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v . Frask,H. Slmeads Pag t. Section S ' f L ZrSiV.V T1 AJCl A. yy ' ' U YtltrtJNlOfJSr v v Nl 1 ' yyy-P,)CiA -JT V'Vi . . ... . ' r...V AvM 4"T' 3;;; VOL. XVI. NO. 5 CITY EDITION PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS AMEIIGAMS REPEL s . , ' 1 1 . 'i i hubs m Pas ATLANTIC Forty-five Persons Believed o Have Lost Their Lives in Sink ing of Steamer Lakemoor, Vice Admiral Sims Reports. Five Officers and 12 Members of Crew Have Been Landed on Coast of England; Ship Was on Her First Trip to Europe. WASHINGTON, 'April 20 Forty-five persons are believed ? .to have lost their lives when the American ttteamer Lakemoor was ; sunk by a German submarine. Five officers and 10 members of the crew have boen landed at an ; English port. Vice Admiral Sims reports. The official statement reads : "The navy department haa been in formed . that the . United States, ship Lakemoor sr stmir by an ,nemjr aub marine about midnight April II, 19H, tn European water. Full details haVi not yet been received from Vice Ad miral Buns, . 1 "Out t a total of' 10' off (err and 62 members of the crew, five officers and , 12 of the crew have been reported as survivor. Thee have been landed at Au Knfcl ton port. ., ; - "The Lakf mooK ss rareo carrier , taken ever by the United States ship ' Pjnc board and assigned to the ac count of the navy In June, 1917. She was 4.rino tona displacement, buDt In this country for a foreign firm and later taken over by the shipping board. She was a new ship. 'The Lakemoor sailed from an 'At lantic port for a European port in the latter part of March and was on her first trip abroad." - The following officers and men are mlHstng ! LI KUTENA NT . LEWIS TV. 'OFFUTT. 131 Twenty-second avenue, San Fran cisco. LIECTENANT THOMAS A. KIRK, Brooklyn, N. Y. ENSIGN SOTIRRES LIZIKOE, Island ThaHftoM. Greece. . ASSISTANT PAYMASTER CLAUD B. KRIEBEL. Landsdale. Pa. LIEUTENANT COM MANDER (Concluded on F( Two. Column Four), Klamath County Sheep Man Is Shot tiiumain fails, or., April ZO. Owen ,T. Melvendree, , a wealthy and promi nent sheep man or the firm of Tryon t McKendee of this city, was shot and killed about noon today on the J. E. Paddock ranch, 13 miles north'of Bonansa and 40 miles east of here. The coroner's Jury, of which United States Commissioner J. O. Hamaker of Bonanza iaa foreman, returned a verdict ; of death by run shot Mound Inflicted by Paddock and Wm. Itolbrook. two other prominent heep men ot Eastern Klam ath county, Paddock and Holbrook are now In c ustody f Deputy SherHt Grif fith, and are being brought to this city. Russia May Soon Be Back in Illy Ranks ! Net .York. April 30: Russia, terrmo- t rarlly put of the ranks of fighters for - "freedom and democracy," is beginning ; tfa reassert herself and y, noon come back (Into the ranks. A. A. Boubllkov former commissalre of 'the duma and mlnlater of communication in Russia, declared here today. 5 "Speaking as a Russian cltisen and in the1 name of a country which has had 8.000.000 casualties In the war againat Prussiahlsm. I can assure you that Rus sia. at heart is still with you," Boubllkov declared. , ROLL OF HONOR ; Wanhuicten. April 20. C P.) The war department announced 29 eaaualtie today, in rhuiing two deatha - in action, two of wound, three of diaa. two wounded severely and 18 wonnded .llahtly. on missing in action. The Uxt follow : - ... 1 Killed In Action - , (COOK FABIAN KUI.E8ZA. . JI-RIVATU HE.NET W. LEACH. . Died of Wound iMKtiTENAVT HERBKRT 8. RICHET. 1'KlVATt; 1'ETKll P. UeAElXLE. i : DM of Dtsaa ' PRIVATE ' MARTIN KRIIKfJEH. '; I rUIVATK KIX4AR R. Mt UBEU . PRIVATE MAX Xti RtN. , -'. , - Wounded Severely ' Prirate Theodora At.' Fawlak and CharU B. Kmitoon. , T j- .. Mliin In Action ' ' Lieu tenant Bernard J. GallasHer. News Index SECTION ONE 30 PAGES . , American nnimr Tonlod Houm rum Hue Naval Bill anMrlcan RaaM Hun Jltn Patttlen Filing Dlay4 Woman A I tent Mutt IJjelrter IwiMf Wth AfrT Dr. g. J. Labs RMurn From Franee Franco ..... . Huns' Coloaal Orlo It Halted Spood Wotosary In Natlon'i Loan Drte 8,000,000 Sutholt of Wheat for Bel- s. 4. B. 6. 7. Adjournment of Conero In Doubt Hunt In Month't Drive Fall to Win W. 8. 