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New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

breach made there ir the Hindcnburg
Inc by organizing a defence of the
Crozat Canal. where they have masscd
Il great number Of machine guns to
prevena tho French troops from cross
ing
In the Champagne the enemy is re-
doubling his efforts TO hold off General
Gourand's forces on the Inc Of
Mothers OrfeuilL The heights here
are Gus by steep cliffs and deep ravincs
and studded with clumps of trees and
ttick1ts- furnish excellent positions
for defence.
These positions arc being tcrcely de-
fended- tfe Gelmans retiring only step
by siep and MULTIPLYING their counter
attacks al alt points where the French
trcops advance
General Gouraud's men this morning
hurst through very deep line Of wire
defcncas south of Orfeuil and Liry
ard took d formidable position by as
snuli
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Military Comment
By William L. Mcpherson
(Copyright, 1918, New York Tribune Inc.)

" I ORR Irabunc Inc.
When L1dendorF rallied on tho
Hindenburg line it was a series OF
powerful, smoothly ironed out posi-
tions. When he drew away from it
it had been battered and twisted out
Of shape. Two dangerous salients
III 1t had already been created by
| foch's persistent strategy of infil-
tration.
One of these was in the north,
The Germans, wisely drawing out Of
the weak Lys Valley salient-thc.
barren fruits of the second Luden-
dorff offensive-had halted west of
La Bassee and Armentieres and on
the heights east and southeast Of
Ypres. They stood there while Foch
further south, was driving steadily
against ST. Quentin and Cambria
When the British reached the neigh
borhood of Cambria and faced
Douai from the south and southwest
big bulge was created in the Ger
man line west Of Lille. Then the
Belgian offensive swept forward to
Roulers and Menin. The line of the
Lys River north of Lille was seized
and the salient already drawn about
Lille on the south side was completed
on the north side. To stay in this
pocket, containing Lille, Cambria
Roubaix and Tourcoing, would be to
risk another Marne disaster.
Similarly, and on a larger scale,
the Allied hreak-through ct Cam
hair and st. Quentin coupled with
the advance into the Aisne Valley
cast of Rheims and up both sides of
the Argonne, has created a valuable
salient with Laon near its apex.
Laon is the strongest single position
in the Hindenhurg line. But if it
was hard to storm it was practicable
to envelope it. That is what Foch
has been doing through Gouraud's s
drive toward Nouzieres. If Luden-
dorff should tarry at Laon until
Gouraud's army had worked as far
north IS Retchel the defenders Of
the great Laon hastion and the Hin
denburg line north Of the Chemin
des Danes would find themselves in
the bottom Of sack with the mouth
strings rapidly being drawn and
knotted.
Here, then, are the two compul-
sorry reasons for general German
retreat. Lndendorff might have es-
capped for time the results of the
fall of Cambria and St. Quentin. If
their fall had not directly affected
the two other critical sectors of the
Hidenburg line-lhat about Lille
and that about Laon. Now the Ger
ma n defence can be reorganized on
sound basis only by a withdrawal
on large scale. The best new line
is that of the Schcldt and the Meuse.
But to reach that line will renuire
long, faithful and very costly
journey.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
British Shoulder Way Forward
In Face of Fierce Counter BLo1us

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Oct 2.-The long, bitter bat
tie is still raging, but it has turned so
definitely in favor of the British that it
is scarcely even now premature to hall
il as a great victory.
To the north of the sector where the
chief tactical gain of yesterday was
scored Gin the region north of ST.
Qucntin) there was continuous and
desperate fighting. Again and again
the reserves of enemy stormirg troops
we're flung into the counter attack. and
the battle swayed with incredible Jury.
Amid all this surging, however, our
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

aRITiSH HEADQUARTERS IN FLAN
oERS. Oct. (Reuter's).- ).-Thc British
second Army. cooperating with the
lselgians in the Flanders campaign,
continued day to press forward. In
'he process of encircling Armentieres
it took the hamlet of LIE Bisct, close
70 Armentieres on the north
The Beigians to-day continued to
work forward through sea OF mud
and have taken Hoogledc and Hand
zceme, northeast of Roulers. They are
also closing in on Roulers.
Heavy rains and mud have been in
terfering with the progress of the
operations by the Belgian army and
the Second British Army in Flanders.
To-day. although the ground continued
muddy, the weather was clea rand cold.
change favorable TO the prospects Of
the Allies.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FLANDERS, Oct. . (by The Associated
Press) Field Marshal Haig's forces
to-day captured Rolleg eghemcapelle and
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

