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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

| tho determination with which the
enemy machine gunncrS held out in
! their lails, the casualties on the AlliCu
! side We're extraordinarily small. ac.
| cording to all aVailabl" reports. Once
| during the forenoon tho Germans de.
| liNCred CountCr.attack in which Il
! large number of infantry units were
/ assisted by, three German tanks. 1t
! is not improbable that this counter.
! attack was expected at this point,
which was we'll mp near Camhrai on
| the left flank OF tho Third Army. 1t
was known that quite a large number
enemy troops was GalrsOncd in the
! intricate tunnel system built under
Camhiai.-Thc twostory cellars of the
town were capable Of holding II large
number OF men.
1t was these enemy troops. uu.
doubtedly. who rallied for the counter.
attack, but IL was fi'uitless and re-
| suited only in piling up German dead.
Enemy tanks were speedily disabled,
and while this was being accomplished
| British artillery sent shells StreamiL e
| into the masscd Germans Allied ma.
chine gunners at the same time took
| their toll.
Confusion Am0i. Gernans
/ So far this has been the only enemy
/ reaction reported. 1t is not strange
| that the enemy has not counter
| attacked. considering the conditions of
his side of the lines. There is the
greatest confusion among the Ger.
mans. Men of many units are thrown
together fighting battle which Is
impossible for them to win.
But fight they did. galantly, too
i'm many cases for whatever else MAY
he said about the German soldier, he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
BY The United Press
with the American First Army. DC

9.-Nerdun is now freed from German
artillery domination, as was Rheims,
Success Of the Franco American at.
tack east Of the Meuse, which began
yesterday, already has released the
famous city from the enemy's four
year grip.
Fighting over fields which had not
been stirred by battles since 1916, the
French and Americans nave advanced
more than two miles on front of
about seven miles.
This operation also has greatly
strengthened the right flank of the
Americans west of the Meuse. AL
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son which bore the brunt OF the recent
lard fighting w the Champsxn>. TH>&
division took st. Etienne sand tho pUf(-
tions leading TO that town and thQ4
created the slight salient now pro!iec<<
ing into the German line. TX r. |H
The Second American Division CON- &
sists of the Fifth and Sixth EtGimert4
of marines, the Ninth and twenty third
Infantry and the Fifteenth. SIXTEENTH
and Nineteenth Regiments OF Artillery
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and their ideas on the subject were cX.
trcmcly haZy.
From all sources it is learned for Il
virtual certainty that no formidable
wire barriers are ahead of the British
and Americans until the NalcnCicnnes
line is reached and after that the line
of the Mouse River.
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though heavy rains over the whole
front have made the going difficult.
pressure against the Kriemhild. Stel-
lung Is increasing all along the line.
The Germans between the Meusn
and ihe Argonnc forest are in danGcr of
being showed back a considerable dis
tuuCe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09
BY The Associated Press
With the Anglo.American Armies Near

1t. quentin, Oct. y.
Heavy fighting continued through.
out the night on the Cambrai-St. Quen.
tin front and the British and Ameri.
cans continued their progress of Tues
day under heavy protective fire from
she British artillery. The defeated
enemy was almost smothered under
the great deluge of steel and en-
plosives,
A large number of guns have been
captured by the British and Americans
I'm addition to the great patches of
prisoners which continue to>arrive at
the air. Roads, barracks massed
troops and batteries behind the Ger
man lines all were targets for the
busy British bombing airplanes.
the cages. The American troops alone
captured two complete field batteries
end n battery of heavy artillery.
Americans Outfank Foe
The Americans captured these guns
Tuesday afternoon when they sud
denly outfianked both ends of the
vfffley south of Fremont, capturing all
the German guns there.
German re-enforcements have arriV-
ed, but as these troops have been
engaged several times recently, their
presence merely adds to the confusion
In the enemy ranks.
Throughout Tuesday and last night
the British had complete control OF
Few German Airpianes
During the day II was noticeable
that German airplanes were seldom
seen The few enemy machines that
did venture forth TO places where they
were not wanted were quickly engaged
in aerial fights. A considerable mum
Der Of the enemy we're brought down.
There is great confusion within the
enemy lines. On the front of the two
British armies engaged, elements from
no fewer than twenty-nine enemy divi'
sions (377,O00 mem have been iden'
tiAed along the twenty-mile fighting
line. Such concentration OF troops
seems almost incredible until II Is
realized that some OF these divisions
have been engaged almost continu-
ousiy since August s, and many are
,nere shadows of theold organizations,
The ground over which the great
hattie has been fought is covered with
dead men and horses. Many Germans
are buried under tons Of earth In col
Iapaad dugouts. Only q few of the
rfisoncrs captured had heard Of the
a t1sf1o German plea for an armisfioc.
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\ NtRIt ~
nrad1nartrr. American Expedition.

