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'NOTE TELLS STORY OF LOST BATTALION Lefter From Whittlesey to Adjutant Reveals Plight of Stranded Unit. - NEW YORK, March 42 (N.ANA)~— n intimate account of the Pocketed t Battalion,” written by its com- mander, Maj. Charles W.-Whittlesey, to his adjutant, Lieuf. Arthur McKeogh, Wwas made public today for its on the story of the battalion as tol by Gen. Pershing in recent install- ments of his memoirs. The accouny is"included in' a letter sent by Maj. ‘Whittlesey from Pittsfield, ., o0 November 20, 1918, to Lieut. McKeogh. “Let me try & dab,” the letter runs, “at the events after you left, say-Sep- tember 29. We got. grub Septembet 30, drew equipment, etc., and went for- ward October 1. Company was held up at Mort Homme and we couldn't get through. So on Cctober 2 we left D and F Companies on the left (west) side of the ravine as a retaining force, the rest of us attacked on the east side of the ravine (C and B i advance, .E, G and H in support, ‘A’ not function~ ing as & company), ' ©One Officer Left. “Then: we' got stuck, etc, C%. Mc- Murtry was, commanding the Bat- talion, Hé' was magnificent—the life of the fi’ty, And Lieut. H WaS " . A C ‘was _ disorganized, as . there was no-officer left; B was commanded was a great blo wl Knight stayed Ou” e "CreAteof M Thvine. And- was twite woun but Sofeevercly. We heard 3 him when we came out. its Peabody and, Moon the 4 Q. “Baitalion' were 7 time with' us, and Faul 3 e onty ofcer 1otk only officer lel in the 18t Imflm when we came out October 8. ‘We got-20 new officers that day as replacements for the bat- talion, ¥ e “Manson and sfuck weH. He was wounded and went to the hospital ;fi We came- out; but. I iy very of him. He more or less adopted Mr. McKeogh is now gn]ax: in the Bervice an managing editor of Good Housekeeping, a periodi- 3%1 Ma], Whittlesey died in November, Author Visits Pershing. In the April jssue of Good Heusekeep. Ing Mary Roberts Rinehart tellsiof a meeting with- Gen. Pershing n France in November, 1918, and a yisit '? the place where Maj. Whittlesey's Battalion was “lost.’” “At last We were there,” ‘dhie writes the meeting with Gen. 0 I was straij ing: my b . mz;ken }i‘nm G°n. Persh- 's prival ice. He was standing m'.hm smiling’ and holding Jout’ ‘both h here, after all’ - 1 g war bAve brought for a sane pro- “for W through on, over- i n reduced by o 443, and out 1t was found that did not understand how. ts of their rifies, ‘others ‘thrown uvle btc':flm r‘“‘d most ‘earried only the original 10 ammunition issued {’hfln in by that time oxidized larger appropriations camps and an in- Army. (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) AFRICAN M. E. BISHOP DIES IN CHICAGO AT 62 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 24.—Bishop Archi- bald J. Carey of the African Metho- Bllings Memorial Hospiel or neart [05] of heart mfiuh }-ée was 62. ” op Carey was born August 25, 1868, in Atlanta, the son of l‘;flnh- tion slave. He was educated at Atlanta University, the Chcago Theological Seminary and the University of Chi- cago. In 1895 he headed Edward Wal- ters College, Jacksonville, Fla. He was & member of the city civil seryice com- mission and indicted on charges of ac- cepting bribes in 1929. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Zeta Chapter. Bela Gamma Sorority, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. Luncheon, Heating and Piping Con- , Hamiiton Hotel his | t0_the - intes My Experiences in the World War BY GEN. JOHN 7, PERSHING, Commander in Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces. Germany Makes First Overture for Peace to U. S. Through Agency of Swiss Government. FOCH FEARS WILSON MAY GIVE TOO MUCH AL E. F. Prepares to Wage Vigorous Offensive in Spite of Foe’s Efforts to End Hostilities. CHAPTER LXXIIL HE pressure of the American Army in the great Meuse- Argonne offensive had pro- foundly impressed the encmy. October 3 Marshal van Hin- denburg sent the following letter to the German chancellor: “The High Command insists on its demand of September 29, for the im- mediate forwarding of an offcer of peace to our enemies . . . There i5 now no longer any possible hope of forcing peace on the enemy . . . The situation grows more desperate every day and may force the High Command to grave decisions . . ." The chiancellor yielded, and October 5 telegraphed, through the Swiss gov- ernnient, to_President. Wilson: “The .German -government requests | the President of ‘the United States to take in hand the yestoration of peace, acquaint all belligerent states with this request, ‘and invite them ‘to send pleni- tentiaries for ‘opening negotiations. F:mma the program set forth by the President in his message to Congress /January 8 and in his Jater addresses, especially the speech of September 27, | as a basis for peace negotiations. With | & view to avoiding - further bloodshed, | the German government requests the | immediate conclusion of an armistice on land and water and in the air. , “(Sdg.)MAX, Prince von Baden, Imperial Chencellor.” Reply Not Satistactory. The President’s reply. was not satis- | factory to the Germap government and | the exchange of notes continued during the month, until finally the Germans accepted the very frank statement by the President, conveyed in a State De- partment message October 3, that “the nations of the world do not andjeannot trust the word of those whp have hitherto been the masters of German | policy,” and that “the Government of | the United States cannot deal with any but veritable representatives of the German people, who have been assured of a genuine constitutional standing as the real rulers of Germany. 