“WE RE TOP DOG”, BRITISH
TROOPS AT FRONT EXOLT
By Frederick Palmer.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, via London.- -For the first
time accredited newspaper correspon
dents have been allowed to enter that
zone where men in khaki speaking
English hold a portion of the allied
line.
Where the trench crosses the road
the French and Rritlsh are elbow to
elbow facing the Germans French
peasants and vilngers are living and
working under shell fire neighbors to
the British guns, concealed from Ger
man aeroplanes. which shake their
houses as they fire Signs in English
at the French crossroads give direc
tions to traffic, and all French names
are pronounced according to the Eng
lish spelling, so that the soldiers or
officers wit! not fall to understand
them
One is impressed with the immen
sity of the British resources, the num
bers of motor trucks and the complete
ness and thoroughness of all the equip
ment. All food and all supplies are
brought from England, while the
French shops are thriving on the Eng
lish luxuries which they sell to the
troops.
The French are learning to say "top
dog." That expression was one most
often heard the first day the corres
pondent arrived at the front from both
officers and men. "Top dog now," says
Tommy Atkins and the generals. One
get* it in the broad Scotch, Irish and
cockney accent and in broken French.
It expresses the opinion that a turn
in the tide has come and that the worst
Is behind them.
The British artillery fire, which was
weuker early In the campaign, now is
stronger all along the line than that of
the Germans Once the correspondents
were permitted to visit the British line
everybody talked with perfect frank
ness concerning the operations, and
instead of the lute starts and tap long
lunches, dinners, and other functions
which characterize such tours, the> un
usually awakened at *;: 30 o'clock in
the morning and kept going until 8 at
night, with the first aid packages serv
ed out at the breakfast table.
One might think fro mlhe stability of
all the appointments that the British
had no expectation except for a long
war: yet the universal opinion is that
the fall will see victory and the end
The thin line which held In the de
fense of the channel ports is deep now
One is surprised at the excellence of
the aeroplane service, when is it real
ized that the corps is only three years
old. Tills is not due to the superior
th ing of tlie British airmen hut to (lie
thoroughness of their eriulpment and
mechanical department, and the prodi
gality of the expenditure for ail nec
essary assistance and resources
Everything hut the actual manufac
ture of »he engines Is being done at
tlie front. The engines are assembled
and the wings made m different shops
near the aeroplane base. Successful
reconnaissance b> aircraft has now be
come a matter of mechanical cure and
organization The British aviator
secerns keenly hi enjo,\ these maneu
vers and the chance to chase an enemy
machine.
The official medical corps showed tlie
correspondent charts of the sickness
among tlie soldiers, which is less than
that among the troops at home, despite
tlie strain the men are under when the\
take their turns in tlie trenches This
is due to the giving to the men of alt
(lie the wholesome food they can eat
arid plenty of exercise when they are
out of tin* trenches, and enforcing all
sanitary regulations with the slip-test
discipline
"As Pol. Ooethals met the health prnb
leins on the Panama canal, so we met
and conquered those in this kind of
war.” a medical corps officer said
Frostbite, which was most plentiful
in December and .laniiarv, was over *
come by making the men loosen their
cloth puttees which became wet and
binding, stopping the < ir<minti*>n "f the
blood, and bv compelling them to tab'- |
off their boots nt intervals
“We ebnnge the shifts in tin
trenches.'* said a brigadier genera’ j
“sometimes everv forty-eight hours
but sometimes loss or more frequently >
Tt all depends on the hardships and ,
keeping the men fit."
Tire officer pointed out places wher<‘ j
the positions on both sides despite the I
attacks and counterattacks, were the j
same as last October Yet though dead
from the attacks lie between the
trenches, close to the parapets the i
Mermans will not agree to an : rmfsth e I
to bury them, the officer said
One heard much in England of the
irate of the Herman for the English
but here at the front no hate seemlngh
is evinced by the British, despite the ,
assertion that It Is their determina
ti'*n to fight to the finish.
“The Germans hate us because we
are going to be the top dog," Tummy
Atkins says.
From the commander in chief down,
simple living and the duty of keeping j
well are rules that are being rigidly !
followed. Field Marshal Sir John]
French, tire British commander, onu
pica a house. Mis office is the drawing i
room, the appointments of which huv«
not been disturbed. He dines with his;
aids in tfie dining room The other
rooms are used as offices.
