The Carnegie Herald (Carnegie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1918 Page: 2 of 10
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THE CARNEGIE HERALD
SEVEN DAVS
OF NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
War Newt
Battling for every point of vantage
giving ground only when overwhelmed
by numbers - and exacting a frightful
toll of lives for every foot of ground
abandoned the British line in Picardy
is still intact While the German on-
slaught gained ground at a number of
points Monday there was no sign of
disintegration in the British forces
which at many points especially on
the northern end of the long line of
battle are standing firm
The French forces which are fight-
ing to the south of St Quentin around
Noyon though retiring slowly are
carrying out strong counter attacks
and inflicting heavy losses on the Ger-
mans says the French war office
statement
It now has been definitely ascer-
tained that considerably more than
1000000 Germans have been brought
to the western front in an endeavor
to crush the British army holding the
line from the region of Arras to the
south of St Quentin but it daily be-
comes increasingly' evident that the
enemy in his drive has met with op-
position not counted upon and been
unable to realize to the full his ob-
jectives i i1
On the battle line in France the san-
guinary struggle still is going on with
the British troops on most of the sec-
tors apparently holding their own but
with the Germans at salient points
still pressing forward
' 4 d
In a battle that has rivaled in feroc-
ity any that has preceded it during
three and a half years of warfare the
British on a fifty-mile front have with-
stood a great German offensive in its
initial stages At some points the
British line has been bent back but
not as much as had been expected by
military experts acquainted with the
forces the Germans have brought up
and the power of the guns they bad
upon and behind the line
Enemy first and second line posi-
tions on part of the sector east of
Lunevllle have been destroyed com-
pletely by American artillery fire Af-
ter the raid into the German posi-
tions the American gunners shellhd
the positions heavily all night and the
next morning
Field Marshal Haig’s report from
British headquarters in France de-
scribes the German offensive as com-
prising an intense bombardment by
the artillery and a powerful infantry
attack on a front of over fifty miles
Some of the British positions were
penetrated but the German losses are
declared to have been exceptionally
heavy On no part of the long front
of the attack did the Germans attain
their objective
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Two enemy destroyers and two
enemy torpedo boats have been sunk
by a force of five British and French
destroyers the British admiralty an-
nounces One British destroyer was
damaged The engagement occurred
off Dunkirk The British casualties
were slight There were no French
casualties
Washington
President Wilson has sent the fol-
lowing to field Marshal Haig: “May
I not express to you my warm admira-
tion for the splendid steadfastness
and valor with which your troops have
withstood the German onset and the
perfect confidence all Americans feel
that you will win a secure and final
victory?”
The War Department bill empower-
ing the President to requisition tim-
ber and lumber to conduct logging
operations for the army the navy and
the emergency fleet corporation has
been passed by the Senate and now
goes to the House
Delivery of fuel oil to preferred con-
sumers regardless of existing con-
tracts if that is necessary to supply
essential industries has been ordered
in new distribution regulations promul-
gated by President Wilson for dealers
east of the Rocky Mountains
The House the other afternoon voted
' for a permanent Increase in the sal-
aries of all postal employes ranging
from 5 to 25 per cent The vote was
188 to 42
Domestic
George E Mayer religious director
of Y M C A Building No 49 at
Houston Tex is in the division stock-
ade now He is suspected of being a
German spy' He was arrested by the
mf'ary police and the judge advo-
cate’v office
Vice-Admiral Sims has cabled the
Navy Department that in addition to
seventeen dead seventeen men are
missing from the American destroyer
Manley as a result of her recent col-
lision with a British warship and the
consequent explosion of a depth bomb
on board
Back from a visit to the Western
battle front Maj Gen Leonard Wood
in a confidential statement before the
Senate military committee declared
that allied military opinion is unani-
mous that the German offensive will
fail and urged a great Increase — to
4 or 5 million men — in America’s army
A German raider operating in the
Pacific Ocean has been captured by a
United States cruiser and 1b now be-
ing towed to a Pacific port according
to a report received recently The
raider is said to be a comparatively
small vessel but capable of sinking
any merchant ship in the Pacific
One American officer and three men
were killed aboard an American de-
stroyer when the vessel collided with
a British warship the Navy Depart-
ment announced ' Seven American
sailors were Injured seriously The
