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,"IN HILL 204 FIGHT
Americans Volunteer to
Man for Baptism of Fire
on Slopes
FIGHT LIKE VETERANS
French Give Unstinted Praise
to Pershing's Men for
Their Valor
By EDXvlN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Cowrtoht, lilt, lu .Yfio York Timet Co.
Wjth the American Army on tho
Mamc, July 9.
Touthful American soldiers, who
volunteered for the 'task, went with
theFrenchagalnst the Germans Jn
&" flehting for the possession ot
Mill 204, and covered themselves with
l,J7v Whe? word cnnie that the
French would use detachments ot
Americans if thev wished to go. these
jojs from the United States stepped
f?mYfrd.,t0 a man' More tha" Ave
Lm ,the nerded number offered
.tm,SeIi'e?, on the Instant. It Is the
tiK, ot these ,ads that Proves that
Wd0Om ,ot the Ka'ser lies in tho
nearts of AmprMa mmu-
i JjTf.-Tir before hav'lnB faced' the Hun.
J.lrtually none of them having ever
vchance to come to grins It ,h,,irt
ln.r.1.. 1" "u."lc lo grips. It should
..'- Ilrp' lnev leaped at
tf'd n i'nTrt A rkr
those who stepped fore-art Vorffi ' re6eptlon " held ln the statlon
nasty but noble task werPvnntL h, 7 ! AI""uBh the party did not arrive here
a few months draftPdVot5fi,f.iUtunt11 8 30 'clock there w" still day
stepped fSrth first-all stenned . ht cfjugh to permit the taking of
. ward toclt&rJXf; tu" BFM J?'" ' Photographs of the group. The new-
showed nervo ,,, , ., n. .. ?i?
nerve enunl tn tiio e .I--
Ml,-. .. j. '..7 """ ""
w4o B&tsunea soiaiers.
fj.1 71 S00dv and desperate fight
TM,. ,? ?.'" coraPanding Chateau.
AVltlP- rt standi just outside the
? ff" sector, but all our soldiers
knew Its Importance.
Detachments of our forces were
c . . .. " " ",c" ;"
..WUJ,, waning for their chann..
-it.' "V..nem wre swimming in the
wiv LU ' here ll "lnds "s
i?rlMn?i,l whar.'JUetr; f. the co,d
oorinl .Tat' the red ot Blorious
MtflM. r?,i 8 Breen ot growing
hi i .v. 0tter1 were catching base-
stream.
rr-"."'' ",c "" or me war-famed
. . .. . .
unii ai lan to Fight
Except for the booming of distant can
non, the war's nasty face seemed iery
far away. when. Just before noon, theand tw0 brothers Mln be ln the Ca-
ora spread that if the Americans
wished to, they could get Into the French
show. A little later the call came, and
the companies were lined up and o
unteers called for. One captain told me
that when he asked for thirty men 150
offered themselves
f The attack started Just after the
noon hour, and our boys were in its
midst. For their first fight they got
into the nastiest mix-up imaginable and
me the meanest boche tricks They found
what it was to go against hidden ma-
chine guns, camouflaged rapid-fire nests,
iras shells and the deafening roar of a
heavy barrage They were shot at by
snipers hiding In trees, and they were
..shot at by big and little cannon with
a roar that deafened them, but they did
not falter. They went ahead with the
French veterans of many a battle. They
took machine gun posts; they took
trench positions.
There was the case of Lieutenant
. w-hich show s the spirit of our men.
He was leading his men when a Ger
man bullet got him through the shoul
.' was taken ba to a dressing
station, after which, with his arm in a
sling, he returned and led his men until
Uie fight was ended
Cut Pah M-ith Ba3onet
our boysfought through woods that
were almosr impregnable, where bayo
nets were sometimes used to cut paths,
and all in the face of German machine
guns cleverly concealed
The efficient resistance of the Ger
mans was due in part to their new
stunt of climbing into the tops of trees
during the artillery bombardment. The
trick of hiding in holes in the ground
tt escape shelldre Is as old as this war
but the boche yesterday tried success
fully the trick of climbing Into high
trees, where he was almost safe from
.shells exploding on the ground "When
the French and Americans advanced
' through the supposedly clear woods they
- suffered from these boches.