troops were gradually shouldcr;ng for
ward.
This morning the sun was shining
and everybody, even the tired troops
who went through the heavy gruelling
Of yesterday, was cheerful
The fighting was resumed during the
morning, with The enemy opposition in
crossing as reinforccmcnts appeared in
the line.
Tho improved weather brought out
the British airmcn, anxious to make up
tho leeway of their enforced inactivity
They came and went again and again
cropping more than thirty tons of
bombs OF the spots which seemed likely
host 10 To-Day such attention.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Sir John Shiffner Killed

LONDON, Oct. Lieutenant Sir
john Brldger ShiTner, whose mother's
maiden name was Miss Elsie Burrows
OF Newport, K. l.. was killed In action
IN France on September "a. according
to news received to- day at Lewes. Sus-
sex. Sir John was nineteen wear. old
and succeeded to the baronetcy In 1914
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
UDENDORFF has thrown the

'Hindcnburg line into the dis
card. The German retreat
out of the far-famed positions on
which the German High Command
confidently hoped TO bring Foch's Of
fensive to an inglorious standstill
has already begun.
Only nine days ago ago ex-Chan-
cellor Won Hertling was saying in
the Main Committee of the Reichs-
tag: "The iron wall of the Western
front cannot be broken" The Hin
denburg line was that "iron wall" 1t
was constructed at an enormous cx-
nense IN labor and material. It was
the last word in the science of rigid
fronts and defensive positional war
ware. 1t was the strongest defen-
slve line the German armies have
ever stood on. Yet it has crumbled
like plaster before the concentrated
power of the new-school open-war-
fare offensive.
Some weeks ago, when Horne's
First British Army dashed through
and over the Queant- Drocourt line
an important subsidiary of the Hin
denburg line east of Arras-the fin
lsh of all the elaborate German de-
renee systems in France was clearly
toreshadowed. When Won Hertling
spoke of "the iron wall of the West
ern tront'-envisaging it as an i'm
pregnable mechanical obstruction
he committed a solecism. The only
wall with which Germany can de-
lend her 'conquests in France and
with which she will soon be forced
to defend her own borders, is a wall
OF German infantry, just as the only
wall which barred Ludendorff last
sprng and summer from the Chan
mel ports end from Paris was a wall
II heroic British Tomnies and
French poilus.
1t may be admitted that in the
Marne and Picardy salients the Ger
mans, taken by surprise, fought at
disadvantage. But in the Hinden-
burg line they have had all the ben
Gifts of a straight, we'll covered. long
prepared front, strong naturally and
greatly smtrengthened artifciallv
lr the battle along that front for
the last two or three weeks there
has been no element of surprise. 1t
was a test, pure and simple. of
morale and quality Of the opposing
armies. 1t was a test made under
circumstances highly favorable to
the Gelmans. But the German in
1antry could not meet the test. It
has been clearly and decisively beat
en-worsted at every point. 1t must
go back to seek new lines of defence
with the consciousness that it has
been completely outclassed on it's
own terrain and under conditions of
its own choosing
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Rurnaz1ia7 Minister
Says Bulgaria Must
Surrender All Gains

PARIS. Oct If the Allies have
succeeded in ending hostlitcs in
Macedonia it is to be hoped that we
will also succeed in reaching an agree
ment which will bring about lasting
peace among the Balkan nations," was
statement made to newspapermen
last night by Take Joncscu, former
Minister of the Interior of Rumania,
interests of his native land.
"Rumania must get back the terri
tory on the other side of the Danube
now occupied by the Bulgars," he con-
tinued at is indispensable toward
economic life and would in nowisc be
a Bulgarian capitulation Bulgaria
would have other advantages which
would more than counterbalancc the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

me; mere .!. Withdrawal of her army from
r. aliled troops viii approach the
o4nuoe ana the Rumanian army will
.SAe up lne arms wrenched from il nv
the so-called peace Of Bucharest Ti,a
handful of Germanophiles who sopob1
10. 70 dIshonor their country will scatIer
NE chaff. The new Rumanian a,,,1,,
wiil exceed IL valor the old one i,
IS as belleigerent that I am spea}7ng
10 YOU and am proud of it. Above
AT AIT. there should be no peace until the
Allles enter Gernanv', ~
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
American Detachments En-
tering Gisnes Find 1t De-
serted by Germans
Enemy Withdrawing
On Pershing's Left
Our Men Make Progress in
Argonne Forest After
Stiff Fighting