destroyer was the Manley A depth
charge on the Manley exploded when
the vessels met Both vessels were
damaged
Dispatches from The Hague report
that Germany considers her relations
with Holland altered by the attitude
of the Dutch government toward the
entente and the United States and
publishes a report that the abandon-
ment by the Dutch government of the
remaining restrictive clauses in its
shipping loan terms would be regard-
ed by Germany as a cause for war
The German offensive says the
United States war department’s week-
ly communique proves that the Ger-
man militarists no longer able to con-
trol the German people by political
maneuver have been forced to attempt
a gigantic feat of arms to maintain
their domination t
Southwest
Cadet William S McNamara of New
York City was killed instantly and
Second Lieut A N Dunston of Toron-
to Ontario was injured slightly near
Dallas Tex the other afternoon when
the airplane in which they were rid-
ing foil three hundred feet in a spin-
ning nose dive
Hail stones lay on t’ne ground four
inches deep in some parts of Miller
county Arkansas four miles' from
Texarkana following a severe storm
which passed over that section re-
cently '
Stephe Ivenoff a Bulgarian coal
miner employed in a mine near Tulsa
Ok was shot to death the other after-
noon by officers sent to arrest him for
alleged pro-German statements ' ’ -
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Firing across the border by Mexi-
cans near Fabens caused a strong re-
turn fire from American troops on bor-
der patrol it' was announced officially
at the' military headquarters in El
Paso Four Mexicans were believed
killed There were no casualties of sol-
diers on the American side
The agricultural appropriation bill
with the Gore amendment increasing
the 1918 government guaranteed wheat
price to 2250 has been passed by the
Senate It now goes to conference be-
tween the two houses where there will
be another fight over the wheat price
-
The last step in the enactment of
a statewide prohibition law for Texas
was taken recently when Gov W P
Hobby attached his signature to the
statutory prohibition bill It was
passed by the legislature several days
ago
Foreign
The American embassy at Rome
reports the death of Arthur Nelson
who enlisted at Crosby Minn He
was drowned while flying at a hydro-
aviation camp in central Italy Neither
the machine nor the body was recov-
ered the aviator falling straight into
the water from a height of 4000 feet
Secretary Baker was presented to
King George at Buckingham Palace re-
cently by Ambassador Page The sec-
retary remained for an hour with the
king discussing America’s effort in
Europe
Former Premier Maura recognized
as the leader of pro-ally sympathizers
in Spain has been directed tq form a
new cabinet it was announced at
Madrid recently
The shooting in Brussels of two Ro-
man Catholic priests on the charge of
espionage is reported in an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
Six other priests were sent to prison
for long terms -" '
AMERICANS ENTER
1M FIGHT
PERSHING’S FORCES MOV-
ING TO ACTIVE SECTOR
OF FRENCH LINE '
GERMAN ADVANCE IS HALTED
Indications Now That Alllaa Are
About to Begin Counteroffensive
—100000 American Troops
Available
Washington — From the region oi
the Somme southward to where the
battle line turns eastward furious
fighting has continued in various sec-
tors but everywhere the enemy has
been held and pushed back at some
points Nowhere bias he been able
although he continued to throw great
masses of men into the fray to gain j
ground except an infinitesimal tract I
from the French north of Moreuil
British and French machine guns and
rifle men again tore great holes in
the ranks of the field-gray as they
endeavored to press on
Checked North of 8omme
So great have been the losses of
the Germans In front of the British
north of the somme that Sunday saw
them unwilling again to take up the
gage of battle Along the Scarpe the
British themselves were on the offen-
sive and to the east of Arras cap-
tured the village of Feuchy On the
southern end of the line where von
Hlndenburg is endeavoring to pierce
through to the old German positions
as they stood before his retreat la
1916 the British and French troops
fighting together have met the enemy
In furious Combats but everywhere de
feated him with sanguinary losses -
The town of Moreuil changed hands
four times but finally rested in the
hands of the British and French while
the woods to the north of the village
Were captured by the French
French Retake Villages
In the bend of the line between
Moreuil and Lassigny the Germans
made frantic efforts to' break through
but the French held them In their
tracks and in addition recaptured sev-
eral villages
Not alone has von Hlndenburg lost
large numbers of men killed or wound-
ed but both the British and French
armies have taken a considerable
number of new prisoners and also
captured machine guns At last ac-
counts the Germans had launched a
fresh attack In the region between
the rivers Luce and Avre and fierce
fighting was In progress
The reports from both the British
and French war office seemingly in-
dicate that the allied troops have
