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4 THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. PAGE THREE EFT BY THE RETREATING GERMANS .1 ft A Aft it ,1, Wteto Sub-use corps IWtlittt soldiers rnHMtliitf rlnV, uulmets. cartridge, cloth ' j 0(i,.r impedimenta front B battlefield near Ilnmui!i, France, tho ncene L ki- tlL'llllllli f 1 ' . i i.l. .1... II-HUK ).., i ,.,W Hecws such i tliU grei-t th eye al evrry turn on tlm great rruMilitg bulk tho Uerumns. 2 BRITISH AIRMEN ROUT 1 4 GERMANS Like Hornets, They Attack En emy Formations, and Drive Survivors Home. ALL ARMS MAY FIGHT FOE UNWILLING TO FIGHT 1 HR TANK EXPERT TO ADVISE U. S. :apt Charles bweeney, nmo Commanded French Battery, Is in Washington. HELP ORDNANCE STAFF JfrfMh Tink Likened to Giant Hog Creeping Forward Straddles Trtnche, Cruhei Through Barbed Wlrs and Rakes Foe With Cunt, Wa!iltit;tii.--Tl. French Infantry !ul hn been winning mi much ground nllie ('muiquuiiu region of lnt Is ad ducing a n supporting force to numerous lutttiTlom of caterpillar troc- wn r "tiiiiku, riir iiko in aper ture, tlmt creep forward with a icr-iliiim-y which the German troop re Mining In tlx-lr shell battered trenches ruDimt check, tint! wlllcn assure- um imllun of protection a tby "dig In" upon their advanced lines. 80 that nn American army can know Uiut tliif tnnlta If ai-nt abroad, Opt Ourlca Sweeney, a native of Spokane. Wah and A member of the Foreign "V-.. - p. r-" I ( $ ' , , - me 1 , ' ' 2" Capt. Charlea Sweeney. "-Kion of tho French array, Is now "i WushiiiKton, D. 0.,'wbera he will isMNt unliianco ('xpt'rts In preparing H'nilnr Imid crulsora for fcorvlce. Ho returned recently from Franco, whore ''H nH.MlL'nini.nt !.,(,. ha.1 hnun with 9 buttery of "tanks." Cuiitnln Hwccney Is a Went Pointer, but when tho fighting began he was 'fund in tho French army. He started w a private in tho lnfuutry. He want ed to bo In the thick of It, ao chose that brunch of the service, and during Jis cnmimlKnlng wns In ninny battles. He wuh nwurded the cross of the Le 8'"n of Honor for valor aod promoted t0 Houtcnuut when, glngle-hnnded. be -captured n machine gun and six Qcr nmriH. Very litti0 hns been written In this or any country regnrdlnff the French tanks. The first few used by the 'trench nrmy went Into action about "la samo tlmo the British put theirs 1,1 the Held. It wns not until the great offennlve began this spring that the Pdlus trotted forward. In support of Krwit numbers of their tanks "san ZnU8," ns they culled them. .( The best way to describe ,a French tank Is to compare it with a giant "OK, kneeling so that Its phort legs cnot be seen, and creeping forward as 11 roots in the ground. . Bullets Do Not Harm Them. A rntn of lead potirs froca )44!ides M It proceeds, and heavifci?,'srt' and MUSH are Bhownred iinnn unl nnnitlon where machine guns of the Germans tb iMii'iny trrnrh- Only by Inmlini: 1 utii'll dirertly uimii a tank cun It ut uit nf coniuilstilon. Bullets front (lerniun rapid lln-ra timl the lu funtry rlrt.n r powerleh. Hand gri-iiiidea do It 110 ditmuBi'. lixmtly huw the French get the HiiiLh to their lirnt line trenchca In prfpurattttn fur ultnck In a aecret ntid fur the prem-tit notliliiK n that plume if the im of tin-Hi can bv publlahed. Tli well-! mined tnvchuulduns and riflemen nro ready when It la time to xtnrt ninl umhi the stguul thu tunk Ketn Into iiriliiii, Artillery preparations prwedo the wdvnnee if tiiiiku, Aa the time np prunt'hea fur the tart, the liurbed wire entniiKteinciit directly In front of the (Irtit line trench In cut. That la done under cover of darkness. Then over tho trench goes the tnuk and all Is rendy for the Invaalnn of No Man's I .mid. Knelling by the French artillery has Kilonced the enomy'a cannon, ana when the commanding offlcer decides that the remaining (ierinana In the first lino and supporting trenches are miflk'lently dMaorallMd the signal to nfivmien Is irlvpn. One enn fancy tho picture a line of monster steel con trnptlons creeping forward. Thn "sanMnlna" of the tank's ma chine guns begins when outposts of 11... ,.,-. ,mri iii.fenilers enitity the