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The sun., 1918-10-05

BRITISH (NIGHT)-Flghting of n
local character has taken place to-
day in the neighborhood Of Beauro-
voir, north of Guoy and south of Cam
brai. Our troops progressed.
On the Lens-Armentieres sector the
enemy's withdrawal continues. Our
troops have reached wavrin and
Equinghem.
In operations undertaken by the
Second British Army In Flanders on
the 2sth OF September and subsequent
days, the Ninth. Twenty-ninth and
Thirty-flfth divisions rendered dlstin-
guished service. Under most unfavor-
able conditions OF weather they ad-
vnnced to depth of over nine miles
across extremely difficult country.
clearing the whole ridge east and
southeast of Ypres and taking n
prominent part In the capture OF more
than 1000 prisoners and 100 guns.
The Ninth Division on the first day
Of the attack took Becelaere. five
miles east Of its starting point. and
three days later reached Ledeghem.
On the first day the Twenty-ninth Di-
vision passed beyond Gheluvelt and
captured kruisseeke. having advanced
over Ave miles along the Menin road.
On the right the Thirty-fifth Division
passed far beyond our old positions OF
1917 and took Zandvoorde.
BRITISH tDAY)-At the end OF the
fighting yesterday we held the high
ground one mile northeast of Seque-
hart and had successfully beaten off
the enemy's counter attacks at Gouy
and lie Catelet. A second hostile coun-
ter attack at SequehRrt also was re-
pulsed
The number OF prisoners captured
by us in yesterdays operations north
of st. Quentin exceeds 1000.
During the night local fighting took
place to our advantage southwest OF
Beaurevoir and in the southern out
skirts Of Cambria.
We advanced our posts slightly
northeast Of Epinoy and repulsed a
hostile attack on one of our posts
south OF B!aches-St. Vast (between
Lens and Arleux).
North OF the Scarpe we progressed
between Oppy and Mericourt Further
railway east of Lens and the general
line OF Vendin-le-Vieil. wingles, Ber-
clau, Fournes and Houplines.
FRENCH tNIGHT)-In Champagne
the French and American troops in
advances of yesterday.
On our left we pushed our lines four
kilometers north of Auberive and eight
kilometers northwest OF Somme-Py. as
far as the Arnes River.
We took the villages of vaudesin-
court. Dontr!en, St Souplet and the
woods in the region of Grand Bellois.
Further east we reached the borders
of st. Etienne-Arnes and gained foot
ing on the plateau of Orfeuil. which
village was captured.
We evacuated Challerange, which
has not been occupied by the enemy.
II Is undergoing an intensive FIRE by
both artilleries.
FRENCH tDAY)-During the night
We made an advance east of Lesdins
In the region Of st. Quentin.
North and northwest OF Rheims de-
tail operations enabled the French TO
enlarge their bridgehead east OF the
canal and to improve their positions
The sun., 1918-10-05
KILL EVERY MAN IN
TREACHEROUS BAND
Americans AVenge Pretence
Of Surrender.
BY tAs Associated Prsss.

