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DAILY ARDMOREITE NEWS OF ALL THZ WORLD EVERY DAY "LEST WE FORGET" 1226 MORE DAYS OF GORE A Newspaper of Character FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS RECORD CROWD HEARD CLAflK AND FERRIS SPEAKER OK NYTIO.NAL HOUSE AND MXTII DISTRICT CON GKESS.MAN WEMOMER. TRIALS OF CONGRESS speaker Tuhl of Extraordinary Work Disposed In Protldliig Men mill Mnn-j ey Willi Which I'. S. Will Win the War. Itocord iitl'iulaui i.t t'nuw I'tion Hall w.us reach.! iiihi nii.'lit when Mil immense audience of - do from Car lor arnl many adjacent A uli-n greet- J Champ ("lurk. spenkeL the nat ional house if rcprescnit , and Scott Ferris, of l-nwton. a itf r of that body hIik'O statehood. -L After hearing these men speak. ihould b no U(Ktluii uh to a III. subscription to the Second Lil hei) l.oan on the part of everyone present and the enlistment of their efforts to secure subscription from others. The speaker did not dwell lit length on various foul mis or episode of the present war nflfr with Its horrors hut told the audience of the work that had Is en done In the congress- to provide for the. ctiiitlngend.-s of war ami how thin work hail been accomplished. Just prior to the opening of the meeting and while the vlnltorH were coming from their dinner after a Ions' auto ride from IVatiriku, C. W. Rich ards Hteppel on the latform and intro duced Cupt. it. W. Patterson, of K. .'o. 111th, Regiment Engineer the -Vrdmore compiiny and ho made a most interesting talk, telling the aud nee what had been accomplished in the training of hi men and the record they are already making In tho camp, f is Htulenicnt that K. C, ha purchased Liberty Bond to the amount ' of $12,000 brought storm of applause. The meeting wan called to order by Capt. W. F. Whlttington, who Introduced- Jake L. Hnmon. .Mr. Ilamon iu turn Introduced Col. K. L. Gregory, who gave a review of the Incidental leading up to the war and declared tlmt "the present Fcssion of tho con is' rows has been the least part Inn n of any ever held." In pi-tnenting Con gressman Ferris lie spoke of hi record in the house and wild thnt if he Khould return at Thanksgiving time three rars hence lie exiected to greet him as a member of the upper house and that he anticipated thnt in 1924 ho would ho the standard lieurer of the ! lenun ratio party. Mr. Ferris' Address. "It gives me a double pleasure to come here tonight." wild Air. Ferris. First, to come, to tin.- homo of my true ami loyal friend, Charlie Carter. Sec ond, It gives me additional pleasure to Mud so many or my old friends from Tjiiwtnn who have done so well here And In nldltlon, because Ardmore is one of the leading oitles of tho state of Oklahoma today. I can remember when if you came to Ardmore to speak you had to speuk on the street corner and now you have this magnificent municipal auditorium. "1 am proud to be here tonight with the speaker. The speaker's office is tho next In Importance to that of the president of the United States. Your distinguished congressman, Charlie Car ter, will tell you that we never knock at his door and ask for help that we do not get It. tie nas never iaueu us- the VlM(Kl state, last night when he "A week ago Speaker Clark came to,nm(1p a Mirrinf( (1(,(il.ess OI, t,e T.ioertv iwton to visit ills .son who left a . in.000 position to (ion inc uniiorm anu Tight for his country. It was my plea sure to go out to Fort Sill with Speak er and Mrs. Clark but they went not only to see their own son but to give i heer to every son In the camp. "I do not know what Is In your ncan. i ao noi unow l . ... termed by President Wilson "the Sneaker's heart. 1 do know what l ln.volt.0 tr ,he atlln Thil) npiolntmcnt my heart. This congress has been ful P h iMaJo t;lenn Con)oll KMtc chair. of heartaches for many of us I did f T at h(. -UK(f0HtIon of th0 i;ot want to go to war Carter di. J .,.,, tw OI ,,, ,f,)rnmtlon a( not want war. The president did not ... . , Clll, ..,,,,i,.vi want the war, but it could not be avoid-1 ...I ana now m n " Senator Fred 1-2. Tucker. Twenty speak :he obligations which It Involves tnunf '.I?01', , uiJ nian and lie was notified Immediately "No less than 12ib neutral ships I .... . !....i...n., i that they would be ready within n mo- wero sent to the bottom including 191 ......, ,l, n,l .H..s befor. "",,t la11' w.. declared war.' They carried down I . .