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' MONEV POWER. i
The banks and trust companies in
New York state at‘tlie close of the;
first halfioi 1918, had $150,000,000 more.
resources than their had twelv’é months,
before. And this after contributing;
enormous amounts paid out for Libel“,
.‘ty, W5. War Savings Stamps, federal;
taxgleRederoé-‘s and other war pur—i
" Ignite absence of complete reports;
‘fronkthe whole country We can probvi
Jib!) take this situation as typical. Alli
thofliliions We have poured into the
‘ war-pot have not impoverished us,!
have not weakened us, halve not overt“
ledsened our res urges. We havo'
actually support; our first year of,
war out of our current savings. As 0."
nation, We are probably a little ahead
«the game in spite of the drain. I
~ “iii an amazing exhibition of, linen-i
clalipmaler. and,of the great earniug‘
~capacity" combined with increased'
thrift @3313“??? such power possible.
We, may not be able to make so fine til
ligating next: year, because of the rain
,.1tll,3t.lllouutlng War costs. We cannot;
83m £151,th more. We should be llble.=7
2, roweverpto save a good deal more, and;
' endthe second year with our hilnll re< ,
".oohtces only slightly diminished. it,
all depends on what we spend our
.‘ Wile? for. ‘ k.
53" HOSE COPPER STATUES.
Allied sportsmen to whom the kais-
‘er, in happier times, gave “gold" tro-
‘phy cups, when seeking to realize on
.themv for war purposes have found
~ them merely gilded pewter. There was
‘ ‘dkojon them, which caused the Ger-
":lnapo much merriment.
“Now the tables are turned, Wi
nd lging idling same lavish propon-
ity, or‘posing as a patron of sport
‘and artf had presented various "cop-
per’ statues to the city of Berlin.- Un-
' Alli-tailing to melt down those statues
to, get the 'copper for military use, the
, ,egma‘ns have discovered that there is
"thgémergat outside shell of copper, noti
,gh to be worth melting. the bulk:
e~statues consisting of base metal‘
' value.
,ery likely those heroic eifigies were
tier worth the liberal use of any
metal so valuable as copper was, even;
it he olden days. German sculpture
novel; held a high place in the
w d of art. The discovery, neverthe-
ifit‘: lee Vmust be somewhat disconcerting
i. ,‘Gornians, and possibly to Wil-
huppose, the. people once begin
bugpgqt- that kaiser himself is a
shell .of copper or brass or some‘
‘ : alumina base metalr'
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nawmo in 0THE ARMY.
There is probably less chewing in
' erican army today than there
,among, any, similar number
To Americans in a hundred years.
ailing off in this particular habit:
" to any suddeniimpulse or
,,Tho reasonis hinted at pic.
and, coitvincingly, by, it
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.A‘I. moon is. 1913' .
- was thought that 2,000,000 or 3,000,000
] determining the action. The long. 013‘, At no pblnt Wasga h
GREEK-.0111”, points. It mans probable he .
realizes that nu attempt to arm,
territory here from the trap- that
have just taken it Would be ex;
trrmlyi liigllwltl‘it‘t‘d.
0n the other hand, the Germans
now are in such limitiolm along,
[the line bomb of tlic All-lie, that
lilicy can afford to take more time,
while on the south the British have'ft’l‘ a retreat over that river. coil ’
taken l’royart, four miles south of fulfill that ”“3 Allit‘b “'l” “”1 “Sf,
Bray. ’West 01‘ (1131111195 heavy itend themselves too llillcli in an 01-,
lighting continues in the region oflfoff lie” at this time. ‘ . é
Lillons. . l, the Hermann are lighting bur-t
At some points, especially in the,“r “1115’; hilt lfhb't‘l‘i't‘l‘fi Clmllml“ l“
center of the battle 'i'out, the report indications that their plan“
he“). Allied artillery Slag been‘still includes a retirement. The
, broughtup and is shelling the one Fl'mlt‘h and the 131110100“th ll-‘HV-
my positions West of the Somme, W913 118W HUT L't‘tl-St‘d ‘0 939”, ‘
south of l’cronuc, heavily. The PNSSUW-
French also are rushing up guns
to break the enemy resistance bc- , , t ._
we“, lloyc and Noyon. The. (“morally has been compelled to call4
mans here have depended
“W“;upon Austria-Hungary for help on.
artillery bal'l‘agcs to stop Allied.
'tllc western front and Austro-llull- ,
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. . . . ranal troo is are ‘il'i‘lVlllO‘ there.
from the other classes, we must “mandolin. . {- .1 l i a ,.
‘ Bl'lilh‘ll, French and American
ltllc Echo De Paris says today!
