New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1917, Page 1

L . brought no material change HERALD BEST OF ALL " LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CLNTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, DIPLOMAT LEAVES ON PEACE MISSION FOR PETROGRAD Central Powers Give Him Pro- posals for the Russian Revolutionary Govt. FOREIGN MINISTER TROTZKY POSSESSES SECRET LETTERS Continues on Heavy — Fighting Northern Line in Italy, Centering Along Low Mountains—American Artillery Thrown Shells Into Enemy Trenches—Five Dutch Ships Are Sunk. Stockholm, Nov. 23.—According to the Tidingen a Russian diplomat left Stockholm yesterday for Petrograd with orders to hand the Russian revolutionary government proposals for peace by the Central Powers, Troposed Armistice. Nov. 22.—The note of Trotzky, the Bolseviki forelgn minister to the Allled embassies, con- veying the announcement of the pro- posal emba. Petrograd, Leon for an armistice reached the cs last night. The text follow: “I herewith have the hémor to in- form you, Mr. Ambassador, that the all-Russian congress of soldiers’ and workmen’s delegates organized, on Oc- tober 26, a new government in the form of a council of national commis- sioners. The head of this govern- ment is Vladimir Ilich Lenine. The direction of the foreign policy has been entrusted to me in the capacity of national commissioner for foreign af- Drawing attention to the text of the offer of an armistice and a demo- PLACES DEADLY BOMB IN CHICAGO THEATER Former Postal Clerk Confesses That Fle Was Responsible Tor Placing Explosive. Chicago, Nov. 23.—Reinhold A. Faust, former postal clerk and nat- uralized German, who confessed to the police late last night that he | placed a bomb in the Auditorium the- ater last Friday night, during a per- formance of grand opera, was ques- | tioned further today. Faust said that he did not intend | the bomb should hurt any one. He believed it would intimidate wealthy patrons of the opera, by which means, he said, he hoped to obtain $100,000 from J. B. Forgan, chairman, and Frank O. Wetmore, president of the First National bank, to whom he had sent letters demanding that sum. It was through these letters to the bank officials that detectives effected Faust’s arrest. At his home the po- lice found a bomb, the exact dupli- cate of the one which was placed in the theater, as well as a quantity of nitro-glycerine, smokeless powder, phosphorus and fuses. “I.had come to the state of mind where I wanted to make the rich man who enjoys luxury with little effort on his part pay me something,” sald Faust. HARTFORD SOLDIERS STEAL AUTOMOBILE And Court Martial Sentences Them to Four Months )Hard Labor. Ayer, Mass., Nov. 23.—Sentences of six months at hard labor were imposed I today on Daniel Hagan and Louis Welch of Hartford, Conn., members of the 303rd machine gun battalion at Camp Devens, convicted by a gen- eral court martial on a charge of stealing an automobile. They were arrested recently at Lowell and turned ! over to the military authorities. Henry R. Lundry of Hartford, a member of the same organization, cratic peace on the basis of no an- nexations or indemnities and the self- determination of nations, approved by the all-Russian congress of soldiers and workmen delegates, I have .the honor to beg you to regard the above document as a formal offer of an im- mediate armistice on all fronts and the immediate opening*of peace ne- gotiations—an cffer with which the nuthoritative government of the Rus- sian republic has addressed itself si- multaneously to all the belligerent peoples and their governments. “Accept my assurance, Mr. Am- bassador, of the profound respect of the soldiers’ and workmen’s govern- ment for the people of France, which cannot help aiming at peace, as well ns all the rest of the nations exhausted and made bloodless by this unexam- slaughter. A “L. TROTZKY, “National Commissioner for Foreign Affairs.” In Northern Italy. Headquaarters in Northern Headquarters in Northern sociated Press.)