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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
RANK GOPHERS
FIFTH IN U. 5.
Hauser and Eklund Get
Places On All-Western
Football Teams

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 3.-Minne-
sofa is ranked fifth among the ten
leading football teams of the 1917 sea-
son, and George Hauser and Conrad
Eklund, mainstays of the Gopher line,
are given places on two all-western
elevens, in the selections of gridiron
experts made Saturday.
In the ranking of the ten leading
elevens, by a football writer of the
International News service, the Geor-
Ria Technical machine, which battered
its way to the southern championship,
is given the top position, while the
University of Pittsburgh, which
clinched the eastern title Thursday by
its defeat of Penn State. is given sec
ond place.
Ohio State, Western conference
champions, ranked third, University
pliers coming fifth. No other members
of the Big Ten are named on the list,
which is completed in order by the
United States Naval academy, Rutgers
college, Syracuse university, Notre
Dame university and the University
of Nebraska.
The two all-western elevens are
chosen by Gus Axelson, of The Chi
cago Herald, and Paddy Driscoll, for
mer Northwestern captain and all
Eklund is placed at guard, and Haus-
er, the Gopher captain, is given the
tackle position.
Wisconsin Has Edge.
wisconsin, with Carpenter, center,
Kelly, end, and Simpson, halfback, has
the edge over the other Big Ten teams
i'm the number of representatives on
Axelson's mythical eleven, while Har-
ley at half and YeTges at quarterback
represent the Buckeyes. The eleven is
completed by Eklund and Hauser, of
Minnesota; Laun, of Iowa, at end;
Rundquist, Illinois, at tackle; Higgins,
Chicago, at guard; and Koehler,
Northwestern, at fullback.
Paddy Driscolps all-western, be-
sides Hauser and Eklund. includes
three members of the champion Buck
eyes, Bolen, end; III. j. Courtney, tack
lie, and Harley, halfback, while the
Badger trio, Carpenter, Simpson and
Kelly are also given positions. Two
Northwestern players, Ellingwood and
Koehler, are placed in the backfield,
while Chicago has but one representa-
tive, Higgins, at guard.
zuppke's men, although given four
places on the second team, are not
represented in the first string eleven,
Neil Arntson, the Gopher star quar-
terback, is Driscoll's second choice for
halfback.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
CHARLEY White, VET
ring REFEREE, DIES
Death tCOmea From Complication of
Diseases-WRH t"Third Man" When
johnson Defeated Jenriea.
CBy Associated Press.)

New York, Dec. 3.-Charley White.
widely known boxing referee, who
had been i'll of a complication Of dis
eases, died at his home Saturday.
' White was the most prominent ref
cree Of pugilistic contests in this
country and in nearly all the big
events, when championships changed
hands or were defended in the eastern
states, he was "the third man in the
ring.
The last big contest in this vicinity
where White was the arbiter was the
Willard-Moran contest at Madison
Square Garden, New York, March 25.
He was at the ring side when Johnson
defeated Jeffries at Reno, New in
1910, as alternate referee.
For several years. White held the
affice of sergeant-at-arms of the dem
ocratic state committee. He Is sur
vfved by his widow, two daughters
and two sons, the elder Of whom was
graduated from Yale and 10 now serv-
Ing as an officer in the United States
army at Camp Upton, N. Y. The
younger son Is in the United States
navy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Manchester
Not Out For
Basketball

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 3.-There will
be no intercollegiate basketball at
Manchester this year, it was announc-
ed Saturday night by Ralph Thacker,
director of athletics, the board hold
ing that lack of a floor at the college,
and the expense of renting a hall
downtown for practice and games. to-
gether with the lack of interest in the
sport and a shortage of material
makes a continuation OF the sport i'm
practicable at least this season.
Mr. Thacker explained that practic-
ally no revenue has been gained in
basketball and that the cost accruing
from the sport was dead expense to
the college.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

critics have picked him as the best
halfback in the game. Charley Brick
ley cannot be said to have been in the
rear of Mahan, however, except when
IL is pointed out that his drop kicking
was not all that 1t might have been.
Western fans will be pardonably in
dignant to see that Chick Harley has
an all-star backfield and as Harley is
still in the game 1t may be that his
glory is not so great as IL will be
when his name is a memory. His play
ing with the o. S. II. champs for the
past two seasons has been a sort that
entities him to consideration among
the greatest stars of football. If there
is any department of the game where
in Harley falls short of the class of
Mahan and Brickley 1t has not been
apparent to many who have seen
them all.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
BoWLERs START

