Evening capital news., November 22, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

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T0SAVEÜ
OF HIS MEN
AT FRONT
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Young Lieutenant From
Wyoming in Line for
Medal of Honor for Brav
ery in Action.
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Crawled Over No Man's
Land in Broad Daylight to
Rescue Private Who Fell
Asleep, Exhausted, Dur
ing Night's Patrol
In
By J. W. PEGLER.
• American Field Headquarters
Ftztioa Not. II.—The first congres
sional medal of honor of oonsplcuous
brav ery may go to a young army lieu
tenant from Meeteetse, Wyo.
expected at headquarters today that
General Pershing would make such a
recommandation for the officer's res
cue of one of his men from No Man*s
land—under herfvy German fire.
The exploit occurred In broad day
light. The lieutenant had led a night
patrOL He and his men had already
been on duty IS hours In the trenches.
They Brawled out over No Man's land
and Say flat awaiting and listening for
German petrol*. One Sammy, utterly
exhausted by the day's work and the
exertions of the night fell asleep In a
•hell hole close to the German wire en
tanglementa
MI88INQ MAN LOCATED.
When the American patrol returned
to It» own llnea Just before dawn, the
man's absenoe was not Immediately
discovered. It wax not until daylight
revealed all of the tangled weeds and
holes of No Man's land that a count
disclosed one man absent. Then the
lieutenant, sweeping every Inch of the
ground with his glasses, located his
missing Sammy tucked away In a
crater. It was about the same minute
that the Germans discovered him. too.
The soldier crouched down In his
haven while the Boches loosed their
machine guns and began hurling g
It was
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nades at him. ,Hls lieutenant, dlsre
garding concealment, stood up over j
the trench and violently tried to wig- j
wag him on how to creep back to the j
American lines. But the Sammy was ;
too busy watching In the other direc
tion to see what his enemies were
getting ready tb do.
FIRED ON OFFICER.
Then the lieutenant slipped over the
top of the parapet and crawled flat on
his belly down the ravine. The Ger
mans discovered him almost at onco.
They transferred all their fire to his
creeping figura. Back In the American
trenches, the Sammies witched breath
lessly. firing as far as they could a
barrage to protect the slow moving
creeper. In some miraculous way. the
lieutenant reached bis man and the two
turned baok, souttllng along close to
the ground, with bullets cutting the
high waads all about them. They made
the trip safely and ware welcomed
back with cheers and yells of Joy no
less of admiration for the officer's
feat.
feat.
WYOMING GRADUATE.
His nontenant who thus braved the
dangers of No Man's land to rescue
one of his own "boys" is a graduate of
Wyoming university.
Normal artlUerylng and rifle firing
continued over the American sector
today. Another relief of the fronl
Une troops was accomplished without
Incident
The troops now on the fighting line
are the fourth unit to he sent there for
"finishing off' of the training for war.
The man they relieved were examined
In small groups back of the lines—a
disreputable looking bunch covered
with mud, but all perfectly willing to
trade places with the boys going Into
the Una Some of the evacuated
battalion shunned the road and took
short cuts to the rear across craters.
An American patrol encountered four
Germans In front of No Man's land
the other night and fired. The Uer.
mans fled.
HUNDREDS LISTED
AS ARMY DESERTERS
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 22.—Between
twelve and fourteen hundred men in
Detroit are listed as deserters from
the United States army. They have
failed to appear for mobilization for
the third increment of selected men.
Many of these arc thought not to
have received Ihcir notices from ex
emption boards, but the final number
of deserters :s expected to run well
over a thousand.
CHICAGO <ft>ERA WINS.
Chicago, Nov. 22.—Boston finished
second to Chicago again today when
Judge Foell ruled that George Bak
lanoff, Ruslan baritone, may continue
to sing with the Chicago Grand Opera
company. The Boston Grtmd Opera
company has asked an Injunction
against Baklanoff, alleging he pre
viously had signed a Sontract with it.
WOMEN TO WORK AS GUARDS.
New Ybrk, Nov. 22.—New York is to
have woman guarOs and station keep
ers on Its subway and elevated systems
and women conductors on Its surface
cars, it was announced today. Pre
ference will be given women relatives
of men employes who have joined the
'«mv or navy
Kaiser Is
A gain Seen
German Agents Responsible
for Renewal of Fighting
and for Plotting by Villa,
Diaz and Others.