—Heavy fighting con- tinues on the northern line, centering along the low mountains above Monte Grapp# These successive moun- tains are proving to be of the same kind of natural barrier to the enemy’s swift advance that the successive rivers interposed before the Piave was reached before the enemy looms over snop-capped Grappa, held by the Ttalians, which would be a really for- midable obstruction the lower ranges must be taken. The name of this mountain inspires a feeling of security among the people, as it is taken from the local dialect, its meaning being “saw.'” The crest looks like a saw with teeth turned to the sky. It is toward this natural mountain barrier that the present mountain fighting is gradually developing. Gugliemeno Teerrero, the distinguished Italian his- torian, declares that this mountain barrier is Italy's greatest security, which throughout history has brought defeat to invading armies, The fighting today between the Piave and Brenta rivers, while heavy, in the positions of the opposing forces. American Artillery. With the American Army in France, Nov 22.—(By the Associated Press.) —The enemy artillery firing is more active along the American sector. Shells in more than normal number are falling on the rear areas. No new casualties have resulted. In reprisal for the shelling of the town in which the American head- guarters is located, during which a shell fell on an American regimental headquarters, American guns sent an pqual number of shells into the cor- responding town behind the German lines the next day. Patrolling operations continued, with nightly excursions to the viecinity of the German wire defenses, but the Americans have failed to encounter any Germans and no further casual- ties hiave been reported. The officers who have served turn in ¢he trenches with the bat- talions alrendy relieved have held a mecting . the commander of the ¢ vortingint and discussed thelr dqences. All agreed that actual t ning in the trenches under fire {s the ideal method of educating of their was sentenced to two months at hard labor for being absent without leave. INSTALLS PRESIDENT PRICE OF POTATOES | MAY BE MADE $1.75 Sale Has Stopped Since Gouncil Megting Wednesday Night GOMMITTEE MEETS TODAY Rossberg Declares Curtis Resolution Has Had Effect of Putting Quictus | on Business—May Ask for Another Appropriation. Alderman O. F. Curtis, by his with- i drawn 'resolution in the council on Wednesday night in which he at- tempted to lower the price of muni- cipal potatoes, has successfully spiked NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS BABY WILL NEVER SEE SOLDIER DAD Albert Tee, Killed in France, Never Having Seen Son, Born After He Went to War. Lying dead on the plains of Flan- ders is Albert Tee, a British soldier. mourns his loss and clutches tightly her baby boy, born after the departure of his father for the front. Mrs. Tee concealed her aching heart fram her friends while she anxiously awaited letters daily from her husband. In all his missives he wrote that he was well, despite the rigors of warfare. But a letter has arrived informing her that her hero is dead, that he died fighting for his king and country, a victim of Prus- slan lust for power, Bince recelving the letter, Mrs. Tee has been in a state of collapse. Her only consolation is her baby, who is too young to appreciate his mother's grief or his father's heroic death. the guns of the farm committee and ! has effectually stopped further sales | of potatoes at the present prices of | 1 $1.90 ana $1.95 per bushel, according to William B. Rossberg, auditor of the committee. Mr. Rossherg states that immediately the public became aware of a move to lower the price of potatoes they ceased nding in ! their orders and indications now are that no more municipal potatoes will | be sold until a definite solution of the price question is obtained. This action on the part of the public, how- ever, is but natural as they are hold- |ing off in hopes of getting cheaper rates, it is claimed. It is under- stood that if the rates are lowered the committee in charge will insist on refunding the proper rebate to all persons who have already purchased potatoes at $1.90 or $1.95. The members of the municipal | farm committee will hold a meeting in the mayor's office at 4:30 this after- noon to discuss the situation. The committee, realizing that it is a ‘crea- ture of the common council and hav- | ing evidence that the council is not entirely satisfied with the price al- ready fixed, is said to be ready to dis- cuss a ‘change in price, possibly to $1.75 per bushel. A tthis afternoon’s meeting the committee will also at- | tempt to ascertain whether or not it has the right to expend money re-: celved from the sale of potatoes to pay other bills, or whether such re- ceipts go into the general funds of the city. Unless the commlittee has the right to use its receipts for payment of other bills it will be necessary to go | before the council and ask for another i i | Connecticut Malkes College for Address at New London, Nov. 23.