-ttW i irt munv hmvn ninn find uom ... I don't know what you think of o w ull l.ivo iM'iiee. hut there can be no peace when our flag is fired upon ' hv a foreign foe. There can be no Ieace when our hhips are sunk and our people murdered. I can't believe you would want eaee under such circumstances. "The fight was forced Uhii thlsi country and you want to see us win a '"-l ' h ompany. Illlh Kinlneers. victory. We are told that six million I ' Hrief Furlmigh. farmers don't want war. 1 don't be Captain Kichanl W. Paltersun. of K lleve it. I was rals.il on a farm and I j Conuwiij . 111th Regiment Engineern. In know that there Is no more patriotic training at Camp Itowie. Ft. Worth. Ixwly of people anywhere. If you al -j Texas, is In the city on H brief fur low Germany to close our scus you , lough. Caiitaln Patterson is enthusias will not get the prices you do now ' tic over the progress made by his men nor will your banks lc full of money. ; and' assures residents of Ardmore and The opposite extreme will lie the case, j Carter county that they will be more "Cowanlic Hoe Not IJeRet IVace." I than proud or their bays. "Cowardice today does pot beget I I.ist niaht Captain Patt. rs:m sjHike peace tomorrow. If a rauntry Is de termined to make wnr with us we tmiy as well walk up to' the rack. There (Continued on page 8). GERMAN STATESMAN WANTS ARMY TO SEIZE ALL HOLLAND Cupenhugon. (M. H. Tho view of Ad miral von Tlrplu. formir German min ister of marln. tliat thn sclr.uie of 1UI glum wan tint stepping toii In extend ing coiilrol over llnllaml. was proclaim ed hy Heir Hachmelster, the national lllieral leader In thn rrirliNtuK aiul ouu of the an-Oerniail stalwart In a speech delivered Huniluy ut Hamburg. 1ST HUSTLE TO three .mom; hays in which AKTI K ( lll .M V CAN COM PLETE AIJiOT.MKNT. Meetings tonight: Princes theater S. A. Apple. Palace theater W. K. Glilx-rt. Thratorlum J. T. Coleman. At Wilson T. V. Champion, C. II. Adams and lien Mobley. At Jiistrlcl Kcliool llouso No 14 (near Sprlngerl - Col. Kidney Suggs and A. H. Kiddle. Carter county's maximum allotment or the purchase of Liberty loan bond $810,400, and the minimum Is $614,- Up to the present time $5K5.!50 lu -ecu subscribed, of which amount An.morc has subscribed $54fi.RO and the remaliiiin; IIS. 000 has come from the Kurrnundhig communities. Three more day remain in which Carter coun ty can make up her allotment. Com bined effort on th't part of every citizen should make these final three days more than complete the ouota. Tho various committees are working hard to get at hirst $10U,u0 more sulicriled. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. A woman's auxiliary was organized this morning at the court hou;e. the purHiso of which Is to assist in the selling of Liberty loan bonds. Mrs. J. S. Mullen was elected president. Mrs. J. II. Carlock vice-president and Mrs. Krrctt Dunlap secretary and treasurer. Mrs O. A. Ramsey was npisiintod chair man of an executive ttoard. comprised of members, of oacll ward, namely, Mrs. Max Westheimer, First ward; Mil. J. L. Cox, Second ward; Urn. 1-2. L. tiregory. Third ward; Mrs. C. K. Ilirigcr, Kourtli ward. F2ach member of the executive board will lie chairman of the commit tee, to bo apiHiinted to carry out the work in the four wards. CIIII.DKKN KKSPOMUNti The children of Ardmore and Carter county are1 resimndlng nobly to the call of their government in the pur chase of Liberty loan bonds. Tills nnrn lug J. 11. Ponder, a twelve-year-old boy who makes only a small weekly wage, half of which lie turns over to his moth er, purchased a l.'iO Liberty Ionn bond. He carries an account at the Cuaranty State Hank and is another of the lioys whose example should lend liispirnt'on not only to other children, but to his elilers. lie lives at 10S V. street, north east. FAIKItANKS AT IIKALOTON. llealdtoli. Okla.. Oct. 24. (Special!. Charles W. l-'iiirbimk. former vice president of the United States, address ed about J.000 people here last nlu'ht i n route to Chickasha. AT WAl'MKA. Waurlka. Okla., Oct. 24 (SpecUli. More than 1.000 people luuird Charles W I.ti l,tf, nlrM fnrnu.1- -i.n.fll-.ui,ti0 f llf 'FOI K MINITK MKV KM. 1ST FOK WAIt I'KKIOII Col. Sidney Suggs has been appointed chairman for