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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
OREGON MAN HAS $500 HOURS
CREDIT-ONCE AT IDAHO

DR.. Timothy Cloran, head of the de-
partment Of Romance languages at
the University of Oregon, has in
structed approximately 5000 classes
without missing one. He was profess
sor of Modern Languages at the Uni
versity of Idaho during 18991900, and
has never once in all his % years of
teaching, failed to met class on ac-
count of sickness ,other duties, or
for any reason whatever.
DR.. Cloran, whose name appears in
who's Who in America" as a profess
sor and author, is language enthus-
last. His classes have averaged so
students, making a total of $4,000
class hours to his credit in the 23
years. He has taught French, Span
ish and Italian.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
BIG RECLAMATION PLAN
STARTS AT COEUR D'ALENE

COEUR D'ALENE. - Preliminary
work leading up to the 100000 JOB
Of widening and deepening the head
of Spokane river at Occur d'Alene
for the purpose of draining acres of
meadow land in the Occur d'Alene
and st. Joe river valleys, has been
started. 1t is estimated the land, now
practically worthless, will be made
worth from 500 to $3.50 per acre.
Fred E. Wannacott, former asses
sor of Kootenai county, has been APP
pointed appraiser Of drainage district
No. 6, embracing the lands of the
Occur d'Alene valley, and c. R. Rey-
nolds, assessor of Benewah county,
will act in that capacity for district
No. A.; embracing the lands of the st.
Joe valley.
Appraisal and classification of the
farm lands of the valleys viii com
mence at once. Following completion
of the work and its approval by the
court, the district will issue bonds
to cover the cost of the project.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
PRINCETON PICKINGS-
DEEP SNOW HELPS LOGGING

Morrison and son came down from
camp to finish putting in the logs
they left waiting for the snow to
come and they sure have plenty Of
snow now, about two feet and still
showing.
Willard Heaton is hauling his hay
to the warehouse while there is
plenty of snow.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilton is visiting
her neice for week, Mrs, B. F. Cone.
Walter Fiskis of Potlatch was a
caller between trains Tuesday.
Mrs. w. Kleer who has been visit
ing her parents, H. l.. Hawkins, re-
turned home Thursday.
Miss Hazel johnson visited her
nd-parent, S. Lienhart over Sun
day.
Mr.. Phelps is visiting his sister,
Ruth. He is the guest of Mrs. L. L.
Young.
Several of the boys that have been
working in the camps have returned
the snow being so deep.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
CORNWALL CORNUCOPIA
FULL OF GOOD NEWS

Mrs. Emma Hobart of North Bend,
Washington, has been visiting her
brother-in-la Mr.. S. j. Hobart, dur
ing the past two weeks.
Revival meetings have been going
on for the past two weeks here.
Much interest is shown and much
good being done. Considering the
weather, there has been very good at
tinue during the present week.
Mr.. Henry Knapik and William
Sumner returned from the logging
camp last week, where they have
been working.
We are having some terrible bad
weather for the past week, commence
ing last Saturday. A general biz
card began and on Monday morning
it was 10 below zero. We now have
something over two feet of snow
and still showing.
Sam Hobart was at Moscow be-
tween trains Tuesday.
Charley Roat is hauling wood from
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
IT'S "GRANDPA" LAIRD NOW
OTHER NEWS OF POTLATCH

POTLATCH.-Mr and Mrs. c. l..
Ainsworth of Chippewa Falls, Wis,
were presented yesterday with a fine
son, Allison Laird, born at the Bovill
hospital, Bovill, Idaho. Mrs. Aims
worth was formerly Elizabeth Laird,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Laird, general manager of the Pot
latch Lumber company. Mr.. Aims
worth arrived in New York Sunday
on the u. S. S. Pueblo from Brest
having been with company 1211 Lee
Mans Casuals and is now at Camp
Merritt, N. J. awaiting discharge.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fulton are
also the parents of baby boy, Carl
Eloff, which arrived yesterday. Mr..
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
WOUNDED, BRINGS
PLANE TO EARTH

