davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27
LULL IN Battle
FORECASTS STORM
WASHINGTON THINKS GREAT
ALLIED OFFENSIVE IS ABOUT
TO BE STARTED

WASHINGTON.-Behind the appar-
4 ent lull in the struggle around the Aisnc-
Marine salient today the high command
of the allied and German armies may
be setting the stage for the decisive bat
tie of the war In that event it seems
more than likely to observers that the
fourth anniversary of the conflict will
see flame of fighting raging from east
of Rheims to the North sea but with
the crucial conflict in progress some
where Just north of the Marne.
There is nothing as yet in reports to
show General Foch's plan. Flickers of
fighting have occurred to the north that
may have more than local significance
behind them. There is some evidence of
feeling here that sufficient American
army has not yet been assembled IN
France to warrant passing definitely to|
offensive tactics
It was recalled today that General
March recently indicated to members OF
congress that this was not to be expected
until later in the year The situation
has changed greatly at the front slncel
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27
s2,O9 PER BUSHEL
IS PAID F0RFWHEA1
FIRST CROP OF WHEAT SOLD AT
LEWISTON TODAY BRINGS
THAT PRICE

! LEWISTON-The first big crop OF
the 1918 season was sold to the Vollmer-
Clearwater company Thursday by Attor-
ney F. E. Butler, the price being $2.Oe
per bushel The crop consisted of 1000
bushels of choice wheat.
The 1918 crop is now moving into the
warehouses freely and large deliveries
are being made at the elevators of the
Lewiston Milling company where facil-
tiles are provided for handling grain in
bulk. William Jones is operating an
auto truck day and night to move his
crop in bulk from the district southwest
of Charleston and will have about $4,000
bushels to market this season. The yield
at the Jones ranch will average about
% bushels per acre.
The buyers are paying a premium of
nine cents per bushe1 for grain in bags
which means the farmers are paid ap-
proximate1y 20 cents for each bag dellv-
cred to the warehouses. The bags were
SOlQ 10 lIle ld1 lllClS dl PliSS ldiiShiS
from Is to 80 cents.
A. N. Richardson was in the city yes
terday from his farm east of Lewiston.
The fall wheat will average about Is
bushels per acre and he estimates the
spring crop at II to IA bushels per acre.
Mr.. Richardson has 275 acres of fall
grain and 625 bushels of spring crop.
A. R. johnson will secure Is bushels
per acre from his full crop and the
spring crop will run from II to IA
bushels per acre. Mr.. Johnson has 100
acres of fall wheat and 100 acres of
spring crop, his holdings being located
about seven miles east of the city.
E. E. Bever, extensively engaged in
farming eleven miles southeast of the
city, is harvesting 300 acres of fall grain
and has about 1000 acres of spring crop
Mr.. Bever has 400 acres of fall crop in
the sack and will secure an average yield
of about 81 bushels per acre for the en-
tire fall acreage
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27

then, however, and only developments
there will show what decision has beer
made.
At first it appeared that the fierce
counter-attack launched by General Foch
on the western side of the Aisne- Marine
salient was intended only to offset the
German effort to encircle Rheims and
further exploit the menace toward Paris.
AS success followed success for the
Franco-American troops and as the Ital-
ians and British joined, the nature Of
the operation changed 1t was made
clear that the tables had been turned on
the enemy and that the nutcracker tactics
he had attempted to apply to Rheims
were in turn being applied to his armies.
The enemy was quick to realize his
danger. Behind a stubborn rear guard
he drew back across the Marne and to-
day was apparently still struggling north,
ward out of the depth of the pocket in
which he had been caught. To save his
advanced forces here, reserves have been
called to hold apart the jaws of the
great trap until the armies of the crown
prince could escape.
Yesterday the advance of the British
1orthwestward from the region of
Rheims aroused hope among officials
1ere that the allied forces might be able
o spring the trap. The lull today
seemed to indicate General Foch was
lot prepared at this time to press his
advantage to his full power in that di-
ection.
The pocket is not sufficiently mar
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27
Writes Much Insurance

C. A. Tenwick, general agent for the
Northwest Mutual Fire Association of
Seattle, reports that he has written
81, 100000 worth of grain insurance. W.
E. Cahill, of the First Trust and Saw
ings Bank, is local agent for the comp
any.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27

