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DAILY JOURNALV PO RTLAND, FRIDAY, j AUGUST 2, 1918.
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DRIVE OF ALLIED FORGE
DEPTH OF THREE MILES
Franco-British Batteries Are Installed on Ground Taken From
Germans Within Four Hours After Attack -Began; Germans
Able to Make 'Use of Artillery Only on th Smallest Scale,
Being Forced to Rely on Machine Guns, Lost One . by One.
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had. the satisfaction of seeing the enemy wildly fleeing at some
points. - . . , ' . . ,
The completeness of the allied success is evidenced by the fact
that Franco-British batteries were installed shortly before 8 a. m.
on ground. from which we had only begun to drive the Germans
at 4 a. m. '
The Germans were able to- use their own artillery only on the
smallest scale, being compelled to rely upon machine guns. These
were taken one by one, notwithstanding the Bodies' dogged re
sistance. The enemy's casualties during the day- were extremely high.
The bravery of their deiense could not be questioned, up to the
point where it seemed hopless. If they disobeyed these orders
to resist to the death, their commanders know why.
Hill 205 (four miles northeast of Oulchy-le-Ch'ateau) was con
quered at 6 o'clock. Courdous (a mile west of Hill 205), Servenay
(two miles east of Courdoux and Cramoiselle (a mile south of
Servenay), fell soon after, giving up many prisoners. j
tact, but those who have visnea it re
cently say If IS only a hollow shell
The Germane violently counter at
tacked from Butaney (light miles north
of Oulohy-le-Chateau)' and L'Eveque
Wood (Juet south of Buzancy) but
French Infantry broke up their efforts.
By evening, Cpamallle (a mile and a
half south of CramolnftJle) and" the hills
to the northward had been occupied.
AS the remilt or the allied success,
Oerman positions up to and Including
Flames (12 miles northeast of Cramallle)
are menaced. Road lines and other com
munications radiating .from that city
are subject to direct "fire from bur
artillery. Flames has been a great
storehouse for German supplies. The
extent to which the enemy has been able
to evacuate this, If at all. Is not known.
The Germans Thursday began a heavy
bombardment of Rheims, which stljl con
stitutes a thorn In the enemy's side.
I' stood on a spur of the MonCsgne de
Rheims and watched hundreds of shells'
exploding; In the ruined towns between
the mountain and the city.. Every now
and then one would drop In Rheims.
Twice (treat clouds of dust rose tip In
front of the cathedral, obscuring the
structure for several minutes. When
the clouds cleared away, the building
apparently was unscathed. "
The cathedral, as a whole, appears in-
which rises In ghostly magnificence,
.mocking the Huns' efforts. .
To the right of the city, shells fell
regularly on Fort de la Pornpelle, from
which the Germans have sought since
1914 to oust the French. To the left
th village of Coulommes was being re-
on a low hog-back hill, seemed fairly
heaving and rocking under the bombard
ment. Farther to the left Bligny, three kilo
meters distant, was erupting Bmoke like
a volcano.
Persistence ofHhe bombardment elim
inated the theory that this might be
only the usual "evening hate," suggest
ing Instead a coming attack. This Idea
was supported by several hundred shells
falling from the town almost to our
feet.
The attack came soon after, the Ger
mans attempting to re-take Bligny, but
French colonials drove' them off. .
The amount of metal the Boches are
expending hereabouts proves the restless
ness with which they view the allies'
possession of strong positions encroach
ing .on their lines, which the enemy
must hold to avoid complete evacuation
of the pocket. -y
americans advance in
spite of Downpour
(("mifinuwl From Pag On.)
A heavy rain fell throughout the night
and was continuing today, turning
military roads Into quagmires and atop--ping
all aerial activity.
The break In air fighting Is notice
able as more than a dozen Boche planes
were brought down In flkmes Thursday.
By Henry G. Wales
With the American Army at the Marne,
Aug. 2 (Morning). (I. N. S.) Despite
a heavy downpour of rain, the Ameri
cans have continued their operations
northward of Meunlere wood, thrusting
back th Germans.
