLU "Conscience." a four-reel dramatic picture dealing with the evil side of capital punishment is featured on the Ta Salle program for today. It is said to be one of the most intense pictures ever produced dealing with this subject. An innocent man is condemned to death in the electric chair on purely circumstantial evidence. After his death a celebrated criminoloirist t'ccorncs interested in the chpo and sets to work on the matter. He discover evidence that the man was innocent and succeeds in running down the guilty one. It. conveys an important lerson t the observer and tho excellence of the general development heightens the interest in the plot. On the same program is seen a laughable war comedy in two parts, entitled "The Cannon Ball." from the Keystone studio. on Tuesday "Brother Otricers." a s'ory f'f romance and adventure in the British army Is shown. Henry Kinsley the featured player. St.irtUz when he i a poor hoy in th London, slums, the story follows his career throutrh a r-erics of thrilling adventures in the army culminating in a happy romance, as all god pictures should. Two other films, includ

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she n.-ked, 'when jou are Fending am munition from America that i putting out tile eyes of our tons?'" We felt terribly rebuked." r.dded Mis Morgan. Mis Shelly related a similar experience. V, c w ere in Berlin at a toup kitchen," he i-..;.id, 'ilid u-k-with a friend when the woman iu charge of the k:tcii. a upprivt -.4 (J ,i,m sui J, not unkindly, iin : . ,sc: Couldn't Bear 1-jimi-h. 'I'leae do i.n .i-,i..ii. i cannot bear to he..r u. "We learned Utt t :..i .-lie had Km in the war her hit; j.u.l., iur two .-ons and her two sons-iu-i.., . ;.try male member of her family had iaheu. "There is a wonder! ul spirit everywhere in Germany," Mis Morgan continued. "The soldiers sing as they march away, the children and grownups sing in the street. The whole people seem to be living in a state of wonderful spiritual exaltation." It was in Berlin that the German woman spoke of working by day and weeping by night. "The women of Germany are united in the effort to do the work which was abandoned by the men when the summons to war came," Miss Shelly said. "There is an organization of girl scouts, girls from 1- to 1G years of age. many of them from the best families all over the country, who actually labor in the tields after school hours, tilling the soil and raising food for the multitude to eat. Frau von llopfgarden is at tho head of the organization and they are accomplishing wonderful things. Twenty diherent kinds of plants which formerly were regarded as weeds have been adapted to foot? uses. The only shortage of food that we saw was in bread. No (iroiunl UncultUatod. "And to supply thi shortage thoy have resorted to tho most ingenious devices. Fur instance they make bread now from beans, chestnuts, almonds, potatoes and rice. And as to the methods of cultivation there isn't a foot of soil left untitled. Travelling through the country by train we found that they had cultivated the land riht down to the side of the railroad tracks." "One of the saddest things we heard," said Miss Morgan, "was a report in the American Red Cross hospital in Munich, the head of which Is Dr. Jung of Washington, that the history of many hundreds of cases of wounded men shows they received their wounds from American ammunition." Neither Miss Morgan nor Miss Shelly saw any signs of an end of the war. There Is dissension among the women's clubs of Germany because some of them sent delegates to the peace congress at The Hague. There has been peace talk, but of an academic character and confined largely to the socialists. Opinion is divided as to the desirability of including the annexation of Belgium among the peace demands of Germany. Among the other passengers on the Rotterdam was Rev. John Van Sehaiek, jr.. of Washington, D. C, who was sent to Belgium and Poland by the Rockefeller foundation in the interest of relief for war sufferers. Mr. Van Schaick said the relief measures in both countries were well in hand. The number of Belgian refugees in Hoiland once numbering 150,000 has been reduced to $70,000. ing a current Animated weekly, will be shown. AT BRIIVMLAND. There will be aspecial coupon dancing class of Instruction from 7:30 to S:30- at Dreamland, Springbrook, tonight. An assembly dance will be given the balance of the evening. Both affairs arc under the personal direction of Miss Ruby Higgs, the park dance hostess. During a recent visit to the park Policewoman Minnie Kvans. who keeps a watchful eye on all public places where the young folks gather, spoke in the most complimentary terms of the way Dreamland dances were being conducted by Miss Higgs. ' She stated that her services were absolutely not required from a censor's standpoint. An adult Claris will be taught on Tuesday afternoon and a young folks' matinee will be given each Wednesday. The children's classes, which .already have a large membership, will be continued en Satu relay afternoons. THRILLS WITH PARACHUTE Prof. Mastorson Makes Successful Balloon Ascension. Prof. Masterson thrilled a large crowd at Springbrook park Sunday afternoon by his daring drop in u parachute. Tho professor had advertised two drops, doing what is known as the double breakaway drop but when he had attained the right height the second parachute refused to work and he had to content himself with a single drop. Dreamland hael its full ejuot a of devotees both afternon and evening, and the dancers made merry under the direction of Miss Ruby Higgs. the hostess. All concessions at the park reported favorably on the day's business. LOOK! 1 Cam Va nt oe . .. :.l A If t t diseafce-carrying rat is more - jf ccru,ioo tbat roiw h 1 wty to year food Rpif cam 1. i!l kill roar rtti ar.d taict dit mre ywi !roi rxir.ri c Jen a, Si'f 10 ik. Harmless to w .1 ihumao sure satn 10 rodent. k ua'tit olor. Kat dry of vitnout fconipoii' p,n.kt in riii can. Hj to D'trof Hau." Z'c Botanical Mfg. Co. Pbilidelphia, Ps.

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