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Show Thursday, October Sam's THE 1. 1931 TIMES-NEW- NEPIII. UTAH S. "Undartew" coast and geodetic aurv ayg while it has not studied the matter, the existence of the phe uonienon known UK undertow is gen eralljr recognized by competent au ::.orltleu on the subject of waves. AushlctUn Star. The (Besaen'cml Iliad of fi toiry Multiplied Misfortune There U scarcely a culumli) which does not Dud mention In the "Iliad.' Therefore, a succession of misfortunes Is sometimes called "an IPea'sMirag's tlae A IE Fo II y General (Copyright. 131, la aUaouBlrfaa ky thm Nolh American Newspaper Alliance. World riant reserved, In hole tbe Scaawlinariajs. aterdufltion -- woes." Hammer Man's First Tool? The first toll evolved by ancient man is believed to have been the At first the hummer was hammer a atone held In the hand. Next a strip of skin was wrapped around it, and finally the hummer took the form of a real Invention when man cave It a handle by means of a stick fastened firmly to the stone with rawhide or the stout fibers of 'nine plant. Gas Logic, "Mammy Trees" Protected Seed trees left by a large lumber company operating in Arkansas and Louisiana have been dubbed "mammy trees" by negro cutters, who tealousy against cutting guard them down. Several large trees previously marked with a distinguishing white streak are left on each acre to assure the seeding In of a- - new :rop of young trees, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Appeasing the Dead The expression "to appease ber 8 as part of the British Fourth operation the army, aiding materially iu the genThirty-thirdivision (Bell) crossed eral advance of that army. The the Meuse early October 8 by attack, although meeting considerbridges constructed during the able opposition, was successful, night, captured t'onsenvoye. and and the progress continued three progressed up the neighboring days. When relieved the night of slopes. The following day a fur- the 11th, the Thirtieth division ther advance was made, but heavy bad driven the enemy back seven fire from the Borne de Cornoulller miles and had reached the Selle and the failure of the troops on the river Third Phase of the Battle. right to keep up forced a retireThe third phase of the ment to the morning line. This operations began October ground was retaken despite strong reslKtunce. and by night of the loth 14. During the previous phase. the division had established Itself Important gains had been made on the west slopes of Hichene Hill. along the whole front against InThe brigade of the creasing Intensity of resistance. division (Morton), The retirement of the enemy In Twenty-nintunder command of the French front of the allies to the west, Eighteenth division, against con- which was being accelerated by our siderable opposition pushed for- persistent gains In the east. Indiward Into the woods south of cated clearly that he was trying to Itlchene Hill on the 8th, and dur- save himself from complete disasing the next two days completed ter, which It was urgent that we CHAPTER In a LXI Continued. d Meuse-Argonn- .... . . I. all-da- y T, Seventy-eighth- . Tbe Importance of these operations can hardly be overestimated. The cupture of the Uomagne heights, especially Its dominating feature. Cote Dame Marie, was a decisive blow. We now occupied the enemy's strongest fortified position on that front and flanked his line on the Alsne and the Heights of the Meuse. Unless he could recapture the positions we held, our successes would compel the enemy to retreat from his lines to the north, as we were within heavy artillery range of his railroad lines. Meuse-Argonn- e -- Fighting Desperate the capture of those the 11th, the Twenty-nint- woods. On division took command of Its brigade, brigade. Its still under the French Eighteenth division, on the l'2th made Important gains Iu the Bois d'Ormont. In conjunction with the operations by the French Seventeenth Above as Seen From Earth the Fifth corps (Cameron) corps, The following Is a quotation from attacked in force October and Professor PIccard's story of his trip continued its efforts the next two to the stratoscope: "At an altitude days. The Third division (Buck) of 16,000 meters the earth Is a marprogressed on the 9th, and after velous sight Tet It is terrifying, fierce fighting seized Madeleine farm, which had previously proved too. As we rose, the earth seemed stumbling block, and partly at times like a huge disk, with an acleared the Bois de Cunel. The the than rather edge, globe upturned following day It completed the atof Is. the it The bluish mist capture of that wood and on the and the 11th extended its gains to the mosphere grew northwest. earth