.... ...ca,, lau saw a uerman ma
l chine-gunner In a tree kill setral
Frenchmen. He threw all his hand
trenades without success. Then this lad
climbed the tree and with his bayonet
Killed the boche and threw ' the body
to the ground
All ln all. nothing could be better
than the behavior of these boys Re
member, It was their first fight, and
they stuck It out.
In these same woods, fighting for these
same hills, other volunteer soldiers took
part on the night of July l, whlla
their comrades to the left were cap
turing Vaux and the Boise de La Roche
The American soldiers and officers were
r so modest about it that the American
headquarters did not know of the ex
ploits of these men serving with the
French until the French commanders
reported it. On July 4 the French
colonel who had ledthe attack on the
night of July sent a letter to the Amer
ican general in which hp-sald-
"From the beginning of the attack
the American detachments were marked
by their ardor, their bravery and their
enthusiasm. In spite of the firing of the
enemy s heavy and light machine guns,
trench mortars and riflemen, placed In
the trees, these men bravely threw them
selves upon their, adversaries Fierce
hand-to-hand contests Immediately took
place in the thick and almost impreg
nable woods. Each man sought, during
all the operation, to arouse the enthusi
asm and admiration of his French com
rades by his magnificent beha!or
A lieutenant's Bravery
"Lieutenant Shenkel especially dis
tinguished himself during this combat,
making a great Impression- on his own
troops and on our soldiers Led on
by his ardor, with seven men, the lieu
tenant found himself surrounded on all
sides. This detachment cut Its way
through by using the butta of their
rifles and bayonets on the enemy's ranks,
and succeeded In rejoining their com
rades, lieutenant Shenkel himself kill
ing with a pistol shot a German officer.
"The attitude of all the American
ranks, especially the noncommissioned
officers. Was also noticeable. Of the
six noncommissioned officers participat
ing ln the attack, five have fallen glori
ously, killed or wounded. All officers,
noncommissioned officers and privates
were superb In their enthusiasm and
courage. I would appreciate It very
much if you would bring the knowledge
of your regiment the splendid conduct
of your men, who fought for the first
S time with us, and let everybody know
that with such admirable soldiers as
yours and ours the defeat of the Ger
mans Is certain In the near future."
The French gensral, under whom
Americans fought, sent this message to
the American general:
. "I Join with all my heart in the sen-
( tlment of admiration which Colonel
s - . expressed for the valiant troons
E;4i wltlch have JUBt given to
M' Wltndld example of braery.
ITV')hjr ialutations and respect to tl
r .anen who have fallen on fhe
5j wlilch have JUBt given to ours a
A Mlendld examnle nf hratcw t 4ai
JVIIi
the brave
is field of
i fcnor. the number of which, unhappily.
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fVfWi t-j L'jli-i'l T
WEW "ARCHBISHOP
NOW ON HIS WA Y TO THIS CITY
Continued from rare One
night. Its will be enthroned tomorrow
morning In the Cathedral.
The archbishop's last priestly act here
before departing for his wider field of
authority In Philadelphia was to read
mass early today In the private chapel
of the episcopal residence here
Ho prayed earnestly for strength and
wisdom to uphold hla new responsibili
ties. He Invoked a blessing on the dio
cese he was leaving and a blessing on
the archdiocese over which he was as
suming Jurisdiction.
Benediction to Trlests
The rays of tho rising sun filtered
through a stained-glass window In the
chapel and played over the new arch
bishop's face as he turned and gave his
episcopal benediction to the few priests
and laymen In the chapel Auxiliary
Blshqp Gannon, of Krle; Bishop-elect
Walsh, of Trenton, and several clergy
men and laymen were present.
Host of the sixty-five priests who
came here from Philadelphia read mass
either In the cathedral or In other Cath
olic churches In this city The arch
bishop, smiling a welcome, came Jo the
Pennsylvania railroad station last'nlght
to greet the Philadelphia delegation that
Is to escort him to his new See. With
him was the Right Rev. Thomas J
Walsh, a priest of this diocese, who is
bishop-elect of Trenton.
Flanked by members of hli clergy
here, he walked rapidly forward as the
Philadelphia priests and la men stepped
from the train on which they had been
traveling for more than twelve hours.
llonslgnor M. J. Crane, rector of St.