Fully 1000 persons, including farmers
and their families from many of the 10
northern counties of Idaho, citizens from
neighboring towns and from Moscow,
with the children of the Boys and Girls
Clubs of Latah county are in attendance
at the first farmers day and picnic of
the University of Idaho, today. And
every one is enjoying himself or herself
to the utmost. The day is decided
success, exceeding the fondest hopes Of
those who planned it.
The weather is ideal, with warm,
bright sunshine following the recent
heavy rains, everything looks green and
bright and vegetation has taken on new
life The temperature is just right,
neither too warm nor too cool, and the
big crowd is having splendid time.
The people are resting, recreating and
learning at the same time They are
having picnic in all that the word
implies.
The Star Mirror reporter visited the
campus this afternoon and counted 11S.
automobiles parked on the campus or in
the lane adjoining it. He also cotnted
SO buggies and carriages. Returning
from the grounds he met five cars. If
each car carried an average of five per-
cons (including children) which would
be Conservative estimate, the cars
brought more than 600 persons If each
of the rigs carried three, which would
also be conservative, there would be
more than another 100 1t is certain that |
many came by train and many Moscow
people were there, which makes the esti- I
mate of 100 very conservative one.
Farmers Praise Buildings .-4~-.-
The forenoon was spent in looking /
over the agricultural college farm, the
orchard, the garden and seed and exper-
imental plats, the livestock and the barns.
Probably the latter attracted greater in
terest than any other feature: "The best
barn I ever saw" was the favorite ex-
preston of the visiting farmers as they
went through the big, new horse barn
which was thoroughly inspected from
floor to loft The silos came in for a
fair measure of praise as did the hog
houses, the dairy barns the chicken pens
and houses and every one of the numer
GUS buildings
Station Work Pleases
But it was for the experiment station
to elicit the greatest need of wonder
and praise When the farmers and their /;
wives and sons and daughters went {
through the experiment station plats and \
were shown the great research work
that is going on there, where new plants I
are being propagated; new varieties of q
wheat are grown and their qualities as
certained, where the crops with which t
the farmer is acquainted are being i
grown scientifically for research work a
in order that the yield per acre or the 7
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27
rs LATAH MEN ARE
PUT IN CLASS ONE
REGISTRANT IN AGRICULTURAL
DEFERRED CLASSES CALLED
FOR AUGUST S

The local selective draft board has
received returns from the district
board on the appeals of 26 Latah
county registrants who were in defer
red classes e and 81 on account of
agriculture. The local legal advisory
board recommended that these men be
put in class 1 and he cases went to
the district board, which accepted the
suggestion of the legal advisory
board of Latah county and ordered
the men placed in the first class.
They will now be called for entrain-
ment on August 5 if they pass the
medical examination.
Today notices are being sent out
to them to appear n Moscow on Aug
ust to take the medical examina-
ton. All who pass this will be or
dered to come to Moscow on August
5 to be inducted into the army. They
will be sent to Camp Fremont, Cali
fornia.
Following are the names of those
who have been placed in class 1 by
the district board.
-1271 George Henry Torgerson. SO
1924 Arthur Martin Grove. 1926
116O Benjamin w. JAN. 49,. 142
l147 James Daniel Benjamin. 1920 !
1887 Lars John Larson. 1922 |
1910 Albert Ulysses Westendal 583 |
1925 Alfred H. Karr. 1889
1925 Roy Clinton Jacobs .18O |
lO18 Wilhelm Henry Nebbc. :. :. .1O9
1908 Seth ]. Lynd. .351 |
900 Herman Schuyler 1862
974 Edward John Kembitsch. .1471
952 Adolph Swanson 1852
. $50 Herma,l Fred Weinmann. 1927
$50 Ross Earl Humphreys. -. 239
781 Arthur George Anderson 1904
76O George Herbert Rowlcy -. .S8
756 John Wesley McManama 1886
697 George Karlson 20
685 Fred David Oleser -. 100
682 Gabriel Forrest 40
GIT Daniel Wesley Robbins. rs
664 Andrew Anderson 968
45O George Harvey Johnson. 45O
447 Albi1 Oscar Swanson. :. 8O8
4O2 Justin Arnold Davidson. 1O2
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27
FIRST FARMERS DAY PICNIC
At UNIVERSITY A SUCCESS