v.. . - - chambers of their magazine rifles by way of olnnn and try to retreat from their observation points just lu front of the barbed wire. Then tho tanK' arrive at the barbed wire and by sheer muh i mill roll onwurd to the flrnt line trench. r, .it..Miiiinr wheels allow the A ill' ... tnnk to straddle the German trench. n u halted iiml a cross fire poured Into the line, The emplacements of Germuu tnnchlne guns are literally blasted away by tho field pieces that mounted In the tanks onu me Infantry mowed down lire us they crnwi Tanks erty of are proud of thern. a "Bnnzan" a are enemy reserve liv fmiebllio mill frriin their communication trenches At- n lilnitn frnin the coniinnniler of enrfi tank the French supiortlng In fantry rushes furward. If till Ees the irri.tmd Is cleared of the ene- mv and the "poll us" reach tho tr ...IM. .tti(mt1tll ,,.,,1 lino Is taken. Tho advance Unites until the enemy Une is all cup tured, going forward a greater or less ,iiumnA uceord n to tno iiinmo ,h .mi,ml. Tatiks cannot attack but- 4o n lll-lllllTV. Illltl niiuhed when tlie worK ii-i"..., -- trenches nre cleared. With the advance of tho French In- .......... r.ciii(inM there is advance of supporting artillery in the rear and a consequent reireai Oorinnn artillery. Manned by Picked Soldiers. oro Prill Si dered as the prop- the Infantry and the pollus To be asslgneu 10 hrmi-tniiclnB war i,nrinfn.ikes the Frenenmon ny If the American nrmy adopts such lighting machines tho flrst-class privates will be given the honor of I mechanicians and fighters UVWV.i...u within them. ; .... 1., ix-liiif nroiKirtlon the French use tanks aa compared with .,.inents Is n secret, nut me constant cry is for more. They nro of different sizes, according to the ground over which they operate, but the ten dency of late has been to construct tom along bigger lib. The araorjd sides, top and bottom, protect the flfcUt Z and Vhe knowledge that their work tr, lives of so many of their fellow countrymen and allies prompts im in do their utmost, When the tank starts over No Man's r.nnd those within nave as umv. ET Z Z can be stored in the com- par m nts" wd water, raUons, PB , Inirmren and fins innsks, Unoteiunghow long they will .. ..hur- or duys ana tne dlers have learned that W" tnr unv emergency is me Captain Sweeney had such success nb ha commanded tnat ne wki b7ln charge of a battery of foot From the Front Come Wondrous 8tor lea of Dauntless Deeds and Feata of Aerial Tilting Britain Now Command! the Air. HrltlNh Headquarters in France. nut of the high, thin ulr, where the IlKhtlnjj blniiiifti fly In u sort of dream world of adventure, have come within the lunt few duys atlll more wondroua stories of daunt lens deeds and feats of aerial tilting to tip read the welcome glamour of romance over the more sor did sld of the wur, Above the British lines and far within the enemy terri tory the blue spring skies have been lllled with during planes that seetn to Hash In and out among the bits or iloatiriii cloud with the speed of the very Kuiibeams that sparkle and play unon Ihulr silver sides and ail but trtinpareut wingB. Virtually all the visible machines bear the red, white and blue markings of the allies. It Is seldom, that hostile battle birds with the Maltese cross up on their snreudluK wings venture across the fighting lines. Tho lirltlsh aviators report that It is difficult Just now to get the Ocr man aviators into Close ngnung. 11117 imy that the Germans appear unwilling to encngo in that sort of warfare ana (f.niimiMiiv ntteiiiiit to break off the combats. Two fiiHt UritlKh machines far in the enemy's domain saw wnni ap nea red to be a great flock of German pluues headed toward the British lines. The two British ulrnien climbed a cou ple of thousand feet to have a better look at the atrangcrs. Ihey men saw that It wns a formation of 14 machines composed of fighting scouts and heav ier two-seaters, probably Intent upon a bombing raid. Tho odds were rather heavy against them, but the unusn filers decided to have a go at the hos tile airmen. Two Britons Rout 14 Germans, Uttvtnu faster and better maneuver ing