Fr.-inHs de Rales f!hiirnh In nhnrc-n nf
' e deIeEatlon. was the first to greet
i .ho nw tnetrnnnllfon An Imnmnl,.
hea t the Philadelphia archdiocese
stood in the middle of the front row as
seeral photographs were made for the
arcnives or the Buffalo diocese.
The local reception committee had
provided thirty automobiles which car
ried the priests and laymen to a hotel.
There Archhishop Dougherty was
presented formally to the monslgnorl
and priests who were to form his escort
of honor
The archbishop was boyishly happy
He knen' m" oC ,he prlests m the
party He exchanged a few words with
, each, some of his comments showing
that he already has an intimate knowl-
edge of conditions in the Philadelphia.
I far-nlin'tnr.ncA
...m.iuv.au
None of the prelate's relat!es uaf ln
this city to accompany him to his new
charge. His aged mother, five sisters
Liluiai LUlllULlut, iiiui lllwg LU llliess 1I1S
onthronement
There wis no public demonstration
here last night on the part of Buffalo
Catholic 1( was Archbishop Dough
ertys wish that his going away be ac
companied bv no parade or other
ceremony He officially took leave of
his diocese last Sunday when several
thousands of men and women thronged
the white marble cathedral.
Hefue to Acrept Parse
He forestalled an attempt to raise a
substantial purse In his honor by the
leading laymen of the Buffalo diocese
Such a tribute was suggested, but he
heard of It and quietly let It be known
that while he deeply appreciated the
spirit of the endeaor yet he preferred
that the gift be not made.
Bishop Gannon, auxiliary to Bishop
Fitzmaurlce cf Erie, was at the hotel
when the archbishop and the Philadel
phia clergymen arried With Bishop
Gannon was the Rev Francis J Fitz
maurlce, rector of St Joachim's Church.
Frankford uncle of Monslgnor E. J
Fitzmaurlce, chancellor of tho archdio
cese and brother cf the Bishop of Erie.
W J Conners. a leading Catholic
layman of this city headed the hTy com
mittee that met the Philadelphia dele
gation The committee provided automo
biles which took the isltors for a spin
thrcugh the city after the reception at
the hotel
The new metropolitan retired soon
after 1" o'clock and refreshed hlmsflf
with a long sleep in preparation for his
Journey today
Archbishop Dougherty gaie this as his
farewell word to Buffalo-
"Although naturally pleased to return
to the home of mv earlier days, I regret
having to leae Buffalo, where I have
spent two of the happiest years of my
life and where I have received manifes
tations of kindness on eery hand from
all classes
"I shall bear away with me the pleas
ant memories of my stay here. I wish
Buffalo well and feel that It has a great
future I desire also to take this occa
sion to thank the press for its uniform
courtesy and consideration "
Archbishop Dougherty will return to
Buffalo on July 25 to take part in the
consecration of Bishop Walsh by the
Most Rev John Bonzano, apostolic dele
gate to the United States. '
PLAN BIG RECEPTION
FOR NEW ARCHBISHOP
Cardinal Gibbons late this afternoon
will arrive from Baltimore to take
charge of the enthronement sen-Ices to
morrow In the Cathedral elevating
Archbishop Denis J Dougherty to the
archbishopric In Philadelphia
The head of the Catholic Church ln
America will arrrlve in Broad Street
Station at 5 30 o'clock, two and one-
half hours ahead of the archbishop From
the station Cardinal Gibbons will be
taken to the archleplscopal residence at
1723 Race street, where he will stay
until the services tomorrow morning.
Archbishop Dougherty will arrive to
night at 7-55 o'clock He will be met by
leading churchmen and laymen c this
and other cities. A reception is planned
for the archbishop, to be held In Broad
Street Station. Following the reception
a parade Including the archbishop and
his escort from Buffalo and the Phlladel
phlans receiving him w 111 be held.
Parade In Ilroad Street
The line will move south ln Broad
street to Mifflin street, returning ln
Broad street to City Hall. From here
the archbishop will go out the Parkway
to liza nace, street.