quality of the farmers crops may be
increased or improved, the farmers were
loud in their praises. "The money spent
for this work is money we'll invested,
said many of them and there were hun
dreds of such expressions of approval
Picnic Lunch Served
After two hours had been spent in
looking over the farms, the orchards and
the experiment station the guests as
sembled on the campus where picnic
lunch was served. The visitors brought
we'll filled lunch baskets and there was
plenty of food and some to spare Ev-
erything was informal Hot coffee and
cold drinks were furnished by the uni
versity and the Moscow chamber of
commerce. It was real farmers picnic
dinner, with all of the good things one
finds on such occasions. During the
lunch hour strangers got acquainted with
each other and became friends. Men and
women from various counties or from
different parts of the same county met
for the first time and many new ac-
quaintances which will ripen into friend
ship were formed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27

There u in the today
least there is u the that
have through entirely allies reported
making Germans fighting
perately to the army being entrapped
Bitter fighting putting
trying to hold the claws closing
while supplies army being
removed from the trap into which Foch
stretch territory.
That steady being made
captured destroyed believed by military
experts who have been watching the advance of the
From Washington cheering American army is
rapidly being reinforced that 100000 will
blow the Grans and that the offensive Berlin
From Berlin comes word that both the kaiser
again reported ave) have people
has acknowledged -
Following are the elegraphc today:
Lines Again
PARIS,(Offica advances last night
immediately to the north of Marine where the
The French lines also On
w0hirds of mile on mile 'front.' taking 200
Americ Troops Are Craving Forward,
WITH THE AMERICAN AISNE-M MARINE 'FRONT.'
Saturday, morning(By Associated Press The
tine Chateau Tery have driven the Germans almost
they have been stubborny defending. ~
The allied constantly maintained and early TODAY
Saturday punishment heavy artillery the
allies was resumed with added
Under of the heavy troops again
Casualties Reported Yesterday 2oa
WAsHINGToNThe list in the American armv
yesterday the highest total casualties
for army and marines reported yesterday army
% died OF disease s. arplane accident severely wounded
slightly 25; degree undetermined IA; missing, g. " " ~
Marin casualties light Killed l. severely z
Germans Slowly Giving Ground
WITH THE AMERICAN THE AIsNEMarna Front bv
Associated Press P M Saturday slowly yielding
Tbe hepe continued as Of prssna e mSs ssn with
against heavy German machine fire
French with india
hons that their progress continue. ~ ~
The Germans still body of their
Artillery Is Active
the both the British and de French eSs sr e
~ displayed much activity further north the sector
More American Troops To Italy
WASHINGTONTrained American combat troons from Franco h
begun to arrive Italy General March, chief newspaper
fifth commanded bv @ c nave gone % to
and B. Bundy This makes five in France ~
The 91st division Foz Temporarily in o
1as been assigned to the fifth army corps.
100000 American Troops Go Overseas In July
WAsHNGIoN-Wth 10000 troops sent last week the number
American soldiers transported during
he record of Secretary March,
the total number Americans embark
g % FRANCE mas passed the mark Secretary Baker said the
eturning home after landing $500 roops) would
0ntlnued sssa TRANSPORTATION a % of American troops France
a NE explained % % IN detail entirely favorable for the Allies So far 7ss
nd @ over 400 400 of them have been shipped to France
cached his General Pershing
lachines and suggested structural
Five thousand Browning machine
yet sent to General Peg quantity
light Browning
o German Prince
Fmlands
Mechkenburg Schwerin he
Americans LIE Charme
WASHINGTON, Saturday NJ Pshngs conmunque
by Americans
mercan advance between Ourquc and the Marine river,
Off Atlantic Coast
NEW YORK-A British
submarine off the Atlantic
sending of
She
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-07-27
Some Fine Speeches

Following the lunch the visitors as
sembled on the campus i'll front of the
administration building to hear the
speeches. The afternoon program open
ed by the singing of the national an
them by the big audience, led by Pro-
fessor Storer, head of the department
of music There were some fine voices
in the big audience and the national an
them was surely sung with feeling of
real patriotism as the music echoed from
the buildings and the trees.
DR.. E. H. Lindley, president of the
delivered brief address to
the throng, welcoming them to the
school and telling briefly what it is do
ing. Dr. Lindley then introduced Dr.
w. J. Kerr, president of the Oregon
Agricultural College, who spoke at
length on the war and what it means
to us, of the northwest, and the duties
it imposes on those who remain at home.
He reviewed the food situation and
showed how necessary it is for us to
food and help in every way pos
sible to win the war. DR.. Kerr is
pleasing and forceful speaker and his
address carried message to every one
within the range of his voice.
Following DR.. Kerr's speech there was
4 vocal solo, folk dances by Moscow
girls, songs by the boys and girls of the
various clubs, an address by Captain
Edgington, commandant and head of the !
military instruction work now going ON
it the university and drill and review
~ and of the soldiers who are taking
raining there. Then followed further
Inspection of the grounds, the buildings
md the campus. This is going on as
The Star-Mirror goes to press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

