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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
french and American Artillery Peppering
Crown Princes Army in Greatest
Bombardment of War.
\ DANGER OF GREAT DISASTER
Fere-en- T Tardenois Almost Within Grasp of
Allies This Morning in Ter
rifle Conflict.
lfBy Webb Miller, United Press Stat
Correspondent

IfBy Webb Miller, United Press Stan
correspondent
PARIS, July 27 (1o:30 a. m.).-
French and American artillery Is sub
Iieetlng the entire Soissons-Rheims sa.
.lent, within which 100000 Germans
IRE concentrated, to the most terrific
|sombardment Of the war.
Hundreds Of thousands Of shells Of
An caIiber are being hurled upon troop
lamentations, ammunition and sup.
lpIy depots and lines Of communica.
Hon from the battle front to the rear.
most areas.
4 This deIuge Of fire and steel is be.
Ing directed particularly at Fere-en.
ITardenois, the Important German con-
t.entration center, which Is now almost
within grasp Of the Franco-amerlcan
troops.
Z Missy -Sur-Aisne, five miles east Of
soissons, also is under heavy bonn
less the big Aisne river bridge there,
which the Germans have been using
no nor tn and south traffic. The crown
Princes orders, commanding his ar
mics to stand and fight, which was re-
+. ported Wednesday by the United
Press. has changed the Soisson-
Rheims battle from German retreat
Into one Of the most bitterly contested
I engagements Of the war-and one
/ with more far-reachine possibilities
than could have existed under an en-.
emy retirement
Voluntary retirement Of the German
armies to the oureq line or even to
the Ves!e would have had a most de-
pressing effect on German morale, but
would have been practically devoid Of
Eretesic results. other than showing
l The enemy farther from Paris. The
determination Of the Boches to fight
L out however, subjects the flower OF
their southern army to the danger Of
great disa ster, which becomes more
and more menacine as the allies carve
away at the east and west sides Of the
salient, while the Franeo-Ame ricans
arive northward on the southern end.
i ThIrty-one Airplanes Downed.
{ LONDON, July 27.-Britfsh airmen
brought down thirty-one German air
!, planes and an observation balloon
| July rs, while anti-aircraft guns shot
down another hostile plane, the air
ministry announced today. Fifteen
British machines were lost Exten
sive bombing operations were carried
\ out
certain amount OF work In con
junction with the artillery was done
and many reconnoissances and the
usual bombing carried out by our
arpianes. Among the targets were
three large ammunition dumps, the
uocKs a. Bruges and numerous vii
ages used as billets by the enemy's
troops.
In ar fighting the strong west
! Nlnd greatly favored the enemy. In
spite OF this. twenty-five hostile ma
eanes we're brought down by us and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
One Killed in Action, Seven
Wounded Severely and
Four are Missing.

rTTnited Press Leased Wire serVice.1
WASHINGTON, July 27-Twelve
marines were noted in today's casual
ty list, divided as follows:
Killed in action, one.
Wounded severely, seven
Missing in action, four.
The list includes:
Killed in action:
Private
w. NJ. OReilly, Houston Tex.
Wounded in action, severely:
Trumpeter E 2. Muren, St Louis
Mo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
Sxty-four Killed in Action
Twenty Died of Wounds
and Two Missing.

united Press Leased Wire Servfce.1 j
WASHINGTON, July 27.-Geenrai
s.ershing today reported 16s casual
aes. divided thus:
aliied in action, sixty-four.
nled of wounds, twenty.
Dled of disease, five.
pled OF aeroplane accident one.
wounded severely, sixty.
wounded, degree undetermined,
wounded slightly, two.
hlssing in action, two.
1ne list follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINS 1853 NAMES
Killed In Action.

Killed In Action.
Lieutenant
J. w. Cowan, Chicago.
Sergeants-
G.. A. Amole, Pottsdam, Pa.
W. C. Arnold, Harrisburg, Pa.
w. B. Johnson, South Minneapolis.
Mimi.
A. E. Nelson, Hopkins, Minn.
CD. Sweetzer, Scranton, Pa
Corporals-
G. R Farnsworth, Providence, r. l.
s. A. Graves, keFens, Texas.
]. w. Herdman, Johnstown, Pa.
p. r. Lund, Revere, Mass.
ID. L. Owens, Point. La.
F. C. Richeson, Dinuba, Cal.
G. G.. Sanger, Rock Creek, Ohio.
B. Spiker. Scots Bluff, New.
S. Stroum, New York City.
K. wholohan, Bothwin, Pa.
G. e. York, North Minneapolis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
MARINE CASUALTY LIST
OF ONLY TWELVE NAMES

