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* MONTPELIER EXAMINER. OL. XXIV. MONTPKLIXE. IDAHO, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918. NUMBER 16 MERICANS DEAL HARD BLOW AGAINST HUNS Entire Regiment is Virtually Annihilated-Many Prisoners and Guns Captured-All Resistance Swept Away by U. S. Troop s. With the American forces on the Marne, July 2.—An entire German regiment has been virtually annihi lated in the fighting west of hill 204, according to official information. A counter-attack made by the Ger mans today against the new positions won last night by the American forc es to the west of Chateau Thierry was completely broken up. The Amer icans did not give up a foot of ground which they had captured. There was hot fighting today In front of hill 204, which is In the hands of the Germans. At 6 o'clock this morning the American artillery was engaged in shelling the position Reports from the advanced front, brought back through a heavy ene my barrage, confirmed the earlier statements that the Americans have reached their every objective and holding every point. The German counter-attack, which waa fiercely conducted, was launched against the American positions at 3 o'clock this morning. It resulted in the Americans further Increasing their number of prisoners. Virtually the remainder of the enemy attack ing force was annihilated. In a brilliant operation, after hard fighting, American troops last night captured the village of Vaux, togeth er with a large slice of the Paris rail way west of Chateau Thierry, and two patches of wooded land. The Americans took 500 Germans prisoner. Including five officers, and captured a quantity of machine guns «I other equipment. In the Vaux region the Americans took the Germans completely by sur prise. Most of the prisoners were taken out of cellars and dugouts. How many Germans were killed, of course, is unknown, but from the number of dead in plain view at vari ous places, the total must have been considerable. While the artillery preparation was going on many American air planes flew high overhead. Some were protecting the observation bal loons, while others were combing the skies to keep off enemy machines. BATES BRYAN WRITES THAT HE IS DOING NICELY The parents of Bates Bryan, who was wounded in an engagement ixy France on June S, received two let4 tors from him last Sunday—one written at Paris on June 7 and thej other one at a base hospital in South-' era France on June 13. Bates stated that he received a bullet wound in the hip, but was getting along as well as could be expected and hopes to be back In the service inside of three months. treatment he had received in the hos pitals. The letters brought cheer to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, as this was the first news they had received since the telegram announcing that Bates had been wounded, letters made him feel about ton years younger. He spoke highly of the 'Dad" said the CITY TO ASK RAILROAD CO. TO PUT GATES AT CROSSING The city council met Is adjourned session Monday night to allow bills, r The city Attorney was Instructed i to draft an ordinance licensing Junk I dealers and requiring them to keep a ! record of the date end name of all [persons from Junk of any kind la pnr rSkmaed. The object of enacting such 1 an ordinance la to put a stop to boys I stealing articles of any kind that are I saleable and disposing of them to the I Junk buyers. j A committee, composed of Coun ieUmen Daria, Cherry, Smeath and ■Groo. was appointed to meet with the HFirst and Second district Safety First ■committee for the purpose of dlscus ising means of eliminating the danger ths Main street railroad crossing I thhftyèy. It was intimated to the Mpfcil that If this matter wflEt pro fited to the Short Line official« la to proper light that action would be which would reduce the liabll •f accidents at this croastng to ths It was exactly 6 o'clock last evening when the Americans went over the top under the protection of a hall of machine gun bullets from our ma chine gun barrages. The infantry action was preceded by a short, but terrific, artillery preparation. When the Germans saw that a formidable attack was developing many of those in outposts yelled and ran toward the rear to nests, from which a hot fire began pouring. The Americans paused for a mo ment while the automatic