The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-02-16
j. S. FRONT IS
QUIET; ENEMY
TRIES OUT GAS
BN J. w. pleGI.ER
United Pfess Cofrespoudcnf


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE. Feb. iS.--Deiayed.l--
The American sector IN opposite
Mount Soc, a great hill looming like
hump on the horizon. visible from
tho city OF Toui. II In permissible To
announce today.
Mount Sec In dotted with enemy
machine gunnors and observation
posts, Tho sainmica are already
calling Il Gibraltar" but a Pitts
burg lad quoted Rob ritzsimmona' ia
nous saying. The bigger they are.
the harder they fall
Artillery Target
The hin In a short distance within
the enemy lines. and affords observa'
tlon OF our territory like a perpetual
sausage balloon. The American ar.
tiiicry periodically touches up tho
machine gun nests ON a.
Mount siec In three miles northeast
OF xivray. the town where American
soldiers were recently captured In a
German raid. II II 10 miles east OF
81. Mihiei and 20 miles north OF foul
Back Up Wilson
IL II known In trenchiand. OF
course. that President Wilson has re-
jected the Auntro.Gcrman peace feel
crs. But men and officers alike are
disposed 90 leave discussion 81 inter
ma tional affairs to thoao back home.
their present and immediate task"
Is TO back up the presidents words
with a riflo and bayonot
"vc arr working hard. bat
we're not bosstinE." declared
noted major. general. In discuss
Ing the situation with tho United
Press today.
we arr not without spsweeiA-
tiou Of what has been done BY
others. and what remains for Ia
90 do.
what tho American armies
have done In tho past means
nothing-it's what this army
dos that counts now"
To-day was bright. clear and cold
A freezing wind served to partially
dry up tho mud In tho trenches. and
afforded . welcome relief from the
wet and sogginess tho men have been
experiencing.
Sector IL Quiet
The sector was tho quietest II had
been In Is hours as regards artillery.
irg. Airpian~a flashed constantly
thru tho sunlight a sausage balloon
hung laxiiy In the rear of tho Amer.
lean sector. Noun, Sec. the i'm
mediate objective Of the american
hate doomed huxe across the iin~..
In boshes are said 10 have ~
temped 10 take Vantage Of the
breese blowing toward the Amer
lean trenches 10 give tho Sam
mics . taste Of gas After hourS
Of aiersness. American s~utries
heard . suspicious humming
frum the enemy trvnches. secom.
panied BY . Suspicious smell.
This lcd 10 . report that Fritz
Was Icosing gas cloud.
One man. believed 10 have bc~n
essssed. was sent to the hospital. but
his condition In not serious.
In addition to tho gas cloud. tho
Germans fired gas shells. which
loo.~d hanana-ilke odor. This did
no harm.
Every Sammy on the road.
whether marching toward tho
trenches. driving a ration wagon or
rnadinx machine gun mules. wore a
xas mask I'm alert position. ready TO
snap tho eias,ics over his head the
instant an alarm was sounded.
Far back Of the lines where rolling
decorations and rafting window
panes were the only warlike sounds.
the wounded In tho hospitals were
ready to don masks. which worc
hanging within arms reach and uus-
pended from nails at tho head OF
each cot.
Perhaps tho bocheS gas won't
amount to much In the face Of all
the anti.ras equipment now supplied
the sammien. but tho boys aren't
talking any chances.