The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 55, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 28, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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Germans^ Attacking Furiously in Ajsnv=Montdidi^ Sectors
THE DAI LY TRANSCRIPT
All the Local News
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Carrying the United Press Telegraphic Report
WRATHER: Tonight and Wednes-
day, cloudy with local showers.
The Cream of the World's News
JT.UME VI.
PRICE TWO CENTS
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918.
PRICE TWO CENTS
NUMBER 55
Germans Attack With All Strength
They Have Crossed the River Aisne
Haig's Report and Also the French Official Bulle-
tin Tell of Some German Advances.—Along
a Forty Mile Front.
HEAVY HUN LOSSES
WHEN THE GERMANS
TACKLE AMERICANS
Local Hoards to Allies Have Full Control of Air
Register Bo\ Over 1000 German Planes Downed
Heavy Penalty For Failure to Report
Defense Councils Must Help—150 . . „ ,,
year with their local board. Failure,Every Day Shows Superiority of the Allies Air*
! Three Fierce Attacks Successfully Re-
pulsed and (ierman Trenches Cap-
tured—Germans Advance in Waves
and Are Mowed Down—Bitter
Hand to Hand Fighting.
By FRED S. FERGUSON,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the Americans in Picardy,
May 27.—(Night)—Three determined
attacks, in the nature of large scale
raids, were delivered against the
American lines this morning. The
first, before Fontaine-Sous-Montdid-
ier, was at 6:15. The second and third
were launched simultaneously at 7:30
one to the right of Catigny and the
other again before Fontaine-Sous-
LONDON, May 28.—The Germans are pushing their offensive 1 Montdidier. All were repulsed with
on both the Aisne and Flanders front, Field Marshal Haig reported ; lKdV> German losses.
today. Along the Aisne, which was crossed to the left of the Brit-1 ^thri'n^ricl^d^rtrroS
UNITED PRESS WAR REVIEW
The Germans were still pressing their offensive today
on both the Aisne and Flanders fronts.
After forcing their way across the Aisne at various
points on the fourteen mile sector between Vaillv and Berry-
Au-Bac last night, the enemy was attacking furiously along
the entire Aisne front this morning.
The French war office declared that British and French
were greatly outnumbered on this front, but reported the
arrival of reserves behind the Aisne plateu.
On the Flanders front, the fighting today was center-
ing east of Dickesbusch lake where the French repulsed the
Germans yesterday.
ish sector last night, Haig said that enemy attaqks of great from thejr trenchcs in a counter at_
strength are developing on the whole forty mile fr<rot between tack, holding the captured positions
Soissons and Rheims.
The fighting in Flanders, he said, is centered east of Dicke-
busch lake, where the Germans made temporary gains against the
French troops in the resumption of their drive yesterday morn-
ing.
PARIS, May 28.—The Germans, aided by the arrival of new
forces, have crossed the Aisne between Vailly and Berry-Au-Bac,
the French war office announced today.
"The French and British are facing very superior forces but
are drawing back progressively. The battle is going on furiously
between LaVesle and the Aisne plateau sector, behind which re-
serves have arrived.
"Active shelling is going on in the champagne and Woevre
regions and along the right bank of the Meuse.
"A heavy German raid on French positions near Chambrettes
failed."
men on Western Front.—Filling the Air
With Planes and Blinding the
Enemy.—Factor in End'ng
the World War.
All the boys who have reached the
..t-e of twenty-one since June 5, 1917,
must register on June 5th of this
year with their local board. Failure
to register is punishable by imprison-
ment in the penitentiary. LONDON, May 28.—There is no longer any doubt that the
The Local Board will conduct the j a)]ies are dearly superior to the Germans in the air. Each day
registration at Norman, office of lo- this advantage is growing, one in which the American aviators
cal exemption board. .
• , , share.
The registration booth will be open ^ d ^ an a(j.
from 7 oclock in the morning until ^ , • t-. i_
9 p. m. and members of the the local I vantage in the air as that held at present by the American, trench
exemption board as well as citizens 1 and British forces.
who volunteer to assist will be on
hand to aid registrants in filling out
their card.
until they were ordered to withdraw
to their original lines.
The first attack was preceded by a
barrage and followed the pounding
of the American rear positions by
enemy artillery all through the night.