8. Salet Soar Evor Town In Orooon Kicoodt Loan Quota Mr. JoMph Satan It Dead Portland Ball Mild 8uopl 8mall Farmort Need More Htla Than Usual Boyt "Otor Thoro" Send Oroatlnf Mitt Mary lom It Commendod Public Doot Not Control Library Board rnd nf Laulivllla Honored Mtep Oogt Shut Up, It Proposal 8. Editorial 8. Brief Information Town Toplci Lad of 8 Wint Estay Oontett 10. Druoalst Fined for Violatlnf Dry Law War Activities Concern Idaho People firlfflth Esplalnt Depreciation Fund Third Oregon Ambulance Fund Revived Local Capital Finances New Foundry 11. Lieut. MacQuarrla Would Fleht Aoaln Americans Have Fastest Fhinf Qunt Physicians Careless of Returns 12. Farm Survey Indicates Laroer Acreage Two Sunday School Conventions Planned 18. Youne Officers Await Commission 14. Free f areata collectlen Urtjed U. of O. Reference Librarian Quit , Portland Fir Loss Reduced Women Loan Worker to Meet Viellantes Uphold All Laws 18. Public' Money I Watted 240 to Be Trained at O. A. C. Benton Bans Russelllte Lecture 18. Mill Get More Cars for Lumber 17. War Conference Set for Nit Month 18- 80 Members in Fifth Ordnance Class Additional Newt of the Northwest 18. Oregon Men With the Colors 20. Vannlgans Wallop Regular Farrell-KIng Battle Is Awaited 21. Shipyard League to Buy Bonds Woodburn Oun Club Protest Upheld 22. Indoor Track Meet 8et for Friday Oregon Co-eds to Play Tennis Hare 28. Real Estate and Building New 24-28. Want Ads 8. Market and Finance 80. Marine SECTION TWO 20 PAGES age 1. 2. 3. 4. B. The Rape of Louvaln By Brand Wh It lock West Front Drive Analyzed By Frank H. Simondt Th Correspondent and the Censor By William o. Shepherd The Realm of Music The Book Corner Photoplay New Chatter of Screen and . Etas In Vaudeville In Btageland The Week In Society -r 8-7. ' 8. ' 8.: 10, 11. 12, 18-18, 18. 20. Fraternal ' Woman' Club Affairs " For the Needle Woman Bet PhysloaHy Pit, Sayt Beneraf Scott The War In Pictorial Ravlew Automobile and . Oood. fteade . In th Public Sahools . Beauty Chat By Lillian Huuell Fashion Mint By frlm. Qui Vive The Story Lady By Qeorgen Faulkner SECTION THREE Comhs 4 PAGES two Are Injured In : F. Jones and Martin Mrs. R. Brown Victims of the Two Accidents. Two automobile accidents, both serious and on the east side of the river, and in j each of which one person was badly hurt, took place Saturday night. One apparently was caused by darkness, : While the other is blamed by the police Mishaps Saturday Evening to John Barleycorn or some of his ilk.'" 7''' ot iia ma As the result of the latter, three arrests , TJ'.tt , .,.,. A mH An appropriation of $350,000 to pro were maae. -. v.i i , .. , , Mrs. R. F. Jones, who, with her hus- ; i . . . ' . i?ZJLZSnlt?ln'', George Hammond, Mr. Hammond drlv- ing was injured internally when the , machine struck the rear end of an Irv- ington street car, coming along Muitno- mah street as the automobile was going , along Bast Seventh street. The ma- ; chine careened . into the gutter, struck! and broke a hydrant, all the occupants j being thrown out, though only Mrs. ! Jones was hurt. Christian Stertz was j fatally injured April 9 at the same; place whe,n his motorcycle collided with a streetcar. Martin Brower. who is at the Imman uel hospital, is the victim of the other accident. A machine bearing a Cali fornia license struck Brower, who was on a, motorcycle, at. Columbia boulevard and Peninsula avenue. " The cycle was demolished and the automobile, after continuing its wild dash about a block, slammed into a telegraph pole, break ing both the pole and machine in two. James B. Schrincher, driver ot the auto, is in jail under $500 bonds, charged with driving a car while intoxicated. He is 22 years old. Fred Orth, 833 Leonard street, and RovMassey, his companions, are held under $100 bonds each. None of the trio was much hurt. Brower has a broken ankle and injured head. Shipyard Employes To Have Free Trains Seattle. April 20. (I. N. S-V-Free t ta Y BAVVlaA tA O TtA Tl-' Ca 41afa BihtfW yarda will be furnished for shipyard employes beginning Monday morning. J. J. McCullough, joint terminal superln- tendent, announced this evening that all arrangements for th service, which was ordered by Director General McAdoo, have been : completed. . . . Keels Are Laid for Five Destroyers Boston. April 20. (L N. S.) At Squantum today, the $9,000,000 ship- building plant, which has gone up sine th first week in October, they laid the keels of five ' torpedo- boat