—Dr. Ben-! jamin Tinkham Marshall was installed | as president of the Cannecticut Col- lege for Women today. The exer- cises held at the college drew here a large body of representatives of sister colleges and universities and edu- cators, with other guests. Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, Episcopal bishop of this state, gave the invoca- tion; the charter of the institution was presented by Former Governor Sim- eon E. Baldwin, and the kevs were handed to President Marshall by F. Valentine Chappell, president of the board of trustees. President Mar- shall made responses. Greetings from ‘Governor Holcomb were voiced by State Librarian Gadard, and dele- gates from other colleges spoke. In his inaugural address, President Marshall dealt chiefly upon the ideals of the colleges and the part women are taking in war work and in indus- try. At noon there was a luncheon for the faculty and guests, sxercises. | | KILLS HER FATHER. And Jury Acquits Her After They Are Told the Whole Story. Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 23.—Alice Karlson, a young school teacher who recently shot and killed her father at their home at Scott’s near here, was acquitted today. The girl declared that she shot her father because. he had been cruel to her mother. Miss Karlson also testified that her father had wronged her when she was «child, ¥ a WILL PUBLISH LETTERS. London, Nov. 23.—Laon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki forelgn minister, ac- cording to a Reuter despatch from Petrograd, announces that the Rus- slan secret diplomatic corresponderce is in his possession and will be pub- lished immediately. It s reported, the despatch adds, the revolutionary committee at Moscow has seized the branch state bank there. It is said that 100,000,000 rubles re- cently were transferred there from Potrograd. AFFILIATES WITH LABBOR. New Haven, Nov, 23.—Affillation of office clerks with the American Fed- eration of Labor as a separate unit unless the national body brings about that end was predicted by President Murrary, of the branch, today. FORMER GOVERNOR DIES. Denver, Nov. 23.—James Hamilton Peabody, governor of Colorado during the “Cripple Creek strike” in 1903 died here toda LIBERTY LOAN Washington, Nov. —Second i b Dr. Benjamin T. Marshall, Head of | Curtis_on Wednesday night. - '"‘\"sen’flng this resolution, Women, the New Haven branch of the post | appropriation, even in addition to the | one of $2,000 engineered by Alderman In pre- Alderman Curtis said it was to permit the farm commiittee to pay for the seventh car- Joad of potatoes as well as other bills The amount would more 1 sufficient to pay for the seventh c load of potatoes, but inadequate to pay the other bills. The report of Auditor W. B. Rossberg shows that there are unpaid bills of $716.71. There is also the much disputed police bill of $799.86 as well as the $852 for the last car of potatoes. This totals $2,368.06, or $368.06 more than the amount suggested by Alderman Curtis and even this does not include every bill as there are several addi- tional amounts for the fixing of stor- age rooms, to say nothing of the cost of handling and delivering the potatoes. be v VATICAN FOR AUSTRIA? Italian Newspapers Say Attitude Was Favorable to Enemy. London, Nov, 23.—The Vatican is accused in an editorial in the Morn- ing Post of heing implicated in the propaganda which the newspaper says was largely responsible for the recent Italian reverse. Reviewing | what it describes as Vatican machina- | tions the Post declares that its po- litical activities during the war “can by no sophistry be regarded as con- sistent with the principles of neutral- ty. From the beginning,” says the Post, “the Vatican has leaned to Austria’s side and lately has furtive- ly, but actively, espoused the Aus- trian cause.” UspIE Ul U0 S[[ED Iadedsmeu au, government to 1ook into the matter and demands that the Vatican declare | definitely on which side it stands. NO DECISION. Just What Is the Matter With Water Not Made Public. Canaan, Nov. 23.