machines than anything In the Ger man formation, the young mui played about their 14 enemies like a pnlr of giant hornets. They dived at tlmn and t me OKnin, IiruiK uu.au of machine-gun bullets as they passed. With superior speed ana cumD, iuo British machines were able to adopt such tactics as aulteo tneir puiuuso, and from the moment of the first at tack the formation of the uermnn ma chines begun to break up. After two of their macnines ouu been set on nre anu aesirujcu thint sent spinning down ,i...,v.t..,!io ffltnl crash. ... ..1 . Hlcnrcrnnizea. squadron was couijjivicy . the surviving macntnes iuruiu and ninklug for home. iniiu.r etorv hns to do with narrow escape of a young British navni airman who sailed on a recent bright afternoon to "strafe" a German balloon that he saw in the air some uii back of the enemy's fighting lines. Nowadays whenever a British plane crosses tho line? within n mil? or two llonn station fc. O. d. Marine Ilcgiment Added to Pershing's Army for France Total Force to lie About 40,000 at Start. FOOD CAMPAIGN IS ON O. A. C Extension Service Co-operates With Department of Agriculture to Offset Food Shortage. to an un the hostile tho nt-the .. rs.tiMiinn nn 0011 biuii"" signs ascend and the balloon is hauled down ns fast us motor-driven winches can drag It. The pilot was not to be , foiled, however. When he arrived near tho balloon It was only 20 feet from tho ground, but he dived for It, notwithstanding the protecting ma chine guns that were sending up literal CtnuL of steel-jacketed bullets The balloon began to smoke In sev eral places, and the Hrltlsh airman was Sing at It again when his engine wa hit The navy chap managed to get mself home, like a wounded pigeon. .vertbeless. crossing the fighting Unes t less than 50 feet. Being a naval man. he officially described Us home- coming as "nram" Several other aviators recently V . hnlloons on h The correspondent spent most no German balloons up after Briusn lucn haa destroyed two early In .the morning. Attacks Howitzer Crew. Saturday afternoon a British lnS The Briton deliberately began clouds. The Brit on i0 CHmbh! f Zt 1 t"r Bw him coming enemy, h' ra0i The Britisher and 8tThlm for several miles, firing wMle, Tut finally ran out of ""oTe'Soribed the sensation of rough a firing zone as similar rtsssu 'asraai1 bontro,ck- upon wH of a "to steamer. artinery observ- enfeeaP been able to catch ,g machines m glow.movlng( henvy glimpses om related of one h0WltZhernltt that some time ago he British pilot an gheU m- a big . for hIm. it Washington, D. C All three arms of America's fighting forces the army, navy and marine corps soon will be represented in the war zone. With American destroyers already in European waters and army regulars concentrating to carry the flag to the battle line in Belgium and France, a regiment of marines was designated Monday to join tho expeditionary force and round out the nation's representa tion in the field. The marines will be attached to the arrny division under General Pershing, which is under orders to proceed abroad as soon as practicable. Although details are not being made public, it was calculated here that with the marine regiment the total American force now designated for land service in EurODe 18 close to 40.000. An army division at war strengtn comprises about 25,000 men, and up wards of 12,000 are expected to be in the nine volunteer regiments 01 en cineers now beine recruited. The for estry rctrimcnt and the marine regi ments each will number more than 1000. The strength of the naval force in European waters has not been re vealed. General Pershing and his staff will sail for Europe ahead of the troops to pave the way for final training 01 tne huge army the United States is pre paring to pour across the seas as rap idly as men can be trained and equip- ned. For obvious reasons no information as to the time of the American com mander's denarture or his destination will be made public. AIRCRAFT FLEET PROPOSED Thirty-five Hundred Aeroplanes Being Built and 6000 Men Are Wanted. Washington, D. C. Formal an nouncement of the government's pol icy as to all