destroyers. each 311 feet Jong. : ; 1 USE MAIM! mil I Mil l DILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE .Measure Providing Nearly Billion and Half Dollars Framed to Develop Largest Submarine Destroyer Force in the World. Unanimous Action Taken in Rec ord Time; All Appropriations Made Immediately Available to , Prevent Delay in the Program. WASHINGTON, April 20. (U. P.) Framed to develop the largest submarine destroyer force in the world, the big naval appro priation bill, carrying approxi mately f 1,500,000,000, was unani mously passed, by the house late today. - It is one of the largest naval appropriation bills in the nation's history and was passed in the , record time of nine hours.' - By- special provision all ' of the ap- JWtfprJaltens are- maJ 4mndKv U ately available so that none of the navy work will be delayed. : . Just what the destroyer program will not revealed by specific approprla tions. but part of it is carried in the 1100,000,000 fund to be expended under the direction of the president A large share of the fund wilt bo expended on Henry Ford's "Eagle" destroyer-chasers. Only minor points of the bill met with any opposition, and very little criticism of the navy occurred during the debate. Naval aviation under the appropria tion will receive $188,000,000 double the amount orlclnally planned. utner nigh lights of the bill are: i Increasing the enlisted strength of the hLLi 3,0T Increasing the marine corns from I 30,000 to 75,500. so that more marines ! can be rushed to France in response to a tiP.Tiie"er?i p?rhln s-BvauiiawiuciiL kjl a icmporary nos pitals to cost $10T295,OpO. Both army and nft w min will i...m1 fr i . k hospitals, it is planned. More Shipballdlng Flaaaed Enlargement of all the navy yards to prvae greater shlpttuilding facilities, t Enlargement of the Great Lakes naval Jalnn,n! rt.t ,n t0 !uch n Mtnt tnat otT ' f " Hv ' ,t lo . tJn,Ma estates or men dying in the service. tablishment of big marine corps at San Dlego . CQ8 ,16oo.00o! Enlarge the naval base at Hampton Roads by an appropriation of $2,500,000. pollowine are the Imnrwpm.ht. .nH enlargements the house authorised at the various navy Tarda Norfolk, Va.r $3,485,000, Including the completion of a giant' drydock. Charleston S. C, $1,160,000. most of which is for another big dock. Paget Sound Get $4M.m 1 Mare Island, Cal., . $1,235,000. Philadelphia. $2,025,000. New York, $885,000. Boston. $600,000. Portsmouth. N. H., $490,000. Puget Sound. Wash. $400,000 New .Orleans, $350,000 The larger appropriations were : For marine corps. $342,934,000. ' Ordnance and smokeless powder, $26, 695.000 Kew batteries. $348,309,000. ' Ammunition foe ships, $39,259,000. ' Reserve ordnance. $50,000,000. In addition, an appropriation of $125, 000,000 for torpedo boat destroyers and other devices to fight the . submarine was mad. :' Mrs. Mooney, Called Away, Will Not Talk Owing . to a sudden decision of the court at San Francisco, ordering her appearance - there Monday morning to face trial. Mrs.. Rena B. Mooney, who j wa? 8chduldJ to "i5 l P Audl- wlJ?" x.ul apar. The masa mee t in, however, will be hld- w- D ' Pa "f80", oC S Cisco, representing the Mooney ease de- 5ivo uu,luJ' ln case. Ir. C H. Chapman of Portland and Edward Towner, of 'Oregon City will also speak. Otto Hart wig, chairman of the Oregon State Federation ot Labor, will preside. 1 . . - JlL J '.uri?. after being acquitted three weeks ago and was to, have appeared . in court to. f am Mother Cham on Maw It Th decision of th court for her appearance Monday made It necessary to cancel her i speaking tour - through v'th Pacific j Korthwest. '. " i ' ."! - i I s .Th meetins- in The 'Auditorium th afternoonr" wlll-onven at S;30 o'clock.1 LEADERS OF ALLIED FORCES IN WEST GENERAL FERDINAND FOCH, comrnan der-in-chief of the allied command on the west front, and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Ha ig, commander of the British forces. Their im mediate problem is to halt and turn the H un, who during the past month at terrific cost, has made considerable territorial gain in the west. ' v if - k JI ft-- -1 If : - ' 11 MC'O&r.f'siaQe " ... I asi I SB K a am I II i"i - m ,- i 111 -t. .-s. v...a;.:iw: '"-.'4v.;.o,.:)I ; - I 4 " ' 1 u I 11" sC' " t v' ' ' '" i ' l n T- ;V ilk v K , ' ' , L ' 5 . ' x TTa- -rr i A . . 