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    PACK KIGHT.
UH.4XT8 PASH DAILY COI 1UKR
s \ I t ltl»l\, JA-XI AIIY 17, urjo
I
made it* first appearance In Imttle at tentber 3 at which General Petain
NKW TODAY
thl* time, while th«* Fourth «11 vision wae ¡»resent. After discussion, the
took up the task of the Forty secoml question of employing the American
HI)K 0. P. JI“XT ER tor Ufa Inaur-
division and advanceil with the Thirty- army as a unit »«n conceded All the
»•tt
atme 1‘euu Mutual Life.
(Continued on page alxi
»ecoml io th«* V«**le river, where, on
I
allied armies »ere to be employed tn
fnsur-
JOH. MOHS AGENCY
Fira
tack wouio «-,,in«- «¡ii wiib u Aug 6. the opetatioii for the reduc­ a converging action
I
Insur-
Ance, plat« glass liability
tion
of
th«
“
Marne
salient
tertnlnaied.
German (wact. Although he made elab­
It should !>«• rec«.>rdo<l that although
tt
ance.
Sixth street
In
the
hard
righting
from
July
18
to
orate plans for the operation, he failed
this grueral offensive was fully out
- — -
v
>•
»
<
the
Germans
were
not
only
Aug.
6
Great
F'idla.
Mont,
Jan.
tT
ties
to conceal fully his Intentions, and the
Thu taking of th« canauu la gup- WAA’TED» Second baud
ltn<sl at th«* conf<«rence no one praeetit
hliyclw,
front of attack was susp«*cte<1 at least halt«*d in their advance, but were expri'sstsl the opinion that the flr.al nah, for 15 years the fuvorite saddle posed to chute, officially, in the city,
must tie in good condition and
driven
back
from
th**
.Marne
to
the
one week ahead. On the Champagne
victory could be won In 1918. In fact horse of Chari«*» M Russell, well-
cheap. Address No 101 rare of
In th» country
front the actual hour for the assault Ve.sl* am! committed wholly to the It was believed by the Meu»<e-Argoiine known painter of ludían and fron­ distri«»!». tonigfht.
(Courier.
73
defensive.
The
force
of
American
wa* known and the enemy was ch«**ke<1
attack could not be pushed much be tier life, dh'd her» r«*>entl.v at the districts the time la only bull expir
with heavy loanee. The F«»rt«•*<*•<“twl arm* ha<! been brought to bear in time yond Moiiftiucou before the arrival of age of Sti years during the al>»«uce ed. Miss Parker, who la enumerator I «OUT Hom» where between Granta
division enter««! th«* Ifn«“ near Sohime to enable the last offensive of the en­ winter would for«*e a cessation of op
P*M and Rogue River, a pair of
of hl* master at an exhibíi»u of hl» tor the north side of the city, lost
Py Immediately, and tiv«* of Ils luLiii emy to be crusli**«l.
| erations.
Flndar
black gaunt let gloves
some time through Ilin»»«, anti will
The
First
and
Third
corps
now
held
own
paintings
at
Minnoitpoli»
The
try battalions and nil of It« artillery
Th«* choice between the two sector«,
aarsuo
please
leave
al
Harollou
s
contimi»
uext
week
till
her
work
Is
became engage«! Southwest of Whelms a continuous from of II kii»»iu<ter* that east of the Alsne. Inchxltng the hors« had been |x<nsione<l (or. the la»t
71
or Courier office
completed, Tb» »numeration of tha
and along the Mart'«- to the eu*» <»f al«»ng the Vesle. On Aug. 12 tlie’i>« veti
Argonne forest, or the t'lguupagtie five year». The artist purrhasmi him
Chateau-Thlerry the Germans were ty-aeventh division relieved the Folirth sector, was left to me. In my opinion, from Youngboy, a Cree Intllan, 20 south side is thought to be nearly KHt*AA.I<E Choice White Wyandot­
On the north side, ward
completed
at first somewhat successful, a pene­ division on the First evfps front, and no other alll«*«l troops bad th«“ morale years ag?-
te, Ramal Plymouth Rock or Ore­
tration of eight kil «meters t»eyond the the following day th«“ Tvven^ eighth or tlic offensive spirit to overvom«“ 1
It is »fated that Ru»»el| ha» owneij I has been 'completed, but ward J Is
gon forknrela.
