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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-06-14
F0CHDRIVECUTS
FOE T0'PIECES
French Counter Attack De-
Tending COmpiegne Stirred
Allied Armies.
ENEMY BECAME PANICKY
Confidence Is Renewed That
Germans Will Fail in Their
Main Objettives.
ENEMY BECAME PANICKY
Hy GERALD CAMPBELL.


Spfc'o! cable heSpoioh TO The SuS from ne
London Times
Copyright 1875; al rivhts rsstr,rS
FRENCH ARMY HEApQuARTERs IN THE
FIELD, June 12 'delayed) .-- French
troops defending the approaches to
tompiegne between Montdidier and the
Disc pat decided spoke yesterday In
the wheel OF the German advance. on
the left and left centre they counter at
tackled with great vigor and recovered
a good slice of the ground lost on sun
day and Monday. In the rest OF tn"
centre they kept their positions ON ta-
right the enemy made but little progIe ess.
1t is yet too early TO say that the
French have brought the attack to
final standstill although tnat !s pos
siLls. j. IS enough that they wc<e able
tc check 4 IN this sector by assuming
the offensive themselves after two days
Of exceptionally hard fighting in which
they contested every foot of the ground
over which they retired. France and
her allies may be proud Of them,
The chief counter attack was ON the
extreme left wing. O!sr front o:
about eight miles between Rubescourt
ard st Maur the infantry. supported
~ tanks, advanced an average depth OF
a mile and half toward the Original
line from which the Germans started
their offensive on Sunday morning. The
new lire. after passing just south of
lc FretGy, was actually pushed forward
10 the old line OF departure. The French
got beyond Han 100, between Courceles
vi fkn mill G
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Army Death Rate Decreases.

WAsHINGToN. June 13-General
health conditions in army camps con-
tinuc satisfactory. the Surgeon Generals
report issued to-day said 4 slight In
crease In pneumonia and meningitis IL
noted, with a decrease In measles. scarlet
fever and dysentery. Deaths for the
week numbered nlnety-four. against ll3
the week before
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REQUEST FOR WAR VICTIMS.
Frank II. Buhl Leaves o2.OOO,OOO
to Ala su6erers In France.

SHARON. Pa, June i3.--Tle will Of
Frank H. Buhl. millionaire steel manu-
facturer, who died here last Friday.
was probated to-day. Among the be.
quests are s:.ooo.oo0 10 assist war auf-
ferers In northern France and Belgium.
$4,000 to assist the sick and those
injured In Sharon by accident. and
81. 100000 to 10 widow.
The income from an endowment Of
the remainder Of the estate will be spent
for the bensht Of the cltisens Of Sharon
and vicinity. The estate 10 saiA 10 Be
valued ut eie,000.eee.
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BELLEAU WOOD
ENTIRELY OURS;
ENEMY BALKED
Drives of Germans North
west of Chateau Thierry
Break Down.
PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Pcrshing Reports Foe Is
Beaten Back With Very
Severe Losses.
Snkcinl Dsspntch 10 THE SuN

