a ———
ANERICANS DRIVE
BOLSHEVISTS BACH
Fierce Fighting in the Frozen
Swamps in Russia
Battle
Temporarily To Withdraw Te
Make Town Untenable
For Enemy.
With the Allied Army of the Dvina
ly near Kadish, have driven back
Bolshevist troops, which made an ad
vance there. The DBolshevists
launched attacks on the Onega sector
and bombarded the Allied front. Tih
Americans came into battle along the
Petrograd road and in the frozen
also
fought in snow from two to four feet
in depth.
American forces captured Kadish
last Monday after a of gal
lantry that evoked the admiration of
the Allied commanders. Special care
vas been taken of the
wounded and the body of an Amer!
can officer was taken back 100 miles
by sledge and then shipped to Arch
angel for burial. There
casualties on Monday, but
display
were
they
sO
were
upon the enemy.
a terrific fire from three and six-inch
guns and launched a counter-attack
against the buildings held by Amer.
cans in Kadish. So hot was the
tillery fire that the Americans we
withdrawn temporarily from the
lage. The line, however, was
taken back very far and
positions were firmly heid.
emy did not occupy Kadish
the barrage fire from the American
guns made the place untenable
falling on the
their zones of
far as they
ditions,
Later, under the protection of artil-
lery fire, American detachments azain
awept forward and reoccupled
town. The men engaged the
vance were from infantry and trench
mortar units. This morning world
came from headquarters that the
American positions are now 400 me
ters south of the village
not
new
+
i
the
The
‘
because
A
destruction twice
would under normal con-
the
t ad
in aa
made by the Americans late in Octo
ber before
of Kadish., Here and there are graves
where are buried Americans who fell
first advance. They are not many in
they give evidence that the Americans
have been in the hardest fighting that
has been going on here. The Bolshe
vists are fighting, more savagely here
than elsewhere to hold their positions
The Petrograd road leads southward
to Plesetskaya, a large village on the
base of operations at the Kadish and
Onega fronts,
village of Pechura,
the enemy yesterday
near the
attacked by
sian naval brigade, which held
out apparently losing a man.
for the past three days kept up
an armored train into action.
damage apparently was done to the
Allied positions. On the other hand,
racks, doing great damage.
ed on snowshoes over
few days ago.
an unfrozen
soft snow a
swamp and
walsts
gear.
in spite of their arctic foot-
HOOVER GIVES AWAY PRIZE.
—————
15,000 Francs Awarded Him Goes To
Relief Work,
Paris. Herbert C. Haover, the Food
Administrator, to whom the Academy
of Moral and Political Sciences recent.
ly awarded a prize amounting to 15,
000 frances, has donated that sum to
relief work in Northern France and
Belgium. This announcement was
made at a meeting of the academy in
a letter from Andre Tardieu, French
High Commissioner to the United
States.
—— A
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.
General David C. Shanks, embarka.
tion officer at New York,
The Association of Railway Execu
iterated its opposition to a prolonga-
tion to five years of the period of gov.
ernment control of railroads. :
Five transports and the battleship
North Carolina steamed into New
~ York harbor bringing a total ‘nearly
GENERAL BULLARD
NOW IN COBLENZ
wo —
| Second Army Expected to Take
Over Occupied Area.
THE 79th DIVISION
IN IT
| Bust Of Former Kaiser Disappears
From Park In Coblenz, Whose
People Had Often Put
Wreaths Upon It
civilians of
American
Coblenz. ~The German
the area occupied by
{ Third Army heard for the first
with the arrival of the new ven
| road of American artillery in
the
time
the
{ villages in the occupied district,
| erack of American pistols resounded
i celebration of the new vear's advent
In different parts of the
{ area, including the section eas
{ Rhine, the American artil
| fired six-inch howitzers and other
: guns as the hands of the clot
midnight hour
plank, as
the soldiers from
in round after
towns as the
occupied
ft of the
| together at the
charges were were those
{ fired by
| ice pistols
i the various
| came in.
