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Show y THE SPANISH FORK PRESS, SPANISH FORK, UTAH UUESBIG VICTORY Along Ten-Mi- Front. le , BLOW TO GERMANS STUNNING nnl''d of the ultimate m She i ni!8mijly "'ar weapons, hut this sudde,, outpouring on Messlnes U IhrhL The Runs fur forward set up tt perfect curtain fire, under which till OSNnuU'ng tr,Hip8 to their allotted .trudged confidently goals. Further buck the deep-tl- , runted heavies begaa to pour out torrents of high explosive shells on the Germun trenches uud communications, while still other gum, enough to w In any ordinary buttle confined themselves solely to the tusk of deluging Germun guns and gunner In buths of gas fired la shells of every cancel vuble culiber. Xhe effect of this counter work was not appreciated untilbattery later m the day, when the sent Infuntry back word that their progress hud not been hampered by the enemy artillery and that their casualties umouuted to virtually nothing. Enemy Signals for Help. Great bluck observation bultoons hud stolen skywurd during the din of the newly begun buttle. In the wood hack of the wlududll spring birds, awakened by the deafening clamor, had begun to sing Joyoutiiy. Like so tunny children who have come Into the consciousness of being In the midst of the war, these birds regarded the appalling noise of the buttle as a normal condition of life, Ihe smoke of the giant mines exploded along the battle front meantime rose in great, curling plumes toward the sky and was punctuuted by red signals for help from the stricken Gormans In the front aud support lines, Never was the air filled with more frantic notices of danger. The entire horizon glowed with red balls of fire sent up by the nervous Germans. . More and more British airplanes bo gnn to make their appenrunce. One flew over tbe lines, the flushes of the guns being reflected brilliantly on It highly glazed wings. Under this appulllng fire trudged fore ward on the front General Ilumer's army. At many places the men found Germun troops utterly dazed by the mine explosion and the ordeal of the artillery fire. Break Before Vicloua Fire, Many of these troops had but recently come from Bussla, where they hud spent IS months and knew nothing of what actual warfare was like on the western front. They had bolted at the first mine explosion and had only been gathered together In groups by their noncommissioned officers when the British appeared out of the smoke and shells and made flicin prisoner. They said they had been given to understand by their officers that the British always killed their prisoners. It was really pitiful In some instunccs to see the manner. In which these prisoners cringed tc Their captors. ' As a matter of fact, the British soldier, when the fighting Is done. Is Inclined almost too strongly to treat the German prisoners as pals. Some of the prisoners taken today had only gone Into the Gernmn lines last night and had made their way forward under a galling fire and had lost heavily. But the troops already in the line were calling for relief In such a manner that their appeals could not be denied. Enemy Bewildered by Attack. In view of the fact that the attack hnd been expected the Germun commanders were endeavoring to get their best units actually Into the fighting front, but had underestimated when the British would strike. The troops In a strange line were utterly bewildered when the attack began and fell easy prey to the advancing British. The battle wns far more visible durthan moment ing the first uncertain burned sun when gradually the later Its way through the eastern banks of exclouds. By that time the smoke of from the the and vapors shells ploding blinding hnrruge, which hnd been pnrl of the artillery duty, obscured the more distant landscape to such an extent that the ronrlng guns could not he seen ut all, although the firing was almost at ones feet. The brilliantly leaping above shrapnel shells, breaking far mist a thick ground, appeared through brilliuat electric only ns brief and sparks. British Supreme In the Air. For a month past, but especially on this since June 1. the airplanes work at front have been Indefatlgaldy hour. flying possible during every down nearly M maThey had brought a means of blindns In six days chines the German ing the enemy. Lately to obtain valiantly endeavored have Brin-1,,-- .. their for airplane observations machines but their observing been able to direct more seldom bve shots before the Brittwo or one than had pounced upon ish ln Vnd ?..h cover to them driven the earth or hnd . speed. hreukncck