Struck in mid-air by bullets from
an anti-aircraft gun. Lieutenant VIM.
Hunter, ex-'17, had the presence of
mind to effect safe landing. Lieu
tenant Hunter was sailing at height
of 1000 feet, 16 miles over the Ger
man line when the bullets struck,
wounding him in the hip and disabl-
ing his plane. Pointing the plane to-
ward the French lines he succeeded
in landing just inside, out of reach
of the enemy.
Granted Degree.
Lieutenant Hunter is a former Ida
no &udent and member of the Kap-
pa Sigma fraternity. He came to
Idaho two years ago and was an as
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
Latah County Records

Baker, RIM to A. M. Duckett and
Nancy Headrick, 8-7-15.
Rel.-Mrs. Archie M. Duckett to
Chas. w. Baker, >et ux Fannie 8-7-15.
Rel.-Nancy Davis, formerly Head
rick to Chas. w. Baker and Mrs. A.
M. Duckett 8-7-15.
Rel.-Netherlands American Mtge.
Bank to Ezra L. Cole r-m 2-19-13.
w. D.-Victor Gustafson to Frank
M. Gustafson, 81; correction deed of
that filed 2-17-19.
Rel. (MarginaD- William J. Humph-
rey to J. w. Wilson, en- 1-17-19.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
Musicale at Faculty Club.

The Faculty Woman's Club will
meet at Ridenbaugh Hall next Tues
day afternoon at three o'clock. The
program is in charge Of Miss Veg
man Of the piano department, who
has arranged for musicale to be
given by students in the piano and
voice sections Of the music depart
ment. AS Miss Wegman leaves
Thursday afternoon on trip, the
program will begin on the dot.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

here to his hme near Moscow.
Mrs. S. A. Sumner who has been
visiting among friends and relatives
here for several months, left last week
for Kellogg to VISIT with her daugh-
ter there. She was accompanied on
the trip by Carl Summer.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

Fulton is woods auditor for the Pot
latch Lumber company.
Waldo Terterlling and Charley
Cummerford are among those to re-
turn recently having received their
discharges from the marine corps,
They have both been stationed at
Mare Island.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

Mrs. W. o. Sholes entertained to-
day at an informal luncheon in honor
of Mrs. Fishburn. The guests were
Mrs. H. A. Fishburn, Mrs. G. M. Mil
Ter, Mrs. F. A. Thomson, Mrs. W. H.
Bridge and Mrs. C. N. Little.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

When the new store is opened Moscow
will have what it has long needed strictly
first class and completely stocked
HOME FURNISHING STORE
Where everything need for the home can
be had at the new prices, which are much be-
low those that prevailed last year. The en-
tire stock of goods is new and has been
bought
Direct FROM THE FACTORIES
Thus saving middlenen's profits and the
customer gets the benefit. Visit Moscows
new store. Inspect the goods. See what is
offered for sale and note the very low prices
for the highest standard of quality.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

still in the service, expecting to soon
return to France where he feels he
is needed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

In opening this new furniture store Mr..
Samms feels that he is giving the people of
Moscow and vicinity an opportunity to buy
first class furniture direct from the factory
at reasonable prices, and that the people here
are justly entitled to
FIRST CLASS FURNITURE STORE
Mr.. San1rns is too we'll known to the peo-
pie OF Latah county to need introduction.
For II years he was manager of the furni-
ture department of N. Williamon's big de-
partment store and he has earned and enjoys
a reputation for honesty and fair treatment
and for being an expert in the furniture line.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
Joined Canadian Air Forces.


When the United States entered the
war he enlisted with the expectation of
entering the officers training camp
at the Preside. While awaiting his
commission he became eager to enter
the service and went to Canada where
he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps.
Here he received his commission as a
lieutenant and soon sailed for France.
Still in Service.
Lieutenant Hunter, after his acct
dent, was for seven months in hos
pital in France where an operation
was performed on his leg. This ex-
perience has not lessened his ardor.
He is in especially good spirits and is
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28

sistant in the English department.
Prior to coming to Moscow he had
taken two years in the Chicago Uni
versity at the time of his enlistment
he was finishing his work there. The
university later granted him his de-
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-28
House Furnishing From Cellar to Carrot

NO. 1S53-Hoosier Wonder. One of the best cabinets
in the world. If you buy cabinet, buy a Hoosier.
Every will admire your taste Note the roll
door feature guaranteed sitter. Can furnish in Oak
Finish White Enamel
Oak with Nickel Top, price. ............. $500
Oak with Porcelain Top, new price. 5000
In White Nickel Top, new price. ........... $500
In White with Porcelain Top, price. 5000
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
Haig Did His Part " ell