—No decision was glven by the state council of health at the close of a hearing here yes- terday at which townspeople had ap- peared to complain of the supposed pollution of the North Canaan water supply. This was the first sitting of the council under the law to protect the water courses and water supplies of the state. The hearing was in the Town Hall. It was clalmed that the Canaan Chemical company dumps the | refuse from its stills into Blackberry river. Some of thoss who spoke claimed the river was an open sewer, and that in filtration of water from it carried Impurities and disagreeable odors to the water supply of the town. POLICE CO-OPERATING. Washington, Nov. 23.—TLocal lice are co-operating today with the | Chumber of Commerce in listing vucant rooms here for the benefit of hundreds of Strangers experiencing difticulty in finding places 1o livi Hundreds called here because of w Po- erty Loan payments toc $16 000,000 bri 2 the total to $1.67 (Continued On Fifteenth Page). 000,000, activities or attracted by prospects of !unick employment hive taxed housing | | facilities as never before, Until recently Mrs. Tee worked at the Commercial Shirt Co. on Arch street. OFFERS TO SELL HIS PLANE T0 UNCLE SAM | John Thompson of Fairview Street Completes His Third Machine. John Thompson of 266 Fairview street has completed a Curtiss model airplane and hag written to Washing- ton offering its sale to the govern- ment. Thompson, who is only 27 vears, has built three airplanes within | the Tast two years and all have proved successful. The latest machine was flown in Plainville by Nelg Nelson. It was built in/a shed in the rear of Thomp- son’s home called “The New Britain Aero Works” and has been seen by a large number of his friends. The engine cost about $1,000 and actual construction cost more than $2,000. The machine was tarted early last spring. Mr, ThHompson is em- ployed by the Underwood Typewriter Company of Hartford. Tt is expected that the government will purchase the machine and it is possible that Mr. Thompson might devote his entire time to the con- struction of airplanes. RAILROAD RATES. Hearing Ts Being Held in Boston With Campbell Testifying. —The hearing on rates w resumed here to- Benjamin Campbell, vice presi- dent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad in presenting |'a detailed statement relative to freight and passenger rates, sald that only 30 per cent of the New Haven Bys- tem was “real good railroad,” the rest being lines which were not alto- gether self-sustaining. He said there was no justification for a lower charge on mileage books and that persons who insisted upon parlor and sleeping cars should pay a higher rate. The New Haven, he added, has curtalled Pullman service because it does not derive profit from it. Answering questlons as to freight rates Mr. Campbell said special priv- ileges were not concealed in improper classificationg and that inspectors were employed to see that the rules were enforced. ACCIDENT. | Ambulance, on Way to Hospital With Injured, Runs Over Man. Springfield, Mass., Nov. 28.—While returning here from Chicopee with three victims of a collislon between a trolley car and jitney, a hospital am- bulance ran over James Noonan in- | flicting injuries that may cause death. The three victims of the collision were less seriously hurt than Noonan. PLOOD OF LETTERS. ing of Suspicious Germans. ashington, Nov. 23.—A flood of | letters and telegrams reporting sus- picious Germans, the result of Presi- dent Wilson proclamation imposing | restrictions on alien enemies, reached the department of justice today and were carefully scanned by agents of the bureau of investigation. GODMOTHER." New Haven, Nov. 23.—Irma Smith, of 187 Howard avenue, Bridgeport, aged .11, found by the police in the rain today, told a story of having been | brought here by a woman, or as she caid “her fairy godmother” under the { pretext of being given books and candy. The child’s parents were noti- fled. “FAIRY HENRY FORD AGAIN. Nov. 23.—It was announced s that Henry Ford has sub- 00,000 worth of nada Detroit, here toda seribed for Victory bond; A e A WEATHER Hartford. cast, for N viciity: R tonight. coldc Wy fair. e Y T N ning to snow Saturday gen- (s In this eity his grief-stricken wife: Department of Justice Receives Warn- ; ( | the voungster, e FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876 OFFIGERS PROTECT PRESIDING JUDGE De Saulles Murder Trial Causes | Sending of Sensational Letter “PREPARE TOE]ET THY 60D" | Dinner Guest of Jack De Saulles’ House on Night of Murder is Called | and Testifies as to the Killing of | His Friend. ! Mineola, N. Y., Nov, 23.