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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-03
TONoROw's EVENTS.

Mr.. and Mrs. D Frank Diugrc dance
81 the country club In honor of their
daughter jeanette
Miss Gertrude Gardner. supper IN
honor Of Miss Bland >ohlhcrg and Nlss
, Catherine RidEewny
fhilomathra club. Red Cross rooms
Twentieth Century club. Red CrOss
rooms
Unit One. MrS Albert " nelson.
NeighborhOOd Init Mrr. Harry I.
Hawkins.
" e.. q. club. dinner for husbands In
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles =.
Ward.
L. b, u. club. Mrs Nocl VI De,otr
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

hungry man, kankering after SUBJ
stantial meal of corn beef and cabbage.
For the peace hungry German s there
is little substance In the victories on
the Somme and the Lys and in Cham
ragne. | do not want to minimize the
satisfaction felt among the wealthier
classes which suffer fewer privations
than the masses.
This is especially noticeable in the
Austrian press. Many papers hold the
view that peace must come through
negotiation, and G. n. Barnes's recent
speech in which he suggested that
President Wilson call conference OF
the Allied nations at the Hague to
prepare for league of nations seems
to have created favorable impression.
The "Berliner Tageblatt" says that
Germany would necessarily be invited,
as Holland was a neutral Some of the
newspapers consider that President
Wilson is an advocate of fighting TO
the end, though they profess to see
gradual abandoning Of that policy by
European statesmen.
For instance, "Germania" says that
President Wilson blocked peace last
year. Apropos of the Pope's manifesto.
"Germania" says:
cat that time President Wilson
fastened to reply before any of his
allies and rejected the proposals.
There is now ample proof that it was
also Wilson who nipped the English
peace tendency in the bud last year"
Though peace seems highly improb-
able now, there is no question that
the greatest peace offensive of the war
will be made by Germany at the close
of this summer.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Peace Talk
Again Filling
TeutonPress
Hertling Expected Soon to
Make Sensational Speech
in Reichstag
By Arthur S. Draper

Especial Gable to The Tribune)
LONDON, June IA peace rumor
Is again in the air. The possibility
of peace this summer is about as slim
as U-boat shelling Albany, but in
this gigantic war the impossible has
habit of happening when least 4ex-
pected. Witness the profound change
N the military situation this spring.
From Paris comes the report that
Count Won Hertiing is about to make
a sensational peace speech in the
Relchstag. German newspapers. not
ably the a-conservative "Kreuz-
zeitung," the liberal "Frankfurter lei
tung," which always considers things
from the point of view Of international
finance, ard the Socialist organ "Vor-
waerts, are growing excited over the
question.
Following the recent declaration of
The Supreme War Council and the
ringing speech of Clemenceau, peace
seems far remote, but it is necessary
to chronicle the various facts and
rumors Is a matter of record.
Prince Lichnowsky, whose revela.
N'S''S sioduSHcu tIlc <AllitS ana, III Is
supposed, correspondingly depressed
his own country, has gone to Switzer-
land. A British mission is in Holland
comforting with Germans over an ex-
change of prisoners. The German
newspapers are expressing a desire for
an understanding with the British, de-
claring that neither nation can afford
to destroy the other.
England has been relegated to a sec
ondary position in the German scheme
of hate. DR.. Muehlon, the former
director of the Krupp factories, has
been supplementing his earlier dicclos-
nres by series of articles which are
appearing in Swiss newspaper,
whereas Prince Lichnowsky's famous
memoir was published first in a Swed-
sh journal.
The German militarists are going
ahead with their campaign, but it in
cludeS peace gestures as we'll as ham
mer blows by the Crown Prince. The
desire for peace is keen in Germany
but that doesn't mean that reace is
near or that there will be anv striking
change in the immediate future.
From we'll informed quarter comes
the report that the German nigh com.
mand believes that the German armies
will be able to advance further toward
Paris shortly. In the German war plans
the greatest battle Of the war will come
between July 1 and August Is.
The recent COURSE of the peace dis.
cussion in Germany throws light or
the way that news Of military victories
is received. Though they caused a de-
preston on the Allied side, .fere was
no great elation in the Central Powers
They seem to have affected the people
in the same way that dinner of choc
olata eclairs would fail to satisfy 6
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

