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THE MORNING OltEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13. 1918. BATTLE STRATEGY OFGERMANS BARED positions the Germans hold on Thics court plateau. Their' losses are ex tremely heavy and their dead lie all over the field. They are found in shellholps and nooKs where they vainly sought protection from the French fire. Among them are some survivors who are found in every pos sible hiding place. Many Privations Endured. Privations were endured by the .Ger mans in theront line recently. This was picturesquely, evidenced by a let ter found since the offensive began. It was from an officer who informed his relatives in flermanv that the FACTS CLUMSILY JUGGLED French artillery had been furnishing the only meat available by killing horses. Another officer wrote with pride and satisfaction that he was able Seml-Officia! Statement Gives Strictly Enemy Version of v Defeat by Allies. Cronnd on Both Sides of Somme to send along with his message of Jove "Which Furious British Attack Could Not Capture" Given l"p "Voluntarily" by Teutons. and hope a sack of wheat he had just gleaned from an adjoining field. A German wireless operator was found at the bottom of a well after the French had advanced over the enemy positions. As evidence of the haste with HAYWOOD AT BAY I. W. W. Leader Confronted With Damaging Documents.. EPIGRAMS READ IN COUR Persistent Attempts Made by Ac cused Man to Dodge Responsi blllty for Radical Utterances Against .War Flans. AMSTERDAM; Aug-. 1!. Presenting- a Picture of the Anfirlo-French nlnn of at tack between the Ancra and the Avre. which the enemy withdrew, it may be toe German semi-official news agency sa;d the entire mail of one regi was the intention of the allies to over- ment made up for transmission to run the German defense system along I Germany was captured at EeSEOna iuio iruui wmca was quit weiKir fortified. It says that there has been no time to construct permanent de fenses. The dispatch sayst "Eventually the battleground on both banks of the Somme, which fu rious British attacks could not capture, was (riven up voluntarily. "Under protection of a short but ex tremely Intense bombardment, the en tente armies tried to cut lanes through the German infantry and artillery lines by tank squadrons. Then the cavalry supported by tanks was to be rushed through the infantry lines in order to reach on the first day of the offensive av high road between Peronne and Roye. Resistance Declared Heroic "Failure of this plan was due to the kerolc resistance of trench garrisons which at many points held their posi tions until surrounded. "The English and French began the ecord days offensive with tank at tacks, but. weakened by the losses of the previous day, they did not display the same vigor. "Only in the afternoon were the Eng Ilsh, with the help of fresh troops, able to renew the attack. On the entire front from Morlancourt to the Avre, waves advanced once more headed by strong tank divisions. A smart parry in? counter attack by German infantry followed. "The fight swayed this way and that, but finally the British, despite the strong forces employed, were unable to make heaaway on the banks of the Homme and along the great Roman high road. "Farther south the Franco-British assault against the line from Rosleres to Arvillers succeeded in gaining jrround which was extremely unsulted for defense. Farther Retreat Hinted, The military writer of the Berlin Ceitung Am Mittag in preparing the German public for a of the German forces says "If to avoid further fighting we are withdrawing to new positions, thereby allowing the enemy to attack with great losses, we are serving our aims better than by sacrificing our best men In an obstinate struggle for pieces of around. The decisive moment has not yet come." Sur-Matz. WITH THE FRENCH ARMT IN FRANCE. Aug. It (Reutei-s.) There is a lull over the battlefield this morning. On the front of the French first and third armies the enemy was endeavoring to establish himself on the line of Roye-Lassigny and the French were in contact with him along the greater part of this line, which runs about two miles in front of Roye and three miles In front of Lasslgny. The line extends from Andechy close to the Amiens-Roye road, through Dancourt and Tilloloy and on to Gury. Enemy Reserves Active. The enemy's reserves now are taking a vigorous part in the battle, which is over terrain that was covered by the German offensives in March and May of this year. The first three days of irresistible allied advance Is slowing down as the enemy's fresh divisions re place the broken regiments that met the first shock. ' The army, of General von Hutier, with its left resting on the massif of Thiescourt and on the Olse at Noyon, is sufficiently well placed for a de fensive battle except for the threat of a further advance