By GEORGE DRU.
International News Service,
Paris.—Details given me by British
poldiers enable me to give the follow-
Ing account of the participation of the
British in the great battle of the
Marne:
fortable farm houses. As the
had been driven back from
recently held
broken,
homes
gaunt walls, relics of happy
even a church on the edge
stones trampled under foot.
As the march was renewed the tem:
per of the men exhibited a distinct
change. There wa
no more light banter. FE:
was set
drew near the
audible in t
galloper
ich man's face
AS
rumbl f guns
!
and determined
he distance. nn Came a
on a foam-spattered horse
patch
ter deliver
ed a fresh
the darkness
Still the khaki
on,
heavy firi:
a squad of cavalry came
the right, and a
were in what they
was to be the firing line
Trenches Dug at Night.
but hard
blankets were in store
ing the dis
horse and disappeared into
wave
the sound
eve
Toward midnigh
i m
later
s00Nn
discovered
y army came to a halt,
from nowhere
dispatched into
the darkn wait of no l«
duration t
threw up breastworks to be ready
the coming fray
Daylight
most level
trenches
showed
open
backed up growing tin
ber, where
up their
the foe w
alive with armed men, and
positi
as visil
woods lay artille
tected
troops
guns in the
waited,
rear
shooting in followed by
a long wail as a shell passed
their heads
ing roar
trench.
duel
Ove
y with a deaf
A
Guns Begin
12 guns o
to answer
once little
able rising
woods
to Answer,
The f tl
were
but still
fire,
One of ou
his anxiety
the
to the enem
4
dead
renches
weeived
1 hey then
h ory fry t} wor ny
the riflemen i: h voods and
attentio:
protection of
silenced
soldiers
had
our
+h inf $ pou 1s
the infantry it BB
shown more cos and steadin
i
Enemy Quits Thicket.
t of th
i Me
ness ogg
After
vening space at a mq
to .the double
vicinity of thicket. Finding
guns had located them, the enemy
retreated :
coverin mos
inter.
and soon were in the
the ir
our
had
the Infantry
ter of the ti
far side they
and charged
mber. On reaching
the foe, and what
glass, let alone a tumbler.
ing but terrible picture.
torn In thé earth were eloquent
nery.
At another stage of the great battle
British lay well away from them on
one side, the French under General
Pau on the other Some desultory
firing took place and the Germans
tried to hide their real strength un-
der cover of the forest, but the allied
commanders had been well supplied
once were broken off and the fighting
recommenced,
Death Trap Falls.
An airman had seen an Immense
number of guns enter the woods
the foe evidently having planned
put up a sham fight and retreat so
a8 to draw the British to the hidden
guns It was a well planned death
trap, but the allies by this time were
Aware The motive be
hind the request for an armistice was
lull the of
curity and Germap
forces to arrive
A terrific
ened
to
of the tactics.
to allies into a sense a0
#0 enable fresh
from Conpliegne
cannonade at
the wood, w
Once
of upon hich
fir was blow il
forest
rushed
British
hip
brisk wind
the flames goon turned
an
in great di
re, and as a
the
inferno 16 Germans
sorder and t)
were waiting
thigh
The men, remem
has been done by them
t
antry,
The
trated
guns, but this was just the thing the
allied had cided to
frustrate flerce fighting
ng
commanders
Much
d the
distr
took
place Bi
cavalry
dash
down upon the Ge
artillery, the
itself by
sweeping
amen try
aroun a
hing its
1IEUIsnhi
and determination,
ing to escort
safety Jy
an aval
Worth Shown
der nstrated
me of
Cavalry's
pos
RIVERS CHOKED WITH
BODIES OF AUSTRIANS
tro-Ger !