WAsuiNGroN. June 13. - American
troops. including presumably the ma
rines have driven the Germans from
their last remaining positions in Belleau
Wood, have taken additional prisoners
and guns and have held all their gains
despite tremendous attacks launched
thereafter by the enemy on the newly
won American positions. This was the
substance Of Gen. Pershinss battle re-
port tonight.
These attacks evidently were among
the heaviest yet launched against Amer
lean troops and. indicating the impor-
tance attached by the Germans to the
positions the Americans had won from
them were preceded by terrific lombard
ment
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\ communication which had previously
been placed before the conference by
Judge Parker was made public by him
and follows:
Because Of the abnormal demand for
iron and for iron and steel products Gre
a,el by the war it has become evident
'aat the demand far exceeds not only
'ac present supply nut 1t is feared the
.ppiy that can be made available dur
ing the war
That the direct and indirec; war re-
Elements must have precedence adj
its OF no arguments. War Bulletin No
ssued by the Chamber OF Commerce
cf the United States. outlines in general
l'clns the priority policies affecting in
"lstry adopted by the War Industries
Board
The problem involving the extent to
which If al all the Government should
assist jobbers In maintaining stocks from
which direct and indirect war require
ments and requirements OF exceptional
and national Importance can be drawn 10
a perplexing one, coupled with which Is
'he further problem as to the methods
! be adopted. the procedure to be fol-
OF the jobbers and to insure that distri-
button through them will be restricted to
essential uses.
While the War Industries Board has
given careful consideration to these prob
lens 1t Is anxious to have the benefit
OF tine views and suggestions Of repre-
sentatives Of the jobbers. with particular
reference to the service. II any. they can
render the Government In providing the
machinery for q properly restricted dis
uibution Of iron and steel products"
Industries Were warned.
Mr.. Parker referred to the statement
O. the war Industries Board on May 20,
Ia which It was stated that the board
urged each non.war industry to look
the situation sQuarely In the face now
and plan accordingly" as constituting q
warning Of the prospective need OF the
Government for al Of the steal output Of
the country. The statement asked for
vigorous curtailment by every manufac-
,urer who was not turning out prime
war materials,
Almost simultaneously With Mr..
Ce~ftnssa On TAird Psss.
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Il WAS IN the hope Of lansing this po-
sition tina. the thrus. now held up on
the Fonteaoy-Iong2ont road was
launched. l. also WAS iHteuded 20 en-
able the German forces which have been
fighting since June . 10 force way
through Nillers rottcrets forest 20 turu
that position from the north. Up TO tho
present time the Germans have been no
more successful than they were 10 the
southwark, or still further 10 The sout n,
between Chateau Thierry aud ChezN
where The American troops again
smashed Il heavy attack directed against
their lines between Houresches and
Bolleau Wood.
The military expert OF the Eucn,ag
Stdadufd gays Since tie new often
give began on June . Inc GerIna ns have
used no less than twenty divisions, be-
tween 100000 and 100000 men. Iden-
titled among these are men from Prince
RupprrChts army, u must not be as-
sumed, however, that any large part Of
RuppreChtg divisions nave been drawn
upon, There Is every Iesson TO hclieNs
that tne main reserves under his COM
msnd are Stll intact.
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In every respect to-uays news is he
most encouraging since the offensive be-
gan on sunday. The limited success Of
Won Huters thrust, the dsproportion-
ately heavy losses inflicted upon The al
tacAing divisions and the success OF tho
French counter attacks IN recovering I'M
portant areas Of ground temporarily losl
are the most encouraging features Of the
present situation.
These sharply distinguish the prese,t
battle from that which began ou March
y and also 10 some extent from al the
other German offeusiv.s undertaken this
year Non Hutier, IN spite of his tire.
mcEduus losses, has not reached Com
p!cgne. nor has he established the Ger
man line along the las, twenty miles ot
the AisIe to where IT enters the @ Sc
By his advance 10 R,het~ur. lie COM
PEELED the French TO withdraw from tho
Noyon saliegt, giving w the nportsn,
wood on the p,atcaU a. Car!epout, but
the French s,ill are hulung strong
line north OF the Aisuc.
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Pershius's Report.

Gen. Pershing's communique follows
Section A. Yesterday afternoon our
troops northwest Of Chateau Thierry
captured the last Of the German posi-
tons in the Belleau Wood. taking
'Hfty prisoners and a number Of ma
chine guns and trench mortars in ad-
di;'on TO those taken on the preceding
day. Early this morning the enemy
launched heavy attacks on a front OF
more than one and one-half miles On
the line Bellea au-Houresches. The at
tacks. which were preceded by intense
artillery preparation and accompanied
by . heavy barrage. broke down conf
pleteiy. leaving our positions intsct.
THE losses Of the enemy were very Sc
we're.
Last night our aviators bombed with
good effect the station OF Dommary
Baroncourt northwest OF Metz All
our machines have returned.
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The euemys progress after five days
Of AraNF Nghtius has been II matter o'
only SIX miles. while tie cost to him
has been terrific. HIS losses have been
far heavier during tn, last Few days
than IN any previous engagements on
the .tisue
Cons iderable doubt exists regarding
the real objective OF the enemy. The.
ave two Alternatives which are worthy
of consideration = may continue hla
attacks in the direction of Paris or h.
may attack with the hope of dividing
the Allies, II is considered quite pos
sible that either OF the efforts whicl he
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PARIS. June l3.--The Germans last
night made violent attack on the
American sector between Bouresches and
Beileau Wood. on the Marue front, The
Americans broke up the attack and in
ficted serious losses on the enemy. hold
ing all the gains which they had made.
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OnslauGht Expected.