round
new year
£00 them—called
{ upon Major General Dickman at head
i Army—about of
i quarters to pay their respects to their
commander,
Major General
! commanding the
i rived in Coblenz.
several rumors that the
goon would take
area, relleving the
that the divisions at present
he Rhine bridgehead here would be
| placed in the rear area and be among
the first to start home,
In Mayence, west of Coblenz, where
{ the American Third Army hac
headquarters before moving to
lenz, a bust
mer Emperor for years
stood in a little pa:
of town During the
German newspapers reported victories
the bust was decorated with wreaths
and the pedestal was swathed with
the German flag. Always during
four years of the war the little
: was carefully tended
With the abdication of the Emperor
the civilians of Mayenee rather lost
interest in the village park and
Robert IL.
Second Army,
There have
Second Army
ar-
the
Third Army,
aver
# ding
NONE
for
life-sized bronze of
the center
the
the
fcans came,
little attention to statue and
bust looked down upon thousands of
infantrymen as they through
Mayence on the way
For three weeks, with the
bilieted in nearly
Mayence the bust occupied
place,
With the
morning the and pedestal had
disappeared the road
i to the creek was a trail in the mud as
if something had been dragged along
t the end of a rope.
Among Germans within
{ American area of occupation there is
i a feeling of relief over the reports
that the majority Socialists are
{ control in Berlin. The Germans in
the area have many interests beyond
the the
passed
the Rhine
Americans
house in
to
every
usual
coming of New Year’
bust
Down
the the
i! renewed confidence row that Premier
: Ebert appears to be in complete con
trol.
A rise of three feet in the watérs
of the Rhine and Moselle rivers flood.
villages along both rivers,
{ were flooded.
ble.
The Fourth division at Cochem, be
| tween Coblenz and Treves,
ranged to start a steamer service on
{ the Moselle and carry supplies from
! Coblenz. Many roads are flooded, hin.
{| dering automobile truck service.
{ The rise in the river was caused
{ by heavy rains. In a week the total
| rise had been 12 feet.
Voluntary enlistments in the Ger
man army are being called for in
the district of the Eighteenth Ger.
man Army Corps near Frankfort, in
order that men of the older classes
may be mustered out and sent home,
according to the Frankfort Gazette.
{ By order of the War Minister the
commander of the district of the
Eighteenth Corps has established en-
listment offices in 17 towns, includ
ing Giessen, Nidda, Steinau, Bobers.
hausen, Bensheim, Ehrback, Orb
ahd Weilburg.
sisi
WASHINGTON
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor, said in
discussing the British proposal for an
international tribunal to adjust labor
conditions, that he . questioned If
American labor would turn over its
affairs to an international eommitice.
+ The House Military Comuaittce, con.
sidering the bill to validote informal
war contracts amended the measure to
authorize adjustment and cancellation
of thousands of contrac's for war ma.
terial In Allied countries,
PRESIDENT GIVEN
“35, DAT
Greeted
and Queen
Good Will
Of Peace—The President Greeted
By King And Tremendous And
Enthusiastic Crowd.
Rome. —President Wilson speaking
in the Italian Parliament in the pres
ence of King Victor Emmanuel
i bers of Parliament, again vowed the
| removal Central
influence
forever of the old
of alliance, secret
intrigue and military force
“We that there
{ another balance power,” he
| adding that there
ifor it a
i nations.”
| Powers
know cannot
of sald
i
must be substituted
“thoroughly united league of
“Friendship will
future
and
in ihe
alone,"
be tru«
fo
good
i he
and
Lon that
| durable.”
The scent
said, "can
cement
permanent
basis
1 pi ace,
alone can peace b
in the Parllement was
| impressive. When Queen Helena,
{ Mrs. Wilson and Miss Margaret Wil
ison entered the roval box, the whole
{ assembly - entire cabinet was
| present, as were all of the 400 sensa
jtors and deputies—rose and cheered
| vociferously. A few minutes later
entered the chamber and again there
rose a tumult of shouts and cheers
{such as the Hallan Parllament ha
not resounded with since the news
was announced that Diaz had told
{ the Kamerading Austrians, "Too late!