7 : , : T-zr. , r PETITION FILING DELAYED PENDING INQUIRY BY Fact That .Names of Sponsors for Jitney Regulation -Initiate Measure Are Lacking Makes Thorn llloo-nl e View. f i Filing of th Initiative petition cir culated by the Portland, Railway, UgUt & Power company for the purpose of "regulating ' jitney buses" has been postponed by City Auditor Funk until City Attorney LaRoche has given an opinion as to the validity of the peti tions filed without , the nan) of the sponsors. City Attorney LaRoche will review the law on Monday morning and an nounced Saturday night that- if the law required the names of 'the spon sors on the initiative petitions, all pe titions filed in th auditor's office with out such names will be declared Invalid and will not be filed. In this event, the petitions which do bear the names of the sponsors will con tain insufficient names to place the proposed measure on the ballot, accord ing to City Attorney LaRoche. , lVonti DUeoversf Ilw The , flaw In the petitions waa dis covered by Mrs. Clara Fender. 82 Bast Fifty-fifth street, who had gone to the city auditor's offlc Saturday morning to demand that her name be removed from the ' streetcar company's petition. - Upon looking through? th petition lu the auditor's office waiting to be filed. Mrs. Fender found, that some failed to bear the names rf th persons or or- ga-hixatloris which Initiated the measure! Mrs. ; Fender f immediately told City Attorney LaRoche, who Investigated and ordered the final filing .of the pe titions " postponed until he bad r; been abl to review the- law. ; Upon count, Mrs, Fender ' found . that 105 petitions did not bear the names of -(Coticladed on Page Two, CoIuibb Three). CITSf " a V o. A pr. E; J. IHe, Home : From FrMce, Tells; Of German Portland Physician Says 300,000 ; 'Repatries Were Terribly Mistreated. ; Fifteen hundred men and women more than 60 years old and children less than 13 herded on. two unspeakabl trains daily, until 300.000 had been' returned to France this waa the way Germany snipped the. "repatries. not capable of profitably performing labor, out of the country. " ' "- . They were th unvlrll of France, among those who were caught In the first German advance that devastated landa and robbed residents of their all. This is the story Dr. E. J. Labbe. Port land physician, who was with the Ameri can Red Cross at Evtan. near the Swiss border, told on his arrival in Portland Saturday night. Seated In his home, he described ap palling conditions brought about by the Hun. war program that left luxurious homes mere rubbish heap. -' Those who were of no us for toil literally were packed In catU cars for their. Journey across the border. They were fed but once a day during , th three-day trip, then only on a thin soup. Water waa given them but one a day. All Sedate to Poverty - Malnutrition waa suffered acutely by iCoocluded on Pas Two, Column Twol Schwab Loses No Time; GetstBusy Philadelphia. . April 20. U. P.V It took, Charles M. Schwab, new director general of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion. Just 10 minutes to pick his office here today. In that time he Inspected and commandeered nine of th 10 floors of. the Goraery-Schwarts building. Broad and Cherry streets, lees thana" mile from. Admiral Bowles J office. Cruelty WOMEN ALIENS TO BE COMPELLED TO REGISTER1 IN 0. S. Female Enemy Aliens Must Leave National Capital by May 5; Date for Registration Will Be Announced Within Few Days. Waahington. April 20. (U. P.) Pres ident Wilson tonight issued a proclama tion calling for th registration of all female enemy aliena. of Auatro-Hun gar tan or German birth. Alt women of the nationalities In th District ot Columbia who have been residents In the district will be given until May to leave. Female transients her will be given until April 22. Detalla a to when and where female enemy aliens may register will be mad public in the course of a few daya by Attorney-General Gregory. The administrative machlnerv to be used by th government In this work will be th same as now employed for th registration of mat enemy aliens ponce departments of cities, and post masters in smaller communities. - Th operation of th regulations cro- hibiung enemy aliens from entering pro hibited areas without permit will not apply to German women until a date to be fixed by th attorney-general. The