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CROWDED PRISONS " BENG RELIEVED U. S. Institutions. Making Good Progress in Expanding ¥ Facilities, Survey Shows, The program for relieving congestion in Pederal penal institutions through expanding facilities -available for care of prisoners is making good progress, according to a survey at the Depart- ment of Justice. & ‘The status of each of the several prison and jail projects authorized by Congress to relieve the congestion and consequent hazard is shown by the de- partmental review. ‘The proposed Northeasternp peniten- tiary, to be erected near Lewisburg, Pa., with a limit of a total cost of the institution to $3,850,000, not including. the site, has been started by the exca- vation, conducted by _the contractors, for the foundation. This prison is ex- pected to house Federal prisoners from the States in the Northeastern parts of the United States. A portion of the War Department reservation at El Reno, Okln., has been transferred to the Department of Jus- tice for a site for the Southwestern| reformatory. A firm of architects has been selected to prepare preliminary plans. The initial appropriation for | this institution limits its cost to $3,000.- 000, It is expected that the plans will be ocompleted and construction com- menced during the present Summer. Hospital for Defectives. A hospital for defective delinquents has been located on a site donated by the Chamber of Commerce of Spring- fleld, Mo. Plans are now in process of | completing the legal details connected with the transfer of title. Architects have been selected to draft the pre- Uminary plans which are now being considered. It is hoped that the con- struction of this institution can be com- menced during the coming Summer. The appropriation limits the ultimate cost to $2,500,000. In 1925 Coingress authorized the con- struction of the United States Indus- trial Reformatory at Chillicothe. Ohio. The site was obta'ned by transfer from the War Department of the former mil- itary reservation known as Camp Sher- man. The construction of this plant has been in progress for the past year and a half. The program for the fiscal year 1931 contemplates an expenditure of approximately $700,000 and during mo%n fiscal year approximately $1,- Detention fails for the housing of Federal prisoners, witnesses and persons awaiting trial are bemng planned in four different, States. ‘The first of these jails has been lo- cated at El' Paso, Tex., with an esti- mated cost of $400,000. A site has been selected, architects have been engaged and bids will be requested as soon as centain titles in connection with the ition of the land are settled. It is expected that the construction of this institution will commence in April or May next. Mint Building Acquired. . ‘The department has acquired byl transfer from the Treasury the old mint | bullding at New Orleans, La., which is to be remodeled to accommodate short- term prisoners. The estimated cost of the remodeling is $80,000. The archi- tects have completed the plans. and specifications for this work. The con- tract will probably be let in the early The department has decided to con- struct 3 WI ujJ-ll in- t:a:r vieinity of number of Federal prisoners who are boarded in varigus institutions in e ‘institution will vestigations are presentatives of have been offered, 18" expected that a site will be acquired in the next 60_days. Negotiations are in progress for the of a building at Billings, “for m‘e.n -ll’;denl Jail. As soon title acquired plans will be drafted for remodeling the building, which is estimated will cost from $50,- 000 to $60,000. BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES ASK FOR $199,650,000 Drop of $2,850,0000 in 1931 Pigures Shown—Air Forces Gain $1,250,000. By the Assoclated Press LONDON, March 6.—Army estimates for 1931 were forwarded to the House of ons taday. They provide for a total expenditure of £39,930,000 (about :l”'mi?ggb = decrsm of £570,000 about $2,850,000) under the expendi- ures for last year. o The personnel ‘will include 148,800 | men, exclusive: of those serving India, ! ‘The number represents a decrease of | 100 under the figure of last year, Alr force estimates for 1931 fotal 218,100,000 (about $90.500.000), an in-{ crease of £250,000 (about $1,250,000) over last year's figure. SAFE DRESSES HELD WORKING GIRL NEED| Woman Predicts Engineers, Not Dressmakers, Will Design Shop Clothes of the Future. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 6-—Engineers in- stead of dressmakers may dictate the| working girl's styles in the not distant future. A prediction to this effect was mad?' before a safety conference by Miss| Rath I Stone of the Western Electic Co. She said the necessity of assuring & reasonable degree of safety for all types of working women would force safety engineers to design thelr clothes. “The present styles, which are) changed by dressmakers every year,”| she s “will soon give way to a con- servative standard of low-heeled shoes, short skirts and short hair” CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. | Golf party, benefit Edmonds-Maury | Parent-Teacher Association, 1318 F| street, 7 pm. | Meeting, Kit Carson Woman's Relief | Corps, 719 Seventh street northeast, 8 pm. Card party. ‘Royal Nelghbors of America, Northeast Masonic Temple, Eighth and P streets northeast, 8 p.m. Party, Cushing Camp, Pythian Tem- ple, 8 pm. Benefit card party, Plerce Hall, All{ Souls’ Church, afternoon and evening. Meeting, Enlisted Service League, Im- maculate Conception Hall, Eighth and N streets, 8 p.m. FUTURE. ‘Meeting, Mount Holyoke Alumnae As- sociation, 3406 Garfield street, tomor- row, 2:30 pm. z Luncheon, Washington Classical Club, | artillery, My Experie .|. BY GEN.JOHN J Americans Suffer 65,000 Casualties in Second Battle of Marne, but Not With Own Army. 300,000 MEN TAKE PART IN OFFENSIVE Advantage Is Pressed for Separate Command for U. S. Troops and Petain Agrees to Plan. CHAPTER LIV. MERICAN participation in _the second Marne offensive, which began July 18, 1918, and turned the tide of war in favor of the allies, was not limited to the operation of the 1st and 2d Divisions. While this bitter contest was being waged for the possession of the crucial point near Soissons the troops around the rim of the salient had been stead- ily driving ahead. The 4th Division (Cameron). less its fought at first with the French. The 7th Brigade was attached to the 2d Corps, French 6th Army; the 47th Infantry in reserve, and the ‘39th assigned to the French 33d Division. In the attack of July 18 this regi- ment cleaned up the wood in its front, captured Noroy and extended the line to the south. On the 19th the regi- | ment went forward about 2!, miles on a front 1,000 yards north of the Ourcg. It was relleved the morning of the 20th and went to the reserve. 1st Corps in Movement. The 8th Brigade was assigned to the French 164th Division, the 59th Regi- ment in reserve. In the attack of the 18th the 58th Regiment assisted in the capture of “Houtevesnes champs, took Chevillon and made fur- ther substantial gains. The 59th Regi- ment was put in the front line during the night of July 18-19, relieving the 58th, and on the 19th, advancing with the division, gained two miles. On the 20th, with two battalions of the 59th in line, the advance was “carried well to the east of Sommelans. The bri. gade was relieved from the front line July 21, Coincident with these advances on ing with the French 6th Army and composed of our 26th Division and the Prench 167th Division, also became a part of the movement. The 26th Di- vision occupied the line it had taken over from the 2d Division July 10. The plated a deep penetration south of Soissons by the French 10th Army, supported on the right by the French 6th Army, extending the attack as far south as Bouresches. The 52d Brigade, 26th Division, cap- tured the villages of Torcy and Bel. of the dominating Hill 193. Ele- ments of the brigade reached the rail- road, but severe flank fire drove them to the starting point. On the 19th the advance of the 26th was contingent upon the success of the French 167th Division, on its left, but that division failed to take its objec- tives, and the 26th did not attack. On the 20th the 167th was held up again, the left of the division to eavy flank fire and preventing more than a slight gain. Farther to right the' 26th” succeeded in taking Gonetrie . Farm and got a foothold on Hill 190. + Forced 1o Fall Back. . ‘When the attack began on the 21st. it was found that the Germans had with- drawn the night before. end the 26th moved forward with little or no opposi- tion until it reached the new Ge.man line at 1'Hermitage-Epieds-Mont St. Pere, east of the Soissons-Chateau Thierry highway. On the 22d it cap- tured Trugny and got a foothold in Epleds. but was forced by a strong Ger- man counter-attack to retire to Bretuil Wood. The 52d Brigade was also driven back to its starting point. The attack renewed on the 23d was successful, one regiment reaching the Epleds-Mont St. Pere road, but in the afternoon it was forced to retire. That night the 52d Brigade was replaced by the 56th Brigade, 28th Division. When the latter launched its attack the morn- ing of the 24th, it was found that the enemy had withdrawn, and he was not again encountered until the pursuers, including part of the 51st Brigade, 26th Division, reached Croix Rouge Farm. During its offensive action, beginning with the I8th, the 26th Division had progressed nearly 11 miles and had cap- tured 250 prisoners and four pleces of artillery. Since its occupation of the sector July 10 it had suffered about 5.000 casualties. The division was re- lieved, together