Carter county of the "Four Iri,,,,tn fnti " n r ni'fffi viivti t trtt if ullfil:. as hi': committeemen J. 1-2. Hamilton and T1" ai'H.i..lni.T.ts last for the dura (ion (if the war and their services will commanded just as though they wer. enlisting in the armv or navy. At th ''rRSM't 'J"' ltul'-rt f"r. li":i'k!"K ' the second Liberty loan bond. Different speaking topics will be sent each speak er from time to time. CAPTAIN PATTKKsON HF.KF. briefly at the Clark-Ferris meeting- at Convention hall, outlining the work that is being (lone in camp and urging the (Continued on page 8k RAISE RILL QUOTA LIBERTY LETTER TO GEN. PERSUING NATIONAL IXIM.MITTEK AMERI CAN PATRIOTIC SOCIKTIKH tiKF.KTS COMMANDER. FAITH IN (J. S. SOLDIERS 'Wo Wait Willi Ever Increasing Con-Ilis-nee lillnuile (.loiioim YletiM-y," MUsive KaH, "and We Regard Willi Coiilenipt'' All W ho Won't liny lloilils. Washington, Oct. 24. Confidence In an ultimate "glorious victory" for Am erican arms over German autocracy Is expressed in an open letter addressed lo General John J Pershing, command er of the United States expeditionary force, by the national committee of American Patriotic Societies conveying Llls-rty loan day greeting and pledges of materia! assistance to the American commander and his men. Tho communication, made public here today, is signed by Lieut. 5ener.il It. M. Young. U. S. A., retired, honorary chairman, and Edward Harding, chair man of the executive committee. "On this day designated by Irei?ldent Wilson as 'Liberty day,' when in every city and hamlet Americans, rich und hjo. of every race and creed, are rally ing to the financial supiairt of the country by buying Liberty bondb," the letter reads, "we. the representative of two million Americans, send our greeting to you and to your army. "Kaeh. message which wo receive con cerning our soldiers and their unhur ried, scientific training, causes us to wait with ever Increasing confidence In ultimate glorious victory. "Y'ou are fighting our battles for us. We therefore regard with contempt there- who refuse to It nd their money to the gov rnment and thus support you when yon and your men so freely offer your lives upon the altar of the nation's neo"d. You are fighting in a noble cause, the cause not only of democracy, hut for the safety of every man, woman and child in the United States. "We pledge ourselves M give you that material assistance which you so ur gently require and so richly deserve. "Americans will forever bo grateful for the victory you will achieve frn the world." WAR SUMMARY. In the smash against Herman lines on a six-mile front north of SoisfotiM, the French have made important gains from the German crown prince. The sudden blow alfo brought the French more than fc'lOU prl loners and 25 heavy field guns. General 1'iitaui completed an effective step toward Laon, the eastern extre mity of the Hindenlmrg lines, and an important point which lies ten miles northeast of Chnvlgon. where the French advance attained its greatest depth two and one-fifth miles. The heiehts dominating Pargny-Filain nt the extreme right, were seized and French guns now can batter the Ger mans on the hills on the opposite side of the Ailelto river from Chavigiion. More Important still, the French can liour an enfilade fire into the forces of the German crown prince still clinging to the northern slopes of the plateau paralleling the Chrniiu di s 1 lames. To the German crown prince, the blow may prove tho most severe he has suffered since Verdun. lie lost several divisions of his best troops including, Prussian Guards, who were ru.med for ward to hold the line at all costs. General Petaine's masterly stroke weakens the German line northward to the forest of St. Gobain. Ile'lrement from this line probably would cause tho Germans to give up their present front from Chavignon to St. Quentin. The French had no ea--y task going Up hill against concrete caverns and mussed troop. Hut 'their artillery fire was ter ribly effective, and there was no Mopp ing the impetuous men of France. Political affairs in Germany arc seething ualn with the return of the German emperor to lleiiin. All par ties seem determined that Chancellor Mlchaelis must go and it is hardly pro bable that the emis-ror will be willing to opiHise this imitation very long. Whether the