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RapMly

an Educational Center

red cross reports

Or Their Own Battle Front in France.

Mims Concentrate On U. 6. TroAchee —Their Aviator* Balked In Attempt To Get Behind

The Line.

American Amy in France.—A Gotban barrage fire at * on down Saturday ■Wit opened the heavier! bombardment of many days alone the Amor lean nector, be American artillery replying ehell for shell ae the firing of be heavy gone spread along several

kilometres of front.

Two American* were killed and sine wounded during . be bombardment.

ad during . e ■offered at

t e(gn« f*U. «me Important result of tte war which srili be of l du-ntlrm wlB be the making of Washington the most influential

r of be United States This will fulfill one

The American gunners wrecked several of be enemy dngouta and so badly damaged be Brat-line positions that at one point be German* were

Bnable to occupy ban.

When be bombardment had reached It* greatest intensity, the Germans suddenly ronceauatod their fire at two petals, throwing about 250 shells Into a town In which be headquarter* of a certain regtment are located, and which heretofore had been Immune to

ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR MONEY ENTRUSTED TO IT. Te Date *79,480.727.26 Kb Been Appropriated for' Relief WorkCritic lams Answered. Waabtagton. Feb. 4.—What American Red Croes has done with be Taut sum* of money entrusted to It by the people of the Unltod States Is stated In detail in a report Just by the national headquarters. To d*te. I7J.450.7J7.35 has been appropriated for r*Uef work In

abroad.-

For foreign relief Mt.65T.79S has been appropriated a* follows: Fiance. WOAIUMJO; Belgium. «1.999,631; Russia. *751.940.87; Roumanl*. *2.637.398.76; Italy, *3446,016; Serbia. *871.180.76; Great Britain. *1.703.642; other foreign coup trier. *2438.300; American acddlers who may he taken prisoner, *343427. The foregoing appropriations are from be thne be United State* entered be war until April 30.1918. For be United States be Red Cross has appropriated *2,61X531.60 and be reaatun Is not larger Is because be government provides nearly everything our army and navy needs, and beside*, there la no civilian distress In this country of any considerable pro-

ortoma.

The great variety of be military and civilian relle! w ark being done by be Red Cross Is indicated briefly In the following list: Canteens bat afford food, baths and 'sleeping quarter* tor men at be front; rest stations aad recreation centers for sol-

TELLIU8 TITH

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Great Task of Committee oo

Public Information.

TC MOLD WORLD OPINION

e Washlr,-ten's dream* of be tty named in to* tumor, govern meet printing ofBce U < M printing plant In be worid. rial's entrance Into C city of bat plant I i required to let many I iota to private firms. In < ? the feet that the law proh a practice except to case of emergency. But be emer- <.•••* i been absolute, because of s votorie oi publishing work Incident to the war which be governtt called upon to do. New York and Boston have regarded bemi publishing center of be western hemisphere and of be two New M the lead. Now. however, government publ'catkms are being eh a tremendous rate bat their prestige l* Jeopardised, agarinw. are published her.. ind it Is and* I. aeme moving from other cl tie*. Some s are now bring mailed from Washington. 1 edenOflc work now Is being done at Washington, or at least n the national capital, that Washington Is gaining much prestige f science aad education. The George Washington university to bis s founded by George Washington and It was his dream to make the I capital a great seat of learning and education, a Catholic University of America la tt Washington, and Georgetown unie off be oldest to the country, also Is located here. i Jeannette Rankin Has Her Day in the House ■eora of women, some of whom reached the capltoi before seven k In the morning, were fighting with door tenders to a vain attempt irir way Into be boom galleries the day of be vote on suffrage, a modest little woman, low voiced and rather timid, was sitting among 405 congressmen on be main floor of be house of representatives watching them do exactly what ehe wanted

them to.

That woman was Jeannette Rankin off -itana, the only womar ever -leetod to congress. It was "her day. Several thousand men and wome who filled be galleries of be boos

After be bombardment, s wounded | dl, "_*» tr “* t *nd at port of arrival kmerican soldier was discovered to a I in ***“*; care of destitute children;

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runUatosg supplies to 4,000 hospitals;

mutilated soldier* new

position where It was necessary t° | ri

carry him over a trench top to a field j 11 .

dressing elation. A Medical Corps man | :r * 4, ‘ : . rccon * tractloa ° r Tiu A* e “ : displayed be Red Croes. and the Oar- i brl “fi ln k together families of soldiers

scattered by the war; farms for convalescent soldier*: sanitariums for tubercular and other patients: food, ckrthtag, medicine, and shelter for the homeless and destitute; and other activities too numerous to mention. tt Is stated by be national war council bat all salaries and administrative txpenaes are paid out of membership dues, so that every penny given to be Red (.roes war fund has been spent i for roller. This answers be rfcmors | that hav> been circulated about be

expenses of operation,

j Out of 255 executives to to- fourteen j divlalonal offices of the Red Cross In i the United States. 59 per cent, are j women. The potior Is to select be ! most competent pervon regard!)