types of aircraft except Zeppelins was made Monday by the Council of National Defense through Howard E. Coffin, member of the coun cil's advisory commission and head of the Aircraft Production Board, recent- lv created. The object aimed at for the first rear, according to Mr. Coffin, is the nrrvhintinn of a minimum of 3500 training and battle aeroplanes; the ed ucation of from 5000 to 6000 aviators, and the doubling or more of the pro Hnrinir panacitv durinsr the second vpnr. The board will co-operate with the inint armv and navy board on designs and specifications of aircraft which will pass on all questions of design and military character. Other plans include the establish ment of nine aviation training fields, three of which already have been se lected bv the War department and con Btruction work on which will begin at once. Each will provide ior two aero squadrons of 150 men each and have hangars and shop equipment for 72 machines. It will cost approximately 51,000,000 to equip each field. Six American colleges are to give cadet courses to classes of 600 student aviators each, making 3600 men who will be under instruction in these pre liminary courses by July 1. The first classes opened May 10. The cadets are entering the classes at the rate of 25 a week. SPAIN'S NOTE CUTS GERMANY HER RICH REWARD Town's Most Gifted Cook Wins Envy of Other Women. but gaw u - .rect for lng appBrt."'' . however, whizzed by that he Spotted the PW; a 'JSTdived at It, and that P"" 3lm 0f maohlne-gun fired M X J He bad not time bultets a'at damage," If any. Relations Suspended Until Submarine Protests Are Answered by Kaiser. Madrid The Spanish government's note to Germany concerning the at tack by German submarines on the Spanish steamer Patricio says that a number of notes of protests previously address to the German government remain unanswered. It declares that the transaction of all diplomatic business with Germany will be suspended until replies are re ceived to these, according tolhe news papers. It also demands the fulfillment of conditions agreed upon by the German government to prevent unwarned at tacks by submarines on Spanish ships in safety zones and asks for an indem nity for the Patricio. Spy Suspect Run Down. New York After his motorboat had been chased several miles by the Cu ban gunboat Yara in Nipe bay, an al leged German spy was captured Friday and later imprisoned in Cabanas fort ress, according to advices received from Havana Monday by the Republic of Cuba News bureau, in this city. The prisoner, the report said, had papers and plans which indicated he was plot ting to etsablish a submarine base off the eastern coast of the island of Cuba. It is believed he was formerly a Ger man army officer. Four Die in Explosion. Youngstown, O. A mysterious ex plosion in the power plant of the Re public Iron & Steel company at noon Monday brought instant death to four men and injuries to 11 others. Five of the latter were seriously hurt The roof .was blown off the building. Heavy pieces of iron were hurled a quarter of a mile; , . - - . An investigation 01 a suspicion tnai With a national food shortage facing us, lntensineu gurueumg essary. Every square foot of land should be kept working all the season. As soon as the ground is rid of one crop another one should be provided to take its place, either by plant setting or by seed growing. The practical carrying out of a planting plan requires considerate forethought and previous preparation, and Prof. A. G. Bouquet, head of vege tut.l aflrdenincr at O. A. C, submits the following data to assist those who would take advantage or all 01 tne and would make the in their trardens count for the maximum profit. Suggestions are also offered for vegetables which are to be planted for winter use, and whicn can be held over in storage. While the dates given are sugges tive, they must be modified to suit the conditions of the state. As far ible. however, they are repre sentative of the greater part of West ern Oregon, for a normal season. In arrangement the planting tame is divided into two parts: first, seeding directly in the garden; second, trans