As guns. In the mean time Company
q, at about a. M, in broad daylight,
saw two columns of the enemy of
twelve men each, advancing across an
open field toward the river to the right
OF their position. The Germans carried
iight machine guns and were blissfully
ignorant that our men were here One
American gun swung it's shy little nose
around toward the Germans and wait
named Must, of Columbia. S. c., a SER
geant, who waited until he saw the
whites OF their eyes. and then let them
nave 1t, as he explained to-day.
Got Eight Out of One Bunch
81 got eight out of the bunch by a
little surprise shooting" said the SER
geant with considerable show of
pride. "They Topped nicely. Then |
turned on the other squad, but they
were leary and l only got one. The
rest of them got into the ditch and
crawled back without showing them
selves. Later in the day their Red
Cross men came out to pick up the
wounded. We've got orders not to fire
on members of the Red Cross. so 1 let
EN- work unmolested But kept tally
all day when their Red Cross men came
out. BY my count they carried off nine
and tney weren't all wounded either"
The Germans during the day of June
! gained the hills overlooking the north
bank of the river. Their machine guns
and their artillery observers, therefore.
were able to direct CALLING fire on
the south bank and portions of the
north bank which still were held by
French Colonials and two machine
guns under an American lieutenant.
The enemy's position thus made the
north bank untenable and orders were
given to retire to the south bank un-
der cover of the darkness. At $50
p. m. the French, in accordance with
these plans, retired to the south bank
and blew up a stone bridge. The
American machine gun companies dur
ing the retirement poured a calling
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
The Casualty List

WASHINGTON, June T. The army
casualty list to-day contained forty.
e'ght names, divided as follows: Killed
IN action, seventeen; died of wounds,
'"eive; died of accident, six, died of
u'sease' seven; wounded severely, six.
omcers named were: Killed in action,
Lieutenants Robert B. Anderson. Will
son. N. c.; Grosvenor P. Gather,
fladen. Neb.. and Henry w. Clarke,
boston, Mass; died of wounds, Lieu
tenants Lynn H. Hartman, Concord,
N. H., and Welborn S. Pr,ddy, Chi
cago; died of disease, Brigadier Gen
eral Robert f. L. Niche, Stauntor
va; died Of aeroplane accident, Lieu
tenants Livingston l.. Baker, San Fran
cisco; Duncan r. Grant, New York. and
Earl II. Neville, Winona, Mimi: Lieu
tenant Ralph M. Noble. Gale burg. H..
previously renorted missing, is now rc
ported by the German Red Cross as
dead.
The list follows:
tAH names not othcr,Uise marked are those
Of pr,ratos)
Killed in Action
AN DcNSON, Robert b., lieutenant, Will
son. N. c.
GATHER. Grosvcnor P. lieutenant, Bladen.
Neb.
CLARKE. Henry W.. lieutenant. 1856 Oliver
Street Boston.
DRABKIN. Joseph. corporal. Lodi, Cal
EVANS. Herman L.. corporal Lebanon
Junction. KY
TRIPLETT. Silas. corporal. Hunting Creek,
N. C.
BAURET. Joe W.. Cheyenne, N. D.
CAV. Clarence Henry, Pol South Fourth
Street ST. Joseph. Mo.
CUTHBERTSON Raymond F., Nebo, N. c.
DOAN, Charles. Ager, Wash.
HAWK, Walter W.. Sl1 Delta Avenue,
Cincinnati.
oI.EN, George, 214 Court Street, Brock
ton. Mass.
SHAHEEN, Mass B.. Moorhead. Minn
SHOWERS Guy W.. 433 South Thirteenth
Street. Harrisburg, Penn.
SINKEVICH, Mike. 634 Perry Street.
Easton. Penn.
SMITH. Harle c.. $40 North Street. Mid
dletown, N. Y.
STRICKLAND. Lewis T.. Ccrro Gordo.
N. G.
Died Of Accident
HARTMAN. Lynn H.. lieutenant. Con-
cord. N. H.
PRIDDY. Welborn S. lieutenant, 1850 East
Fifty-third Street, Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