Washington, Nov. 22.—German
money and Intrigue are stirring trou
ble anew In Mexico, It was authorita
tively stated today. Hundreds of Teu
ton agents, availing themselves of,
Mexican neutrality, are responsible for!
the recurrence of lighting and plotting j
by Villa, Zapata, Pelaez and Feltx Diaz, i
The real seriousness of the problem
for the United States lies in the fact
that the' output of the Tampico and
Tuxpam oil fields may be curtailed,
while the difficulties near the border
might ultimately divert some of Amer
ica's war strength from Europe.
The Teuton spies are seeking to dis
credit Carranza with the United States
by making It appear he cannot cope
with the rebel faction; they are stir
ring up anti-Americanism and are try
ing to bring on active American inter
vention, both as a means of detract
ing from the main war task and to
discredit this government with South
American republics.
Evidence gathered by secret agents
shows Felix Diaz has been offered
$300,000 to lead an Insurrection In
ViUistas are again on the
1 rampage and appear to be well armed
and financed with Teuton money.
OIL INDUSTRY NERVOUS.
The Germans are pitting faction
against faction. In the Tampico oil
Helds and parts of Tamaulipas, Pelaez,
shielded American Interests a long
time. Now, the Carranzalsta general,
Dieguez, Is warring against Pelaez with
the latter preparing for a stand at
Pierre Amarillo. Meantime the oil in
dustry Is nervous; but If any serious
hampering of that business occurs,
Arm measures by this government may
be expected, as the oil supply Is so
vital to the American and British
navy.
Code messages In government pos
session Indicate the hand of Germany
in fomenting strikes In the oil dis
trict, American and Mexican authori
ties here, however, are hopeful the sit
uation will steady soon.
RUSSIA AND ITALY
SITUATIONS DEMAND
QUICK ACTION BY U. S.
London, Nov. 21.—Added emphasis
, that America's more speedy and larg
j or participation In the trenches has
been necessitated by the Russian and
j Italian developments was given to
j Premier Lloyd George's speech before
j the American mission in newspaper
; comment today
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AH editorial comments held the
prime minister's forceful address had
aptly summed up the part America
must henceworth play in the concert
of nations leagued against Germany.
Premier Lloyd George tendered his
conferees a luncheon today in Down
ing street, many important British of
ficials attending. Colonel House was
the only American commissioner ab
sent.
TO GIVE DETAILS
OF GERMAN PLOT
Ban Francisco, Nov. 22.—Details of
the plot whereby the Gorman govern
ment hoped to foment a serious upris
ing In India were expected to be re
vealed today when taking of testimony
began in the trial of 34 Hindus and
prominent Americans and Gormans on
charges of participation In that con
spiracy.
As the result of a warning given the |
American government by Great Britain
that German agents would attempt to
"get" government witnesses, no an
nouncement of the Identity of these
persons has been made. They are said
to number nearly ISO and to be quar
tered secretly In various hotels here
guarded by federal secret service men.
It Is expected the trial will last at
least a month.
FRENCH HOLD FAST
TO LATEST GAINS
Paris, Nov. 22.—General Petain's j
troops held fast today to new ground
gained in yesterday's offensive be
tween Craonna and Berry-au-Bac. The
attack was a concentrated, locullzcd
assault, covering a front of a little I
more than halt a mllo and aimed at
very strong German positions. All oh
jectlves were attained to an average
depth of about a quarter of a mile.
Intense artlllerying was reported In
this sector today.
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ENEMY ALIENS IN
wrOT TiirPTI "PACT'
WZiOl 1 AILEi« EiADl,
Helena. Mont., Nov. 22.—A special
car, carrying German aliens arrested
in the west, to New York for Intern
ment during the period of the war, will
pass through here some time this
week, according to federal officials,
who brought Bernard C. Harloff and
Carl Pohl. two Germans arrested at
Butte, here today, for transfer to New
York.
The car will be attached to an over
land train from San Francisco, and
withheld.
the exact time of its arrival here Is
DYNAMITE SEIZED BY
FEDERAL OFFICER
I hlcago, Nov. 22.—One hundred
pounds of dynamite and a man whose
identity Is withheld were in the cus
tody of federal operatives today, fol
lowing a raid on a shanty several miles
north of the city, on the Milwaukee
■highway. Government officials refuse
to throw any light on the arrest.
MORE GAINS
(Continued from Pog^One.)
welcomed the sweating Tommies as
they streamed in the town.
LIVED IN LUXURY.
With their stories and the tales
wrung from German prisoners still
dazed with surprise, of the British
blow. It was possible today to piece
together some Idea of the conditions
In the luxurious and—supposedly—
Impregnable German positions of the
Hindenburg Hue when General Haig
loosed his surprise party.