Stretched llopg Broad street on both
sides of the parading churchmen will be
members of Philadelphia parishes. Lead
ing each parish's representatives will be
a marshal. The marshals and their
marchers met last night to decide what
course they would pursue ln regard to
their part In the review.
Bands will accompany the delegations
from the parish houses to Broad street.
One of the biggest turnouts will be
from Our Mother of Sorrows' parish, of
w hlch Bishop McCort Is the rector. Led
by their Boy Scouts and their band of
thirty-eight pieces and accompanied by
another band of twenty-six pieces, the
men of the congregation will march from
the chutxih, at Forty-elghth street and
Lancaster avenue to their station, on
Broad street between Glrard avenue and
Poplar street. The start will be at 8
o'clock. It Is estimated there will be at
least JK00 men ln line
Bishops from all over the United
States have, telegraphed local church
men they will come to Philadelphia for
the ceremonies. So far, sixteen .heads
of dioceses throughout the country nave
Uru ' '" s
OF PHILADELPHIA
announced their Intention of being ln
Philadelphia for the enthronement.
Ceremonies making Archbishop Dough
erty the head of this dloccso will begin
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. A pro
cession of participants In the sfcrvlces
will be held at 9:30 o'clock.
Alignment nf Parishes
The places assigned, the parishes In
tonight's demonstration are as follows.
East side rilhert street to Orcen 1)1-
lft inn innrihnU f t u,tiii..n m t lnn.
nine anil R. II. Contrlla Hint Hide Gilbert I
V. rt,.i".7TBl- iiernnra 8. Kanlnn. Ml. Joepn i".
I rackllle Arch to Hn-e Ht. Ambrose,
gchmlklll llaen, St. Aueusilne IfrldEeport
St. Jnrenh Ilemllnir Hare to Vine St. Jo
seph DoMnlnmowni ft. Mathlns. Hala: St.
f-nlmnn A-rfmn.n
hacreu Heart. Allentownl St. Joseph's. Ash-
vine id aiiownui
i?n.a.' pf Anthony, Ambler. Callowhlll to
Huttonwood Maternity U V. Media. Oui
l.-idv of Perpetual Helo. Morton, St Mar
Baret. :arberth Uuttonuood to Sprlnsr
Garden St. Patrick and Holy Salour, Nor
rlstown West aide Filbert to Arrh Immaoulate
conception Tremont, Sacred Heart. Swedes
buJ' S,J, Thomas Vlllanoa Arch to Race
SS Simon and Jude. Ilethlehem: St Jo
tcph a and Our Lads of Pompeii South Ileth
lehem nace to Vine Immaculate Concep
t!?nv,ilau(l!? Chunk. Our I.adv of Oood t'nun
S" iBnn ,TIa,iT- vine to Callo hill Cathe
dral rallcmhlll to riuttonwood St Hed
W b nnd Miraculous Medal, riuttonwood to
Sprlnc Garden Our Ladv of l-ourdes and
St Donato. Serine Garden to Oreen St
Agatha ft.
East side preen to Mount Vernon St
AUBUtine Mount Vernon to Wallace St.
Hrldcet and itolv Family, Manayunk. Wal
lace to nide avenue St Mars 'a. Manajunk.
Jrown to Parrlsh Our Ladv ot the Uosary.
Tirrlsh to roplar St Luke's. Glenalde.
Ton ar to Olrird St Petr'
West side -Green to Mount Vernon St
Francis JvaUer s Mount Vernon to Wal
lace St John the Baptist and St I.ucle
Manavunk Wallare to Kldre aenue St
Josephs and 8t losephat's Talrmount ave
nue to Krown messed Sacrament (colored).
Brown to Parrlsh St I.uduli: Parrlsh to
roplar fat Ignatius Poplar to Glrard ae
nue Our Mother of Sorrow .
