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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-26

lection Of guns, trench mortars and
machine guns. Field Marshal Haigs
forces swung forward as far as
LongueVal in their advance north of
the Somme.
Counter Attack Disastrous.
Paris, Aug. 26-The Germans to-
day attempted a counter offensive on
a large scale against the right wing
Of General Mangin's army in the
region between Vailly and Seasons.
The attack utterly failed.
General Mangin's army repulsed
the German onslaughts everywhere
and in some instances gained ground.
The French flung back the attack
ing troops even beyond their start
ing points.
With the British Forces in France,
Aug. 26.-South Of Bapaume the
Germans this morning launched an
other heavy counter attack. The
British permitted them to come up
to the British trenches and then met
them with the point Of bayonet.
In many places where the Ger
mans have been forced to retreat the
British are progressing cautiously
because the Germans have placed
mines in the roads in the hope of
delaying the advancing artillery,
transports and troops. The British,
knowing the ways Of the enemy,
however. so far have not been caught
by this device.
More prisoners, heavy guns and
machine guns have been taken in
the last twelve hours.
The Germans apparently expected
something was going to happen
south Of the Somme. Late yester-
day the British patrols pushed IN
outposts, the enemy counter attacked
but he was forced to retire without
gaining any ground.
Everywhere from the river Scarpe
to Lihons the battle continues to-
day and the British are making
progress Notwithstanding stiff re-
sistance from the German machine
gunners. Astride the river Somme
the British have materially advanced
their lines.
In the close fighting south of
Bapaume numerous Germans were
killed or captured and the others
fled rather than face the British
steel.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-26
9araIY BrltIsh 49,.

Paris, Aug. 26.-aThe allied high
command had great hopes in the Brit
fsh army and the latest news from the
front shows that these hopes viii not
be disappointed, says L'Heur It
declares that the British have oRlig.s
ed the German staff to admit defeat
Marcel Hatfn. in The Echo de Paris
points out that the British advanced
10y local fhrusts. which tore large
holes in the German line. That the
enemy has been unable to thWaTt
these manoueYars, he says, proves the
tremendous superiority that the allies
that llnstinted praise must be given
the manner in which the British
attacks have been carried out.
declares that the allied success north
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OR GAS BRITISH CAPTURE THREE TOWNS ON HZVDEWBUR(
IN 4rr @ LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF ARRAS IN NEW DRLVI
BAPAJllE IS ALMOST SURROUNDED BY HALG2S NlEZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY Of The war
(By Associated Press.)

Extending the Picardy battle line
far to the north into the Artois Sec
tor, the British launched an attack
this morning in the searpe region
east of Arras. This attack may be
considered as a new development Of
the terrific battle east of the Ancre
river, which has been going on since
last Wednesday,
The British war office says that
good progress Is being made in the
new. attack which was begun in an
area where the Germans hold strong.
Iy fortified lines, which have been
held by them for the last two years.
Just TO the south of the CojeuI
river the British have seemingly en-
oountered a slight setback, for to-
days reports show that they are
fighting west of regions where the
battle was said 90 be going on yes
terdays
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-26
AnatraLiana lake 1900.

London, Aug. 2es-The official cor
respondent with the Australian
forces in France teIegraphs: THE
Germans are retreating fighting rear
guard actions. On Saturday night
ammunition dumps could be seen
burning everywhere.
About 1900 Germans have been
captured by the Australians alone, a,
much greater number than all the
Australian casualties.
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Arrogance of German Officers
Has DISAPPEARED, And They No0O
Admit Germany Cannot Win War