seemed to go Into a The Thirty-secondivision cloud, and then all but disap reached Bomagne October (Haun) In a haze." pear the 9 and penetrated enemy on Cote Dame Marie on trenches , from the Animals driven was in bnt Lower Leprosy There are no records of leprosy latter and established its lines on southern slopes of the hill. having been transmitted from rats theThe division (JohnNinety-firs- t to human beings, either by bite, ason the left of the Thirty-seconsociation or other means. There Is ston), division, fought all day on a disease of rats known. ns rat lep- the 0th for Hill 255, suffering rosy, but It has not been shown conheavy casualties, and the follow-- ' The Ing day occupied the position. clusively that It Is the same as lepcontinued - until rosy that affects human beings. If advance on then 288 and the Cote Hill stopped a pet rat appears to have any disease, Marie. The division was reeither rat leprosy or any other af- Dame lieved the night of October 11. fection, it is believed It Is to "the First division (Summerall), best Interest of all that the animal In The a resolute attack, captured be killed. Washington Star. the difficult enemy positions on and near Hill 272 on the th, and established Its line on the 10th north of the Cote de Maldah. It also was relieved on the 11th. During the operations of the 9th andt 10th, the One Hundred and Eighty-firsbrigade (John B. McDonald) division was atof the Ninety-firs- t tached to the First division, being diThirty-secontransferred to the vision on the night of the 10th. The advance of the Third corps (Bullard) was bitterly contested by the enemy, but October 10 the Fourth division (Ilines) fought Us s way forward beyond the Two determined road. assaults against the Bois de Peut de Faux were broken up, but on the third attempt the northern edge of that wood was attained. The division gained the far side of the Bois de Foret on the 11 tb against severe opposition. The Eightieth division (Crouk-hite- ) When on the 9th, in the face of very heavy fire, pushed forward to a short distance north of the Bois des Ogong. The division's attacks FUSSY continued, and when relieved two later It had reached a line One of the most Important things days slightly south and east of Cunel. On the front of the First corps you can do to make a teething baby' comfortable Is to see that little (Liggett) the opposition encounbowels do their work of carrying off tered on the 10th was less deterdiviwaste matter promptly and regular- mined, and the Eighty-seconsion (Duncan) by midnight had esly. For this nothing Is better than tablished its line beyond Marcq, Castoria, a pure vegetable preparawhile the line of the Seventy-sevent- h tion specially made for babies and division (Alexander) ran westward so children. Castoria acts gently you from there. Onhe 11th, however, can give It to young Infants to re- the fighting was severe, yet the Eighty-seconlieve colic. Yet It Is always effective, regardless of heavy casualties, advanced to a position for older children, too. Remember, Castoria contains no harsh Arvugt. north ofInSonimerance. This town, the sector of the First though no narcotic is absolutely harmless. was occupied by the When your baby is fretful with division, Eighty-seconto protect Its own teething or a food upset, give a flank. Be sure dose of Castoria. cleansing The night of October 11 our line you get genuine Castoria with the ran from east to west roughly as name: follows: Mollevllle farm Bois de la Cote Lemont part of Bois de Foret south of Cote Dame Marie Sommerance Grandpre. While these operations on our First army front were In progress, the Thirtieth division of the Second corps Bend) attacked Octo- h Fifty-eight- Fifty-sevent- h h red-tinge- d copper-colore- d d the-10th- d the Argonne. should strive all the more vigorously to hasten. The enemy's strong defenses in the Bois de Uomagne and the Bois de Bantheville had to he reduced before further considerable progress could be made. To the west of Uomagne heights we faced the strongly fortified position which Included Cote de Chatillon-I.andres-Sdes Georges St. Juvin-Boi- s Loges and Grandpre. Our attacks on the 14th, 15th and lGth in conjunction with Gouraud's French Fourth army met violent opposition, especially at the beginning, and although ground was often taken and retaken several times, our lines were steadily pushed forward. East of the Meuse. In the French Seventeenth corps the Sixty-fiftbrigade (Edward L. King) of the division Thirty-thir- d had made some progress, and the Twenty-nint- h division, despite the difficult terrain and severe casualties, had entered woods north of Mollevllle farm. The Fifth division, In the face of intense fire on