—Through Marshal Ward, dinner guest at the | De Saulles home the evening of Au- | gust 3 last when the former Yale football star was killed, the prosecu- | tion today in the trial of Mrs. Bianca De Saulles for the murder of her former husband offered the first eye- witness evidenco of shooting. The submission of testimony on behalf of the prosecutlon was expected to be completed before the close of the aft- ernoon session. Counsel for the de- fense has announced that Mrs, De Saulles will be the first witness in her own behalf. Indications today were the case would not be given to the jury until late next week. There will be a mass of expert testimony, for both sides having to do with defensé's claim that | Mrs. De Saulles was mentally irre- sponsible at the time of the shooting. Two court officers today scrutinized persons seeking admission even more closely than was the case yesterday. Since the opening of the trial Justice Manning has received a number of | threatening letters, one of which, it was stated, advised the justice to “prepare to meet thy God,” in the event of the jury returning a verdict of guilty. Special officers met the justice at the railroad station today and escort- ed him to the court house. When the day’s session gan Henry A. Uterhart, the defense, said he did not h to place the defendant on the witness stand today on account of her physical condition, nor did he wish to have her begin her testimony unless she could tell her whole story without interrup- tion. Justice Manning therefore an- nounced that court will not to- morrow. When Mr: Ward resumed the stand he told of a dinner at the DeSaulles home, “The Box,” near Westbury, Long Island, the evening of the tragz- edy + ¥ As of court be- counsel for AMrs. DeSaulles entered the liv- ing room of the home a few minufes hefore the Ward B! wulles ¢ L conch and, ex- tending eted her with the words: “ilow are you. Blan- quita?” This was a nickname De- Saulles frequently used in addressin his wife. Other questions brought from Ward admissions that Mrs. DeSaulles made | inquiry after entering the room for “Little Jack,” her son. She had come to take the hoy with | her, Ward testified. A conve tion | ensued in which both parties con- tended they were legally entitled to the custody of the boy dyring August. | Ward said he heard DeBaulles make positive refusals to yield custody of whereupon, . he de- clared, Mrs. DeSaulles sald ‘‘then there is only one thing to do. “Proceed,” urged Uterhart, witness paused. “Then I saw the flash of the shots | from Mrs. DeSaulles’ revolver,” said | the witness. “What did you do?” asked the at- torney. “As soon as 1 could collect myself I rushed over to Mrs. DeSaulles and grasped her arm.” “What did she say?” “She said ‘it had to be done.” " Mrs. Caroline Degener, a sister of | John L. DeSaulles, who wus at her brother’s home when the shooting oc- curred, testified: “I was coming down the stairs with Little Jack, who was going to say good-night to his father and grandfather,” said Mrs. Degener, “when Mrs. DeSaulles entered. =We poke to each other and she said she wished to talk to her former hus- | band.” This conflicted with the testimony of other witnesses who declared the defendant’s first inquiry on entering the home was about her son. Constable Leonard Thorne, who ar- rested Mrs. DeSaulles an hour after the shooting, testified she exclaimed: ooting rose from hand testified, his 5 as the ! “My God! My God!” when told her former husband had died. Major Arthur B. DeSaulles of South Bethlehem, Pa., father of the mur- dered man, testifled that Mrs. De Saulles said “fhen .take that,” as she fired the revolver shots. A contro- versy over possession of the boy had immediately preceded thls remark, he said. This terminated when De saulles turned away from her, say- ing it was “no use to discuss the mat- ter any further.” Sherit Phineas Seaman testifled that enroute to. the jail in an automo- bile some one inside asked “will they electrocute me right away On objection that the defendant was not detinitely connected with the state- ment by the witness, this reference excluded. you send for a clothesline Desaulles was locked up?