Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-07-16 | Page 1 | American Dies While Fighting on Polish Side

HI DIES ON POLISH s'lOE Y.M.C.A. Worker Shot Down; Yankee Aviator Fails to Return From Flight POLES GAIN AND LOSE ALONG EXTENDED FRONT Women Arm Selves and Gather Gath-er to Defend City Against Bolshevik Attacks i WARSAW, Julv 16. (by The Associated As-sociated Press, i One American haj been killed and another is missing In 1 the battle between the I'oles and Russian Rus-sian Bolshevik in the region of Sfflnsk, according to reports from tho front Alexander I czlwek, of "hi-cagp, "hi-cagp, an American Y M. C. A. worker work-er with the Polish army, was slfot and killed by a Bolshevik attired in a Polish uniform. while Captain Merlon Cooper, of Jacksonville, I", i , has been missing for four days since Starting an airplane reconnalssam . Captain Coop": R member of the Kosciusko squadron', was recently mentioned as tho successor of Major Cedrlc Fauntloroy as commander dl that famous body of aviators. Members Mem-bers of the squadron believe Captain Cooper is safe, ai his flights over the southern Rolish front have been ar-ov open country for tho most part, and he may hae been forced to land within the Polish lines No WORD h ROM RI I)s. SPA. Belgium, Julv 16. Rritish of-fplals of-fplals here denied this morning that an repl had been received from the Russian soviet government relative to the British proposal for an armistice between Russia and Roland CONTINUED SI C ESS. LONDON, July 6. Continued successes suc-cesses by the Bolshevlkl along the northern Rector of the Polish front is announced In Thursday's official statement from Moscow, received by wireless today. It says. "South of the river Villa i In the Vllna region) we defeated the resisting resist-ing enemy along the entire front. Qur advance is continuing energetlo&lly". (A special dispatch from Kovno received re-ceived In London Thursday night reported re-ported occupation of Vllna by the Bolshevlkl. This has not been officially offi-cially confirmed, but Warsaw advices loduy say the Poles have agre- d with the Lithuanians for oi eupatlon of Vllna by Lithuanian troops The signing of a peace treat J between Lithuania and soviet Russia was reported re-ported July 16.) "East of Molodechno (on the railway rail-way line between Minsk and Vllna we are successfully continuing our advance and driving hack the enemy " POLdES TAKE TOWN. WARSAW July 15 Tho Poles have reoccupied Dubno, in Volhynla, after hard fightlngtand the retreating bolshevlkl are being bombed by Polish Pol-ish airplanes, says an official' communication com-munication Issued toda. WOM1N FIGHTING. WARSAW, July 14 (by The Associated As-sociated Press.) Women soldiers have taken up position for the defense or Vllna The havf been assigned to an eight-mile tront. All the women are equipped with American boots and arc being fed partly by the American Y. W. C. A.I They are under tho command of Madame Goercz. who fought with Q ral Plluudskl against the Russians Rus-sians and who ulso operated last year with the women during the siege of Lemberg Commander Goercz is 26 j ears old. She has about 1,000 women unde,i hoi command. Many .ire strong Women of the factory type, who are eager ir excitement and 'adventm The woman commander is in' charge of all her own transport ps-i tern and rolling kitchens and all' lighting equipment except artillery Additional detachments "i women are being formed throughout Poland for defense of the republic As soon as ' heir numbers Justify it, Madame Goercz will be placed In command of' Poland's army of women.