full tilt. The enemy was advancing
On the city.
Right here those American ma
chine gunners got their first glimpse
Of real war. German shells crashed
into villages within plain view and
the little city below them was not
being spared. The officers chose a
small nearby village as headquar-
ters and the marines waited for
darkness before loading little black
machine guns on their shoulders and
marching into Chateau Thierry.
German Shells Rake City
German high explosives and shrap-
rel were raking the city, but the young
Americans under fire for the first time
coolly placed their guns in position on
the south bank of the liver. They saw
heavy shells strike the railroad sta
ton and they saw it burn. They saw
houses fall like packs of cards, and l
have the word of Frenchman, who
was pIcScuC, CHdC ChSy "SAC S0OA AANN
American cucumbers."
During the night the Germans grad
ually filtered into the outskirts on the
north side of the town. Roughly
speaking, the American guns were so
placed between the houses and in the
gardens as to enfilade the approaches
to the bridges and the streets on the
opposite sides. All remained on the
south bank of the river with the ex.
ception of a lieutenant, youthful
Pittsburgher, who was one of West
Points latest graduates.
The lieutenant with dozen men and
two guns was ordered to cross the
river to prevent the enemy's advance
along forked roads which merge to the
right of the northern approach to the
iron bridge. For convenience sake it
is permissible to say that A Company
was charged with holding the left part
of the town on the south bank and the
approaches to the larger bridges,
while B Company's guns swept the oop-
posite approaches to the iron bridge
and. therefore. held the right portion
of the town.
Several hundred yards separated the
two companies. The enemy's shelline
was intensified during the night, but no
Germans were yet in sight. The ma
chine guns were quiet, although A Com
pany commander, o. F. Houghton, OF
Portland, Me-, was forced to abandon
the headquarters he had chosen IN
house on the bank of the river and
change the position of some guns be-
cause of the enemy's precise fire.
1t was a waiting game for Company
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

enough for Cobey to cross the bridge
and lead the lieutenant and the men to
safety. Throughout the remainder of
the night the enemy vented his rage
by heavy shelling. The next day, June
2, the heavy shelling continued. The
enemy had picked up his dead and
wounded across the river under cover
of darkness and could be seen occa-
sionally fitting from house to house.
Sniplng was continuous between the
French and Germans. Machine guns
were silent during tie day in order
not to give away their positions. Night
fall was so quiet that the Americans
were not able to understand such war
tarc. They thought all war was noisy.
However, ct 8 o'clock at night the
enemy made fierce rush for the iron
bridge. Fifteen minutes of heavy ma
chine gun firing squelched the attack
ana the shelling was resumed. The
heavy bombardment continued.
"Got" Whole Platoon of so
On June the sergeant in charge of
one of our platoons at the iron bridge
saw a German platoon of about fifty
men forming on top of Hill. They
made beautiful target, according to
the sergeant's story to-day. He and
ms companions believe he got them all.
iS cHeHlJ DTOuRnC more artillery
up by night and began terrific she'll
ing to eliminate in what appeared to
be an attempted attack. The French
artillery sprinkled the opposite bank of
the river with a barrage which the
novice" American fighters called
beautiful. They thought it was less
than hundred yards away, and stood
up to watch it, and there wasn't any
attack
The French engineers on this night
laid charge under the iron bridge
while the American guns laid down a
leaden protective barrage. When the
charge was detonated the Germans
rushed forward from the house to
ascertain the cause of the explosion.
1t was here that prearranged petrol
flare lit up the vicinity like day, and
again American machine gunners had
what they insist on calling targets"
II was impressed by many things
company's captain said to-day.
"First of all, the GOODNESS of every
man. and especially of young Geor-
gia theological student who had been
drafted, who on the third day COM
planned because the Boche shells kept
mussing up his gun position. Second
the attitude of those wonderful French
colonial troops with US. They gave
us inspiration. They said we gave
them inspiration. so it was a fifty
fifty exchange. Third, that beautiful
French barrage and our wonderful
targets
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Raced
To Check Foe
On the Marne