rifles and machine guns with the advancing roops fought a duel in front of /aux briefly, but effectively, with the I nemy. , ! Then the Americans, whose num ber was considerable, went on, most of them running In their eagerness to get at close quarters with the Ger At the same time the Boches j mans. began hurling gas shells to the rear of the American lines. Within a brelf time the Americans had wrested from the enemy the Bols de la Roche and the woods ad joining it. Then came word that the Americans were In Vaux and finally, . , _ after sharp fighting, there In the ( streets and houses, they overcame all resistance and swept on beyond the village. The Americans reached every one of their objectives and by this opera tion they have eliminated a salient and have straightened out their line. Over an area of several miles the Americans now have the enemy un der their guns. , Dayllght this morning saw the Americans digging In almost undls-l^ turbed possession far beyond the olj) German defense line. To the rear batches of prisoners and pllea of ma terial are going. The number of! prisoners has steadily mounted. The guns and material bave not yet been tabulated. The fighting qualities of the Amer icans were certified to by virtually all the prisoners taken. They .aid the Americans fought like wild men, j sweeplng everything before them as they plunged over the ground. MANY TROOP TRAINS MONTP1 Pi Since last Friday a dozen or more ' troop trains have passed through j Montpelier, carrying soldiers from Camp Lewis to points on the Atlantic coast, from which they will saUJo-Ahw* ^ear future for Francju----^^'^ TÎ##t-8irtHr raine arrived here during the morning hours and delega tlons were at the station to greet the boys, some hoping to meet relatives or friends. Among the Bear Lake boys who went through were Frank Hoff, Parker of Lanark, Keetch of Wardboro, Kunz and Alleman of Bern and Sorensen of Ovid. Cleve Hauck was on one of the trains that went throngh about 6 o'clock Mon-j day morning. Charley Lantry, an old Montpelier boy, went through Sun day afternoon. The canteen committee did all It was financially able to do In distrtb-| uting matches and stamped postcards among the soldiers. The favors were greatly appreciated by the boys. While these troop trains were speeding eastward on the Union Pa cific system as many, or more, were carrying soldier» east over the northern routes, and many of the Bear Lake boys were sent that way, greatly to the disappointment of tbelr relatives and friends. The home boys that went through here were all looking fine and In the beat of spirits, and the one wish was expressed by all—"thru they would get over there In time to get a whack at the huns." The city, through this committee, will ask the Safety First committee to recommend that the railroad minimum degree. yards be rearranged to tbat the ■witching of freight train« will all be done north and south of the cross ing. and that the company Install a towsr and gates at ths coaalag. IDI ID Choose TîîT HMAKI MM HMV JK.WC Atf me i ' É m ii liv.um»' i: ii li! st ill RATI N« JWÄAT1©* >!! 4 i 4 1 it ,i] - 1 ï#A lij O* 1 If, w fip ill? If o * fd a si hi % ■ ii ii v - THE CALL TO AMERICA By E. O. PIPP (Copyright. 1011) What word can be given to the father or mother who has seen a aon march away to war? What can be aatd to the parent who has tossed open-eyed until dawn, wondering how it all would end? What message can go to him or to {her who has spoken cheerful words when tears were welling, who has seen the empty chair, who has walk ed into silence where there was a son's voice? Brave fathers and mothers are t „ ey wh<} haw up . -UUoB TOn . to risk their all In the struggle for world decency. Uncomplaining they go their way, but In the still of the night there come thoughts. In a London restaurant « young wife was serving at the tables, man In khaki came in—her husband. He extended a band, and she pressed it In both of hers. The husband bad offered his servi ^ ^ day> Qf ^ but reJected M phygtcll n y unflt . now _ now E ngland needs men to A But help hold the lines. So, what If this {man has one bad eye? He can level a gun with the other. What if hia {form is not robust? His head haa overcome that before and can again. There they stood and talked In bushed voices—husband and wife. hand in hand, the scene too sacred ;for any thought