Dinner at headquarters one finds
much like the dinner of tin* EneliMi
mess in England, the talk running on
other subjects than the w • r as t r>
luxation for the officers It is hard !«•
realize that war f« so near hv
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SAVVlLhE, May 7 -A wireless flash
from Berlin asserts that one of the
larger German cruisers lias suooeded
in breaking through the lines of the
English patrol fleet and is now at large
somewhere west of the British Isles,
much to the anxiety of allied shipping
circles which are sending out wireless
warnings to all vessles to look to their
safety.
SERBS TRYING
TO REINVADE
HUNGARY
VIENNA, May 7.—Military dispatch
es from tlio Austrian headquarters in
southeastern Hungary state that the
Serbs are making strenuous efforts to
again penetrate into Hungarian terri
tory. Austrian gun boats operating
along the Danube are stated to be
doing effective service in holding back
a general Serbian advance.
COLLAPSE IN THE MARKET
FOR RAW FURS DUE TO WAR
GENESEO, N. V.—Livingston county
fur bearers will this winter have an
almost complote rest from pursuit,
thanks to the collapse of the market
for raw furs. The depreciation in the
value of trappers’ produce is due i 1
most entirely to the European war,
which has shut off exportation to the
points of greatest demand.
Most of the furs this full bring less
than half of what they did last year.
A prime eoonskiu, worth last year $1.
with difficulty brings $1.50 this season.
Muskrat skins or “ratskins,” as they
are better known here, are next t»
worthless.
Most of the fur hearers are nocturnal
prowlers and are not ns easily extermi
nated) as birds or squirrels, but high
prices for furs in recent years have
caused systematic inroads until just
such an off season ns this is badly
needed.
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CRAMS SUITCASE FULL
OF PILLS; THIEF NABE IT
VANCOUVER, TV f\—Slgsmtind
Hardarson. native of Sweden and a
resident of Blaine, Wash, when lie
landed in Vancouver brought his medi
cine chest with him
He had crammed his suitcase full
! i>f boxes of pills guaranteed to cure or
j kill all pain and aches to which hum, a
l ity is heir. He also put in a night
I shirt.
The next morning the medicine chest
was gone The aid of the police was
sought, but it is hardly expected that
the thief will he caught unless he tries
to sample the contents of the suitcase
and mixes his drinks
iONE ARMED MAN SUPPORTS
HIS FAMILY OF FOURTEEN
j LOS ANGELES.- E li. Ilavis. a
j native of Utah, was engaged in mining
| until he met with an accident and lost
|his left arm. lie bought four acres
of land in Milford Valley, Utah, of
which but a little over an acre is under
an Irrigation ditch. From this small
portion of Irrigated land he says lie
has supported a family of fourteen in
j comfort.
, NO DUELING DURING WAR
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PARIS. A moratorium on duelling
lias hern declared in France because of
an incident which arose recently during
a discussion in a cafe. A prominent
swordsman became angry In a discus
sion of the grand strategy and issued
m challange to his adversary. Witnes
ses present declared that a Frenchman
must not kill one of his own country
men during the war, so the duel has
been pnsponed until peace Is declared.
BOMB HURTS ROME CHURCH
ROME.- A small bomb exploded re
cently in the court yard of the basilica
of San Clemente, which is the titular
church of Cardinal O’Connell of Boston
Another bomb which had failed to ex
plode was found. Windows of the
church were broken, but no other dam
age was done.
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ALLIES KILL
GERMAN CHIEF
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BERLIN'. Lieut. Gen. von Streck,
former inspector general of ordnance
at Munich, has died from wounds re
ceived while fighting in the west.
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Black 5.
r.liliLIX. 'I'he ollii i il 111. 1 >11r« i.
in its budget Risen nut if .nils has
the following: %
"The Ilolgian casualties sine. tin*
commencement «»f the war has* been
2.1,00 killed, 12.000 wounded. 2.1.000 , i|>
lured arid now prisoners in Mermans,
and .12,000 intoned in Midland 'Pin
total number of imssound'd Uitssian
prisoners, ineluding officers. is now
47.1,610."
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1915 TO
COST FRANCE $1,185,888,573.1
1 ’AllIS. The cost of the u 11- to
France for the first six months in lid.''
is officially figured .it $ 1.1S5.SsS.57.‘1, or
about $200,000,000 monthly. This total
is in addition to the usual expendi
tures of the army, hut il includes $101,
400,000 allowed to families of soldiei-.
$4,000,000 to persons out of cmplaymeat.
$10,200,000 for the maintenance of per
sons driven from their homes by the
Germ.in invasion, and to the various
other items direetH due to thi w ar
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