reached the limits of their retrograde
movement In any event they have
cancelled the engagement Field Mar-
shal von Hlndenburg made with him-
self to take dinner In Paris on All
Fools’ Day - v
Americans Moving Up
With the American Army — The ac-
ceptance by France of General Persh-
ing’s offer of all American men and
material for the present emergency
has in effect yirtually resulted in a
unified army command so far as the
French army and American forces are
concerned This Is shown by the fact
that the orders issued to the Amer-
ican troops are of French origin
Great activity is on throughout the
sene where the American troops are
I quartered It began when heavily
loaded motor camions began rumbling
through the streets and over the
roads which were crowded with
camions both motor and horse drawn
marching men horses and artillery
Out on the open roads the men in
the camions sang everything from
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
to “Tipperary” They exhibited the
greatest enthusiasm for the work they
have in hand and seemed to be anx-
ious to get It started
Hundred Thousand Available At Once
Washington — The announcement
that the American soldiers afe actu-
ally on their way to the fighting line
to take places beside their hard-
pressed British and French allies sent
a thrill throughout the national cap-
ital It was the first positive state-
ment that General Pershing’s forces
actually are on their way to the battle
lines to help stem the tide of the Ger-
man drive
Too much may not be said about the
number and position of the American
troops because of military reasons II
is no violation of the censorship how-
ever to say that more than 100000
American fighting men fully equipped
and Intensively trained in the school
of actual battle conditions are avail-
able at once to be thrown into places
to strengthen the British and French
lines wherever they threaten to buckle
under tks unheard of ferocity of the
German onslaught
OKLAHOMA
NEW REGIMENT OF
NATIONAL GUARb
— - -
The war department ha author-
ised the raising of an Oklahoma
national guard regiment to full war
strength and ’ Governor Williams
has commissioned Col- H W Pen
teeoet to organise the unit
The regiment will consist of
twelve Infantry lino companies a
supply company maehlno gun com-
pany and headquarters company
Eaoh company will conalat of 250
men 3760 In all The regiment
will bo federalized soon after the
organization and will bo available
for foreign or homo duty Only
Oklahoma officers and men will be
In the regiment and members of
homo guards will bo given the pref-
erence ae to enlistment
Three miners were killed and four
seriously Injured in the Merrill mine
near St Louis
Jack Traux a hardware merchant
with interests in Beaver Okla and
Hansford TexaB was killed in an au-
tomobile accident twelve miles south
of Guymon
William 8 Hamilton pastor of the
Claremore Christian Church has been
honored with the presidency of the
Ministerial Alliance of the First Okla-
homa district
The entire town of Wirt in Carter
County familiarly known aa “Rag-
town” was threatened in a fire which
consumed the greater portion of -the
business district
- Oklahoma’s quota for the third Lib-
erty loan will be near $25000000 ac-
cording to figures based on the an-
nouncement of a $3000000000 loan
for the nation announced by W G Mc-
Adoo secretary of the treasury This
is approximately the minimum quota
of the state for the second loan
Legislation to prohibit use on In-
1 dlan reservations of “peyote” siad to
I be a habit-forming intoxicant and
used In tribal ceremonies was strick-
en from the Indian appropriation bill
in the senate without discussion on a
point of order by Senator Owen of
Oklahoma who has Indian ancestors
Louis Baldwin- an Osage County
farmer waa killed Instantly Mrs
Baldwin received wounds from which
she died and William Toothaker their
neighbor is in a Bartlesville hospital
under guard facing a charge of double
murder as results of a gun fight which
occurred in the rood between the two
homes ‘
William Farley a German sympa-
thizer living In Picher was compelled
by Irate citixens to kiss a soldier’ b
shoulders four times and salute him
ten minutes Farley had reviled the
flag and the soldier’s uniform After
being compelled to kiss the soldier’s
uniform and salute him he was
brought to Miami and placed In jail
An order for the Immediate Induc-
tion into the army of Cash M Gay
the “boy sheriff” of Sequoyah County
was received by the state adjutant
general’s office from Provost Marshal
General Crowder It marked the close
of a spectacular fight on the part of
Gay to keep out of the army In which
he went to every source of exemption
8enator Robert L Owen is to tour
Oklahoma for the third Liberty loan
Mrs Clara A McBride only daugh-
ter of Rev J 8 Murow oldest Indian
missionary In Oklahoma died last
week at Atoka Mrs McBride was
prominent in church and club work
and has served as grand matron and
grand secretary of the Order of the
Eastern Star
It ie all ever with “Muskogee” and
now there hangs in a refrigerator at
Packlngton 'Oklahoma City the car-
cass of the highest-priced bullock ever
sold anywhere It was farewell to the
biggest animal money maker the Red
