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New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Haig Tells Ho,u He Fooled
Foe and Trapped I3, 900
Nassed Canadians and Tanks i'm Flanders and Sim
uiated Attack in Force Where German Airmen
Could Observe 1t, Then Struck Blow i'm Picardy

LONDON, Jan. 7.-~An historic docu-
ment written by Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig, commander-in- chief of
the British armies on the Western
front, IS to be published tomorrow. 1t
deals with the operations of the British
armies from the end of April, 1918,
when the situation was most critical,
up to the conclusion of the armstice.
The document opens with a recital
of the situation when the British ar
mics had been forced to give ground be-
fore the tremendous German onslaught
in the spring offensive and when the
German forces on the Western front
greatly outnumbered those of the Allies.
The only course open for the Allies was
to preserve their front unbroken until
summer could bring additional Ameri-
can forces and enable them to face the
Germans on something like a footing
of equality.
Turning Point of Year
By an exhibition of wonderful ten
aclty, says the document, the Allied
troops preserved their line intact until
July 1S-when they did more. Field
Marshal Haig says the complete success
date marked the turning point in the
years campaign. There followed, he
adds. complete change in the whole
military situation.
- The German army" Haig continues,
had made its effort and had failed.
The period of it's maximum strength
had been passed, and the bulk of the
reserves accumulated during the winter
had been used up. On the other hand,
the position of the Allies in regard to
troops had greatly improved.
Fresh troops made available during
the late spring and the early summer
had been incorporated and trained
Ihe British army was ready to take
the offensive, while the American army
was growing rapidly and had already
given convincing proof of the high
lighting qualities of it's soldiers"
Insured German Defeat
From that time, Field Marshal Haig
says, until the victorious conclusion of
the armistice, the Allies never looked
back. First came the onslaughts which
drove the Germans from their care
fully prepared positions, each in itself
a tactical event fitting into the superb
strategy conceived by the Allied High
Command. Regarding the preparations
for the attack at Amiens, the field
marshal says:
instructions OF detailed character
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Compers Suspects
Bolsheviki's Work
Is for Profteers

Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation Of Labor and
chairman of the American delegation
70 the European labor conference, said
'ase night, CT the eve Of his departure,
mat he and his associates would con-
les only with representatives of trade
unions. Although the conference win
rave a poIltlco-economic significance,
ne SAID, tea American delegates win
yagio y;l, - 70 no political party end there
c,sl;sts 10 !olnt meetings with the So
e'a,ists as such.
be 0 roaSa VAS particularly anxious that this
idosa .neaf IN view Of the confused
sirnultanaens '@'ns out Of the proposed
mn 'snepus meetings Of the Interna-
,.onal Socialists and Iahor conorass ESQ
$Ha the International Soc;aI;st Rnresu an
"ei1ner ~ Of which bodies the trade
'hlonisls will recognize
Hr. Gompers said A,oa.;csn ,sho,
"osia resizt TO the last the insidious
~. psta.'ons of the Bolsheyjki. asserting
tb~;- u "as not at all improbable that
nr1f. aei'gisles we're supported by
dd;onteers ~ their efforts TO promote
49, 49, Eahization in the ranks of the
"sge earnerg
cu me party assembled at the Hotel
brInf bgInfs'nensas assas yesterday and put in
as,Js nrnl', session considering reconstruction
~" TTi,"'sfas I'm and other matters Of interest.
ds Nv neiegation, which sails at noon To-
en- .n tne Carmania, includes Samuel
.ba .br"ggef1, danes Duncan, president of
sns. ~ cran'te Cutters International A.
tfsse'aii1,on; ~ i1; John X. Alpine, president Of
sn4 s united Association Of Plumbers
,sa ~ oseamiltters; Frank Duffy. sccre.
~ aa.s pi tas United Brotherhood OF Car
ywgn.sfs w',,sfs and Joiners of America. nna
H.. ipsnl I'm Ireen, geeretary-treasursr Of
r. e. Dnited Mine Worksfs Of America.
s~s ~. Oyster and J. Il, Mahan viii
- secretaries Of the mission,
nndersto0d that IL any effort sa
ssaas 70 inject a Sociaiistic tone to the
.gs.ssefosngs r., the american representa-.
~ sqlH Join hands With the British
snsenigfs 81 and draw up q Yeconstrnctlye
ss.ass1fsa s.ss tp@t shall include only such
stiepx pf lbe other reprsscnta.
sageS u ~ glssII be compatible Win bong
xps lseef sims. II IL eyyeeted when
So !zgf Asas@ 81 the conference have been
IKE ~ 80 forth The d4ieNat1ons viii
|kssseed y vsKyaliles,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
House Gets Bills to
Back McAdoo Rail Plan,