That the Germans would MAKE des-
perate efforts to drive the Americans
from Belleau Wood has been anticipated
by military men here. The wood is ex-
,remely important, and the Germans
after capturing this ground early in
their last drive sought to make il i'm
pregnable.
Hidden machine gun nests were es-
tablished in great number and the Ger
mans sought TO exploit the strategic ad-
vantage which possession OF the woods
gave them when the Americans first be-
gan their attacks.
The work OF Gen Pershins's men in
driving the Germans from their posi-
tons. the capture OF machine guns
which were used by tho Americans
against their enemy. and the form Of
warfare followed in this fighting already
have excited the admiration OF corre-
spondents in this section OF the front,
Reports yesterday indicated that the
Germans held only a fringe OF the wood
The counter attack prepared in great
force was obviously with view 70
driving the Americans out by over
wh"ming them with numbers. II has
been reported that fresh German troops
were brought 10 this zone for the pur-
pose OF winning back their lost positions
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The bombing OF Dommary Baroncourt
Is the first reported instance Of Amerl-
can av!ators invading Germany. DOM
mary Baroncourt is about thirty-nve
miles directly north OF Toul Metz ia
regarded the strongest fortress in the
world and is one of the central debarka-
ton points for German reserves for the
front.
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Heroic Stand of French on
Merry Plateau Stops All
Efforts There.
ENNELOPING MOVE TRIED
Enemy Uses Five Divisions on
Four Mile Front North Of
Villers COtterets.


LONDON. June 13-The momentum Of
Gen. Won Hutier's advance. which re-
ceived its first serious check on Tues
day when the French made a brilliant
counter attack between Courcelles anu
Merry, a little southeast Of Montdidier.
successes in the same region. has prac-
tically ceased. according 10 dispatches
received from the front to-day.
The German official report last night
admitted that 1t is slowing up by as
serting the repul.e Of French assault,
no ground gained by their own at
tacks. The Germans one gain was
made possible by the French with
drawal, unmolested. from the apex OF
the salient just south OF Noyon to the
new line from the left bank OF the Disc
below R!becourt. to south Of Nempcel
and thence to Fontenoy. on the Aisne.
Admits Loss of Guns.
The German report to-day asserts
that the number of prisoners taken since
the drive began Oh Sunday has now
risen 20 $4,000 and the number OF guns
TO $50. It is noteworthy that for the
first time In n long period the German
statement admits the loss of some guns.
In fact. ten were captured in the fight
Ing OF June II. of which four were OF
large calibre.
In the centre. where The Germans had
reached the River Matz between Meiicocq
and Croix Picard. and had crossed it.
attaining a point only five miles from
Compieane, the French drove them back
to the northern bank and held them
there. compiegne is IN no immediate
danger
I'm Il drive which began yesterday
south Of the -A,snu the Germans were
able TO advance. after an entire day OF
desperate lighting, but little more than
mile, reaching the main road between
Fontcnoy and l>ougport AT the northeast
corner OF The forest OF Nillers tottcrets.
Here they have taken threo small VII,
lagos on this road. but French troops arc
strongly holding the hish ground to the
west, at the foot OF which the road from
the forest to the .tisno runs.
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PERSHING WILL
GET ENTIRE US.
STEEL OUTPUT
Huge Munitions Orders
Will Withdraw Metal
From Other Uses.
ALLIES TO RECEIVE PART
Demand for 1000, 900 Tons of
Projectilcs Presages Even
Greater Needs.
Spscial DeSpdfch 10 THE SrN.