Cross has ever had to deal with
Weighing 1830 pounds when it went
over the scales-the last time this big
Angus husky dressed 698 per cent
and it’s the highest yield of beef an
Individual steer has ever made in Ok-
lahoma The carcass is to be sent to
General Pershing
Personal income corporation and
excess profit taxes will exceed five
times the amount ever collected in the
state before and are expected to reach
approximately $30000000 according to
an estimate made by Hubert L Bolen
collector of Internal revenue for Okla-
homa Last year there was between
$4000000 and $5000000 collected from
the same taxes in the state The per-
sonal income tax alone this year will
probably exceed $20000000 while the
corporation and excess profit taxes are
expected to reach around - the $10-
000000 figure
STATE NEWS
Bends for the new $40000 school
building at Stroud sold at auction
brought a premium of $1500
’ John Bradford of Cbocotah charged
with elrculatng copies of “The Fin-
ished Mystery” was brought to Mus-
kogee and lodged in the federal Jail
Fire of unknown origin caused a
loss of $25000 at Clinton when nearly
all the machinery of the Clinton Cot-
ton Oil Seed Mill was ' detroyed
Oklahoma food administration forcea
are engaged in a survey of the stocks
of flour in the hands of mills whole-
salers retailers and consumers in the
state
A Poland China sow sold at public
auction at Red Oak for $1010 The
sow was purchased by a St Joseph
Mo breeder Forty hogs were sold
at an average of $395 each
The proposition to bond the Okmul-
gee city school district for $10000
for a new school building and other
improvements was csrrled by a vote
of 170 to 33 against
Congressmen Carter McClintic and
Hastings of Oklahoma have been In-
vited by Congressman Scott Ferris as
chairman of the Democratic congres-
sional campaign committee to go to
Wisconsin and fight LaFollette and
disloyalty In the Wisconsin senatorial
campaign It is probable Carter will
accept the invitation while McClintic
and Hastings are undecided
County Attorney J F Griffith closed
a German Lutheran school at Lone
Wolf and sent the thirty-seven chil-
dren to their homes' with Instructions
to their parents to comply at once
with the compulsory education law
and enroll them In the public schools
of their several districts The school
building did not fly the American flag
and since the United States has been
at war hat been running with the
blinds partly drawn and loyal people
in that community have been insisting
that the school be closed
f STATEHOUSE BREVITIES
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About 86000 persons have been vac-
cinated as a result of tbe recent drive
of the state board of health against
smollpox
Governor Williams Is planning to
take a trip to Washington soon This
will be his most extended trip In more
than a year
The school land commission has
voted to invest $300000 now in the
state home ownership fund in the
third Liberty -loan issue
Governor Williams has authorized
Attorney General Freellng to conduct
an investigation of the activities of
bootleggers and gamblers in Ottawa
County Numerous complants have
reached the governor’s office recently
In regard to conditions in the lead
and zinc mining district
The Injunction suit brought by At-
torney General Freellng at the In-
stance of Governor Williams to pre-
vent the re-leasing of the Marland oil
and gas leases by the state school land
commission under the preference right
yesterday is set for hearing on April
30 in the district court of Oklahoma
County
The plan of Governor Williams to
have 3000 Oklahoma men transferred
from the depot brigade at Camp Travia
to the 179th brigade gtationed there
has been approved by Provost Marshal
General E H Crowder If the plan
is carried out Oklahoma will hava a
brigade of 12000 men at full war
strength made up of selected men
taken from this state
Jeannette Collar chief clerk to Gov-
ernor Williams has resigned her posi-
tion effective April 1 to enter war
work She will leave for Washington
early in April and hopes to be as-
signed 'to service in France Mlsa
Collar has been tbe governor’s clerk
all during his administration She
was journal clerk of the sixth legls-
lature and has been connected with
nearly every legislature since state-
hood Attorney General 8 P Freellng haa
been asked by County Farm Agent C
C Stinson of Jefferson county for an
interpretation of the law relating to
the disposition of funds vote4 for free
fair purposes by the county commis-
sioners the point involved being
whether tbe $30 per township men-
tioned in the law relates to expenses
for transporting exhibits to county
fairs If that Is the law Mr Stinson
hopes to have at least $100 for eaoh
township to use In paying premiuma
at township fairs this year The com-
missioners are asked to make a levy
of one-fourth mill which would pro-
vide $8000 for fair purposes this vaar
v
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Jolly, Harry. The Carnegie Herald (Carnegie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1918, newspaper, April 3, 1918; Carnegie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1784202/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.