AIRY Forces. oct s. OpclaNed)
section A-Wo captured Curnay
ana against stubborn lighting cou-
lihurd ON advance in the NrGounr for
'Sl East Of tn" Mouse, French and
american troop. serving with the
tll>t NrME made brilliant attack
IN the vie nifty Of the Bois dos caurss
ana lh" BoiS d'Haumont. The VIII
iaS"s Of Eonscucuyc Brahant. Hau-
mont aud Beaumont have bccn uccu-
pied and the enemy has been driven
well beyond them.
ON both side of the Mcusc our own
troops and the French are now push
lhE the enemy from tn" scene of the
desperate struggle for Ncrdun The
number Of prisoners taken a. result
Of tn" days operations exceeds three
Thousand, OF these. sixteen hundred
Wer" taken 10y French units east o.
the Mcusc.
This brings tho total number c.tr-
iurod 10y this command in the last few
da\s 4" moro than -four thousand. I ",
French also captured eighteen NOR
iars Of heavy calibcr and other ma
tcrial
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favorable progress is reported. The
French crossed the SuippC and took
Bazancourt.
German artillery is violently 'om.
harding the new French positions
north Of the Aisne at BcrrN-au.Bac.
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VIII further insure the Speedy fall Of
Cambria.
As a matter of fact. some of these
towns have probably already been cap.
tured. but infoIma ton is always mea.
-er so soon after AN attack of such
great proportions is launched.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-09

BY the fssOCidicd Press
With he Frorch Army North Of
Rheims, Oct. .,
Attacks on the line of the Suippe
were made yesterday morning and
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SECOND DUISION BORE
BRJNT ~ CHAMPAGNE

Win the american Forces In France
''i. Ill rs now permissible 20 state
lHai II was tho Second American biyt-
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Ri:>tIt

Earis, ''tt. =.
In tn" course of the night. IN the
region south and east Of ". Quentin
the French captured the stubhornIv
defended Gcrman positions between
Harry and Ncuvillc-St. Amand and
outnankcd the latter village on the
north
The artillery fire was violent south
OF the Dise and ON the Suippe front.
North of the Arues the Germans
attempted to rcCapturc the ground
We gained Yesterday. They failed
aud sustained heavy losses. Tho num-
her of prisoners taken in Yesterday $
lighting on the Arncs front exceed.
too.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Advice to
the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.


Dear Miss Fairfax: Please tell me what
to do. I am II years old and In love with
fine young man 10 years my senior. He
loves me dearly, and l don't think there
Is anything he wouldn't do for me. He has
even gone SO far as to give me a diamond
ring. Now he is, I think, little bit In
clined to flirt. / have told him many times
I am very jealous; and I think II ever
saw him flirting with my own eyes,
would hate him. He adpdits he knows
few girls from his own town. but that 10 all.
Now. Miss Fairfax, please tell me, Ii my
disposition wrong or what? 8.
Are you engaged to this young man, 10
years your senior. from whom you have &C.
cepted diamond ring? Or Is 1t one Of those
vague affairs that girls sometimes drift
into. and then drift out Of again. II You
are actually engaged, with your parents'
consent. then he ought to be sufficiently
loyal to you not to cause you any anxiety
by flirting" with other girls. You say
you are very Jealous, and that II you
caught him flirting you would hate" him.
Doesn't this prove to you, my dear girl,
that you are rather young to accept ths
responsibilities of marriaget II. you are
genuinely engaged, with your parents con-
sent, haven't thing to say; but II 1t 10
one of those indeterminate arrangements,
y really believe I'd put the whole thing
out OF my head for year or two, at least.
Seventeen is very young to make = life
time decision. Just get delightful book BY
Booth Harrington called Seventeen" and
read it--perhaps 1t will make you see
things more clearly.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16

Explain the Matter.