East side Glrard avenue to Stllea Im
maculate Conception Stllea to Thompson
- " .uicnap a nnmnnn In Master St
Malachs-s Jlaster to Jefferson Holy
Name Jefferson to Oxford St Boniface's
"uiumo woiumnia avenue M. nonaven
Wf; ,.Cn'umbla avenue to .Monteomers
v IMtatton
, West side Olrird avenue to Stiles. Our
i.adv of lctorv stiles to Thompson. Our
o??ii it. ill. """7 .Thompson to Master. nut Bouhe Went Back
yesu. Matter to Jefferson, St Grcfrorv's:
Jefferson to Os ford St Elizabeth's; Oxford Instantlv all was nctlvltv Men snranc
MPjSlSiSS? avTnue' PoCofuln'bla' itSiX Instrument, shouting rapid and
Most Precious Blood. 1 lncomnrehenlhle figures Before thlrtv
Monteomerv avrnue to Susquehanna, ave- j -...-j. v,nj -inn--j y,, .-mm m,.u u j
nue Division marshal. TJr Vv I. J. Grit-1 eiapen the pun muzzle had
'en 1 swung up In a steep ancle toward a
fire??.' Ma1,XD0onloro?a,'.r5's,'lVLneo.t0TaBcSn cljwrt lnk .0m """. high Into
Berks to Norrls street. Incarnation, Norrla which an airplane had disappeared r.ne
T.?lamond r?.,r'"-.st- Adelbert's and St ' erlv we watched for It to emerge but the
Laurentlus. Diamond street to Susquehanna ; ,-,- ,, . t-t,,-- Vu.L . ..
avenue. Our Lady of Mercy boche was taking no chances The dls.
West side Montgomery avenue to Berks I nnt bum of his motor grew fainter and
street. All Saints. Hrldesburg. Berks to Nor- finally faded awav completely as he
rla street. St, Joachim's. Norrls to Diamond -.,-' ..., i"
street. St. Catherine a and St Cecelia's- made oft to a safer region
Diamond street to Susquehanna avenue. St ' "Tou see." cried of the officer trl-
"suvufehanna to Indiana avenue Division ,,mphaPt,v' ''t,,a' '"' the, b"' Proof of
miritlial. M". -T. MrVr,M- what th hncti thinks nf n nti- n.
PhmnUt.VTeronrc'K: feVSrSSn'S. iSS
Street. St. Edward'
lork to Cumberlani,
Btreet. St Stenhpn' r,t,vVw.-l!iM.1 In It, ml
Ingdon street. Natlvltv. Huntlnedon street to
Lehigh avenue. St Ann's. Lehigh avenue to
Somerset street, Ascension. Somerset to
Cambria street. M Domlnlck a and St.
Henry's. Holmesburg, Cambria street to In
diana avenue, immaculate Conception, Ger
mantown West side Susquehanna avenue to Dau
phin street St. Matthew's. St Marv's ard
St Gertrude's. Conshohocken. Dauphin to
Jork street. Our Lady of Holy Souls, St
Ladlslaus. York to Cumberland street. Cor
pus ChrlBtt And Ollr T.firil' nf thn Rtrn,l
Cumberland to Huntingdon street Holy An
K'-if. noiy unno ann jioiy cross
street to Lehigh avenue. Our Mr
loly Cross Huntlnedon
nfi.nl AssisT. Leh.u!h
SO atton and St. Francla nf AhrUI. I..hlcrh t
avenue to Somerset street. St. Vincent da
ram uermaniovvn. somerset to I'Hmbrli
street. Immaculate Conception Jenklntown.
and Seven Dolors. Wvndmoor Cambria street
Lady Help ot Christiana
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TRY 4 ITALIANS
FOR BLOWING UP
BENEDETTO BRIN
Three Sailors and Soldier Charged
With Destroying Battleship
in September, 1916
By the Associated Press
Rome, July 9
Three Italian sailors and one Italian
soldier are being trled by a court
martial op a charge of having blown
up the Italian battleship Benedetto Brln
on September 27, 1916, by placing an
infernal machine ln the gunroom The
defendants are Achilla Moschlnel, Gu
gllerno Maltolini, Mario Azzonl, all
bluejackets, and trooper Giorgio Carpi
The Benedetto Brin was blown up in
the harbor of Brlndlsl with the loss of
more than a hundred ltes, Including
that of Bear Admiral Rubin de Cervin
An Inquiry showed that the battleship ( lean successes northwest of Chateau
was destroyed through the machinations , Thierry is a ery sore subject for the
of German agents and forty persons were
arrested.