British Army Headquarters, Aug.
5.-(Reuter'sO 1.-The demeanor of
hundreds Of German officers taken
prisoner recently is in striking con-
trast with the attitude Of officers
captured during the British retreat
last spring. Then German officers
were arrogant and meant to crush
the British to earth, but now they
are depressed and very anxious,
They appear very willing to talk and
the tenor OF their conversation may
be summed UP as follows:
They say Germany entered the
war with enthusiasm, but this has
long since disappeared and the
struggle has now become an econoYn-
ic one with Great Britain.
They admit that German is in
practically a hopeless condition both
economically and from the man
power point of view and ask whether
Great Britain cannot consider Ger
many sufficiently reduced to be no
longer a. dangerous trade rival or
whether the allies intend to crush
her altogether. In the latter case,
they say, Germany will be forced to
fight to the last, but they make no
effort to conceal their impression Of
what this means for the fatherland
They. say they believe there is
every disposition to evacuate Bel
GUM and northern France and even
negotiate for the evacuation Of
Alsace Lorraine.
They. are generally unanimous in
agreeing that annexations thus far
made and the Brest-L Litovsk peace
treaty were a great mistake, but
think they cannot withdraw from
Russia in the present condition of
affairs there.
They are aware that the American
army now has assumed very for
midable proportions and there is a
general admission OF the seriousness
Of this factor.
The submarine campaign they
cannot refer to without gestures of
impatience.
Captured non commissioned ofFl-
GERS attribute recent German defeats
to the enefftciency OF their air serv-
ice and more especially to the inex-
perience and lack of stamina of the
latest recruits who are most inade-
quately drilled and trained and who
are physically incapable OF sustain
ing the heavy strain OF defensive.
warfare. The mere presence OF these
new recruits, they say, produces IN
a company q demoralizing effect
upon the older men because 1t indi-
I@GSS " H441k NtA osALS NISL44dllY 4AlSL
be reduced to employ such poor ma
terial.
Ne More German offenslves.
With the American Army on the
Wesle, Sunday, Aug. 25-German
soldiers believe that Germany lis not
planning any more offensiYes because
of the man power shortage, accord
ing to one of al party OF several of
German patrol captured by the
Americans early Sunday east of
Fismes. The soldier. who was a
former bank enploye and the owner
of a Berlin restaurant, said the sol
diers no longer had any enthusiasm
for war. Most Of these with whom
he came in contact believed the war
would end soon.
The prisoner had been lighting
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-26
The British Attack.

With The British Forces in
France, Aug. 26.-The battle this
morning again extended the active
front to the northWard, fresh British
forces launching new attack from
the river Scarpe to what heretofore
had been the left flank of the bat
tie line. Every where the German
line is reported to have been beaten
in as the British troops push. for
ward. With the customary crash"
bombardment the British went over
at o'clock this morning and seem
to have made good progress.
There also has been considerable
activity north Of the river Scarpe
where the British yesterday took
some ground.
With The British Forces in France
Aug. 26.-Brttish troops in their new
drive on the Arras front, this morn
ing are reported to have entered
the town on Monchy-le-Preux and
to have captured Orange Hills.
North of Bapuane the Germans
have been driven further back. Ac-
cording to a report from the front
lines, the British have reached the
Bapaume- -Beaugnatre road and have
established themselves there.
The Germans are making great ef-
forts to hold Bapaume but the town
is gradually being surrounded.
The British success this morning
in pushing back the German line
southeast Of Arras considerably re-
lieves the position of that city.
Take More Prisoners.
British Headquarters in France,
Aug. 26.-(Reuters Ltd. .0-British
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-26

Take More Prisoners.
British Headquarters in France,
Aug. 26.-(Reuters Ltd.)-British
troops yesterday took another 1900
prisoners and made a further col
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Late Bulletins From
The Great Battlefield

lection Of guns, trench mortars and
machine guns. Field Marshal Haigs
forces swung forward as far as
Longueval in their advance north of
the Somme,
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Ne More German 0ffensiVes.

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
JOKE ON SCHOOL VISITOR
Fortunately Hamilton Mabie Was Well
Able to Appreciate Unconscious
Humor of the Children.