The boches advanced in two waves,
in the face of heavy machine gun and
artillery fire. They succeeded in en-
tering our lines, but a counter at-
tack was immediately organized and
they were driven out.
The retreating Germans were tak-
ing an American prisoner with them
when several of his comrades leaped
frorii the trenches, caught up with
the Boches, killed the entire party
guarding the prisoner and brought
him back.
The second assault before Fon-
taine-Sous-Montdidier was as violent
as the first, but the enemy was un-
able to penetrate the American lines.
Near Catigny the Germans got
such a hot reception that they did
not attempt to repeat the assault.
Observers reported heavy enemy los-
ses, artillery, machingun and rifle
fire cutting down the advancing
boches, who left a great number of
dead in no man's land.
The three attacks netted the
Americans five German prisoners.
American positions were consider-
ably mauled by the enemy artillery
the area east of Dickebusch front. and the troops are working hard to
"On the remainder of the British front a number of prisoners reconstruct them, in preparation for
„ , . , , . -_-u* t a resumption of the German assaults,
were taken in successful raids last night. T| l fjghting ^ exU.eme]y blt.
"Both artilleries are active at diffeient pom S. ^ ter. Opposing forces clashed hand to
"The enemy exerted continuous pressure againM trie r.iit- !ian(j> jn the-midst of smashed sand-
ish on the Aisne front throughout yesterday. Severe fighting is i3ags anj caved -in parapets.
The Germans were loaded down
classified at this time. Later they will
receive questionaire and the board
will classify them as other men have
been classified. When the new regis-
trants have been classified those in
class one will be placed at the bot-
tom of the list and will not be cajjed,
as a rule, until the men now in mass
one have been called to service*!.'
The Oklahoma State Council of De-
LONDON, May 28.—"German forces crossed the Aisne river
late yesterday," Field Marshal Haig reported today.
"Enemy attacks late yesterday carried them across the Aisne
to the west of the British sector, compelling the left of our line to
fall back," the statement said.
"The enemy is developing attacks of greater strength on the
tfhole Aisne front."
(The British sector was astride the Aisne in the vicinity of
Berry-Au-Bac, about twenty-four miles east of Soissons." The
Germans previously were reported to have reached Pont Arcy, on
the south bank of the Aisne, fourteen miles east of Soissions.)
"Local fighting commenced this morning on the Lys front in
Bombing on a Huge Scale
It is known that the German fliers are exceedingly active and
daring. But slowly and surely they are being driven to earth.
Th^,n!^u7g!^ranitS„iW_il!u"!tJn I The British are carrying out their bombing expeditions on a
breadth which makes previous efforts seem insignificant. With
the American forces looming up larger day by day, the results
seem inevitable. It is highly probable that the allies will have the
same supremacy in the air that they enjoy at sea.
No leader can estimate the value of bombing. It may be that
this great weapon will revolutionize the whole system of land
fighting and prove a decisive factor in ending the war. Even now
'the allies are bombing the enemy's lines of communication so that
fense has made a special appeal to Ludendorff's plans are being knocked awry. The Germans are
the county councils and to the 3chool 1 striving desperately to increase their output, but they are deceiv-
district councils to assist in notifying . the;r meh hanjer than ever and they are throwing aside all
every possible registrant of this dis- , e
trict Of his duty and obligation to Pretense of following the code ot warfare.
They know that in their coming push they will be at a con-
siderable disadvantage unless they can thin out the flocks of al-
lied airmen who hover over their area day and night.
Huns Have Lost 1,000 Planes
The bombing operations have been so extensive that ton after
ton of explosives has been unloaded on military objectives—many
more than one thousand tons to date. Unquestionably this has
I seriously interfered with German movements of troops and sup-
register at the particular place and
at the time specified.
The chairman of the local exemp-
tion board has been appointed chief
registrar.
It is estimated there are 150 of
these young men in Cleveland county,
and it hoped there will not be a delin-
quent among them.
plies. The activities of the battling aviators on the entente side
Cleveland ( ounty .have swollen the German losses of machines to considerably in ex-
Red Cross Campaign | cess of the one thousand recently reported to have been brought
jdown since the enemy's spring offensive.
This partial blinding of the enemy has naturally tended to
keep him less well informed of dispositions on the allied side and
probably served to make him more hesitant in making decisive
moves.