object of this, says a statement made by the attorney-general'a of fee. is so that arrangements- may be mad by women to apply for permits and a care ful investigation may be mad befor th Issuance or permits. - Any German women In any nrohiblted areas, after tb time set (or their de parture win be subject - to ' arrest and Internment. , ? r . .. ,; -.Women Work-t Gas Work London April 20. L N. S. Women are making London's ga. Three out of four retort1' houses of the Sooth Metro politan Gas .company - a- being, run entirely by. women labor. - Even th su pervisors are; woumo. . ' j- 1 . . Old Sol Breezes InToiraSaturday And Pushes Heat Up to 82 Degrees First Touch of .Hot Weather Catches Pedestrians Unawares; One Man Overcome by Heat. Summer paid Its firat real call on Fortlaml Saturday. Gaily Old Sol smiled from the heaven while buda opened wider and pave ments radiated heat that made those cautious onea caught in winter under-; wear wish longingly for laat summer's now reposing in the bureau drawer at; home. j One man waa overcome. R. I Ken dall, 1044 Grand avenue, waa passing the corner of Third and Morrison streets in the afternoon, wnen he suddenly fainted. He fell face downward on the pavement and several teeui were knocked out. The maximum temperature waa iz. according to Meteorologist Wells. The lowest of the smaller nours oi me morn ing was 54. "Zowie. it's hot." said mailmen, po licemen, deliverymen, reportera and oth ers, who wholly unseasoned, legged it over pavements and aoagea muwwno bllea driven with gusto by drivers wax ing joyous over the weather. JUid visions ot me summer wiorei The first "gentlemen's straw- maae its appearance. It waa an honest-to-gosn straw na and betppped . the cranlom of a well dressed Portlander. Clerks and tellers of the Ldd Til ton bank were atartled shortly after the opening hour in the morning when lta bold wearer Jauntily entered. Laat season's perhaps, but It brought arreettna-s from the new, III bet yun oucaeo. ey, no xair chawhV beef!" Irrepressible youth heard the call of tha-of, .swtmmmv Hole"- ana began season which -wH! , end with their litha bodies as brown as gravy. , The kids made merry In waters around th pontoons south- of th Haw thorne brldg'iid aloughs south ot th Coast ShlpbOllidng company. Flannel-trousers again saw th light and tennU player got th kinks out ot then - shoulder- and" legs on various courts. . Saturday evening -downtown streets were crowded with overcoatless men and 1 Then th Americana, wlthx3at-Tti-wtth woman who looked warm enough j forcementa, drove back.th enemy after' In gossamer clothing they adopted early I an all day fight w hich waa marked by In March; Crowds that have been growing larger for weeks in th Park blocka mad a perceptible jump In number. And In th meantime th owner of every automobile In town was either thelr plLn curmd M prisoners. Fur out on th open road or getting his car thermore. the German casualties wer in anap ior toaay. ureal crowas on tb highways looked for. in all directions ar Story Girls Confined Long Time Is Denied C.l.m ri- inril 20 Mra Martant L. Mann, auperlntendent of th Bute Industrial School for Girls, brands as entirely false a statement that girls com mitted to' the school are put on bread eeka to "break and water for three w their spirit." "It is very rarely we have to put an unruly girl on bread and water as mean of punishment, and then for not more than a day at a time." saia Mrs. Mann. "Sometimes it is only for on meal." a Th statement was alleged to have been mad when C. C. Thomason a class V, against th French -troops ad In aoclology from James John high Jojnlnf th. p,rt of th terrain held by school of rortland visited state instltu. ( Americana. , . , j, , .v . Mra Mann not only denies that such treatment is accorded girls at the schoo. but she also denies that any of the thing in her presence that would give grounds for such an allegation. Hood River Lad in. Front Trench Line Hood River. Or.; April 20. Ellis Morse of this city has been occupying an observation post In th first - son i,h r..v.n-- forcea accordlnr to a . letter . lust re - ceived by hla mother, Mrs. Phoebe ja urac - Young Mors is a intmbtr of , tlw signal corps. H tells of his postlV,- k.,,1. v3 being so cleverly camouflaged that when ow uau w rranu n eiperwuceu ui irawi