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 7.-Di-
W rector General McAdoo's
ideas for extension of government
control of railroads until January
l, 1924, were embodied in bills in
troduced in the House to-day by
Chairman Sims of the Interstate
Commerce Committee. These bills
propose an increase of the rail
road administrations revolving
fund by another half billion dol
lars.
Railroad executives have de-
cided to recommend to Congress a
system of unified private manage
ment of rail lines, with strong
public control exercised by a Sec
retary of Transportation in the
Presidents Cabinet, and a reor-
ganized Interstate Commerce
Commission, with regional divi-
sions acting as a court of last re-
sort IN rate disputes.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
WILLIAM z. BINGHAM

Captain William R. Bingham. a con-
tractor and capitalist of Cold Spring
Harbor. L. l., died Monday at his home
OF blood poisoning resulting from the
bite of parrot. lie was sixty nine
years old. Captain Bingham was born
IN Cold Spring Harbar and for years
was q sea captain, retiring in 1889 to
engage in contracting He built the
Huntington High School and other
rublic buildings on Long Island and
had extensive lumber. coal and ice
interests in and near Huntington. At
the time of his death he was president
of the Consolidated Ice Company, of
Huntington. He leaves wife and two
daughters. The funeral will be held
at st. Johns Episcopal Church. Cold
Spring Harbor. Thursday afternoon. ae
. o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08

were issued to the formations con
cerned calculated to make it appear
that British attack in Flanders was
imminent. Canadian battalions were
put into line on the KENNEL front
where they were Identified by the
enemy. Corps headquarters was pre-
pared and casualty clearing stations
We're erected in conspicuous positions
IN this area.
Great activity also was maintaineo
by our wireless stations on the First
Army Front, and arrangements were
made to. give the impression that a
great concentration Of tanks was tax
ing place in the St. Pol area.
Tanks Aided in Trick
RAINING operations in which in.
fantry and tanks cooperated were
carried out in this neighborhood on d
day on which the enemy's long distance
reconnaissance and Photographic ma,
chlnes We're likely to be at work behind
our lines.
"Rumors that the British were about
10 UNDERTAKE large and importan,
operation on the northern front quick
~ spread: In the course of our subse-
quent advances convincing evidence
was obtained that these different meas
ures had had the desired effect and
that the enemy was momentarily ex-
pectlng to be attacked in strength in
Flanders"
Inc Germans were completely fooled
fleid Marshal Haig says, and in the
early morning mist of August s Brit
lsh troops caught the surprised Ger
mans and captured $4,000 prisoners
nearly 400 guns and vast quantities of
ammunition and stores of all kinds.
Struck Is Miles South
On the morning of August Gen
eral Rawlinson's British Fourth
Army, cooperating with General
Debeney's French First Army, at
tackled on a twenty mile front east
of Amiens, in Picardy, nearly sew
enty-flve miles south of the Flanders
area. The Allied armies advanced
eight miles on the first day of at
tack before being checked by the sur
prised Germans.
Following the storming of the Ger
man lines on all parts of the battle
front came a period when the fighting
was entirely in the open, except fol
such use IS could be made of villages
and natural cover. Here, according tt
the held marshall British cavalry tool
a wonderful share in the operations
and the only aim of the enemy wa.
temporarily to hold up the advancing
Allles in order to unravel the tangle Of
their forced retreat
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
WILLIAM B. STONE

William Beverly Stone, associate pro-
lessor of mathematics at Rutgers Col
Iege, died yesterday of pneumonia at
Roanoke. Va, while on visit to
friends in that city. He had been i'll
about a week
Professor Stone was born in Auburn,
Va. and was forty years old. He
studied at the University of Virginia
and won the degrees of NJ. A. and
Pm d., and was instructor in mathe-
mates there from 1906 to 1908. From
1908 to 1913 he was instructor in math
ematics in the University of Michigan,
after which he came to Rutgers, being
made associate professor in 1917 He
was member of the Phi Beta Kappa
fraternity. He was unmarried.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Interstate Commerce
Commission Control OF
Wires Planned in Bill
Neao York Tribune
JVuShinOtOn Bureo3l