Moming
+
ens
Sireams
£111 is
ii ith
; W iden
the hes
ng fligh till the waters
were dammed and overflowing the
awaiting
burial or burning. Hundreds of acres
are sown with bodies and littered with
weapons and
and
¢
of i
banks Piles dead are
battle debris, while
wounded riderless horses are
careering the abandoned
country The trophies captured com-
much German equipment An
ammunition train captured at Janow
(11 miles northwest of Lemberg) was
German, while the guns taken include
46 heavy caliber bearing Emperor
William's initials and belonging to the
German Sixth army corps
“The line of retreat of the Austro
German forces was blocked with
debris of every kind-— valuable mil
tary supplies, telephone and telegraph
installations, light railway and oth
er stores, bridging material-—in fact,
everything needed by a modern army
was flung away in flight. Over one
thousand wagons with commissariat
madly over
prise
M THE WORLD
No Message Can Be Received
From or Sent to Republic.
ALL TELEGRAPH LINES CUT
No Matter What Eventuated He
Would Afford All Protection To
Americans and Foreigners,
Washington, D. C
throes of a
by Villa
ment, 15
Mexico, in
new
Carranza’s
against govern
now incommunicado
messages can be recelved from or
to any of Mexico from this
try or of the
telegraph trunk lines
part
the rest world
der were cut
the tele graph conne
Mexico City and Vera
wise evered
the United St
working
Ly order
been
Lie
and me
Vera
andthe
SAKES can
far as ruz, but there
stop State Departm
able to communicate with
Mexico
RON
representatives in
Secretary
gr
COInt
the
Garr
nand
border
% have been
Laredo, Eagle
GAITison
trranza
JERI iC
10 days
the new
us ing
»f General
the date of
$500,000 Fi
TO DEMONSTRATE PARCEL POST
How T¢ e Will Be
Farm Produ
Postmasters
: con
t Mars iand
PDalaw
nple
1 ts of parcel
pared unde« i
tor
be placed on vie
The exhibit
postmaster
r the
841
{
Otto P
to the
should
se they are not
will also reveal
which
Deca
shipments
prop
Al
erly packed The Postoffice Depart
ment has mapped out a program for
the Maryviand and other postmasters,
which be a model for all other
gatherings this year of postal offi
clals
will
WILSON SIGNS SLUMS BILL.
Final Action Realizes Dying Wish Of
Mrs. Wilson,
Washington, D. C.-—Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson's dying wish that the worst
slums In Washington be abolished was
finally realized when the President
signed the bill clearing alleys of dwell
ing places
310,000,000
Meet Foreign Obligations.
Restore Confidence and Strengthen
Country's Credit—All Banks
Called Upor
HOUsSe Associal
1 nt :
Albert
ward
Hine
Vanderli
Wood
L
and F A
board
, * yo is
strong, Ji
committee the
association
Each clea NEg-douse
asked to appoint a committee of its
own to secure the pledges of the quota
be raised from the national and
State banks In {its territory. In ac
the bankers’ recommenda-
tions only $25,000,000 of the total is to
be paid down at present, but the whole
amount is to be pledged. To facili
tate the transfer of gold or gold cer
fo
cord with
VILLA BREAKS
WITH CARRANZA
Disavows Latter as First Chief
of the Constitutionalists.
NOT TO ATTEND CONVENTION
He Bends. Aid
the Central
To
Government
Rebels Against
g
in
Bonora —— Arrests
Obregon
El
Paso
don
ernment
| on Foreign Policy.
EN
Stands By
Statements and Asks “Leave.”
Von Schoen Makes
rmenia by
would perhaps
measures if it discovered a conspiracy
the negroes in this «¢
between
the Japanese to
of
the Ar
ountry
and bring about the
overthrow
ment
3 nerican Govern
$50,000 PENDANT RECOVERED.
Missing Jewels Restored To Mrs.
Flagler At Asheville.
Asheville, N. C.-—-Mre. Henry F
banks they are to be permitted to de
posit their contributions with the
The New York
committee will have authority to call
for installments of tho total after the
is paid
BETROTHED IN SUICIDE PACT.
$50,000 pear! and diamond pendant for
which police and private detectives
have been searching. The officers re.
fused to say where the pendant was
found. No arrests were made
COL. W. H. D. CHAPIN DEAD.
'FRISCO FAIR TO GO AHEAD
Py stponement
Bec
Says Bryan
War
ause Of
the Orient tralasia
¥
» given notice of , and
many of them are
buildings
Forty-six States o n have
particips in the ex
The other : 'R Are at
work on plans for taking part in the
fair.™
ui
arranged for
position
PRISONER KILLS CONSTABLE.