at flew far Today the British plnne retreating enemys the over and long ones stid were only challenged by some very All through the day British Sanes ruled the nlr. They British artillery and actively with the the sucres of Infantry In maintainingIn modern warthis tirllllunt. episode fare. T..0ml Lines in Belgium Pierced Pnemys It has seemed that the battle i SMITH FAMILY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES caU-ulutlo- Scarcity of farm lulxr ti cunning worry ataimg the Weber county funnel's. A down town rfub-not- n for aoMIcni hus been provided by citizens of Suit 1 Demoralized by and Unprece-dente- d Mines of Artillery Flre-Br- itish Losses Reported Light K.lteri Troops a tremendous June 7,- -In at ,hrte w'c,Kk bes,in .mu "hl(h have British cnptured the morning this ridge, which Lmands the whole ot the German' and have smashed the line In Belgium, of which Wytsclmete snllent German London, the l German. ThP apparently though blow was coming and iffiire that the leerolngly prepared to meet it were tffree years their nearly flr)Ten from poor holil on Messiaen ridge, opposite In a sense was Ypre old" Tpre. Messlnes ridge has ovengwl todny, for boctTthe vantage point from which the of shells Germans have poured torrents also British The stricken city. Into the score against the ,ipod off an oh! for they held the ridge In Octo-tn- . 1014. sad with very thin forces, v "ally no artillery, fought bloodimil to hold It when the Prusshm vainly ly massed their modern and ian troop oTerjamering weapons of war against Ger-Bum- s, V It. -- prisoners taken declared that the bombardment of Vlmy ridge was child's play compared with the gunfire turned iiH.n Messlnes ridge. Record Work of Artillery. This fire reached Its rlltnux Just Mdnwn wns graying the eastern skies end while the full moon was still suspended high In the heavens. The attack was accompanied by all tbe art and deviltries of latter-da- y war. The enemy guns and gnn crews bad been bathed for days In gas shells e British aent over by the long-rang- pin. The night was filled with red InShells that spurted cendiary flames. lend In streams crashed In appalling numbers about the heads of the def- and carried out with such rapidity that the earth writhed under the force of the attack. M.nes that had taken two years to dig and fill with an overwhelming explosive broke Into an avalanche of faming destruction In the half light of dawn. This was Indeed an Ypres day of retaliation and victory for the vlrious sufferings of two years and ending soldiers. flinipnel fire was High-explosi- r eight months. Gunner Work Half Naked. It was a day of Intense heat, and gunners worked stripped to the The attack went forward with the waist clock-lik- e regularity. casualties were slight. four of the casualties to be walking cases, who to duty In a few days. The attack began at dawn, and the wetting was as picturesque as can well he imaginable. The day before had been hot and sultry. Toward evening there was-series of thunder storms which extended well Into tbe night, the lightning mingling with the flushes of the guns, hut the thunder being virtually unnoticed amid the din of the rnn-tmA full moon struggled continuously to break through the heavy clouds which scudded across the velvety night sky. Sing on Way to Fight On the way to the front were all the familiar pictures of the war endless trains of motor trucks; all varieties of horse transport, the British soldiers marching to battle light of heart od singing songs familiar In every American community. From the German line the same laiy, looping rocket signals were to illuminate the treacherous bit of ground between the trenches known ns No Mans Land. This nightly "strafilng had been going on so nR tlmt the enemy considered Jt entirely normal and took no alarm. blue and yellow rockets uld he flung Into the air by Gornmus holding the front, line Like Volcanoes In Eruption. Day was scarcely breaking when from the dimly visible ridge a score of llory volcanoes seemed suddenly to JPrtng from the earth. The night had eon filled with strunge noises and still granger sights, but these masses of Btne. leaping from the ground, hnd a aeaulng all their own. .They were the Poctneulur outward aud visible of niore than a million pounds f high explosives which hnd been uried deep In mines below the ene-- y The British Three out of were reported would return a positions for months. . the world appeared lurid "orrlhls under the sinister glow. wrth shook as If torn by a All , great and The sels-- c disturbance. It was sot a single 'e