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA bill intro
duced to-day by Senator Kellogg, of
Minnesota, would take the wire control
away from Postmaster General Burle-
son and vest it in the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
While this measure NAV not reach
the statute books, it has been referre d
to the Interstate Commerce Committee
and will further serve to focls atten-
ton on regulation instead of Federal
ownership and operation.
Under the terms of Senator Kellogg's
bill the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion is given general supervision and
control of telegraph, telephone, marine
cables and radio systems. The measure
provides that the commission be en-
powered to "hx both the minimum and
maximum rates and charges for all SER
vice furnished, regulate and control all
service furnished by the companies
compel the interchange of business. the
joint use of facilities, fix all compensa-
ton, rents and charges, and make rules
and regulations for the performance of
all service"
The Kellogg proposal further author
ICES the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion to effect such consultations of
wire systems and companies as it deems
"in the public interest" and to exer-
else general supervision over the issue
of stocks, bonds and other securities by
the several companies.
Because "the credit of the country is
largely absorbed by government loans
thereby rendering it difficult, if not in,
possible, for private companies to
finance themselves at present and to
secure money to extend their facili-
ties" the measure proposes that the
Interstate Commerce Commission be
authorized to recommend temporary
loans to be made only with the ap-
proval of the President and secured by
first lien on the systems.
The latter provision of the bill, SEN
ator Kellogg declared, he had incor-
porated in the measure Mt the request
of high government official whom he
did not name. He would not commit
himself to it's support, he said.
Some Senators saw in this provision
of the Kellogg measure compromise
whereby Postmaster General Burleson
might escape gracefully from his com
mtmcnt TO government ownership of
the wire systems.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Ashurst Presses Plan to
Buy Lower California

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Speaking in
the Senate to-day in support of his
resolution for acquisition by the United
States through negotiation with Mexico
of Lower California and part of the
state of Sonora. Senator Ashurst of Ari-
zona declared that the Mexican govern
ment was unable to control the terri
tory or protect it from foreign inva-
sion. Annexed to the United States,
he said. it could be converted into i'm
mense Agricultural value by irrigation
from the Colorado River.
While Senator Ashurst was speaking
in the Senate, Representative Elston of
California, Republican, introduced a
resolution in the House requesting
President Wilson to open negotiations
with Mexic< for the purchase of the
Lower California Peninsula and other
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Obituary
Detail of Sailors at Funeral Of
MongoIia's Late Commander

Funeral services for Captain Emery
Rice. former commanding officer of the
transport Mongolia. who died of pneu-
monia last Saturday. were held yester-
day in the First Presbyterian Church.
Fifth Avenue and Eleventh Street. The
services were conducted by the Rev.
DR.. Howard Duffield, pastor of the
church. and an escort composed of a
detail from each of the warships in the
harbor was in attendance.
The body was taken to Washington.
where 1t will be inferred to-day in
the Arlington National Cemetery
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Senators See Finish
OF Ownership Poficy

NIASHINGTON, Jan. Tt
w now seems probable, in the
opinion of leading Senators, that
the upshot Of the railroad situa-
tion will be continuance of gov
ernment control until legislation
giving the Interstate Commerce
Commission adequate rcgulative
authority over the roads is
drafted and ,enacted. The gov
crnment ownership movement,
Senators believe, with the almost
unanimous opposition Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission,
will be abandoned not only in the
matter Of railroads, but also as to
telephones, telcgraphs and cables.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08

Mexican land along the international
boundary "as shall by topography pro
mote harmonious relations by reducing
to a minimum all international border
difficulties" The resolution was re-
ferred to the House Foreign Affairs
Committee
MEXICO CITY, Jan. The proposal
made in the United States Senate bv
Senator Ashurst that the United States
purchase Lower California and part of
Sonora has created considerable COM
ment in the Mexican press.
lei Universal" long leading pro-
Ally paper, in leading editorial to-day
attacks the proposal. 1t asserts that
Mexico places the promises of Presi-
dent Wilson that small nations will be
protected ahead of the menace to
Mexico implied in the Ashurst plan.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
MRS. EuLA B. BUCHANAN