enip. ror will appoint an other Prussian bureaucrat in Mich-ucli-s' place Is not yet clear. Sume lead ers favor Prince von Ituelow. the form er chancellor, but socialist opisisitlon against him still is stronc. RUSSIA DRIVING TO RUIN, MINISTER OF INTERIOR CRIES Petrogia.l. Oct. 24. Minister of the Interior Nitlkin, in a proclamation to all commissioner throughout Hussla, ex hurt r 11 classes of the pu!ation "to unite ..gain-t the increasing anarchy, which 1 driving the country to ruin." WEATHER FORECAST. For Ardmore and vicinity: Tonight fair, warmer, Thursday fair. Oklahoma: Tonight fair and warmer, Thursday fair, warmer In east portion. East Texas: Tonight fair, warmer: Thursday fair, warmer except In ex treme northwest portion. West Texas: Tonight fair, warmer; Thursday fair. ARDMORE. OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917. GLR iI OFFICER IS SLAIN BY IS HOI Nl ANU THEN SHOT IIRIT ISH TROOPS MAKE IISCOY ERY IN TRENCH. MANY RUMORS FLOAT Dissatisfaction Among (Jemian Common Soldiers I Reported As lirowing lo Such Extent That PrwutUn Militar ism Is Hemming Uneasy. (Ily the Associated lressl lirltish Front In France and p.elgliim. Oct. 23.--(Tuesday!. In one of the re doubt captured from the German Monday northeast of Ypres. according to reliable Information, Uritlsh tnsipa found a tjerman officer who had been executed by his own soldiers. His hands hail been hound behind him and ha had been allot. Many tale are going the rounds among the Prltish soldier indicating much dissatisfaction anionic various bodlea of German troops. It I often the ease now that Moldlers charged with desertion and other viola tions of military law escape with alight punishment. According to prisoners, this Is something new for Prussian militarism. KAISER HAS KHi JOII. Mum! Now Face Horn Squabble Re garding . Chancellorship. Copanhngen. Oct. 24. Emperor Wil liam returned to Ilerlln last night pre pared to deal with tho iolitical crisis, especially an it affects the imiierial chancellorship Rudolph von Valen tine, chief of the emperor' civil cabi net, made a report to the emperor on the various developments of the inter nal political situation during the em peror' absence in the Ralkans. Valentini is known jokingly as the "carrier of the bowstring" on account of the part he play in the political demise of the highest lmicrinl and Prus sian civil: official. He acts as the em peror's eye and ears In ascertaining public and politicnl opinion. Responsibility isast-ribed popularly to Valentini for tlie selection of Dr. Michaelis, when it was decided to drop Prince von ltuelow a a candidate, ow ing to tho S(s?lalist announcement that they would make open war on tho gov ernment if the prince were reinstated as chancellor, it is said that Michaelis was not even consldereJ three hours before his appointment was made. Prince von Iluelow again Is being ad vocated strongly for the chancellorship by the conservatives. Socialists an nounce that if the emperor asks tho opinion of tho reichstag parties they will not hesitate to tell him their un favorable opinion of von Iluelow. lindon. Oct. 21. Tr. Georg .Michae lis, the German iuiM-rial chancellor, has placed his portfolio in the hands of Em peror William, according to an Amster dam dispatch given out by the Wire less Press. Spirited war has been made on Mi chaelis by hoveial groups in the reich stag fmm the .lay on which the chan cellor blamed the recent naval mutiny on (socialist members of the relchstag. He is considered a weakling. LOAN CLARK SAYS Oklahoma C ily. Ocl. 51. A "ring" of New York financier Is hampering the government in Hh Ulterty loan cam paign, t mleavoring to make it a part in. failure so that the next loan will beat a higher rate of Interest, declared Speak er Champ Clark here today, to deliver the principal adilresa at Hie IJIx-rty loai. celebration. Mr. Clark did not disclose tho manner in which the conspirator were work ing, but declared they are "spiritual de M-endants" of a similar group which, during the mil war, fomed govenimem bonds down to half their fore value. .Mr. ( lark, sealed in an old-fashioned tallyho, drawn hy span of Mis-our. mules, a the chler feature of the af ternoou's patriotic parade1. GERMAN RHINE TOWNS EXPECT AIR RA1HS Geneva, Oct. 23. Towns and citie along the Rhine are expecting repris-: air raid. The number of anti-aircraft guns have doubled. TROOPERS MICHAELIS QUITS BUTCH REPORT Il.i. MONEY KINGS BLOCKING LIBERTY LIBERTY DAY IS DEFI TO KAISER AMERICAN IIININESH SISPF.NDS FOK tl HOI RS IN ORDER TO All! UOMI HUSTLERS. -WIDE ORIVE In Appeal lo I'eunle. Secretary McAdoo Urges Thai "We Make It Omnlous Anniversary for KaUer" Itrlllsh Tiik Through New York Slreeln. Washington, Oct. 24. American busi ness today gave way to the Liberty l.oan ramiwlgn. Proclaimed a holiday throughout the nation by joint action of President Wilson and the governor of the states the occasion was marked by a general suspension of trade, and 'million of workers turned attention to I contributing to success of thn loan. Early reports from various parts of the country' Indicated thnt the drive today attained it grentest Intensity. "Thl.i Is Lilierty day in the United States, made so by the President of the United States and the governors of the forty-eight state of the American un ion," reads Secretary McAdoo's appear today to America. "Would that it were Liberty Imy for all the people of tho world. 1-t us make an ominous day for the klaser. I-t us make It the l ginnlng of the end of the military des potism and inhuman warfare. "Our first duty is not -only to- sub scribe, but to oversubscribe the second Liberty Loan. If we fail it will be a victory for the kaier. There l no rea son why we should fail, because we are the richest people in the world." (The full text of Secretary McAdoo's Liberty Day speech today al Atlanta will be found on page 2 in this issue of the Ardmoreite.) NEW YORK TOTAL GROWS. Hopes are Now Entertained That Mil lion .Mark W ill Re Reached. New York. Oct. 24. New York sus pended business today Lilierty day and united In a tremendous patriotic effort to insure the success of the j Liberty Loan. Hope of reaching the billion dollar figure wer brightened hy the avalan che of subscriptions yesterday more than J10O.OO0.0OO which brought the uuofflcial grand total for the district up to tSlS.OOO.OfiO only I1S5.800.000 short of the minimum allotment. A Uritlsh caterplller tank, the S-L. fresh from th battle fields of Flan ders, with it Uritlsh crew, was shown In the streets. The tank, which is of the "female" type, mounts machine guns instead of the six pounders of tho "tnaio" tanks, weighs twenty six tons. Caii taln Richard llalgh. her commander has been wounded twice in action. The Caproni aircraft, manned by Italian urmy aviators and equipped with paper bombs, bombarded tho city from nlKive. The bomb bear the message: "if you want to avoid being bomb ed by German airmen, buy a Liberty bonV LATF.K Subscriptions at noon today brought the total in the New York re servo district io IMiO.000.000. The un official mark which the committee is working to pass is Jl.TOO.OOO.OijU. 34 ROTH ASIA AND EUROPE REPRE SENTED IN LIST IS eiOJHMV 000 GERMAN MONEY. Washington. Oct. 24. Thirty-four na tionalities throughout the country today are pouring their money into the sec ond Liberty loan melting pot In an ef fort to make the camplgn u success. Confidence Is expressed here that 800 million will e subscribed before the campaign ends. I Hiring the first cam paign the different races subscribed less than $;50.)00.n00, but war's true mean ing has been brought home to them dur ing the present loan and greatly In creased sales have resulted. A table showing officially rejxirted subscriptions by races and amounts in :he New York federal reserve adlstrict jp to October 20 follows: Japanese $75,000; Chinese $32,000; Jew sh $.1.r00.000: Greeks $17r..000; French $.00,000; Gexman $10,500,000; Italian $4,500,000; Danish $100,000; 'Norwegian M25.0MO; Polish $22"i.00O; Hungarian $150,000; Sweoish $5.Oi0; Finnish $S0. )00; Assyrian $22,000; Armenian $.'