Privates--
]. A Bobovynk, Youngstown, Ohio.
H. r. Dean, Mitchell, S. D.; =. G..
McCabe, Cohasett, MINI; G. Thom-
as, Price, Utah; H S. Fart, Cleye-
land, Ohio.
Missing in action:
Priyates-
NJ. Hardos. Dunmore, Pa: G. J.
Johns. IT,. Detroit Mich; II. NJ. Lock-
wood. Puenta, Calf; T. z Worstail.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Wounded In action severely:
Priyates..
W. S. Austin, Cincinnati. Ohio; g.
w. Clark, Parowana, Utah.
Naval Casualties.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-Four ma
val casualties were listed today, in
cluding Raymond McHenry, Philadel.
phia, Pa; Gland Mattingly, La.
.Erange. Tex.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
Caught Touching Off Bombs
In Big Machinery Plant
Two Germans Nabbed by Police While in Act OF Lighting
Fuses to Wreck Factory So

Jnte Prss ease Wire sriel
27-Tw he
Eder
-
have similar bomb
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
United Press
War Summary

1,455th day Of the war; tenth day
Of the counter offensive.
Soissons-Rheims front: The determ-
ination of the German crown prince
to fight II out in the sossons- Rheims
pocket is expected to force a decision
in the great battle very shortly.
While infantry operations aPPar-
emily are limited to comparatively To-
cal actions at present, the wall OF
steel about the German armies can be
said to exert very obvious pressure
at all points and the 400, 600 Boches
within the pocket are being subjected
to the heaviest artillery bombardment
of the war.
The fall OF Fere-en-T ardenoie Is be-
iieved to be matter of hours. This
city, in addition to being great con-
centration and transportation center,
is the strongest enemy defensive point
on the southern end of the salient. Its
capture, 1t is believed will necessitate
a German retirement to the Fisme
line along the Vesle river, about ten
miles northward.
Plea rdy front: British troops con-
Quoted successful raids along the front
from the Somme northward to Lens.
German artillery was active between
the Somrne and the Ancre.
Flanders front: The British and
German artillery engaged in duel in
the La9asse canal sector.
England: British casualties pub
Iisned in official lists this week to-
tailed 1888.
Italy: American fighting forces
have arrived in France.
AustriaIHungary: Austrian social
lists demanded that the ministry take
steps toward immediate peace nego-
tiaticns, alleging that @an early peace
is absolutely essential to the life of
Austria4Hunsary, Bulgaria and Tur.
key.
Serious disorders have broken out
In Prague as the result of famine con-
ditions.
Turkey: Turkish socialists are asi-
tatina for the downfall Of the Turkish
middle class and capitalists.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-27
HoIdinc Back Americans.

HoIuWn 5dCK VITItT fCdT's.
IBy J. w. T. Mason, united Press War
Expert
NEW YORK, July 27.-General Foch
is now holding back his American
units in the Aisne-Marne combats.
Very little scope is being given them
for strong aggressive fighting and the
battle. in fact, is dying down for the
most part, to artillery ombardments.
General Foch knows the supreme
value of the Americans for bringing
the war to a successful ending. He is
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Fair. Continued Warm. Local |
temp. s p. m, 90; s a m, 76.
The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
HOUSE MILITARY LEADER
 MAKES POINTED COMPARISON

Congressman Julius Kahn of San Francisco, ranking member of the House Committee on Military Affairs and the great military leader of the House of Representatives, and father of the draft law, stopped in Flagstaff week enroute to his home from Wash- ington.
 Congressman Kahn was shown a copy of President Wilson's telegram to George Rabbit, commenting the loyalty of Carl Hayden, candidate for reelection to Congress and just com missioned major in the army, when his defeat seemed imminent.
 A broad smile illuminated Congress- man Kahn's face when he read the telegram purported to have been sent to Babbitt. He said:
 ''It may seem presumptious for me, a mere Congressman, to question the statement of the President of the United States but, as recall, the re- cord shows that Hayden voted exactly the same as Congressman Slayden of Texas. I would suggest that you ask Congressman Slayden what kind of a letter he received from the President which caused him to withdraw from the Congressional race in his district down in Texas"
The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
GOLFER TOO BUSY
 TO ASSIST IN FOURTH
 LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
Altitude Worries His Supporters-- Contrast nstween His Course and Campbell's Untiring
 Efforts for Loan,

Phoenix-That Fred T. Colter made Q serious mistake in carrying on this campaign for governor during the Fourth Liberty Loan is now being ad- mitted by his supporters here.
 Colter was appointed chairman of a special committee to canvasB the Capitol building for the sale of Lib erty bonds. He took four receipt books to the State House and left them with an attache of the land de- partment. So far as can be learned, that was about the extent of his in terest or activity in the Liberty Loan campaign.
 After two weeks of the campaign had passed and no report had been forthcoming from Golfers committee, he was asked why no report had been made. He replied that he was very busy and could not attend to the mat ter adding that he thought he had some assistants at the state house who would attend to the sale of the bonds. A few days later he left town and did not return until just be-
The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
fore the close of the campaign.