There were short speeches by
presidents of and Cham
ber, whereupon President Wil
made his address, lasting 20 minute
He in English The Presi
dent made a splendid impre
sion Repeatedly he
hia speech let 1
down go he could be
As the President
the Parliament
cheered by
President
at 1025
ceived
the
the Benate
1
oy »
Poke
visibly
had to stop in
in he cheering die
heard
and his left
they
party i«
again were
a crowd
Wilson an
AM He was
station by King Victor
Emmanuel and Queen Helena, mem
| bers « government
tatives of the local authorities
An immense crowd
President with the
gianm
The pre
rived in Rome
v
t
0'¢ lock in
at the
of the and represen-
welcomed the
greatest enthu-
gram arranged for President
entertainment incinded a
Queen Mother Mar
gherita, a reception by the Parliament
and a dinner with King
Emmanuel, following the visit
| President of a
Quirinal
$1
Rome
ican Executive
| Wilson's
‘ luncheon with
state Victor
to the
deputation from the
¢
the even citizenship of
conferred upon
was HH the Amer
early n
tion ths
parade
orning there
was
oughout the city
of troops return
brought
Particu-
the greeting
There was a
ing
forth warm
larly enthusiastic
given the troops from the Plave front
The city was gorgeou’ly decorated
| with Italian, American and Allied
| flags
from the front, which
demonstrations
was
ALTITUDE RECOR. DROKEN.
i Captain Lang Ascends 30500 Feet
Over England,
At
a
London Ipswich Captain Lang
tablished new altitude record,
reaching a height of 30.500 feet. Ob
server &, who accompanied Cap-
{ tain Lang, collipsed when his oxygen
bottle broke. but recovered. Both men
were frocibitien during their fight.
;
:
§
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HOWE
EX-KAISER'S STATUS FIXED.
And Holland Reported
© Accord.
Amoterdam, ~~ The British
Dutch governments have arrived at an
agreement regarding the status of the
Britain
& dispatch to the Telegraaf from The
Hague.
WANTS YANKS IN BERLIN.
Doolittle Would Thus Show Germans
They're Beaten,
Washington. A resolution propos
ing that an army of Allied and United
States troops triumphantly enter Ber
lin to impress upon the minds of the
Germans the fact that Germany has
been decisively deferied was intro
duced by Representative Doolittle, of
Kaneas, Democrat,
GERMAN ARMY VANISHING.
But Twenty Skeleton Divisions Left
On Western Front,
commissioners a note caving that on
the Weatown Front, except for the
peace time garrisons, there now are
20 divisions, of which the older classes
the dissolution of the German High
Command is proceeding.
»
QUT RY
next June,
He will graduate
As a member of
three times,
Baltimore Where He Will Be
Close to Naval Academy.
Gilmour Doble, who has coached the
the year and has taken up his resi
academy. He will be the
ach next season.
Dobie started two years ago under
sngagement for one season, and last
covering his services as coach for two
Gilmour Dobie.
seasons, so that his return for next
year is definitely settled. There is com-
plete satisfaction with his work, and
every effort will be made to secure a
proper schedule for the midshipmen
next year,
Back to First When Teammate
Is Tagged at Plate,
—
Jake Daubert, the best first base-
play he ever saw on the diamond.
It has something on John Ander
gon's feat of stealing second with a
runner on the keystone sack.
“I'he last exhibition game we played
Inst spring was at Lynchburg” says
Daubert. “The field there is insifle
the race track at the fair grounds,
and the catcher is some distance from
spectators at the game that Manager
Dahlen suggested inviting them to
come down and sit on the players’
“The Lynchburg team got men on
first and third in the eighth inning
when the runner on first was caught
off the bag on a throw by Erwin, In
chasing him up and down the line I
got him within ten feet of second
i
I threw the ball to Erwin, who got his
man. My man seeing the play,
touched second and Immediately
started back to first base, which he
reached safely after a long slide, as
peither myself nor the second base-
man were looking for any ‘inside stuff’
boneheaded stunt and beat anythiog
1 ever saw.”