IV .4: ,, . ‘ .1 .' .i.
lbombiilg, airmen are bombing “will“: “0995’," adds} iii“: fl" 1:13: '
‘ {rear of‘tllc enemy positions till-the]: E). full“, 5813mm? lie will ti
and most eligible class of "em'u‘lslccasiligly.- During Sunday 107! _ l ( l-‘Pt‘l‘il {011111) ‘0’“ l)“, ‘t 2‘” ;
would mean to take the heads 01‘ taimi-,t2olls of bombn were dropped on lilldgtliafltlldareniviiitollgt gliilldlftll
t.'.,.‘ ,' , , .. ~ , i' i ,7;
411323133 will???ii...3£‘§lii“i§?§£’.‘£been" “*6 “elem “We bml
' ' ltllat it'llad not yet been brought‘ l;
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VALUES 8mm
AL ATTACK ON 52 MILES
FRONT ANDW Y IMJ
PORTANT GAINS AREs
RECORDED-
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piles spitting. and spitting while wear-
in; a gas mask is a problem that Am»
erican ingenuity has not yet solved.
Thus poison gas has one thing. at
least, to its. credit.
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MEN FOR THE ARMY.
The draft problem now hetore‘on-
More men are needed
When the present
grass is simple.
for the army.
selective scl‘vice law was enacted it
would sufljce for our share of the al-
lied luililary burden. On that basis,
the law was adequate.
it may prove necessary to raise more
than that. We cannot get any such
number from Class 1 of the selective
service lists as constituted at present,
It is. cvi»
PARIS, Aug. 13 (Havas).—-(ler- l
covering ages from :1 to 31.
dent that, unless we are to take men
tend the service age limits.
To dl‘att men from any but the first
ies, fathers and brothers and sons of
' g )‘ dent on them for “up- . _ ..
perpom d” w 5 till the enemy area. lil aerial iiglit-’. .
lllto action.
port or personal wre- 1‘ “WM mt‘lmlilig the Allied iiirnlcil destroyed
also the taking of skilled 111011 91111003",fourtcen German machines and put
ed inessentig] industries, and of menlforly-i‘ivc others out of action.
’ aBerlin reports tllc bringing down
, ,, {of seventeen Allied till'b‘lllps.
01' "“‘mamy' “'9 d0 “m want ‘0 dollt‘ralikl'ort, which is cunt of the
any of these things. 11 is clral‘ll’ bt‘l‘llihinc, and Mctz have been bomb-
ter to incorporate more eligible; ill‘LEd by Bl‘ltlbll squadrons.
class 1, by admitting yOungcr and old- NW1“ "f ”I“ Verde from Ill-”moi;
lthc Germans continue their 01-
9‘ mo“- forts to dislodge the FI‘t’llL'li and
T11“ age limits recommended by Hw'Alnt‘l‘lCtlll troops. Two violclll
wap department, 18 to 45, may appealit'tllllllt‘l’rallat‘ks were carried out
At their extremities mpg-Elly the enemy Monday, bilt both
were thrown back by the. Frilllco-
lAlilcriculls.
l 0n the remainder of the front,
year—cilia ot the tiring line ulthollglfithcre has been no activity. 111 Holy
England, harder pressed, has used tllc situation 'is without change,
1,1,3 are,nlmlcriitc artillery firing and put-
tl-ol actions only being in progress.
PARIS, Aug. 13. (llama).—
Sincc the beginning of the. Allied
colliiter-ofl’clisive on July 15, the
Allies have taken more than 70,000
prisoners and more than 1,000
guns, the Echo De Paris states to-
day. Ill addition, it cstimatbs,
more than ten thousand machine
units have been captured frolltthe
enemy.
below the desired standard of physique
All‘lt_”l‘EllDAltl, Aug. 13,—A
manifesto iulvocating thc pitiless
annihilation of rillicounter-rcvolll- '
tiouilries has been 'issucdhy Pre-
lllicr licllinc. says the lieiliische
Wcstt‘alischc Zeitu‘nu, of Essen.