WITH THE AMERICAN AMY IN FRANCE,
Oct 8 (delayed) American troops went
into action this morning Thursday on
the Champagne front. A report from
the French army states that they had
advanced considerably by noon and had
taken Blanc Mont and Medeah Farm.
When New York troops captured the
village OF ARTIST Louis on the Verdun
front last Friday they were made VIC
tins OF an act OF German treachery
which has been Investigated by army
authorities. AS the New Workers. swept
into the village a number OF Germans
came out OF their hiding places with up
lifted hands and were supposed to have
surrendered. When the Americans came
nearer the Germans suddenly dropped
their hands and SELLING hand grenades
threw them with deadly effect, killing
The sun., 1918-10-05
PRETENDS PLANE is
DEAD: ELUDES FOE
". Y. Filler Lands in German
Lines; Escapes.
By the Associated Pres.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NonrH-
WEST OF VERpuN. Oct with his air
plane riddled by machine gun bullets
and temmed in by German mach'ne,
Aviator Ted Haight. New York city, yes.
terday pretended to be out of commits
sion and landed within the German
lines. After hurriedly repairing h!s
damaged machine he assembled and re-
turned to his own lines. successfully
lodging the astonshed Germans on the
ground and In the air.
Haight was In a group of airplanes
protecting American observers beyond
the American lines. He was attacked by
the Germans and thirteen machine gun
bullets penetrated various parts OF his
riane, three OF them striking the rropel-
lei. The Germans circled around him 70
prevent him from reaching his own base.
Haight descended quickly and landed Ia
n field. The German airmen apparently
took II for granted that he was out o.
commission and left his capture to The
ren on the ground.
One bullet had severed a battery VII.
In Haight's machine. This was quickly
repaired. and before the German foot
soldiers could reach him he had ascende!
and was making for the American lire.
Tho German airplanes pursued hin, HI.
were not quick enough.
Aviator Rollins Meyer, Oakland, -
SHOT down a German airplsne yest"rfs
near Very In n spectacular tight =
though hA own motor was wcri',
badly he attacked the enemy mac
and riddled II with machine gun bullets,
forcing 1t to land. His own machN"
came down Immediately atterwsrd NE
the German. whose officers surrende'eI
10 Meyer. Carrying the machine gun c.
the German plane as a souvenir, Meye
brough. his prisoners IN on foot
The sun., 1918-10-05
YANKS WIN HEIGHTS
IN FIERCE BATTLE
Continued from First Page.

leans OF this division from the outset
had met with determined opposition
They pushed forward in the face OF an
ennlading fire from German machine
guns.
"The dead, OF whom there were large
numbers" the Australian officer wrote.
were all lying with faces toward the
front. Not man was moving backward
when he was killed"
The telegram then goes on to say
that owing TO the nature of the country
the Germans were able to get in an
enfllading FIRE. and II was evidently
gallant action that enabled the men
from Tennessee and North and South
Carolina to do what they set out to
do. namely. to break the first part of
the Hindenburg line. In conclusion the
telegram said:
81 am convinced that the officers and
men did all that II was humanity posi-
BILE for brave men to do, and their gall
lantry in action must stand through all
times in American history"
Further stirring stories OF individual
cases OF heroism Are now available. The
Rev. Frank Kelly OF Albany, y. Y. went
over three different tops with the men
in one day and administered to the badly
wounded. He finished the day with his
hair white.
Lieut.. Ford Terry. formerly a New
York public accountant. was with his
platoon In advance of the American
barrage when the Germans came in
from the TANKS and forced the Americans
to take shelter In shell holes Corporal
Arthur Leader of New Jersey offered to
go back through tho barrage for help,
but the Lieutenant refused to allow him
to sacrifice himself.
Soon Terry split his men into groups
of three and they started to fight their
way back to their own lines They
climbed from tho shell holes, and with
grenades gradually forced their way
back and reached their lines Just as
other advancing Americans came smash
Ing through
On the way back to their own lines
Terry's men saw a dead American Cap
tain lying In a shell hole. He had five
| empty cartridges In his pistol and there
were Ave dead Germans lying almost
on the outer lip OF the crater,
| Twenty New Workers. who were giving
theatrical performances were with the
division when 1t went into action. They
| Immediately formed themselves into
stretcher bearers and carried on many
wounded under heavy FIRE. Some of
them were Sid Mercer. Russell Brown,
, James Fallon. Stanley Hughes. Stanley
| Wood, Harry Gribble, Jack Roach and
Edward Crawford.
| Among the prisoners captured by the
| Americans during the battle was q New
, York German VINO Immediately offered
| TO carry the wounded He laughed and
joked with tho Americans. speaking ex-
cellent English. He had a diary written
In English.
The sun., 1918-10-05
OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE FIGHTING.
LONDON 4-Foowng reports operations
by Offices.