There will be an ice cream social on
the Baptist lawn Friday night. All
are invited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
EAT
CORN
SAVE
WHEAT
HOOVER INSISTS WHEAT
SAVING MUST CONTINUE

Dismayed by the reports spreading
thru the country that there is no lon
ger necessity for the conservation of
wheat, Herbert Hoover has sent the
following telegram to contradict them:
Reports have been circulated that
food administration officials state that
further wheat conservation is not nee
essary. No statement of such charac-
ter has ever been issued. The actual
position is that our supplies until har-
vest allow home consumption of ap-
proximately one-third of normal if we
are to maintain allied supplies. The
actual position is that in farmers
hands and storage we had at the be-
ginning Of May 100000 bushels of
wheat to carry us for approximately
three months or with an early harvest
perhaps two weeks shorter. Our nor
NAL consumption for three months
would be 12O,OOO,O0O bushels, not al
lowing the allies anything"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
A Happy Birthday
Gathering,

A pleasant birthday party was held
Sunday at the Jas. McBrien home, it
being in honor Of Mrs. McBrien's
birthday anniversary. A considerable
number were present, all relatives,
and the day will be one long to be
remembered by them. Those present
were: Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Heidel and
4 children, Highland; Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Weber and six children, Lam
caster; Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. P. McBrien,
Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. Louis McBrien
and little daughter, Lancaster; Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. A McBrien and little
son, Minneapolis; Mrs J. Chester
Reagan and two children, Chicago;
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Showalter and
baby, Mr.. and Mrs. John Burns, Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Murphy, Lancaster; Mrs.
f. G. Thompson, Dubuque.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
Z : : = \
CHURCH AND SOCIAL

i + x \ :
Ice Cream Social
On Baptist Lawn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
FOES MAN POWER
Loss 100000
FIGURES TAKEN FROM WAR COR.
RESPONDENTS CENSORED Ed
ITION. PERIOD SINCE 1914
is COVERED.
BY Henry G, Wales.
Staff Correspondent Of the Interna-

Staff Correspondent Of the Interna-
tional News Service
PARIS-Fl0m private copy of the
suppressed edition of the New Europe
published in Berlin, I have seen the
tabulatiOn Of German losses during
the war, made by Karl Bleibtren, mil
itary critic.
The German authorities censored
his article, and when he insisted on
printing it, on the ground that he had
obtained his figures from the reg
ularly published German casualties
lists, the edition Of the newspaper was
seized by the censorship bureau in
Berlin, but the Trench Intelligence
Service obtained a copy.
Bleibtren's tally of losses compris-
es only killed and captured and does
not take into account those wounded
even when they were so gravely in
jured as to prevent their return to &C
tive service.
Five million men, dead or prison
ers, in three and one-haIf years elaps-
ed from August, 1914, to January
1918, is the German war correspond
ent's total estimate
Of these he accounts for 5000, 0OC
on the western front, and 100000 on
the eastern front. He estimates al
100000 the German losses in other
theaters Of the war and by the navy
September, 1914, the month in
which took place the battle of the
Marine, was the bloodiest period for
German arms, according to BIeibtren
he estimates the losses in those four
weeks at 215,000. Nearly all of these
are killed, as the French took rela-
lively few prisoners in the period be-
tween their stand at the Marine and
the German stand at the Aisne
The first month Of the war, Aug
ust 1914 was the next worst month
for Germany, says Bleibtren, the to-
tai in killed and missing reaching
$4,000. The greater part of these
losses also represent dead, as the Bel
gians, French and British took few
captives in their retreat to Antwerp
and from Mons and Charleroi to the
Marine, respectively.
SOmme Battle Toll,
August, 1916, the second month Of
the battle of the SOmme, was the third
heaviest period for German losses.
100000 being the figure, according to
BlelDLTen. lhls was the stage during
which the French troops, advancing
more rapidly than the British on their
left, attacked the enemy both front
ally and in flank.
The Crown Princes offensive
against VerdUn w2ged from Febru-
airy ri, 1915, until July 1, when the
France-British attack astride the Som
me eased the pressure on the Mouse,
cost 225,000 men, Bleibtren estf-
mates, and scarcely any of these were
in prisoners, as it was not until lat
en- that the French bagged captives in
their large-scaIe cOuntor-o ffensives.
The German cOunter-attacks from
May to August, 1917, along the Chem
in DIES Danes and in the hill district
of Champagne, where Gen NiveIle's
offensive had gained certain tactical
advantages, cost the enemy $4,000
men, the war correspondent asserts.
The British blows against Vimv
Ridge, the Messines-W ytschaete ridge
and against Lens cost the Germans
about $4,000 men in April and May of
1917, he says.
Joffre's offensive in Champagne,
begun on September 25, 1915, and last
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
both fronts-4.08 81