Petain's success was demonstrated
at the Somme in the following
March, when French divisions
checke. the great Ludendorf drive
before Amiens. At the same time
Petain was substituted for Nivelle
Foch became chief of staff and
steadily grew in influence until he
occupied in the following April the
position of generalissimo, held brief
ly by Nivelle with disastrous conse-
Quences. Nivelle, after his failure,
was sent to Africa, where, so far as
| know. he still commands the
French forces in that tranquil col.
ony.
One word as to Haig. In accord
ance with the agreed plan he az
tackled on April 9, a week before
Nivelle won a real, if local, success
performing all that was required OF
him and being definitively checked,
as had been foreseen, in the Dous'
Plain on April 16.
His main operation for 1917 was
to take place in Flanders. Because
of Nivelle's failure he was CON-
PEELED to make two more costly ana
useless attacks upon the Germans III
the Douai Plain, losing exceeding?
heavily, and this enforced extension
Of his Artois battle made necessary
by French failure completly up
set his Flanders program aho
contributed materially to the gnasus
failure of that operation tire.
months later when TIE Germans nSo
been able to get reserves from kus'
sla and the weather turned out pau
British hostility TO unity OF CON-
mand, which was revealed later, sh'
was severely censured in AmerlcS'
as elsewhere, was in no small meas'
ure the natural consequence OF NV
Nivelle episode Actually hs'e'
whose part was to be relatively HI
nor. won a far more considerapa
success than Nivelle, and continue.
the battle after his own plans csi'e'
for a termination of the strugs'"
(coryright 1879. by The Mcclure NV
paper Syndicatel
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

was gone. They We're dese.+.,
troops; no camoutiage, in reports y.
ground gained, could disguise from
these veterans the fact that h.r;n-
set out for Laon and La Fere +h.
had actually arrived only at tho ca.
ond and third lines of their foe
10000 Dead in To-Day Figh,
AS to losses: On May IS N;vsu.
made a remarkable statement r. ~.
Minister OF War of his casua,+;..
between April 16 and 25. There;r
he cited the number Of the da,d
whose deaths had been witnessed h.
at least two persons-as 15.5O0 ors
gave as missing 10000, but ONLY
5000 of these 10000 were afterward
reported as prisoners; so, in fact
the killed in the ten days firht,nc
amounted to 10000, while the otber
casualties approximated 10000. Tho
total loss was thus close to 1O00oo
Against this terrible butchers b;r,
Nivelle could show only minor gains
which nowhere imperilled the main
fighting position of his foes; and the
capture of $4,000 prisoners. ITS can.
non. Alp machine guns and 11a
trench mortarss
Nivelle's grand offensive, then. had
failed, and it was necessary for
the British to prolong their costly
and useless battle for many DAYS ia
relieve the strain upon the beaten
French army, in which now, for the
first time, certain signs of demoral.
ization began to appear Meantime
the government IN Paris had been
more and more alarmed by the size
OF the casualty lists; by the ever
increasing protests from the officers:
by the unmistakable decentralization
in the fighting forces, which was
shown when veteran regiments,
which had participated victoriously
and gloriously in score of strug-
giles, declined to advance, and the
Minister Of War was called upon to
sign death warrants of French SOL
diers who refused to be murdered in
the hopeless gamble of Nivelle.
In the first two weeks of May
there was then real crisis. in which
Nivelle, having lost the confidence Of
the government, his neutenants, his
soldiers, still continued the hope
less enterprise of breaking the Ger
man line, until at last, on May Is,
he was summarily removed and
Petain was called upon to undertake
the task of restoring the French
army, as he had been called upon
little more than year earlier to
save the situation at Verdun after
blunders had permitted the Germans
to take Douamont and almost over
run the last defensive position east
of the Meuse River.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

