The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-01-24
GENERAL PERsHINe IN BRIEF
REPORT FROM FRANCE.
ENCOUNTER NEAR ST. QUENTIN
Hostile Raids Are Beaten Back BY
British Troops-New Submarine
Warfare Program Is Being Out
lined BY the Germans.

leans were killed in action with the
Germans yesterday, General John j..
Pershing reported to the war depart
ment today. They are:
Private Albert Cook
Private Harry Garman.
Private Leo E. Radi.
The Pershing report carried only
the bare statement that the men were
killed in action" The report indi-
Gated that clashes between the Amer
lean boys and the Germans are be-
coming more frequent One was re-
ported killed in action Sunday in a
report which was received here yes
terday.
Another Death Reported.
1t is assumed that they were in
minor patrol skirmishes developing
along the sector in which the Sam
mics are in training.
Private Dayid Herrick of Franklin.
died on the 22nd, after receiving
terrible gun shot wound. 1t is pre-
sumed that he is among those who
were wounded Sunday while in ac-
ton.
Several deaths from natural causes
were among those also reported by
Pershing in his report.
Encounters Near ST. Quentin.
London, Jan. %, Southeast of st.
Quentin there were encounters be-
tween the hostile raiding parties and
the British forces, Field Marshal
Haig reported in his official state
ment from the British front today.
Three Britishers are missing.
South of Labassee an attempted
German raid was driven off, the
statement asserted.
New Submarine Program.
Paris, Jan. 23-Germany is recall
ing her submarines to their base, pre-
paratory to the adoption of new plans
of campaigning, according to reports
reaching here today
One suggestion was that the older
submarines were to be replaced by
the new armored U-boat cruisers
which will be armed with larger
guns.
Germany Reports Activities.
Berlin, Jan. 23.-French attacks to
the north of Souian and northeast of
Avacourt broke down in hand to hand
fighting today's official war office
statement asserted.
German infantry penetrated the
Ernnnh nnSitinnC n tho on nF Mol.
ancourt and many prisoners were
taken. the statement also added.
Three U. S. Aviators Killed
Washington, d. c., Jan. 23-First
Lieutenants William H. Cheney and
Oliver P. Sherwood and Private Geo.
A. Beach were killed Sunday in
collision of airplanes over an Ameri-
can aviation school in France, the
War Department was advised by Gen.
Pershing.
Lieutenant Cheney's mother. Mrs.
William H. Sheffield, lives in Peters
boro. N. H. Lieutenant Sherwood's
emergency address is Mrs. Lydia G.
Sherwood, 354 Carleton eyenue, Brook
Ign, N. Y, and that of Private Beach,
Thomas Beach, Fort Collins. Colo.
EngIand's War Expenses
London, Jan. 23-Britain's average
daily war expenses for the war at
present are about thirty-six million
one hundred and fifty-six thousand
seven hundred and seventy dollars
I ($36,156, 10000 Chancellor of the
EXchequere Bonar Law announced in
the house of commons today.
! The Chancellor of the EXchequer
also declared that the government
had no intentions at the present time
of conscripting wealth.
! Swiss Expect an Offensive.
Zurich. Switzerland, Jan. 23.-The
! latest reports from Germany indicate
that the new offensive will be launch
ed as soon as freezing weather re
turns. The present widespread thaw
makes impossible operations on .
large scale on the west front Field
Marshal Hindenburg refuses to make
the same mistake that was made By
Gen. Won Falkenhayn, who launched
the i'll fated Verdun offensive in ths
rain two years ago.