Not a German had any knowledge
of the attack until tho tanks loomed
over their heads. Then they literally
''blew up" In panic. French civilians
in towns just behind the lines de
Ecrlbed the officers and men as run
llke chickens with their
ning around
heads cut off. The whole army qulv
ered and shook with the suddenness of
the thing; the great ghost-like steel
monsters that battered through cement
and earth and human walls were fear
some giants; the swearing, yelling
fiends who followed them were gnomes
who suddenly sprang to life out of the
ground.
COULD NOT UNDERSTAND.
It must have been hours before this
palsy of surprise, of fear and of what
almost amounted to superstitious pan
ic that something supernatural had
occurred, passed away among the Ger
mans.
British "'moppers up" told of how
men from whose heads the lethargy of
sleep had hardly passed, blinktngly,
dazedly, crowded out of their dugouts;
of how, uncomprehending that It was
reality and not dreams, they dully let
great tanks crush them flat or furi
ously gleaming British bayonets find
their mark.
ALMOST LOST THEIR SENSES.
In trenches and dugouts, blankets
and cots were still warm from sleep
ers' bodies, or breakfast tables for of
ficers, daintily set. still smqked ap
petizingly. A tangle of personal be
longings In line after line of dugouts
showed sleepers In the bunks and on
the cots had leaped to their feet in
the first terror of the moment—and
fled to the ghostly dawn above, with
out hats, without blouses, without
guns, almost without their senses.
Vast stored of choice wines were
found in the officers' quarters. Cigars
and cigarettes were packed there pro
fusely.
Many sections of the boasted Hin
denburg line came into British hands
absolutely In tact. The tanks had
smashed great gaps,
the infantry poured and spread out,
I fan-wise, behind, taking yard after
j yard of the "impregnable" positions
from the rear.
I CORRESPONDENTS CALLED.
I The correspondents were summoned
I to tho line during the night. We stood
I that memorable morning in the eery
I light Just before dawn, In the midst of
great droves of tanks—all camouflaged
Through the so
and bedenizened—a veritable multitude
of the things.
They were a great herd of gentle
looking, stolid creatures, that seemed
to browse on the grass-covered battle
field, sheltered somewhat by trees
whose branches showed no nipping by
shells. The scene was like some aban
doned faim in the Kentucky bluegrass
region. One could imagine the tanks
either as bovine herds or as cluttered
up, dingy-looking neglected farm ma
chinery scattered about.
It was still. Only a few desultory
shells exploded In the distance—the
regular, monotonous, every morning in
terchange. We could not see the In
finite preparations on all the gigantic
front. Column after column, mass
after mass of men and machines and
horses and paraphernalia had slid
through the oily night Bhadows and
were lined up ut that moment for the '
greatest of the war dramas then about
to start.
little while-—and hell broke loose.
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WHEN HELL BROKE LOOSE.
Of a sudden the moment came. It
was the "kick-off." Nothing but tho
tense moment when the ball is put into
play so aptly expresses a moment A
seems almost preposterous that
the Germans in a great many places on
their lines dlà not awaken with the
first snorting of the tanks ns they
crunched great gaps through the
barbed wire. But there were countless
instances where It was not until the
Behemoths themselves, their tongues
flaming ahead, their steel bellies flat
tening the earth, actually came ovei
the German trenches, that the Boche
came to life. Your German Is a crea
ture of habit. He knew it was cus
tomary for artillery to precede an at
tack. There was no artillery. Hence
j there could be no attack!
No wonder he was dazed.
ARTILLERY INFERNO.
Tho inferno of British artillery did
I not start until the tanks were well
over their first objectives. Then It
came, a deluge, a molten flame,
seemed. From Lens to St. Quentin, 1
am told today, the British artillery
speeded up to feverish violence,
The multitude of tanks found It easy
1 going. The, general in command
|2f .TiEr"*" " """* "
"The Tank corps expects every tank
to do , ls darane dest." and the tanks
[ cild it with full _ damnation to the
| Hoches. *
1 The ground over which they
; wriggled was practically flat. There
were few shell holes. Mighty, few of
i the monsters got stuck. A few were
knocked out around Flcsquieros later
on, when a heavy German field gun
muzzle-depressed fired polntblank at
a range of 150 yards.
EA8Y FOR INFANTRY. g
Behind the tanks trooped the In
fantry, taking it easy, laughing 1n glee
at the astonished Boches and their
frenzied cries of "Kamerad!" Or dis
regarding staccato machine gun fire,
that the more wide-awake—and cour
ageous—of the enemy poured In their
ranks. There were several spots
where the Hindenburg line was cap
lured without a single casualty among
the British attackers.