in the region of Betheny. One hum
dred prisoners remained In our hands.
In Champagne the Franco-Amerl-
cans increased their gains northwest
OF Blanc Mont and Medeah Farm.
GERMAN tNIGHT)--Nigorous en-
envy attacks on both sides of Rouiers,
north of st. Quentin. nj the Chemin
des Danes and in Champagne were
repulsed.
Between the Argonne and the Mouse
renewed American attempts TO break
through failed.
GERMAN (DAYD-In Flanders the
enemy attacked between Hooglede and
Roulers with strong forces. He pene-
trated into our lines on both sides Of
the Staaen- Roulers road. Bavarian
and Rhineland troops threw him back
by smart counter attack and took
about lVU prisoners.
There Is nothing new to report from
before Cambria. There were minor
engagements south Of Aubencheul and
near Proville. as a result OF which sew
enty prisoners were brought In.
On broad front between lie Cato
let and north of st. Quentin the Brit
ish again launched a united attack
and attempted to break through In
the first assault the enemy succeeded
In capturing lie Catelet and thrusting
forward as far as Beaurevoir and
hsrt 80 'N''e
On h,,b .,a.. ard In frort ~ Ia
e,ata,.t ws droy. ,hs .n.r,, hacL into
ana hevond H. nosi,,nns sron, which
h. stated psanra,,o,r NO. racan-
,mr.d A. .nc,rc,i,x ot,acL Iaunchad
hy aaxon phan,.h ga Iorrair. RAJ
ts,,on. 49,. 80 A. ,,o...,.,o,, - .,ort-
hrahai, -" ''~'
Sao,,ahort o,,a- src,ro,,r, e,,,,,v
rsna,nod In ,ha hands ~ az enemy
IN ths sysr,,s o.ar s,rons sr;rs south
NJ q, ou.,,,n aremv attact. ,,I,sd
~ ~ r;de.s GA s,ona. ~ ,ho
r>non,in.Sos.Da No.. ,s,oro,,s o,,,,o..
eve .ran,. cnn,,,,.S yas,.-aay
stronr attacl hv ths Ita,ians wa. "a
n,,,saS Ssar a. A,sna and or ~.
canal ,-ont ror,hxsst ~, Rhs,,rs ne
s,,rd aysr,,u,h.r. ,r esnttnc -
,y;th ~. .r.r,y
In Chen,na.r. tho u,ran.h na-.,,,
The sun., 1918-10-05
YANKEES DARING,
GERMANS ADMIT
Teuton Critics No.D Take u. S.
Troops Very Seriously.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4.--The Americans
are nlling a continually growing amount
OF space in the battle narratives OF the
German war correspondents. The for
mer neutrality-suspicious. references to
their scant numbers or fighting spirit
are now rare. They are being taken
very seriously.
SchuermanD and DIR. Rooster. who
write for the Frankfort G0sette and
the Berlin Vo,tcaerts respectively. report
on the testimony OF German soldiers
that the Americans are cool and dar-
ing In attack. although at times over
rash, and despite losses will come on
again. so that the Baden, Wurttemburg
and Alsace-Lorraine troops who opposed
them In the recent Argonne fighting
reap extra praise for holding out as
long as they did.
One Baden regiment is reported to
have performed what rs claimed 10 be
the remarkable feat Of for a moment
causing whole American division to
waver." and was only stopped by fresh
American reserves and the advent OF
sixty battle planes.
The American attacks, wherever they
occur. are represented as failures by
these correspondents. Schuermann says
that the latest he hears Is that Metz
whose new Governor. Lieut.. Gen. Lequits
was appointed yesterdays to TO be q
Christmas present for President Wilson
Describing the Argonne fighting, the
feature OF which was the employment
OF large numbers OF light tanks, Schuer-
mann says the Americans thought tank
war good sport. The Germans thought
1t equally good sport to pick them off
with tank guns and mines and especially
with hand grenades.
The American prisoners. Rooster says.
behave quietly and decently, The Of
, foers say. according to Rooster. that
! America had no grudse against the Ger
man people and when asked whether
| America would have come In II there
had been no U-boat war they shrug
| their shoulders.
The sun., 1918-10-05