An Italian named Ambrogettl, impll
cated in the destruction of the Benedetto
Brln and also of tho Italian battleship bad effect on the morale of the Ger
Leonardo da VincL w as arrested, and ' man army
asserted that he was the financial agent
lain nf Pen. Ti.n.riinf ,? A,....!.-
an llailan court had invesugated hi, 7c
citizen. Gerlach fled from Italy before I
tivitles. found him guilty of epionage
and sentenced him to Imprisonment for
life.
GRIP BOTHERING GERMANS
Many Enemy Soldiers 111, Docu
ments and Prisoners Indicate
With the British Armv In France, July
9 Captured documents and statements
by prisoner indicate the enemy is hav
ing a bad time In numerous zones with
the new influenza which is running
through Europe.
An unposted letter found ln the pocket
of a man captured on July 4 throws light
on the subject. It read
"I feel so ill that I should like to re
port sick. Fever Is rampant among us
and aready a whole lot of men are In
the hospital. Every day more go In
As I have not yet had leave and am e
pectlng to go any day, I shall not report
Blck yet, anyway"
The particular letter, of course, re
fers to the prisoner's own sector and
not to the entire German front, of which
he would know little The new fever is
said to strike down the men so quickly
that they drop In their tracks while on
duty. They have high fever for two or
three days and usually are laid up for
at least six days In the hospital.
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PURE
FRESH PAINT
aeiieveMe
Interior
decorating can best be done
while you're away. Remem
ber this and let us freshen
the Interior of your house
during your absence.
Get our atlimat no obligation
Kuehnle
PAINTER
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FRENCH ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
KEEP GERMAN SCOUTS AWAY
High Skill in Getting Range Is Shown Marne Section Offers
Good Cover for Gathering of Foe's Troops
for Attack
. ' WALTER
Special Cable to F.vening Public Ledger
Capuriohl. Ill, bV .Vf. Vorfc Tlmr Co.
With the French Anniex, July 9.
A period like that of the present Ger
man preparation for an offensive lends
added Importance to the work ot the
anti-aircraft gunners, who force the
enemy scouting and photographing
planes to fly at a height from which ob
servation Is very difficult and keep the
German "sausages" at a respectful dis
tance. I have visited one of the crack rrench
batteries, the crew of which has reached
such a pitch of skill that It can direct
an accurate fire against an enemy filer
at any but an exceptional helpht i' v,a
! a minute after his presence Is signaled
11 is extraordinary to witness the ra
pidity with which, calculations are made
on complicated Instuments No fewer
than six separate operations are fol
lowed by the actual work of aiming the
cannoh
Just as the oftlcer In charge of the
batteries had finished explaining the
methods employed, one of the observers
cried:
"Two boches coming1 ery high, about
lrt.Onn yards awav " To an unneein-
4 . .. - ., .....
! ."""' r p ,nprp w" notninc Mslhle In
the skv. but almost Immediately two lit
tle clouds of smoke to our right showed
that a battery In th-it direction was
already pursuing the enemy
! r" KU"". lRYjrnU!!M, p"
many recentlv that they arc inclined to
give us a wide berth "
We were In a neighborhood right en
DOUBLE BLOW NOW AIMED
BY GERMANS IN NEW DRIVE
Continued from Tore One
I ports It Is also true bejond any doubt
"at the cost of such an effort would be
1 terrific for the Hermans
, ,, . , . , ,
' Perhaps the net best prize, ahvavs
1 omitting Paris, would be Chalons An
infrenslva " Ch.immono re.ir.lilnir Ch.i.
Ions might force the Allies to fall bacK
to a lino from Chateau-Thierry through
Chalons to St Mlhlel This would give
tho enemy .i new line of rallroal
communication from Metz through
Chalons to Chateau-Thlf rry and greatlv
strengthen this portion of his front
Klther of these drives would be easier
than a drive at Paris
It is not to be supposed that the
offensive now about to begin will be
the Germans' supreme effort. r. ldence
Is not lacking that the German high
command plans a supreme attempt to
seize Paris ln August The drive at
Chalons or Abbeille, or both, would
be for tho purpose of obtaining a bet
ter position for the August effort
With the British cut oft at Abbeville
or forced back on the Somme, or with
Germany in possession of Chalons, the
enemy would be In much stronger posi
tion for a stroke at Paris than at the
present time, when they hesitate to
deepen their salient between Montdidler
and Chateau-Thierry
It would be giving the Germans valu
able information to say where they
would encounter the Americans The
enemy Know they stand between him
and Paris He has learned that by
costly experience
In considering the German efforts, it
must be borne ln mind that the Amer-
German high command. The German
people are learning what the Ameri
cans have done there, and the know!
edee of what we did has also had
I Americans Raise Questions
' Will the Kaiser decide to hurl enough
soldiers against the Americans to drive
I h b"k' .lch Can' ubtedly.
