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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-01

THE LAST COUNT WENT TO
SCHWAMB WHEN HE AND HIS
FRIENDS SAW BLENDINGER
AND HIS FRIENDS OFF SATUR-
DAY NIGHT; BLENDINGER
WILL HAVE ALL SUMMER TO
PLAN REVENGE WHICH is
SURE TO COME
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-01
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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-01

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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-01

Program for VictroIa concert by
Mr.. Round, at Tourist club for Friday,
April 4, at $50 p. m.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-10
BY w. R. WEBB First Sergeant, Army Service Corps, A. E. F.

, also that the enemy's troops were not altogether invincible."
 By this successful stroke at Cantig- ny our Allies saw full proof that the American army was a mighty force in the making.
 U. s. Soldier "Arrivesv
 This proof was confirmed at Bel leau Wood and at Chateau Thierry on the Marne. It was confirmed with great emphasis because American troops (2nd and 3rd Divisions) were thrown into the fight to block the German advance on Paris at a mo- ment when the situation was most critical and when the French people looked to us for protection. That these divisions did stop the enemy and when the time came played a prominent part in driving him back to the Vesle river gave our troops justi- fled confidence in themselves and prepared them for what was to fol- tow. The American soldier had arrived" in the estimation of his French and British comrades but the American Army had yet to be tried out.
 Because of the brilliant work of the First Division at Cantigny and the Second at Belleau Wood these two units were given the place of honor together with a French division as the spearhead of the great counter offensive of July 18th. In the fight ing which followed several other American divisions won glory for
 
 Our troops in the Chateau-Thierry sector operated under the command of the Sixth and Tenth French Armies. The First American Army, (which was to have taken over the sector at Fismes) was then forming at La Ferte sous Jouarre The plan then contemplated was to make this army very small, containing about six 'divi- sions. However on this front it never functioned as an army because the Staff was transferred to Lgny en-Barrois for the St. Mihiel opera tion St. Mihiel First Independent Action.
 We now come to the St. Mihiel bat tie, which was the first operation of the American Army as a unit. The pinching off of this salient had long been looked forward to by our Com mander-in-Chief as the first independ- ent operation of our troops. Its sue cess would not only mean removal of the German threat against the Mouse line but it would threaten in turn the vast fortified area of Metz and the Briey iron mines which the enemy had taken great measures to defend. Since the French had made in 1915 several unsuccessful efforts to remove this hernia, as French military cri- tics called it, our success here would be doubly valuable.
 In spite of the fact that the Ger
Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-10
WHY FACTS OF U S. DRIVE HV ARGONNE

the east are the heights of the Mouse. dominated from the further bank of the river. Behind the spectator lies the single bare peak of Vauquois. the outpost of the observation post on Montfaucon, while to the southeast appear through the midst the heights made famous in the battle of Verdun. Hill BOA and Dead Mans Hill.
 Such is the battlefield as it ap- pears to the eye, hill and valley all ternating, each admirably suited for defense with nowhere an open plain necessary for maneuver.
 Pivot of Important Operation.
 This battlefield stretching between the Argonne forest and the Mouse river has played prominent role in the war since it's beginning. It has been the pivot of important opera tions elsewhere rather than a field of maneuver In 1914 when the Ger man armies pouring south from Mont medy reached the line on which the battle of the Marne was fought the pivot of that line was the fortress of Verdun. Even though it was sur, rounded on three sides, all German efforts to crush this pivot failed. In September 1914, the French armies, fighting along the heights of Sivry,
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mans learned of our plans this opera ton was carried out with the great est success and despatch so that 27 hours after the attack began the St. Mihiel salient had disappeared.
 Frontal Attack Necessitated.
 The enemy's line from the North Sea to Switzerland now presented no weak spot, as all salients had been reduced, first the Chateau Thierry salient, then the Montdidier salient and the pretuberance farther north in the direction of the channel ports, and lastly the St. Mihiel salient. With no more salients to reduce the AL lied High Command was compelled to stage a frontal attack And in view of the general situation, the lowered enemy morale, the depletion of his effectives and other things, it was determined to launch a general of fensive along the entire line. It was certain that the enemy would put up his strongest defense at the two wings of his line, that it, in the region south of Lille and around Verdun At these points his defenses were the strongest and the most numerous It was certain, too, that the troops which attacked these two points would be able to win only by heavy
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have brought about the fall of the fortress.
 Verdun Battle Cost Huns Dear
 In order to judge correctly the his. torical importance of this battlefield it will be necessary to go back and recount briefly what happened in 1916. The attacks on Verdun were pivoted on two points, Montfaucon, west of the river, and the twin heights of Ornes on the east Be. cause of the fact that they are splen- did observatories these positions are of particularly great value from military point of view. It will be re- called that the Verdun battle began on February 21, 1916, and continued with almost no let-up until late that year. As the result of heavy fighting and stupendous losses the Germans succeeded in getting as far south as the forts of Douaumont and VauX. After capturing these positions they penetrated to the village of Fleury and even got into the fosse of Fort Souville. This was the extreme point of their advance.
 On the left bank of the Mouse the German operations against Verdun did not begin until the month of May, 1916. These operations had for their primary purpose to join up the line with the advanced line OF the right bank of the river and second arily to close in on Verdunr by cap turing the formidable heights of Hill 304 and Dead Mans Hill. The Ger mans did succeed in taking these heights at the cost of great sacrifices but they were unable to hold them
 The French losses, too, had been very heavy on both sides of the river During the battle every division in the French army passed through the fire at 'Verdun. Whole regiments were wiped out even before coming in contact with the German infantry, so great was the artillery fire Yet the French held on, disputing every foot of ground and counter-attacking at every opportunity.
 Foe Forced Back to Starting Point.
 The French command saw the ab- solute necessity of disengaging the village of Fleury and by local coun- ter-attack it was wTested from Ger man hands. Then as the line had be- come stabilized the French command believed that the time had come to
Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-10