BULLETIN
Manager T. E. Clement is not pre-
pared as yet to give out complete
results by school districts in regard
to the Red Cross campaign which
| closed on Monday night, but hopes to
J be able to soon get a line on all of
j them, A number of the districts have
not reported at all, and some have
made only partial reports. Enough
| is known however, to estimate Cleve-
I land county's contribution at $35,000,
; which amount Norman's donation
will be between $15,000 and, $lt',-
j 000. A full and complete and com-
i prehensive report will be made in a
few days.
Insane Cost Cleve-
land County SI 1,000
still continuing. ,
"On the right the twenty-first division, maintaining contact with hand grenades but the Amen-
with the French held its battle positions all day. On the center and close quarters and
Wltn ine riein.ii, nem 11= . . , forced the enemy to use bayonets,
left, the eighth, fiftieth and twenty-fifth divisions in- a determined SoUjerg (it(,are the German„ were
A ""+i1 ° ,nt* Vim,r : equippd with armored ureasiplates
which turned aside a bayonet thrust
—unless it was in the neck or stom-
ach.
1 j One company counter attacking be-
A "Fair-Price" committee has been Dean Holmberg with his famous jore Catigny, penetrated ihe German
appointed in Cleveland county to sec University String Quaitet will gi't ]jnes clear into the ruins of the vil-
that fair prices are maintained for a concert for the benefit of the Rt (1 i iage, where they remained until
GERMAN DRIVE UNDEVELOPED
resistance maintained their second line until a late hour.'
Red Cross Benefit
Fair Price Board
Cross in the Presbyterian church on | cajjet|
next Sunday night at 8 o'clock^ No Thjs digpatch jg beinf; written in a
he people. The board consists of admission will be charged but a free- m jn th(, ^ th(, frQnt
will silver offering will be taken up j w g of {he detajis of the
at the close of the program for the
food for man and beast, and thus cut
out profiteering on the necessities
of
H. L. Muldrow, county food commis-
sioner; T. E. Smith, representing ag-
ricultural interests; W. F. Criswell,
laboring interests: E. J. Simpson,
retail grocer interests, and E. L.
Cralle interests at large. A report
from them will be published soon.
Memorial Day
PROGRAM.
On Thursday, May 30, 1918, Albert
Carter Post, No. 5, G. A. R„ will hold
the following services:
fighting are coming in but slowly.
, , . I just learned that three privates—
usually fine, the personnel being: Dean , . ,
„ , ... c-i I L. Kowden oi Kentucky; Joseph Law-
ice of Allentowm, Penn., and A. D.
Nolin of Providence—were among
( -everal who were buried for three or
j four hours when their dugout was
struck by a high explosive shell.
I Their comrades dug them out smil-
j ing. They were taken to the first
i; id station, from which they soon
departed—with the United Press cigt
I County Judge Burke and the
I Board of County Commissioners are
wrestling with the problem of how
| to raise the funds to take care of
| Cleveland county's insane now in the
j different hospitals of the state, the
j large majority of whom are in the
Oklahoma State Hospital here, but a
|fiw at Vinita and Fort Supply. TIk.
| figure it is going to cost the county
j $11,000 for the coming year. (ieneral W OOtl
Up until this year the state paid
for the care and maintenance of the
insane, without regard to where they
belonged, but the legislature of 1916-
1917 passed a law that every coun-
By HENRY WOOD,
LTnifed Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, May 27.—
(Night).—Resumption of the German offensive had not developed
sufficiently tonight to establish whether the attack between Sois-
sons and Rheims constitutes the principal assault, or is a covering
operation for the real attack farther north.
American troops which occupied positions in the Chemin Des
Dames sector earlier in the year had been replaced by British,
against whom the Germans launched a portion of their attack.
The attack involves the German crown prince's group of arm-
ies, which were not engaged in the March offensive and which a
few days ago consisted of four armies—one commanded by Von
Hutier, between Ailly-Sur-Noye and Noyon; Von Biehm's army,
between Noyon and Craonne; Von Beulow's between Craonne and
Auberive and Von Einem's between Aberive and Avocourt.
Going After the Dogs
To San Francisco
Red Cross. The string quartet is
Holmberg, violin; Miss Eldridge, vio-
lin; Mr. Kushan, cello; Prof. Lehrer, j J
viola.
Miss Alberta Bragg will sing.
Four More Engineers
To Fort Lee, Va.