The late Hamilton W. Mabie, the
well-known American essayist, was
one of those genial men who enjoyed
joke on themselves. Illustrating this
phase of Mr.. Mabie's character, it is
told that when he was a student Mr..
Mabie made an address in which he
told this story:
He had visited school In Philadel-
phia in which there was a daily fire.
drill. The teacher regularly asked tho
students, children, what would you
do If fire were to break out Ia this
building" The children all repeated
In chorus, eve would rise in our
places, step into the aisle, and march
quietly out of the building" On the
morning when Mr.. Mabie visited the
school, while he was sitting quietly on
the platform, the teacher stepped be-
fore the pupils and said, "Children,
what would you say If l were to tell
you that Mr.. Mabie Is to speak to you
this morning?" The children prompt
ly replied in chorus, 1--WE would rise
In our places, step into the aisle, and
march quietly out of the building"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
Tact and Charm

Dinner conversation offers the op-
portunity to eliminate all disagreeable
topics. To lay aside ones worries and
keep ones trcIbles from obtruding.
The same should be said of all occa-
Eions and good form particularly de-
notes that dinners. and formal dinners
ut that, should be freed of personal
burdens retailed.
At ali times give interest as we'll as
try to inspire 1t and one of the en-
phafic ways is to let the person who
happens to be speaking have your I'M
divided attention. Attention and con-
centration amount to about the same
thing and should apply to what one Is
oneself saying as well as hearing.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24

y imperial Rome clothed In ermine
was the vision the vanishing year
of 1917 gave to surprised popu-
lace. The Eternal city mantled
In snow was the unusual and almost
unheard of spectacle which greeted the
Romans on the morning after Christ
mas, writes Alice Robe In the Kansas
City Star.
Those who woke to find the city
chastened with its white vestments.
lying peaceful and mysterious, felt the
spell of the unusual and wondered If
1t could be sign of peace.
Whatever private emotions surged
through an astonished people, the an
Client chroniclers announced that for
the first time in thirty years heavy
snow storm had descended upon Rome.
There are those who record more re-
cent snow, but not Of a similar heavy
fall. And snowstorms in Rome, gen.
orally occur in January or February.
This time for three days snow fell
upon the sleeping city and then disap-
peared with the suns rays at noon.
A>OL only tHe people TeSdTueu the pIe-
nomenon with wonderment, but the
tram lines and telephone wires were
so overcome by the strain that they
refused to operate.
City's Routine Upset.
The public conveyances were
stunned into helplessness. Roman cab
horses know nothing of snow and Ro-
man cabmen are likewise afflicted.
Consequently the intrepid pedestrians
found themselves wadng through deep
slush by noon in a cabless town. The
Piazza Colonna was, with the thawing.
like a lake of sherbet across which
few venturesome scouts-generally for
eigners-were wading.
IN the forenoon a group of Ameri-
can boys from the aviation camp at
Foggia-up for a holiday-hired a car
to take a trip out the Appian Way
but the chauffeur, despite the protests
and stronger arguments of the avia
tors, that d little dampness wouldn't
hurt a machine, had to renounce the
trip at the Catacombs. To such an
extent had the unheard of snowfall
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
VAPOR BATHS IN LAPLAND
Writer'S Strenuous Experience Of
Cleansing Process Finishes With
Being BastInadoed.

In Wide World Frank Hedges But
Ter describes vapor bath In the land
of the Lapps. He says:
The bathhouse Is small wooden
structure generally situated some way
from the dwelling house. 1t is divided
Into two compartments, one to undresS
In, while the other contains the oven
which produces the steam. The oven
Is arched with large stones or pebbles,
and heated by fire placed beneath.
Undressing In the first room, one en-
tiers the heated compartment. After
short rest on a wooden form or bench,
which contains place for the head,
the attendants come in and battle you.
Cold water is thrown over the stones
and the kissing vapor soon sends up
d cloud of steam. The higher you sit
from the floor the greater the heat. Az
more water is thrown over the red-hot
stones the vapor becomes so intense
that one can hardly breathe. We were
soon gasping for breath and covered
with profuse perspiration which is
sued from every pore of the skin.
Hanging up In the room were tender
branches or twigs In green state and
retaining their leaves. Dipping these
in water, the attendant began flashing
and whipping me across the legs,
shoulders, loins and back, till my body
seemed quite red with the switching.
The bastinadoing over, l was then
washed with a soft flannel covered
with soap, after which a jug Of the
head and body
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
Value of Sense of Smell
Proved in Discovery of
the Substance SeIenium