I politics, sex or religion.

removed.

Barly l" the day an American was wounded by a sniper. American Army In France.—Ameri sn troops now are occupying a sector of be Lorraine front la Franca T Is cemeot la permitted by be

military censor.

The whole American sector la re sounding wlb be boom of guns. Air men became exceedingly active atom:

that he. . had been no small part to the i fight The speaker rapped for orjer. Ooagreasmec opp aed te

n doors directly to front of the speaker swung open. Mint Rankin black stole was thrown over her left arm. She held a bunch of t rosebuds, tied wlto yellow tulle, to her right hand. From force off

1 of Wyoming, referred to by "Joe* Fordo*} of Michigan as be t geyser," because he girahM ao much to debate, leaned over ' ~ a Rankin's chair. He gave her a dp on bow tc get the reaolu s smiled aad nodded undersiandlug.y. D Baker of the suffrage committee left his place at be table. He it his committee clerk to be Boor to handle his papers. It was be nr* ever had been a young woman clerk on the bouse floor. There a when suffrage la universal. She had on a black silk dress, a rp points to

the rw ling stand and looked at be speaker for recognition, s a quiet speech for suffrage and was given dose attention. She 0 before her time expired end returned to her e*at amid applause.

Clerks Likely to Get More Pay Soon

B as ff the much-maligned (ever He has suffered for a long time on small waj d bills la congress designed to hely bis financial l. known s the Keating bill, i temporary #ai*ry

■tncreeaca graduate from 5 to 80

I MU. provides that no person | has been to the employ of be ‘ r three yean and who s o'd shall receive loss 1W per day. JfiO per month, or per year. wing* are now going on before | J jmmlttecs upon these Mils, and It seam* likely that one *f not xingresa. The ncale of living has Increased so mock In Wasblagdarwl necessary for be dark* to receive higher wages In order either off the bill* U regarded as Ideal. The Keating bill Is only for Itorerr rellsf. In ttM case of the Nolan MU the derfca e*y that there are y 1: the rank* who, even bough bey receive more than *3 per day. still (more money. >«a if bob base bill* p t Mil carrying a complete r

Enemy snipers wounded two Ameri

us.

A shift of be wind cleared sway be mist which bar hindered aerial operations and other activities for set ernl day*. A number of battles to the air were fought by patrolling planes In one instance the French aviator* defeated an attempt of German flii-rr to cross behind be American trenrtc The artillery and sniper* also have become Increasingly active. American 75s are harraaetog traffic behind tbe enemy trenches. The German* are confining their fire largely to the American trenches Throughout Friday night machine guns rattled ceaselessly from German

The French.commander of a samr.re balloon squadron, who was an artlll' .y officer at Verdun during be heaviest, fighting and who also participated in toe Sqyn.ir offensive, declared that the work of certain American batten.-, at be front waa “almost perfect." Hewas particularly pleased with be work done by Americen guns In flrinr on a German position la a wood, which he observed from e balloon. Tbe fact bat American troop* w ere to be trenches in Lorraine was revealed by be German War Office three months ago. At bat time, according to an offletsi German announcer, mt. be Americaaa were on be fror: at be Rklnedfarne canal, which intersect* the battle Ito't near be German border, due east of Nancy. This announcement was made to be official report from Berlin of be first Cerman raid on be American posilkma. Ic which three Americans were k.ll-d. five wounded and twelve captured Tb* eastern end of be battle line in France and Belgium run* through French and Ue-tnar l-orralne French Lorraine, to which Is the Am--Iran sector. Is included to be Departnu nts of Meuae, be capital of which if frrdun; Meurtbe-et-MosHle. whose capital of Nancy, and Voagre. with the capital at Epinal. The length of the front to French Lorraine Is about 158

miles.

This section of the battle Jim- extend* Into b» Mc-use from the V. -ne near St. Moi should, and runs • astward to the north of Verdun, wtflh of St. Mlhte! and east to tbe German border There It turns to the south- :. and almost parallels the border to the *h-,nlty of iMlntry. Ik-'.oer L-lrtry it cuts across a section of French .oil. past Badonvfiler sod Be»one> and to be eeet of St Die, and again crosses be German l 'der point west of Colmar The remalndf r of be line to be Bwla* 'un darr is to Gwrxnany. Since be battle of Verdun ihert- has •••n no fighting of great importance along bis front For tbe most part It runs through high and broken corn try. Since be present battle Un-- was established early to the var th> re has gg|§ i comparatively tlUlr acUvi'i on be front to the east of the V< -dun tor, the nsUjre of the conr.lrj mak- ! ItoK .lagge, up* rat ton* Impractical. {