by the British along the Amiens-Roye road. TOXS OF BOMBS ARE DROPPED Aviators Attack Peronne and Cam- bra I Stations; Return Safely, LONDON, Aug. 12. An official com- THE HAGUE, Aug. 12. German newspapers are asking pointed ques tions concerning 'reverses in the west. A Berlin dispatch to the Post of Munich complains of the attempts of certain German official circles to con ceal the truth from the people. It says this has done incalculable harm and is largely responsible for the public bit terness. The dispatch adds: - "It is ridiculous to suppose that the Importance of the events can be con cealed ultimately from the people." Tea Kaehlnaaaa Biassed. The Deutsches Zeltung, of Berlin, attributes the defeat to the weak morale of the troops of Crown Prince munication dealing with aviation issued tonight says: r if ty tons of bombs were dropped by our airmen on August 11 and the following night. The two chief objec tives, both by day and by night, were the Somme crossings and certain rail way Junctions of military importance. "TnilH..! linn im .Uln rrmt " i heavily bombed by some of our squad rons in Droaa daylight irom a low height, without loss to us. Many di rect hits were observed. At night the stations at Peronne and Cambrai were eeverely attacked with good effect. All our jilght Bombing ma chines safely returned. Enemy aircraft, flying in large for mations, were active on the battle front. Twenty-nine hostile machines were de stroyed in air fighting during the day and 24 others were driven down out of control. Four hostile balloons were shot down in flames. Five of our ma chines are missing." GERMANS SAT THEY ESCAPED Semi-official Xews Agency Tells, of "Successful Withdrawal." AMSTERDAM, Aug. 12. The German semi-official news agency. In a dispatch to Berlin forwarded here, says of the allied offensive in Plcardy: "On the third day of the offensive the Rupprecht. of Bavaria, due to the last rencn "ched a frontal attack on the Reichstag speech of former Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann. LONDON. Aug. II. Three German Generals recently commanding near Montdidier have been cashiered for neglect of duty, according to Belgian reports received in Amsterdam and transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph Company. Many soldiers were courtmartialed at Et- Quentln Saturday for high treason. .The Germans in Belgium are show ing signs of great uneasiness and the German Emperor is reported to have moved to Brussels. TOWN OF GURY IS TAKEN Continued From First Par.) the enemy can withdraw his artillery. 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As there was only a tempor ary defense, the attackers, advancing after a strong artillery preparation, ac companied by tanks, met only our rear guards whose machine guns caused the enemy such severe losses that the at tacks everywhere were arrested. After the most sanguinary repulse of the French assaults, our rear guard line was able, with slight losses, to with draw many tons of material, to dlsen gage from the enemy and to withdraw. "North of the Avre, Franco-British troops made tlTe strongest efforts southward to take the new German for mations to the rear and to the north ward to roll up the German Avre front but they failed. GERMANS REPULSED AT FISMES Spasmodic Shelling of Americans on Tcsle Is Without Result. WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. "Along the Vesle hostile attacks in the vicinity of Flsmes were repulsed with severe losses to the enemy," General Pershing reported in todays communique. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMT ON THE VESLE. Aug. 12. (Router's) The Germans are shelling the Vesle front spasmodically, their heavy guns feeing concentrated in turn on certain tar gets. St. Thibaut, Mont Notre Dame and Flsmes have been chiefly chosen. A real attempt to feel out the allied strength has taken the form of an at tack at Fismette, a little village north' west of Flames. This, however, was 1 failure, as the American shooting was so good tnat not a single man was able to enter the village and the assaulting troops retired, leaving a fresh sprin kling or dead on the battlefield, which already has been fatal to so many Ger mans. CHICAGO. Aug. 12. A large number or .letters were read into the record of the I. W. W. trial before Federal Judge Landl3 today by Frank K. Nebeker, chief counsel for the prosecu tion. In support of the Government charge that William D. Haywood, gen eral secretary and treasurer of the or ganization, talked and wrote against conscription and the war and used his influence as head of the body to interfere with the . Government mill tary policy. On direct examination Haywood de clared that he had never spoken word or written a line in opposition to conscription and the war. On cross - examination Attorney. Nebeker produced a mass of docu mentary evidence to