By Frank J. Taylor
With the American Armies In France,
Aug. 2 (8:45 a.-rn.V (U. F.) American
troops advanced their entire right wing
during tbe night as far as Bomplery.
They hold Clerges and alj of Meu
nlere wood. Intense fighting Is pro
ceeding ' beyond Clerges, where the
Americans gained dominating heights
H from.' the Germans by a sudden heavy
attaCR,
The American gains were made In the
face of stiffening opposition. Thurs
day morning, our left wing attacked
northeast of Seringes (a mile and a half
east and north of Fere-en-Tardenois)
following a smoke cloud -which partially
concealed tneir advance rrm enemy
machine gunners, w were planted
thickly in the fields. V : .
The doughboys went ferward in
groups, filtering through th German
positions and gaining .ll their first ob
Jectlves without pause. Fighting cen
tered in Nesles forest (northeast of
Seringes and north of Sergy) Our in
fantry quickly dispersed the outer line
of machine guns in a hand to hand com
bat. The advance was discontinued
her during the afternoon, owing to the
harp, salient created.1, '
. Wire Defeases Increase -
The American right wlng. advancing
simultaneously, moved eastward in a
flacking movement 'around Meunlere
wood . (southeast of Clerges). French
troops cooperated in this assault. By
evening the German resistance had been
wiped out and the wood was cleared, the
allied troops j progressing almost to
Gousancourt j (three miles east of
Clerges). j
Fighting In I Meunlere wood was In
tense, ; artillery;: raking the ' Boches,
while infantry charged, up a steep hill
into a row of machine guns, driving out
the defenders with the bayonet.
' American artillery continues to pound
German strongholds along the roads
leading northward, exacting heavy cas
ualties. Latest indications are that the
Boches are massing in increasing num
bers to oppose further advances, al
though no additional defenses have been
encountered other than widely scattered
sections of half dug trenches and in
creased barbed wire entanglements. The
wire is not conuhuous, but is used as
barriers for machine gun posts.
. Yankees Using German Gone
The Germans now opposite the Ameri
cans are mostly young troops and good
machine gun fighters. They show in
creased courage in hand to hand com
bats, but no Gtrman yet encountered
has proven the equal of the Yankees
In the style of "ln-flghtlr.g" that goes
with the bayonet. '. i
Our men are exceptionally equipped
now, having In addition to their usual
outfit, field glasses and daggers Taken
from captured German officers and
shock troops. i
While lying inside the American lines
in Nesles wood, Thursday morning.
sergeant remarked that he needed a
pair of glasses. He walked Into the
wood and encountered a German officer
and three men. He killed the officer,
chased the men and returned with the
former's glasses and revolver.
All roads behind the American lines
are thickly dotted with vehicles, carry
ing quantities of German ammunition
and supplies. Much of Jt is uncounted
owing to all attention being centered
on the advance. In numbers of cases
Americans ar now usmg German ma
'chine guns.
Some of the prisoners brought In
Thursday and Thursday night were ex
tremely young. Several are above the
average intelligence. All repeat the
substance of :one remark: "Only the
German rulers expect to' win. We don't
Bare who governs, so long . as the war
ends. Food 13 so scarce and the people
are sick and suffering."
A group of prisoners from a new unit
paid the Germane are not attempting to
erect any permanonet defense this side
of the old Flsmes line.
Along the Ourcq, where the American
right wing was In action, it was re
ported that many Germans were found
chained to their machine guns.
The Boches attempted to utilise an
aero circus to hamper American In
fantry, but our "archies put up an
effective barrage.
Civilians Are Rescued
On the other hand, prfsoners tell of the
havoc wrought by our airplanes In
strafing their troops.
Twenty-five doughboys rescued the
civilians of Sergy, who hailed the Amerl
cans as saviors when the latter divided
their meager packs of rations, the first
food the French villagers had had in
days.
Far In the rear Thursday, while on
my way to" the front lines, I saw a pretty
picture of Chateau-Thlefry. Refugees
were still returning to their ruined
homss, and men, women, children and
babies were eating doughboys." food from
roiling kitchens.
i But In contrast to this picture were
the hundreds of graves; all about, with
earth roughly heaped above and a hel
met atop. The fallen men's names are
stenciled on the crosses above the Ameri
can graves.' The Germans" are marked
Only by Boche helmets.
