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Show PUBLIC-UTILITIES NEED SUPPORT j ,r A pamphlet haa baan laaued by tha i Colorado Bank era aaaorlatlon containing contain-ing a epearh, "Tha War and tha j Public rtltltlea." delivered by M. H. Ay Ira worth at tha convention of tha Colorado Hanker' aaaoclatlon held at Colorado Hprlnva reran tly. Mr. Ay lea worth la an ai-rhalrman of tha public utllltlea com ml anion of Colorado, and ta now tha regional chairman for that dlatrtct of tha I nntlnnal commit tea on public utility I condltlona. Mr. Ayleaworth claim that tin re th war th dollar purchase lea food, fuel, clothing, and rant than i before, and yet there la no exceaa rat allowed for public utllltlea, al- thouah their coat to operate ha i teadily inrraaed and tha aervle roneequently hia become leaa efficient, i The roet of operadna: ha Inrreaeed ; from ftfl to 400 per cent. Knperlally In i thoa eaaea where copper, ateel and coal are ud, tha Inrreaaed coat I normou. Aa a reault of the decreaa . of earnlnv puwer of the public utlll-Ilea, utlll-Ilea, bnnk and amall Inveatnra hava ! iifrrrd aerloualy, their aerurltlea Inking In value tn tha extent of aevrra) million of dollara. Thaa lowee. ha hold, hava dlmln- ' lahed the power and dlapoattion of ! tha public to reapond to tha govern- ; mnt rail for anonev for war loana. Many of tha utllltlea hava been abused to Inrraaee their efficiency rrdleea of their Incraaaed expanaea without additional eomnanaatlon. Moat af th ratea chara;ed by tha 'tttilltire are fixed by franrhlaea, and It would be perm leal ble for tha atate I to modify tha ratea In view of tha al lua tton. When rHraetor General Mr A doo In-creaaed In-creaaed tha frejpht ratea on tha railroad rail-road a, the psjropla aroaa to tha oc-caalon, oc-caalon, Mr. Ayleaworth aaya. but If ratea are ralaed on other utllltlea tha public r alar a a clamor. They will I met tha acta of federal authorttlea but phject to tha Mm acta on tha part of tha atate. Therefore ha aug-geata aug-geata federal control of public utllltlea. north of Camhral even before that hour, the break wag not noticeable until midday. Than aome tanka and whlppeta were aent a acottta acroaa object ivea varying f mm . 4000 to $000 yard a beyond tbe atartlng point. A hort time later tha infantry had deployed de-ployed In many placea fur ahead of Lfceee objective. Thr number ofrTipniredT" and alalh Crermana ta ptnggerlng. d'rlaonera already al-ready filled the prepared cagea to overflowing, while dead Uermana and dead Oarman hnraea atrew the ground everywhere. Thla. deaplt th fact that tha Kngllph, Scotch, New Zealand, French and American troop part let- i patlrtg tn- the advance hava escaped 1 with light 1 or era. Among tha hundred of German dead wherever tha American rushed forward, for-ward, an unusual proportion were found with only a alngle clear bullet wound, bearing out admirably reports of the remarkable use the Yank made of their rifles againat tha boche ma-thin ma-thin gunner a. ' Th youngster were not too buay hooting to take prisoner,, however, aa Ja shown by the fact that loto men and l0 officers were In the American cage before noon, and more were coming back They also took time to assist thirty-two thirty-two old men and Women and some children chil-dren to earxpe .from Mont Hrehaln to the rear. These9 French town folk had ttan In the hnnrla nf Sh at (larmans fur ed In the peace proposal and wanted all the details. Ha aald the democratising democratis-ing of Germany already la under way, but that ha doubted If th people want to diamisa the kalaer. It waa a great day In tha air, not only for the airplanes, but for propav-gVndlsts, propav-gVndlsts, who sent up jiundreds of paper pa-per balloon a, carrying message to tha German troops. The refugees from Mont Brehaln re-Iterated re-Iterated the valuable affect auch literature litera-ture la having on the German soldiers, Kaat of tha Meuse boche counter attack at-tack were repulsed and tha French and Americana consolidated their newly new-ly won positions. t The attack west of tha Meuse waa a complete surprise to the Austrlana tn that auction. It would have taken four or five days to smash he wirea wn(j reduce the defenses by artillery preparation, prep-aration, but th surprise attack enabled en-abled the Infantry to penetrate tha lines .within a few hours and hold bli em. That Austrlana Were Anxious to surrender. sur-render. One captain was found waiting wait-ing on tha trunk of a fallen tree. All the principal centers behind the German lines were bombed extensively. In connection with the attack. Tona of explosives were dropped on Mexierea, Vouxlera and points along the Meuae. Klghty-flve allied pUnes crossed the enemy lines during a period of leai than an hour. four year. The Auatraliana captured the town thro tlmea before It atayed captured. In the meantime tha cttl-sens cttl-sens remained In their cellars four days and nighta. When aome Americana Ameri-cana passed through, on their way to join their com ra dee up in front, they aaked to be aent back. Thla waa promptly done. Thee French people made no complaint com-plaint of German cruelty. A French officer, experienced In handling rrfu-feea, rrfu-feea, explained dlscrepanclea in atorte of enemy treatment of clvlllana by aay-Ing aay-Ing It dependa largely on the pereonal character of the Uerman town coin-' mandant. who Is sn autocrat In complete com-plete control. The tanka had one of the moat bus-ceaaful bus-ceaaful .daya yeaterday In their comparatively com-paratively brief military career. They went forward In long algsagging llnea, cru.hlng machine gun neats and meeting meet-ing with only a minimum of dleaaters. Lieutenant Kuhr of Waehtngton, D. C, commanding a tank equadron with fall-American crewa, aald: ' "Wa went atralght through tltem without a bobble. There waan't a aln-Ke aln-Ke hitch between the klckoff and the i;oal." ' "When I left," aald Carmon Dosler of Yorkvllle, Tenn., "the Germane were running every way, ducking Into bolea. They didn't want to fight." John Bunton o( Ureenville, ft. C, and Ch-trlea Freeman of Anderson, 8. C confirmed Dosier'a statement. A German officer In the prisoners' cage of a certain American brigade, when aaked why his soldisrs . ran, sighed dnd ssld: "lierman officers have a hard time now. The men won't fight. The kal.er'a ordsr of ths day, telling ue he wants peace, waa read by the men when we received It day before yeater-day. yeater-day. It hain't helped any. The war la over, ao far a. we are concerned." notner -officer aald he didn't aup-poae aup-poae the alllea would agree to peace now. Aked why he thonghl that, he replied that he "didn't know; Juat felt sure."' A third officer was greatly Intersst- |