with the 56th Brigade, 28th Division, by the 84th Brigade, 42d Division, which took over the sector on the 25th. The 84th Brigade, 42d Divi- sion, replaced two French divisions which were pinched out by the shorten- ing of the line. On the 27th the 42d Division occupied the entire front of the 1st Corps. about 2 miles in extent. The enemy's defeat in front of the 20th Corps (American 1st and 2d Di- yisions and 1st Moroccan Division) was the principal cause of the withdrawal from itlon to position, and his re- ummqu being skillfully conducted to save men and material from capture. " Capture Mont St. Pere. In the counter-offensive of July no operations were ordered for French or American troops east of Chateau Thierry, leaving them an opportunity to readjust their lines, On the 20th pa- trols from the 3d Division discovered that the Germans had withdrawn across the Marne the night before, and the division at oncé advanced its line to the river. The night of July 20 the Germans further withdrew to the line Charteves-Ridge, north of Mont St. Pere, connecting with their line of re- gistance in front of our 1st Corps. July 21 the 5th Brigade crossed the Marne in pursuit, capturing Mont St. Pere and driving machine guns out of Charteves. The 6th Brigade waited for the bridge to be completed at Mezy, and the morning of the 22d one regiment crossed the river and captured Jaul- gonne. The Germans were contesting every step, and while the 1st Battalion of this regiment reached Le Charmel, it was compelled to retire by successive positions to Jaulgonne. On the 26th, operations planned in co-operation with the Prench 39th and the American 42d, on its left, were only partially successful. The 42d captured the strongly held Croix Rouge Farm, but the French 39th Division could not advance. The leading battalions of the 5th Brigade entered Le Charmel, but, not being able to debouch from the town, they were withdrawn after dark. During the night the hard-pressed Ger. mans retired to the Ourcq, leaving ma- chine guns behind to delay our advance. July 27 the French 39th Division took up the pursuit, followed by the 55th ‘Brigade, 128th Division, which relieved the Prench 39th that night at Cour- mont. The 5th B advanced on the right to protect this movement and occupied a line running southeast from Courmont through Vil- lardelle, Dul the morning of the Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Prof. William Lee Corbin, speaker. Bingo party, mshington Council, No. 23, Ladies of versal Craftsmen gains northeast, pm. 28th the 5th Brigade captured Ron- cheres, and the 28th Division reached the Ourcq, but was unable to hold its north of the river. On the Division oecupt an beyond Roncheres, the ied an_ irreguiar line but neither that and Cour- | the 18th, the 1st Corps (Liggett), serv- | plan for the July 18 offensive contem- | leau, and one battalion reached the | base the | of his armies, but he fought desperately | o French battalions and were serving in . PERSHING, 1 i 3 ? Gommendet in Chief of -the Americ | ‘Tangled traffic leading up to the front. | | | | | AMERICAN DIVISIONS IN THE 'MARCH 6., 1931. rices'in the World War an Expeditionary Forces. REDUCTION OF THE MARNE SALIENT Oy woots meroned tot. e hows The loran s goners) el meoded 404 roling, (he Nyhest ports 1n the conire Gamards e 223t nang ome Soa/t abore e Aune 4pd he Marne L5 s o - unit nor the 28th Division, on its left, | as able to make material progress gainst the Bois des Grimp:ttes that | day. 42d Relieves 26th, The 3d Division was relieved by the | |32d on the 30th, and retired south of |the Marne. "It had taken a decisive part in stopping th: last German of- | fensive and had advanced 10 miles | through ~ difficult country _ stubbornly | defended by the enemy. It had suffered casualties to the number of about 6,000 officsrs and men. | The 42d Division, as we have seen. {had come from the French 4th | Army to the Marne Salient and had re- lieved. the 26th Division in the 1st Corps. In the adyance that followed it had galiantly captured Croix Roug: Farm on the 26th, and on th: follow- ing day had cleared the Forest de| Pere, captured Villers-sur-Fere and had | | reached ‘the Ourcq. July 28 the 42d | established a lins beyond the Ourcq, and on the 20th the 4th Division, in support of the 42d Division, captured Sergy, while the latter took Seringes- et-Nesles. ‘The enemy made a determined stand along the Ourcq River, and some of the | hardest fighting of the period oceurred at this time. August 3 the 4th Division | relieved the 42d. The 3d Corps| (Bullard), with the American 28th and 32d Divisicns, relieved the French 38th Corps on the right of our 1st Corps. Once established beyond the Ourcq, | our two corps advanced rapidly toward | the Vesle River, meeting with little, op- position. We had in all nine American divi- | slons, equal to 18 Prench divisions, en- | ;g-;cd in_this second Battle of the| | Marne, This force, together with the staff, pply, medical troops and avia- | tion, amounted to a total | | nearly 300,000 actively employed during | that perfod. We suffered 65,000 cas- | ualties. 