 Failure on the part. of the state of. fices and departments to make a good showing early in the campaign caused attention to be directed to the situa- tion at the capitol. It developed tha, while the women's committee had taken the subscriptions of most of the young women employed there, that the committee" to whom Colter had delegated his responsibility in connec- tion with the Liberty Loan campaign had done almost nothing.
 The fact that Golfer, according to his own statement, was "too busy campaigning to attend to his part of the Liberty Loan drive, while Tom Campbell, the republican candidate had adjourned politics and was de voting his entire time to speaking foi the joan, has brought forth many ex- pressions of disapproyal of the course followed by the Democratic candidate The feeling prevails that if the man. ,ner in which Colter "ditched" his re- sponsibility in the recent Liberty Loan is an index of the way in which he would attend to the affairs of the state of Arizona, none of which are considered as of much importance as the financing of the war, that he has already demonstrated his unfitness for the place he is seeking. Business men and women workers who sacri. ficed their private interests in order to put the loan over the top in Phoe- nix and Maricopa county are outspok- en in their disapproval of Golfers ac- tion.
The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
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The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
WILD CAT DAVE" OR
 TREASURER JOHNSON

If Dave Johnson, state treasurer, is elected member of the Arizona Cor poration Commission, Arizona will certainly become a paradise for wild cats, judging from Johnson's record The state treasurer has won the nick. name of "Wild Cat Dave" from his connection with the General Securities and Investment Company and its sub sidiary corporations, which have been peddling lots in Cotton City" penny oil stocks and lot of other stock which have never yielded dollar and which give small or no prospects of ever yielding nickel.
 Johnson as state treasurer, allowed his name to be used freely by this stock jobbing outfit, whose record is well known at the capitol. If, as state treasurer, he will allow an outfit like this to use his name in peddling stocks and give them letters of endorsement to gather in the suckers, what will he do in the office of the corporation commission where it will be his sworn duty to protect the .eitizens of this state against wild cats?
 Arizona has had too much of this business of state officials loaning their names to wild cats and stock jobbers who have reaped a rich har- vest. The last stunt pulled off by the company with which Johnson was con nected was to go after five dollar bills in the hands of poor working men who had saved a pittance. They promised to make them rich on an, in vestment of five dollars.
 A public official who will prosti- ute the official which his fellow cit izens give them by loaning it for stock jobbing purposes, should be re- pudiated at the polls. We understand that Johnson has withdrawn from this wild cat outfit but what assurances have we that he will not repeat the performance after election? The best way to make sure that he does not, is to retire him to private life.
 We have in our possession goodly supply of this wild cat literature bear ing Dave's name in big type and boasting of the fact that he is state treasurer. We also have the record of the outfit which used him. If he did not make small fortune out of it, he was a dupe and if he did, he simply sold his title.
 A vote against Johnson is vote to protect Arizona investors against stock jobbers.
The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
A HANDSOME SOUVENIR.

MT. Tom Frier received a splendid souvenir the first of the week from Dick Metzgar, who is now serving his country in France. It was beauti- ful piece of embroidery with the French and United States flags work ed in the center in appropriate colors.
 Metzgar worked for MT. Frier on the range for a number of years and has a homestead claim near Mormon Lake which he intends coming back to after the war is over, if fate is kind to him.
The Coconino sun., 1918-11-01
Through Sympathy.

The Driver-"Yes, I married my old girl through sympathy, like. Yer see, knocked her down wiv me old taxi"
 The Misogynist. They ought to make that compulsory. There would not be so many blinkin' accidents then"
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-10

and Joyce and Hill lifted It and got it over the side with a rope to 1t. The two of them got down into the water all right, but Joyce let out yell be- cause the water was so cold, and a German patrol boat heard him and flashed searchlight. They picked up Joyce right away, but Barney was making good headway and was almost free when they dragged him in. They beat them up on the patrol boat, and when they put them back on the Yarrowdale Badewitz beat them up some more and put them in irons. Then he began to shoot at their feet with his revolver, and he had a sailor stand by to hand him another revol- yer when the first one was empty. Then he would gash their faces with the barrel of the revolver and shout, "Pm Badewitz. I'm the man who fooled the English" and shoot at them some more.
 All the while the sailors were cele- bratfng, drinking and eating, and yell ing, as usual, and the whistles on all the German ships were blowing, and they were having a great fest. After about thirty hours we left, being es- cOrted by a mine-layer and a mine sweeper. I asked German garby if that was the whole German navy, and he looked surprised and did not know was kidding him, and said no. Then said, "So the English got all the rest, did they?" and he handed me one in the mouth with his bayonet hilt, so I quit kidding him.
 We saw rows and rows of mines, and the German sailors pointed out what they said were H. M. SS. Lion and Nomad, but do not know wheth- CT they were the same ones that were in the Jutland battle or not. Finally we landed at Swinemunde just as the bells were ringing the old year out and the new year in. We were fine bunch of blackbirds to hand the kaiser for New Years present, believe me.
 They mustered us up on deck, and each Of us got cup of water for our -vew Tear's spree. Then we saw we were in for it, and all hope gone, but we were glad to be released from our hole. because we had been prisoners since Decemhsr N-thcee days on the
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-10