If he pays the price'
Will he attempt to show the German
people that the Americans are not bet
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the Marno front, about three miles from
the German lines, which were so quiet
that it almost seemed suspicious Half
an hour before our nutomobllo hnd run
for a quarter of an hour along a roid
In full view of the enemy, onlv two miles
away, on the heights across the river.
"It would be different If we were part
of a convoy of trucks" said the major
who accompanied me ' The boche is be
having very nlcelv, but just the same
we'd better return by a less exposed
route We can't trust him too far"
His words reminded me of a phrase
used by one of the high officers two davs
before the beginning of the Chemln-des-Dairles
battle:
"The boche Is so quiet that I can't help
thinking he Is planning some surprise."
and I wondered whether, after nil, these
peaceful fields ahd woods of the Marne
valley might not soon be a hell of gas
and high explosives
Marne Offers Kscellent Coter
Among the many guesses heard In the
last three weeks as to where the enemv
will launch his net attack. It seems
safe to dismiss from consideration that
of a frontal blow against the Marne Yet
the low, rolling hills, covered with
patches of trees that stretch northward
to tho Alsne. offer excellent cover for the
secret bringing up of troops, which Is
the basis of the new German method, and
the historic river itself Is no more diffi
cult obstacle than the Alsne In Amer
ica It would be called a creek, as it Is
barelv forty yards wide Moreover
Hindenburg mav obtain n tactical sur
prise by attacking In superior numbers
but the June battle showed that the re
cults are nullified by the presence of
equally strong divisions behind the line
assailed
It Is true that the kevnotc of the suc
cess of the Von Hutler system Is that a
blow may be delivered anvwhere the
enemv chooses The drive of Mav 27 es
pecially came against the Chemln-des-Dames
position that was regarded as a
quiet sector A less unllkelv thing mav
happen than an attempt on the part of
Hindenburg to repeat his former advan
tage by a similar flanking movement
against the main body r.f the Allied
.forces grouped between Flanders and
' Chateau-Thleiry
ter than his best German soldiers, when
he really means business "
There Is nothing more than a moral
victory to be gained at this time by a
German attack upon our troops north
west of Chateau-Thierry A glance at
the map shows that the enemy cannot
make much of an advance In that reglmi
unless on a front much wider than thit
held by the Americans To do this
would put the Germans In a corner
between the Marne and the Ourcq The
Kaler knows now that to attempt this,
enterprise would cost him dearly
There Is no denying that the morale
of the Kaiser's crack troops Is good,
but it Is gratifying to know that he Is
having trouble In keeping up the morale
of the troops which are not used for
attack These form 05 per Lent of the
German army
An order recently Issued by General
I.udendorff calls on the officers to stop
desertions and calls on the men to stop
giving information when captured Lu
dendorff sajs that Uerman desertions
are Increasing
The German soldiers, with the em
phatic exception of the Prussians, are
tiring of the war Hero is an extract
from a letter written to his sisters by
a German soldier three uajs ago
' Here all sorts of things are hap
pening ou cannot Imagine them Of
mv squad 1 am the only one left The '
others are j!1 dead or wounded, and
believe me. mv dears, I wish all this
nonsense would soon come to an end, '
for we all have a noseful
Here Is an extract from another let
ter from a German on the front facing
the Americans
"There is no thought of leave, be
cause wo had such great losses Half
my company has been put out of ac
tion because we are now ln a very bad
position If this misery would only
end "
This is from a third letter, dated
June 30
"Here there Is a terrible mix-up be
cause we have Americans directly oppo
site us, and next to them are colored
troops, English, and some French The
Frenchmen have already made stone
piles out of our rlace. At night they
always come over and try to penetrate
our positions "
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PUBLISHER OF NEW YORK
EVENING MAIL IS HELD
Continued from Pare One
Hm per informed Commissioner Hltcb-
cock he had no desire to demand ball