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON
The VERDUN FRONT, Oct 2 (by The
Associated Press). 80 y. m.) D.
German artillery in the carly hours
to-day freely sprinkled the areas be-
hind the American lines with shells
containing sneezing gas and phosgene.
Between the Meusc and the Mosclle
the Germans directed quite a concen-
tratcd artillery fire on the American
positions. The nervousness Of the
enemy along the line indicates that he
expects an attack.
American dctachmcnts entering Ges-
ncs, northwest of Montfaucon, found
it free of the enemy. The roads in
the neighborhood OF the village like
wise were clear of Germans.
One German airplane fell to Amer
can anti aircraft guns and some iii ty
Austrians were captured i'll the Woevre
sector.
Yanks Establish Supremacy
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Tuesday
Oct. (by Tie Associated Press ).-Ihe
enemy tonight appears to be With
drawing on the American left Broad
ly speaking, he is going in the direc-
tion of the juncture of the Brurhllde
and Kriemhilde systems.
According to some accounts the
Brunhildc and Kriemhildc lines are
two names for the same position.
In the Argonnc forest Americans
made progress to-day. East of the
forest they are operating north of
Cierges and hold positions on the road
from Gcsncs to Exermont
In this district there has been stiff
changing hands until the Americans
to-day Established their supremacy.
German efforts to penetrate or bend
thc link between the MeUse and the
Aisnc dwindled rapidly to-day. Our
minor counterattack, some outpost
scrimmaging and half-hearted bon-
hardmct characterized the enemy's aC-
tiy.ty.
Countcr-attack Is Repulsed
The Americans rcpulsed 4 counter
attack north of Apremont md then
accepted the situation. Bath the
front line and the back areas held ~
the Germans were shclled vigorously
from early morning until lignt IN
the afternoon the clouds disappeared
and aviators were able TO resume their
observation patrols and pursue enemy
planes and balloons.
With the clearing weather. the en-
gineers have converted the areas
back of the American front into an
orderly place once more. Roads that
had been untouched for years and
made worse by the movement of truck
trains and artillery we're once m&-e
made passable.
American detachmcnts in the Ar
gonne forest continue to clean up that
Wilderness. sending back scores OF
machine guns, trench mortars and
other captured material. On the
salvage list there appeared to day
three observation balloons. They had
been left in their shed at the eastern
edge OF EXermont wood.
Numerous observers have reported a
general movement, especially across
the Meuse westward from Brleuelles.
Its direction is along toe river towards
the north and then towards the apex
Of the American line
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Entire Sections of
St. Quentin Afre as
Explosions Continue

WITH THE FRENCH ARMY NEAR
ST. QUENTIN, Oct. , BY The Associ
ated Prcss) Entire sections of st.
Quentin are IN flames and explosions
arc heard in the city continually.
Fighting continues north OF The town
where the French have made progress.
The French have gained the tunnel
of the St. Quentin Canal at Tronquoy
and continue to advance eastward. The
City Hall of st. Quentin appears to be
intact bat it is believed TO be mined
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
BELGIAN

LONDON DAY.-On October /
the operations in Flanders under the
command of the King Of Belgium
developed favorably. despite the re-
sistance Of the enemy. The energetic
Belgian and French troops made new
progress in the direction of Hooglede
and Roulers. South of Roulers the
British troops captured Ledeghem on
the Roulers- -Menin railway. British
detachments crossed the Lys, between
WerNicQ and Confines
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Advance by British
Proves Big Aid to
French at St. Oue1ti,,

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
RANCE, Oct. 2 (By The Associates d
Press) I0:S0 Il. m.J-British forces.
breaking through the German line on
the ReaurevoirW rWiancourt front and
capturing both these villages, togethe r
with Sequehart, created d Salient which
aided materially in the capture of St.
Quentin by the French.
The capture OF Beaurevoir cleared I'D
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
The Great War-15 18th Day