Phone 149-J or
relieved
th«*
Thlrty-secoml
division
In
river being effect«»«) «gninst the French
successfully the dlffi^ultlee to he met j many borne»«, hut never has «uhl one still Inrompleto. To check the nim- 1 rail at 71ft West llrldg«* fit.
71
imnitslfiitely to th«* right of oar Third the Tlilrii corps, while from Aug fl to In the Meuse-Argonne sector met our
pleteneHM of the enumeration, a ape.
Aug
It»
the
Sixth
Infantry
brigade
of
division.
The following quotation
plan.« and Installation.« ha<1 been. pre- !
cluI agent was sent out Friday, and \\ \ vi ri i i'ook and hoiiaekeeiter
JAPAN DRY SOON
from the report of the commanding th«* Third division held a sector on the pared for an expansion of operation* j
t’liaa.
for ranch, 10 men
• 40
he visited 173 homes In the south-
general gives the result of the fighting river line. The transfer of the First In that direction
So the Mens«' At
7«
Paia.
Huy
th
River.
Calif
west portion of the cltv. Of the ITS
corps to the IVoevre was ortl«*red at
on bis front:
gonne front was chosen The entire Rtturnmg Prohibition Lvador Saya he found houses, with 13 people, who
this
time,
amt
th«*
control
of
this
front
FOR ItlffNT OR «ADE My Dl-ser»
Philippin*» Also In Lins.
Non« Crossed but Prisoners.
sector of I.VI kilometers of front ex
placo lu Wolf Creek,
10 acro»
“Although the rush of the German was turned over to the Third corps.
The IMillippIne Islands are going «try, had not lieen enumerated The enum-
tending front Port-sur-Sellle. east of
On Augltftt IS Gen Petain began an
digirvd, 3 *é acro» In bearing fruit,
troops over« helmed some of th«* front-
the Mo«clh* west to tnclud«“ tli«* Ar* amt Japan will not l«e fur behlml, ac­ crutor, however, had all of three
lln«’ positions, causing the Infantry ami offensive between Rhelms ami th«“ gonne forest, was acconllngly place«! cording tit Dr 1». ,M Gaudier prohibí- places Hated for future calls, the peo­
crook through plant» and fina
machine gun companies to suffer, in Oise. Our Thin) corps partiei|>!ite«l In under my rommand. Including all tlon lender «if California, who arrived ple not having linen at home on pre­
spying.
Practically In town. Rent
j
some cas<*s a 50 per cent loss, no Ger­ this operatTcn. crossing th«“ Vesle on French division* then tn that ion«*
at Vancouver from Japan,
vious occasions. No errors In the
• 1 PM for one year. James Watson.
Sept,
4
with
the
Twenty-eighth
ami
man soldiers crossed the road from
»“I will not I h * surprised If prohibí- count were found tn the number gone
Th«* Hr-t Amerlmn army was to pro-
34k South Broadway,
I am > An-
Fossoy to Crezancy except as a pris­ Seventy-seventh divisions am! over
tlon is lb«* national policy of Japan Ill- over.
cee«b with the St Mihlel opera*Ion
•
78
2vb«, Cel.
coming
atubborn
opposition
on
the
pla
oner of war. and by noon the following
after which the operation between the side of five year* " said Dr. Gandler.
day (July 16) there were no Germans teati south of the Alsne. which was Meuse am! tin* western edge of the
"The Philippine Iwglslatur«* now la
fn the foreground of the Third division reached by the Seventy-seventh on Argonne forest was to be prepared seeaioti Is almoat certain to t»»«** a
M»TI< I*
Sept. 7. Two days later the Third
sector except the dead.“
prohibition law for the Islands."
and launched not later than S»ptem
corps
was
transferred
to
the
regiou
On this «»ccaslon a single regiment
her 25.
Dr. Gnndler s|ient several month* In
I am visiting my lather. Mr. Fry,
of the Third division wrote one of the of Verdun, the Seventy-seventh divi­
On th«» night of September 11 the (711110. th«* Philippines und Japan a« a
and my brqthwr, Mr M. J. Maalker.
sion
remaining
In
Hue
on
th«*
Alsne
riv
­
most brilliant («ages In our military
troops of th«» first army were deploy«»«! reprroentatlvo of the Auli Saloon
at 401 West G street, and on account
annals. It prevented the crossiug at er until Sept. 17.