A match game between the Equity
Mfg. Co. and Schranz Bros. Auto Co.
bowling teams on the Comstock alleys
this evening will formally open the
1917-1S season of the Moorhead Bowl
ing league.
Tuesday evening the Peterson Mer-
cantiles play the Palace Clothiers, and
Thursday evening the Moorhead Ma
tionals meet Melander's Printers.
Match games will be rolled on Mon
day, Tuesday and Thursday evenings
of each week. There are six teams in
the league this winter.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
.HEUMAN-ERTLE BOUT
SOUGHT BY COLLINS
Minneapolis Promoter Would Let
Bantams settle Their Dispute
in Mill City Ring.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 3.-Pete
Ertle. st. Paul, both claimants to the
bantamweight boxing title of the
world, may settle their dispute in a
Minneapolis ring in the near future.
Mike Collins, Minneapolis promoter,
is negotiating for the match, and has
already received terms from Hermans
manager, who demands a guarantee
of $1,000, which Collins is willing to
pay provided Ertle can be secured for
a reasonable sum.
If the match can be arranged, 1t will
be pulled here Dec. Is.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

In looking over the supreme stars
Of the backfeId within the football
era of open play there appears to be
no one at first glance whose record
entities him to a place beside the two
immortals, Ted Coy and Jim Thorpe.
Coy and Thorpe were both so far
out in front in not only backfeld
play, but in all-round football bril-
lance that it looks to be a hard job
to pick twoiother men worthy of plac-
es in the games all-star backfield. But
eastern critics are not puzzled on the
we'll At TO be ranked in the same class
with Thorpe and Coy. And Brickley
is another.
There is no doubt that Mahan was a
backs that has ever adorned a Har-
ward team. More than a few able
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
DAVIS and HOLSTE
BACK FROM MEETING
AEgies' and Fargo College Coaches
Land Basketball Games But
Dates Tentative.

Paul ]. Davis, coach at the North
Dakota Agricultural college, and A. f.
Holste, coach at Fargo college, re
turned Sunday from Minneapolis,
where Saturday they attended the an
nuaI conference of Tri-State confer
ence athletic officials.
Both coaches were successful In
landing basketball games Tor the
coming season, but the matter of
dates remains to be settled. Coach
Davis arranged for two games with
st. Thomas, and two with the Univer-
sity of North Dakota, while Coach
Holste drew two with st. Thomas:
Announcement of definite schedules
cannot be made for two weeks.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Clark Grifnth, Washington senator

Clark Grinth, Washington senator
boss, is anxious about his outfield for
next season. Griff fears that when
the spring arrives he will find that his
outfield Is In France or on the way,
as several of his best gardeners de-
clared upon leaving washington last
fall that they werc going to enlist
In the army forthwith. Several more,
including Sam Rice, Harry Harper,
Joe Leonard and Ed Charity. have
been drafted. So ID looks like the old
fox will have to step around to get
q bah team together next season.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
TAKE ANoTHER YICTORY.

Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Dec. 3.-The
strong One Hundred and Thirty-sixth
sanitary train eleven, runners up "a
the Three Hundred and Sixty-third
infantry fight for the Camp Lewit
regimental football championship
added another victory TO their string
sunday. defeating the machine CUR
regiment, 40 to 0. The game was
played In the mud and both teams
used straight football all the way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
ELErT RAGLEY VIC aaCAP.l.

st, Paul, Mimi, Dec. 3.-PaFker
BaRley. halfback, former Central high
school star, was elected captain of the
1918 Manchester college football team
at the annual dinner OF the Manchester
M club Saturday night at the Mid
way cafe
Director OF Athletics Ralph Thack-
er, Captain-elect Bagley and Charles
Himmler. retiring captain, gave brief
talks.
Vincent Hunt. 1915 captain, attend
ed the dinner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
aCHUCFI. NVARD FNLTsTs.

Pittsburgh, Dec. 3.-"Chuck" Ward,
infelder Of the Pirates, has informed
the local club that he has been mott
fed by his draft board i'm st. Louis to
hold himself I'm readiness to report to
the army within twenty-four hours
His loss will be a severe blow to the
Pirates, for he played remarkable bail
for a recruit last season and Manager
Bezdek had hoped TO retain him and
use him at third base.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Sport Snapshots
by Jack Keene.

