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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

Forces About @
1.-TWO Men 20 One
The forces opposed were roughly
Tess than two Germans to one AL
lied soldier. for it Is always the
object OF a defensive to maintain
SITS positions with a minimum posst-
BILE loss of men and therefore with
Its covering screen OF troops. at the
smallest possible limit
The preliminary pombardment
was more Intense than any which
had preceded it in this offensive, and
d. very large proportion of the shells
were gas shells, Both these fea-
itures-the increasing Intensity OF
the bombardment and the increasing
inroportton OF gas shells used-have
been noted in the last few actions
IN FLANDERS. The use OF gas, in facts
was so intense and continuous that
most Of the defending forces lived
and slept in their gas masks FOR the
hetter part OF two days.
Thirteen German attacking divl-
sfons, ii OF which have been tdentt-
fied (inoluding the 9Th BaHarian, the
I i28d Alpine CcRps, the Tth, 85th and
.49th Reserve and tho Both ana 50
R4IIard Corps), were organized under
two CORDS commanders and were
launched to tho attack shortly after
rIaybreak In a. dense mist, The first
shock produced two temporary Ger
man successes.
.nished out OF Voormezeele, but the
stack was held up by the wood to
The west OF that viIlagas which the
Germans failed TO take. The efrecC
lpnon the battle OF this partial and
shallow advance was not great
fThruae Endangered
ANifols Alliod Linea
But the other GeEn1ssFl success was
OF more value and might have had
,erest rssIfitg. It was conducted
Probably by the Alpine Corps al
ready mentioned, acting with the
Savarians. III caPEied Locre village
and was pushed aright up. 70 the
crossroads, tEree-duarteIs OF Q mile
beyond which the British had christi
iened Hyde Park Corner.
This thrust was exceedingly seE4=
GUS It turned the French lefts put
ia q, wedge between the French and
EBrifish forces on this part OF the
front, got right on the flank OF the
range OF hills against which this
whole German attack was aimed,
and almost succeeded In pepetrating
40 the plain beyond and thus threat
sening an exceedingly hasty and ex-
lOensiw9 retreat or the BRUSH LorCSb
10 the northeast IN the Ypres SALE
snt
French Recover
EMora Than They Lost
The whole OF this first rush and
ahe critical dtuafion which 1t caused
occupied no more than the earliest
lhours of the day. Long before noon
the french had organized q counter
effa6ls which was singuIarIy gue-
cesaf,zi. It not only retook the CROSSE
roads. but got back the whole OF
the village Of Locre. and finally
pushed on beyond, driving the en-
eInv 10 points actually within those
from which he first started. 1t was
q. Cleag-cu4 success in war OF
lFn0venaamt," the action taking place
Iin lie open, like that Of the old bat
&1as of the Marne.
Meanwhile the smaller and less
tfnanog esut enemy thrusts 20 the eaEt
s aazesle had loeen held and.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11
WATTS FOR SKULL
TO BE CRUSHED.

az had merely commenced to feel
the sting of the pain when the boches
rushed us again and It was hand-to-
hand. A Bavarian lunged toward me
with a rifle dubbed, and closed my
eyes, being utterly helpless, and
waited for my skull to be crushed.
The blow did not fall. I opened my
eyes just In time to BEE our sergeant
plunge mis- bayoneG through the Ba-
varian's neck.
'Down flopped the .boche, with his
hands, one on each side, convEastve-
ty clutSh1ng at the bayonet, and he
sat, opposite me. only q, few yards
intervening, during all the hours ]
was there, with q, hellish grin ON his
face. When the pain Of the wound
would subside and would doze for
a few minutes, wOd1d awaken with
q gha6der, imagining the dead boche
closer TO mine.
the wounded, so serious was the
position OF the remnant of the boys.
Their business was to hold what they
the best they could. The remnant
held until reinforcements arrived,
twenty-four hours later"
Baldwin in the meantime lay. with
many others, where he had fallen.
His shattered foot and part OF the
leg were arnputated afterward and
after recovering in England he wqs
discharged Since then he has de-
voted his time to atding recruiting
and his book is written for that pur-
Ylnea fIa advance In fI1a rank of
sergeant during his period Of service.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

ing to try and take redoubt B. The
artilIery-wlnat we have OF twill
shell their first line for half an hour,
and then we lift and play on their
second line. While they are doing
this you will go over. There's q lot
of Us who are not going to come
back, but the job must be donas and
I know you will do it..
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