Dear Miss Fairfax. Omaha Bee: want
your advice, as 1 don't feel like deciding
this question that is confronting me. my
self.
I went with a young man a few times
and I gave him the Suppression that I
didn't like him. At least, I know he took
1t that way But did. and he never
called since the night let him go home,
making him think I was cross at him, and
wasn't. :.
And I want to know II It would be all
right to write him little brief note, tell
ing him that I'd like to have him call
again? FAOLiNn'
P. s.-And where could find out where
a certain young man is that went in the
draft from Fremont, but resided In Grand
Island-at what camp, I mean.
II you feel that you are in the wrong
would write the young man friendly
note explaining the affair and asking him
to call. Write to the exemption board
authorities at Grand Island for informa-
ton regarding your friend. In all prob.
ability he Is at Camp Funston.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Gardens in Right
Line of Defense

Liberty Gardens" is term which
will be heard many times in the next
few years throughout the land. The
Council of National Defense, the
womans committee, and the Depart
ment of Agriculture have launched
plan for production which will not
be hit or miss, helter-skelter and un-
thinking. They emphasize the tre-
mendous need for increased produc-
ton of vegetables and advise the ma
tons gardeners at work in America
this summer to be guided by one
uniform plan and to work for one
common end.
The difference between the Liberty
Garden and the old fashioned gardens
is that the Liberty gardener signs a
pledge to plan, plant and care for his
patch under the supervision of COM
munity garden director.
One of the interesting features of
the plan is to secure through the
councils the appointment of full time
and, where necessary, salaried direc-
tors in every town of population
of more than 10000. There will be
several demonstration gardens pro-
vided in different parts of the munich
pality where practical demonstrations
of methods can be given.
There will be a Liberty" list of
all local gardeners, who enroll to
work under the plan approved by
headquarters, with such notifications
as local conditions make necessary.
The overambitious garden is to be
avoided. A sagacious system of well
planned planting will result in more
food for a given amount of work.
The woman's committee has in
charge several features of the scheme
the first being the pledge, which must
be signed at the beginning of the sea,
son by prospective gardeners. An.
other is a record card, on which every
gardener is to make report of his
summers progress. Through these
records it will be possible to benefit
from his summers experience when
making plans for 1919.
The plan fits in with that of the
Bureau of Education, indorsed by the
president. School teachers may also
be taught gardening by these di-
rectors. so that those volunteering tc
teach home gardening to their school
students will be better qualified.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Unrequited Love.

Dear Miss Fairfax I am hopelessly II
love with a handsome sailor boy He haI
RECENTLY gone away and has not writer
to me- Also. he did not pay enough atten.
tion TO me when he was here i paid him
very much attention and he did not recipro
cate, although he told my friends he liked
me. Please tell me what to do. I am heart
'roken.
Hoping you will answsFthis as soon a.
noesible. I am, yours, MISS - R.
I am afraid, Miss R.. you must have
killed your handsome sailor boy with kind.
ness Men, alas! are often wooed and WOE
in spite Of their most valiant efforts. but II
takes considerable art to conceal these
processes And the man likes to preserve
the illusion that he is doing the counting.
even though he has moments Of vision IN
which he knows that 1t Is beyond him.
The next time you take a fancy-for you
are really not heartbroken-don't pay him
very much attention" Let him do this. and
try to preserve discreet attitude Of 70.
ceiving his addresses. gracefully.
Nothing alive enjoys being shooed to its
fate, whether 1t Is chicken about to bs
decapitated or man urged to proposes
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Twilight Hops and
Sunset Dinners When
Clocks Are Turned

! Playing tricks with Fathe Time
has made many changes in o., da',v
lives and turning the clocks aheao Is
sure to bring invitations 70 4n'aur
social affairs hitherto unknown
iprety girl never thinks of donnins
aer satin pumps and party cape until
The stars are out. for whoever heard
OF 4 dance beginning before darkl
But, already we are hearing rumors
OF twilight hops" and Sunset din
ncrs" 1t really doesn't require shaded
lights to make dinner table attrac-
tive. What could be lovelier than a
gay little party on the porch of one
of the clubs chatting over the first
course with the friendly sun just nod
ding good night to them with few
last golden rays as he disappears over
the hilli And in the soft twilight OF
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
"A Picture.