Have you an ambition to found a
new science? Why not measure a
smell? Can you tell whether one smell
is just twice as strong as another?
Can you measure the difference be-
tween one kind of smell and another?
1t is obvious that we have very many
different kinds of smells, from the odor
of violets down to aSafetida, but until
you can measure their likenesses and
differences you can have no science
of odor, writes Alexander Graham Bell
In Youths Companion.
In the first place we have to define
an odor. Is 1t an emanation OF mate
rial particles into the air or is 1t
form of vibration, like sound? II you
can decide that question, you Will nave
the starting point for an entirely new
investigation. If odor Is an emanation,
It could be reflected from a mirror
Light and sound and heat can be re-
flected | have even warmed my hands
at the reflection of fire in mirror
of polished metal.
i Il
smell may be very valuable was proved
in the discovery Of the substance
selenium. In experimenting with the
waste products obtained in manufac
turing sulphuric acid, distinguished
chemist noticed the characteristic
smell of tellurium--an odor that ha!
no counterpart on earth or in heaven
But the smell was the only indication
of the presence Of the substance, al
the chemical reactions declared tina
there was no tellurium present In thu
powder. The chemist therefore con
cluded that, If no tellurium was pres
eut. there must be new substance
| there, as yet undiscovered, which re
eembled tellurium. When he had ex
tracted from the mass all the materials
that he knew were present. he found |
residue. which proved to be, as he ha'
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24

When / looked to see what Lucille
was doing she had disappeared. Prob
ably she, too, was hiding somewhere
near, I reasoned.
This time there was less delay.
Whoever was coming downstairs was
carelessly assured and was scratching
matches on the wall as he went along
to guide his progress. He entered the
kitchen. 1t was Bopp, clad In the
sort Of pajamas l thought he wore.
He was laughing to himself as he
came In and went straight to the box
Of biscuit. He took one out OF the
box.
And he ate It'll
Before that l may have disliked the
man, but now A smile OF enjoyment
spread over his features, plainly dis
cernible when the lightning flashed.
Evidently the dog biscuit were dell
cious. At last he finished and started
to leave. ! was about to breathe a
sigh of relief when l happened to
glance toward the shelf where the bis
cult were kept.
| The box was gone. The fiend was
taking them with him. Without a
/ thought for poor Tootles, who would
doubtless starve to death, he was go
ing to eat all her food
With one bound I was upon him.
The thought of that poor dog steeled
my heart. / grabbed him by the throat,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
Immense Concrete BRIDGE.

Plans are now practically completed
for the construction In Stockholm of
what is claimed will be the largest
concrete bridge in the world. The new
structure which will Join Ropsten and
Herserud, will be called the Lidlngo
bridge. after the island where Herse-
rud is located. and will be S45 meters
(2,772 feet) in length, with 81 arches
supported by massive concrete col
umns So meters (183 feeD In length
The columns will be hollow, with IN
intersection of about 50 centimeters
GA inches). A few of the columns
will be provided with concrete rings,
three meters (9.S4 feeD in height, each
ring" having an expansion of abou
one meter $50 inches).
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24

and we swayed back and forth In
rough and tumble fox trot movement
to the tune of the rolling thunder.
Bopp did not know as l did that Lucille
was watching somewhere there in the
darkness, and on that account he was
able to use more forcible language
than /, but l had superior weight, and
| was slowly bearing him back when
all at once he dropped the box of dog
biscuit and with his free hand landed
a wallop in my stomach. 1t would have
been a foul under any circumstances,
but with my inner workings resem-
bling those of vacuum cleaner it was
positively inhuman.
Maddened by that blow, / growled
between my clinched teeth, "If you hit
me below the belt again I'll tear your
pajamas,'
He growled back, "Let 'er rip" and
swung on me twice more in the same
place.
With mad fury picked him up and
hurled him from me. There was a
terrific crash OF glass, and then, save
for the disturbance outside, all was
still.
/ lit the light-acetylene gas.
The wreckage of that kitchen was
beyond the descriptive powers of
mere dramatic critic. Bopp lay sprawl
ed on the kitchen floor near the table
where he had struck when / threw
him. The table itself had overturned
on to the weeks supply of water III
glass bottles and had apparently bro
ken most Of them. Lucille was stand
ing, pale and disheveled, but still
beautiful, In the doorway of the pantry
where she had been hiding.
After an interval Bopp laboriously
picked himself up and waded toward
| the stairway through the torrent Of
distilled water which was streaming
across the floor.
There's your dog biscuit" he sneer
ed. pointing to Tootles, who had dis
covered the box and was gulping dowI
the contents as fast as she could
Tasting for a week! Ha-ha"
Then he disappeared upstairs.
turned to Lucille. She had dropped
into chair and had buried her face IL
her hands. She was crying.
whats the matter, Lucile7" asket
tenderly.
Il don't know" she sobbed; "jus
nerves, guess"
you ought not to be about at thi.
time Of night" l said sternly.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24