In position On the southern face of league of America.
The
Thirty-second
division,
upon
Its
of
th« feebleness of the former I am
certain points on Its front while on
the salient wns the first corps. Ms
"The lea«|ers of Japan.’: said Dr.
iinatib* to call on the women of the
either flank the German« who bad relief from the battle on th«* Vesle. I Jor General Liggett commanding, with Gnmller. "like the llritisli l«*ii<|ers. are
gained a footing presse«! forward. Our joined a French corps north of Sols- the eighty-second, ninetieth, fifth an«! heglnutng »■■ *ee that Aim-rlca. like an
town, I would appr«* late it If you
Parig, Jan
17.-* Th«» »uproin« ¡
men. firing In three sections, met the sods and attack«*«! from Aug. 29 to second divisions in line, extending athlete. 1« trnlultig for world leader­
w«ml<!1 drop In and «e«“ me. an
German attacks with counter attacks 31. capturing Juvigny after some from the Moselle westward.
ship through the inloptioii of prohibit council « letter to the Dut*h govern*i an important message io you on the
at critical points and succe«»de<1 In particularly desperate fighting and
ment ilemniidlug the extradition of Plan nt I'nace
On
Its
left
w«s
the
fourth
corp«.
ttea.’*
throwing two German divisions Into reaching the Chauny-Solsaons 'road.
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman com­
Former Emperor William that has 72
MRH E. M. WEBT
On
the
British
front
two
regiments
complete confusion, capturing 600
been sent that government was for­ I
BIRD PUZZLES WOODMEN
ot the Thirty-third division partici­ manding. with the eighty-ninth, forty-
prisoners.
second and first divisions, the left of
warded officially Muring the night
Mining blanks at Courier office.
The «election by the Germans of pated in an attack on Hamel. July 4.
this corps being opposite Montsec. String« Catch cf i New York State
th« Champagne sector and the east­ and again on Aug. 9 as an Incident ot
These two army corps wAre to deliver
Phea art Hunter.
ern sn«l southern faces of the Marne the allleil offensive against the Amiens
the principal attack, the line pivoting
Martin 8« hl«*h>rn of Dunvllh* N. T.%
pocket on which to make their offen­ salient. One of th«»se regiment* took
on the center division of the first
a ro«-«nt).v roturne«l ov «- i *«*- i * • * rvlce
sive wns fortunate for the allie* as It Gressalre w«xal and Chipilly ridge,
corps. The first division on the left
capturing
760
prisoners
and
consider
nnn. «ent shooting pt», «»-'lit* thi­
iav«»ro-l »lie laun«*h!ng of the counter
of the fourth corps, was charred with
other «lay. ll«* eanir houu* with a large
attack ulrv <ly planned. There were able material.
the double mission of covering Its own
now over 1.200,000 American troops In
blr«l «vllle!» In* «hot on the wing thlnk-
Emergency Had Paued.
flank while advancing some twenty
France, which provided a considerable
The counter offensives against the kilometers due north toward the heart Ing It a ph“*a»ant.
force of r«»«erves. Every American dl- Marne salient in July and against the
It* <-<>bir«n*t I* I»*nu<Ifill. the aron t
I.AMT TIMEN TONIGHT
vlsi«wi with any sort of training was Amiens salient in August had galn<*1 of the salient, where It was to make wing*, lit»««! with white an«l gray foath
contact
with
the
troops
of
the
fifth
made available for use In a counter such an advantage that It was ap-
ers. mea«nr!htt 42 inches from tip to
corps.
offensive.
tip.
The tall I* of brown fen tilers
parent that the emergency, which jus­
On the western face of the salient
General Petain’s Initial plan for the tified the dispersion of our divisions
with a breast of cream and brown
lay the fifth*corps. Maj. Gen. George
rounter-attacks Involved the entire had passed. The moment was propi­
mottle«! the hack a dark gray and
western face of the Marne «alient. tious for assembling our divisions. The H. Cameron commanding, with the white. It curved beak mid huge tai
twenty-sixth
division,
fifteenth
French
The First and S«»cond American divi­ formation of the army in the Chateau
on* l«»»k like those of n young eagle
sions. with the First French Moroccan Thierry region and its early transfer Colonial division and the fourth di­ but the older hunter« here think It I«
division between them, were employe« to the sector of the Woevre. which vision In line, from Moullly west to an n : '■•'tally large hen hawk. The
as the *p«»arh«*ad of the main attack, «as to extend from Nomeny. east of Le« Eparge« and north to Wantron-
In a swale on the O««ian
Of these three divisions the blr«l nr.* «hot
driving directly eastward, through the the Moselle, to north of St. Mlhiel. was vllle.
