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By the strategy of the American at
tack, tho Germans were obliged to evne
iiut-v Mont see without a fight to kti
.from being cut off. Montsec is a huge
' jwik duminnling thy entire territory.
French patrol, dimed to its summit af
ter thu enemy fled. It was reported
that great qiia'iitilK'g of supplies wore
found intact end it wbm expected many
tfiins would bo discovered there.
Try to Bum Supplies .
As they fell hack, tho Germans start
ed big fires in Pannes and in Vigneul
K.i wood, where they hnd giipplies they
could not remove. Fighting in the pock
' i-t whs far different from that which
the Americana encountered in the roll'
ing Marno region. Cold, pelting ruin
Tendered th-j difficulties created by
the trench liuoa even greater. Heyonrf
J'anues many sections, were tangled
with barbed wire bnniwa. The country
itself is most difficult for fighting
with high peaks, lakes, marshes and
tho roughest kind of terrain.
But none of these obstruction stop
ped the Americans. When a certain
Amvricaa brigade was engulfed in si
lence, it developed that it wa, going
nlicad so fast the telephone and wire
less men were unable to keep up with
th. infantry.
On our right near Mobile, the Am
ericans encountered some difficulty in
clearing out woods and there were oc
casional stiff fights along the heights.
The Night Before
The night before, tha American at
tack thor was little to indicate a big
offensive waj nbout to start. As tho
aim went djwn and night fell over tho
towns, woods, fields, roads and the
dhnrp outlines of Montsec, nothing
gave Increased streams of speeding at
wr vehicles over bmy roads, all mov
ing toward the front, indicated other
tliau tho usual qunt. The American
preparations had been well protected
in the darkness and clouds.
The evening turned to. a drizzling
rainy night. ' Through hours of water
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ing, It was impossible to distinguish a
single outline in the inky, blacknessi
All up and down tW fighting lino' no
gun sounded. Then a solitary. Ameri
can flare shot up, brightening tho
landscape, flashing "alls well." Sov
ernl times squirmy Ucrmun outposts
shot up frantic bunches of flutes, an
ticipating nltucks which did not mater
iuli.e.
Artillery Work Begins
Sudik'iily at 1 a. m. through the
peaceful bluckness a single American
gun behind Seicheprey, tho first Am
erican battlefield in France, flashed i
challenge to the kaisw. This was fol
lowed by flashes along the entire lin's
The flushes increased, piling on top of
each other, up and down the front
near and far, until at 1:10 a. m. the
spectacle looked like a continuous wink
ing of lightning along tho horizon, so
amazingly fast the eye could not fol
low tho bla.ing of tho cannon.
More flashes, less dazzling and fur
ther distant, marked the steady explo
sions on the Gorman side of the liuvs
In front of Moatesec a huge light
I broke out, telling that shells hud shuck
i an ammunition dump. Its flare Ilium
'inaltd a vast expanse of blowiiup
barbed w ire, trenches, dugouts and
strong point no longvr strong.
Another dump burst into a blaze (in
'dor the pounding of the accurate Am
I erican artillery men. Clouds of battle
! smoke above reflected variations of red
j and yellow glow as the firu spread
over mc urriiittii positions, inir oaiier
ies turned loos toward Montsec.
brightly silhouetting its crater.
Cp and down the 35 mlleg of front
the continuous fire raced, dimming
slightly, then flaring brilliantly again
Tk- German bateries replied but feeb
ly, apparently out-barraged and cow
ed.
Over the Top at Dawn
The tero hour came. Its first sur-
iipiii. mrim n At. .....n,,, It.,. niitA. l.trm
l fJC ".-O VIIWIHIUUS .li.1V, liiiiv ."lift
which darted into the German poiitions
This wa, life-extinguihiug chemicals
shot off simultaneously, producing
huge smoke clouds. Oas was sent
against the enemy concentration points
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Stiddvnlv an officer shouted excited
l.v:
"Red flares! See, they arc red
flares "
Hcd flares were aliooting up from the
trenches, yet they could not compare
with tliv sheets of flame.
'!Kod flares, menu the 'Americans
are attacking," said th0 officer.