its front and flanks, on the 14th reached the top of the slopes northeast of Uomagne and cleared the wood north of Cunel. Elements of the division pushed through to the northern edge of the Bois des Rappes, but were withdrawn. By dint of the superior determination of our troops, the enemy's lines Were broken at a vital point by the Fifth corps. Cote Dame Marie Taken. Unstinted praise must be given the Thirty-secon- d division, which, notwithstanding heavy losses, October 14 brilliantly captured Cote t. h for d thus flank that part of the hostile line on the Aisne, and (2) local operations to secure a suitable line of departure for the general attack. battle During the my personal quarters were on my train, whichonlay partially bidden In a spur near SouIJIy. the woods Meuse-Argonn- e TEETHING While there I spent a portion of each day at official healquartera giving directions regarding operations and deciding other Important questions. I usually occupied the rest of the day at the front fn close touch with corps and divisions. Although I had now relinquished the immediate command of the First army. Its activities and those of the Second army, carried makes HIM d d November 1. In accordance with my Instructions on October 16, two important; preliminary, operations were carried out during this period. (1) operations against tbe Bols dea Loges and Bols de Bourgogne to clear the woods east of the Aisne and north of the Aire and Cunel-Brieulle- CASTORIA the British army was very tired and the French more so. and the Americans not yet prepared to use their great force, but ho thought armistice conditions should make It Impossible for Germany to resume operations. The First army was a tried and seasoned force equal to the best on the western front at the time 1 turned It over to the immediate command of Major General Liggett. In order that the army might understand the value of Its recent achievements and realize the urgency of continued vigorous effort, I sent the following message to the new army commander October 17 CHAPTER LXII The pressure of the American to be transmitted as a telegram to army In the great corps and division commanders: offensive had profoundly Impressed "Now that Germany and the the enemy. October 3 Marshal central powers are losing, they Von llindenbnrg sent the following are begging for an armistice. letter to the German chancellor: Their request is an acknowl"Tbe High Command insists edgment of weakness and on its demand of September 'J!), clearly means that the allies for the Immediate forwarding are winning the war. That Is of an offer of peace to our enthe best of reasons for our emies . . . There Is now no pushing the war more vigorlonger any possible hope of at this moment. Gerously forcing peace upon the endesire Is only to gain many's emy. . . . The situation grows time to restore order among more desperate every day and her forces, but she must be may force the High Command no opportunity to recugiven to grave decisions. . . ." and we must strike perate The chancellor yielded, and Ocharder than ever. Our strong tober 5 telegraphed, through the blows are telling, and continSwiss government, to President ued pressure by us has comWilson : pelled the enemy to meet us, re"The German government our allies to gain on enabling quests the President of the other of the line. There parts In hand United States to take can be no conclusion of this acthe restoration of peace, war until Germany is brought quaint all belligerent states to her knees." with this request, and invite The enemy's most Important dethem to send plenipotentiaries fensive position on the Romagne for opening negotiations. It acheights was in our firm possession, cepts the program set forth by and his final defeat was only a the President in his message to question of time. He had fought In his 8, and congress January desperately to hold his ground, but later addresses, especially the had been compelled to give way a as 27, of September speech steadily before our effective blows. basis for peace negotiations. We could have gone forward with"With a view to avoiding furout special preparation and sucther bloodshed, the German ceeded In driving the enemy from government requests the Immethe field, but the situation led to diate conclusion of an armistice the conclusion that his defeat on land and water and In the could best be accomplished by one air. powerful stroke by a well organized (Signed) offensive. "Max, Prince Von Baden. The difficult and continuous of"Imperial Chancellor." from September 20 had been The President's reply was not sat- fensivetrying on our troops and had very to German the governisfactory loss of coheresulted in a ment and the exchange of notes