Peasants retaining gratin beyond 2
extreme.
are little more than nominal. it is not
likely that we shall send our eighteen.
boys of 19 and 20, military expo
practically unanimous in regardingI LONDON. August 13___Rl._ fatigued before revolutionary
them an the very best 01‘ a“113'““"gcrllitiug has begun for a “pill" courts as enemies of the people.
terial. Moreovomthay cunniost ensilyilintlulioil til' the Woman's Aux”.
l', . , . . t , . ' ‘ ’- i Y.
be “hired front their families and coin-,Wl All“), (it’ll)h hit 1701”“? \‘HllI
'u ». it ‘l(llltl not be forgone“ phi-American expeditionary lorcv
munl 05‘ b I) ’1‘“. MW llmlisilud women are lit-ed-
”1 ”"5 connection, that 0“" “mm“ "cd and \\'t)lllt‘ll who are friends are
armies ill the Civil War were. made llDilllYllt'tl to enlist together,
almost entirely'ot boys under 21. l
A considerable‘numbet‘ ol "Hglbleslcul lighting is reported in progress
could be obtained in the older classes at l“l-‘\'lllt‘ll(‘h‘, on the “(minim
up to 35. The war department in prac-lblillk ol‘ tho, Vesle, where the
tice will hardly want ,0 go beyOndjFranco-A.lllCl‘lt‘tlll forces are bold-
:llig; the line. The Allies here were
lilttiickcd by tllc enemy illltl l'orllcd
r1100101 “599- Ito retire to the south bank of the
it will be valuable, however. to give river.
the government military authority: All lmmt‘llllllc C(llllll‘t‘l‘illlilt'li
middle me up towns launched, and according to thc.
2 , , , llllt‘St reports, the old positions ol‘.
45. ”00“” ll “'1” ”ammo 0‘" coo-m“, Allies outlic nortll'billlk of the
noulic war organization. 0““ entireirivcr have been restored.
able bodied and able-minded manhood,
lilpitiil punishment will be
flictcd on ilicit traders,
LONDON, Aug. Ll, 4:37 p. in.
(By The Associated l’resal—Jl‘he
French have gained control of the
entire llilib'fiil of l usigwy, on the
southern end of tie l’icnrdy bat-
tlefront, llt‘L’Ol‘tllllg to advices, this
afternoon. a“ 2 '
This gives comiiln'lid of the town
of linssigny iiud tllb vullcf of the.
llivettc, its well an the entire dist"
”let to the north.
liiriuiiiistroops ill'c' (warranting
trenches in the river bcd‘ol' the
(”so just \l'cstvof Builly, according
to news received here curly this
afternoon.
The move has been forced by
French pressure ill the valley of
the Oisc. .
Bililly is it village, situated on
the oust bank of the Disc, about it
lllllt‘ and tlll'ec»qlliirtci's cast of Ri-
becourt. It is near the south‘eru
LONDON, Aug. l3.-——llcilvy lo-
thut limit for army material, except in
0\ er all our men of
, , , t PARIS, Aug. lib—Lust night
up m that “um" um then be put on 8‘was without important ilcvclopi
war NEW and ““y m“ “'1‘” 1mm’m‘lillicuts on the . iiiilin battlefront”
now to be “misplaced in the genel‘alisilys today ’3 War Oliicc announce'
~ 1 ' ut where his lili‘llCll‘Enlt‘nl- .
:;:“::E;if;1‘“:lel Idonut most (let his- The Allied forces in “card." 0nd.“ Ollrnculup Forest, a “'OOdefl
iliiilde, ii heavy llttuck today illiillggsol‘lml,“'11!"ll 15 0f NH“ 51 HIM-£10
COUNTY “ndmmfieu' the entire front from '(7hilllllics3"fllue “1 “mt-”ll“t 0f the battle-
W southward in a determined elfortfiChl- _ .
A WAR OF ACT|°N- to break the resistance of the cue-l The French “‘0 “'Mkmg around
“War,” wrote Marshal Foch beforelmy |fioyc to t’llctwcntéind tllc sloultlli of
i V‘ ' Q ' ‘ . ~ . ‘ . .' ‘ . ' L "I
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nature, permits only of mm“? “militia out of Noyon, near lilo South_i1)-lcil1'(ly battlefront, 811‘! now hold
swei-s. There is no result withoutgem end of the line, notably tliatlhlgh ground in tllisreglou.
cause; it you seek the result. developlrllnning toward Hum, to the northJ The WOW“! “1‘00 around (103
the cause—employ force. It you wishiTh," difficulty of the enemy ill can, 10g“: 5001‘“ 01 Rnl’ei “'08 Ctlpltumd
, , tt ithdraw beathim; lrynig out. it rctrograd movement by the 11911011 lflSt Night» “t '0
rout 0900mm 0 W ' ,1lllls is markedly increased. icrlnan counter-attack drove
otherwise nothing, is accomplished; them back. . ‘2
And there is only one means to thatlllevll‘rl‘tlll $2115] ASMEIRICIAN AllMlllll' The. vitlngt‘lolf llllilcogvilloii but]; .