™ was asked by Attor- after M Sherviff Seaman ney Uterhart, ayes, " wa the answe “Why did yvou do that? next question. was the (Contlnued On Fiftcenth Page), i Rainbow, Windsor, COMPANIES OF CLAIMS HOSPITAL TURNED BOY AWAY Father of Dead Child Ac- cuses Authorities at ' Hartford Institution Joseph, the five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Coons of 38 Pleas- ant street, who moved here from last Sunday, died last night from diphtheria with which he had presumably been suffering when brought to this city. This is the first death in the city this. fall from diphtheria. The child’s mother told the local health department that the little boy had been sick about a week before heing brought here and upon the health department learning of the nature of the case Tuesday Dr. H. F. Moore notified the Windsor authori- tles. The child's father made a state- ment today in which he blamed the authorities at the Hartford isolation hospital for possibly hastening the death of his little son. Mr. Coons said that he was notified by local medical authority and the health board to take the child to the Hart- ford isolation hospital and he engaged Michael Sullivan's taxicab for the trip. On arriving in Hartford he claims that the child was refused admittance on the ground that prev- ious arrangements had not been made. He started back for New Britain, but stopped en route to ’phone to his physician who advised him to ‘return to the hospital. He did so and was again refused admittance, he said, on the ground that there was no room. Mr. Coons says that he was compelled to drive back to New Britain with the sick child and he attributes its death to the fact that it suffered consider- able exposure on the trip to and from Hartford. The child’s funeral was held afternoon and interment was Fairview cemetery. Upon learning that it was a con- tagious disease with which the little patient he toolk to Hartford was suf- fering, Sullivan has announced his in- tention of having the car thoroughly fumigated. this in GENERAL FOOD PRICES. 'A\d\ nce 2 Per Cent From August to ", September, Says Announcement. [ Jov. 23.—Gene food prices in this country advance. 2 per cent from August to September of this year, according to an an- nouncement today by the bureau of labor statistics. Of the 27 staple ar- ticles of diet, on which the compilia- tions are based, 17 increased in price, seven decreased, and three remained stationary. Pork chops advanced 13 per cent, eggs 14 per cent, and corn meal 24 per cent. From September of 1916 to Septem- ber this year food prices as a whole increased 29 per cent, while a com- parison of prevailing prices with those of 1914 shows that the cost of food- stuffs to the consumer jumped 43 per cent. Staple commodities included in the three year advance, corn meal 148 per cent, flour 98 per cent, pota- toes 63 per cent and bread 55 per cent. shington, 2 COMPLETE REPORT. Adjustment Committee Finishes Its ‘Work at Labor Convention. Buffalo, Nov. 23.—With the comple- tion of* the report of the adjustment committee today, the committee on education was prepared to submit to the convention of American Federa- tion of Labor recommendations on several important matters, including one protesting against the change in rates on second class postage included in the war revenue law. The resolution was submitted by delegates ‘representing the photog- raphers, the printing pressmen, ster- eotypers and bookbinders, the Typo- graphical Union and the International Allied Printing Trades Association. “It 18 the opinion of this convention, it reads, that the system of rates on second class postage will not raise revenue, but actually destroy business from which the government seeks rev- enue.” —_— ORAFTY ENERGY, Germany Will Seek to Regain Favor of Woflq After War, Washington, Nov. 23.—Warning of the crafty energy and application with which German business will seek to regain favor in the world markets after the war, was sounded today by Secretary Redfleld in the Interest of American trade. He counselled fa- miliarity with German trade theories and with the artful and formidable organization, which, with the govern- ment ald at every turn has been built up In Germany during the last 20| years to dominate the world markets. BROTHER IS KILLED. Newport News, Va., Nov, 38—Lieut. Resnatl, Italian aviator stationed at Langley Tileld, has recelved a cable- gram announcing the death of his 20- year-old brother, Michael, in a thrill- ing aerlal battle over the Teuton lne which is pushing into Italy. Michael Resnatl had destroyed several Austro- | German planes, | the strong position CRIPPLES ARE RUSHING TO FRONT Desperate Germans Sei;d Convalescent Soldiers te Hold Back Onrushing British. SOME ARE CAPTURED AND RECEIVE AID Mothers Are Pushing Baby C: Through the Lane Which the Tanl Opened in the Famous Line—Old Men and Women Oarry. ing Effccts on Backs. British Army Headquarters France, Thursday, Nov. 22 (By th Associated Press).