2 “If it must deal with the military masters and the monarchial autocrats of Germany now, or if it is likely to have to deal with them later in regard rnational itions of German Empire, it must demand, not peace negotiations, but surrender.” Meanwhile, “with thess peace negoti- ations in: pmg:‘fl and with our own and allied ‘offensives continuing to pro- duce favorable rgsults, 1t hecame more and more- € t the time soon must come when. ‘have to consider terms and ‘under which ‘hostilities it, cease. “‘The discussion of armistice ferms in & general way by the allies hiad it fact, 3 I bad with Mar- he lgeoke of the said he hoped the President would not become involved ‘i & Jong correspond- | ence and allow ‘himself to be duped byi end that so far ‘had ‘not consulted the al- eplied that: h:‘uecd h.n'(e no fear | that score, -4, of eourse, Mr. Wilson | o -d..“‘aonp. In this :{.cus- gained ‘the- jmpression that Foch | the surrender of ! British Views of Armistice. / At my t, Col. Lloyd Griscom cabled’ b the views of Lord Milner and Gen, Sir Henry Wilson, for the British. Briefly, Lord Milner said that | he occupied a middle position between those dem: unconditional sur- render and those who wanted peac immediately on the best terms possibie. | He thought an armistice should be | granted only on condition that Ger- many lay down her heavy guns and give some naval guarantee such as the possession of Helgoland. Gen, Wilson_-doubted whether it would be possible to inflict a crush- ing victory before Winter, as the Brit- | ish army was very tired and the French | more 50, and the Americans not vet prepared to use thelr great force, but he thought armistice conditions should make it impossible for Germany to re- sume operations. Gen. Wilson regretted President Wil- | son’s suggestion of German evacuation | of allied territory, because he would perfer to fight the Germans where they were than on their own frontiers with a mueh shortened line. He said | the Germans should be required to| abandon their heavy guns and retire | to the east bank of the Rhine, and in | addition to the surrender of Helgo- land should also give up some war- ships and submarines. This British leader volced the ex- treme army viewpoint, but the more conservative element in government cir- cles advised against pushing Germany too far for fear of having no gov- ernment_there strong_enough to make peace. They feared widespread revolu- tions in Germany might unsettle al- | lied countries and imperil constitu- | tional monarchies. These hints gave the general attitude of the British as it was expressed later, when time came to dictate terms. the | 8¢ P Attackof First. e Jump of f line e fli”’ Boundary e XX K e S ammmnens FroNY i€ reached byOct 71918 = = =Front line reached by Oct 14,918 Arrows indicate direction and weight of ipal attacks i numerals indicate Divisions lcll:,Carps sive from September 26 had been very trying on our troops and had resulted | following day, when the operations of t It was, | the British on the right forced the| in a certain loss of cohesion. therefore, deemed advisable to take ® few days for the replacement of tired troops, the renewal of supplies, and the improvement of communications. French Delay Attack, October 28 was tentatively desig- nated for the beginning of the next general advance, the fourth phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, but -the French 4th army, which was to sup- port our attack on the left, could not get ready in time, so the attack of th armies was fixed for November 1. In accordance with my instructions of October 16, two important prelimi- nary operations were carried out during this perfod—(1) operations against the Bois des Loges and Bois de Bourgogne to cleer the woods east of the Aisne and north of the Aire and thus flank that part of the hostile lne on the Alsne, and (2) local operations to se- cure a suitable line of departure for| the general attack. . The 1st Corps (Dickman). in. con jinction with the Prench 4th Army wes directed to clear the Bois des Loges and the southern part of the Bois de Bourgogne. An advance in this vicinity would flank the enemy on the Alsne in front of the French and also turn his defenses. east of the Bols des Loges which were holding up the lst Corps. The enemy; realizing the im- portance of this position, employed his best troops to defend if. The fighting on vhe 78th Division (McRae)_front, for & period of 10 days, was very severe, especially near the Bois des Loges and Grandpre. Fre- quent counter-a‘tacks, counled with flanking machine-gun and artillery fire, forced our troops back in -several