It was a wonderful moment for us
all. In tho half dawn wo couldn't fol
low ihemerienn infantry going over
tlie topryet the forward moving bar
racs ami the smoke clouds indicated
their progresg uutil daylight revealed
the panorama.
Town After Town Falls
Through glasses, I saw tho dough
boys in a mass advancing on Khine
eourt, following a barrage and taking
thy tnwn easily, evidently without fight
ing. Then we saw them uppaiuntly
pressing through Lahayville toward th
woods iu tho rear, whim were drown
ed in clouds of whito smoke.
Suddenly our doughboys began firing
into the smoke cloud. They dropped to
the ground in skirmish order, and so
went forward by degrees. A fvw return
ed, carrying their comrades. Others ran
on into the smoke cloud and disappear
ed in the woods.
Work of American Tanks
On our left nearer to Montseo tire
glasses revealed six American tanks
crawling steadily forward from Xlxray
one along the road, tho others across
the fields. Doughboys surrounded them
walking deliberately toward Montsec
to diiv0 out; the Germans. This was
but a small glimpse of our first tank
attack.
Skimming under black clouds hang
ing low eanie an American plane, dash
ing back and forth dangerously close
to the ground. Several otters followed
There was not a single hostik) machine
with enough ambition to shoot at the
American flyers.
At some points tnuks were distin
guishable, often leading the infantry
smoothing out wires and pushing thru
defeuses. but apparently encounteriup
strong German positions, after the bar
rage had swept tha terrain.
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leaving many dead before the "British
wires- A Itritish outpost southwest of
Tergnier was forced to withdraw.
At ono point on the Itritish front,
the (icrmnn have been fighting hard,
not withdrawing, according to orders
or otherwise. This is east of Havrin
court and on the fuVher slope of Tres
canlt wood, where the New Zealanders
were et death grips with tho famous
Jaegers. Tho battle swayed back and
forth in a bittor wind and rain.
When 1 visited the New Zealanders,
Friday afternoon the tido was going
their way. They .had regained the ob
jectives taken and lost on Thursday
afternoon, re-taken Thursday night and
partly lost again Friday forenoon.
Their first rush Thursday was com
paratively easy, 300 prisoners surren
dering and explaining that they would
n't fight if their officers wouldn't.
There were no officers among the pris
oners, because there were none in the
front lines.
Friday was different. The Jaegers
wero supported on the west by Prus
sians who fought desperately with their
officers beside. them.
One of the latter, when captured
Airmen Do Their Share
Into the sky half a dozen American
balloons shot up almost directly above
thv front line trenches. They had been
moved forwarj in the night to carry
out battlefield observations, direct the
artillery and watch German- move
ments. One Amerienn airplane circled Giron
ville so tlosely it was possible to ee it
wsr equipped with a new liberty motor.
The plane, nuer doing its part, left
land a new dc'uyo of artillery broke out
creeping up in? vanity mio inw Api
inont hills, as the French mfantry ad
vanced to keep paeo with the Americans
and liolp surround Montsec.
(ieiman flares continued to snoot fran
ti.-.illy. Along the whole line our artil
lery persistently bombarded the enemy
Movtnn fernard as tho infantry advanced.
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sneeringly asked:
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Ir was a pleasure to enlighten him.
W'hile the New Zealanders total
casualties aro under 400, yet a peculiar
fatality pursued one battalion which
had four commanders during 3d hours
The colonel was wounded and tho major
succeeded him. Ho was also wounded
and a captain took his place until a
new major arrived.
General Haig Reports,
London, Sept. 14. German prisoners
taken by the British fighting in the
Tres ault-IIavruicourt sector September
1 12 exceed l oOO, Field Marshal Haig
j reported today. (This is the sector bo
i fore Cambrai).
"Prisoners m the operations of the
third army, which won completo suc
cess in tho Trescault-Havrincourt sec
tor September 12 now exceed 1500,"
the statement said. '
. "As a result of progress made yes
terday northwest ef St. Quentin our line
has been established east of Bihecourt
and Jeancourt. "
"At Havrinconrt the enemy attack
ed yesterday morning in force under
cover of a heavy artillery fire. He
penetrated the eastern portion of the
village, but after hard fighting the
attacking infantry wa driven out and
our positions restored.