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ALLIED ECONOMIC
agreement after
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tion When They Prolong War.
QRE!AT STRIDES ARE
Believes People Who Have Been
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Given First Consideration.
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Positions Are Consolidated
By Henry G. Wales
' With the American Army at the
Marne, Aug. : 1. (Night.) Following 36
hours of continual, fighting, counter
attacking and bayonet work the Amer
ican battalion of former lumber jacks,
which threw the Germans out of
-Clerges (southeast of Fere-en-Tarde-
r.oia) has consolidated Its new posi
tions beyond the village,
i After the Germans had, been swept
out of Meuinere wood. at the jjolnt of
the bayonet, the line was established
at the northern edge : of the forest.
There were sanguinary -hand to hand
conflicts there.
; The Germans abandoned field guns,
mach'ne guns and wounded In the
wood.
i The French war office In Its com
munique on. Thursday night announced
the capture1, of the height north of
Grand Rozoy, Clerges and Meuinere
wood and stated that tjie French had
i reached Cramoiselle and Cramallle,
passing beyond the village of Beug
neux. This : represented a gain of
nearly two miles.
that-the new peace exhortation by the
Marquis of Lansdowne was j read to a
crowd oi pacifists Wednesday, Premier
Lloyd George made a virile 1'wln-the
war-first" speech to a large gathering
of prominent manufacturers
The text of the prime minister' ad
dress was not released untlfr Thursday
Though not meant as an answer to the
new Lanndowne letter, since the pre
mler, as far as is known, knew nothing
about It at the time he was speaking,
hie address nevertheless Is taken by the
British press and In political circles as
the clearest possible reply to the pacifist
former stateman's plea,
Mr, Lloyd Ceorge was more outspoken
than ; he has been heretofore on the
subject of an allied economic working
agreement after the war. iHIs speech
showed that the entente has made great
strides toward such an (agreement,
though he admitted that he United
States has not yet gone on record as to
Its attitude toward the now . famous
Paris economic resolution.
. Anglo-American Pact Essential
"It Is vitally important." he added,
"that the policy of America, and Eng
land be In complete agreement as re
gards economic as well as other prob
lems." On the subject of transport of raw
materials after the war, the premier
said:
"I think we ought to see to it that
the people who have been fighting to
gether should be served first. We must
keep the partnership going and help
each other to the end, so thai the broth
erhood shall remain."
Mr. Lloyd ' George reiterated emphati
cally that the, full blame forj the begin
ning, as well as the prolongation of the
war, rests upon the enemy. He sounded
a warning to the central powers that
their obstinacy In keeping up the
slaughter for the sake of wotjld domina
tion will hurt no - one but themselves.
Said the premier: i
"The longer the war lasts, (the sterner
the economic terms we must Impose
upon the foe. The sooner ie realises
that the better. He la fighting In order
to Impose his own economic terms upon
the allies. He will never succeed.
Enemy Must Learn Lion
"We must be in a position to deter
mine the conditions which we regard
asfair, without having thejn Imposed
ny tne win of the enemy. If he con
tinues righting and Imposing greater
-burdens upon us, destroying; our young
manhood,- guilty .as he already Is of out
rages that 6hock humanity, he will make
It difficult to shake hands; with him
when the war Is over, and he will make
all the sterner the terms which we shall
have to Impose upon him.
"No man should boast until the battle
Is over, but all who know are pleased
with the way things are gofng. HOw- !
ever, for another month the time will
be anxious." If'
The premier, dwelling upofjthe rela
tions between government arid Industry
and commerce, said government Inter
ference with business, essential ss It
was In- order to win the war, must dis
appear In peace time. j
Government Aid "Seeded After War
However, he added, the government
must aid in supplying raw materials to
the Industries. He continued :
"Don't let us make a mistake by dis
solving the partnership at he moment
the fighting Is over. The world Willi
not come right immediately.! We must
get into closer touch with oiir allies."