—The success of th British arms in the Cambrai has continued to grow stemdily, Field Marshal Haig’s troops in more than two days’ fighting overrun an area equal in size to ] won by the Germans during the fi fifteen days of their spectacular d on Verdun. British cawalry, L and infantry today were battling thwef] way forward along a line whieh i many points west and southwest Cambrai’ was less than three from that important town. The & vance also was spreading north near Bullecourt and the seflent Cambrai was being widened. The of prisoriers captured must appre the 9,000 mark. The British and Germans are grips on open ground and some of { flercest hand fighting of the war been going on. The enemy were unprepared for the attaclk, they have been putting every of their strength into an attempt stem the rising tide. Troops have been pulled away f1 .other points and rushed to the brai sector by the desperate G and so hard pressed were they men that two companies of cripp and convalescents were recrut hastily at one camp and thrown ini the line near Masneries. Some these pitiful objects are in Bri hands and are receiving medical tre; ment. One prisoner was in the lg stages of tuberculosis and he had e moved to prevent the disease spreading to the others, who were 4 a condition of ecruel exhaustion: virtually helpless from their vall {attempts to fight under the lash their unrelenting officers. The greit battlefield has taken of the aspect of scengs in wars gone b It is no longer a conflict of trenche and shell holes, but of men struggl bitterly with rifles and bayonets ovi a virgin battleground, while the. lonj neglected cavalry sweeps in pictus esque charges against the enemy tions over the wide territory involve: 4 have been® swarming with advancin troops and with prisoners and eiyf ians coming back from the fron Many rejoicing non-combatants, me women and children, have been pou ing out of the captured towns und the guidance of their deliverers fro German bondage. 1 This has been a hattle of stran sights, but no more striking spectacl has been witnessed than that of tha pveople marching toward homes an comfort back of the British fron Through the very gaps which 1 tanks had torn in the famous Hinde burg line, mothers yesterday and day were pushing baby carriages co; taining infants or tramping happlfl along with their babies clutched their breast. Beside them toddle other youngsters, many of them rying their treasured dolls and not few clinging determinedly to squ! ing puppies which they dared not to run on the ground. Old men an women were bringing away all household effects they could pack o] pushcarts or carry on their backs. For three years they had captivity and some of them In slave] ‘They had been subsisting on the hou ty of the American rellef commissiof which furnished them virtually { only food they obtaned. ¥ Hard fighting has taken place tod at Crevecoeur, southeast of Masnie: The British were holding a ridge 1 front of this place and some troop had forced an entrance into the wes ern part of the town. The Germ: still were holding the eastern sectio: A German battery here which ha been glving trouble was charged an captured by dismounted cavalrymer The battery was surrounded by hea barbed wire entanglements, prech ing the use of horses, so the soldh stormed the position on foot and nihilated the gun crews. 1 In the region of Rumily, hea machine gun and rifle fighting proceeding last night and this mor ing. e West of Cumbral. tanks and infa v were pressing the attack vigo: ously about Fontaine Notre Dame an in Burlon wood Fontaine Notre Dame has not been of ficially reported captur but thi story goes that tunk crews were serve with hot coffee by the civillans § this place this morning. ¥leld Ma shal Haig's officlal veport Thursdaj night said the Germans had re-take: this place, Further north near Bullecourt th British were in possession of the um un| (Continued On Fifteenth Page),