"North of Havrincourt we advanced
slightly between the village and the
canal. In the evening the enemy at
tacked east of Treecault and gained
footing in our trenches. He was driven
out immediately, leaving a number of
dead."
"Ia the past 24 hours there have
been several unsuccessful enemy at
tacks to eover positions captured in
the neighborhood of Havrincojirt. Tee
ttrday a strong attack, the enemy em
ploying flame throwers, was repulsed
with heavy losses south of Gouzeau-
court. Several prisoners were taken."
"A strong night bombing attack
with liquid fire was made against our
position northeast ef Gouzeaucourt.
A.(ter forcing our advanced posts to
withdraw, - ttus attack wag also suc
cessfully beaten off.
"There was local fighting yesterday
in-the Mo-'.nrcs se-tir without ma:er-l
:a I chai!2e. !
"At uight r.u at'ack soma of Mceuv- i
res was repulstd.
""We established n"w pests ',at night
on the bank of the ( anal Do Nord in
the neighborhood of Sauchy-Cauchy
and opposite Oisy-Le-Verger
"In the L!Tftisee sector we ocenpied
Auchy-Les-LaBassee-' '
General Official Version.
Beriiu, via London, ept. J4. "South
of Oi nes and also on the Verdun-Etaine
road the enemy attempted to advance,
but was repulsed," the war offiee an
nounced today.
(These pouts are northeast of Ver
dun.) "On the battle front between the
heights of Lorraine and the Moselle
(St. Mihiel district) the day passed
with moderate fighting avtivity. The
enemy dfd not continue his attacks
yesterday.
"East of Comhres and northwest of
Thiaucourt the enemy felt his way
toward our lines. There were local en
gagements east of Thiaueourt."-
"At Moeuvres and Havrinconrt there
was violent fighting. Partial enemy
attacks were repulsed at Gouzeaucourt,
north of Vermand and astride the Ham-St-
Quentin road.
" Between the Ailette and the Aisne,
enemy attacks ia the afternoon after
strong artillery preparation tailed."
Weekly British Losses
London, Sept. 14. This week's pub
lished British casualties totalled 21,765
divided as follows:
Killed Wounded Missing Total
Officers.... 5fi3 1599 103 2265
Men 3512 . 14380 1599 19491
SEVMIION
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neetion with next year's program that
increased port facilities will be pro
vided in France. Now the debarkation
system run? so smoothlp that vast loads
of men can be put ashore and the ships
starred back home all in one day-
March dccalred he had messages
showing that on one occasion 35.000
Americans were landed in one day and
11,000 tho next. On another occasion
fifteen shiploads of Americans arrived
one day and 12 ships wero cleared and
homeward bound the next day.
General Pershing's staff with the
general, planned the St. Mihiel oper
ations, it was announced. .
Personnel of Sfaff.
The staff of the first American army
is as followst
Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel
Hugh" A. Dunn, who has five assistant
chiefs of staff, Lieutenast Colonel Jens
Buggo, Lieutenant Colonel Willey
Howell, Colonel Hobert McCloave, Lieu
tenant Colonel John L. Dewitt, Lieuten
ant Colonel Lewis H. Watkins.
Chief of Artillery, Edward F. Mc
Gachlin. Following arc heads of the adminis
trative and technical service:
Adjutant General, Colonel Joseph E.
Barnes, inspector general, Calonel Ja
cob C. Johnson; judge advocate, Lieu
tenant Colonel Blanf-on Winship; chief
quartermaster Major General Georie L.
Luderoff; chief surgeon, Colonel Alex
ander N. Siaik; chief engineer, Briga
dier General J. J. Morrovf ; chief sial
officer, Lieutenant Colonel Farket C.
Hitt; chief ordnance officer, Colonel
Edwari P. O'Hearn; chief of motor
transjport corps, OolOHel ' v imam B
Winters; chief of air service, Colonel
William Mitchell.
Location of Divisions .
In response to specific questions,
General March said that the 29th divis
ion was last reported on the line in
the Vosees.