Continued from page 1
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

ABBoTT. Otto G.. corporal. Newkirk. Okla
F1NNEGAN, Robert, corporal, 1712 Davis
Avenue, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Mich.
BANTER. William L., ST. Paul, Ind
CHRlSTlANSON. Mike. San Pedro, Cal
G0SNELL William w. Greenvile, Tenn.
kEEN Cabe, Pinola. Miss.
Springfield. Mass.
SAYRE Louis c.. vcrgas. Mimi
SCkOGGlNS, Arville. Visalia. Ky
Died Of Disease
=. NICHE. Robert E. L.. brigadier general
Staunton, Va.
AGNEw, Edward Reamcr. sergeant Car
rick. Penn.
COLE, Hiram l.. band leader. 1nglewood
Cal
RR1SBIE. Chester. Jacksonville. Tex.
HARRIS, William H., Marietta, H.
MIX EMMA. George E.. Far Hills, NJ ].
"a WOOD. BENJAMIN. c.. Is Rockingham
Street. Lynn. Mass.
Died of Accident
BAKER. Livingston L.. lieutenant (air-
plane acc,dent). care Baker & Hamilton. San
GRANT, Duncan r. lieutenant (airplane
aaccidcnt. "a East Tenth Street. New York
NEVILLE. EARL H.. lieutenant (arplane
accldent, 225 East Broadway. Winona MINI.
FINICLE, George E., Huron. S. D.
rRY MlRE. George Jacob, Monmouth ILL.,
\, WILLIAMS, Emanuel G.. Mo,ristown,
Severely Wounded
Iowa.
CURTIS, Ira NJ. corporal Virginia, MINI
=, BOTToLFSON. Bcrnhardt, harrington
w, ,NUGENT, Walter j., 8 Vernon Street
OLSON, Oscar. Wildwood, N j.
RUEDE. Robert O., 159 Oak Street, Mcri-
den, Conn.
Prisoners previously Reported
Missing)
=. NOLAN. Joseph F.. sergeant. g. Chestnut
Street Hartford, Conn.
SMlTn Mndn,, Frank L., sergeant Revere, Mass
WOODS, Henry E.. corporal, 319 Sixty.
eighth Street. Brooklyn.
=, NORMAN. George. 1877 Broome Street
Newark, N. j.
= PArENAUDE. Edward, West Haven
Conn.
Previously Reported Missing, Now Re.
ported Dead by German Red Cross
NOBLE. Ralph W., lieutenant, Galesburg
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Stettinius May Go Abroad
On Ordnance Mission,

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Assistant
Secretary of War Stettinius may soon
go abroad on an important mission in
munition supply of the American
forces. Secretary Baker authorized the
statement to-day that such assignment
for Mr. Stettinius was under considera-
ton.
Reports that representative of the
Navy Department also is to be sent
abroad soon could not be confirmed.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, whose
name was mentioned in this connec-
ton, declared that he had never heard
such proposal officially advanced. and
Secretary Daniels said he contemplated d
no trip abroad for any purpose.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

ABBOT'T. Otto G.. corporal. Newkirk. Okla
FlNNEGAN. Robert, corporal. 1912 Davis
Avenue. Pittsburgh, Penn.
Mich
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
Armies Mark Time
AS Germans Feel
Out Allied Lines
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Gable to The Tribune)


LONDON, June 7-After the terrific
storm of the last ten days a compare
tive calm has settled down on the great
Marne- -Aisne battlefield What little
fighting is being done is mostly on AL
lied initiative and is merely for focal
objectives.
The generals are engaged in ggan-
tic guessing match Undoubtedly Luden-
dorff hopes to spring another surprise,
while Foch certainly expects to be
ready for any blow the enemy may
strike.
In this war of millions and machin-
cry time is the controlling factor. Nine
days seems to be the life of an often
sive, and then the machine clogs and
slips. Before it can move again it
must be thoroughly overhauled That is
what is being done with the Crown
Princes army.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08
OF the War Industries Board will also

OF the War Industries Board will also
go for the same purpose.
1T ls to be noted that the new organ
ization is described by those who are
IamiIlar with the proposal of the AL
lies as an executive" not a council
nor conference nor board Instead
OF being mere debating and reporting
organization, like most of the small
international bodies now in existence,
TINS new body, if created, will have
power to act,
The truth is that the running of the
war is passing to the other side of the
ample. 1T is perfectly clear that the
Administration intended to send the
general abroad. Their will was vetoed
IN France. The more important our
military and naval organization abroad
becomes tho more nearly final must be
their authority.
Mechanism of War
Is Moving Abroad
The same is true of the men who
have to act on questions of supplies
and finance. The whole mechanism of
the war tends to move abroad. Ma
tional administrations will have little
to do except to provide, if they can,
Widl tHe Int"TndVlOnal war OrGaltlZa-
tion demands. This process is inevi-
table. 1t took place long ago in Ger
many.
1t appears that this newly proposed
executive will have nothing to do with
strategy and nothing to do with dplo-
macy Foch will control strategy, and
each government head-Wilson, George
and Clemenceau-appear to be deter
mined to keep hold of diplomacy for
himself.
The political organization of the AL
lies is still weak. almost non-existent
Lack of unity IS source of danger
but each step in internationalism--t hc
brigading of troops internationally, the
international command, and now the
probable international executive
brings International political organiza-
tion nearer.
The real reason why none exists is
that there is no real political and dip
lomatic agreement between Wilson,
Lloyd George, Clcmenccau and Son
nino, only a polite abstention from dis
agreement.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-08

