SALVATION ARMY PROVIDES
FOR MORE THAN SPIR1TI RAL
AID AND COMFORT.
COOKIES AMONG THE DAINTIES
“Stars and Stripes,’’ Published Under
Auspices of American Expedtion
ary Army in France, Tells of Ac
tivities of Religious Organiza
tion.
(GEORGE T. RYE. in “Stars and
Stripes.")
The Y'ankee general who first intro
duced me to the work of the Salva
tion army with the A. E. F. was
gacious enough to have me to dinner
before 1 spent a night in the Ameri
can trenches. The dinner was a fair
one and ended with a line apple pie,
the first pie I have had in nine months
in Europe, with the crust crips and
neatly kneaded just like mother’s
kind back home
"Y’ou must have conscripted the
chef of the Waldorf-Astoria and
brought him over with you,” I said,
smacking my lips
"No; we owe that pie to the Salva
tion army,’ he smiled, “just as we
owe a great ileal of the comfort of
our men to the Salvation army.”
"The Salvation army—from back
home—with tamborines and bass
drums ?”
•That same Salvation army,” he
said. “Our men in thetrenches up here
have found a good frie id in the Salva
tion army; and I say this without pre
judice against any other organization.
Their attitude toward the boys is that
of a mother. When it grows the Salva
tion army is going to be the ‘Big
Mother’ of the A. E. F., or I'm mis
taken They treat every fellow, rough
or refined, as if they loved him. You
have only to read the soldiers’ letters,
as we bo in censoring the mail, to
i *<: i/.f lit*V, ;nut n un'
ha- done for our boys—and how
much they would miss its peculiar
ministering care.
“Captain -, before you go up
front with Mr. B' e tonight, take him
over to the Salvation army hut.
please, and let him have a talk with
the ensign/'
This was the brigade headquarters
where 1 was dining. In the deserted
village roundabout came the Yanks
for a rest on their relief periods. As
we stumbled down the road in the
black night, the earth shock occasion
ally with the violent shock of an
American battery going oft ;\n a
bunch.” Ugly splashes of light came
with these gun bursts The Huns were
sending nothing over at the time, so
the road was not deserted. We found
clusters of Yanks rtroMng along in
the same direction we were going. In
termitently we could hear a throbbing
of bombs.
In a large wrecked ba’m, covered
over with canvas and queerly lighted
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Salvation army host to a chattering
crowd. This place probably will be
famous in memoirs some day. David
Belasco could not have found lamps
or rough tables or otherwise sketched
a setting as gripping as th:s “battle
parlor.” Nor could he imitate the
realism of that disturbance in the
! trenches just down the road.
Too close to the firing line to be
comfortable, here was a happy party j
in full swing. The hut was packed,
too crowded in fact for the many
demonstrations ot how a certain im
portant bomb was thrown and how a
certain critical long point jab was
sent home.
“And how long is this place open?”
I asked him. All the time, they an
swered. This was their club. They
could come in at any hour and light
up the lamps. It wasn’t very classy,
they said, but it would be better
when the Salvation army had more
money to spend.
“You ought to tell what fine work
these people are doing over ' here,”
one private from Brooklyn suggested.
“I don’t know what we’ do without
them. Did you know that this is the
last place down the road? The Sal
vation army is even closer to the
i trenches than headquarters!”
! Certainly 1 had never seen women
as close to the firing line on any front
before. Are they closest to the heants
of our boys because they are closest
to their dangers? Then I talked with
the staff of three at the hut, two wom
| en and one man. One of the women
j is young and beautiful, beautiful with
j the beauty of goodnesfe. She said they
had established the hut shortly after
j the boys marched up to the trenches.
Her parents had allowed her to go to
France because they believed she
j would not get in the actual bullet
! zone.
“And see where 1 am now,” she
j beamed. “Yes, the shelling does get |
, on my nerves at times, then 1 think
how much worse is the lot of the boys
I down the road in those swampy
irencnes. i cninx i nave nau my worst
fright at night when the jarring of
' the guns shakes our pans and kettles
off the table. You know, we sleep
right back there, and those pans make
a horrible racket when they fall”
There were a number of “those
| pans” in sight. In them the two wom
en make cookies, doughnuts, and pies
for our boys—the kind of things they
hiked to eat back home and that you
cannot send over wrapped in pack
ages—and these Salvation army huts
are the only places where they can be
found in Europe. There are 12 of
! them on our front, and the number
will soon be doubled.