refute the denial of the L W. W. leader. Haywood was kept busy in a vain effort to explain the contents of let ters which he had writen and received from his lieutenants containing num erous references against the Govern ment's war plans. On several occasions he denied having written certain let ters with which he was unexpectedly confronted and attempted to place the blame on his assistants. Draft Dodgers Defended. He was obliged to admit that th L W. W. had employed lawyers to de fend all members arrested for evading the Army draft, but denied that the general executive board of the organ! zation had ever adopted a resolution opposing war. He also admitted that members had been dropped from the rolls after they had entered the Army. One letter was read in which Hay wood advised a lieutenant to be care ful to do nothing which might be con strued as giving comfort and support to the enemy. In reply to questions he explained that by the enemy he meant Germany, Was it your solicitude for thlscoun try that caused you to give that ad vice?" lnauired Attorney Nebeker. Not so much my solicitude for this country as my hatred for uermany,' Haywood replied. Attorney Nebeker then read a list of L W. W. epigrams in Haywood s own handwriting, which the leader ad mitted having composed for use in pub lic addresses. Epigrams in Haywood's Handwriting. They read as follows: Join the Army and Navy, confess and be prepared to die. It U better to be a traitor to a country than a traitor to your class. A live soldier Is a hobo; a dead soldier is ft hero. Why be a soldier? Be a man. Join the w. W. and fight en the Jot) lor your soldier the result I. elf and your class. A policeman ia a pimple, 1 boil on the body politic; both of a diseased system. A soldier la the man behind the gun but the man behind the man behind the sun Is to blame for the war. Haywood said that some of these sen timents were written before the pres ent war. and were directed against the state militia for Its activity in crush ing labor strikes. GUNFIRE WRECKS BRIDGES (Continued From First Papre,) SOFT COLL ARS combine smartness, cot-'fort and quality when the nai-ie Earl & Wilson is on them. EARL S WILSON ALL AMERICA IS LAUDED Madame Foch Expresses Belief That . Victory Is Xear. NEW YORK, Aug. 1!. In a letter to the Lafayette memorial fund, Madame Foch, wife of the allied Generalissimo, expresses gratitude to America for con tributions and belief victory is in sight Madame Foch appeals for continued and Increased activities for French widows made refugees a second time and for French children removed from the city, owing to the bombardment and who are now being established in Summer colo nies. "The task remains very heavy," ehe writes, "and the different phases and changes of the war gradually Involve fresh burdens." TERROR MENACING RUSSIA (Continued From First Pare.) through war or the decisions of the great powers." Continuing the summing up of its civil war losses, Finland discovers that all Its burned urban property alone se gregates 4,500,000 marks. heavy losses near Tilloloy. By advan-o- cingr ineir artillery, wnrcn loiiowea 1 closely after their tanks, they tried to I effect. a break through here. Our in fantry and artillery shot the enemy to I pieces before our lines. "Seventeen enemy airplanes and four captive balloons were shot down yes terday. In July SIS enemy planes were shot down by our airmen on the Ger man front and 69 by our anti-aircraft guns. Thirty-six captive balloons also I were shot down. Two hundred audJ thirty-nine of these airplanes are in our possession ana the others were seen to fall inside the enemy's posi tion. We lost 129 airplanes and 63 captive balloons in battle during the same period. BRILLIANT STROKE IS MADE Entering of French Third Army and Stiffening; Resistance Features LONDON, Aug. 12. The entry of the French third army under General Humbert into the battle south of the original front of the allied attack and the strengthening 01 tne uerman re slstance are regarded by newspaper commentators as the outstanding fea tures of the Franco-isritish offensive during the week-end. The. brilliant and rapid stroke of the French third army is recognized fully and important results are .expected from it. The German reaction had been foreseen and the commentators see nothing In it as a cause for anxiety. Nevertheless, a warning is raised against over-confidence and exagger ated anticipations. Situation Favors Allies. Sanguine reports of the capture of Chaulnes and Roye seem to have been examples of the tendency in some quarters to Imagine that the progress is faster than it is In the face of stif fening enemy resistance. Those places still are apparently in German hands, although their fall seems possibly not far off. On the whole, however, the situation is regarded as extremely fa vorable for the allies. The Dally Mail describes