The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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OKLAHOMA CIT, J
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Carrying the Full United Press Telegraphic Report.
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY. .MARCH 2D. HHS.
NUMBER
VOLUME VI NORMAN, UKLAiiUMA, ^ _ *
British-French Lines Holding-Looking Brighter
—. l)nHv Review of the Great Struggle.
Friday, SVIarch 29th
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BULLETIN
Haig Officially Reports British Successes.
LONDON, March 2!).—British forces look a number of prison-
ers and machine guns north of Ihe Somme. inflicting heavy losses
on (he enemv. Field Marshal Haig reported today.
"His frequent attacks with great determination throughout,
the day (Thursday) only gained our outpost lines after severe
hand to hand fighting/' Haig said. "His reserves, sent forward
against our battle positions, were thrown back everywhere with
losses.
"Our own machine guns, artillery and rifles, did great execu-
tion."
BULLETIN
Simms' Review of Thursday's Fighting.
March 28.—
SERGT. EDWARDS and
MISS DOROTHY FROOKS
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
8 o'clock p. m.
EVERYBODY INVITED
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE
The tide of battle is ever rising.
The great struggle is extending northward and southward
with a sudden new thrust westward and northwestward against
\rras and a gradual spread southward around Novon.
The new battle line is more than seventy miles long, measured
around the western bulge. The principal fighting is in three dis-
tinct centers—one against the north flank toward Arras; the
second astride the Somme, against the center; the third against
the south flank, between Montdidier and Noyon. Severe lighting
I is under way in all three.
| After comparative quiet since the beginning of the offensive,
the sector from Avion (one mile south of Lens and about three
north of Arleux) to below the Scarpe, which crosses the battle
I line directly east of Arras, about six miles south of Avion, was
the scene of a hurricane bombardment of high explosives, gas
; shells and shaprnel. Infantry actions followed.
The conditions were identical with the initial "kick oil a
i week ago Thursday. Fierce fighting developed, the enemy making
| headway south of the Scarpe only in massed formations at fright-
! ful cost. « i
Orange hill, around which a great battle swirled in April,;
! 1917, is again strewn with corpses, uniformed in grey green,
i Telegraph Hill, nearby, likewise is covered with dead, as the
enemy desperatelv attempted to reach Arras. (Telegraph Hill is
I about midway bet ween Lens and Arras. On its north is the famous
i Vimv ridge."To" the south is the Labyrinth.)
Meantime the struggle kept up north and south of Albert,
from where the Germans are trying to push westward, with greedy
ieyes on Amiens (twelve miles to the southwest). Here they have
imade little or no progress, the British driving them back with
i heavy losses. ...
The Franco-British forces on the south bank reported hard
battles with little enemy headway.
Hindenburg has put fresh division after fresh division into
the struggle since it commenced. Well over seventy divisions (ap-
proximately 840,000 men) have appeared on the fighting line.
I Commanding the enemy troops in the three storm centers
are the pick of the German generals—Otto Von Below on the
I north, Von Hofaker in the center and Von Hutier, on the south.
Daily Review of the Great Struggle.
(United Press)
The American Army officials in Washington believe the big
allied counter offensive already is under way. They see in Haig's
thrust on the north flank and Petain's sharp attack on the south
flank the lirst stages of the passing of the initiative to the British
and French, according to a United Press dispatch from the capital.
Further, the American military authorities believe the neces-
sary troop dispositions have be&M made and that the "army of
maneuver" authorized by the Versailles inter-allied council is
about to strike. The whereabouts of this body of American, Brit-
ish, and French picked troops has been one of the mysteries of the
German drive. The hurling of this force into the combat has been
a daily expectation. ... , 4 .
But the allied commanders, if they are indeed ready to strike
back in a major attack, have held off until the Hindenburg machine
has been battered and exhausted until it has reached the zenith
of its vulnerability.
Haig's statement shftwing the recovery ol some ground by
counter attacks, together with the capture of a number of prison
ers and machine guns, north of the Somme. Elsewhere north ot
that river, which halves the battle front, he declared that the
British by counter attacks had thrown back the enemy with
severe losses. He admitted retirement "a short distance from
advance points."
BULLETIN
BY UNITED PRESS:
WASHINGTON, I). C.. March 29.—The great allied counter
drive against the German onset is now developing, high American
armv officers declared today. It may take a day or more for the
full movement to reveal itself, it was added, but the troop disposi-
tions have been made and the great army of maneuver is taking
up its all important task.