UNCERTAIN AS TO SOLDIERS
Major League Players May Not Be
Released in Time to Get Back
for Spring Practice.
stili much
the prorpecis for getting back
There
about
§
in
FOOTBALL COST $3,000 £
The Kansaeg football season
cost the athletic association
about $3000 and K. U. usunlly
clears nearly $10,000 on
ball, according to W. O. Hamil
ton, manager of athletics. The
football garaes usually pay for
the basket ball track
meets and beseball contest, ae
the last three are always losers
there, One-third the usual
number of men tock part In
football practice this fall, The
Nebraska game cost Kansas
around $1,400 and usually nets
K. U. 85,000. The weather and
the “flu” causal the deficit this
{io fall,
A RAS SEA
COTE LRTRTRLRTETE
"EDDIE COLLINS MAY
RETIRE FROM GAME
foot-
REINER,
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BEEBE
4
|
Has Rounded Out Long and Suc-
cessful Career in Baseball.
White Sox Infielder Was One of Few
Players With Family to Enlist for
Active Service--Now Serving
in Marines.
Commenting on the alleged retire-
ment of Eddie Collins from baseball a
Chicago writer makes these few re
marks:
Collins has rounded out a long and
successful career in baseball, He {east
naval service,
March |
demobilization
other theory was
of the
units, The
thing. He had recommended baseball
#0 highly as a sort of semi-public util
exceptions for the athletes in
but that is beginning
doubted, and no man can say at pres
ent precisely what material the clubs
will have whén they count noses,
It might be mentioned, by the way,
that the Eighty-ninth division, in
which is the artillery regiment con-
Clarence Mitchell and Chuck
Ward of the Euperbas, and Grover
and has Joined the troops ad-
As this army
garrison will prob-
ably be the one which will be kept
the prospects are not
Pitcher Who Did Some Timely and
Valuable Work for McGraw Is
Thrown in Discard.
Al Demaree, onc of the mainstays
in the box for the Giants, has been
handed his unconditional release by
Al Demaree,
Manager McGraw. Al did some
and valuable work In the box last sea
son and his release came as a surprise
to most of Gotham fans, However,
string of 17 hurlers on his
Eddie Collins.
ed on the sweets of world’s series sev-
eral tines with Connie Mack and once
with the White Box. Eddie has won
about as much renown as an infielder
as one would care to acquire and from
, this time on would naturally be on the
decline, provided he remained in the
game. Collins’ determination to retire
| probably was actuated by a genuine
desire to be at home with his family.
His wife was persistent in insisting
1018 be Eddie's farewell year in base
ball.
President Comiskey may make spe
| cial inducements to Collins to réturn
to the game next spring. The game in
Chicago can {ll afford to lose players
who entered the service voluntarily.
Collins joined the marines, aithough
he had a family of four. He was one
of few players with families who en-
listed for active service.
The end of the war, coming so unex-
pectedly, may cause Collins to change
his plans and he may be Induced to
play another season before retiring for
all time. He may go true to form of
#0 many other stars and pull a Gotch
retirement but that he seemed bent on
making last season his final one in
baseball seemed certain from various
conversations with the star player on
Puliman cars, in hotels where the
White Sox put up and in other places,
' KANGAROO PUGILISTS IN WAR
Number Estimated at 1,000 by Snowy
Baker, Australian Promoter
Many Stare Lost.
Snowy Baker, the famous fistic pro-
moter of Australia, says that there are
probably 1.000 Kangaroo boxers in the
war, and that probably more than half
of them have sacrificed thelr Hyves in
battle. The number of boxers in the
service of other allies, while not as
high in proportion to population as
that of Australia, is great, neverthe-
less. France, especially, lost many of
her most brilliant fistic stars on the
bloody battlefield.
FOREIGN BOXERS IN SERVICE
Those Who Have Escaped Grim Reap.
er Include Georges Carpentier
and Bombardier Wells,
Among the prominent foreign flog.
gters who are in the servicer but have
escaped the grim reaper, ave Georges
heavyweight champion of