ouiicuiiy i s , a aA siesi I ln locatlna; his elation again. H also tells of visiting th headquarters of General Pershlng North Bend Yard " Damaged by Fire - North Bend, April 20. Fir this after noon, which started In 'the boiler plant of Kruse A Banks shipyard, where five government ships ar tinder construction. did damage not exceeding $2000. Sparks from the furnace reaching a pile of oakum debris from the ships is sup- posed to have been the cause. No one was injured. Destruction of halt a roof, Interior damage to walls and possible damage to blow- pipes Is the extent th loss. , Robert Banks of th firm ex poet to hav the plant tn operation Monday. Part of the borings drilling and hoisting equipment la aXfsiXM. II. S. FORGE mm Fill YET Drives 1200 German Shock Troops Back After Temporary, Retreat When Assault Is First ; Made by the Enemy. Battle Occurs Little to Right of Scene of Last Week's Two Day Engagement; Still Pro gressing at Nightfall. By Bert Ford ' WITH THE AMEIUliVX AJlMY.v IN FRANCE, April tO. (I., N. S.) Twelve hundred German "shoyk troops" attacked theAmer fcah infantry northwest of Toul . early this morning in the same sector where the two day battle was fought last week. Ttie result again was an Amcrl- .. can victory. . There , were more troop t en gaged In this battle between. the. -Aoiertcan and the Germans liian had previously been JLhe case. In th beginning, owning to the su perior numbers of th enemy, th Amari- fe back a kilometer, tb Germans taking th devastated village of Belch p- rey and th Bols tflu Kemtore and th . I Bols du Jury. - . I exceptional artillery fir and some aerial I activity. I T Oernaa .Flaaaa Dawned The American. eantured . thre I rimi.ii. ii t n.m.nr tr tvir than those suffered on our aid. Two German airplanes wcr downed by th American gunfire. The engagement was still progress ing at nightfall tonight. Th fact that , no American prisoners had been taken by the enemy, despite th early ad vene of th Germans, Indicate a con tinuation of th success of th Ameri can troops. l ne vunDlluy is low, dux in Amen- I Aa AKMawtlMH 1 aw as s aran ff'ViA 4skS '""T.'7,"Z ..- VT'w ' TT" and our aviators ar busy. Tonight there waa atlll some doubt ax to whether th two boche airplanes which had been forced down ware com- P"0 tol th lr our wB.a,r men using macnin guns or dj avna machine guns. , . " v. , v .t . " - In every respect this la th largest engagmnt. in which - the American. troop have participated to date. . - Today's battle began with a heavy , bombardment on a. barrage of shells and gaa, Tn attacx waa expecia io a Instead ot th general expectation. tnrJ wa.VPS of trained shock, troop of tfe0 .enemy ,wept ,ain.t th American ,mefc That was at o'clock this morn-. Hard on- th bombardment, which had - lasted an hour, th enemy swept on . three points simultaneously and vicious- ly drove out the American outpost. The first lines fell back as a military precaution, th idea being to draw out the strength of the enemy In this man- ' ner. . . " The Germans gained approximately . on kilometer of ground embracing Seicheprey village, which contained only j demolished buildings long ago vacatad I hv th French civilians. - y 1 The wtither was cold and benumbed th hands of th soldiers In their us of un grwnavoeai mna riiiww, uut iiue iki I mia . . . . v. . . - - ..... ,. ts- , . .w. i. hMtT grmy cloada whoM u ot dimness I nf thai battieflarUl vu accentuated bv I th smoke of battle. -s- I Th fight occurred a IRtle to th right I of last week's two-day battl and th unit engaged today acquitted Itself, with th earn gallantry that marked the action that defeated the previous Ger man - thrusts.. The commander of the : men who fought last .week's action. Fri day, with teara tn his eyes, eulogised the bravery ot bis men as the, column was drawn up In a road. The battle was dramatic in Its shefl- ling, but even at Its height the Amerlcaa. I motorcycle courier and ambulance were busy. The American Infantry re, ceived magnificent support from their own artillery and machine gun batteries, - Once in the open the enemy met a savage counter attack carried out by an I Inferior number of American Infantry. of I The Americans at the word of their - 1 commanders, turned ' on the foe and f then slowly but surely the American I drove back the Germans along a sajle - I front.