Dear Miss Fairfax. Omaha Bee: reaa
your advice to the 'Lovelorn" in The Oma-
ha Bee and thought would ask you for
advice. l received a letter from young
man who has to go to war. He is in the
training camp now. In his first letter to
me he sent his picture and he Is not bad
looking. In his second letter he asked mo
to send him my picture and I have never
seen him or heard from him before. But
have cousin that knew him. They were
in the samc training camp together, but
my cousin has gone to France now. The
main question l wanted to ask you was
about sending him my picture. Would you
send 1t to him or not? When he sent me his
he said that he would send 1t just to be
friendly, and he wants mine now. / do
not know whether to send 1t to him, not
knowing him. or not. VIII you please write
me and let me know by return mail, be-
cause ! want to know before he writes
again.
I wouldn't send this young SAldier pic
ture. Write him a friendly letter or two
il you thlnk~~it will cheer him . little.
Perhaps after you know him better you
can send some homemade candy. Nothing
pleases these homesick soldiers quite 50
much and as youy cousin knew and liked
him I think 1t would be perfectly proper.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Mahin the other twin, Anna.

II has been many years since child
ish voices have been heard at the
commanding officers quarters at Fort
Crook, but now the wide stairs echo
the patter of tiny feet and Colonel
Abner Pickering tosses one sunny
haired kiddie to his shoulder, holding
two others by the hand as he comes
up on the porch after a day filled
with complex military duties.
The three grandchildren of Colonel
Pickering are now making their
home at the post with their mother,
The twins, Margaret and Anna Ma
hin, with their mother, Mrs. S. c. Ma
hin, game to the post about ten days
ago from Fort Ogelthrope, where
they have been living for several
months. The father of the little
girls, Captain Mahin, of the infantry
Is now in France.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Girls. Summer Camp
Near Fort Crook

Scamp Brewster" the Young Wo-
mems Christian association summer
camp for business girls, will be form
ally opened this evening, when 20
soldiers from Fort Crook will be
honor guests. The picturesque camp,
situated on Fort Crook boulevard,
was named in honor of Miss Clara
Brewster, gymnasium instructor and
founder of the colony.
Games, music and refreshments for
the soldiers have been planned by
the ID. T. A." girls. The champ
erons will be Mesdames c. J.
Hubbard, Charles Offutt and &C. K.
Smith, who are members of the sum-
mer camp committee.
The boarding guests will begin to
arrive Thursday, and a public recep-
ton will be given at the camp June %.
Over $50 guests attended the spring
breakfast given at the Young Wo-
mems Christian association this
morning. Roses, bridal wreath and
snowballs decorated the tables.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Czza GZoeezSox

When Miss Ella King Morrison of
Wayne, Neb., goes with the division
of Nebraska Red Cross women to do
canteen work abroad she will be on
familiar grounds. After graduating
from Lincoln High school, Miss Nor
rison spent a year in foreign travel
and study.
Her Red Cross work for the past
year has been devoted chiefly to ban
dage making. She is supervisor OF
surgical dressings for Wayne County
and has instructed classes in various
parts of the state. Miss Morrison
makes her home with her sister, Mrs.
J. Woodward Jones, since the death
of her mother, Mrs. Ella K. Morrison
of Lincoln.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Brown Peterson Engagement.

DloWh-4 StSiSoh A<hko6SAiiSht'
A wartime engagement of great in.
terest is that of Miss Edna Peterson
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Peterson, to Lieutenant Carl C.
Brown, United States infantry re-
serves, son of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Brown, of Erwin, Tenn. The wedding
will not take place until after the
war.
MSS Peterson is a most attractive
girl and an expert horsewoman. She
attended the Central High school and
is a graduate of the Laselle seminary
at Auburndale. Mass.
Lieutenant Brown is a Yale man,
having graduated in 1914. He is a
member Of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity and also of the Wolf Head
society Of Yale.
The young officer enlisted last sum-
mer and received his training at Leon
Springs, Tex, where he received his
commission in the infantry branch
of the service. Lieutenant Brown was
at the balloon school at Fort Omaha
for three months and it was at the
post that the romance with this pref
ty Omaha girl began. He is now sta
toned at Camp Dodge with the one
hundred and sixty-third depot brigade.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Benolken-Williams Wedding.