Germans arc rotreatng all along this
front.
Cambrai has hcen mined, but the
British forces have fought around the
town and thus have foilcd the plans
OF the enemy. The Germans decided
ON September to burn Cambrai and
forced the civilian population to leave.
The French troops have now passed
beyond ST. QucHtln.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

Sve miles further eastward on the bel
sian front Ostend will become unten-
sble, while an advance Of ten miles
would jcopardize the entire coast line.
PARIS. Oct. 9 G. p. n.y. tBy The
Associated .rrcss) ).-Gencral Berthe
o.. army th!s afternoon reached the
<,sne Canal Ax several points. The
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

the situation in the Gouv salient to
the north
The British Fourth Army took these
places. while the Third Army captured
Crevecnur and 2umilly. south of Cam
bral. and the high ground east and
north of those villages.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
FRENCH

PARIS DAY.-In st. Quentin
lively fighting took place in the
course of the night. The enemy, who
was thrown back to the east bank of
New-York tribune., 1918-10-03

Scotch Mists" come in
divers patterns! The hand
soonest sort Of fair weather
overcoats, 1ainproofed!
Among them some bright
heathery mixtures, specially
suitable for dark, damp days!
-Resiatsred Trademark.
The durability of *"Scotch
Mists matches our *"Fore-
fathers Cloth,'' which for
long wear recalls the sound
sense of the Pilgrim Fathers
who went to market in the
same County of Norfolk,
England, whence the woods
used in our suits Of *"Fore-
fathers Cloth" continue to
come.
Flats. shcss and furnishings ,ha, match
he Quality Of our clothing.
Livery! Everything for
YOUR chauffeur.
Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
WESTERN.

Chairman Goodrich Of the Phoenix
Red Cross announced Saturday that
Arizona had contributed 100000, dou-
BILE its quota, to the second Red Cross
fund.
There were $4,000 new oil wells
drilled in the United States in 1917,
compared to 24,60O in 1916.
A bill for the restoration of capital
punishment, to be submitted to the
people next fall, was introduced in the
Senate of the Arizona Legislature.
A snow and rain storm general over
Montana relieved the crops in the cen.
trail and northern sections, which had
begun to feel the effects of dry
weather
Nelson Morris, millionaire Chicago
packer, chairman Of the board of di-
rectors Of Morris & Co., left for Camp
Grant, Rockford, with a quota of forty
one men from Chicago Board No. 13.
Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
INCREASE RAIL RATES
Passenger Fares Advance to Three
Cent Basis June 10, and Is Per
Cent Freight Raise e.
fective June Is.

Observation-Disclosures in passen-
ger fares to 8 cents per mile, effect
i've June 10, and general freight rate
increases Of approximately Is per
cent, effective June 25. as approved
by President Wilson, were ordered by
William g. McAdoo, director general
Of railroads.
More than $850,000. .000-the in
creased operating expenses for 1915
is expected to be raised by these in
creases In rates, according to the
Railway Administration.
One hundred and ninety-six rail
roads and all steamships In lake and
coastwise trade under federal control
are affected.
These sweeping changes in rates
were announced, following the grant
ing to railroad employees Of the lars-
est wage increase recorded, amount
ing to 100000 yearly.
Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
WASHINGTON.

Director General McAdoo announced
that soldiers would be carried on the
American railroads for the duration ns
the far at the rate of l cent mile.
Mexico's sudden and unexpected sus-
pension Of diplomatic relations with
Cuba is looked upon In Washington as
an indirect move against the United
States, which possibly may foreshadow
breaking of diplomatic relations
with this country.
President Wilson fixed the price of
zinc for a period until next September
as follows: Grade A, IL cents; plate
I. o. b. plant, IA cents; sheet, %. b.
plant, 15 cents. The prices are sub
tect to the usual trade discounts and
differentials In effect on Feb. 10 last.
Draft officials wish 1t clearly under
stood that no person who has attained
the age Of 21 since June 6. 1917, or
who will attain that age on or before
June s, is excused from registration
June unless on that date he is an &C.
tual and active member Of the military
q naval service.
Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
SPORT.