Youth At Doylestown, Pa, Shoots
Officer On Way To Jail.
Doylestown, Pa--Henry A. Kolbe,
high constable of Doylestown, was
shot through the heart and instantly
killed by William Miller, an 18-year.
old youth, az he was taking the young
man to jail. Kolbe had arrested Mil
ler on a charge of baving forged a
They were walking along the
street when, without warning, Miller
whipped a revolver from his pocket
‘and shot the constable. Miller tried
to escape, but several persons who
were close by captured him and turned
him over to the police. Young Miller
Wilson expressed the hope that i
bill would be passed and both houses |
of Congress acted. Although it dir.
fered in some particulars from the
measure Mrs. Wilson originally cham.
pioned, the President decided it ac
, complished the principal purpose
the | ———
with information and were on the
alert.
The Germans’ right asked for an
armistice for the purpose of attending
to their wounded and burying their
dead, but while this request was un-
supplies alone were captured,
“Newspaper dispatches assert that
the German troops have been inten
spersed with Austrian troops in the
intrenchments in order to raise the
morale of the Austrians. One corre
Chicago Music Teacher and Fiancee |
Found Dead. | Parkersburg, W. Va.—Col
‘Chapin, prominent retired oil mag
nate, a direct descendant of Deacon
Samuel Chapin, who arrived in New
W. HD
Chicago. Clasped in each other's
arms, a big bridal rose pinned to the
breast of each, Arthur Rech, a promi
der consideration a British aeroplane
discovered the Germans were setting
a trap for the allies, Negotiations at
A APPA AAP NP APN PAPAS
GERMAN STAFF MANIFESTS
CONFIDENCE IN OUTCOME
Berlin~—~Members of the general
staff here in private conversation have
manifested absolute confidence in the
outcome of the battle in France, as
their own army is steadily growing
stronger and the lines of communica:
tion have been adjusted to permit a
more efficient supply of provisions and
ammunition, it having rather outrun
its supply arrangements in the rapid
spondent declares that while the Aus
ready to the last man to perish.”
advance on Paris.
according to the staff, is showing signs
of having shot its bolt and has fought
itself to a standstill, being unable to
fill its depleted ranks lke the Cer
mans. .
The headquarters announcements
still give no definite information re
garding the position of the battle line,
contenting themselves with speaking
of it generally as located between the
Oise and Meuse rivers, but not men:
tioning what part of this large region
the Germans occupy.
sought
MAY RESUME LOBBY PROBE.
insidious Influences Again Reported At
Work In Washington,
Washington, D. C. ~~ Frequent
charges and insinuations that insidious
influences have been at work in Wash.
fngton in connection with anti-trust
and river and harbor legislation have
prompted Senator Overman, chairman
of the special lobby investigating com.
mittee, to consider calling his commit.
tee to dbmplete its inquiry begun more
than a year ago.
nent young music teacher,
fiancee, Miss Katherine Seymour, were
found asphyxiated in a closet
Rech’s room here.
They left letters asking that they be
buried together. Rech in Lis letter
#0 poor that her life would be merely
a living death. Rech was prosperous
and healthy, but friends of the young
woman sald that her illness seemed
chronie, and that at times both were de-
spondent about it. They felt that mar.
riage with this handicap offered little
“Yappiness, but they did not care to
face the future separately.
England on the Mayflower, died sud:
denly at his home here Colonel
| Chapin was 87 years of age and death
| was due to hardening of the arteries,
STIMPSON NOMINATED.
Fletcher Promoted.
{| Washington, D. C.President Wil
tions of Frederic Jesup Stimpson, of
Harvard University,
is well known, Because of Wild West
proclivities he had been nicknamed
Broncho Bill
a A NA
CUTTER TOTAL LOSS,
By Senator.
Seattle, Wash The revenue cutter
Tahoma is a total loss on a reef 50
miles west of Kiska lsland, in the
advices received here. Her crew of
nine officers and 63 men were taken
off by the steamer Senator, bound