in< stances. However, the 1st Corps Oc- tober 25 succeeded in gaining a footing. on the high ground west of Grandpre, and by October 27 had driven the enemy from that town. The Bois des Loges remained in the enemy’s hands. Intense Local Battle, This maneuver carried the right of the French 4th Army forward and a line was thus secured on the left of the army especially advantageous for the general attack. These engagements had & material effect on the final ph as they drew some of the enemy’s strength to the 1st Corps front and away from the center, where our main drive was to be made. Farther to the right, where we had pierced the Hindenburg line on the Cunel and Romagne heights, it was de- sirable to_force the enemy from the Bois des Rappes, Bois Clairs Chenes and the high ground to the east, and to secure the northern edge of the Bois de Bantheville. These preliminary oper. ations were successfully carried out by the 3rd and 5th Corps. Some very intense local battles took place during this period. The 3rd Division (on October 18 Brig- Gen. Preston Brown and Maj. Gen. Hanson E Elv took commasd of the 3d and 5th Divisions, respectively) of the 3rd Corps captured, lost in a coun- ter-attack and recaptured Bots Clairs Chenes October 20, and on the 22nd cleared the Bois de Foret. The 5th Di- vision was unsuccessful in its attacks of October 18, 19 and 20 against the Bols des Rappes, but October 21 took the wood and heid it. Although the terrain was difficult and the resistance most determined, the 32d Division (Haan) of the 5th Corps by night of October 18 had reached the middle of the Bois de Bentheville. Here | it_was relieved by the 29th Division | | vented further advance until late the! enemy to evacuate the town. Continu- |ing October 19, the division captured | Mazinghien and was then relieved. The 27th Division had several hard fights along the railroad southeast of St. Souplet, at Bandival Parm and at the hamlet of Arbre Guernon, all of | #hich were taken October 17. By Octo- ber 19, the division occupled a posi tin east of the Mazinghien-Basuel road, where it was relieved October 21. Haig Praises Americans. Marshal Halg sent the following mes- | sage to Gen. Read regarding the opera- tions of the 2d Corps: | “I wish to express to you personally |and to all the officers and men serv- |ing under you my warm appreciation | of ‘the very. valuable and gallant serv- |ices rendered by you throughout the recent operations with the 4th Brit- ish Army. Called upon to attack posi- tions of great strength, held by a de- termined enemy, all ranks of the 27th nd 30th American Divisions under your command displayed an energy, | courage and deterraination in attack which proved irresistible. It does not need me to tell you that in the heavy fighting of the past three weeks you | have earned the lasting esteem and ad- | miration of your British comrades in arms, whose success you so nobly shared.” ‘The main objective of our initial attack September 26 had now been reached. Falling to capture it in our first attempt we had deliberately, syste matically, and doggedly stuck ‘to the task in the face of many difficulties and discouragements. The persistent determination and | vigorous effort with which the army | forced its way forward to the goal is the outstanding glory of our service in Prance. Our ranks had become still further | depleted by this severs fighting and we now had to use as re ents personnel of two more recently arrived divisions, although even this did not | il our vacancies. Needed Balloons. We were also in need of balloons and and their personnel, none having ar- rived from home since July. Although 52 companies had been requested for August and September there seemed to be no hope of receiving them within a reasonable time. A shortage of balloons always existed in our forces, ‘and, as usual, we sponged on the French. But at this time the Prench did not have much more than half the num- bers they needed themselves, and our demands were creating a serious situa- fon in their army. The loss of obser- ation balloons was very great during the continuous fighting of this great battle. \ | ""Baloons were especially good targets for planes. Many of our aviators | came expert at destroying those of the enemy. They would wait until about | dusk,” then, approaching from a great height, would swoop down and often surprise several in one flight, Tomorrow: Military leaders meet at | Senlis to -discuss terms of armistice. ght, 1931, in ail countries by the American’ Newspaper - Aliance. World rights reserved, including the Scan- dinavian. - Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited.) (CoByri North |NORTH CAPITOL CITIZENS |PLAN ANNUAL CARD PARTY the | church is experlencing a decline in CHURGH 1S CLAIMED NOT IN DEPRESSION Coming Generation Defended | by Presbyterian as One of Finest. “The“church is not in & period of | depression, nor is it in its twilight,” Dr. | Hugh Thompson Keer, Pittsburgh, | Presbyterian moderator, said last night in an address in which he defended the youth of the present day against the: attacks of loose morality commonly | heaped upon it. | The address was a feature