WARRINGTON. June l3.-Huse orders
ear munitions and steel supplies which
have come unexpectedly from Gen. Per-
sainE in the last few days created the
prospect to day that the entire iron and
,'eel output for tine rest Of the war
wrild be used for direct military and
:, avail purposes. Edwin B. Parker.
chairman Of the priorities division OF the
var IndustrieI Board, said that il had
become evident that the demand far
'yceeded not only the present supply
''at IT was feared the supply that could
l" made available during the war.
Statements current here to-day were
"a; Gen. Pershins has asked for 2,o0o.-
600 tons Of projectiles and shells in ex-
cess of estimates that were made carrier
IN the year and also for 100000 tons
- railroad rails and .otheS steel prod
vets Compliance with this request. it
was said would result IN the withdrawal
70: steel from every other use IN this
'ountry and concentrate 1t on vital
needs for winning the war.
II was understood that under the
rooling plan discussed at the War Coun-
resented by Gen. Pershing's new orders
viii 80 to the British and French ar
mics. The needs OF the French have
been suddenly augmented by reason Of
tho fact that certain industries as we'll
as iron and coal mines fell into the
hands Of the Germans In the recent
,rIVe.
Great Numbers of shells Csed.
More than 100000 shells and projec-
'ues weighing about 100000 tons have
cen used by each side since the begin
ing OF the German drive on March 81.
B. was stated here.
The new request from Gen. Pershing
was 'or two-thirds Of that volume Of
munitions. Neither officials of the War
Industries Board nor other departments
led out any assurance that the maxi
mum o, Gen. Pershings needs in this
! ne was to he found in the latest re-
puests that have come from him In
.ict they were regarded as forerunners
ot other orders OF possibly greater pro-
portions.
Greatly enlarged capacities Of muni-
ton plants and mills both in the United
states and Canada are in progress under
re programme of the War Industries
Board and negotiations which have
heen conducted with representatives OF
Ihe Canadian Government.
Mr. Parkers statement was made or
'1e eve of u conference with jobbers or
steel and hardware and ma achtnery men.
The situation later was explained to
'sen. and they were told that no devia-
on from meeting In the fullest Gen.
srshing's request could be countenanced
- Government officials.
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ce~st.ss6 On TA'rd -rsss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
WOULD DRIVE TANK
ON BATTLE FRONT

Louis P. Gerou of Baraboo city,
an engineer on the Northwestern road
has made application to the war de-
partment for an opportunity to en-
list as driver of one Of the giant
battle tanks now being built in this
country for use by the American
forces on the French front. Secretary
o. War Baker has sent out a call for
400 locomotive engineers to volun-
teer for this service and the officials
here received word that about forty
men would be expected from the Chi
cagO & Northwestern railroad. It is
believed that Mr.. Gerou is the first
one from this division to volunteer
for the tank service.
Mr.. Gerou has three brothers in the
great conflict, all of whom enlisted
shortly after this country declared
war. One brother is in the navy, an
other in the signal corps, and the third
and youngest brother has already been
under fire in the trenches in France.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
Left-Handedness.

No attempt should be made to teach
naturally left-handed children to use
their right hands, according to P. B.
Ballard, inspector of schools Of Lon
don, as it is likely to make them STAN
merers. Mr.. Ballard supplies the fol
lowing statistics: Out Of one group of
545 left-handed children 1 per cent of
pure left-handers stammered, against
4.3 per cent of 800 being taught to use
the right hand. In another group Of
2O7 the figures was ~ per cent and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
CASSVILLE
The Record says:

The Record says:
Stock has been moving out of Cass-
vile at pretty fair clip the past
week. Friday eight cars of stock were
shipped to the Chicago market and
on Monday six cars went out.
The Otto Rooney residence on Bluff
street, with it's contents, was ocm-
pletely destroyed by fire early Monday
morning, the aged occupants barely
escaping in their night clothes. Neigh
bors discovered the fire about o'clock
and hurried to the scene only to find
that the roof Of the structure was all
ablaze and the rooms filled with
smoke. 1t was on old log house.
Mrs. Emma Metcalf shipped a fine
car Of hogs one day last week which
averaged $50 pounds. She received the
top price for the shipment $1,000
per hundred. Owing to the scarcity
of stock cars she was compelled to
hold them over six weeks. 1t required
an immense amount of corn to keep
them in condition so this more or less
offsets the fancy price received.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
AUTOMATIC INSURANCE COVERS
MEN LOST ON TRANSPORT

Any American soldiers lost on the
torpedoed transport were protected by
United States government insurance
and government compensation Those
who had not applied for insurance
were covered by automatic insurance
that is payable to a wife, child, or wild
owed mother. The automatic insurance
aggregates about $4,000, netting $25
a month for 240 months. Insurance
that had been applied for is payable
to much larger class of benefciar-
les and can go as high as $4,000, net
ting $3.50 a month for 24O months.
The compensation in case of death
given by the government without
charge and regardless Of rank or pay,
ranges from $40 to SIS q month, based
on the number Of dependents. Pay
ments under the compensation fea-
ture of the military and naval insur-
ance act in case Of death are payable
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
REAL ESTATE DEALS
DEALS IN DIRT FILED WITH THE
COUNTY RECORDER DURING
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.