training camps on May 30, when
they were so far back of the line
that they could not hear the sound
of the guns, up to the moment they
left gun positions on the banks of
the Marne in Chateau Thierry, after
having accounted for at least thou
sand of the enemy and contributed
greatly toward winning one of the
hottest defensive battles during the
enemy's mad rush toward Paris.
Two Bridges Defended
Chateau Thierry is a pretty little
city straddling the Marne. Two
bridges connect grassy banks which
gently slope back to the streets on
either side. One bridge was an i'm
posing stone structure, the other a
smaller iron girded one.
On May 80 the enemy reached the
Marne east of Chateau Thierry and
began a forceful advance along the
north bank toward the city. The
same day American machine gun
ners received orders a hundred kilo-
metres to the rear to jump into auto
trucks and hurry into action.
They started almost Immediately
and an all-night journey found the
battalion at o'clock in the after
noon Of the 31st on a hill overlook
ing Chateau Thierry. All around
them French batteries we're firing
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-15
FRANKLIN HAS GAINED
SOME POWERFUL FRIENDS

within two days automobile ride
Of ono ~ our largest population cen
tcrs there arc even now communities
that are startled by tho Appearance
of an automobile - lc1sf such was
tho experience 81 Nr and Mrs ~ g.
Beidrn NJ Canton. Onto who In their
new Franklin touring car inspected
mining property IN tho heart OF the
ozark mountains Of Missouri and
Arkansas
1--WE lost our way every other mile
n seemed Several small mountain
towns were startled upon seeing our
automobile, and people aid u was
the only bic car that had ever been
into that town
ION two. oCcnsiuna our gasoline
gave out and ! had 20 run tho car
entirely on kerosene
"For several miles va drove IN
driodup creek beds. and ~ other
timos we went oysrNrai'a that wcro
10 steep and rough that Il took the
combined efforts Of tho engine run
nirE in low gear. tho emergency
brake. and tho foot brake Co hold
ourselves back In ono place we
forded stream whore tho water was
considerably above the running
board
IN ~oiio ~ an these harlic1ps
our TnsJhnr mileage in tho Franklin
for the whole trip of 1900 miles
averaged 2l.5 miles per gallon.
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which case tho engine would run on
three cylinders. the cylinders being
/, ? and when the connection was
made 10 No. Tho No. would
give a spark on the suction, com
prees'ion and exhaust stroke OF It's
cylinder. but none for tho power
stroke, as the circuit would he short
Circuitod on the latter stroke, with
the latest locks. II is Impossible TO
start the engine by wiring around As
you mention,
The coils are connected In parallel
just as shown in the sketch with my
article
am wondering n you did not
forget TO connect up No when
making your test. as ! ihil 10 see
why this dId not give spark when
Ngu connected TO No. 3, and No. 2,
I have gone 80 far as 10 make the
test, but failel TO get the same re-
suit ns you dld. Connecting to 10.
3 gave mo spark In cylinders !. 2
and 4 there being a spark In No. J
at tho same time as the others. but
mono for It's power etroke.
O. ! have an g machine. My
machine stopped on an asphalt street
without warning examined ana
found crack all around tho crank
case where tho flywheel Is. How
long does II take a good mechanic
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-15

O. l have been much interested
IN YOUR writings under The Auto
mobile Simpllfjrd." There ~ one
tring. however. which Is not clear 10
r.e. and that is whether or not the
coil units are connected In soriea
tho reason I ask about this 10 thus.
soue one told mo that the (--) was
nat good because no could wire
around in a few seconds As soon
AS be told me how, connected
and tho engine ran o. *,
rheu changed from 4 70 3 and then
t SO . ana No. l. cutting out IA
.,.UndCr at q time. and this Is the
Information I am after why Is Il
tlt connecting with No. 4 makes
.,rrluc run on all four cylinders
and 70 runs on three only when con-
Ieet,d with No J or two only when
connected with No. . primary wire
II tNr units were connected same as
dry cells u would ho easy 20 zee.
IIt it strikes me that each unit Is
independent although tho Buss Bar
~ the bottom OF tho coil boy Ia con
n-cfcI 10 tho primary wircsl. |
should think that the engine would
run on all four cylinders no matter
which primary you connected with.
w. e.
A. with tho early g auto lock
switches Il was possible 20 connect
around tho switch as you say. In