dead from tho Tampa, was the son OF
Edward r. shanshan Of Gal Montgomery
street, Jersey City, district manager
for Borden's MIX Company.
I'VE are beating the Germans all the
time" wrote Private Joseph Hoosack OF
Company L. 30sth Infantry, In his last
letter to his mother. Mrs Anna Hoosack,
109 North Eighth street, Brooklyn. Yes
terday's casualty list named Hoosack as
among those killed August 20. lie was
"a and sailed for France last April HIS
younger brother. Michael, Is in the navy.
Mother willing to Give All.
MY only regret Ia that haven't
three more sons TO give to Uncle SAM
Mrs. Susan Condor. SIT Jennings street.
The Bronx. said yesterday when In
formed that one OF her three sons in
service had been killed in action.
Lawrence Condor was 10 and had
gained the rank of sergeant. He was
a member OF Company l., 106th 1nfan-
try, and sustained injuries from burst
ing shell that resulted In death.
Father Costala. n Canadian chaplain,
who administered the last rites, wrote
to Mrs. Condor: "Your son died
brave soldier and his death was
noble one" He also told her that he
was so moved by the lads bravery that
tended making a trip to New York to
tell her in person of her sons noble
conduct In battle.
Another mother. Mrs. Therese Scheu-
ner. 400 East Seventy-seventh street.
when informed of her son having sus-
tained severe injuries in action declared
that she gladly gave her boy to his
country. She too had three sons In
service. They are Frederick. who wan
injured. and William and Herman.
Frederick is in a Red Cross hospital.
He was shot down in the action Of Au-
gust 20.
Private Raymond Joseph weigers. 22.
who was wounded recently by shrapnel.
has sent the piece that wounded him to
his sister. Charlotte. who lives at 527
West 1920 street. He wrote: II am
tired OF loafing around hospital. and
l hope TO go back with the boys in few
days"
81 am going over the top shortly"
wrote Corporal Dominick J. Dundss TO
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs John F.
Dundas. 1921 Lexington avenue. lie
was killed In the sortie-
Second Lieut. Howard Paul Bittinger,
OF an aerial squadron fighting In France,
was either killed or captured when
forced down by superior numbers be-
hind the German lines. his mother. Mrs.
F. c. Bittinger. learned yesterday. Prior
to enlistment he lived with his mother
in Greenwich. Conn.
Coxswain Harold Tonneson. lost on
the torpedoed Tampa. was a member Of
the crew OF the cutter Bear that made
an unsuccessful trip to find the ex-
plorer Vihljalmar Stefansson in the
Arctic In 1915. He was Al years old
and had spent ten years in the navy
and coast guard. His parents are in
Norway. where he was born. Mrs. A
F. Carlson, 1T Irving avenue. Brook.
Ign. is his sister.
The full casualty list will be
found on page O.
The sun., 1918-10-05
BOHEMIA TO SEEK FREEDOM.
Liberty or Death ProcIamR tion
Ready for Issuance.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 4.-The proclama-
ton of the independence OF Bohemia will
be issued shortly. according to the Buda-
pest newspaper A Zest.
The members of the Czech national
committee fear neither prison nor
DEATH" says the newspaper. They all
have made their wills and settled their
material affairs, and the independence
OF Bohemia is virtually assured.
IAN preparations have been made for
the proclamation of the Independence OF
Bohemia. Every portfolio has been dis
tributcd and the State programme is
ready. while new Czech money is circu-
lating privately"
The sun., 1918-10-05