planting of young plants which have been previously grown or wnicn nave been bought. Dates of harvesting the different vegetables are also noted. Some vegetables which are being con tinuously harvested are not again men tioned in the succeeding dates. Schedule for Successions! Planting, Mv 15 to 30. Field setting of to matoes. Rpediner cucumbers, melons, lima beans, pumpkins, squash, sweet corn, -.. . J lii A 1 summer radisnes ana letiuce. auu sowing in seed beds late fall cauli flower, broccoli, late cabbage, crua sels snrouts. Scotch kale. Harvesting asparagus, rhubarb, irreen onions, radishes, spinach. June 1 to 15. Transplanting plants of peppers, egg plant and early celery, Seeding summer lettuce, string beans. Harvesting asparagus, rhubarb, . - - , . i . 1 green onions, spmacn, transplant cu head lettuce, radishes, turnips, 1 rabi. June 15 to 30. Transplanting plants of early fall cauliflower, fall cabbage, early celery. Seeding short season crops for suc cessions! harvesting. Harvesting head lettuce, asparagus, rhubarb, radishes, early peas, spinach, tumiDS. July 1 to 15. Transplanting plants of late celerv. late cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Soctch kale, broccoli. Planting of late beets, late carrots, late sweet corn. Harvesting peas, lettuce, asparagus earlv cabbaere. early beets, bunch car rots and others previously mentioned in preceding date. July 15 to 30. Finish transplanting celerv and late crops mentioned above, Seedine late string beans, late head lettuce for fall. Harvesting string beans, peas, sun mer squash, beets, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower. August 1 to 15.-Seeding fall lettuce for outside use and in the frame. Harvesting cauliflower, cabbage, string beans, sweet corn, first early tomatoes. Ausgust 15 to 30. Seeding of late lettuce for frame use, Chinese cabbage. Harvesting tomatoes, sweet corn, beans, head lettuce, cucumbers, mel ons, peppers, etc. September 1 to 15. Seeding spin ach, fall radishes, turnips and cabbage seed for late fall transplanting. Harvesting tomatoes, peppers, egg plant, sweet corn, celery, squash, on ions, etc. September 15 to 30. Seeding rad ishes outside, setting lettuce in frames. Harvesting fall cabbage, cauliflower, head lettuce, late sweet corn, parsnips, celery, late string beans, lima beans, tomatoes, peppers, egg plant, squash, etc. October 1 to 15. Transplanting into frames lettuce plants, seeding radishes in frames. Harvesting late corn, tomatoes, egg plant, peppers, fall lettuce, late beans, parsnips, kale, celery, etc. Store squash, onions, pumpkins. October 15. Transplant into garden cabbage plants for early spring mar keting. ' Harvesting late spinach, Brussels sprouts, late cabbage, cauliflower, cel ery, carrots, parsnips, salsify, head lettuce, onions, peppers, fall turnips, winter radishes. November 1. Finish transplanting cabbage- plants to the field. Also transplant more lettuce into frames for early spring marketing. There li No Material Compensation for Long Hours 6he Spends With Rolling Pin and Oven. There is In every small town some woman whose cooking Is absolute wiz ardry itself. Her home never lacks for Sunday "company." She is always in demand at church or lodge suppers, too. Mrs. George Sparks was that sort or woman. White sne couia cook wuu artist's skill most any dish known to the small-town housewife, pumpkin pie was her especial forte. Whenever the Ladles' Aid society advertised a supper and carefully stated that Mrs. George Sparks would contribute some of her Justly famed pumpkin pies, an overflow attendance was certain. What a strug gle always followed the bringing forth of those golden brown pumpkin pies! The very sight of them was enough to make any man In the town wet his Hps with anticipatory delight. The crusts were always short to Just the right degree of perfect joy and the filling was like ambrosia the gods had care lessly left at the disposal of an unde serving mankind. Mrs. Sparks never had the experi ence of other members of the Ladies' Aid society, who often had some of their viands left for the home folk to