losses and of all the Allied armies the young American army was the only one which could support the necessary losses. It is a source of great pride to the American army commanders that our troops who had just completed their final test in the battle of St. Mihiel were chosen for this difficult operation. We knew the difficulties we had before us and we knew also with what desperation the enemy would oppose us but We felt confident in Victory. That we won is due to the brilliant leadership of our chiefs and, as one division has put it, to the American soldier who showed what he could do in an emergency when he must go on to the utmost extent of his power"
 The Battlefield.
 Standing on the crest of Montfau- con, on the roof of the concrete ob- servatio1 post from which the Ger man Crown Prince watched his troops attack Verdun in 1916, the visitor has before him a wonderful view of the Meuse-Argonne battlefield On this ground the American army wrote large it's name in history and there the youth in khaki proved conclusive ly that he was the peer of any fight ing man the world has ever seen.
 Looking north there unfolds be- fore the view an intending series of rolling hills, covered here and there with patches of woods, each hill and each patch of woods seemingly position impregnable. On the west towers the wooded massif of the Ar gonne Forest, impenetrable except by the few trails that run through it. On
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with their backs to Berlin, had most important part in throwing back the Germans from the Marne.
 The Germans did not make another attempt to reduce this formidable point of resistance until 1916. ,In 1915, however, there was very heavy fighting in that part of the Argonne Forest known as the Rois de la Grurie and around Vauquois where the French Tenth Division particular ly distinguished itself The names of such places as La Harozoo, Le Feur de Paris and La File Morte, evoke memories of some of the bloodiest fighting on an abrupt peak which the Germans had turned into powerfully fortified point of support, was at tackled again and again by the French during 1915 but they never succeed ed in reducing it. Today not stone of the village remains while as a re- suit of mine warfare the peak has been blown apart. Up to September 26th one side of this immense crater was held by the Germans and the other side by the Americans. The French had made great efforts to drive the enemy from the Forest of the Argonne for the purpose of win. ming back Montfaucon, a marvellous post of observation from which the valley of the Mouse can be seen as far south as Verdun. The Germans, too, strove to force. their way south ward in the Argonne in order to reach the heights of St. Mennehould. Their object was to force salient west of Verdun similar to the salient of St.
 Mihiel on the east. Had they been successful they undoubtedly would
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had been stationary for four years until the Americans broke through it on September 26th. The eastern part ran from Avecourt to the Mouse. This section of the line had constant ly fluctuated as 9 result of Germany's vain attempts to reduce the fortress of Verdun.
 It may be said without fear of contradiction that nowhere on the western front were the German de lenses built on such solid foundations as between the Argonnv and the Mouse. To understand the reasons for this one must study the entire German defensive system in France. Picture the various lines of defense as five huge steel cables strung be- tween two pillars, the northern pillar being the fortified area of Lille and the southern, the Metz area. These various cables, the outer one being the famous Hindenburg line sagged in the center around Laon so that be- tween each cable at this point there was a stretch of about 20 kilometers. But on the Meuse-Argonne front close to the Metx pillar all five cables were so grouped that they together coy cred not more than 20 kilometers of territory. It was against this mass of defensive lines, the Hindenburg line, the Hagon Stellung, the Volker
Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-10
INEUSE- -ARGONNE DRIVE II STAND FORTH ALWAYS AS THE SUPREME
 ACHIEVEMENT IF AMERICAN ARMS
Stopping of the Great Hun Offensive on Paris at Chateau Thierry and BlOttng Out of St. MhieI Salient Held By Germans for Four Years We're More Spectacular But
 Americas Browning Historical Glory Lies in the Aruonne