sion. It was, certain deemed adcontinued until finally the Germans visable to taketherefore, a few days for the accepted the very frank statement replacement of tired troops, the re by the President conveyed In a newal of supplies, and the ImproveState department message October ment of communications 23, that "the nations of the world French Delay Attack. do not and cannot trust the word October 28 was tentatively desof those who have hitherto been the masters of German policy," and ignated for the beginning of the advance, the fourth that "the government of the United next general offenphase of the Meuse-Argonn- e sive, but the French army, which was to support our attack on the left, could not get ready in time, so the attack of both armies was fixed his In 2ndDrvfs!on and 71st Brigade (36thDivision)at Blanc Mont Oct.2-9.19- 18 xx Division Boundary (AJ)A '' ' V " A'c&r"vr 'jJmSQJIv' r2y Dame Marie, perhaps the most Important strong point of the line on the western front. The town of Uomagne and the eastern half of Bois de Uomagne were also taken by this division on that day, while on the following day Its line was advanced about a mile to the southern edge of the Bois de Bantheville. division fought The Forty-seconaggressively against the most obstinate defense, , forcing its way through the 'western half of Bois de Romagne, Its Eighty-fourt- h brigade (Douglas MacArtbur) scaling g d "7fy Itmtm d e manes" means to do when a person Is dead what would have pleased him when he was alive. The spirit or ghost of the dead was called his "manes" by the Romans, and It was supposed never to rest quietly In the grave as long as survivors left Its wishes unfulfilled. February 19 was the day when all the living sacrificed to the shades of dead relatives and friends. Buffalo Bill's Ancestry According to the biography ot Buffalo Bill, compiled by his sister, Mrs. Uelen Cody Wetmore, the family Is descended from Mileslus, a king of Spain, whose three sons founded the first dynasty in Ireland. The Cody family is descended through the son Heremon. Several members of the family emigrated to America in 17S7 and settled In Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Buffalo Bill was born in Scott county, Iowa. Sally Scz n Fifty-eight- - own and sllle.1 offensive continuing to produce favorable results. It became more and more evident that the lime soon must conic when we should have to consider terms and conditions under which hostilltlca mlulit cease. The discussion of armistice terms in a general way by the allies had in fact begun. In a conversation I had with Marshal Foeh October 13 he spoke of the notes exchanged between the Germans and President Wilson, and expressed some apprehension about how far the President might commit the allies. He said he hoped the President would not become Involved In a long correspondence and aJlow himself to he duped by the precipitous heights) of the Cote the Germans, and added that so far de Chatlllon and carrying Its line .Mr. Wilson had not consulted the on beyond that position. The des- allies. perate resistance on the left of the I replied that we need have no division. Bouth of St. George and fear on that score, as of course Mr. Landres-et-St- . however, Wilson would Georges, not act alone. In could not be overcome. this discussion I gained the Imprea-sloThe advance of the First corps Koch favored demanding was to a. large extent dependent the that surrender of the German upon that of the Fifth corps, the armies. left of which had been held up. At my request Col. Lloyd Grls-codivision on the The Eighty-seconcabled me the views of Iord right of the First corps, attacked Milner ami (ien. Sir Henry WilOctober 14 and pushed forward to son for the British. Brlelly. Lord Georges M liner said north of the St. Juln-St- . a midthat he road, but the next two days had dle position between occupied those demandonly slight success. The Seventy-seventsurrender and division forced a crossing ing unconditional w ho wanted peace Immediateof the Aire river October 14, and those He ly on the best terms captured St. Juvln. The following thought an armisticepossible. should be day It moved against Grandpre, on condition that Gerattempt occu- granted only and after an many lay down her heavy guns and pied the Island aouth of the town. give some naval guarantee such aa The ltlth the southern part of the possession of Heligoland. Grandpre was reached, but all atGeneral Wilson doubted whethtempts to take the northern part of the town were repulsed. The er it would he possible to Inflict a division was then relieved by the crushing victory before winter, as Nl)Srie s ia perl prohibited.) 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