consume. Her pies were all slicked up In a remarkably brief time after they made their appearance. Pies like Mrs. George Sparks' were never made to be eaten with n fork they were made for a large, liberal, thick piece to be grasped gently In the palm of the left hand and thereby to be conveyed to the eagerly waiting mouth. None of the men, except the mayor and the minister ever was able to curb his impatient appetite sufficiently to permit him to ply a fork at such tiroes. The litter and manifest delight with which every man in town fell upon those golden pies brought many a bale ful glance from other and less favored members of the Ladies' Aid society. But there was no man in town who wasn't willing to have a troublous ses sion at home for the sake of a second piece of one of those pies. And there was probably not another man in town who didn't at times envy George Sparks and didn't resent that worthy man's self-satisfied and contented de meanor. And Mrs. George Sparks, what did she get in return for those hours she spent with the rolling pin, the dough pan and the cooking stove oven? She never got a cent for all the hundreds of perfect pies with which she supplied the hungry townsmen. But there wasn't a woman in town who wouldn't have undergone an equal amount of la bor and self-denial gladly to have re ceived Mrs. George Sparks' reward that of knowing she could do some thing better than any other woman in town and knowing that they, too, were aware of the fact. v Students Answer Call. Eugene The boys and girls of the Marcola High school are doing their "bit" to help the nation. , They have responded to the call to plant. Super intendent O'Reilly has been stimulat ing their interest with good marks on their report cards, but he says the ini tiative came from the gardeners them selves. They have been carrying on their work much the same as other schools of the state, but following the call for a survey of agricultural re sources of Oregon a farm and garden survey of the school project was made. Flour Declines 60 Cents. San Francisco The price of flour here declined 60 cents a barrel, whole sale, Saturday as the result of the vol untary prohibition of grain speculation Beet He Had Found. It could hardly have been caused by old age the man had been baldhead ed, very baldhended, for years. There had fetch a tlm? .when smug pf In numerable, preparations calculated to prevent the falling out of hair had been tried, but his hair had ceased to fall only when not even a fringe re mained. -3 But the man wag contented. H,S wore a wig not a small, tight-fitting -ORg but "a large, bushy-one. But otte day on' the EtFeet, as the wind caught away the mnn's hat. his wig was snatched, too. Bareheaded, Indeed, the owner made a futile grab, then waited while a small boy gave chase. "Sonny," said the man, as he grate fully rewarded the boy, "you're the quickest hair restorer I have ever found." The Color of Gold. Gold is not always the "golden yel low" of the poets, but under certain conditions may appear orange, reddish green or even purple. Addition of cop per as an alloy to make the metal hard enough for commercial purposes gives the gold an orange or even red appear ance. Silver makes It a pale yellow. If it is beaten into very thin gold leaf, it transmits a green light. But If very finely divided gold Is suspended in a liquor by precipitation from a solu tion, it appears to be purple. So you cannot always Judge gold by Its color. American Boy. Isn't It Sew? "A stitch In times saves nine," be gan the chronic quoter. "Not always," spoke up the man who had just been operated on for appendi citis, "the stitch I got In my side led to nine more in the same place later on." Wanted It Saved. "They should have allowed the ora tor to go on. There was plenty ol meat in his address." "Maybe that is why they canned him." .. Noted Exception. ' "My husband Is such a knocker. He has his hammer out on all occasions." "So has mine, except when I want him to put down the carpets." "i Ht Knew. She Take care, Alfred I That isn'l the reedy for seasickness. Don't yon see the bottl is marked poison? .