The 77th was in the advance from
the Veslo to the Aisne. The 42nd was
relieved August 2, during the advance
on the Vcsle af-er receiving commen
dations irom uenerai jNaiuq, command
er of tho 21st French army corps; with
which tho 42nd was fighting; the 27th
is on the line in Flanders; the 32nd,
77th, and 28th, are engaged between
Rheims and North of goissens.
March announced that General
Greblc had been retired. He declined
as yet to give out the personnel of the
American forces in Russia.
Heavy Artillery Production
Production of heavy ordnance is still
disappointing, members of the senate
military committee said they learned
at the weekly war council today
Heavy guns are now being produced in
this country, Init not in the extent
that was hoped for at this time, they
said they wcw told.
This does not mean that the Amerl
can forces are short artillery, members
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PRISON EMPLOYES
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Parole Officer Keller And
Guard Horaa Allege Frame
Up Against Then
The penitentiary scandal has involv
ed two of Governor Withycombe's most
loyal campaigners, as in the reeent pri
mary campaign no one seemed busier
in the governor's behalf than Parole
Officer Joseph Keller and J. A. Horaa
a guard.
As a result of investigations made
by the Prisoners' Aid society and Geo
A. Thacher and District Attorney Ev
ans of Multnomah county, following th,
discovery of a letter containing a check
for $200 being sent out from the pris
on by M. S. Irvin, a convict, Keller
and Horan have been thrown under a
cloud of suspicion in connection with
what appears to be a ring dvaling in
paroles for convicts.
Keller declares that the whole thing
is a frameup against him and that
Warden Murphy is back of it all. He
says Murphy has been scheming and,
conniving for several yvars to "get"
him and this expose is a part of the
plot.
Warden Murphy is at Gold Hill to
day attending a meeting of the stato
lime board, so what comment he has to
make of this accusation from Keller
could not bo learned. But it appears
evident that open warfare between tha
two is now inevitable, and the ques
tion will be which one has the most in
fluence with thw governor.
Keller was in conference with the
governor this morning, and the state
ment by the governor yesterday that
he also considered the matter a f ramo
up to get some higher official, refer
ring undoubtedly to Keller, might indi
cate that Keller has the inside track.
With George A. Thacker and thosa
who have been investigating the alleg
ed "ring" piling up additional evi
dence that there is something wronit
at the pvnitcntiary." Governor Withy
combe likely will be forced to take
some action. ,
This morning Keller interviewed
District Attornvy Gehlhar and request
ed him to make an Investigation of the
frameup which Keller says existe
agains him and also of the charges
that involve Keller in the alleged pa
role brokerage business.
ies abroad, committee men said they
wore informed. Most of these hav0 been
furnished by the French and a large
number are supposed to have been used
in the recent offensive, confeivcs stat
ed. MURDEROUS BANDIT
(Continued from page one)
and for robbery of the South Side
bank in Kansis City, KansaB. Twelve
hundred dollars in gold, said to bo
part of the bank loot, was found, in
the gang's Denver headquarters.
The identity of the woman who
drove the bandits' high powered car
in Colorado Springs and the ensuing
flight to the mountains, has not been
fully established. "Bessie Clayton,"
wife" of Lewis, their nino months fhi
baby and the wife'g parents are detain
ed at the Denver jail.
Sherrill. Jones, Miss De Morris and
tho bandit stiUl at large, forccU a
Denver autoist with a woman compan
ion to turn over their car to the quar
tet. Out of the tangled web of separate
members of the gang operating in two
cities and crossing each other's tracks
in the pursuit, the police were unable
today to say -which bandit shot Chief
of lX'tectivcg John W. Rowan and
wounded Detectivo John D. Riley in
Colorado Springs. Finding of McCa
hill's body in a suburb added further
complications.
Sylvia Smith Shepard, executrix of
the estate of her mother, Addio C.
Smith has filed a ivport that accord
ing to the terms of the will she has
paid to H. R. Smith the sum of $100
left to him by his wife and that accord
ing to the will she is to have the bal
ance of her mother's property. Ac
cording to the report filed the receipts
wore a,841.50 and disbursements $478.
10. She asks the court to name a date
for the final acocunting
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