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vviulu int. uuieiu'arii vvuuiu uu iiuuun: i
to furnish, and consented to the smaller
bond
Controlled Paper's Policies
While waltlnif for ills ball to bo fur
nished, Doctor Rumely made n state
ment to newspaper men, in which he
asserted that the Moll's editorial poll
clcs, controlled wliollj by himself, had
been squarely behind the Government,
nnd that his return made to the enemy
property custodian would be found to
be truthful In every respect Doctor
Humelj declined to discuss his nsso
clatlons with former Ambassador von
Hernstotff and Dr Helniich Albeit
thiough whom the Mall Is alleged to
hae been financed, but added he
might b-ay 5-omethlng definite in this
connection within twentv-foui houis
Regarding the Mail's war policies, ht i
said. '
"They have been under mv absolute
and sole control The paper tho ed
itorial page in paitlcuUr, has been an
exposition of raj attitude on public
questions, uninfluenced by anv con
sideration other than my own Judg
ment of what was the right thing to
do from the standpoint of America's
Hmlt of Its power, and has performed
.i work second to no other paper in
developing policies for the efllclent
orsanlzatlnn of our country's forces
necessary to the war
Declares Return Truthful
'My icturn to the alien -property
custodian regarding the notes which
I personally had outstanding will I
am convinced, when all the facts aie i
available, be found truthful ln eVeiy I
respect " i
Doctor itumelv said lie would not
now "enter Into any controversy" with
Hcnrj L Stoddard, piesldent of the
Mail and Express Companv Mr Stod
dard haid last night tint he told Doc
tor Rumelv Just befoie Ameiica en
tered the war that unless the Mail
was aggressively loyal the bonds on
the piopoitv held b Mr. Stoddard and
his friend" would be fotecloved at theii
matuiits on October 1, 1917
Kpect .More Developments
Further developments in the else
were indicated by the announcement
by Assistant Attorney Geneial Becker
that federal Giand Jur subpoenas
were out and that a bioader inves
tigation would be started soon
While Rumely was being arraigned
the question of the future manage
ment of the Mail was under discussion
in Stoddard, Paul Block a stockholder,
and Francis P Garvan. chief investi
gator here for A. Mitchell Talmer the
alien property custodian
It was intimated that Mr Palmer
was willing to allow Messis Stoddard
and Block to continue publication of
the newspaper, even though taken
over by the Government
A State official who has been work
ing up the details of the case against ,
Doctoi Rumelv, sal dthe la'er had i
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"escaped facing an Indictment for
treason bj Just three days " Doctor
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Htimely, It was said, had received his
inst remittance irom pro-uerman
sources on April 3, 1917, and the
United St.ites declared war on April 6
of that year.
Count von riernstorff and Dr. Heln
rlch F. Albert, formerly commercial
attache of the German embassy in
Washington, were said to have been
the "brains" of the Mall's pro German
propaganda before the United States
entered the war
vvnen i-resiaeiu uson auaiosseu
Congiess prpllmlnar to tho declara
tion of a btate of war, the loyal Amer
icans associated with Doctor Rumely
were said to have besought him to
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alleged to have said. "We. have k iahMmS i
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German clientele and v want to
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Instead of being Amerlcan-dwn.
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as Doctor Rumely, who is vice pres i ;
dent, secretary and publisher of Um '
i:enlng Mall, is alleged to have.sutett'i
to A. Mitchell Pawner, alien property'-J
custodian, the Mall. In fart. nrMrMnir' 1
to Merton E. Lewis. State AUornetft&a
General, and Harold Harper, asslsUntlV Jjj
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Rumely, which caused a sensation ItifSfffl
newspaper circles here, followed stlvJfin
oral weeks of Investigation covering J4 JJ
i the financial transactions for the nuK
chase of the Kvsnlnr Moll
me nisi suspicion mat Germany urn
money paid for The Mall, It is said, 5. '5J
came through an ejamlnatlon by Fed-1 'iMa
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