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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
By Walter Duranty.

Copyright. iSls, by tho New York Times,
tho ChicAHo Tribune and the Oklahoma
city Timosl
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
June lS--(Delayed)--lt has been said
that the secret OF Petain's rise in three
years from the position Of colonel to
commander in.chiei OF the French arm
les is his knowledge OF when to launch
counter attacks The ability to select
the right place and time for a sudden
strike which nulllies the encmy's gains
has been the attribute of great COM
manders throughout history and 10 one
OF the cradinal ba cs OF strategy In
that one word counter attacks lies the
explanation OF the triumph OF the
French resistance in the present bat
tie against vastly superior numbers
that and the indomitablc courage oi
the defenders.
The master tactician commanding the
army, whose sector has heen aSsailed,
has so imbucd his subordinates with
his own principles that there is hardly
a position in the whole range OF opcr-
ations that the Germans have not been
forced to take two or three times over
For il is not only the counter stroke
on grand scale, like that which has
won back nearly all the Germans gains
on ,he left wing, which counts in a
struggle of this kind, where the losses
inflicted on the enemy are more im-
portant than hill or village saved
or abandoned
French Tactics Succeed.
II is tho unexpected change from de-
fense to attack, at the right moment,
that has maintained the spirit OF the
French troops and smashed their weak
ened asSailants just as they were
thinking their success was assured
Again and again a tiny band OF de
tenders, holding out in cellar Of
some unshattcred house, have been en-
couraged to supreme resistance by the
thought that counter attack may
bring rescue at the eleventh hour. Again
and again that counter attack has sue
cceded. just because the enemy was
hampered by the irresistence in his
midst.
What happened at Courcelles Is
typical The village is situated on a
commanding hill. Early Sunday morn
ing, after a short, heavy bombardment,
the Germans advanced up the hillside,
green with wheat, which is now shoul-
der high. The e )anse presented a
splendid field of fire" for the de-
Tenders machine guns, but the willy
Boehes tied great punches Of grass
about their helmets and crawled un-
seen through the green cover until the
village was almost within their grasp.
Position Is Captured.
Then a sudden rush of greatly SUI
pcrior numbers surprised the defenders
and captured t'e position Before they
could consolidate their hold the Frencl,
counter attacked and retook the village
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
BY MARY Brush williams.


the Chicago Tribune and the oklGhomS
City Tlmes)
PARIS. June ls,-The minute !
ntered the long hospital corridors, !
as aware Of a pair Of eyes. They
ere wistful they were searching
hey wanted something. They wanted
from me.
This was one of our base hospitals,
hd ! was there because il was crow ]
ith Americans Our boys had smcllcd
)e smoke of battle and borne It's
ounds. Swathed in bandages, they
|owded the wards whose swinging
bors waited heavy odors Of iJdoform,
Not nearly all of them could get into
e rooms, and the overflow lined the
brridors in a lane Of cots stretched
Rd TO end, Men from the rolling plains
the middle west from California,
ew York and Kentucky filled that
bspital
They were barring the way TO Paris
hen they got their wounds
In cot against an end wall sat a
Sy whose gaze fascinated me One
lay stiffly in cast outside the
|dclothes and one arm swung from a
lley. His pallid face was framed in
Fong, black hair that reached back
hrd against the upright pillow. Only
eyes showed any animation. and al
ough we were fully half block
art they reached out and Spanned the
stance, stretching an invxible bridge
tween him and me. | said to myself
wanted something and that would
and fetch it for him. hurried as
st as could, which wasn't very
st. because OF the congestion OF the
rridor by blanketed men on stretchers
no were being wheeled along the mar
wv path between the cots Nurses
mried along with thermometers, and
ed Cross men with cups OF Cruel.
Regiment Comes First.
There's a good deal of traffic along
is boulevard" grinned a boy from
hind a diagonal bandage with which
ey had bound his hand All through
y slow progress those eyes never left
y face. They kept drawing and
,ortening the bridge between us. As
neared his bed in the last lap Of
at trip pushed past doctor and all
1t upset cup of coffee on a chair
,side cot, so urgent seemed this one
py's need.
"Say, lady" he threw out his voice
ward me. Gould you possibly tell
e have they got any news OF my regi-
ent7 Do you know whether they
sidT
As / was gasping to recover from
e question so unforeseen, another voice
inforced him 1t came from a man
ling flat on his back in the next cot
fth his eyes bandaged over and his
ce wearing the withdrawn, unpar-
tipative look of those who cannot see
"What I want to know is, did they
bid that railroad in front Of -
hat is the important question. II they
I'D. we're all right, and those boches
.uld never get another foot nearer
hris along that front"
Story of William Meyers. 9.
IA boy on a neighboring cot made a
ksture to indicate to me that this
ans sight was forever gone. Only
. upper forehead and his lower jaw
ere visible beyond the bandage, but
lev were set and square II wish
could get back at that, doggone it
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
SUB NOW CALLED
NUISANCE NOT
| A REAL Menace
boats Toll Decreases as
Allied Tonnage Grows,
BY Arthur H. Pollen.