BULLETIN
Haig's Official Report.
\oND()N March 29.—"Our positions were maintained
1 against strong attacks north of the Somme yesterday afternoon
and evening, and we gained ground by successful counter attacks.
Field Marshal Htig reported today. _
"Heavy, continuous lighting continued south of the Somnu
until late in the evening. We maintained our line throughout the
day in the face of repeated assaults by superior enemy forces. ^
"We have withdrawn a short distance from advanced points.
BULLETIN
Simms' Reports Some German Progress.
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By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, March 29.—The
fighting continues today, despite a sudden change in the weather
that has sent a gale and rain sweeping across the battle field.
The Germans, with ox-like perseverance, are butting away
against the British lines in the region of Arras. The enemy has
progressed some, occupying the front line trenches at Orange
Hill and Neuville Vitasse.
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Fine Rain—1.60 Inch
We Told You So
First Presbyterian Church,
Sunday Morning
Mr. Alvin Roper, pianist, from Wi-
nona Lake, Indiana, will give a pro-
gram of music during the Sunday
school hour at the First Presbyterian
church, Sunday morning, March 31.
Mr. Roper is pianist for Prof. E. 0.
Excell, music and song writer of
Chicago. He has been with Mr. Ex-
cell in his work for 8 years, and has
been engaged in musical work for 23
years, 15 years of which have been
in professional work. Mr. Roper has
been pianist 8 years for the Winona
Lake Chautauqua and Bible Confer-
ences. His work has carried him into
every state of the Union and into
many foreign countries. Those per-
sons who have had the opportunity
to hear Mr. Roper know of his ex-
cellent work and the opportunity is
afforded to hear him Sunday morn-
ing between the hours of 9:45 a. m.
and 10:45 a. m. He will also give one
selection at the morning preaching
service at the First Presbyterian
Church.
YOU ARE INVITED.
(Signed) C. W. SHANNON
Superintendent Sunday School First
Presbyterian Church.
—Edwards and Frook at the Christ-
ian church tonight (Friday).
The Transcript has been telling
you to posses's your souls in patience
and the rain would surely come. It
came last night, and was one of the
best rains we have had for a long
time, wonderfully reviving the vege-
tation and making grass and gardens
hump themselves. It was accompa-
nied, by considerable v.ivid lightening,
and some little damage is reported,
but not material. It seemed to be
heavier in the southeast and from
there drifted north, covering a radius
of probably seventy-five miles square
pretty generally. Pauls Valley, Pur-
I cell, Lexington and other points
| south report good rainfall, and at Ok-
j lahoma City an inch is reported,
j Manager Carder of the Oklahoma
I Gas and Electric company, reports
[ that something like twenty-five
| transformers were burnt out at dif-
ferent points in the city by the very
j sharp lightening. Just when it was
I raining hardest, the fire department
j was called to the interurban depot to
i put out a fire caused by electricity
running into the building. Little dam-
| age was done by it, however.
—Clyde Pickard has sold the south-
east quarter of 31-10-2 west to M. A.
Copeland for a consideration of $6000.
It lies four miles north of Norman,
and was formerly the G. T. Miser
place.
—Miss Mae Shingledecker is ex-
pected here from Okmulgee on Sat-
urday and will be the guest of Mrs. J.
J. Burke a couple of days. She is man-
ager of a stenographic and typewrit-
ing establishment at Okmulgee and
doing a fine business.
-Oklahoma City papers note the
parole of J. W. Moore, better known
in these parts as ' Windy" Moore,
from the McAlester penitentiary,
where he was serving a term for
stealing horses and mules from the
Hale yards in Oklahoma City. It is
said the old man is in poor health and
it is thought he has not long to live.
Probably, however, his release will
have a good affect on his health.
—The receipts of the Norman War
Savings bank now repreesnt more
$3,800, and the daily sales are in the
neighborhood of $500.
Mason's Daily Review.
Bv J. W. T. MASON,
(Written for the United Press.)