enemy with the French plans. Three
days before the battle a sergeant.
carrying orders Of operation indi-
eating in detail the dispositions for
the attack by three corps and the
Russians upon Fort Brimont, was
killed and his dispatch bag captured.
Thus warned, the enemy reinforced
the threatened points, and subse-
Guent French attack did not result in
the gain of a foot, while the loss of
the 9TH Corps alone was 5000 men
in four days. This hlunder was duly
reported to the French commander,
and it should have led to the aban-
donment of the enterprise.
Artillery Preparation
Finally, the artillery preparation
was done very badly; ten days of
bombardment resulted in INSULT
cient reduction Of enemy works.
Weather conditions contributed to
this failure, but the chief cause was
lack of munitions for so vast a
front, itself based upon strong nat
ural obstacles multiplied by skillful
engineers.
In the face of all these circum-
stances and confronting an almost
unbelievable anarchy existing in the
high command-but with an army
fired by the recent German retreats
knowing that their commander
expected to break the German line,
Nivelle, still unshaken, announced
that he expected to succeed on the
Craonne Plateau. This announce
ment was made to the government
after the first attacll-that on st.
Quentin-had been made on April
Ia and had completely failed, thus
booming the whole enterprise.
Nevertheless, fixing his attack for
the morning of the 18th, Nivelle re-
peated his familiar forecast that
he would arrive in Laon at dawn on
the 18th and that his cavalry would
reach La Fere by sunset on the
same day. Brimont was to be taken
in five hours by that development
from the north of which the Ger
mans had been so completely fore
warned
Therefore, just one week after
the British had brilliantly launched
their offensive on Vimy Ridge, but
at the precise moment when their
advance had been pinned down,
Nivelle launched his waiting armies.
The armies of Mangin and Mazel
left their trenches at 6 O'Clock in
the morning in the midst of a
tempest of snow. rain and wind. The
aviation could not function, the ar
tillery was dependent entirely upon
ground observation. 1t was in vain
that the trench mortars destroyed
practically everywhere the first
enemy line. An actual telescoping
occurred with the mass of the Ger
man army, which had received and
executed the order to die on its
first line rather than yield
Warned long in advance, the Ger
mans had no fewer than four lines,
with depth of eight miles. These
lines were literally stuffed with light
machine guns, hidden in the innu-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
German Retreat Skillful

The retreat of the Germans, ac-
tually one of the most skillful pieces
of strategy in the whole war, was
represented to the French army and
the French public as a flight-as
the beginning of the end-and the
French soldiers were in d white
teat of excitement At the precise
moment when the high command,
save for Nivellc and his immediate
following, was unanimously con-
vlnccd of the impracticability of the
great plan, the army was filled with
an optimism as dangerous as it was
tremendous. Nivelle and the COM
mon soldiers expected supreme
victory, but the generals, and even
the lower officers, recognized the
Likelihood Of a check, with even
greater losses than those of the
Somme and with consequences to
the morale Of the army beyond
estimate.
From all these officers there now
began to flow protests and at this
moment the BRAND Cabinet fell.
In the Ribot Cabinet, which sue
ceeded NJ Panleve, the new Min
lister of War promptly discovered
the chaos existing in the army The
relations between Nivclle and his
subordinates were strained; these
subordnates had lost confidence in
their commander. Yet amidst this
anarchy Nivelle's assurance had
grown beyond belief.
The new ministry had now to
consider the advisability Of permit
ting any offensive, but the Russian
revolution had made some operation
necessary alike to help Russia, still
apparently an ally, and to prevent
{ withdrawal Of German troops
from the Russian front for use
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26
General Robert Georges. NiueNe

against Italy, which actually did oc-
cur in the fall, with the resulting
disaster of Caporetto. Finally, the
submarine campaign was becoming
SO grave peril that it threatened
to win the war unless military sue
cess could retrieve naval failure.
The ministry was satisfied that
Nivelle's grandiose plan could not
succeed, but it inclined to favor a
lesser offensive, with limited object
ives, an attack which should be care
fully planned and thus incur small
losses while inflicting heavy casual
ties upon the enemy and achieving
useful gains. Conceivably the initial
attack might result in Nivelle's
break through; if it did, we'll and
good; then the operation might be
expanded. This was the programme
OF the governemnt.
AS for Nivelle, he heard all warn
ings, military and civilian, with con-
tempt; he believed in supreme vic
tory. At the moment of attack he
showed the government maps, which
| have seen, calling for an opening
advance of eight miles. and this op-
timism did not desert him when
$4,000 French dead and 500 yards of
gain were the total profit of the first
day of the offensive.
On the strategic and tactical sides,
therefore, the prospect of a great
victory had vanished long before the
actual attack on April 16, 1917. On
the mechanical and technical sides
the promise was even more dismal.
Nivelle undertook to expand Petain's
method, applied to four or five miles
of enemy front, into an attack on a
front ten times as broad, and he was
not able to deal with so vast prob
lem, comparable with that which was
successfully handled by Ludendorff
year later. His armies were thus
lnadequately trained and the WAYS
of communication were insufficient.
while the medical service broke down.
Weather Was Against Allies
There were three other circum-
stances which contributed to the
actual disaster-the weather, the
folly Of the command in the Fifth
Army and the failure of artillery,
due in part at least to weather con-
ditlons which made air observation
impossible
AS to the first circumstance. the
winter Of 1917 was one of the
toughest in half century and the
month of April was time of snow
and storm. The weather during the
period of the actual battle was so
bad that it was impossible for the
infantry to follow the barrage of
the artillery; the rapid-fre guns,
machine guns and even the small
arms of the soldiers were completely
put out of service. The infantry
threw away all its burdens; the
black troops, which had shown their
value as shock units on a score of
fields, lost three-quarters of their
value because Of the temperature.
The second circumstance, the i'm
prudence in the Fifth Army.
! amounted to the presentation Of the
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