Copyright, 1918, by the New York Times
4 the Chicago Tribune and the Oklahoma
!, otty Tlmes)
4 LONDON. June lS.-The recent
p-boat invasion of American harbors
las seen so small tonnage sunk without
'tny apparent compensation in loss ots
tubmarines that we may be quite sure
ID will be repeated on a more ambitious
tcale. We can, | think, be equally sure
hat the scale cannot be increased with
lut the risk TO the U-boats being magnl-
led out of all proportion, for the
american navy department will certain
h see that the coastwise and Car
Iibean traffic is so to speak cnalized,
lnd il necessary will extend convoy
Protection to its more important units.
This incident lends new interest to
he whole problem of defeating this
tonscienceless attempt to paralyze the
worlds traffic and once more provokes
tis TO ask the question: "ls the abb
folute and complete defeat of the sub
Inarine practical possibility" In
kpite Of what the navy has done and
N the very changed condition of things
Today from what they were a year ago,
the problem is vital in itself.
Speaking at Edinburg a week or two
Rgo the prime minister confirmed with
fhe full authority of the admiralty, what
|some observers had already been able
10 infer from published articles He
bold that the German submarine, no
flonger a menace, was still a nuisance.
Hardy more than year ago it was
IA menace of appalling dimensions. The
German plan was TO destroy a million
tons OF British shipping a month and
10 frighten all neutral shipping off the
seas. For two weeks in the month Of
April, 1917, the enemy attained this
rate of destruction, and indeed sur
passed IT, In the three months-April,
May and June-he sank between 800,
|00o and ! 400 900 tons Of British shipping
alone and very nearly 100000 Of neutral
and allied shipping.
To call this a menace" only is to
under-state the case II was a sentence
Of death IL il could have continued
Today not only is he sinking much
less than half OF this, but with Ameri-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
Knowledge Of When to Make
Counter-Attacks One Great
Secret of Petain's Success

at $50, capturing 200 men and two
officers, Twice more the enemy at
tackled that morning, at 10 10 o'clock
and a quarter OF an hour later Hut
now the wheat had become trampled
and cut by the streams Of bullets which
bloodily repulsed each assault, Again
at } o'clock came still a stronger at
tack.
This time the slaughter Of the a..
saiIants was such that the enemy
adopted new tactics, aud. leaving Cour.
celleS for the moment, passed on
toward Merry and Nelloy. whose cap.
ture with the aid Of reserves enabled
them to nyarly cncirclc CourcelleS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
Mrs. Gilstrap Held
Under $500 Bond

Mrs Lillian Gil'trap, arrested by
federal officers Saturday on a charge OF
using the Red Cross emblem. for ad-
vertising purposes was arraitned bo-
fore Ernest Chambers, United States
commissioner, and placed under a bond
Of $500 Her preliminary trial was
set for June 20
|, is alleged that Mrs, Gil'lrap used
the Red Cross emblem on literature
sent out by an oil company seeking to
sell stock and give par, Of the proceeds
To the Red Cross
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
First Thought Of Wounded
Americans Not of Self, But
Of News from the Regiment