as an event of historic importance the entry into the fight of the American troops north of the Somme. It says they won the admiration of the most famous British regiments. The British have captured the west ern edge of the town of Bray, on the Somme, the advices state. d "Merchandise ofc M erit Only" The Housewife Who Wants ! GOOD APRONS at LOW PRICES ! Should See These Lasslgny Center of Interest. Apparently the attack on the south" ern part of the front was being con-1 tinued by the French this morning. I Main Interest centered in the sector I around Lasslgny. It is difficult to say whether the French are on the crest. but they must be close to it. The whole position on the southern line de pends upon possession of it. In the region between the Roye road and the Somme the position has been stabilized. The Germans have I massed heavy artillery on this front! and are heavily counter-attacking. The towns of Albert and Chaulnes seemed today to be held by the enemy, I and Roye has not fallen. WORK APRONS, 39c Neat little black and white percale aprons, in round style with bib. Neatly finished with belt ' and with or without rick-rack braid trimming. COVERALL APRONS, $1.15 Attractive aprons, made of splendid quality per cales; striped, dotted and figured; some very neat ones have white grounds with black figures. 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Fine for nursery and laundry use and they're just as neat and dainty as can be. o o j Defeatists Stand Around Cologae With Anxiety on Faces Datch Opin- ion Affected. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 12. Clamoring for an inquiry into "this reverse," the Weser Zeitung, of Bremen, says the story that the German army was sur prised is an insufficient explanation. as it has been officially stated that the I attack was expected and the German lines to the west of Montdidier were accordingly withdrawn. The Cologne Volks Zeitung advises the people to keep their spirits up, in dicating that yesterday was a day of I depression. . In Cologne it was the day of the defeatists," the newspaper says. "With anxiety depicted on their faces they stood together exchanging their fears I and discussing-the dark prospects." How the general situation on the western front strikes Holland may be indicated by a cartoon in Saturday's Amsterdam Telegraaf showing the American eagle, with President Wil son's face, in a deadly combat with the Prussian eagle, with Emperor Williams face, the latter bird being in a sadly disheveled state. ATTRACTIVE NEW BLOUSES AT SOCIALISTS STILL ANTI-WAR pilot said. "But on my ..ay home I met a group of enemy machines and got a bullet in me, but managed to land inside our lines." The report of this incident ends with the statement that the pilot died in a hospital shortly after relating his experiences. A British two-seater shot down two enemy machines. The pilot was badly wounded and fell across his controls. The observer secured his comrade's body and managed to get in control of the machine. He brought it to earth where is crashed, but both the occu pants escaped death. Another pilot started for home wounded. When 10 feet above the ground inside his own lines, he col lapsed from loss of blood. There are dozens of thrilling tales of how machine after machine, skim ming close to the ground, fired po nt blank into bodies of ' enemy troops, killing a great many, despite the fire from the ground, andhow they wiped out the crews of enemy machine guns holding up the allied advance. They also effectively attacked the poorly constructed German tanks before they ever had a chance to get into action. Prisoners from fresh Russian' andH Bavarian divisions have been captured in the past few hours. The morale of these men is extremely low, a great many ot tnem expressing tne opinion days wm be the sacrifice made to his that Germany, twice badly beaten inicountry by Jack Charles Read, of this $5.95 Clever new Georgette and Crepe de Chine Blouses., in plain and fancy styles. No Steps Taken Toward Amending I St. Louis Platform. CHICAGO. Aug. 12. The Socialist party's National conference of etate chairmen adjourned tonight without suggestion as to the amendment of the Louis platform- of the - party, the anti-war principles of which have re sulted in the Indictment of many of the party's leaders. 'The most of us are already under ndlctment, so how are we to be scared nto modifying the St. Louis platform n any respect?" said Victor Berger, the Socialist who ran for United States Sen- tor In Wisconsin and was indicted In the midst of the campaign. The new collarless blouse, square-necked blouses with sailor collars; tucked, pleated and hemstitched blouses, as well as fancier blouses with lace and bead trimming, are shown. In white, flesh, maize, gray and bisque. Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. 