.8,000; Irish $.1,200; I'.ulgarian $7.S00; Arabic $1,200; Serbian fM.500; Croatian $S.000; Cranlan $22,000; Lithuanian $5,400; Slo ae. $120,000; Ruthunian $10,000; Hohe--nian $13,000; Hawaiian $15,000; Russian $275,000; Dutch $121.0i0: Helglan $300, 000; HlKinish $55,000: Persian $50,000; Vustrian $12S.tMKi; Swiss $55,000, and jlovanian $0.000. Total 2.1.210.10O. A letter from Ihunian Munsterrat. di rector general of a b:ink In San Juan, .pivlns to circular from the treaa iry' department today, said that the itlook for a generous Port3 Ulc ibscrin'.lon Is good. The idand's firs' .ein siihvrliitlon o $1.000 000 will be increased at this time. It is said. NAT O ALUS BUY LIBERTY BONDS VOLUME 25. NUMBER 24. EIGHT PAGES TODAY GROCERS DECLARE THEY CANT PURCHASE AT PRICES FIXED Chicago, Oct H. ln tuUUm'K the reply of Chicago grocer to the food price list announced yesteritay.tiy Harry A. Wheeler. Illinois fissl administrator, today was that they couldn't meet It. The list rovers sugar, flour and pota toes, and other Hlaples are to com. The grocer said they would like to put hi price Into effect If Wheeler could tell them where to get flour and sugar at the price he announced they should ny the wholesaler. . DRAFT JURY TRIEKS OF AIJ.EC.KII RESISTEUS OUAUKIED ANH RECESS TAKEN. The Jury whl.V will try Xeeley Adams and about 180 draft resNters has been qualified. THE Jl RY I. W. Klncade, Antler; farmer; not a church inemlM-r, married; democrat. II. M. IIiirrowK, YlniU; fanner. Pres. hylerlan; married; democrat. I. (J. liem, Ardmore; canenlcr; Rap tlsl; married; democrat. R. D. Margrave. Hugo: fanner und stockman; PreMbyteriaN; married; demo crat, C. C. Helm, Ardmore; dairyman and farmer; Baptist; n tarried; democrat, II. G. Italley, Hapulpo; oil man; single; republican; not a church member. J. II. itrazrel, near Okmulge; stork man; married; !resbvtertan. C. S. Nash, ViniU; married; black smith; democrat; not a church mem ber. E. M. Ruling, Okmulgee; oil man; married; Episcopalian; republican. J. E. Smith. Cameron; farmer and stockman; married; republican; not a church member. ..Kelly Falsa. Atoka; real estate and fire Insurance; Methodist; married; re publican. J. K. Kincannon. MrAlester, coal and feed merchant; married; democrat; not a church member. In the Jury there are eight church members seven Democrats, four Repub licans and one whose politics is not known; six farmers, three oil men. It appears that most of the Democrats are church members and most of Republi cans are not members of a church. There is only one single man on the jury. The defense challenged James Cruce, of Ardmore; C. W. Cross, of gapulpa; Ijimont Ryers, of Ardmore; R. A. At kinson of Claremore and Tom Caldwell, of Coalgate. The prosecution challeng ed II. A. Kembel, of Ardmore, who was the only Socialist called. Judge Campbell again recessed court this afternoon until 2 p. m. to give the attorneys for defense an opportunity to! confer further among themselves and with their clients, and also continue gotiations with U. S. Attorney .McGln nis. having in view matters that may lesson the time holding court. Arrangements have been made by de fendants to make a record of the cases for thos who desire to take an appeal from any verdict rendered. There are now thirty-nine prlsioners in custody, and nearly 200 out on bond. Government witnesses have been arriving the past twelve hours and the cases will proceed at 2 p. ru. Most of tho defendants are less than thirty-one years of age. There are a number of negroes and a few Indians among the defendants. Two or three of the Hartjo family, well known Indians are in prison. Judge Campbell decided pot to keep the Jury together. He said that they could be. trusted to keep faith with the court without being Isolated. The (Continued on page 81. INTO SHELL FIRE ON FRENCH FRONT il!y Associated Press! American Training Camp in France, Oct. 21. tieneral Pershing accompanied one of the French generals yesterday as far ai the second German line hi French attack on the Aisne front. General Pershing was, with General Franchet d'Eserey at first observing the attack from a favorable post some distance in the rear of the French front line. Then General Pershing suggested going into the French trenches. This they did. but General Persian was not satisfied and went on through the shell lire into the first line or the captured German trenches and then into the second li:ie. General Pershing's im perturbable attitude during this tbue is Ihe talk of the French army. . With the French Arms in France. Tuesday. Oct. 13. Several American In telligence officers watched the success ful attack made by French troops yes terday on the front northeast of Sois-sons. S PERS IE GOES TTI STI III FBFJIL1 DRIVE IN THE MT ARE It OFFICERS OF EIGHT DIVISIONS, INCLUDING STAFFS OP S REGIMENTS Mftkr No Counler-AtUrk. However, on