couldn't have stood it il those swine
had got to Paris"
later got his record. lie was vii
liam Meyers of Louisville and he
travelled for his father who Is in the
liquor business. It's a long way from
1914 when the French poilus travelled
out towards the Marine in taxieabs and
saved the lovely capital and 1918 when
this boy called Bill and his friends from
the Mississippi basin helped defeLd il.
The old planet must haze turned over
in It's sleep since then. "l'm interested
in my regiment" said the blind boy
His neighbor beckoned to me and
whispered that he never thought about
anything but them.
lie never talked about himself nor
,madc a personal request nor asked II
his sight was gone forever lie want
ed - know his reL iment had been
relieved A visitor had come and asked
him IL he wanted anything ana asked
her to please find out anything she
could about his regiment She read
the papers OF three consecutive days
which mentioned them Then all news
ceased. But the blind boys only com
ment was that they must have been
relieved
Fritz Fears Bayonet.
! was invited TO sit down and the
conversation became general.
Those boches can't fight doped,"
said Frank Teluea, a boy from New
York state, who had been sho' in the
lung. He painted little as he talked.
This was an open scrap and ! put
four OF them on the run with my bay
onet They can't stand the sight OF a
bayonet"
"Oughtn't you stop talking1" a
slight flush was mounting his cheek.
Don't you want a drink of waterY 7"
his hand was over the sore spot in
his lung "Are you in pain1"
mo You know what those boches
do. don't your" That is Just about as
much of the personal in conversation
YOU will ever get out of any Of them.
Some Boche Tricks
He continued with his narrative. "Of
course you're not supposed to shoot
when you see a Red Cross on a mans
arm and a stretcher in his hand Well
we saw a lot OF them one day and let
UP until all of a sudden il occurred to
one OF us that these stretchers had
awful queer shapes One Of our boys
Just took the tip Of his bayonet and
flipped back the gray blanket covering
il. There was a whole mountain OF
cartridges.
1--WE uncovered another A machine
gun. We used to Say at home that
my little sister would cry II you point
ed your finger at her. Well, let me
tell you, those Germans will fly il
you point a bayonet at them. II was
machine gun that got me, over in
the woods under cover We were 60
ing over the top"
He Wanted to Stick.
John Maier was engineer from Roch.
ester, N. Y. He had fought out ir
the open and had one over the top
he said, and il was very unusual tha
one in his branch of the service did so
He was complaining that he had ~sver
been in bed for a day before, and ht
simply could not stand II. His wounc
was in his arm.
20, we'll" said, they'll let you b,
TIP in a day or two and they will SEND
you home presently.
Don't tell me a thing like t1at. Al
this time home would be nice place
for me"
That is the spirit of all Of them.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
81. Louis Railroad Man Killed,

ST LOUIS, Mo. June W.. d. Nc.
Namara, 10 years old passenger traffic
manager Of the Wabash railroad sys.
TEN, died this morning in a hospital as
the result OF injuries received in an
automobile collision last night.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
TWO CAPTAINS NAMED
FLYING COMMANDERS

PARIS, June 7--Captain David
Mckay Peterson Of Honesdale, Pa, and
Captain Kenneth Mari Of San Fran.
cisco, have been appointed 10 the rank
Of commander Of squadrons Of Ameri-
can flying machines. ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17
Potter Put On Air BoAId.

WASHINGTON, June l7.-Willism
{. Potter Of New York was nominated
today by President Wilson to he
member of the aircraft board.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-17

can help we are shipping nearly as
much tonnage as we were before the
war.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS.