Here and there behind the tanke and
the infantry, the cavalry swept for
ward—sometimes, later in the fighting,
actually disregarding the slow moving
tanks and dashing on to swing their
To Extend
the lone of
Submarine
Germany Puts the Azores
and Greek Waters in the
Barred Zone—Islands Re
ported Fortified.
Amsterdam, Nov. 22.—Extension of
the German "barred zone" for shipping!
to include the Azores and Greek wat
ers was announced In a Berlin dis
patch received here today.
The statement described the Azores
as "containing important hostile bases
for Atlantic navigation."
Belgian relief ships and neutrals
were allowed one week In which to
withdraw from the new barred zone.
United Press dispatches received
last week from Buenos Aires reported
dispatches from Spain that the United
States was fortifying the Azores. The
navy department, In denying the re
port, said there was only the usual ac
tivity in connection with naval opera
tions there.
The Azores are Portuguese. Sev
eral cable lines center there.
sabres and overwhelm the enemy.
They had waited long years, these cav
alrymen, for a chance at the enemy
and they made the most of the holiday
opportunity. British infantrymen who
arrogantly turned up their noses in
other days at tho cavalrymen, holding
that It was the trench boys who were
the real soldiers, had to revise their
opinion today. They hadn't seen cav
alry in action before. Nobody else
had—that Is. against firmly fixed
trench defenses. ,
CAVALRY WINS GLORY. .
Tho cavalry carved Itself a niche
In the war's history by the two days'
work Just passed. Today they were
still carving.
Their speed gives them the edge. In
several towns captured yesterday, the
mounted troops swarmed In while the
Boches were lunching.
The Germans were beginning to re
cover from their daze today and head
quarters reported frenzied opposition
at half a dozen points around Cam
bral. But the suddenness of tile blow
an( j t w o days of tremendous sweep
ing gains over tho Hindenburg line has
immeasurably lowered the German sol
diers' morale. He had been told «the
Hindenburg line couldn't be taken. It
has been taken. Perhaps he Is begin
ning to think there may be other un
truths in what his commanders tell
him.
Newspaper correspondents had their
thrill In the proceedings late yesterday 1
They wore the objects of assiduous at- j
tention from German snipers at Ribe
court.
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diate urmistice ns the overture to dem
ocratic peace parleys.
UNITED STATES TO
SEND ON SUPPLIES
Washington. Nov. 22.—Supplies an
now moving to Russia and will not be
halted, the war trade board officially
announced today.
With tho war board's statement of
the government's changed attitude to
ward Russian supplies came a signi
ficant change of sentiment at the
Russian embassy here today. Lenine
and Trotzky, leaders of the revolt,
wero pictured by embassy officials
not as German-Inspired reactionaries,
but as sincere, patriotic und well
moaning visionaries.
"We have no evidence that Lenine
Is a German spy." said a high em
bassy official. "He has always been a
leader of radical Socialism In Russia.
Ho was declared a fugitive by the
Kerensky government, not because of
any pro-German activities, but be
cause he was charged with inciting in
surrection to Kerensky."
Trotzky was regarded by this offi
cial as "Lenlne's brilliant and mag
netic" mouthpiece.
Apparently a strike of telegraphers
at Petrograd has Interfered with Am
bassador Francis' reports to the state
department. His last dispatch was
dated the eighteenth. Up to that time
he had reported no evidences of a
separate peace move, engineered by
Lenine and Trotzky.
PLOT TO SEIZE VAST
STORES OF MONEY
Petrograd, Nov. 22.—Details of'the
unsuccessful attempt by Bolshevik!
leaders to seize the vast store of gov
ernment money in tho state bank wore
disclosed today.
Commissioner Menjunsky and Col
onel Muravleff, with a body of the
"Red Guards" accompanied by
brass band, appeared at the state bank
and demanded ten million roubles,
(about $5,00(1,000). Officials of the
Kerensky regime still at their posts
refused. A heated partey ensued and
In the 10 minutes In which this was In
progress some one in the bank sum
moned a Semenosky regiment of
troops. They came hurrying forward
with town councillors, who also re
fused the demand for money.
it wrs then disclosed that Men
junsky and Muravieff had not received
authorization from the Bolshevlkl gov
ernment for their demands. They
withdrew their forces, larter Mura
vleff returned and apologized for the
disturbance.
AMERICANS LEAVE PETROGRAD.
Washington. Nov. 22.—Eighteen
Americans have left ePtrograd
over the Siberian railway, said a
cablegram the stale department
received this afternoon from Am
basMsdor Francis.