| disturbed the ordinary routine of Ro
man life.
Scene OF Rare Beauty.
The beauty of the snow-covered city
is thing Romans will not forget. The
panorama, from the Pincian Hill, It,
self carpeted with 5-inch covering
of white its palm trees picturesque
and curious sentinels in the winter
setting, was Incompatible. Saint
Peters dome, ermined, with the ball, a
white world symbol, as ever dominated
the picture. Nearer, the Pantheon,
now white, shone in It's new garment.
Far away over white powdered roofs
and terraces through twisted, irregu-
lar Streets, rose the whitened Janicu-
lum, the watchful figure of Garibaldi.
mantled in snow
From the ghostlike Wilderness of the
Palatine, an undisturbed shroud lay
upon the campagna, In early morning,
through which a specter-like Appian
Way stretched toward the truly named
Alban Hills.
In the heart of ancient Rome, the
miracle of the snow brought umbrel-
las and overslroes out of American and
English closets to go forth on wonder
ing admirers thrilled by the startling
transformation of Rome's antiquities.
Forum Clad In Snow.
All the year round vines and plants
grow in the Forum, while lizards sun
themselves on the fallen columns. The
Forum, snow covered, and covered for
three days until noon. was sight of
which the young generation will boast
Of seeing "back in 1917, the third year
Of the war"
Up on the Capitoline Hill, the noble
equestrian statue of Marcus Aureius
rising from the center of the historic
square, wore new mantle of snow
while his horse was white with fresh
and unforeseen trappings.
But like the SHOWS of Villon-the
Eternal city's ermine disappeared be-
meath sun and squads of street clean
ers, among whom the now common
sight of women "white wings" told of
a wartime world.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
suspected, new elementary SUBJ

suspected, new elementary SUBJ
stance.
This new substance, which was
named selenium, resembled black seal
Ing wax in appearance. In its vitreous
form 1t was nonconductor of cleo
tricity, but when heated almost to the
fusing point and allowed to cool very
slowly it completely changed its ap-
pearapce. 1t acquired a dull, metallic
look, like lead and in that, it's crystal
line condition, 1t was conductor of
electricity, but of extremely high re-
sistance. A little pencil of crystalline
selenium, not much more than an inch
long, offered as much resistance to
the passage of the electrical current as
100000 miles Of wire, enough ia
reach from here to the sun. Yet it was
a conductor.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
Football in the Holy Land.

There is desert football league
now, and its season" Is In full swing.
to say at the bottom Of the list In
towns with quite famous Biblical
names you can hear now shouts OF
well played - and "Off sidel" won
der what the Jebusites and the Perez
Amorites would think Of 1t all. If they
could hear it.-From the London Daily
News.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-05-24
CHAPTER v.
a A.


- CROUCHED behind the stove again
In time to see a dim figure enter
the kitchen. The lightning re-
I vealed Lucille In a dressing gown
with her hair over her shoulders. IN
the single fash of light she appeared
to be the most beautiful thing that
had ever seen.
She turned the f1ashlight on the wall
and finally rested its ray on the Do1
of dog biscuit! She went over to 1t,
picked up one of the biscuit, pressed
II to her cheek and was about to bite
It when she hastily dropped 1t back
into the box, put out the light and
stood perfectly still, listening.
There was another sound on the
stairs!