launch a larger counter-attack for the purpose of retaking the forts of Dou- aumont and VauX, these positions be- ing necessary for a successful de- fense of Verdun. This operation, carried out in October, 1916, under the leadership of General Mangin, then a Corps commander, was en- tirely successful. Immediately plans were made for a larger operation to push back the Germans to their starting point. In December, 1916, this attack was made: it was as sue cessful as the first and resulted in forcing the Germans back to approxi- mately the line from which they had begun their great offensive in Febru- ary.
 Hill BOA and Dead Mans Hill were not finally cleared of the enemy until August 20 1917, when the Germans on the left bank of the Mouse were driven back to the exact positions from which they had started, that is, the line running from Avecourt to the river in the neighborhood of Ferges. It is from this line that the Americans advanced to the attack on the 26th of September.
 Yanks End Four Year Deadlock.
 The old battle line from the Ar gonne to the Mouse may then be di- vided into two distinct parts. The western rart ran from the western edge of the Argonne to AVecourt and
Bisbee daily review., 1919-08-10
CHATEAU THIERRY, q. WHEEL AND CANTIGNY WERE BUT FORET TASTE
 IF FINAL SMASH WHICH BEAT HUN

Battle Lasting From Septem Der 26 to November ii Was One in Which UnConquerabIe American Troops Battered Through the German LineS Forced the Foe to Retreat
 Behind the MeuSe and Co mpeIed Him to Ask ATmStice
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31
FRENCH PEACE DISCUSSION
COMES TO DRAMATIC END

ni The Associated ptc.s
PANlS. Aug 30 The general dis
ousston Of the ratification Of the
peace treaty came 10 a dramatic con
clusinn this afternoon In the cham
hcr OF deputies when. after II stir
rng speech by Albert Thomas. for
Wcr member Of the war council
more than 80 deputies. who were
expected to take part In The debate,
announced ,Rcir decision To rcfriiu
from speaking
The government wna plainly en-
hatrasscd. All the minister's gathered
around Premier ClemcuCciu. They
conferred for scy,CHl minutes. and
finally Andr" THrdiru arose and said
The government had anticipated "a
discussion laAtiUR well into next
week, bat was ready to proceed and
would require an hour and hnlf.
We VIII listen 10 You" came
from all parts Of the house. o.,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31
CHARCOAL BURNER moNoHnD.
Texan GETS Italian Merit Iiadgc In
Addition Ia French and American.

AUSTIN, IcxuB, Aug 30 In the
presence ~ % large aHsDmhngc of
Travis county people Ia u park here
t"hiFht th" italian .morito De guerra
was pinned on the hreusi OF Private
Alfred n! simpson beside the crulE
Il" guorr" ana the distinguished sory
l." ciGrs previously awarded TO him
FOR exceptional bravery In France.
Following The ceremony Private
simpson. who has been discharged,
waa presented fL7Oj to enable him
10 go 10 school lie t. % years old
aud previous to entering the service
hc wns II charcoal burner In n rural
district Of Travis county. He re
crivod hiR distinguished service cross
from the hands of General Pcrshing
At the same Tim" Sergeant YORK or.
Tennessee wus decorated.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31
GRAIN SHIPMENT HALTED
DUE TO SHIP SHORTAGE