the remainder of the day-all the
afternoon up to dugk-was taken up
with tnnumerable local concentra-
ttons of troops on the part Of the
enemy; sometimes broken before
they could attack; sometimes brok-
en- in the course of the attack; but
all destroyed before they could have
any effect upon the now restored de-
fensive line.
Afternoons Fighting
Costs Germans Dearly.
It was this afternoon Of fighting
that was so exceptionally costly to
the Germans. and from the nature
Of the situation and the fact that the
attacks nowhere got home. it was
correspondingly less expensive to the
Allies.
Certain details of it which have
now reached London explain the
character OF this fighting and its
results. OR instance one regiment
firing across the open glacis of fields
stretching down to the KENNEL
brook, had opposite them all the af-
division. These forces had to as
semble as best they could in the
ruined huts on the opposite rise be-
yond the brook. which rise was
formed by the flrst slopes OF Mt.
KENNEL.
After making their assemblis in
these huts with very great loss OF
life in passing across the open
ground to reach ther1y- the Prllssian
Guard had to attempt an advance,
again across the open, to the brook.
Every such effort failed with rnur-
derous loss, The mist of the morn
ing had long ago disappeared and
@ light wind had, happily for the
British begun to clear away the gas,
During all it's bloody efforts that af-
ternoon the Prussian Guard never
SO much as crossed the KENNEL
brook, but 1t was perpetually expos
cd to both machine guns and rife
fire from the British regiment until
dark
Same Loss inflicted
All Along the Line.
Much the same thing was happen
dng on every other section OF this
ten-mile line during this latter part
OF the day, and when the light de-
clined the whole offensive EFFORT had
failed.
Several features are worthy OF re-
mark in this action. It Is the hrst
place this year where the enemy has
resorted once more to his earlier ex-
pensive tactics of attacking in dense
masses, which ne was thought to
have abandoned. He did this prob
ably under tae desire OF achieving a
rapid result by main force.
In the next place the numbers en-
gagged were larger than have been
employed In any local action for
many weeks; in fact, the German
concentration was the largest since
the main offensive. in March.
Again. for almost the first time,
the enemy copied the British inno-
walton in air attack by the use Of
low flying machines. which dred at
men on the ground.
German Boys
Appear aE Front
One important piece Of news
which appeared during the week ts
the statement In the official French
communication that certain boys I'm.
elements oG troops made up from
the German class og 1920 have now
= ~ y ~ :
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11
BURNS ARE FATAL.

pEoalon, Dies IN Aberdeen.
Eiiendale. N. D.; Nay 1l.-cari Weis,
of EiIendaIs, badly injured and burned
In the explosion of an oxygen tank on
the Chris WentEel place. eight miles
northeast Of town, last week. Rud Ia
which HIS leg was blown OF. died at
the hospital in Aberdeen, where he
gaa hurriad afEer the accIdent.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

sr IeeungB @1@
temporarily placed.
in abeyance. The
mind has all it can
do to assimilate the
fact.
The whole queer
business began last
friday evening af-I
yer dinner. In my
lotel a. small party
# women and sew
sral American Of
icers were drink
ng coffee In the
eading room when
,omebody sal
Hello; the alertsl "
.rhe Paris alerte iGl
uc h a discreet
.itt1e horn that
here Is sometimes
limcuity in hear
ng It
But the scurry-
Ing OF pedestrians
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11
Shells from Hun Monster
Hardly Noticed, Rheta
Dorr Writes
EVEN GIVE UP
DEFENSE BARRAGE
Subways No Longer Per-
mitted as Refuge for
the Timid Ones.
Rv RHETA cHILpE poRR.l

Paris-H you want to know how
it feels to be three days under bonn
bardment from a. gun, or gums, %
miles distant I can only reply thai
it feels queer, so queer that ell 9TH
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

Gust as 1 seized a hand bag full
Of earth to place in front OF me, I
felt a stinging smack on my ankle
as though I had been kicked.
turned to curse the man I thought
had kicked me and then fell over
with a scream of pain. My left
foot was smashed completely with q
soft-nosed bullet.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11
German Forces Tbr09en
Back in North Region
cBx,-HtLARE RELLoc)


distinguished
military critic
Copyright Tribune)
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

Ccoutinued on Page 14:o
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11
GFnan Boys
Appear at Front.