orce of tbe explosion . dually set the earth rocking to snd and under the Influence of the fant un. which Immediately began roar from far and near, the trem-- n continued Indefinitely. BrITISH premier hears guns when Tnrpifle battle opens Detonations Carried Through Air for a Distance of More Than. 140 Mile. Damian, June, 7. The tremendous British at-- i. bend wero beard George, the British "wr, wlm was staying for the night Idcuro, Wulton Heath, 110 Ppn! the tiHk 0,1 "V1'"1 . Wytsclmete 4 1 vid Lloyd .1, av, y, ten-mil- A Gunnison auxiliary to the Salt Lake Bed Cross wus organized last week.. n,on(liis detonation,, omoliil sons at the premlerc d In London, who suppo-e- unU tbe sounds or heavy gdiis cum they whence learned they J 11 lutar i . ry The Smith family Is again heavily represented In the major leagues as the 1917 pennnnt races get under way. The Smiths lend the representation of all other family trees In the majors, a distinction which for many years was held by the Joneses. George Smith, who first won fume at Columbia, Is one of the new players to be added to the Glunts. Over In Brooklyn one finds another pitching Smith, this being Sherrod, who pitched such sensational bull In tbe worlds series last October. On the same team Is Jimmy Smyth, but the difference In spelling and pronunciation keeps him out of this family reunion. Juck Smith and Fred Smith take orders from Manager Miller Huggins of the Cardinals, and J. Carlyle Smith still operates at third buse for the Boston Breves. In the American league two more members are found. Elmer Smith Is one of the regular outfielders at Washington and Popboy Smith la a pitcher at Cleveland. The Brown family once was very prominent, but now It Is about extinct In major league circles. VTKECHNIE IS GOOD NATURED ASSISTS PEOPLE TO FORGET Does Not Mind When Beaten Out of In Times of Gloom and Depression Job by Some Likely Youngster-M- ust Populace Crave Diversion to Take Chances. Break Monotony. Bill McKechnie has been on many big league teams and Is still on one, if the Cincinnati Beds can be considered that And because Bill has been beaten out by so many youngsters for jobs and about It yet has remained we do think he's a pretty good fellow, He !g also somewhat of a philosopher. In this game," Bill firm re you have to take your chances. Ive been pushed off two or three ball clubs good-nature- d tt-o- ut, Someone has opened a discussion as to what effect actual war would have upon baseball Interest In the U. S. A anys New York Tribune. The nfllrmatlve and the negative here each have good arguments. War news and war Interest would, of course, far any sporting news or sporting Interest, snd In that wny have a depressing effect. On the other side of the hill, the populace In times of gloom and depression ulwuys has seemed to crave some diversion to breuk the monotony of constant anxiety. As proof of this last statement, Toronto and Montreal last season In the International league had very good season despite the fact that Canada has been head high Into this war since the start. Sport In time of war Is nothing like as Important a matter as it Is In time of peace. , But It still has Its uses os a diversion as a section of the program that Is cast in lighter vein. For thut reason sport will not be shelved by any means. No nation, even In wur times, Is going Into sackcloth and ashes unless It is being crushed or pressed to the limit. Those not actually engaged will stick to old habits of diversion, Just as one In time of trouble craves tobacco more than at auy other period of his life. out-shudo-w DUBUC WILL BE BIG WINNER , 3?J ssP' Tbe surface men of three of th largest mines lu Park City, whom ruck lune 1, returned to work Monday, and a complete shutdown of the threo plant ha been averted Samuel Broeklmnk, who had the distinction of being the first white insls child horn In Spanish Fork, died nt his home June 7 after a lingering Illness from n complication of dlsraae. In addition to subscribing for Liberty bond, the Masonic organizations of Ogden have voted lo coutrlbuta ?SO a month in uiding the fundlles of Ogden men who ore culled lo servo, ' during the war. la many Salt Lake pulpits on Sunday references were made to tho urgent necessity of recruiting the National Guard of Utuh to Its full quota, nml appeals, were made for the 402 men required in tbe city. " Commissioner Wulter M. Boy den of - xr v(l the state dairy and food department V? W .,v vs ' Mifi A X j. lias sent out blank printed form to county agents lu preparation for tin 7 L' , fond survey of Utah which Ids