hill«.
most sensitive portion of the German therefore decided upon by Marshal twenty-sixth alone was to make a
lines, to the heights south of S«*lssons. Foch arid myself on Aug. II. an«l the de­ deep advance directed southward to­
Practctrrg and Preaching.
The advanro began on July 18. without tails were arranged with lien. I’eialu ward Vlgneulles. The French division
Two
brothers named < lui imeni, one
was
to
make
a
short
progression
to
One of th«- ni«»M |»>vv«-rfnl d'unu»* *r*ra in Grant* I'»*** till
the usual brief naming of a prelim­ later on rhe «am«“ «lay.
the edge of the heights in order to a doctor of divinity unti th" other a
inary bombardment, an«! these three dl
I mnffmi firent pnahi« tlon
At Bombon. <<n July 21. there was a
visions at a single bound broke through conference of all commander* In chief cover the left of the twenty-Nxth. doctor <»f medicine, aecuplrd the same
ALMO
the enemy’s defenses and overran for the purjsise of considering aliie«l The fourth division was not to ad- house. One day a mini called and
asked for Doctor Ckalmer«. and the
his artlljery. cutting or Interrupting operations. Each presented proposals vance.
In the center between our fourth physician presented himself "You’ve
the German communication« lead­
the __
employment
armies —
un- and fifth army corps, was the second changed considerably since I lost beard
for tL-
r-____ _ _ of - the
_ _____
ing into the salient. A general der his command \ni«J the»«* formed
you pnsich," said the caller evidently
withdrawal from the Marne was Imme­ the basis of future coa>f«eratlon of French Colonial corps. Maj. Gen. E. J.
It Is 111.'
greatly astonished,
diately began by the enetny. who still the allies. It was emphatically deter- Blondlat commanding, covering a front
brother you want to
” said tie
fought stubbornly to prevent disaster. mined that the allied attitude should of 40 kilometers with three small
French divisions. These troops were medical man.
Took Berxy-le-Sec.
tie to maintain the offensive, A* the to follow up the retirement of the en­
The First division, throughout four first operation of th«* American army,
emy from the tip of the salient.
da'ys of constant fighting advanced 11 rhe reduction of tlie salient of St
At dawn on Sept. 12. after four hours
kilometers.
capturing
Berxy-le-Sec Mihlel was to be undertaken as »««on
of violent artillery fir«.* of preparation,
and the height» about Soissons and as the necesst ry troops and material
an«) accompanied by «mull tanks, the
taking some 3.500 prisoner« and 68 could lie ma«le available.
Infantry of the first an«! fourth corps
field guns from the seven German dl-
On Am £0. a further discussion with advanced. The infantry of the fifth
visions employed against it It was Marshal Foch was liehl at my head-
corps commenced Its advance nt 8 a.
relieved by a British division. The •tuarters at Ugoy-en-Barrols. At this
tn. The operation was carrie«! out with
Second division advance«) eight kike meeting it was propose«! by Marsha!
entire precision. Just after daylight
meters in th«- fl.-si 26 hour*, and by l-'ocb. that the general operations as
on Sept. 13 element» of the first and
the eud of the s«-con<l day was facing far as the American army wa* con-
twenty-sixth divisions made a junction
Tlgny, having chptured 3,<»00 ¡írisori- • erne«) should be carrie«) out In «letall
near Hattonchatel and Vlgneulles.
ers and 66 field guns. It was relieved i»y:
eighteen kilometers northeast of St.
the night of the 19th by a French divi­
(a) An attack between the Meuse Mihlel. The rapidity with which our
sion.