Frank Heilman to VIM. H. Grimm,
lot in Cassville, con. 5000
August Senftlauben to Carl Senft-
laben, thirty acres, more or less in
town of EllenborO, con- $4,000.
w. II. Millin and wife to Geo. H.
Harris, lot in Bagley con. $500.
J. H. Place and wife, H. E. BOrah
and wife to George M. GundersOn and
Charles Tomas, 40 acres, more or less
in town Of Hickory Grove, con- $4,000.
Archie Irish and wife to David P.
Irish, 40 acres in town of Potosi, con.
$500.
John Davis and wife to John E.
Bean, SIS acres in town Of Wyalusing,
con 1891.
John w. Beetham and wife to Marcy
d Beetham, lot in Fennimore, con.
$1O0
Henry Julich and wife to Writ
Monroe, strip Of land in Mt Hope,
con. $3.50.
Clarence Cooley and wife to Peter
Rooney strip Of land in town of
Little Grant, con. $50
Al Sturmer and wife to Fred Mayne,
so acres, more or less, in town of
Beetown, con. $4,000.
Louis Starr and wife to Walter G.
Munson, lots in Lancaster, con. $4,000
Lewis e. Wilkinson and wife to
Clyde Cooley, 120 acres, more or less
in town of Beetown, con $10,500.
William Leighton and wife to John
Oostdike, 200 acres, more or less, in
town Of Mt. Hope, con. $4,000.
Maggie Morrow to William Leigh
ton, 200 acres, more or less, in town
of Mt. Hope, con- $500.
John H. Schiffman and wife to
Joseph and George Martin, lots in
Potosi, con- $500.
George Muesse to the estate OF
Henry Heiliger, deceased, 120 acres
in town of N. Lancaster, con $780,
F. J. Granville and wife to Robert
Reynolds, 200 acres more or less, in
town of Little Grant, 81 and other
valuable considerations.
Chas. Selleck to Bagley State bank
lots in Wyalusing, con- $500.
CudS CldIh 10 hdI10 MeunefC, Id
of an acre in Boscobel, con $100.
Martin Mcdonald and wife to Lew
is e. Wilkinson, so acres in town OF
Beetown, con. 1875.
Bagley State bank to c. B. Shrake
lots in Wyalusing, con. $500.
Clarence S. Landon and wife to
John Sands, 85 acres in town of Mus
coda, 81 and other valuable consid-
erations
Henry NJ Gribble and wife to Edith
Meyer, land in PIatteville, con 81.
Henry M. Grib6ae and wife to H E
Stephens, land in Platteville, con ST.
Fred A. Washburn and wife to c.
A. IversOn and Nettie M. liver
son 10 1-3 acres, more or less, in
town of Clifton, con. ST.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
KNITTER NAILS ISLANDER
on AMERICAN RED CROSS

The Platteville Witness has the fol-
lowing story to tell:
Mrs. N. e. Atkinson of the town of
Harrison numbered among the many
ladies who are members Of the Red
Cross. spending hours knitting for
the boys. Sometime ago a malicious
prO-German rUmor was going the
rounds that the knitted articles were
not going to the boys and she placed
her name on helmet and asked the
receiver to acknowledge it. Here is
the reply that sets such rumors at
rest:
Dear Lady:
l was issued the cap at Bellville.
1t was just the thing L needed. The
Red Cross are sure great | am not
a. drafted man. Enlisted in Spokane,
wash Would not miss it for any
thing.
Yours sincerely,
Farley Van Wagner,
Field No. Garden City, L. l., N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27
Hopefulness That Harms.

A hopeful disposition ought to be one
of your greatest aids to success, but
let not your hopes lead you to be
more sanguine than circumstances war
rant. If you are so certain that your
salary will be raised next week that
you run up an account at the store,
your optimism is a positive injury. It
is foolish to be so sure that things
will come out all right" that you do
not use common sense. A hopeful
ness which refuses to take proper pre-
cautions is a snare, oftentimes, to sue
cess thu, might be gained. through 9TH
er avenues.-Girl's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-27

to widow, children, or dependent
widowed mother.
The automatic insurance ceased on
February IL, but the compensation
feature Of the act is a separate pro-
vision. The scale OF compensation in
case Of death follows:
(a) For widow alone, $25.
(b) For widow and one child, $35
(c) For a widow and two children,
$4750 with So for each additional
child up to two.
(d) If there be no widow, then for
one child, $40.
(e) For two children, $50.
f) For three children, $40, with S.
for each additional child up to two
(g) For widowed mother, $40 The
amount payable under this subdivision
shall not be greater than sum which
when added to the total amount pay
able to the widow and children, does
not exceed SIS.