It was the government's duty, he
added, to strengthen and protect the
industries essential to national safety.
want to see It wielded (or a vindictive
purpose.- ..; 'J- i
"We are unable to gather anything
definite from the Sibylline utterance of
Lloyd-George and Bonar Law," the Post
said. "We are beginning to entertain
a prejudice against the sincerity of these
gentlemen. We will only believe their
intention when It is carried into effect."
, "Inasmuch as America has not spoken
regarding the Paris conference. It wllf
be impossible -to find a policy favorable
to America," says th) Telegraph.
Colored Inductees
Are Bidden Farewell
Fifty colored men were the guests of
the city today at a banquet given at
The Auditorium In their honor, previous
to their entralnment for Camp Lewis
shortly after 1 o'clock.
At 11:15 in the banquet hall, was
served the farewell dinner. Every
thing was prepared by colored cooks.
and the serving was done by colored
women, members of the ' Hose Bud
Study club. i
The city was represented on the pro
gram by Acting Mayor Bigelow, who
presided, and by City Attorney La
Roche. A talk was also given by
the Rev. J. B. Isaacs of the Bethel
A. M. E. church. Dr. W. A. Midgett
delivered the invocation. Solos were
furnished by Miss' Clifford Freeman
and Mrs. Leslie M. ; Scott. ,
At the conclusion of the dinner the
men formed in line, and headed by a
platoon of police and the Multnomah
Guard band, marched to the Union
station.
SEARCH FOR TWO
CONVICTS STOPS
Police Give Up Chase for Man
Thought to Be Thurber;
McEwan Criticised.
HUNS ATTEMPT TO
HURL YANKS OVER
THE OURCQ; FAIL
Germans Advance North of
Cierges. in xSteady. Wavesj
Force Yanks Back for Time.
battle today was one of infantry and
machine gunal -
As one weit toward the front this
morning he heard none of the rumble of
guns - accompanying the severe actions
on the other I fronts. There were only
occasional bursts from our own batter-
lea and the dull "crumps" of arriving
shells from the German batteries on the
wooded plateau across the Ourcq. 1
nut across the intervening valleys
could be hard faintly the steady rat-a-tat
of the machine guns from the heights
where the Americans and Germans were
engaged under a broiling sun.
Schooner Capsizes,
f the crew of the fishing - achoone.1
Manda Lewis, which was' reported jjba?l
sized during a storm off Tork . f!pit.
night
Chesapeake bay, Wednesday
There were 27 men aboard. ! , '
BOCHE USES MACHINE GUNS
Cape Charles, Va Aug. 2. (I. N. &
Search was continued today for the
bodies or some tidings of 10 members
Although Greatly Outnumbered
Doughboys Come Back With
Bayonets and Regain Ground.
After searching vainly through the
hills and canyons around the city
park and Portland heights Thursday,
city and military police abandoned the
chase late In the evening, the belief
being expressed that the man thought
to have been Fred. Thurber, escaped
convict, was simply a worklngman of
similar description.
Charles McEwan, member of tho
military police, who was off duty, saw
the mysterious stranger In Washington
street and followed him.- Subsequently
he put In a call for assistance and
Chief of Police Johnson sent the re
serves to Join the hunt.
The police expressed disapproval to
day over the actions of McEwan in let
ting his man get Into the brush. They
assert that McEwan should have called
on the conductor of the street car and
overpowered the suspect before he had
a chance to get off the car. When
McEwan was questioned by the officers
he failed to give a satisfactory descrip
tion of the maTi he saw, so the search
was dropped.
Grain Laden Vessel
In Dangerous Water
A Puget Sound Port. Aug. 2. (I. N. S.)
The British motorship Mabel Stewart,
with a cargo of Australian wheat for a
Puget Sound port, went ashore off the
north Pacific coast at 1 :30 a. m. today.
She was floated at 12 :5p o'clock this
afternoon with the aid of the tug Wan
derer and towed Into port. Th extent
of the damage has not yet been determined.
By "Strrton C. Parke
With the American Army at the Alsne.
Aug. 1 (Night). (U. P.) Severe fight
ing developed tpday along the entire
front held by the Americans east of
Fere-en-Tardenois, when the Germans,
backed by strong reinforcements, surged
forward in thick waves and attempted
to recapture Clerges and oust us. from
our positions across the Ourcq by turn
ing the right wing.