On the day I was there the two
women had found time, when not min
! istering to the men, to make 1,500
i doughnuts, 2,500 cookies and 50 pies,
not incluring countless cups of cof
; fee. I hope I am giving no military
; information when I say that the
dougnuts, cookies and 49 of the pies
!
1 disappeared in jig time. The fiftieth
pie would have gone the same way,
but it was reserved for the general’s
mess.
“The boys are just dear,” said the
Salvation army lassie. “The ensign
and I act toward them just like moth
ers. In fact, quite a few call me
‘ma,’ and I’m proud of it. Sometimes
some of them are at the point of
tears—not from fear but from deso
lation. Ferhaps they were expecting
a bunch of letters from home, and
none came. That’s when we can be
most helpful. The work of the Sal
vation army is usually among people
who want to cry.”
“When do you hold services?”
“Not very often,” she replied. “We
simply try to be good to the boys If
any of them want to talk of God and
their souls, they find us ready enough,
j But this is usually just a quiet chat
; with one or two of them. They are all
' fine boys, and I don’t think they have
to worry much about their souls, do
| vou ? ”
THE DIFFERENCE.
“What is the difference between
the old-time prize fights and the ring
contesst of today?” asked the YYmng
Sport.
“Well, replied the Old Sport, “in
the old days the fighters skinned
their knuckles, but nowadays tfie
fighters skin the spectators.”
EFFECTIVE RESISTANCE OFIHE
INDICATIONS POINT THAT NEXT GERMAN DRIVE
WILL BE MADE AGAINST ARRAS FRONT, IN
OPPOSITION TO BRITISH SOLDIERS
UNDER HAIG.
ALLIES PREPARE FOR ANY EVENTUALITIES
Heavy Enemy Artillery Fire, Which Usually Presages Infantry
Attacks, Opens Today on Arras Front, Which Is Regarded
As the Next Point of Attack—No Infantry Actions Today
Along Front. I
SUMMARY: The attempted drive toward Paris hy the
(Terman armies under the command of the German crown
prince seems definitely to have been checked by the allied
forces, with thousands upon thousands of Hun soldiers fed to
tlie allied guns in the mad rush to pierce the allied lines and
thus gain a way to the French capital. The maneuvers of the |
German commanders appear to have brought nothing more
than the obliteration of the Noyon salient and the capture of a
few unimportant positions southwest of Soissons. Less than
three days were required by the allies to bring the Germans to
virtual halt south of the Aisne river, thus blocking the road
to Paris and destroying the high ambitions of the prospective
< Ii'Vimm rnlor.
The feeling1 still prevails in French military circles that j
the main effort of the Germans is yet to be launched against tin* j
allies. There is much speculation as to when it will come and j
what its objective will be—whether Paris or the channel ports. |
It is known that the Huns have large forces of effective troops]
available behind the German lint's that have not been em
ployed in the recent offensive movement. Included in these
reserves are thousands of men recently brought from the Rus
sian front. It seemingly appears that the next offensive will
be waged against General Haig's British troops on the Arras
front, in a German effort to reach the channel ports. This is j
merely problematical, but is considered the most likely move j
of the German forces.
The German guns are vigorously working on the Arras
front today, and this fact usually presages an attack by in
fantry. In this event, General Haig’s gallant British troops
will be required to again measure their strength against the
iJenna n armies.
But no matter where the Germans strike next, they will
find equally strong opposition confronting them. The allied
armies are alive to the situation and are not to be surprised, on
any part of the front.
AMERICAN AVIATORS BOMB ENEMY LINES.
WASHINGTON, dune 15.—General Pershing’s com
munique last night reported that an American aircraft bomb
ing expedition departed from its base early yesterday morn
ing and made a flight over the enmv lines in the Toni sector,
dropping eighty bombs on tin* German positions. The expedi
tion was composed of five aeroplanes. Three German pursuit
machines gave battle to the invading machines, without re
sult, the American flyers reaching their base without mishap.