of the annual reception, tendered at Gunton | Temple Memorial Church, under the| direction of the Presbyterian Alliance, | of Which Dr. John C. Palm:r, minister | of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church, is president, Generation Is Praised, Despite the gloomy outlook of their elders, Dr. Keer sald, the coming gen- ration is one of the finest the world | has ever known. "His sermon was de- livered to & congregation composed of members of all Presbyterian churches in the city which filled the church to gapacity. It was followed by a soclal our. “The person who b:-lieves in the gloomy statements * * *’ Dr. Kerr sald refrring to those who think the power, “has no comprehension whai ever of what a Christian Church is, nor of its m<thods of operation.” Wealth ¥s Pointed Out. He pointed to the vast wealth com- manded by the Christian faiths to show their likelihood of continuance in power. “Anyone who thinks that the Christian Church is slij g from power simply hasn’t before him these simple statis- tics,” he sald. “The church today, and this genera- tion, need to place more emphasis on personal religion,” he asserted. ‘“There is not sufficient distinction between the church and the world. God works through man, not through men, and in every new era civilization is lifted to a higher level through a single per- sonality. ——e “Preliminary Inquiry,” a play in which Dr. Max Alsberg, well known in Germany as counsel for the defense in many famous eriminal cases, discloses the methods in preliminary inquiries, was produced in Berlin recently with success. Pointing the Way to Rent Economy | Ellot and Col. Grant. BIDS SET FOR TREE | PLANTING IN MALL Olmsted’s Plan Calls for Moving 45 Saplings to New Agriculture Building. Bids to be opened tomorrow at the Treasury Department will be the first step to improve the Mall to the west- ward and to place trees and shrubbery in front of the new Department of Agricuiture Building. Frederick Law Olmstead, landscape architect and a member of the Natienal Capital Park and Planning Commission, has evolved the design for the planting. The bids will call for the transplanti of some 45 trees and shrubs from the vicinity of Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, near Constitution avenue, to the Department of Agriculture Building plot. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- ning for the commission, explained the improvement of the Mall will be accom- | plished in three steps—(1) removal of the trees, (2) use of the excavated earth from the bulldings in the triangle, to raise the level of the Mall between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets at the north side, and (3) construction of highways. Two Purposes Listed. Replanting of the trees and shrubs, Mr. Eliot said, will accomplish two pur- poses—improve the effect in front of the building and get the trees out of the way for the Mall drive. The fill from the excavations for the new Departments of Labor, Justice and Post Office will be utilized to bring this portion of the Mall up to the required grade. It 1s understood the Treasury Department will require excavated earth from these new structures to be placed on the Mall. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and.public parks, will have $100,000 available on July 1 for the construction of roads in the Mall, These will be built on the completed fill. Under plans of the commission, four broad highways will run the length of the Mall. To Move Ghinko Trees. Some of the famous ghinko trees will be replanted. A screen of existing trees along Twelfth and Fourteenth streets will be left in place, Mr. Eliot said, while the fill is being done, in order to preserve the appearance of the Mall in that sec- tion near the greenhouses. Officials pointed out that the ap- proachse to the new Department of Ag- riculture Building have not been com- pleted and cannot be so considered until the planting. They added that money would be saved by using the Mall trees in front of the building. These fine trees, which would otherwise be killed by the fill, officials said, should be used in the beautification program. Secretary Hyde has approved the Olmsted design for the landscaping at the new building. It is said Mr. Olm- stead donated his services to ths Gov- ernment. The plan has been worked out with Dr. Willlam Taylor, head of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Agri- cultural Department; Louis A. Simon, chief of the architectural division of the office of the supervising architect, Treas- ury Department; Leon Zach, who is as- soclated with Mr. Olmsted, and Mr. CATHOLIC STUDENTS READ NEWSPAPERS DILIGENTLY Men in 63 Colleges Average 40 Minutes Daily—Sports, Comies and Editorials Hold Interest. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, March 24.