The result of this counter-of­ iiml the Argoune by the Secotul French
division.« advanced overwhelmed the
fensive wa« of decisive Importance. army, reinforced by from four to six
enemy and all objectives were reached
Due to t!»e magnificent dn*h and |«>«er American divisions.
by the afternoon of Sept. 13. We cap­
displayed on the field of Soissons by
(h) A French-American attack, ex
tured
nearly 16,000 prisoners. 443 guns
our Ffrsl and S -mr.d divisions, the tending from the Argouue west to th"
tide of war was definitely turne«! in Soualn road, to be executed on the and large stores of material and sup­
plies. The energy and swiftness with
favor of the allies
right by an American army astride
Other American divisions partici­ the Alsne and on the left by the which the operation was carried out
enabled us to smother opposition to
pated fn the Marne counter-offensive. Fourth French army.
such an extent that we suffered less
A little to the south th«“ Second divi­
To carry out these attacks the ten than 7.000 cnsualti.-* «luring the actual
sión the Fourth was In line with the to eleven Amerh an div.siona suggeste«!
French, and was engaged until July for the St. Mihlel operation und th«.- period of the advance.
The material result* of the victory
22. The first American corps. Maj. four to six for the S«wond French army
achieved
were very iin|>ortnnt. An
Gen
Hunter Liggett commanding, would leave eight to ten divisions for
with the Twenty-sixth dlvIsloD and » an American army on the Alsne. It American army wit« an ncrotapllshed
French division, act«»«! as a pivot of was prois>se«J that the .■»’. Mihlel oj»- fact, and the «-netny find felt its power.
the movement tower«! Soissons. cap­ eratlon should be Initiated or, Sept. 1<r No form of propaganda could over­
turing Totvy on th«- lbth and reaching and the other two on Sept. 15 und 20. come the depressing effect on the
morale of the enemy of this demon­
the Chateau-Thle’-ry-s<i,*»ons ron«! on respectively.
stration
of our ability to organize a
the 21st. At the SH.’ue time the Sec­
The plan suggested for the Amer­
ond division cross«"! the Marne ano ican participation In these op«rrntlons large American force and drive It suc­
cessfully through his defenses. It gave
too!« the heiglitB ot
Pere was not acceptable to urn, because It
and the villages ,.f
mid would r'-qulre the immediate separa­ our troop» implicit confidence In their
superiority ami raised their morale to
-Lnulgonne
tion of the recently formed first Amer­
In the Fit »t corps the Forty-second ican army into several groups, main­ the highest pitch. For the first time
division relieved the Twenty sixth on ly to assist French armies. This was wire entanglements cea«e«l to be re­
July 25 nnd extended Its front, ou the directly contrary to the principle of garded a» Impassable barriers and
open-warfare training, which had been
26«h relie* Ing the French division
forming « distinct American army, for
so urgently lns|»te«J upon, proved to be
From this time until August 2 it
which my contention ha«l been Ir sist­
fought Its way through the Fore*t «le ent. An enormous amount of prepara- the correct doctrine. Our divisions
Fere nnd across the Ourcq nihenclng tl«»n hii«l tifnt.dy been ma«ie In con- concluded the attack with such small
toward the Vesle until relieve ,, the - r i<*t|oi» of roads, railroads, regulat- losses and In such high spirits that
without the usual rest they were Im­
Fourth division on August 3
Early
n„ station* and o'.io-r installations
In this period elements of the Twenty- looking to ’h<- use and supply of our mediately available for employment I d
eigbth division parti« Ipated In the ad­ armies or a t-irtlcnlar front. The In- heavy fighting In a new theater of op­
erations. The strength of the first
vance.
>.« r -t, dish, lination <«’ on troona to
army In this battle totaled approxi­
Forced Enemy B»ck.
*«-i »■«• «in.lt-r I'lliid cm in'.iinders w«»nld
Further to the east the Third divi­ have grown and At ierl«nn morale mately 500.000 men. of whom about
sion forced the enetn.v ba«“k to Rón­ would Inive -uffere«l Mv position was 70.000 wer«* French.
cheles wood, where It was relieved sta'«td quite clearly, that the strate-
(Continued next Saturday/
on .Inly 30 by the Thirt.v-.«ec«>nd divi­ «(leal employment of the first army ns
sion from the Vosges front. The Thirty
n unit would be undertaken where de­
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abre.-tsi of the Forty-s«»cond towaro
An America I Army.
the Vesle On Aug. 8 tt passed un«f«o
□nee.
A
furl her conference at Marshal
control of our Third corps. Major Get.
Rob« tt I. Bullard commanding, which Foch s ha fquarters «a» held on Sep-
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