In the afternoon, the same expedition set out on the same
mission, and again dropped a large number of bombs on Ger
man positions. All returned to their base, notwithstanding a
heavy anti-aircraft fire directed against them, and after repuls
ing two German aeroplanes.
GERMAN REPORT SAYS FRENCH REPULSED.
BERLIN, June 15.—Official: Heavy attacks launched by
the French forces against the German positions southwest of
Ypres last night were repulsed.
INFANTRY ACTIVITY HAS DIED DOWN.
PARIS, June 15.—Official: Except for raids and small lo
cal engagements, there was no infantry fighting on any of the
sectors along the front last night.
FRENCH PATROL TAKES PRISONERS.
LONDON, June 15.—Official: In the sector north of Bal
ieul, a French patrol brought in a few German prisoners last
night. There is nothing else of importance to report.
REVENUE COLLECTOR
TAKES BIG PROPERTY
GREAT LANDED ESTATE OF
HENRY MILLER HELD BY GOV
ERNMENT FOR TAXES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 15.—
The great landed estate of the late
Henry Miller, of California, valued at
forty million dollars, was formally
taken over by Justus S. Wardell,
United States collector of internal
revenue, for non-payment of the in
heritance tax. With accrued costs
and interest, the amount due the gov
ernment is over seven million dollars.
The properties will be advertised
for sale, if the heirs of the estate fail
to pay the federal tax before June 29.
The estate consists of hundreds of
thousands of acres of land in the
states of California, Arizona and Ne
vada, and great herds of cattle and
sheep.
NOTED AVIATOR HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
SAN . ANTONIO, Tex., June 15.—
Lieut. Pat O’Brien, the noted British
*
aviator, narrowly escaped death yes
terday, when his aerial machine fell
a distance of two thousand feet. For
tunately, the aviator escaped with but
slight bruises and cuts, which will
heal in a few days. O’Brien achieved
i considerable fame for escaping from
a German prison. He is now employ
ed in teaching American flyers.
Who started this flat-chested fad,
anyway? The idea seems to be to
bind the upper portion of the torso
and attain a masculine effect. But
it is a mistake, girls, it is all a mis
take. A man wants to marry a wo
man, not a bed slat.
A young man is apt to regard mar
riage as a joke. And later on he
discovers that the joke is on him.
ALL-DAY BATTLE WITH U-BOAT,
WHICH QUITS WHEN NEAR
ING VIRGINIA CAPES.
STEAMER KEEMUN ESCAPES.
Vessel Reported Attacked by Submar
ine Passed Through Harbor En
trance, Apparently Undamaged—
Captain Reports Diver Camouflaged
as Freighter.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 15.—
Captain George Aiken, of the British
steamship Aurora, which arrived at
this port last night, brir.gs»the story
of an all-day fight with a German sub
marine off the Virginia Capes early
yesterday morning. The captain said
the submarine abandoned the fight
seventy miles ofF the capes, evidently
fearing United States coast patrol
vessels.
BRITISH STEAMER SAFE.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 15.—
The British steamer Keemun, which
was attacked by a German submarine
off the Virginia coast yesterday, pass
ed safely through the Virginia capes
last night, apparently undamaged.
U-BOAT RESEMBLES FREIGHTER
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 15.— j
At least one of the German subma
rines operating off the American coast
is camouflaged to appear as a freight
er at a distance, according to the!
statement of Captain Bratland, mas
ter of the Norwegian steamer Vin
land, which was one of the v-ictirhs of
the submarine raid.
LONDON, June 15.—Some of the
personnel of the German army’s gen
eral staff are flatteringly described by
Eugen Zimmermann in an article pub
lished in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger.
Seven of Ludendorff’s associates are
named, the first being Colonel von
Merz, “a quiet and far-sighted assist
ant of his chief, with an important
and interesting post.”
Lieutenant-Colonel Wetzell is call- !
ed “a very clever and serious worker !
full of knowledge, and often to be j
found in his chief’s room.