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BERLlYf, via London, Aug. 12. The war office statement Issued today says: 'Between tne xser and the Ancre. partial enemy thrusts frequently broke down before our lines. North of the Lys we beat back a strong British at tack. The enemy In the early mornng launched violent attacks north of the Somme and between the Somme and Lihons. They were repulsed chiefly by our fire and sometimes by our counter at tacks. In the fighting around Lihons the enemy advanced beyond that place toward the east. Our counter attack threw him back to the northern and eastern edges of the village. -There have been violent partial en gagements between Lihons and the Avre. Southwest of Chaulnes we at tacked the enemy and took Hallu. On both sides of the Amiens-Roye road we repulsed enemy attacks. Between the Avre and the Olse rivers strong enemy attacks contin ued antil nightfall. They were com pletely repulsed. The ' renco suuerea especially Recruit Must Lose Fifteen Pounds in Fifteen Days. Saa Francisco Man Will Get Down to Weight at Once to Enlist la Marine Corps. INSINCERITY IS DISCOVERED AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2. (Special.) S-A city.- Read attempted to enlist In the United States Marines here, but was told that he was 15 pounds overweight. He immediately declared that he would remove the 15 pounds of fatty substance within 15 days by taking a special course in dieting and exercises prescribed by his physician and would then reappear at tne Marine corps re cruiting station. "Shylock didn't have a thing on the Marine," declared Read. "He only wanted one pound of flesh these fel lows want 15. Gee, it's tough to be a fat man." Refusal to Accept Gun at Camp Lew- Is Followed by Trial; Another of His Kind Gets 2 0 Tears. CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Wash.. Aug. 12. Private DeWitt Ramsdell, ot the 44th Company, 166th Depot Brigade, a se lective draft man from Seattle, who had appeared before a military board with a claim as a conscientious ob jector, was sentenced to 30 .years' im- prlsonment today following his trial by general courtmartial for disobedi ence to orders. Private Peter Slynstag. a draft man ot Plentywood, Mont., was sentenced to 20 years on a smilar charge, after pre senting an objector's claim. Ramsdell was found to be insincere in protesting conscientious scruples In a report of a military board here re cently. Following the board's action he was ordered to active combatant service, but refused to accept the gun issued him by the company supply Ser geant. Testifying before the military court. Ramsdell 8aid: "I don't believe In kill ing anybody." 'as reason for his dis obedience. On the plea he did not be lieve in the Deity he was allowed to affirm his testimony in his own behalf without the usual oath. Slynstag, after his plea of guilty several days ago, attempted to end his own life, according: to Army officials. Germans Appeal to High Court. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. The Su preme Court was asked today to review Federal Court decrees convicting Jo hann Klattenhoff and Paul Wierse on charges growing out of the sinking of the German steamer Liebenfels in the harbor of Charleston, S. C, when the United States broke relations with Germany. Klattenhoff was master of the steamer. Get Rid of That Persistent Cough If you are subject to weak lungs. heed ths cough as a warning. ECKMAN'S ALTER ATIVE! may aid you in stopping the cough. In addition, it la a valuable tonic and health-builder In such rases. . No alcohol, narcotic or hablt-formlng- drugs. Twenty years' successful use. SOc and SI .50 Bottles at all druggists or from manufacturer, postpaid. ECKMAN LABORATORY. Philadelphia. Adv. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070. A 6095. Army Orders. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12. The follow ing orders .were issues by the Western De- nurtment of the Army bare today: Major Alonzo D. Snyder, Medical Reserve Corps. Camp Walter R. Taliaferro, San Di-1 mo. Cal.. is detailed as a member ot board of officers to meet at Fort Rose- crana. Cal. The following general court-martial la ap pointed to meet at Fort Worden, Wash., for I the trial of such persons as properly may I be brought before It: - - Major Jacob Frank. Coast Artillery Corps; Captains James H. Johnson. Ernest L. I Bingham. Frederick L. Topping. Willard D. Murphy, Coast Artillery Corps; Thomas I R. Parker. Coast Artillery, iwatlonal uuard; First Lieutenant Edmund R. Bowden, Coast I Artillery, National Guard; Second Lieuten-1 ants Peyton B. strobei, Edwin a. Peter son. Robert C. Martin, Virgil H. Best, Halvor I O. Halvorson, coast Artillery Reserve corps: Second Lieutenant Rox H. Donaldson, Coaat I Artillery Reserve Corps. Judge Advocate; Second Lieutenant, Emilia K. Merz, Coast! 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