Clarence Rowland says: IF my men
win 100 games and lose nifty I'M
mighty glad to give them all credit
the blame myself for the nifty lost"
Yale seems to have done all of her
bit in the war so far and 300 under
graduates have enlisted and now have
commissions in the army. Among
these a number already are in France,
including Harry Legore, the football
star.
Leon Galore, former Brooklyn
pitcher, is a top sergeant in an in
fantry regiment stationed at Camp
Upton.
Probably the one fighter who has
gone back farthest and quickest is
Jack Dillon. The man-killer of other
days is now a pitiful wreck, as he
showed when given a sound trounc-
ing by BLK Miske, in New York the
other night. Jack finished the ten
rounds, but that's all. He was 30
near a knockout all through the
eighth, ninth and tenth sessions that
Miske repeatedly asked the referee
to stop the bout. Dillon, however,
realizing before the scrap that he
was in for a lacing. had ordered his
throw in the sponge and had re-.
quested the referee not to stop the
scrap, no matter how bad It looked
for him.
The origin of baseball in Cuba is
disputed. Some say that it first ap-
peared there when the boys in the
Spanish-American war first played
IL for their own diversion. Since
1898 the Cubans have developed base
ball remarkably and they have turn
ed out some star players. But there
are others who point out that base
ball has been popular in Cuba since
1884 when Cubans returning from
American colleges first showed their
friends at home how the game was
played. This seems likely and more
since in 1898 the Cubans already had
fast little league. At any rate it is
certain that the game is as much of a
national pastime in Cuba as it is in
the States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
80 lMPEAcH MAYoR.

seattle. Dec. 3.-Resoluttons CALI
ing upon the city council 70 tmpeacn
Mayor Hiram Gin because OF his al
ed Iaxtty In suppressing vice, were
sronfed last night by a public mass
meeting here. The meeting place
which has d capacity Of 5000, wa
hacked. The resolutions were adopt
"a ~ aeclamations
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
four FIST DUELS are
SCHEDULED this WEEK
Benny Leonard to Travel Ten Rounds
With Gene belmont I'm Mime
npOIis wednesday.

Four boxing bouts of more or less
interest to northwest boxing fans are
scheduled for this week.
Tuesday evening Harry Greb meets
Jeff Smith in ten-round setto at
Jphnstown, Pa. and Jack Britton will
go twelve rounds with Johnny Till
man at Boston.
Wednesday evening Benny Leonard.
lightweight champion, will try to stop
Gene belmont in ten rounds at Min
neapolis.
Friday evening Johnny Ertle, st.
Paul claimant to the bantamweight
championship. will take on Kid Wolfe
in a ten-round bout at Cleveland, o.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
LOBERT TO COACH SOLDIERS.

New York, Dec. 3.y-John (Hans)
Lobert, who recently received his un-
conditional release by the New York
National league club, has been ap-
pointed baseball coach at the West
Point military academy. Lobert sue
ceeds Sam Strang, also a former Giant
player. who now is a captain in the
army and said to be in France.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
BIG BIKE RACE STARTS.

10y ASsee41LSG EFeSS.J
New York, Dec. 3.-Riders in the
annual six-day bicycle race at Madi-
son Square Garden were sent away to
a flying start at one minute after mid
night this morning. Bobby Walthour
led at the end of the first lap, and
Fred Hill was the winner Of the open
ing one-mile sprint.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
FOOTBALL SCORES.

Camp Dodge 3, Camp Funston 0.
Camp Grant IL, Camp Custer Is.
Detroit III. "a, Camp Macarthur Z.
w. a. j. z, Camp Sherman 0.
Pittsburgh 30. Camp Lee 0.
Camp Dix 13, Camp Meade 8.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
VILLAGE OF TOWER CITY.
Original.


MiIIer'H second Addition.
W. e. Clark da .....::..::....1a Z s .ss
UnpIatted Land.
Sec. Twp. Rng. Acres Amt.
Wi1helmine
Roethke,
J.. 2 of
Il ......1s 40 IS 1886
y OF q L W
w. ...1s 40 IS 1889
Northern Pacific Leases I'm Tower City
village.
LeaseeH-(N. p. II. r.. Co., Ownera.D
independent Grain 90 0A Amt
Co, lease No.
1859, 1880 50.
IT., part of lots
2 to s, inclusive. ID LIS
VILLAGE OF NORTH FARGO.
Chambers Broadway Addition.
Lot Blk. Amt
annie 4 tns 2. M 5s p & > sssJ5
SON ..'.....s 1s ~
OhmeE,a Subdivision.
Anna j. Cook, w AbRt.
or r.. 225 Il. Of 3.
40 IL. Of ,. "a 25g
Todd's subdivision Of BIocka 5g, IS,
50 and 60.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt.
d. %. Flynn .....2b 2 SO
Ohmer'a subdivision.
Mary Rheams, n. 80
It. Of wv. n 20 STA
ADDISON TOWNSHIP.
Total
Sec. TWP. Rng. Acres Amt.
n. ID. Tor
uso.n4
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
FARGO YOUNGSTERS WIN