One important piece og news
which appeared during the week ts
this statement In the official French
communication that certain boys I'm.
elements Of troops made up from
the German class og 1920 have now
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-05-11

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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
U. S. NAVY IS Big
HELP 10 BRITAIN
Naval Expert Gives High Praise 10
Americans for Their Co
operation.

American naval aid has been of the
greatest help to the British fleet, says
Archibald Hurd, the naval expert,
writing in the Daily Telegraph on
the new situation In the North sea re-
sulting from the zeebrugge and Os-
tend raids. the extension Of British
mine fields and the generally increas-
Ing naval pressure against Germany.
"When the war Is over" he says.
"the nation will form some conception
OF the extent OF the debt which we
owe the American navy for the man
ner In which II has co-operated. not
only In connection with the convoy
system. but In fighting the subma.
rines.
"If the naval position Is improv-
Ing today, as 1t Is. II Is due to the
fact that the British and American
fleets are working In closest accord.
supported by an immense body Of
skilled workers on both sides OF the
Atlantic. who are turning out de-
stroyers and other craft for dealing
with the submarines, as well as mines
and bombs.
'The Germans can have battle
whenever they want II. The strength
Of the grand feet has been well main
tained. Some Of the finest battleshIps
Of the United States navy are now as
ISOLATED with US. They are not only
splendid fighting ships, but they are
well officered and manned.
'If Admiral Beatty were asked his
opinion there Is no doubt Of what he
would say Of the value Of the aid which
the United States has given In this re-
spect. The conditions under which the
Germans would engage us. therefore,
are less favorable than two years ago"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
GROWERS MAY SKIP ONE
SPRAY IN SCHEDULE

o. A. c. Experiment Station. Cor
wallis, June 17.--Because scab and
brown rot have had but little oppor-
tunity to deyeloDe this year on ae-
count OF weather unfayorable TO
these diseases. many growers have
been able to omit the regular Today
spray for apples and pears and the
June spray for stone fruits. The
season opened with minimum infec-
ton and the dry spring has made It
hard for scab and brown rot to make
headway.
1T is well to apply llme-suiphur,
1-50, with the As weeks spray for
control OF codllng moth on apples
and pears. as precautionary meas
ure." says Prof. II. p. Barss. Of o. A.
c. "still II dry weather continues II
will hardly be necessary to spray for
any fungous diseases unless present
in the orchard due to local condi-
tIons.
'If 1t should turn OF rainy in or
chards where the set Of fruit is good
and not already covered with a pro-
tective coating Of fungicIde. summer
strength application should be made
before the rain or as soon after az
possible. It is too late for good con-
troll after a period Of rain. In re-
gions where fog and mist prevail II
is best to hold strictly to the recon-
mended schedule Of sprays for brown
rot Of prunes and peaches
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
CHEERS AT FUNERAL

William c. Levere. former Judge,
legislator and newspaper man. now a
Y. NJ. G. A. war work secret airy In
France, writes as follows: From
the window where I sit. only an hour
ago. could see a saucy Boche who
came flying over our lines and made
sport OF us. Two American airmen
leaped up at him and he never had a
chance. He is now being prepared
for burial. In the old days ! never
expected to cheer at funeral. but ]
cheered at his"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17

Butter Wrappers printed to COM
NV with the law at the cnnrier
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17

my duty at all times and keep.ag my
eyes open. My commanding Officer
Is fine man.
n ! get out OF this can sure tell
some interesting stories.
Goodbye with love TO all. Your
brother,
CHARLES ED. SMITH.
Co. c. First Field BattlIon,
Signal Corps, A. T.. y.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
GoLDBUR o. DAVIS.

Mrs. o. c. Mcintosh has received
a letter from her brother. in the
service, which follows in part:
In Dugout In France,
April 20, 1918.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
DENTISTS
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
DRaYAGE AND rItANsFEI,

sas. .s.s..
COMMERCIAL TRANSFER co. Al
kinds OF drayage and transfe
work carefully aud promptly done
Phone 1917. Stand at frelgh
depot. a. Shade, Prop.
F. G. IsHAM. drayage and transfer
Safes, pianos and furniture
moved, packed. shipped and stor.
cd. Phone Clark q Holman. No
so. Residence phone 124-R.
THE WORLD MOVES; so do we.
Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone
397-R.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
RAWlLE
DESTROYED BY FIRE