Lieut.. Edward Rickenbacher, the
former automobile racer, has added
another aerial victory to his record.
The Princeton eight-oared shell crew
defeated Cornell on Lake Carnegie at
Princeton, N. j., by less than one-half
a length. The time for the mile and
seven-eighths was nine minutes fifty
one seconds. Cornell won the fresh
man race by three lengths in ten min
utes seven seconds.
An elaborate program for a Liberty
matinee" the first card Of the Gentle
mems Driving and Riding Clubs TWEEN
ty-first racing season, to be given at
Denver City Park as free show, June
l, was outlined at meeting of the
club members. Hundreds of Red Cross
girls will be there in their white cos
tunes and wells for a Sammy show
err" and coins will be tossed out by
the sportsmen to help the work Of
mercy on Flanders field
Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIG
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EvERTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Mexico has severed diplomatic rela-
tions with Cuba
Serious fighting in Kiev, capital Of
Ukrainia, is reported.
More than 100000 American SOL
diers have been sent to France in
May.
French troops repulsed two German
raids south of Hangard wood and in
the Vosges.
American forces in the Montdidier
region carried out silent raid upon
enemy positions, killing six men and
capturing one.
The attempts by the Germans to dis
and Minsk governments are meeting
with fierce resistance.
A German submarine of the cruiser
type was sunk May II in the latitude
of Cape st. Vincent by British At
lantic escort submarine.
The Cork steamer Inniscarra, bound
from Fishguard to Cork, has been tor.
pedoed and sunk. Thirty-seven mem
bers OF the crew were missing.
The Germans have succeeded in
shifting the concrete laden cruiser
Vindictive, sunk in the harbor of Os-
tend on May 10 by British raiding
forces.
The declaration of war by Costa
Rica on the Central powers brings the
total number Of nations aligned
against Germany up to total of twen-
ty-one.
The Rotterdam Masbode reports
that an entente allied air raid was
carried out over Liege. The Longdoz
railway station was destroyed and
twenty-six persons killed.
American troops on the way to the
battlefields Of France to the number
Of fifty-six have been lost in the tor
pedoing of the British steamship Mol
davia by German submarine in the
English channel.
The Bavarian troops which have ar
rived opposite the American sector
northwest of Toul suffered casualties
engaged in the recent offensive in
northern France.
An enemy destroyer has been sunk
In the neighborhood of Zeebrugge by
. direct hit from an aeroplane. The
mole and seaplane base at Zeebrugge
also were badly damaged by bombs
which British naval aviators dropped.
More than 100000 wounded and
sick men have been returned to the
fighting front and $4,000 soldiers
have been discharged from the Ger
man army as unfit for further serv-
ice, according to a report of the state.
ment in the Reichstag by Surgeon
General SchulLe as contained in the
Berliner Tageblatt of April "a, a copy
Of which has been received in New
York.
Cheyenne record., 1918-05-30
GEN ERAL,

The general assembly of the Pres.
byterian church in the United States
of America, in session at Columbus,
Ohio, adopted resolutions urging
against prematurely negotiated
peace and urging continuance of the
war until decisive victory is won.
The Athletic Carnival at Broadway
Park in Denver for the benefit of the
Red Cross was attended by 5000 peo-
pie and $4,000 realized for the worthy
fund.
Food rationing of the $4,000 to $4,000
people Of Lower California has been
completed by the United States, 1t was
announced by John B. Elliott, collec-
tor of customs at Los Angeles.
A forty-acre farm of reclaimed land
for every soldier and sailor when a
victorious peace is won and the boys
come back from the trenches and the
submarine zones is the reconstruction
idea being advanced by Secretary Of
the Interior Franklin X. Lane.
H. NJ. Lambert was burned to death
and two other women were seriously
injured when fire swept printing es-
tablishment at San Francisco engaged
in manufacturing celluloid Red Cross
buttons for use In the war fund COM
paign.
General pay increases for nearly g.
100000 railroad employee were an
nounced by Director General McAdoo,
effective Saturday, June /, and retro
active to last Jan. 1. carrying out sub
stantially the recommendations Of the
railroad wage commission.
The Red Cross second war fund Sat.
urday passed the $100.000,OOO mini
mum total mark. and kilograms an
nouncing subscriptions continued to
flow into national headquarters at q
rate that swamped the compilers.
The number of men known to have
lost their lives whom the explosives
plant of the Aetna Chemical Company
at Oakdale, Pa, was destroyed was in
creased to LOT by the discovery Of six
bodies In the T. N. T. house.
Several persons were injured some
Of them seriously. In tornado wh1sA
struck Bern, near Sabstha, KAn.