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Show GERMANY PAYINS TERRIBLE PRICE Advancing Allied Forces Pass Great Piles of Dead and Many Wounded. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, July 21. (By the Associated Press ) Germany Ger-many has already paid a terrible price in the fighting that is going on bo- iwrnnn Cnlccnnp nn-l PViotoon Ttiinrrt' Tho advancing allied forces have passed great piles of dead and many wounded. Theso sufferers aro cared for expeditiously. Among tho prisoners captured were a German colonel and his sLiff, They had taken refuge In a quarry and refused re-fused to obey a summons to come out. After efforts to Induce them to surrender sur-render appeared to be wasted, hand grenades wero dropped down a chimney chim-ney leading into the quarry. Thoso unhurt, including the colonel, quickly emerged. In tho long lines of prisoners along tho roads thoro aro many expressing bewilderment. But here and there sonid of them smile when asked "Going to Paris?" Full Credit Given Foch. Until lato today thero was little effort ef-fort to bring pressure against other parts of the enemy line. Full credit Is given tho plan of General Foch, which already has netted magnificent results and which promises to convert tho ambitious plans of- the Germans into a fiasco. Tho number of prisoners is being increased. From theso, It is learned, tho demoralization of the German army is greater than suspected. Thoso takon by ono American unit alone represent re-present seven divisions. One lot of fifty-six captives contained men bo-longing bo-longing to five different divisions. ThiJ fact and the stories of the prisoners indlcato that the Germans havo much lost In organization. oo CAMP CODY, N. M., July 20. Soldiers Sol-diers in training here do not depend upon outside theatrical companies for their entertainment. Tho division ex change theater is the most popular place in camp for there tho entertainers entertain-ers of Camp Cody appear almost nightly. night-ly. A number of the men who took part in the Cody minstrels rcmain42 camp and, with the assistance of otn-ers otn-ers recruited from among tho selective selec-tive draft troops recently sent here, the soldiers aro given high class e tertainments. A typical program at tho division exchange theater includes an eccentric eccen-tric musical act during which tho musician mu-sician squeezes music from everything from a biscuit box to a row of pop bol- j ties, Scotch dialect songs by tho va- j P rious "Scotties" in camp, vocal solos, , jl instrumental numbers and concerts by i the regimental bands. The theater is ; under tho direction of tho division ad- I jutanL ',! 1 |