Mrs. Eula Blair Buchanan, of Haver-
straw, n. Y. died yesterday of pneu-
monia at Fort Myers. Fla. She was the
wife of G. B. Buchanan, a broker with
Offices at 27 William Street, and mem
Der of the New York Stock Exchange.
She leaves her husband and one daugh
ter.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
AUTOMOTIVES
Great American Desert" L
Formally Declared Out
of Business

Eastern motorists who may be plan
ming on driving to the West need not
imagine that the desert conditions
make trips impossible or anything like
it, according to a letter written by w.
ID. Rishel, secretary of the Utah State
Automobile Association, to Carl G.
Fisher, chairman of the American Au-
tomoble Association touring board.
Naturally, of course, the winter is no
time to figure on an easy trip across.
but Mr.. Rishel and his association
members are so sure there is going to
be a great amount of 'cross-country
driving this coming spring and sum-
mer chat they believe it is we'll to start
early disseminating the information
they have.
What are the actual conditions ?"
says Mr.. Rishel. "The tourist can
follow any one of the central routes
and have a bed to sleep in under a
roof every night He can sit down to
a table and eat his three meals day.
He will find gasolene, garage and au
tomobile supplies at frequent inter
walls, or as often as he needs them.
The lighter he is equipped the faster
time he can make. Instead of heat he
will find an overcoat comfortable if he
drives at night and he will encounter
more sand at the old river-bed cross
ing near his farm in the mid-conti-
rent country than he will encounter
between the Rocky Mountains and the
Pacific Coast.
"Whenever water can be turned on
the so-called desert land he will see
crops Of wheat and potatoes, fruit and
vegetables, that will far surpass the
yield an acre of his Eastern farm.
And, what is more, he will scarcely
ever be out of view of another auto
mobile occupied by a man and his
family travelling to see the country
THE desert stunt has been over
worked and the Western motorist
travelling across the country never
takes the deserts into consideration
lie knows there are long stretches of
country with nothing but sage brush
that as general rule he will make
other section of the United States
where the roads are not improved.
"Automobie associations and auto
mobile touring bureaus of information
have busy time explaining away the
fears of the timid public, but as more
and more tourists cross the country
the fact will become gradually known
that the person responsible for calling
the great Inter- Mountain West the
Great American Desert did not know
what he was talking about"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
COUNT +. MrNIsCALoHI-ERIzzo

WASHINGTON. Jan. Count r,
Miniscalohi-Eriz Charge of the Ital-
ian Embassy, died to-day from pneu-
monia. which followed an attack of in
fuenza. Nos arrangements for the
funeral have heen made.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
BARON MCCLELLAN

LONDON, Jan. Baron Michelham.
formerly torn member of the. firm of Her
bert Stern e. Co, in LONDON and Paris,
dled IN London to-day. His death was
due to pneumonia.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08

Herbert Stern. first Baron Michel
nam, was born in 1851 and was the
son OF Baron Hermann de Stern. He
was raised to the peerage in 1912.
Baron Michelham was we'll known as
q, phllanthropist. In 1915. during the
German Zeppelin raids on London, he
oifered $4,000 each to British airmen
Tor the first ten dirigibles destroyed.
His heir is the Hon. Hermann Alfred
Stern, who is nineteen years old.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08

merce received yesterday afternoon the
of the Chicago Automobile Show
"To-day in passenger section allotted
fortyfour spaces to twenty-one con-
Germs, making total 179 to even 100 ap-
plicants. Coliseum Gallery and annex
now fully Only two car spaces remain
ing in commercial section. Three new
alotments for accessories and three
for trucks. Only three truck spaces
remaining"
C. f. T. s.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-08
Rates On Service Basis

TT necessarily follows That the pat
rons Of the transportation companies
must pay rates that will yield revenues
sufficient to justify rendering the
quantity and character of service de-
manded. The charges should not be
higher than those that will yield proper
compensation for the service performed d
and appropriate return upon the prop
erty devoted to the public use
, "lf through enlightened, broadencd
and wise regulation that proper balance
between revenues. on the one hand,
and returns to capital and expenditures s
in operation. maintenance and improve
ment, on the other hand, can be estab-
lished, the public will be well served
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
NOTED PERSONS DIE