of , mp . t |euce on the j ^ of th# waittng gue . u . Then she kissed him, and patted bis shoulder encouragingly as he left. 8he watched him descend the stairs, a quiver coming to her chin and lips. She asked another maid to Uke up Ihe work of serving her tables and {{«appeared Into the cloak room. \ When she came out her eyes were w|et, but her head was erect, her step firm, her whole bearing one of reeolu ' j tion. And so It is that brave young wlvea of America shed their teare In the secret of their closets as do no leas brave wives of Britain and the equal ly brave wlvee of France. And what can there be in a mes sage for them? We all love peace, but we are at ! ! i I | j : war. Can aught be gained by glossing over war when we are In the conflict? We are not a people who must de ceive ourselves tnto the thought that {war is a mere game when the Instru ments of play are rifle and bayonet, : machine gun and bomb. He Is best armed who knows his ' task. Ours Is a people of that stern met tle that can look Orim War straight ■ in the face and buckle In for that {long, hard winning fight that will beat him down. It must be so for we have entered i and there is no turning back. Our people may not have been a i nnit for entering the war. but we are i an d must continue a unit for pushing ! It to a right finish and an honorable peace It most be so for this la more than a war for the life of a nation. This la a war for keeping pure the life blood of all nations, which flows In honor among people», in keeping sacred th* given word, In ending world brigax dage and cheating a ruthless military P'rlt of Its unholy reward. Wars of nations are won by pitting men against men—Justice of eaaae. number«, equipment, food, ukllt, rein a position, staying quality, salty of j action, they tout O. PIPP How stands It, then, with our boys over seat and those to follow? Which means, how stands It with our people as a nation? Which meana.how stands it with the stars and stripes and all they bava meant to a free people? Which means how stands It with Eng land, proud mistress or the seaTWhlch means how stands it with Prance and other uationa In the conflict? Which means how stands It with world civil Uatlon? Shall its future be bnilt In the arts of peace, swayed by love In the heart, resting Its hopes in fertile valleys, humming Industry, peaceful firesides, or shall it wear helmot and In 1 HOfi, when Napoleon Bonaparte waa having things very much his own ...... . .... . very much inclined toward mllltarlam prescribed limits to their army, to which CruMI, ACTMd lew "*** V** spur riding the steed of hatred, uah Ing Its w*y with ths thrust of the bay onet? How It stands with theae depends largely on how It Stande with Amert Our people must understand the enemy they have to fight; they must understand, too, the strength of our allies, and that which we must supply to make the winning sure. The great conflict centers In the western front; there rages the strug gle of peoples who love the arts of peace against a people who would rule by the sword. cans at home. way in Europe, he whipped Prussia, took a large portion of Prussian tor ritory and about half of Pruaitan sub jects away from the Prussian sover eign. and. finding their rulera still to. The agreement was that Prussia should not have an army of over 42,000 men. Prussia lived up to that agreement to the letter, but Even In that early day she showed her ability to wriggle out of an agree ment that was distasteful to her. and she did not live np to the spirit of lb 8he did not maintain an army of more than 42,000 men at any one time—that la an active army—hut she kept men In until they wer# well trained; then they went out and era went In for training, and so It was until a very large portion of the male population waa drilled and reedy for actlon should necessity arlae. The military policy Instituted then has been maintained to this day, has the policy of the rulera of bend Ing their morals to their personal desires, and. taking the other half the step, violating agreements In 1st The* Prussian military spirit did not subside or even 11« dormant, Wheu others thoaght they had It per alyzed. It still thrived. ter as well as In spirit. In 1>43, had become so strong that many Or manu them selves rebelled against and left the country rather than sub a i thousands of others left later. In 1371 It was even stronger, and it waa then that Germany reaped greatest harvest of Its policy wrest l»rAI««.. 