55th Brigade Trapped. | July 20 I visited the commanders of {our units engaged and found all roads | west of the salient greatly congested. | No one who has not been an eye wit- ness to traffic conditions during the progress of & great modern battle can visualize the congestion that usually | exists immediately behind the lines. One {of the most difficult problems is to| | regulate circulation over the roads and | keep them from becoming seriously | blocked. This is especially the case at | night, when vehicles travel without lights and when frequent halts are apt |t occur through accidents of various sorts. Going from there t the 28th Division (Muir), farther to the east, I found that several companies of its 55th Brig- ade, through some misinterpretation of instructions, had been assigned to the front lines at the time of the tack cn the 15th. The French gave way | | before the German assault, but our | | companies, which had not 'been told | | that the French were retiring, gallantly | | held ‘their positions and as a result | found themselves surrounded and only fought their way to the rear under the greatest difficulties. This was another striking {llustration of the danger -of ‘ The Bank that Makes You { a Loan with a Smile The terms of Morris Plan Loans having our small units serve in allied divisions. | Going on to the headquarters of the | | American y as soon as the various | elements coul be assembled. In talking it over with Gen. Petain, 1st Corps, I reviewed the situation with as noted in my diary, I prop-s=d anew Gen. Liggett, and found his lines mak- ing satisfactory progress, We went from | there to the 26th Divisicn (Edwards), | which, with the French divisions com- | prising this corps, was vigorously at- | tacking the enemy, who was stubbornly fighting to cover his retirement. While traveling northward through the forest of Villers-Cotterets it was al- most impossible to make any headway over the badly cut-up road filled with columns moving in both directions. In the middle of the forest, at the main | cross-roads, I met Gen. Mangin, the army commander, trudging along on foot, followed by his automobile, which was working its way through the jam of troops, artillery, wagons, trucks and | ambulances, including some with wound- ‘ ed. Although we talked but a moment, it was long enough for him to speak in | high ise of the brilliant dash of the | | American divisions under his command. | In moving on towerd the front we soon | found ourselves at the command post | of the 1st Division, sheltered in an un- | ‘The derground quarry west of Couvres. chief of staff, Col. Campbell King, gave me a full account of the fighting and | explained the division’s position. Leav- | ing » message of congratulations for Summerall, who was still somewhere on the battlefield, we proceeded on our | jcurney, Officers Elated by Showing. | Arriving later at Talllefountaine, we | located Gen. Bullard, who, much to his | regret and my own, had not been able to organiz: his 3d Corps staff in time to take command of our 1st and 2d Divis- ions in this attack, but he was just as elated over their work as if he had com- manded them himself. En route from there to the 2d Division, which had Jjust been withdrawn from the line, we passed the Scottish 15th Division going toward the front to relieve our 1st. At the headquarters of the 2d we saw Gen. Harbord, who always wore his tin hat, and his chief of stafl, Gen. Preston Brown, both in fine spirits. They could hardly find words to_express their enthusiasm over the achievements of the division, and I was happy to congratulate them on its splendid conduct. I recall saying to Harbord that even though the 1st and 2d Divisions should never fire another shot, they had made them- serves and their commanders immortal. My diary notes the following: “Paris, Sunday, July 21, 1918. Baw Petain this morning. He said that all French commanders were enthusi- astic over American troops. Held con- ference with him about employment of other divisions and reached an agreement which we jointly presented to Foch this afternoon. “This being Belglan national holi- day, I telegraphed the greetings of the A. E. F. to his majesty, the King, com- anding the Belglan Army. “Chemical Warfare Service organi- zation officially approved.” With every new demonstration of the efficlency of Americans in battle the Prench became louder in their praise and it looked as though there would be no objection to the formation of an ade, 3d Division, | | | For each 360 or Jraction borrowed you agree to de- it $5 a month | an account, | due. Deposits be made may on @ weekly, semi- monthly or monthly basls as you prefer. MOR. [ are simple and practical and fair —it is not necessary to have had an account at this Bank to borrow. EasY to Pay ld":vai’ll;i‘:l"apfl:y or two after filing e e tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually B be given 10 12 months. IS PLAN BANK Supervision U. S. Treasury 8 H Street N: W. *Character and Earning Power Are the Basis of Credit™ that we should now take positive steps to g.lnn for a purely American sector, perhaps near Chsgteau Thierry, or at some other active part of the front, with & quiet zector of our own where we could send exhausted divisions from the battle line for rest and recupera- tion and where untrained divisions could go for preliminary line experi- ence, Moreover, it was very impor- tant that a sector be chosen at once in order to plan definitely the neces- | sary installations, To all this he agreed in_principle. I told him I expected to take com- mand of the American 1st Army when organized, and that, while retaining e tire independence as to plans and con- duct of operations, it seemed best in the beginning to blace our Army on the same footing as the French armies to secure their full co-operation. The practical effect of this would be that the French would handle many intricate questions concerning the civil population behind the lines, and would feel under obligations to provide French artillery, aviation, truck transportation and tanks, much of which we lacked, and which could be supplied and man: aged efficiently only by the most inti- mate co-ordinition between the French and ourselves. In the first appearance of an Ameri- can Army beside the allied armies it was clearly my place to take personal command, which I was now in position to do, as our problems of supply were soon be under efficient direction that would largely relieve me from the neces- sity of constant supervision. Further- more, it accorded with my own personal desire from the purely military point of view. Regarding the rest sector, we agreed that it could be on the southern side of the St. Mihiel salient for the present, both of us having in mind our previous plan to make this the active American front later. With the understanding that we should limit our conversation with Gen. Foch and not go into details about the future, we went to see him at | Bombon and laid the proposal before him. After some discussion and assur- ance from Gen. Petain, he agreed to think the matter over and let me know. Wde ek : Tomorrow: Allied commanders show new spirit, as they meet to plan great Fall offensive. n all countries by the (Copyright. 1031, spaper Alliance. World North American N rights reserved, fnclucing tbe Scandinavian. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited.) PAULINE STARKE SILENT ON SEPARATION RUMOR Actress Neither Denies Nor Affirms Report She and Jack White Will Part. | By the Associated Press. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif,, March 6.— Pauline Starke, stage and screen ac- tress, has declined to confirm or deny reports that she and her husband, Jack | White, film director and producer, were near the parting of the ways. The actress returned to her home vesterday from a sanitarium where she had been resting. “There is nothing for me to say now concerning the report that Jack and I are about to seek legal separation,” she said. “Perhaps there will be some- thing to say later.” Miss Starke married White in San Prancisco in 1927. White returned re- cently from New York, but his wife said she did not know where he was | staying. . The Great Pyramid of Egypt was erected more than 5,000 Jorms aso, and nothing more mechanjcally perfect has ever been built. 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RADERS CRITICZED FOR CHURGH VST Philadelphia Pastor Assails Action of Police After Liquor Tip. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 6.—Re- cent activities of police raiding squads iand Director of Public Safety Lemuel B. Schofield drew sharp criticism in City Council yesterday. The criticism was evoked by information that the raiders had visited St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church in Germantown to investigate an anonymous report liquor was being carried into the parish house. No liqucr was found in the church or parish house, but Capt. Reuben Rey- nolds, who led ‘the investigators, said an empty carton, which had contained 24 pint bottles, was found near a cellar window. The officer said he believed the carton had been used by a boot- legger, who utilized the church prem- ises as a place to hide liquor. The Rev. Dr. A. P. Van Meter, sec- Burt Announcing the lines of Shoes for levels in price. In the wanted Black or tan calf or grain. 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