Contributions made by residents OF
IOskaloosa and Mahaska county TO the
National War Work Fund Of the Army
lY. NJ. C. A. which has now reached
$50 900 ,000 are. already paying Dig
dividends in the lives OF boys VINO
have gone from this city and county
TO receive their military training at
Camp Dodge. and other military points
in the west. According to advlces
reaching here this week, the Y. Nj. Z.
A. huts in the big environments never
have been so popular as during the re-
Icent cold weather when thousands or
enlisted men were driven inside the
buildings for their amusements, games
and letter writing. The CHEEKY open
fire places and monographs and
pianos, books and magazines from a
happy combination that spells home"
to the boys away from home.
Practically every family in this COM
munity has received letters from Iowa
BOYS written on Y. NJ. c. A. or Red
Triangle stationery which is issued
Without cost to every man in uniform.
AT Camp Dodge recently a total OF
2O3.0 letters were mailed by the Y.
NJ. C. A. in a single month, all of them
having been written at the benches
in. the Y. NJ c. A. huts.
Y. NJ c. A. accommodations have
been provided already in more. than
$50 centers in France for the soldiers
in Pershing's expedition At the pres
ent time there are more than 1900
American " NJ. c. A. secretaries in
the war zone promoting for Uncle
Sans boys the same program they
have enjoyed in the big camps in this
country.
When the American troops took
over their section of the French fight
ing front there were eight Y. NJ. c. A.
dugouts waiting for their exclusive
use These provided chocolate, sweets
of all kinds, biscuits and knicknacks.
The last thing the American troops
will get before they go over the top
will be a cup of hot coffee or tea, a
biscuit or two. some chocolate for
emergency tions and word of
cheer and inspiration from the Y. NJ.
C. A. secretaries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
AN OPTION ON OILERS.

Here is one way of securing farm la
Dor. II works. 1t gets results in Chac-
asha, Oklahoma. ind in any county it
will help to some extent, at least, in
relieving the farm-labor shortage.
The iarm demonstration agent in
the seat. arranged with the Chief of
Police and the Judge of the City Court
to give him an option" as it were up
on all the Migrants and idlers ar
raigned The county agent promised
to use his best efforts TO secure job
/ for every man who expressed a will
ingness to go TO work on farm.
Transient Migrants and local idlers.
/ alike. were unhesitant in deciding.
Gwen choice OF Jail or the county
road or of hard farm work at fair
wages. they became enthusiastic
back TO the farm advocates.
The county agent has an arrange
ment whereby the city and county
authorities feed these men until they
are placed on farms. And that, usually.
is very quickly. The agent is in touch
with farm labor needs all over the
county and has been able TO place all
promising material without delay. In
one day during the last harvest season
he furnished farmers with eighty-nine
men. and upon several occasions he
has furnished sixty to sixty-five farm
workers in one day. These men are
free agents entirely. They work volun-
Mrily for the wages agreed upon, They
can leave II they desire. But there Is
one thing they can not doremain In
chickasha. Oklahoma and not work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
FIRE DOES DAMAGE
Out Buildings On MILFORD Andrews
Farm Burners

Fire a little before noon to-
day, Tuesday, made a>clean
sweep of the outbuildings on
the MILFORD Andrews farm,
about one and one-half miles
east of the city and north OF
the Great White Way.
Sparks from burning brush
or stumps started the fire,
which had too big a start be-
fore discovery to be stopped
Stock in the barn was saved
but other property was totally
destroyed with only a small
insurance. The barn, two large
'chicken-h houses, sheds and in
Vulnerable smaller buildings
went up in flames.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO SWAT.

The only effective way of dealing
with the fly problem is to prevent I he
breeding of these insects. To try to
swat all adult flies and then to leave
their breeding places untouched is an
endless and fruitless procedure. Louis
J. Retger, in his book. Elements OF
physiology and Sanitation" says the
fly is carried through the winter, not
in its adult form, all the adult flies
perishing with the first cold. but in
the form of larvae or pupae. which hib-
ornate in piles of rubbish and all man
ner of decaying matter.
The fly is easy to get at. as he lives
on the same lot with us. The cleaning
of each back lot and barn will prevent
the spring swarm of these household
pests. The piles Of dirt and rubbish
that have gathered in barnyards, back
gardens and alleys are now due for a
spring drive to the public dump.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
RI REDUCE THE FIRE WASTE.