Lieutenant-Colonel Bauer is said
to have been described by Ludendorlf
as “the cleverest officer in the army.”
Zimmermann says he has an extraor
dinary gift for organization.
The other officers mentioned are
Major Frahnert, Major von Bockel
berg, Major von Harbou, “whose un
usual gifts are combined with a con
vincing eloquence,” and, finally, “the
calm and solid Captain Geyer.” “As
the work never gets into arrears,” the
article asserts, “a small staff is pref
erable to a large one. Opinions are
not always the same, but there is
never any personal friction and the
submission to decisions is absolute.”
NATION-WIDE PROHIBITION IS
TENTATIVELY PLACED IN
AGRICULTURAL BILL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—
With but five members of the com
mittee in attendance at the meeting
yesterday, the Jones amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill,
which provides for national prohibi
tion during the period of the war,
was tentatively adopted.
Opponents of the national prohibi
tion hope to have the amendment re
considered by the agricultural com
mittee, as but five of the members
were present when it was adopted. It
is not considered a fair test of senti
ment in favor of the amendment.
STRIPS OFF MASK WHEN WORK
ING PARTY IS CAUGHT BE
TWEEN THE LINES.
50,000 SHELLS COME OVER.
American Soldiers Get Good Share of
Artillery Storm That Precedes the
Biff Offensive Launched by the Ger
man Forces—Thirty-Six Hours of
Continuous Shelling.
The following is taken from a re
cent number of the “Stars and
Stripes,” published by the American
Expeditionary army, in Paris:
All the world knows now how the
Boche began his present offensive,
with an artillery attack all along the
western front. In most places the at
tack took the same character—a shov/
sr of gas shells of unprecedented vig
ar and continuance.
In the Soissons sector, there was 36
lours of shelling, intense for an hour,
then less so for an hour and a half,
then intense again. The spotters say
that 30,000 gas shells fell on the front
occupied by the Yankees.
Statistical matters, however, were
what was troubling a sergeant of the
infantry which comes from where
jats are often made of shoe pegs. The
sergeant, just before the attack be
^an, had a squad out in No Man’s
Land, in front of the American wire,
is a working party.
When the shells began to fall
•lose, it became immediately apparent
that they were gas shells, and the
squad went into masks with a prompt
ness which has saved the Americans
from the infernal devices almost al
togemer.
As scon as it became sure that this
was going to be something more than
a shower, as Noah said, the sergeant
concluded it would be best to take
his working party in. He ordered
them to follow him, and went along
the wire, looking for the lane through
it to safety.
The lane is not so easy to find any
way; add to the ordinary difficulty,
due to the necessity of camouflaging
it against the Boche, the uncertain
light conditions and the fact that the
whole party was seeing through the
panes of British box respirators, and
it is easily understood that the squad
was up against a stiff and dangerous
proposition.
It began to look very serious. Gas
attacks heretofore have prefaced at
tacks, and as the intensity and length
)f this barrage increased it began to
seem more and more as if the attack
:o come would be correspondingly in
force. Certainly it was no time for a
mere squad to be out alone in No
Man’s Land, to say nothing of the
probability of an American counter
oarrage setting up at any minute.
The sergeant looked over his men,
dumb and hideous in their life-saving
masks. He led them back once more
down to the wire, to where he thought
:he hole ought to be. Then, as simply
as if he was turning in for breakfast,
ae stripped off his mask that he mf ht
see the way, and hunted that lane
rhrough the wire on the run.
That is all there was to it. He
'ound the lane almost immediately,
waved his squad up to him, and took
:hem through to safety. He put on
lis mask again, but, of course, he had
aeen gassed, as he knew he would be
when he took it off.
The sergeant is in the hospital, but
atest report is to the effect that he is
safely on the road to recovery.
GUBERNATORIAL
NOMINEE TAKEN
WALLINGFORD, Conn., June 15.—
Walter Plunkett, socialist candidate
ror governor of Connecticut, was tak
m into custody by fcdetal officers
last night, on the charge of sedition.
AJ1 his books and private papers were
seized and will be used as evidence to
substantiate the charges of disloyalty.