Afte
I not
Stock and Dog Officer Tom Oil-
beck is doing good work in correlling
ti" stoc. and controlling the dogs.
Last night he got half a dozen of the
In addition to Ed. H. Reeves, the |
young mechanical engineer who went |
10 a. m.-Assembly of G. A. R.|to Fort Lee, Va., on Sunday there! Durin* the earl>" strafin^ Prior to
were four more of his class went to I t^„at,ta^8' reff ,areas W€re se"'ere'y
Veterans and their families at G. A
R. Hal on East Main Street.—Adju-
tant General DeLong Commanding.
10:30—Form line of parade in auto-
mobiles in procession to cemetery.
PROGRAM AT CEMETERY
Invocation—Rev. R. D. Pool.
Song—Quartette.
Address—James M. Gresham.
Benediction—Rev. R. D. Pool.
The public are respectfully request-
ed to attend the services and take part)
in the proceedings throughout.
W. H. ATKERSON, Com.
GEO. DeLON0, Adjutant.
the same place at the same time.
They were:
TOM GRAHAM. Anadarko.
CAL HUGHES, Lone Wolf.
PAUL STOCKWELL, Oklahoma.
GEORGE DOLPH, Guthrie.
All receive their M. E. degrees at
the coming commencement, and all
go to the training camp at Fort Lee.
All, too, are fine young men—the
pick of the flock.
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j shelled. The field hospital described i*i
a recent dispatch, where only the
most severe cases are taken, was en-
dangerd by shells. They broke within
three hundred yards of the buildings,
but the women nurses continued min-
istering to the patients, as though
nothing unusual was going on.
American artillery levelled great
stretches of the German trenches this
morning, in retaliation for the at-
tacks. Heavy cannonading on both
sides show battle still in progress as
this is filed
all, Gen. Leonard Wood wi
. _ to Europe, at least not s
t\ must pay for its own; i. e. The j present. He has been t .iken from the canines, and during the time he has
insane persons would be sent to the , comman(j at Camp Fu ton, K.i-., and t en on the job has killed over 100
asylum, but a bill would be rendere.i sent t0 gan Fran, ,c0> where he will
to the county from hence they cam.-1 command the Pacific slope troops.
for the maintenance and care. Thus , General Wood is regarded by Euro-
every tub would stand on its own bot-
tom; pay for just what it got in the
way of care for its unfortunates.
The result has been, or surely will
be, that the insanity boards of every
county is going to investigate very
carefully and thoroughly the claims
of anybody desiring to hreak into an
asylum, before sending him or her
there. If it is possible for the rela-
tives to take care of them at home,
they are going to be left there, and
certainly if any of them have an>
property, they'll have to pay for their
own care and maintenance.
Judge Burke says Cleveland county
has something like fifty patients in
the several Hospitals, thirty-seven of
them being in the Norman institution
Counties pay $16 per month for each
patient.
dogs. A dog will eat as much as a
pei on, pnd in these days of conser-
vation of food we should clean out
j pean military men a' one of Ameri- tlx worthless curs.
—E. L. Cralle left Monday on a
business trip to Pauls Valley.
ca's best and most noted soldiers, but !'
is making some enemies by
it is said Gen. Pershing does not want [ going after them, but where he
him on the western front, but^jire- makes one enemy he makes a dc-:en
fers some other general and, like friends. He is doing his duty.
the good soldier he is, Wood takes
his medicine and bows to the com
mands of his superiors.
Notice
To all persons washing to make
—Norman—Camp Travis Notes: transfers from one school district to
Private Earl C. Rice, 44th Co. 11th another, such transfers must be made
Bn, 165th eDpot Brigade has been by Saturday night, June 1st, after
transferred to the 53rd Co., 165th De
pot Brigade in order to take up the
studies of Engineering. Private El-
mer L. Fraker has been relieved from
duty with the Military Police an'l
transferred to the 358th Infantry,
and won out by passing the Benzine
Board for the Officers Training
Camp to take up the studies of an
officer. Both have the best wrisheE of
all their former comrades
this date no transfers will be made.
W. R. CLARK,
Co. Superintendent.
—Observation School: The Obser-
vation school of the summer semes-
ter of the university will open or
Wednesday, June 5th at 9 o'clock ir.
the Science hall. On account of lack
of room only the first three primary
grades can be accommodated.
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