NBW YORK, Aug. 30. - Grain
shipments 10 Atlantic and Rulf pa L
have been temporarily suspouie l..
owing - Il shortage of vessel ton
ntgr and resultant oNeroroWding
of a'uraRe facilities, officials of the
United states Grain corporation an
nuuucod here tonight
The suspension was described hs
an ordinary control movement ana
meaningless 49, far as foreign snip
mapts are concerned II wAA stated
that no embargo had toon placed or
was contemplated on grain exports.
Tho railroad adm n'stra'ion,
was explained, keeps an accurate
check on t,rminal facilities and calls
for "A tustrnSion whenever IA Shor'-
age of tonnage or elevator space
threatens to tie up ils rolling STOCK
-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31

TdnR rubber bands for muscles.
n New york man has invented doll
that walks realistically aS II s led
by one hand.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31

For quickly unloading motor
.rhcks a platform has been invented
Unt fllts them bodily.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
DEMPSEY DrsAPPoINTs.
Thousands wait in vain 10 See
Him Boz I'm Teleae Camp.

Thousands wait in vain 10 See
Him Boz I'm TsIeae Camp.
ToLEDo, Ohio. May 3b.-Thousands Of
visitors thronged Jack Dempsey's train
ing camp to-day and went away disap-
pointed, because the challenger for the
worlds heavyweight championship failed
to do any boxing. Dempsey was eager
enough to rip into his sparring partners.
but Trainer Jimmy de Forest forbid II
because the newly constructed ring has
not been padded. The ring will DO In
shape to permit boxing tomorrow.
Women and children Of the Bayshore
district are showing moro interest In
Dempseys work than the men. The
clubhouse grounds was damned with
Mem and they watched every move the
challenger made. Dempsey attempted
to satisfy them with = couple Of rounds
Of shadow boxing after no had been
refused permission to put on the gloves.
Scribes In the Dempssy camp played
a game of baseball with Dempsey and
his trainers and got away with tbs
big end Of the to score. Dempsey
was taken out OF the game In the third
inning because It was feared he might
damage an ankle while cavorting over
the field.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
While Climbing Bv Nose Out Yankee
Plan Polo Grounds Post
of the American Legion

TT HERE may be POLO Grounds
Post" of the American Legion,
i the new veterans' organisation
which will take the place In the'next
generation or two that was held afes-
the civil war by the GRAND Army OF
the Republic. Christy Msthewson.
the one time famous pitcher OF the
Giants. now assistant manager OF
the team. has applied for member
ship in the legion, having served a.
a Captain In the Chemical Section.
Others that have put In applications
are Corporal Jesse L. Barnes, pitcher
for tho Giants; Lieut.. Jesse y. Win
ters, o pitcher; Private Earl H.
Smith, catcher; Seaman A. w. Baird.
Jr.. utility man, and Corporal Bonnie
Kaun, centre fielder.
Other baseball men that have APP
piled are William l.. Kopf. shortstop
Of the Cincinnati Rods; Major w. o.
McGeehan. . baseball writer Of the
New York Tribune, and Major Boze-
man Bulger. baseball expert Of the
New York Evening World.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
ERTLE'S SINGULAR
RECORD IN RING
Although Title Claimant,
Never Beat q Bantam
Of Glass.