These wartime weddings may
seem very simple; they are planned
in such hurry, with no pink taffeta
bridesmaids or gardenia-in-his-but-
tonhole best man, but, despite the
lack of attendants, the bride-to-be is
in a great furry arranging the great
day. Miss Lenore Williams. whose
wedding will take place the first
week in June, is in great doubt as to
the exact date, for these furloughs
are such elusive things. Lieutenant
Irving Benolken is the next most i'm
portant figure in this. little. tableau
and Uncle Sam has not yet decided
just when the furlough will ,be grant
ed. Miss Williams brother, Mr..
Gowan c. Williams, who is a student
at the Episcopal Theological semi
nary in New York, will be present at
the wedding, and the date will be set
when he can make definite plans
about coming home.
Trinity cathedral will be the scene
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16

Mrs. ]. K. Pickering and daughter,
Ciane, are also members Of the COM
manding officers family, since Cap
tain Pickering of the quartermaster
corps is also serving in France.
Mrs. Mahin wears a service pin,
which attracts attention wherever she
goes, for six stars are emblazoned
on the blue ground. The pin was
made to order and Mrs. Mahin's Sis
ter, Mrs. Smith, who is now living
at Fort Sam Houston, also wears one,
The six men in the service represent
ed by the tiny stars include the father
two brothers, Captain Pickering and
Lieutenant Colonel Pickering of the
18th New York infantry; Captain Ma.
hin and two brothers-in-law, ColoneI
Sweebie Of the British army, now
fighting in France, and Colonel Smith
of the cavalry, stationed at Fort Sam
! Houston.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
The Old Loneliness

Old books, old friends are best
Old things are loveliest;
Old houses, and the glamour OF old days,
The olden peace, the ofden, quiet ways.
Old gospels and old dreams!
With new delight life teens
When these are read, when these are told
All youth at last grows old.
In bleak December, lol
A whiriwind of white snow.
o heart! lost April then
Seems wonderful again.
Yet dream new dreams, be glad
For all the soul once had.
Old books, old friends are best
Old love is lovelest!
Charles Hanson Towne.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
SOCIETY
By MELLIFICIA.

a summer evening, with . little jazz
music and an officer or two-or more,
what could be more alluring1
We are wondering who will give the
first twilight dance in Omaha.
The summer cottage season will
soon he here and number OF busy
NnAhens ,ill slip away from Red
Liuss ,stt''Hr. n.' ''t'e breathing
space, wnrit ." re-7es blow Mr.
ane Mrs hs'.-, | i, ,oun,ze are
planning TO o',apy their cottage q,
MInnetonka about the hrs, OF August
Mr.. and Mrs William r. Sweat
who have been the guests OF Judge
and Mrs. w. A. Redick at various
times, will also be at Minnetonka this
year. The Harold Pritchetts have
also been OF the Omaha colony al
Minnetonka, but Mrs. Pritchett will
remain at home this summer. as Lieu.
tenant Pritchett is stationed at Camp
Dodge.
The roomy cottages at picturesque
Pryor lake are the homes OF num-
Der OF OmahAns for several weeks
every summer, and this year quite a
number will pack tennis rackets and
fishing rods for vacation at the lake.
side. Those who are planning to open
their cottages this year are Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Peters, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Burns, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Caldwell
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Westbrook.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Fortune Telling Tea.

In the depths of fragile tea cup
many futures were disclosed at the
fortune-telling tea given by Mrs. Gus
L. Hollo at her home this afternoon.
After the guests had received their
cup of tea from Miss Ruth McDon-
aid and Miss Leola Granden, who
poured at each end Of the table, Mrs.
Hollo used her crystal gazing powers
and each tea drinker was given a
glimpse into the future. The tea table
was very gay with its low jar of red
roses and the same flowers were used
in the living room. The tea was a
benefit affair and the proceeds will
be given to the fund which will send
one Omaha girl to France to do can
teen work.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
At Episcopal Residence

Bishop and Mrs. A. l.. Williams
will keep open house this evening
for their parishioners and friends.
The bishop and Mrs. Williams en-
tertain at reception of this kind
every year. when the annual council
of the Episcopal church for the Ne
braska diocese is in session. Spring
flowers will be used in profusion in
the rooms and numerous American
flags will give the patriotic touch to
the decorations.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-05-16
Wheatless Week to Be Observed.

In grateful recognition of the &C
ton of the government in permitting
an extra amount of wheat flour to
be used in the making Of matzoth
for the Passover holidays, the Fed
Grafton of Jewish Woman's Organi-
cations, Of Baltimore has decided to
observe the week beginning May 10
as Wheatless week.