Ottawa, Ont.-W. Dale Harris. civ
il engineer and former president of
the Montreal Terminal railway.
Minneapolis, Minn.-John S. Wash.
burn, age 81, president of great
flour mill company of this city.
London-Adelina Patti, the prima
donna, atPenycae, South Wales.
Nine Adelina Patti reigned for 40
years as queen of singers.
Her marvellous voice thrilled the
greatest contemporaries of her day
Nine. Patti inherited her talent.
She made her final professional an
pearance at the age of 65 in London
Nine. Patti is reputed to have left
an estate valued at more than $4,000.
600.
She was the first operate singer
in the world to be made a chevalie,
Of the Legion of Honor. She wa:
decorated by the car of Russia will
the order of Merit, and was appoint
ed by him as first singer of tn,
court European potentates viet
with each other in showering he,
with jewels, decorations and socia
distinctions.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
POINDExTER DESCRIBES
PRESIDENT "PRO-GERMAN'
Also Calls Him Worlds Greatest
Menace"-comments by Wash
lngtons Senator.

New York.-President Wilson was
characterized as "the worlds great
est menace" in an address by United
States Senator Miles Poindexter. at
a massmeeting of Queens county re-
publicans in Long Island City Satur-
day to celebrate the 65th university
of the founding of the republican
patty.
Then senator from Washington, af
ter blaming the president for delay
in ratifying the peace treaty, said he
was "the greatese pro-German in the
country and that his theories and
suggestions regarding the Democrat
cation of industry had encouraged
radical labor leaders to attempt tc
bring about "a dictatorship of the
proletariat" which means the "fina
overthrow of our republican form Of
government"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
GERMAN SAILORS
ARE SENT HOME
Hundreds Identified With Com
merce Rsiding During War
March Aboard Transport.

New York Hundreds OF Ger
mau sailors, most Of whom had
been identified with commerce
raiding exploits durin gthe war.
and all OF them prisoners OF war,
marched silently aboard the
steamer Pocahontas Saturday to
return in defeat to their native
land. Even the ship they sailed
on was a poignant reminder OF
the overwhelming disaster that
had befallen their country, for
the Pocahontas, once the Princess
Irene, was one Of the great ships
with which Germany in peace had
bid for the supremacy of the sea.
There were 1871 German men,
women and children who boarded
the Pocahontas, the great ma1ori-
ty sailors.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
Tacoma Street Car Lines are Losin.

oNSH'o ON'SSN vi @''~S N'N -~S''S
Tacoma ~ Due to persistent and
heavy deficits in the operation of the
municipal railway, the city is con-
curtailing service on the line to the
point where the deficits are much
smaller, thereby defeating the pur-
pose of the line, or of transferring
sufficient funds from the department
of public works to pay the losses for
the balance of the year. The munich
pal line is losing 100000 a year. says
commissioner of finance
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
CHARGE MADE AGAINST
c. S. MOODY DISMISSED
Not Guilty of Making False Certi-
ficate to Voucher for Expenses
While General.

Boise.-The charge against c. S.
Moody, former adjutant general of
Idaho, of making a false certificate
to voucher for travelling expenses
amounting to $17663 was dismissed
in the district court Saturday The
defendant was discharged by Judge
Reddoch, who sustained the defen-
dants motion to quash and set aside
the information and ordered that the
bond of Mr.. Moody be exonerated
Judge Reddoch announced he had
looked into the authorities submitted
to him and felt that the defendant
could not be held under the informa
ton and at once ordered his dismis
sal
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
Ringing Sells Montana Ranch.

Livingston, Mont.-The sale of 30
600 acres near White Sulphur Springs
for which the Story-Work company
of Bozeman paid John Ringing close
to S1,000,000. was announced Monday
by Lester p Work of Bozeman. The
tract. known as the Birch creek
property, adjoins the Clear range
holdings of the Story-Work outfit
and will give them a sheep grazing
tract of $4,000 acres The company
plans to winter 100000 sheep in Mon
tana this winter. Mr.. Work said
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-09-30
BUDAPEST FOOD SIT
UATlON is VERY BAD
For Days Thousands Have Had
No Bread.-Roumanian Are
Looting.

Budapest The food situation
again is very bad For days thous-
ands of people have had no bread,
A member of the allied mission puts
the figure at 100000. Diamonds, the
Rumanian representative, is telling
how the Rumanians are helping to
provision the city and to assist the
people. but the facts belle his state
ments.