The attack was developed during the
tiight. the Boches carrying up scores of
light machine guns before dawn.
The heavy German smash was directed
northward of Clerges. where we had
made progress during the fighting late
yesterday. Some of the newly conquered
low ground had to be given hack to the
enemy, but he was again forced back
this morning by an Irresistible dash of
two American companies that used the
bayonet freely.
The German blow north and northeast
of Cierges was begun with heavy counter-attacks
against our positions along
the. Serlnges-Sergy line, the Oermans
again carrying up large numbers of ma
chine guns, which they used freely.
The fighting was continuing late this
afternoon, with the situation extremely
satisfactory for the Americans at every
point.
A few (prisoners taken by us reported
that they had been ordered to retake
Clerges and push southward to the
Ourcq, at the same time turning against
ouf rierht.
Indications were that the Americans
were " greatly outnumbered around
Cierges, but the- doughboys again proved
their worth as bayonet fighters.
Although the artillery was quite lively
throughout the night on both sides, the
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FOR SUNBURN, TAN
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to whiten your tanned or
freckled akin.
Squeeze the Juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of
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sunburn afid tan lotion, and completion
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Your grocer has the lemon and any
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three Ounces of Orchard White for a few
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lotion Into the face, neck, arms and
Ihinds and see how quickly the freckles,
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and how clear, soft and white the skin
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Crew Missing
Western Siberia' Is
Cleared of Bolsheviki
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Stockholm, Aug. 2. (U. P.) Wester
Siberia, it was declared here today., hi
been entirely cleared of Bolsheviki
In eastern Siberia,,, the Bolsheviki! hole
only Irkutsk. ' I '
Czechs now operating In the Ural re-
gions number between 60,000 and 60,-
000. Dutoff Cossaka to the number of
150.000 have joined forces with: th
wicna, it js stated. f
TODAY TOMORROW
Francis Plans to -i
-Move to Murmansk
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Washington, Aug. 2. (I. N. S.) The
state department today received a com
munication from Ambassador Francis,
telling of his contemplated move to Mur
mansk, and evidently filedbefore the
two messages recently made public here,
it was announced here. ',
"Have left Archangel on the eve of
the 28th," the cable said, "accompanied
by the French, British, Italian, Serbian,
Japanese and Chinese chiefs."
The ambassador added that the last
cable Me "had received from the state
department was dated Julyj 3.
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Kaiser Redoubles 4
His Body Guard
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London. Aug. 2. (I. N. S.) Fearing
assassination, the kaiser has redoubled
his bodyguard, said a dispatch to the
Daily Express this afternoon! , ' !
London Prtss Divided
London Aug. 2. (U. P.) London
morning newspapers are divided on
Premier Lipyd George'sann0unced eco
nomic policy, some criticising It, others
favortng It. . All place special stress
on America's attitude. Inasmuch as the
United States has not yet ispoken re
garding the Paris resolutions.
"Lloyd George has gone far toward
giving what we have been asking for
two yetffs," saiu the Mail, j
"He (Lloyd George) has swept aside
the fears of business ' men; that tho
control to which they arei now sub
jected Is to be perpetuated." the Ex
press said.
"There are good reasons why it is not
possible yet for the government to an
nounce a hard and fast policy," the
Graphic declared. "Chief among these
Is that the United States was not a party
to the Paris conference. It jls essential
that the United States should be In per
fect agreement. Lloyd George observed
that America has not expressed its
views. If they have not beeh expressed
officially, they have been expressed un
equlvocably In President! Wilson's
speeches. He has preached both as a
neutral and a belligerent that the war
should be fought. If need be, to a finish.
but that It should be finished when It is
fought." J
"We doubtf If President .Wilson -views
the question from the same angle as does
Premier Lloy;a-George," said the Chroni
cle. "Americans attach importance to
the economic weapon, but they do not
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Anybody who has ever experienced
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santlseptlo is .easily procured at
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sized bottle costing, but 50L If your
drugslst cannot supply it. his name and
25a in stamps or coin sent tot the manu
facturers, the Esbencott Laboratories,
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