The Fargo YOungstera Football
team defeated a team Of Moorhead
kids. 4 to o. in a hard fought game
In the Fargo college stadium. "A.
Richman scored touchdown and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

c. v. Kennedy .....s s. 40.3l
Lindsay'a Addition.
Lot Blk. Amt
r. b. Blakemore,
exc, ct al $500. 3 3 1885,
N. II. Railway Company Right Oi
Way Lots and Lands.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

BeRrdsley's Addition.
Lot Blk. Amt.
Anthony Hebert lib SO
BenediCt's Addition.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt.
Clyde e. E. C.
Brown .........s 4 1853
Case, Peake g. Halls Addition.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt
Richard S. Tyler. 4.15
ChapIn's Addition, FIemIngsR Sub
division of Block 2.
Erick B. Charlson.. 3 $3.50,
Darling's Second Addition.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
TaxList
SALE OF LOTS AND LANDS FOR
UNPAID TAXES IN CASS
COUNTY.


lands and lots in Cass county, North
Dakota, on which taxes remain un-
paid. will be sold for such taxes, in
terest and penalty and cost Of ad-
vertising pursuant to law. Said sale
will be made at the courthouse in
the city of Fargo, Cass county, North
Dakota, commencing on Tuesday, the
18th day of December, A. D., 1917 at
10 o'clock, in the forenoon of the day,
and continuing until all lands and
lots upon which taxes shall remain
unpaid are sold as required by law.
The authorizations used in describing
lots, blocks and the various descrip-
tions of land herein advertised are as
follows: l. or 1t. for lot; b. bk. and
blk. for blocks; sec. or S. for section;
T., tp. or twp. for township; r. for
range; rw. or TT. of w. for right of
way; s. for south; n. for north; e. for
east; W. for west; n. e. for northeast;
n. W. for northwest; s. Q. for south
east; S. W. for southwest; or. or u for
quarter; 5 for dollars; C. for cent; hf.
or III for one-half; TT. for feet, ex.
or exc. for except; un. or und. for un-
divided; beg. for beginning; cor. for
corner; ad. or add. for addition; pit.
special. The letters do" indicate
that the property is owned by the
same individual as in the previous
description, or that the description is
the same as in the preceding descrip-
tion. Under the heading of total APP
pears the amount of the tax, interest,
penalty and cost of advertising.
The following is the list of the
lands and lots In said Cass county
upon which taxes remain unpaid
and which will be offered for sale as
aforesaid:
TAXES UNPAID IN CAss COUNTY,
N. D., FOR THE YEAR 1916.
n
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03
Lot Blk. Al
+. Leland watkins. 8 3 s 80
Eddy a. Fuller's Out Lots.

HarwoOd'S Second AdditIOn.
Lot Blk. Ams.
John oliver .......11 10 1894
HectOr'S Addition.
Martin Hector a. j.
HuntinEton's Addition, subdIvision OF
Lots 1 and 2, Block 5.
Christina W. F.
Gabrielson ......1s Sis
HuntingtOn's Addition.
Lot Blk. Amt.
K auq 4. K (; inisna ....s II 81 81
island Park Addition.
Edith A. Nichols, e.
Sc fit. a. s. 10 tit.
of w. 4s tt. Of -. 81 2 56.66
Keeney a Devitt's Addition.
Lot Blk. amt
&c. @. Welton 1911 Ill $236.s2
Keeney q Devitt's Second Addition,
niekey'a subdivision OF Lots T.
2 and ~, Block 20.
Lot Blk. Amt
j. S. McEwen ....,19 20 s 40
DO ......s.20 20 40
d do ....::..sa e e t tiS
Keemey q nevltt's Second Addition.
Marcel saindon ... Ill 1875
EKlrkhnm's Addition
Lot Blk. Amt
David Wilson .....1z $3.50
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Charles A. HOberts' Addition.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt
Grace Ball Wheel
ock =. ......... r $65694
TyIer's Addition.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt
John Collins ....10 % 5 AZ
stern's Addition.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt
Ida NJ. Melen ...... 5 24.46
WOOdruffs Addition.
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Lot /. =. .25 1879 40 III 41.0s
Morton & DOty's Addition.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt.
Bertha Olson 5000. / IL .26
Egbert, O'NesI a HaRgarfs subdivin-
ion OF N. w. u Sec. ~, TWP.
$50, Range 49.
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Original TOwnsite.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt.
north u ......... 20 Ss4s.ss
Lille e. Messing III 80 169.49
CaHB County Plat.
Total
Lot Blk. Amt.
Henry Klausman2 d 4.99
do, e. 20 IT. 3 d 2.S9
Aldrich & Roberts Addition.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