DECISION OF WAR COUNCIL. To Prosecute War Until The Pressure Produces Charge Of Temper In Enemy. London.—The Supreme War Council. which met at Versailles, finds no approximation in the German Chancellor's and the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister's tern* of be Eateqte Allies and has decided to continue the rlgorone prosecution of be war until peace obtained "based on the principles of freedom. Justice and respect for inter-

naUonb! law.” |Thls official

made here. A summary of be official report of be War Council says: “The council waa unable to find In Von Hertllng*a and Caareln’e recent Utterance * any real approxima-Jon to be moderate conditions Isid down by be Allies' governments. Under be circumstance* be council decided thaf be only task before them to meet was the vigorous and effective prostcutinr. of be war until the pressure off bat effort produced a change of In the enemy governments, Justifying the hope of be conc.uslon of a peace based on be principle* of freedom. Justice and respect for ta-

temaUonaJ tow.

“The council arrived at a complete Boanimlty of policy on mensures for be prosecution of the war.”

PILOT AND CAPTAIN HELD. Farmer Blamed For Collision That

Wrockod Halifax.

tllfax. N. 8.—Blame for the coln between be French munitions ehip Moot lUcoc aad be Belgian relief lip imo, resulting to be explosion of be former resw-l. which dectrwywd a larrr I>an of Halifax on December 4, placed upon Pllol MacKay. of Halifax, aad raptatai Lamodee, of the Fgvm* ship. In a Judgment announced by be goreramont commission which isvestigaled be coiilalon With be announcement of the commission'< judgment. Pilot MacKay waa arrested charged wHfa manslaughter.

he be craiaally prosecuted aad hi* license canceled. Tbe (imimlautcn aleo recommends to the French author!Lire be canceiiaUon of be Hceeee at Captain LamOdec and ”thal he be dealt with according to the law of his country.” Captain I^modec waa also arrested

charged with

HUNS SENTENCE 2 BRITISHERS. AmaUrdam —Two captured Blrtlsh irmcn, be Tageo ZHutn*. of Berlin. a>*. have been sentenced by a Geri*d court martial to ten years' imrlwiamoM for dropplr* a boatlle

roclamatioo to Germany.

Wonderful Work Is Being Done By Th* Committee Of Which Georg* Creel Is Chairman—Its Varied Activities Summarised. Washington. — MouMlag opinion about be world and hammering home be -trub about America's entry into war, is be gigantic task assumed by be Committee on Public Information.'oo George Creel, chairman, wrote to President Wilson, In his report Just made public. "The Committee on Public Information has grown to be a world organisation.” be report elates. "Not only does tt tench every part of be machinery Urn: coordinates be force* of America for victory but It carries be meanings and purposes of America 11 peoples, making be fight for public opinion to every country.” Every agency known for bo dissemination of newt is being employed. Prom Tuckerton. and Key '.Vest be doctrine of democracy to flashed to Elf el Tower and Rome. Radio stations at San Diego relay a bousand cr more words a day to Honolulu. Yokohama and Shanghai. Cabels, telegraph and malls supplement be work of be radio while to every hamlet and city In be land 15.000 “minute men” are doing their

ML

Unues: "Besides the dally news which It issues to be whole rreas of be country It sup pike some 20.000 newspapers with feature articles, s weekly news service and governmental publicity material of all sorts. "It has prepared and printed for distribution to *71 parts of the worid 18.000.000 copies of 15 different pamphlets m seven languages. "It conducts speaking campaigns in every stole of tbe union, arranges meetings, books, speakers, conducts war conferences and organises tour* and through be minuie mec alone it commands be services of 15,000 public

"It hr* wlreleas and public news service bat la being extended to ever} capltoi to Europe. -Sooth and Central America end Asia and a feature article set vice of similar proportions. “It sends to foreign countries motion picture exhibits showing America's social, industrial and war prog

rees.

"It has mobilized be advertising forces of be country—preaa. period leal, car and outdoor—for a patriotic campaign that will give $30,000,000 worth of free space to be national

service.

"It designs posters, window cards snd slmilsr matter of plctorisl publicity fo- tbe use of various public departments and patriotic societies “It prepares moving picture films showing our war progress and exhibits them to hundreds off thousands of people daily. "It Issues an official dally newspaper for the government with s circulation of 90.000 copies a day. "It has organised aad now directs a round doten of societies and leagues designed to appeal to certain c!ask*s and particular foreign language groups each body carrying a specific message to Its section of America's adopted

people*

"It establishes rules and regulations for be cable censorship wlb respect to press dispatches "It prepare* and distributes, advises upjn and censors photograph* and moving pictures to be number of more ban 700 a day. It baa only 250 paid employee, but It diret t and coordinates the paUrollc work of 6.000 volunteer writer-) and artists and 20.000 public speaker* Counteracting Dlaloyalty. “To carry on 1U multifarious sell vies In the United 8totes it has spent from Its beginning. In April 1917. down to December 31. 1917. 111*.-831-96 for salaries and 8325.n3.30 for all Its other expenses Accepting the report. President WUm wrote Creel as follow* “The While House. Washington. Jan-

uary 14, 1918:

’My dear Mr. Creel

Food Production Should Be In-

creased at KK Cost '*

In his letter to be public on tbe 1st nf January. Hon. W. J. Hanna. Dan•da's Pood Controller, says:— “Authoritative iafonnatlea has reached me bat food shortage In Europe Is terribly real, sod only the sternejt resolve oq by fieri of be modocers. and equally stern rconranlesdO the part of all as consumers, can pos-

Mbly save be situation.

“France last yecr had a crop between one-third and one-half that off a normal year. Women did the work of draught animals In a determined effort to make the Impoverished soil off Franc* produce every possible ounce off food. They now took to us to make up their deficiency of essential, sup-

fe

“The harvest In Italy was far below normal and will require much larger supplies to feed her people until next

harvest

“It is Impossible for be allies to spare many cargo carriers to transport foodstuff from India. A a>tr *l)a. New Zealand and even be Argentine Republic- This memos bat be allied notions are practically dependent upon North America to supply them with be food which must be forthcoming If terrible suffering Is to be avoided and ‘he fighting efficiency of be armlee maintained. “On December L the United Stotaa had not a single bushel of wheat foe export, after allowance was made for domestic requirements on be basis of normal consumption, and be United States Food Administration Is endeavoring to bring about a reduction of 80 per cent In home consumptibn of wheat and floor. This would release >00,000,000 bushels for export but.be ATBes will require nearly five times that nount before be 1918 harvest Canada la be only country la be world, practically accessible to be Allies under present conditions of shipping shortage, which has an actual exportable surplus of wheat after r.llowfor normal home requirements. The surplus today Is not more than 110.000,000 bushels. A reduction of 29 per cent In our normal consumption would save an additional 10.000)000 bushel* for export. The outlook for production of food staffs to Europe next year la distinctly unfavorable. Such Is be situation—grave beyond anything bat we bought possible a few months ago. Unless our people are aroused to a realisation of what be world shortage means to us. to our soldiers and to our Allies, and of the terrible possibilities which it eutails, aster Is Inevitable. ‘Production, too. must he Increased to be greatest possible extent. Presrondltions demand extraordinary efforts, and every man. woman,; boy or girl who can produce food has national duty to do so. "I am confident that when be people of bis country realise that be food situation Is of utmost gravity bey wUl willingly adjust themselves to the neressttle* of be esse and make whatever sacrifices may be required. The tall which Is made upon them Is to be name of be Canadian soldiers at tbe front, the allied armies, and the civilian populations of the allied nations who have already made food sacrifice* to an extent little realised by the people of this country." Here Is an appeal made by a man. upon whom rests be great responslhUtty of assisting In providing food for be allies and the soldiers at be front, who are fighting be battles to mud snd blood. It cannot be Ignored. At home we are living in luxury and extravagance Inclined to Idleness and forgetfulnes.s. This must cease. We must save and produce. Our lauds must be tilled no matter where It may be. to Cicada or be United Staten. It to our duty to cultivate. Splendid opportunities to be United States are open for further cultivation of lands. Western Canada also often, opportunities to high producing lands at low prices. Decide for yourself where you can do tbe most good, on land in be United States or In Canada, and gM to work

quickly.—

Obviously. ‘•Como on.” aaid the first flea, as ha hopped from the brown bear’s foreleg | “come over and Join me at n short game of golf.” “Golf." exclaimed the second flea, hastily taking a bite of hynea; “where in be realm of Barnura are we going to play golf?” “Why." said the flrvt flea, “over oa the lynx, of course “—Jack o‘ Ixmtere.

His Choice.

“Is be making any special cialm for

exemption V

1 “No. Bays he’d rather die to battle

I have Just i ’ban live the real of his life as ■ liar.”

finlahod reading be report of be mlttoe oo Public Information ; LaxgiyreiiaSi) which you were kind enough to bring | yj* *>«>» i* ... r ■ t. an^, q*:oio. - aw i* last week, and I want to aay bow | — inch It has gratified me and how eu- Ttw effeminate young man and be tirHy th* work bvfng doc* by be com- mannish young worn* a are bob to be mlttre meets with my approval. I pitted « have kept In touch with that work, piece by piece. «s you know, in our several Interview*, but had not real I * I tod Its magnitude when esMmbled to for »laxative, three for a a

> single Ktalement.

”1 feel oon&donl chat at the work j of the committee progrr-ems It will ] » and more win be public *p proral and confidence Cordiall) and

alncorely your*.

“WOODUOW WILSON.”

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