While nearly all eontenders for .
title have shown class in some Of their
contests. Il seldom happens that q chal-
lenger for championship never deci-
sively defeats one good man In his class.
belongs to Johnny Ertle, who claimed to
have won the bantam title A. result
OF an alleged foul blow delivered by Kid
Williams.
m view Of the fact that Williams was
well In the lead at the time the foul
was claimed and che additional fact that
Artle never since has defeated a ban
tam of any standing. the impression
grows that Williams's assertion that
the blow which felled Ertie at 81 paul
was in the pit OF the stomach and abso-
lvtely above the belt, was the truth
Unparalleled reports Of tho bout are to
the effect that Ertle'g manager saved
his man from defeat by shouting foul
at, the instant his man was foorsd by
the champion. The referee, an incom-
petent, swaysd by local clamor. then
stopped the bout and sent the men out
Of the ring.
This view Of the case 10 strengthened
by the record Of Ertls in the ring
against capable men. Within q year he
has been knocked out by three bantams
Frankie Burma Dick Loadman and
Pete Herman. the champion, and out
pointed In q fifteen round bout by Pal
Moore. Loadman stopped him in, three
rounds. Burns in seven and Herman in
hve. While this series Of defeats elm
| mates Ertle from the title competition
tho surprising thing about II Is the
length OF time no has managed to keen
In the running.
Mike ODowd. the middlsweirht- cham
pion. who soon will be ready to defend
his title, recently expressed his opinion
on two important questions. He declared
that In his judgment Dempsey would
beat Willard and also said no regretted
his inability to get match with Gsorg,
Carpenter before he left France
O'Dowd declared that Carpenter IL jus
the sort of a man he could easily beat a
he did not believe the Frenchman coult
stand punishment
O'Dowd conceded that Carpenter 4,
clever and a good ring general, but In
sists the Frenchman cannot swap blow.
with a real fighter.
Charley weinert and Ed Kinley will
meet tomorrow night at the Park A. C.
Newark. and there IL considers able in
terest In the meeting.
Pal Moore 10 preparing to sail fol
England. whore he Is to meet Jimmy
Wilde about tho middle of next month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
INTERALLIED MEET
DELEGATES CONFER
May Add Endurance Contests
to Games in Pershing
Stadium.

PAns, May as.-The nrst meeting OF
the advisory committee Of the Interaliied
Games was held here to-day. Ths COM
mittee ia composed Of two members OK
each of the competing Countries. Dele
gates were present from Australia, Bel
GUM. Canada, China, Czecho -siovakia'
France, Guatemala. Italy, New zea-
land, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia and The
United States. Delegates are on their
way TO Paris from Brasil Greece and
the kingdom Of Hedjsa
The various speakers drew . parallel
between the comradeship Of ths trenches
and that Of the athletic neid. At the
suggestion Of the British colonial repro.
esntatives events may BE- added 30 the
games programme II this sugyastion ID
adopted these events win include endur-
anos contests and exhibitions Of Slavic
gymnastics by hundred picked
SerbianR
Brig. Gen. w. w. Harts. United states
Army. was elected chairman Of the ad-
visory committee. Lieut-Col. Ferdinand
See. French delegate. was chosen vice.
chairman
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
TRIPLE PLAY STOPS
SENATOR'S RALLY
White Sox Defeat Washing
ton by s to S Count.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-tAmsrican)--A
troit took its nth consecutive victory
washingtou's eighth inning rally to-day
and prevented the Senator's from beat
ing the white Sox. Chicago came back
strong in It's half Of the same inning
and buried Walter johnson under an
avalanche Of hits and won the nrSt
ranne Of the serieA Q 70 .. The score
uvysnroN (AAl CHICAGO al
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
RENE BEST IN WALK.

Eddie Reng OF the New York A. C.
yesterday won the ono mile invitation
walking race Of the Pastime Athletic
Club at Macombs Dam Park Ren1
showed the way to Joe Aronson or the
Pastins A. C. by 3 yards In 7 minutes
. SIS seconds. Louis Labowits. another
Pastine member, was third.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
TO REGULARS wREsTLING.

CHICAGO, May 24.--An ordinance pro-
viding for q commission to regulate
wrestling has been prepared for intro
duction in the City Council It would
fx annual license fees for clubs and
would penalixe organisations and wrest-
lers for sham contests.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
yEHaEY CITY III

Stolen oases-Cobb. wigglesworth, Lawry. q
Sscrince hits-Biemiller. jacobson. SACRIFICE
hy-HonIy. Double plAys-Denoville and Sharp;
Boley. Morgan and Bishop. Left on bases
on Newton. q; on Morrisette, s. Balk-Mor-
! risette. Struck out-By Aorrisette. s.: by
Newton, g. Winning pitcher-Newton. Losing
pitcher-Morrisette
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-26
SECOND GAME.

base ht-Trnrsy. steisn Ssses-Hiiisr 4 snsy.
Hummel. Sacrifice hit--yaoohs. Sacrifice hies
Jacobs, Cook. Double piays-Saresant and
Miller, .. Left on bases-Nswark, o; Reading.
5. First base on errors-Readins. 3. HIT by
pitchsr-By Donahus, q Struck out-By Dcna-
hue, 8; By Shea, :. Winning pitchsr-Shsa.
Losing pitcher-Donahue.