~ . < i' . t, until ’ llgilst , i .iccli cap lll‘t‘( r .10 I‘L‘llCl ant
end—the brittle; There is no mlmyimy the Associated l;l'CSS).——~G,Cl‘-llllOl'e ground ha: been gaiuedhy
Wimout ,baitle.‘ iman, airplanes dropped bombs nliZtllcln north of the. St. Claude
In another place 110 WW9, "'Of-auithc American positions on theFat-111.41’Ecouvillon is about three
military mistakes, only one is dis-‘Wocvre last night lvitllout inflict. and one—hull? miles southeast of
t
graceful—inaction." lillii‘gamflgeu 1 Limiitignfv“andIfirtzunlly1 1on 3:0
_ b r t . _ i . _~ . . . » C
There you have the commander-ln- c ellcmy ”is sent 0"“ bdl “05 0- 10 Ill} go over 0‘\lllg
'Oise).
The enemy is reported destroy-
ing villages in Ills reiir. The ruins
of Peromle. are repdrted to be
burning. Fires have been observ-
cd.by Allied airmen at various
points. ‘ .
So far thirty-three German di-
visions have been identified, in' the ,
fighting. The enemy’s reserves,
, iloons earring propaganda for both
chief of the allied “1'm195~ H9 haslAmcrican and French troops.
been Well deseribed as “an otiensivei ‘WI'ilH THE AMERICAN ARM Y
. , , . A
tighten He was always that in§0N THE V ESLE, Monday, August
theory. in the a?” “bent”? war was,” (By the Associated I’rcsshmv
toFranca a purely theoretical matteriflhe Germans directed counter
He put his theory into practice in thezactions against the Franco-Ameri-
fim battle of the Marne. He‘ gnve'it can line. between Soissons 0nd
'Rllcims today but without brine.
' d a l'cation in the seCond . ’ 2n, _ _ .
renew pp} the indications are, gradually are
i ling about. any "change in the sit-
Marne battle, He is re~emphaslzing Vuatiou. Nor did the enemy reveallbeing exllaus‘tcd‘andhe is draw:
now in Picardy. [any mtentioncf an immediate aiding troops out of the‘line to (31".
From now on. thank heaven, this 1,; Sim}? tot recolver any portion tpfi’flefiidhis flanks and cover any lips.
4 - - 2 . rriory ost- nortt of 2 10. is is an o erati n ho 'evcr
t b awar of action, with the allies "3 0 -. . 2 , p Q 3 _ t ,
0 e _ - Marne. . ‘ ‘ _. 2 whichcan only be carried out too -
, . ard biowde- limited degree.
heartening periOG 01‘ defensive enortlllvcrcd. The gunsion either side. . _
and. deterrediilwllealwit “Pail-txwe'we“ §°Id°m.3i1°ni'and‘at2. “um-V pAsr-o :TA :0 t-‘OURTHWIFE-
have the men, and wohaye the manllflacgsifiegreglmtléy 1nd}? gt???“ ' , R K——_'.-_.-.. ' ' i (Z
g . - .100 0 ans ,0 0,1101“ 1 o titties, ‘ DEVON Conn. August lib—Rev. ..
Foch, fbidlnghietitne, at iastis able tolwllcrc the opposing lines Mi; close. W.‘Pétersbn, seviinty-four years of age.
carry the war'to the,_enemyi and we the Germans mopehtédlyaéal‘tllwtl made his fourth venture in matrimony
‘ _ - - « , ,- . rare: estorday afternoon.‘ when Mrs.
may dependpntitlipthencetorthdhptflhe American posrtions ”'Wllillpmatill dolphin. with. or Nev/arm, N. J"
til oil gait mask ”mhm'fiW
’ in septum
enemytwill have no part until he layti‘ i110 gunfire; titty d “03011, .1118
, . . ,fl . P m .,
down‘hla-ama empirically” ' ‘1th 0 is. pastor
priced. We will not be able to duplicate such
mans pm
, TABLE cnoras
{LINEN NAPKINS
their personal needs will be ,ar- :3
., TABLE ,DAMASK'REMNANTS AT'
thongclmhs & Nainslodks.
12 saving prices.
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THE GREATEST IN YEARS
Tremendous Values. Extra Specials ;.
in Muslins,Table Linens, Towels, Sheets
.‘and White Goods. Prices less than
Wholesale. -
A Table. Damask, Table,
Cloths. and? Napkins.
The merchandise oflcred here is away under-
5
Bed Spreads
The values far exceed the prices asked. ,
03.3050???st $1 98
$2.49.
$22.98. ' .
$4.98:
: values again. Worth $3.00, at
Worth 590 yard, at Worth $3.50, at
if
yard 39c
W“ 69c
$1.19
each 980
m" 190
We" $3.98
Worth 05,00, at
' SATIN FINISH cramps
Worth $6.50, at
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Worth $1.50, at
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Worth 290 each, at
Worth $4.50 dozen, at
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niece $2,29
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