avoided one of the two converting
thrusts. Nivelle had envisaged at
tacks from two sides of square, and
On one side an attack was henceforth
impossible.
This was not all In addition, the
Germans had reinforced their posi-
tons on the Craonne Plateau so that
where there had been two lines in
December there we're four in Feb
ruary, as Micheler had reported.
They had concentrated their artil-
lery, elaborated the caverns and
grottoes on the Aisne heights, multi
piled their concrete works and
created an almost impregnable posi-
ton. At the same time they were
working on their Hindenburg line.
Thus, by the middle of March
such chance Of success as there had
been for the Nivelle plan had van
ished. The broad front had been
narrowed by more than half, the
remaining half had been sown with
new defenses, and German reserves
released by the Russian revolution
were already beginning to pour
westward. Meantime, while the
chances of success were thus rapidly
disappearing, circumstances had
combined to create expectations out
of all proportion to the remaining
possibilities.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-26

first invited Petain to command
group Of armies whose mission it
was to storm the Craonne Plateau.
Petain promptly pointed out the dis
proportion between the task and the
resources. He did not believe the
great plan would succeed; he said
so, and as result one Of his three
armies was taken from his COM
mand and given to Micheler. Petain
was thenceforth ignored.
The Russian Collapse
Meantime conditions changed.
The Russian revolution broke out.
1t became clear that Russia was out
of the war for the time being. This
collapse brought paralysis to the
Italian offensive, which was planned
to coincide with the attack on the
Western front, since it was clear
that Italy would now have to bear
the weight of Austrian troops
which would be transferred from
the Russian to the Venetian front.
Jotfre's original conception, which
fixed November 16, 1916, as the day
for launching his offensive, included
as an essential condition attacks by
the Russians and by the Italians
Nivelles plan had presupposed the
same element, but now the Russians
and the Italians were out of the
reckoning
More than this, in the first days of
February the Germans suddenly be-
gan their great retreat. Slowly at
first, rapidly later, they drew out Of
their positions on the Somme. They
evacuated precisely those lines
against which great offensive
might have been launched with some
hope of success.
On March 4, before the German
retreat had become general or con-
siderable, General Franchet d'Espe-
rey appealed to Nivele for permis-
sion to attack at once, as the enemy,
was about to retreat. Nivellc an
swercd on March 7-aftcr Il three
day delay that q German retreat
was inconceivable since the Germans
had so strongly fortified their posi-
tons surrounding Roye; but on the
day after the Nivelle dispatch
reached d'Espercy the Germans were
ont Of Roye. Thereafter followed
the retreat and pursuit until the
Germans we're we'll behind the Hin
deuburg. line.
Instead Of an attack in circum-
stanes that Nivellc had planned,
Franchet d'Espercy's armies now
found themselves beyond the glacis
Of desert twenty-five miles in width
which was destitute Of all means of
communication confronting posi-
ton, to attack which would involve
months Of preliminary preparation
and the employment of formidable
artillery which could not be brought
up for many weeks owing to the de-
struction Of the roads.
The great Nivelle plan had been
comprehended in two formidable
thrusts across the rear of the Ger
mans in positions from the Somme
near Perrone to Rheims, but the
Germans, by retiring, had thus