A Pacific Port. June 1.-THE
steamer Rayille. en- route to Alaska,
was destroyed by FIRE Friday. The
ship was beached and the 40 pas
sengers and 40 members Of the crew
we're saved.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17

All kinds OF CONNER ial Printing
at the Courier once.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
SOLDIER LETTERS
u. 3. y. Radio school,
Harvard University.
Cambridge. Mass. /.
June 2. 1918

Cambridge, Mass.
June 2. 1918
Dear Mother:
am starting In on my sixth week
Of school tomorrow and like II fine.
We have the use OF the most OF
the Harvard buildings. as there are
only few civilians here now. so
that makes plenty OF room for Us.
We use Austin and Pierce halls for
operating and theory and have sleep
Ing quarters In Hastings. Russell and
Perkins halls and they are well filled
We have n iG-week course here
with some practical work. stay In
Hastings hall at present and go TO
Pierce hall for instructions. Hast
lngs hall Is Just across the street
from the cambride common. which
is good sized park.
On Saturday and Sunday we have
chance 10 30 10 the ball games
here. There are also many historic
places TO soc. II keeps one quite
busy to take them all in.
Tho school starts at 1870 n. m.
and lets out at 6:10 .. m. We have
a few minutes between periods. but
not very long. We all eat in the old
Cambridge Memorial hall.
The weather Is getting warm here
although II Is not too warm yet for
comfort. Yesterday had good
swim In the Charles river. But I
don't think II has much on the old
Rogue for swimming.
! have seen but very few Grants
Pass boys since have been back to
tho good old U. 9. A. I saw Gar
net Best at Cavite. Philippine islands.
Jus, before left there last Novem-
ber for San Francisco.
I certainly enjoyed my trip from
San Francisco to Boston. was sent
overland by the southern route. I
had about six hours TO stay in Los
Angeles and le hours In Washington.
ID. c.
] hope TO finish my course here
about the middle OF August, and
then to 90 to sea again. II doesn't
seem like being In the navy to be
here. am quite anxious to get over
there where something exciting is
going on.
The navy certainly has changed
since war was declared and many
new recruits are coming In.
When war was declared was on
the U. s. $. Brooklyn lying in Ma
nila bay. sho was the flagship OF
the Asiatic station, which includes
China. Japan and the Philippine
islands. | was on that station for
one year, and now am here almost
half way around the globe. The 9TH
Of this month (June). have been
In the navy 90 months and still like
II fine.
| often think OF Grants Pass and
hope that some day may visit there
again.
Well It is almost ''chow" time so
will close, hoping that this finds you
well and happy
l remain your son.
GoLDBUR o. DAVIS.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17

Envelopes at the Courier onca
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17

Mrs. o. G. Mcintosh has received
a letter from her brother, In the
service, which follows in part:
In Dugout In France,
April 20. 1918.
Dear Sister:
My regiment has moved out of the
sector we were In, after sticking for
30 days. There was lots doing for
me there as the telephone and buzz
ger phone lines were in poor shape,
but we got everything in good shape
before we left. This is a little live
Her here so guess We will be kept
busy keeping up the lines. Two cor
porals and myself do most of the
work, except when we put In new
lines, then We get bunch of pets to
help.
! was shelled yesterday, got a little
cut on the hand, did not amount to
to anything.
l went 10 regimental headquarters
today and got back just few min
utes ago, am pretty tired, packed
roll of blankets and a pair OF rub
ber boots, the kind that Ollie wears
In the mines. The trenches are
about knee deep in some places with
mud and water. II rains all the time
here In France.
We are knocking the Germans off
their pins when ever they give us a
chance, but that is not very often.
Whenever any Of us get out of cover
we get 1t too. think we will clean
them all up before long so we can
all get back to the old U. s.
When we are not fighting the
Germans we are after the rats and
lice which are very numerous and
large (meaning both). But would
rather stay In the trenches and fight
than go to the rest camps and drill
all day.
have not received any medals
from the president. but l have the
satisfaction OF knowing am doing
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-06-17
WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS

WASTE MERCHANTS Dealers in
all kinds OF scrap. Union Junk
Co. 10
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-02
Day Of Prayer Program