and wounding q number of the New
York boys.
The survivors retreated and told the
story. Then more New York troops wen.
forward. They were armed with fame
throwers and gas projectors and filled
the village with fire and gas until not n
German escaped.
Two concrete emplacements for big
guns were discovered west of Varennes
on the Nerdun front when New York
troops advanced along the eastern edge
of the Argonne forest a few days ago.
The guns had been removed. but en-
gineers believe that they were Austrian
305s.
The emplacements were 100 yards
apart and apparently were built more
than a year ago. A railroad had been
built leading up to them and this en-
abled the enemy to remove the guns.
ammunition and everything OF value.
French and American heavy artillery
battered tho enemy positions throughout
the entire region along this front, ana
It Is believed the Germans made haste
in removing the big guns as soon as
they saw that n serious attack was
impending.
Big guns were scattered through the
Argonne forest. and from day to day
have been taken by the advancing New
York soldiers. Among them were two
1905 and several rs. The forest has
been thoroughly searched for these guns
by the American troops
Many of the roads leading from the
Argonne forest 20 Montfaucon and to
Malancourt have been found to be barred
by concrete pillars as precaution
against tho operation Of allied tanks.
At safe distances behind these pillars
anti-tank gun positions have peen found.
These in many places were Of concrete.
The pillars have all the appearance OF
having been built recently IN many places
the wood frames for holding the concrete
In place not having been removed. These
concrete positions were. for the most
part. behind the main line defensive po-
sitions. through which the Americans
broke during the present drive.
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE
Oct 4.-when German forces ad.
vanced Tuesday IN an attempt to cap
ture Apremont. on the. front northwest
OF Nerdun, American tanks suddenly
emerged from the town in all direc-
tions. The tanks went lurching through
the German ranks spraying bullets into
them from all sides and spreading the
utmost terror and CONSERVATION.
After smashing their way through the
, German lines the tanks wheeled about
and repeated the operation with deadl,
results. The enemy losses were ex-
| tremely heavy. In one German company
nine men were killed and thirty wounded
out of seventy. In another company ter
were killed and forty wounded out OF
| eighty.
The sun., 1918-10-05
REPORT FROM PERSHING.
Communisue Tells of Attack West
of the Meuse.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.-Gen. Pershing',
conmunique to-day says:
Section A--This morning the attack
was resumed west of the Meuse. Over
coming a stubborn resistance. we have
advanced our line two to five kilo-
meters. carrying Hin 2+O. north of
Exermont and taking from the enemy
the villages Of Gesnes, Fieville. Che
hery and Laforge.
In the face OF heavy artillery and
machine gun fire troops from Illinois.
Wisconsin. western Pennsylvania. Viz
sinia ana West Virginia, and Regular
troops belonging to Major-Gen. X l..
billiards. corps. forced the enemy back
10 the KriemhiIde positions south OF
the Bois do Noret
The sun., 1918-10-05
ENGLISH MAKE RAID IN ITALY.
Warwicks Capture I42 Prisoners
on AslaRo Plateau.

LONDON, Oct. 4.-Concerning British
activities on the Italian mountain front
the War Office to-day issued this state
ment:
Last night Warwickshlre troops
carried out most successful raid
into the enemy trenches facing Asiago.
capturing 142 prisoners. including four
officers. Our casualties were twelve.
The sun., 1918-10-05
Z More Tampa Omcers Missing.

WARRINGTON, Oct. 4.-Names OF three
additional officers missing from the U. S.
g. Tampa. sunk In Bristol Channel Sep
TENDER 26. were announced to-day. En-
signs David Hoffman. Boston, and Ed
ward Reavely. Bend. Ill. and Lieut..
Hadley II. Teter. Medical Corps, Coshoc-
ton, Ohio.
The sun., 1918-10-05
"Roo.eveIt Field" Honors Quentin.

In memory OF Quentin Roosevelt the
new third field Mt Hampstead. I. l.. has
been named Roosevelt Field II has had
no name heretofore. as II has been COM
pleted but a short time.
The sun., 1918-10-05
PORTUGUESE PORT sHELLED,

LIsBoN, Oct. 1.-Two enemy subma-
rines to-day shelled the port of cezim-
bra. eighteen miles south OF Lisbon.
The shore guns Immediately replied
whereupon the submarines ned.
Evening star., 1918-04-25
PRIVATE DANNY'S
WAR BOOK