1 I I>l,..V - » ng Alsace and Lorraine from France " P ' r that the world faces today. Stronger, more arrogant, »rown »elfish, cold and brutal militarism irvi» I« ne», iwii >w , rylng to fasten Itself on the rexsaln der of the world, to the profit of nation that became an armed camp. It la ths fruit of this militarism u... fighting front 1» Enrope. the mtlltsr lam that menaces America today as _ _. . _ ' fCsuttoed #■ Last Page) mit to Its advocates. Hundreds la of MANY ATTEND FIRST QUARTERLY CONFERENCE Visiting and Local Church Officials Pleased at Conditions Existing in Montpelier Stake Every Department Well Organized. The first quarterly conference ofj the Montpelier Slake con vend at 10 o'clock a. m Saturday, June IP. Pres Ident Edward C. Rich presiding The Stake Presidency, Edward C Rich lleury 11. Hoff and Slla« L Wright. re ail in attendance, |a* were slat) Stephen L. Richards of the Council of the Twelve, Andrew Jensen of the Historian's Office, Sarah Eddington <f the General Board of the Relief Society, and Ann Nebekir and Helen Davit of the Oeneral Hoard of the Primary. The music wga furnished by the stake choir, Stake Cholaterer Joseph B. Tueller conducting, with Ruth Jones, stake organist, at the organ. j President Edward C. Rich reported the general conditions tl^al prevailed In the stake, He said that after the ha j ^ organised It was found ; 1 : I to be without s home, no place In which to meet or to transact any of the business of the stake and the building of a stake house was of nc coaslty take under Immédiat*' con sidération with the r*at|lt that the presidency of the church had author : ; tuw|l h , d iuh *. r , bm , very liberally lu;d a contribution by the church of $36,000 The business men of the and the varloua warda and membera ; plcloua and bespoke for It a bright j futurs. Gave a brief report of the ; unv .,„ ng of th#( ntonumpnt 1 erected th . „# ,».« msrtvred Pi to the memory of the martyred Is trlarch Hyrum Smith, sjloke of Ihe edlflnea erected to and by the Ingenu tty of men but thought ihore potent ,wj, . to erect monuments to the horor and ,«>°ry of God. and that while it waa not on | y p r0 per but absolutely ea to ^„tiai for the human family to d<< . „„, on . . were contributing freely for the eroctlo „ of lhn , uk . „tornado which wss under course of construe turn and that baring unforsnen dr lays would be completed snd ready I for dedication on the anniversary of the organisation of the stake, Dee J3. which was the desire of ths Stake ! presidency, : Stephen L. Richards said he waa proud of ths honor of being the «er und speaker at lha first conference of the Montpelier stake; felt that the Inception of Ihe atake was most ana I procuring of the material wealth It was equally essential that attention be given to the development of the Intellectual and spiritual part of man cause It wss not only nperaeary in give of our means but of our hearts also; true wealth snd contentment came only to thoae who served the of I,ord and honored Hie servants here on earth, had taken upon them the obligations of the Priesthood to hondr the asm« oth-jSAd not treat It lightly or as a thing of no vaine because it (a the one great blessing which cornea to i)ie children of men In order that men might b# and that In the contributing t<* this Admonished those who come acquainted with th* duties and privileges of the priesthood. Priest as hood meetings bad been Instituted but only e very few svglled them selves of th*- privilege th«» offered of Andrew Jeeen, too, expressed hl» pleasure at meeting with the people at the finit conference elf the new did stake; apoke of the completeness of the church organization and how P*r fectly It followed that of the prlml It tlve church of ths Lord, congrat nlated the people upon the wonder it, ful prospects for s bounteous harvest and The afternoon eeeeton opened st 2 oiclock by the choir and congrega 'tlon »Inging "Redeemer of Israel " President H. H. Hoff of the atake the P r*a <h ncy waa the first Speaker He ^ . .. , . .. ° he lh « church with Re sis members and the r *' * r ® w,b »>*"* ** attended It. relat ..rident» „t nt. ^ f h ^. I, Whit " M " P »«"»«ein* Mormonlam, admonished the Saints ((} ^ ^ ek#rch „„j to ^ on# BO -„n ment that