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T'S always false economy to save
money at the expense of personal
appearance; good clothes are worth
what they cost.
The chief thing in buying is to pav
just enough to get the best; and not
too much.
That's the whole story of our Hart
Schaffner & Marx clothes;- the best
clothes made; and the most economi
cally priced.
When you buy clothes remember
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mBRLCE-M^TIN^
The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes.
Paralysis Cured Through Rational Methods
Of all the ailments known to mankind there are but few, if any, so dreadful as Paralysis. Thousands
afflicted with this so-called disease are laboring under the delusion that nothing can bo done to bettor
their condition. While on the contrary, the truth Is that all cases of Paralysis can bo greatly improved
and many cured under Rational Treatment. As proof, a copy of Mr. Osborn's sworn statement appears
below:
STATE OF IDAHO, )
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COUNTY OF ADA. )
H. S. OSBORN, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is a carpxntor by trade, is
52 years of age, and has resitted in Boise for the past 14 years: that on April 22nd„ 1917. he was
stricken with paralysis which rendered his entire left side helpless. Affiant further states that on
April 22nd., 1917, ho called a Doctor of Medioine, who, after a thorough examination, prescribed
liniment; that on April 23rd, 1917, ho began taking Chiropractic adjustments from Dr. C. G. Burt, of
Boise. Idaho; that on June 3rd, with the aid of a oano, he walked 17 blocks and on June 4th, he re
turned to his work as carpenter foreman on tho garage at Ninth and Bannock Streets; that after
June 5th, he discontinued the use of a cane; that In fivs weeks from tho time he was stricken ho
did light carpenter work; that in all he took 30 Chiropractic adjustments, receiving the last on the
9th day of June, 1917. Affiant further states that today he is in better general health than for the
past several years and attributes all improvement to tho Science of Chiropractic.
r Signed: H. S. OSBUKiN.
Subscribed and sworn to before ms this 5th day of July, 1917.
Signed: CHAS. F. KOELSCH.
Notary Public, in and for tho State of Idaho. Residing at Boise, Idaho.
Mr. Osborn Is only one of many who testifies to the merits of Chiropractic In Paralytic cases.
Come to my office and read their affidavits.
DR. C. G. BURT, Chiropractor
NO KNIFE, NO DRUGS. RATIONAL METHODS ONLY.
Consultation and Analysis Free.
Office 3-4, Brand Hotel Bldg., Corner 10th and Idaho. Phone 1545, Boise, Idaho.
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few outstanding elements, the war it
fice said.
San Marino is a small town on the
river Brenta, about nine miles south
west of Fonzaso. It ts not to be con
fused with the republic of San.Marino,
which lies near the Adriatic coast,
considerably below the present fight
ing zone.
GERMANS TAKE SUMMITS.
Berlin via London, Nov. 22.—Storm
ing and capture of the summits of
Monte Fontana and Monte Spinuccla,
between the Brenta and Pleve rivers,
wus announced by the war office to
day.
BRITISH CLOSE
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armored and carry more guns of all
calibers.
Experiments with the American
tanks are now being made. A fund ot
$1,000,000 for armored motor curs is
being used In this work.
TWO PERSONS DEAD
IN OSCEOLA FIRE
Osceola. Ia., Nov. 22.—Two persons
are dead, several Injured, one perhaps
fatally, and property valued at nearly
$150,000, destroyed by fire which start
ed in the Ettinger Department Store
building here early today.
Richard Kgclston, night marshal,
and George Grlff(n. fireman, lost their
lives when a wall of the building bur
led them.
The blaze, which started in the
basement of the Red Cross drug store,
spread rapidly to the Ettinger Cloth
ing Flore adjoining. The wind, blow
ing at more than $0 miles an, hour,
drove the flames hurriedly through the
Shortly afterwards the flames swept
through the second floor of tho build
ing which was occupied by lawyers
and doctors and the Osceola hospital.
The patients In the hospital were re
moved Immediately the flames were
discovered and none were Injured.
The fireman and marshal lost their
lives shortly after they started to
fight the flames.
ESCAPED MANIAC
KILLED BY A POSSE
Portland, Ore., Nov. 22.—An hour
after his victim,
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liai) Phillips, died in a hospital, Louis
Hayes, escaped maniac from the state
hospital, was trapped in a basement on
the Last side und killed by a posse
today.
Phillips was shot and fatally
wounded w'hen ho tried to arrest
Hayes. Early today a posse of 25
firmed deputies cornered Hayes in the
basement of a vacant house.
Cecil & Cecil, Chiropractors, Mc
Carty building. Nervous troubles and
diseases of women and children a spe-