up in ten years. He wouldn't stand no
more chance against them lads than
the standing army Of Siam would nave
against the Hun shock troops.
Just as a little example, take that
what a couple of our prize nuts hung
on to some Of them smart newspaper
correspondent birds who have been NY
ing permtscuous around this camp TOT
the past five or six weeks.
A couple of days ago Fat Wallace
and Bennie Lewis was assigned to act
as guards over at the gas schooihouse,
which IS built with double walls and
double windows, and is where all the
soldiers in the camp go with their gas
ing poison gas. They got big tanks Of
gas over there and they let 1t out in
this room. and then you have to go In
there and stand around with your mask
on.
Well, three or four of those news
paper birds come floating over there
and wanted to go in and smell some
tear gas that wouldn't hurt them none,
yet they could write some big pieces
for their papers. saying they had been
veterans. etc. eto
"Al right, wen accumulate you"
a little gas
door and then went over to the gas
tanks and turned on some bad poison
gas called clorine, guess. and then
walked away and smoked q couple OF
cigarettes.
Well. when he como back them birds
was pounding at tha door and shouting
to be let out. So Fat opened the door
and out they come.
THAT wont hurt" Fat said. Don't
worry mono. You can write big story
now"
Well. guess It was about half
hour before any OF them birds begun
Evening star., 1918-04-25
BRIGHTw0oD LOSES LEADER.
Death Of John G. Keene Ends Long
Career Devoted to Civic Interests.

John G. Keene. a resident of WASH
ington for nearly fifty years, and prom
inent in the civic affairs of Bright
wood. D. c., died at his home. in
Brightwood. April II. at the age of
fifty-six years. Mr.. Keene was for
many years In the shoe business in G
street near 9th street northwest, and
was well known in Washington busi-
ness circles. He was born in Tenley-
town. attended the old Soldiers Home
school and was graduated in the first
high school class OF the public schools
of Washington. He was the son of
Joseph r. Keene. for many years con-
nected with the public schools of the
District
Mr.. ,Keene was secretary of the
Brightwood Citizens Association for
many years. AS treasurer. leader Of
the choir and Sunday school teacher
at different times he was connected
with the Emory Methodist Episcopal
Church Of Brightwood. giving up his
duties only recently. when his health
failed.
He was 4 member Of the Brightwood
Tent Of the Knights Of the Maccabees.
He l. survived BY his wife, z daughter,
Dorothy L., ana two sons, both In the
Army-0erald =. Keene of the Marine
Corps and Joseph A. Keene Of the Med
ical Corps
Evening star., 1918-04-25
MARINE CORPS REACHES
WAR SAVINGS QUOTA
Department. Here Leads-Compari-
sons Of Figures In Campaigns In
o. s. and England.

The Marine Corps has subscribed its
paign.
In the hrst quarter of the campaign,
marines bought stamps to a total aver
aging one IS stamp for every man in
tho corps on duty in the United States
At the same rate. this would be $50 for
the year. or tho per capita average
necessary to reach the two-billion
mark.
Tho ad5utAnt and inspectors depart
mont in Washington is in the lead.
Every man on detail there held an
average Of s2s.15 worth Of stamps up
to April 1. March sales in this depart
mont brought a per capita average of
$11.5s.
More than $1,000 worth of stamps
have been sold to tho a0o-odd men on
duty at Marine Corps headquarters
since the opening OF the campaign in
Comparative sales Of war savings Sc
curities in the United States and Eng
land during the first eighteen weeks of
the campaigns shows the United States
population Of the United States
Is much larger than that Of Great
Britain, It 10 also pointed out that when
England started her war savings cam
pafgn q little over two years ago they
were much closer to the war
During the first week of the cam
paikns the United States purchased
stamps amounting to s3.os0.so5 and
England purchased $576,810 worth. The
highest week for the United States was
the 18th week. when the sales totaled
s16,705,o35. England's highest week was
the 18th week, the sales amounting to
sa.64o,6ss.
Evening star., 1918-04-25
WAR RISK BUREAU ASKS WHEN
MISSING ARE OFFICIALLY DEAD

among those who were aboard the Tus-
cania. Under the law. no payment can
be made to tho heirs until the death OF
the insured has been officially re-
corded"
Adjt. Gen. Mccain will be called upon
to fix some definite period which will
mark the end of official hope that
missing soldier may be found. 1t is re-