depart- incut Is to conduct during the week. Four new supervisors of toys anil Macadam Treated With Oil. girls club work In Utah wore apthe road Is hard, smooth, dustless, and pointed during the month of May. acwithout any ruts or pockets, according cording to a report Just completed by Prof, J. C. Ilogcnson of tbe extension to Professor Gearhart. division of the Utah Agricultural coH , 'Where there is a pocket In the road, . j wuter ulll gather after every storm. Uge. As the outcome of a struggle over Oil works better on sandy soils than on clay or heavy loams. Loam soil jsissessloii of a revolver, V. I Jones, may be helped by sprinkling a light aged lid, a sheepherder. Is In u Salt coating of sand over the oiled surface. Lake hospital in u serious condition, After the first yenr It Is better to ap- ami Tilly Jones, aged 40, a rooming-hous- e d to of a ply from keeper Is under arrest, charged gallon of oil to each square yard of v ith the shooting. surface In the spring and the ,Rnme Young men of the Mormon eliurrl amount again In the full. vvere urged to show preference for the For laying the dust on city streets, initloimf guard of Utah In stiecilug oiling may be ns economical and more their service for the world war. lu u. satisfactory than water, particularly powerful address which was delivered If the soil is sandy. When city streets Sunday at Salt Luke by President are oiled it Is best to cover the cross Joseph F. Smith. dirt so that they walks w 1th dust child of Mr. and Mrs. The 2 year-ol- d will not be coved with oil. When George Smith of Tmnde wus drowned the oiling process Is finished the dust In the stream that rim through or dirt may be swept away. Surface Smith's hack lot. The Uttte tot was oiled streets are not satisfactory If the Irying to pull Ids coaster wagon loose soil Is clay or loam, for the oily dust from a crack lu tbe bridge and lie- blows about and Is curried Into build. came overbalanced. ings and upon walks. The Delta Commercial club and the Ieltu Beet Sugar company have Issued MOISTURE FOR ROAD MAKING a call asking for liicu to work in the beet held which tlie new im'tn facThere Is Certain Water Content at tory lm planted, ns there are more I Which Soli Packs Hard Remove neres of sugar beers near lima 10. All Grass and Weeds. Delta tlmt need cultivating. ' After having obtained u reputation Rond mnklug Is largely a matter of for regularity by maturing early In the moisture control. When soil contains month of June, the fanouts early June too much water It becomes mud, and peas of Welter and udjaeeut counties betoo when It has little molsture.lt ure In' danger of losing their good comes dust. But there Is a certain name for crop conditions Indimolstore content at which soli packs cate that presentmust be railed urly they hard. And this Is Just about the tlds peus year. July amount of moisture that a soil will Women of Salt Jaik' gave further hold readily. This usually cun be hi maintained In a road that hus good evidence of their desire to do their In when food the supply conserving I so the well crowned dralnnge, that water will run off when It rains and announcement wns made last week id Wothat Is free from grass and weeds. that the Salt laike Federation deu.ou-stratloiis lias for clubs men's provided These If allowed .to grow, will soon of drying lititl by exis-r- t draw the moisture out of the soil and canning of fruits ami vegetable. so remove the binding material. Thomas llcdtnond, secretary of ilia state llvestm k eommlsshm, wants men CONVICTS ON PUBLIC WORKS to bunt ami kill coyotes aud t tuilier wolves and says that tl.ey will lc puld Proportion on Road Improvement In- ft mu $7. to $00 a month each for I tie creased From 1.3 Nearly to 13 work, which Is to 1) done under the Per Cent Sines 1885. Joint direction of the livestock counnla-lo- n aud the United Stats biological The proportion of convicts employed survey. on public works Instead of on lease or It Is reHirted In Salt that contract hus Increased since 1SS3 from will ha practically no wdnona or there 33 to 80 per cent and the proportion vaon road work alone from 1A to nearly barrooms In the business district of ilia cated advent uisiii prohibition. 