AUne Rattle Front During Iju4 Night French Are Kusy Organising Their New Line Is Official Report P..ri, Oct. 24. The ntimir of prl- oners taken by the French In their at tack northrast of Sossons has reached eight thousand, the war office an nounce. The German attempted no counter attacks on the Aisne battle front during the nluht. In the "Verdun sector, th Germans made a violent attack on the French IMisitiou north of Hill 344 but were lieate.i Isick by the French. Th an nounc ment In part follows: "The night was generally calm on the whole front of the attack north of tho Alsne. The enemy limited himself to bombarding our new line, especially In the region of Vaudesson and attempted no Infantry action. "Our troops ore organizing tho coit (Itiered ground. "The number of prisoners actually counted ha reached eight thousand, among whom are 160 officers belonging tn eight different division. Including two of the Prussian Guard. The staffs of, three regiment, among them the three colonels, were take prisoner. "It I confirm.sl that two enemy di vision which had been held in reserve behind the front were engaged yester- day and were put to a very severe test," German Official Report. Uerlln, Oct. 24. Via London In their attack on the Alsne front yesterday the French at first pressed forward quickly, but later their attack was; ar rested by the Germans, says today's of ficial communication. The French troops in their attack, adds the statement, drove forward to. the villages of Alleman and Chievignon anil the positions lying behind these point became untenable. In the withdrawal, the German ad vanced positions had to be blown up and left to tho French. SMALL AREA FIERCELY CONTENDED FOR RY ARMIES Yesterday's Fighting Was Culmination of Ing Contest. (By the Associated Press) WIfh the French Armies In France. Oct 24.-Nowhere on the French front . . Ua Anfillm Kaon mnra nHrltl raft .""" " ne-"ana more un .... ... lion or me lino extern.. uk nun... ui Aisne from Laffaux to La Royere farm, southeast of the old Fort de ,MaImai- son, the scene of yesterday's fighting. Ever since the battle of the Marne In 1914. French and German forces here have been at the closest grips. For months, since the French offensive In. April, the Germans have attempted to retake In morsels that vitally important strip of territory which tht French then ' captured In one day. The position was an unstable one for both arni.'es. Fight Almost Daffy. The army which possessed the su periority in artillery and tho most use ful observation points when the final stage of the fight began, was sure to have the upper hand. The most recent official statements have shown that scarcely a day passed without a com bat of a more or less severe character having been fought in this region, but the official reports failed to convey any klea of the fury and determination of both sides the Germans in holding their position and the French In harry ing them. The French In full knowledge of what was confronting them, brought some of their heaviest artillery to bear on the German shelters in an attempt to cause their collapse or to block them, so as to prevent the reserves from emerging for Immediate counter attack as soon as the French infantry waves advanced beyond the first German lines. Germany's Rest Ira Rattle, Some of tho finest troops of the Ger man army occupied the ground. Includ ing three divisions of Prussian Guards, and one Bavarian division. These must have suffered terribly during the artil lery preparation, as for days thousands of projectiles had ls?en rained upon them, while French machine guns pour- jed a continual stream of bullets every where behind the German lines. The crest on which the fight occurred was vital for the Germans and they held to it tenaciously, not being able to afford to allow themselves to be driven off. as retirement meant they would be thrown Into the valley of the Ailett? with Its extensive marshes. I'ndennlned With Caverns. The plateau is undermined with nu merous large caverns, some natural and some resulting from quarrying and ex cavations. On of them. Mont Parnosse. five acre! In extent, borders on the Solssoni Brussels road. It had been worked In -two stratas. forming two stories. In which thers was sufficient accommodation for an entire Infantry brigade. EICH mm mm