style, and Badewitz began shouting more orders than they could get away with. The sentries left me and ran boat deck and started to lower one of the lifeboats. But Badewitz was right on their heels and kicked the whole bunch around in great shape, roaring like bull all the time.
 left the wheel and ran to the end of the bridge, to jump overheard. But the minute let go of the wheel the vessel fell off of the course, and they noticed 1t, and Badewitz sent five of them up on the bridge and three others to the side with their revolvers to shoot me if l should reach the wa ter. l think if had had any rope to lash the wheel with I could have got away and they would not have known 1t.
 When the five sailors reached the bridge one of them jumped for the cord and gave our siren five long blasts in answer to the tug. The tug was about to launch a torpedo, and we whistled just in time. One of our men was looking from the fiddley, and he saw the Huns making for the life boats, so he got two or three others and they all yelled together, Don't 1 let them get away !" thinking that { they would get the boat over and leave the ship, and trying to yell loud enough for the tug to hear them. Badewitz took this man and two or three others; whether they were the ones who yelled or not, and beat them up and put them in irons. I thought there was going to be a mutiny aboard, but 1t did not come of, and I am not sure what the Huns were so excited about.
 ] The other four sailors who came up on the bridge did not touch me, but just kept me covered with their re- volvers. That was the way with them they would not touch us unless Badewitz was there or they had bayo- nets. The old bull himself came up on the bridge after he had beaten up few men, threw ne around quite a bit and kicked me down from the bridge and slammed me into the coal bunkers. 1 felt pretty sore, as you can imagine. and disappointed and
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-10
pretty low generally,

pretty low generally.
 After a while we heard the anchor chains rattling through on their way to get wet, and we pulled up. Then every German ship in the Baltic came up to look us over, I guess. They opened up the hatch covers, and the Hun garbies and gold4stripes came aboard and looked down at us, and spit all they could on us, and called us all the different kinds of swine in creation. They had them lined up and filing past the hatchways-all of them giving us the once over in turn. Maybe they sold tickets for this show it would be like the Huns.
 At first we were milling around try ing to get out from under the hatch openings and the shower of spit, but some Limey officer sang out, Brit ishers all! Don't give way!" and we stood still and let them spit their damned German lungs out before we would move for them, and some Cor nishmen began singing their song about Trelawney. So we made out that we did not know such a thing as a German ever lived.
 We got better acquainted with Ger man splitting later on, and believe me, they are great little spitters, not much on distance or accuracy, but quick in action and well supplied with ammu- hilton. Splitting on prisoners is the favorite indoor and outdoor sport for Germans, men and women alike.
 When the show was over, they rousted us up on deck and put us to work throwing the salt pork and can ned goods into two German mine-lay- CTS. While we were at 1t, a Danish patrol boat came out and tied along side us, and some of her officers came aboard and saw us. They knew we were prisonerSof-war, and they knew that vessel carrying prisonersof- war must not remain in neutral wa ters for over twenty-four hours, but they did not say anything about it.
 That night two men, named Barney Hill and Joyce, the latter a gunner from the Mount Temple, sneaked up on deck and aft to the poop deck. There was a pair of wooden staiEs leading to the top of the poop deck.
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-10

that day. More men were going mad every minute, and it was terrible place; pitch dark, grimy, loose coal underfoot, coal-dusty air to breathe,
 body-filth everywhere. Some of the crazy men howled like dogs. But we
 were not as much afraid of these as we were of the others who kept still, but slipped around in the dark with Jumps of coal in their hands. We got so we would not go near each other for fear we were running into a crazy man. Those of us who were sane collected as near the fiddley as we could, and we would not let the others get near us, but showed them back or shied Jumps of coal at them. And every once in a while some one of us would begin to act queer. May be he would let out howl suddenly, without any warning. Or he would just quit talking and begin to sneak around. Or he would squat down and begin to humble. We could not tell
Connecticut western news., 1918-10-10

Moewe and eighteen on the Narrow dale-and the coal was not any softer than when we first sat on it.
 So we began singing, "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, boys, smile. Whats the use of worry ingf It's never worth while." and so forth. They made us shut up. but not before we asked ourselves if we were downhearted, and everybody yelled "NoT
 And that Is how we gave our re- gards to Swinemunde.