From August, 1917, to January
1918, Bleibtren estimates the German
losses at 367, $50, practically all on the
west front, swelling the total to
4,456,961
The remaining half million dead are
accounted for by those who died from
wounds and those killed or captured
in the italian campaign, fighting with
Austrian troops, in Macedonia with
the Bulgarians, in Mesopotamia and
Palestine with the Turks, in Africa,
and the Kiau Chau against the jap
anese. The losses suffered in the Ger
man navy, on board warships and in
submarines, are also included in this
final total estimate Of 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

ing we'll into November, exacted a toll
of 10000 German dead and prison
ers. Of this total, $4,000 is represent
ed in the first days haul Of captives
by the French
On the easern front 1915 was the
sanguinary year for Germany, Mar
shall Mackenson's drive from the Dun
alec to the Brest-Litovsk line, in
campaign lasting from May until
September, cost nearly 100000 men
The bulk of these were lost in the ter
rible fighting before Warsaw, where
the Germans attacked seaselessly Ov-
er period of many weeks before they
finally stormed the Polish capital.
More than $4,000 German troops
were lost in 1916, when Gen Won Lin
singer was dispatched to the eastern
front to stem Gen Brusiloff's victor
ious advance. The Great German
General staff permitted the Russians
to gain too much Roadway in their
drive before dispatching assistance to
the Austrians and reinforcements to
their own troops in the east. Conse-
Quently it was a far more difficult
task for the German legions to break
down the Muscovite's 'steam roller"
1917 Costly Year,
Despite the revolution in the early
part Of the year and the increased
determination after that, 1917 was a
more costly year than the last half Of
1914 was. The Germans lost 10000
men as compared to only 100000 in
the first five months of the war,
when the Russians, under Renne-
kampf, invaded East Prussia, pene-
trating beyond Mazurian Lakes by
Hindenburg.
Following is a table of the German
losses, according to Bleibtren, on both
fronts:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
Hurricane Cemetery
Association Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the Hurri-
! cane Cemetery Association will be
held at the Presbyterian church on
Friday, June % at 2:30. All inter
ested are requested to be present.
The cemetery has been cleaned up,
fence repaired, new set of tie-rails
put in and everything is in good con-
ditiOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
Shower For
Miss Anna Fritz.

A miscellaneous shower was given
at the JOS. Scott home on Wednes-
day evening in honor Of Miss Anna
Fritz who is to become the bride of
George Burns. Many beautiful and
useful presents were received by the
young people. The evening was spent
in playing games and music. A light
luncheon was served
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
Congregational Church
Services,

Church school 10000; morning wor-
ship HOO; theme: Some Mark of
Patriotism" Senior Endeavor 6:45;
evening preaching service 1880; mid
week service Thursday evening at
1880. Everybody is welcome.
Louis F. Arhelger, Minister.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26

Our men in the trenches and in the
submarine chasers are doing their
part. Are you doing your part? Buy
War Savings Stamps to your utmost
capacity
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
congregational Ladies'
Aid Meeting.

The CongfegatlonaI Ladies Aid will
meet on Friday afternoon with Mrs.
I. A. Thompson. Come prepared to
work
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-26
leo Cream Social
At BuckWheat Ridge.

IHeTe VIII De an Ice cream social
at Buckwheat Ridge on Tuesday, July
End. Ladies bring cake. Everyone
come.