NEW YORK, March 29.—As far as can be foreseen, the com-
bat in the west has definitely turned in favor of the allies, with the
; Germans beginning to engage in sullen defensive tactics at ini-
iportant strategic points.
j The German front is now entangled in dangerous formations, |
^due to Von Hindenburg's failure to keep his forward movements
advancing at a common speed. The precarious situation of having
|outrun German's ability to provide a sufficiently large permanent
army to protect the new battle front is beginning to face \nn
I Hindenburg. Even if the allies do not develop a major attack, a
'retirement of the Germans may be forced by a series of local as-
jsaults, giving Von Hindenburg no rest at any part of his unwieldy
[front. .
| When the present drive began, the German line from Arras
to Craonne measured about eighty-five miles. The battle front
between the same points is now about 125 miles. Each additional
mile means Von Hindenburg must find probably six thousand
soldiers for defensive purposes. If, therefore, the Germans at-
tempt to retain their present positions permanently, they must
increase their trench garrisons by about 200,000 men and find the
reserves to make good the constant losses to which this force will
be subjected.
It was this same problem that compelled the Germans to move
back to the Hindenburg line last March and thus shorten their
front. At that time, they had a somewhat less lengthy front to
defend between Arras and Craonne than now. The old difficulty of
manpower has, therefore, been revived by Ilindenbuig in an even
more serious form than previously.
Von Hindenburg must now accept the fact t hat the present en-
gagements will not result in the decisive defeat ot the Anglo-
French forces. The Germans, therefore, will shortly be compelled
to confess that the lengthening of their premanent front by 35
miles has not had sufficiently compensating results. Thereafter,
the possibility of another strategic retreat back perhaps even to
the old Hindenburg line will be the ghost at the council table of
the German general staff.
BULLETIN
Pershing Offers American Troops.
BY UNITED PRESS: . ,
PARIS, March 29.—General Pershing, in a conference with
French officials tt the front yesterday, asked in his own and his
country's name that the entire American forces in Frnace be en-
gaged in the present battle, the war office announced today.
Pershing saidthe American army was entirely at the disposal
ofthe French. He made his request of General Foch, while Pre-
mier Clemenceau, Minister of Munitions Lecheur and General
Petain were conferring with Foch.
BULLETIN
French Official Report.
BY UNITED PRESS: ,c .
PARIS, March 29.—The French are holding firmly the teni-
torv captured from the enemy yesterday in the Montdidier sector,
according to the official announcement issued this afternoon.
"In the Montdidier region, despite counter attacks, we held
the villages recaptured yesterday," says the statement.
"We stormed and captured Monchel and repulsed counter at-
tacks against Plessisdenojdes. , ...
"North of Montdidier, the Anglo-French lorces are holding
the enemv on the Avre river.
BULLETIN
BY UNITED PRESS: . , . . .. . „
W \SHINGTON, March 29.—"The enemy is being held at at
points." was the dispatch from General Bliss read to the how*
military committee this morning by General March.
Bliss' report, read before the weekly joint war department-
house military conference, indicated the situation, although >01
grave, is gradually assuming favorable shape for the allies.
—Edwards and Krook at the Christ-
ian church tonight (Friday).
Optimistic Statement From Keen.
By ED. L. KEEN.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
LONDON, March 29.—There is no reason yet to believe that
Ouartermaster General Ludendorff has increased his prospects of
winning the great political gamble—which is the real character of
the German super-offensive.
Every effort thus far made to draw in the allies reserves has
failed. Meanwhile the German line has been compelled to take an
increasingly precarious shape. Simultaneously, the German com-
mand has been forced to drain its own reserves past the point of
highest effectiveness.
The time undoubtedly is approaching when the allies reserses.
still intact, will be able to strike where they please.
—Big W. O. W. Doings: The Nor-
man Camp of the W. O. W. had an
especially fine meeting on Wednes-
day night, when eighteen candidates
were given the degrees and a splendid
banquet was spread. More than 150
visitors from neighboring lodges were
present, some coming as far from
j workmen were present, and members
from Noble and Lexington. The ban-
i quet served 300persons,andmanyfine
; talks "for the good of the order" were
! made.
! Soup-meat, run through the food-
| chopper, may be made intovbeefloaf
I in the usual manner. Many families
will eat this when they rebel at hash.
Attention, Knights
Templar
Norman Commandery K. T. No. 3N
will attend Easter services at th>
Christian Church Sunday morning.
March 31st, 1918.
All Knights are requested to as-
semble at the Masonic Temple
promptly at 10 o'clock a. m.
KRRKTT R. NEWBY Commander.
—Your films developed Free. Take-
your kodak work to The Brodie Studio.
Prints 2 to 3 cents each. Studio over
Reed Drug Store.
—Edwards and Frook at the Christ-
ian church tonight (Friday).
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