there Wa. r«n ' ° ***" fl Ct tmo - • „ * » 7*" ■■'T"'"; 'f «'■" r ° UnC ' ° f Tu Tt ,« eoun< " * M «« r' -r > *"H bsnnonr wth the 1 of ny with the stake presidency sad were In harmony with aach other, also reported the general condition of the high priest'a quorum of the atahe. Christian Sorenson of Georgetown, recently returned from the Scandtna ■ ken miaeiuu, reported that while he greatly enjoyed hie missionary la bors he was very much pleased to ugaln return to his home; gave a brief report of the work In the mis sion and the general conditions pre vailing In that land; said that as a result of the war the people of Den mark and Norway were passing thra mau> privations, food was becoming very scarce and that as a result the number of eiders In that field were being greatly diminished, the govern ments fooling that It waa with dim > ully that the cltlaena could he fed and clothed and were very loath to ontertaln strangers Llast« Welker, president of the Y L M I A of the Heer Lake stake, WUH the next speaker She dwelt up on the necessity of conservation not only of foods and clothing but also of the children of the nation outlln tug the work tskeu up by the govern ment in the conservation of child life, urgiug aii to render support and aa siatan«** to the movement, spoke of the object and la bora of the Y L M 1 A , showing how this orgsnlsatlon could be of great assistance to the church and the government and the blessings accruing unto the members by so doing Alin Nebeker of the general pri mary board took for her theme (he proper training of the child, «aid that recreation and play waa absolutely essential to the child growth and development but that la should be had under proper supervision. spoke of the primary work especially In this direction and bespoke for this organ list Ion the bearty support of lha parents. Helen Davis, also of tho primary board, felt to heartily endorae all that hod been said, spoke of tho ns ".'"•''J' «•»*■"' •P^Hnal development " f ,h '" rh d th *' higher Wool* of 0llghl obulll> p*id lr u, Bl a to the pioneers of the Inter mountain re gton. referring Ip the many trial# *hlch they passed und the de velopmenl of true man and woman encourag ...j u,* children to acquire the habit# of thrift and Industry, respect for ,ho '" ■■thorlty. both In th# horn# board of the Relief Society, th# eluding speaker, expressed pleasure st coming Into this beautiful vall#y snd the opportunity of living I# peace and quiet even in thl# time of wir and commotion, rrforrad to the nrganUstlon of the Rallaf Society of Ihe church what It stood for sad *om*< of lha achlsvsmant# wrought by I he organ list Ion Bha as Id H was but one of the plana of the Lord for the redemption and uplifting of th# human family and the establishment Spécial meetings of ths Rs!l#f So ciety and Primary organisation# w#r# held at the ftocond ward chap#! and city hall at the close of ths regular sceelon of the general conference, at which ihe special work of these or ganizations waa taken #p and 41# cueaed at length and encouragement given the local officer» of ths organ izations The morning session of lha second day's conference convened at !• o'clock a m with President Edward C Rich presiding ent: The »take presidency, the visi tor» of the prevlou» day. Pormsr Stake President Joseph R Shepherd, Presidents Wm L Rich and Roy W#4p r of the Bear Lake Stahe President Edward C Rich welcom ed the people to the conference; ex pressed ht» h earl felt gratitude to ths There were pres management of the opera bouse for the tender of the use of the house tor conference -a well (or all previ ous favors of like nature which bad been accorded ln,t h * w ,n conjunctlos with the takes r frrenre and that reporta of ih*we orgnn ration* would be had ' Harriet Merrill, stake president st ,h * P';**'* tee-milon, reported that «'«**'■'*»•>'>* «* ***>"« romplsto. both ,ft ,h ' *•«* «* ward» reported .ome of ths aettri He* of thl* organization Ann Nebeker felt to coeemtsiata ,h * l ' r,m * rT '»rera of the stoke for the work under hand and exhorted all «»to further diligence Is the par «" He explained that convention« of the Relief fioeletles and Primary organizations were be * «'-ncy of p t«ver. ywlattog several •tance* «bowing how the blaestngs of »he Lord had been made manifest >» ♦.* tv* r-rarsr of faith. I Concluded la asst wash's taxas)