Leon Galore, former Brooklyn
pitcher, is a top sergeant in an in
fantry regiment stationed at Camp
Upton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

Clarence Rowland says: III my men
win 100 games and lose nifty I'm
for winning the 100 and TO take all
the blame myself for the fifty lost"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

Dot b. Fraser ~. SIS 711f
Marcel Eaiudon $3.50 All A2.as
EEfrhhmm'@ Addition
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-03

Mary Swanson, be-
gin $50 #. e. of
N. e. cor. of blk.
!, original town
site; thence e. so
tt; S. to river;
s o u I h w esterly
along Red River
to a point 100 #.
e. of 2. line of
First ST.; thence T.
N. to beginning.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-06

senior, with sigh. "Only-T don't
consider this dismissal of Stevens at
all fair"
Neither did Roy Stevens, but he
said little and did not act at all dis
composed. Pretty Leila FarTar, the
petted daughter of the old merchant,
scolded her father roundly. Then
she went to her room and had a good
cry. over it. For she and Roy had
become very close friends.
The marvellous "Dynamo-plus"
was Guy Vandeventer and he arrived
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-06

aaas ssssss sssS
"DYNAMO-PLUS!"
BY George Elmer Cobb
s. = = =
Copyright, 1917, w. G. Chapman.)
'Dynamo-plus! THAT expresses
the new man." observed the junior
partner of Farrar & Co., department
store, River City.
you mean?" insinUated the more
conservative Mr. Robert FarTar, Sc
nior partner and founder Of the bust
ness.
"That l have found a man for you
who will fill your store, sell your
goods and make the square deal
look like an old three-cent piece"
ga prodigy, eh?"
''They say so. He comes high
$4,000 a year-but he's made for
tune for his old employers"
What did he leave them for?"
Says he wants to build up, not
stand still. They got so big they
couldn't go any further, so he struck
out for new pastures"
~ HIM" observed Mr.. Farrar. LET
it all be your doing-I don't know as
l approve. And what about young
Stevens? He's suited us well enough
until you brought home from Chi
cago these grand expansive ideas of
yours"
"Why-er, well, Stevens will have
to be subordinate"
Hes not the man to stand it."
Then let him CO."
Just that came about. Advised of |
the new plans of the house with
which he had been for seven years
and had helped build up, Roy Ste
vens courteously gave notice of his
resignation.
Mr.. Farrar was growing old, Mr.. |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-06

He Was Model in the Way Of Dress.
in River City with a vast flourish of
trumpets. He was a model in the
way of dress, suave, keen of glance,
sharp and short as to converse. His
first move was to secure the best
suite of apartments at the principal
hotel, his next to order a snowy au-
tomObile, his next to go through the
extensive department store and crit
icize most of its methods. Front"
was his speciality and he certainly
impressed the community as to aD-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-06
TEUTONS HIT BACK.
In Terrific Thrust They Blunt
French Wedge.
Fierce Battle Still Raging
Along Rheims Sector.

London, April 6.-Striving desper-
ately to relieve the tremendous pincer-
like grip around st. Quentin exerted by
British and French forces, picked
German troops were hurled against
the French line northwest of Rheims
last night and today in one of the most
powerful diversions attempted in
months. The attack was delivered in
force Its object was plainly to force
hurrying of reserves from other por-
lions of the line to aid of the attack ed
French troops, thus relieving the allied
pressure against the German front
around St. Quentin.
Front dispatches today declared the
fighting in the Rheims sector was pro-
ceeding with undated violence. The
French We're forced to relinquish a
few trenches here, but for the most
part succeeded in recapturing those
points which fell in the first fury of
the German attack. The Teuton as
Sault was attempted over a front of
more than mile.
Meanwhile dispatches indicated sys-
tematic progress in the encircling
movement around st. Quentin by both
the French and British forces.
French Regain Ground.
Paris. April 6.-French forces made
large gains north of Landricourt
south of the Disc and also re-occupied
some of the trenches northwest of
Rheims. which were taken in the first
rush of the German attack there yes
terday, according to todays official
statement
Artillery firing continued active
during the night between the Somme
and the Disc, the statement continued.
North of La Foile Four the Germans
counter attached after a violent per-
iod of artillery preparation but were
checked by curtain of the French
fire. There were numerous patrol en-
counters in this same region.