13 per ceut, according to a report by tbe federal public roads office based August 1. Every saloon In the cent ml on a survey of many prisons. State zone will be Immediately reopened, rather than county supervision of con- either by the saloonkeepers themselves vict labor on roads Is recommended. or by oilier tenants, In some other lino of business. Converted. German prisoners of war to tho Easily ft Is not at all difficult to convert number of 32 L Including officer and the owner of a new automobile to tbe men of the Genuau raider Onnoian, good-road- s theory, If he Is caught at blown tip by the kaiser's older nt the moment when he Is trying to Guam ut the time of declaration if a worm his way through a fresh sod slat of wur by the United Wales, Improvement, two miles and a half have been Interned at Fort Douglas. long and running from fence to fence. it lias been announced that IJtlle ion Nntlonal park, lu Washington Ooethals. New Position for enmity, the extreme southwestern corMajor General Goethnls has accept- ner of Ihe state, will he Juno ed th newly created post of state en- 20. new state roud Jins Imeu The 1 gineer of New Jersey. New Jersey from Lund, ou , the Malt nbout to expend 31,500,000 on a uew completed laike Route, to Util' Zion, u highway system. of.ini mile. s ' vi - 1 one-thir- one-quurt- jr M m Ed Spencer, Tiger Backstop, Predicts Jeans Slow Ball Will Puzzle Pacific Coastera. Ed Spencer, who Has hnd plenty of experience In the minor lengues and especially In the Pacific Const circuit, says Jenn Dubuc will be a big winner for the Salt Lake club this season, Dubuc'a slow ball will fool those Pacific Coast leaguers, declares the The air Is so rare In Tiger backstop. Salt Lake City that It Is almost liupos- ' Bill McKechnie. who looked betby fast young fellows ter at the time than I did, and I have off ball clubs pushed some other folks because I was lucky enough to show And I was apparently better form. hook, nor the I got never sore when 1 were the other fellows sore when can kid pluyer If out. any bent them chase me to the bench, hes welcome, he and Ill root for him every time News. comes to bat"-Spor- tlng MACK WANTS GOOD PITCHING Will Mako Consistent Work on Mound Athletics Greeter Factor In Race for Pennant sntl-nrrrR- ft the attack hnd been The mXurlng and when the prepar- long exact hour acquainted with the Accordingly, on It. tended to open Mr IJoyd retiring lust nightrailed at three, bo to orders gnve men. cr cd The premier and other M re his household clearly r lld u lo - Janies Maxwell and Kddlo Madison, trustee at the state prison, mad tbelr eseupe Sunday night. The amount of coal' on hand In city WHERE OILED HIGHWAYS PAY yard in Sait Tsiko Is sold to Ins 10IK) with JO.OOO tons or Better on Sand Than on Clay or Loam tons, as compared one more ago. yenr Somettmea More Soils Oil It Is believed hog cholera lin broken "ban Water. out In Millard county, a number of Oiled earth roads should not be re- MMspeeted case having been quaranwatched. garded as a permanent Improvement tined and being & G. train near ArB. n Struck by but are much better than common earth roads. In the opinion of W. X. thur, Gluseppl Cnpnrlccl, an Itnllun tailor of Garfield, tiled ut the emerGenrhnrt, professor of highway engigency hospital at the Magna mill. neering. 1lHtis for the organization of u eouG "Oiled roads do not require so much company of tlio luuduesa as roads," earth producing dragging ordinary said Professor Genrhnrt. "They shed men of Salt laike vvere made ut it water better and do rot become so nu'etlng. of coal consumer of Salt last week. dusty. Although oiled roads are not so satisfactory as gravel roads, they Member of the foreign horn iwqm-latlo- ii of the mining camp of Utah may be a help lu developing good roads sentiment. and especially lu Carbon county bsvo The best results from oiling are to resHiniled nobly lu tbe purchase of be obtained by applying tbe oil when Liberty loan bonds. cr-h- g . . Give us good pitching not the best, work on the bat Just good, consistent to out have mound and theyll Mack sized Thnt the way Connie Athletics. up his rejuvenated Weve readied the point where wj We have a are likely to do anything. It is peculiar. dub that said of men who can do many things, l differthem of Everyone Mack. yet, ent. Theyro not recognized slnrg can run the and they buttheycanl.lt are finding out hoses, and the pitchers make runs and TbeyU to how pitch. kind of pitching. theyll hit most any work on the All I need Is good, steady Jean Dubuc. slide to get a curve on the bull. The pitchers simply buzz them through, trusting to throw them by the batters. Dubuc will be a different hurler. A slow bull, such ns his, Is unknowu on the const and It will font pnst the bnl-te- r. He will do a lot of hitting, too. I 01Muck"snld he was depending a great wouldnt he surprised to see him but Mejeis, Bush, of work the deal on above the .300 murk. Johnon and JCoye. oM-ue- . |