The man who cannot fight or farm
can render patriotic service in TINS
time of need by helping to conserve
the nations resources. One OF It's
greatest drains has been its prevent
able fire waste. Two hundred million
dollars have been going up in smoke
each year, and most of this loss could
easily have been prevented by the ex-
ercise of reasonable precautions. Much
OF the property destroyed was grain.
foodstuffs and supplies of which the
country and its allies are now IN
serious need. The citizen who cannot
20 to the front can show his patriot
ism by doing everything possible to
reduce the fire waste and thus con-
serve the natural resources.
President Wilson, in his appeal to
the public, pointed out this patriotic
duty when he said: This is the time
for America to correct her unpardon'
able fault of wastefulness and extra
yagance. Let every man and every
woman assume the duty of careful,
provident use and expenditure as a
public duty, as a dictate to patriotism
which no one can now expect ever to
be excused or forgiven for ignoring.
The preyentable fire waste of the coun'
try is one OF its most 'unpardonable
faults" The state fire marshals and
other experts agree that rs per cent OF
it is due to carelessness. individual
and municipal What a crime IL has
been, in view of the present cricis,
that over fifty million bushels of wheat
have been burned during the past year
on the farms and in the grain eleva'
tors Of the country! Most of this loss
was due to carelessness and lack OF
the ordinary precaution against fire
If property owners would clean UP
their Premises, get the rubbish out OF
their attics and Easements, be care
full about matches and smoking, in
spect their flues and heating appli
ances, and do the ordinary, common
sense things necessary to reduce the
fire waste, they would perform a pa
triotic service. would protect life and
property. and would pave the way for
lower insurance rates.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
TIE SALOON IS DOOMED.

That the war on liquor is being
won is strongly evidenced by the opin.
ions of leading hotel proprietors in
dry states. The Council for National
Prohibition. in response to letters sent
out TO prominent hotel proprietors
have received to date, 139 replies, only
81 OF which were favorable to the re,
turn of the saloon. The remaining los
expressed themselves as positively op.
posed TO the saloon, and would not
vote for its return with it's accompany
ing rowdyism, drunkenness and dis
gusting scenes that drive away bet.
ter class OF patronage, and which hurts
the hotel as business proposition.
The proprietor. OF million dollar no.
Ell in Spokane. formerly licensed. and
which brought revenue OF $500, 900
a year. states in his letter that, since
the state went dry his business has
greatly improved, and that he would
not return under any circumstances to
the saloon. and that his hotel andres
taurant business Is the largest in its
history Other proDrietofs of leading
hotels state that IL is more pleasant to
conduct a hotel in a dry state than
where liuor is sold. Another states that
The peace Of mind and satisfaction
that one enjoys catering to the public
without being compelled to entertain
and 70 put upSwith general drunken
ness and rowdsqsm among is guests
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-28
UNION GOES OVER
JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL
HAS Al GOOD TIME.

Jefferson, March 27.--Spring work
has arrived at last. 4 great many are
busy putting in wheat. We need rain
very much.
Mrs. Elma Eveland and children
visited last week with her brother,
WIBf Griffin, at Valley Junction. Her
nephew Delbert Griffin who has been
at Camp Dodge for some time ex'
poets to be transferred to another
place soon.
i Mrs. Helen Shannahan, of Spring
field, Mo, is visiting her cousin Ger
aid Gay.
Word was received from Frank
Enoch that he had arrived over there
safely. He sailed sometime the last
lof February. They made a flying
trip.
Y. e. o. Gay has sold his farm in Mis-
ouri and will .return to good old Iowa
the first of April. They will occupy
the house vacated by ]. NJ. Convey
+. NJ Evans and j. w. Denburgel
have been around calling on the PEG
pie in this district finding out how
much we own and how Much we owe
| The following excellent program
was given by the Union school for the
benefit of the Red Cross. The boxes
and pies sold netted almost $50. f. D
/ Mehanna was the auctioneer. The
teacher Miss Lillius Scott, of Ottum
wa, certainly did well in training the
children.
Readings and recitations by Mary
Olive Mattix, Helen Winegartener
Josephine Gay, Fern Denberger.
| Dialogues were ably presented by
Henena Denburger, Blanche and Heller
Winegardner and Irene Boles, Janette
IDenburger and Charles Vischer
! A special drill by Florence Boles
Fern Denburger and Lydia Vineyard
ner was well received as was also q
special effort. a flag drill by a com
pany of nine little misses who were
lroundly applauded
| Another feature of the program was
excellent music Aside from the con
cert singing by the school special mum
bers were put on by Florence Boles
and quartet of boys voices, Forest
Haverlo. Fred Boles, Charles Vischel
and Clifford Gay.
Several selections were rendered
by Frank Mehanna.