The following is the program for
the Day of Prayer for National Con-
stitutional Prohibition to be observed
at the Cumberland Presbyterian
church tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock:
America"
Scripture-Psalm LAG, Mrs. Layton.
Prayer of Thanks giving-Rev. Cal
lahan.
Song - Onward Christian Sol
diers"
"How the w. c. T. U. has prepared
the Way for National Prohibition
Leader
Song-The Time Is Now, from
Florida Campaign Songs.
Five minute talks on How Can We
Help to Make the Nation Dry"
neutrality-suspicious. Plans, Mrs
fleIllHS.
How the Young Folks Can Help
Rev. Wear. .".
Solo-"Children's Happy Day." My
ron Collier.
"Evangelistic and Personal Work
Dr. Stacy.
"Publicity"-Rev. Pugh.
Everybody Work for Dry Flori
da", Rev Trout.
Prayer-Rev. Juhlin.
Solo-Mrs Clark.
Educational Methods Kim
brough, Center HILL
Finance-Mrs. Booth.
Collection. Piano-Mrs. Hartley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-02
Florida's Quota
War Savings
Stamps Amounts
To $2O,OOO,OOO

With the first month of the twelve
months campaign for teaching
thrift and savings in Florida gone,
and with Florida's quota OF some
thing over $20,000000 to be raised,
less than / per cent of the amount
of stamps has been sold, according
to a statement given out by Directo"
J. F. G. Griggs.
To raise the amount which has
been assigned to Florida will re-
uuire the most intensified campaign,
according to the director, and dur
ing the next eleven months every
man, woman and child in Florida
will be persistently and insistently
ursed to purchase war savings GER
tificate.
When the national government
was framing it's war revenue meas
ure. the question naturally arose
whether or not the people or the
United States would not relax when
they had purchased their quota OF
liberty bonds and long term interest
bearing securities. 1t had been
found by practical usage in foreign
countries that it was imperative that
the government adopt some system
of encouraging thrift and savings. It
was notable that Germany led all
other nations in this form Of gov
ernmental education, and her closest
ally, Austria, was next in line. So a
clause was inserted in the great wal
revenue act passed last fall, author
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-02

izing the secretary of the treasury
to institute such campaign ID
America to raise S2,OOO,OOO,OOO py
this method. Two billion dollars
means $40 for every one of the 1907
GOO 900 inhabitants of the United
States, and that is the ratio on which
each community assessment is based
From these figures, says the State
director, it will be apparent that a
large number of our leading citizens
and business men must purchase the
fuiI allowance of certificates, which
lis $1,000, in order to make up for
the hundreds who are unable to pur-
chase even as much as $40 worth.
Il do not believe" said Director
Griggs, chat there is over 10 per
cent of the people Of Florida who are
rot able individually to buy $2O
worth of War Savings Certificates,
but our problem is to impress these
individuals with the necessity for
making this purchase, not only as
a duty to the government, but to
themselves.
Those who very wisely inserted
in the war revenue act the clause
providing for the issuance of short
term interest bearing securities had
in the cind the great competition
the country will face when peace
comes. They will then find that
they have been drunk too long OH
prosperity and that unless the coun-
try is backed up with vast millions
in savings accounts that they can
not compete with the teeming mil
lions of aliens who will flock to this
1country to partake of it's bounty in
milk and honey"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-02

This is no time to bubble or to fool;
To argue over who was wrong, who
right;
To measure fealty with worn foot
rule;
To ask: "Shall we keep still or
shall we fight?"
The Clock of Fate has struck; the
hour is here;
War is upon us now, not far away;
One question only rises, clarion
clear: ...
"How may | serve my country, day
by day." "..
Not all of us may join the khakied
| throng
! Of those who answer and 60 forth
The tide of war But we can all be
And steady in our loyalty to them!
Not with unfetted thought, or tongue
let loose
In bitterness or hate-a childish
| game!-
But with faith, untroubled by abuse
That honors those who put the RES
to shame!
There is no middle ground on which
to stand;
We've done with useless pro-and
con debates;
The one-time friend, so welcome II
this land,
Has turned upon us at our very
gates.
There is no way, with honr, to stant
back
Real patriotism, isn't cool-thel
hot;
You cannot trim the flag to fit you
| lack;
You are American-or else you're
Jack Appleton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-02

stations. This was the first work
necessary, placing the stamps where
they could be conveniently pur-
chased by every man, woman, and
child. Under the plans made by the
national committee, a sales station
was to be established for every 100
inhabitants in any community or
county. This means 10000 sales sta
items in Florida. So far less than
per cent. has been secured.