—College men in 63 Catholic colleges average 40 min- utes of daily newspaper reading, while college girl* and all students in 310 Catholic_high schodls average 25 min- utes each. ‘This was revealed in a questionnalre sent cut by the Queen‘s Work, official organ of the Sodality of Our Lady, which has headquarters here. First place in newspaper interest was given by both the high school and col- lege boys to the sports section, with the comics running a clcse second. The editorial received almost as many votes as the sports section in the answers of the college men and occurred frequently in_the high school summaries. The preferences of the girls, in order, was: Headlines, editorials, comics and sports, but far above any of the sections in the voting results of girls’ colleges and high schools was “society.” ‘The questionnaire revealed interest in the Sunday newspaper was virtually universal and tHe time devoted to it greater than that given to the daily rrm. many explaining “we have more leisure on Sunday.” UNION LEA[;ER KILLED Labor Organizer Shot in Head Dur- ing Card Game. NEW YORK, March 24 (A).—John | ‘Welch, 45, organizer for the Longshore- men's Union, was shot twice and killed | last night as he sat playing cards with | three men in a Chrlst:fh-.r street res- taurant. The unidentified slgyer escaped. ‘The card players said the gunman entered the rear room where they sat. Welch had his back to the wall and was facing the door. The slayer, the others sald, walked up to Welch and shot him in the head. Police believed -the -shooting a result | of labor difficulties. A FLYERS T0 SEEK Flyers Droi: Food To Nuns After Ice Bridge Thaws Out Dame on icebound Nuns’ Island— little more than 100 yards from Montreal in the St. Lawrence River—had bread and yeast in ample quantities yesterday after ‘what was probably the shortest mercy flight on record. ‘The sisters, with 16 other resi- dents of the island, were caught unprepared when the ice bridge from the island to the city col- lapsed earlier than expected, ‘They lacked supplies, especially the bread and yeast, byt had a telephoné. Two airplanes, carry- ing 20 pounds of the, food, flew to the island and dropped it in the garden of the convent. NEW AIR RECORDS Keen Competition Foreseen In Attempts to Lower World-Circling Mark. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 24 —Four mod- ern Magellans, aviators all, are to at- tempt this Spring and Summer to stretch new wings around the world. ‘Theirs are the most ambitious projects of the 1931 flying season. Wiley Post, Oklahoma City pilot, will try to slash the zero from the 80-day record of Jules Verne's mythical globe- trotter, Phineas Fogg. The others have no set goal, but to lower the Graf Zep- pelin’s world-girdling mark of 20 days and 4 hours, Mears Seeks New Mark. Post, using the lockhead monoplane with which he won the non-stop Pacific derby of the 1930 National air races, will be accompanied by Harold Gatty, 28, Australian-trained navigator, who was with Harold Bromley in an attempted Tokio-Tacoma flight last year, ‘Their rivals will be John Mears, out to recapture the record he has twice held, with Vance Breese as pilot; Clyde E. Pangborn, Seattle, with Hugh Hern- don, jr., son of a New York investment banker, and Bernt Balchen, Norse- American fiver of Transatlantic and South Pole fame. Mears set a record of 35 days, 21 hours, 36 minutes in 1913 and 15 years later, with the late Capt. C. B. D. Col Iyer, encompassed the globe by plane and steamer in 23 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes. Venture Ended in Crash, Last August, with Henry J. Brown as pilot, he left New York on an all- air venture which ended in the crash of their loaded plane as it was taking- off for the Atlantic flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. His newest craft, third to bear the name City of New York, will be an- other streamlined Lockheed. Breese, ADIN COWERGAS RATE FIGHT URGED Hyattsville Chamber Speaker, Suggests Municipalities Unite. Speclal Dispatch to the Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md.,, March 24—A lively ~discussion’ in which Russell Hardy, a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce of- Hyattsyille, expressed the opinion that the cham- ber should.not continue alone its fight for lower gas rates, but. that it was a matter that should be pushed by each municipality in the area served by the gas company, featured the March meet- ing of the Chamber of Commerce held last night in the Municipal Building here. He suggested that each muni- ality should n&poim & representa~ on a commitiee to push the fight ith the chamber and that immediate application for a further reduction of rates should be made to the Public Service Commission of Maryland. He sald he did not think that the reduc- tion made some time ago was nearly as much as it should have been. Mr, Hardy believed more could be secured for the consumers by applying to the service commission rather than to tha gas company. Negotiation With Company Favored. Mr. Hardy's talk followed a report by M. T. May, chairman of a s Sue~ committee of Chamber’s Pul Utllities Committee, named to study the situation, in which Mr. May that George A. G. Wood, president the Washington Gas Light Co., sured him that he would do all he to bring about a reduction of Prince Georges County that woul the same scale for this county effect in Montgomery Coun May believed that the raf county would Le reduced by anty, at per cent within 30 days ;L\: &f!nlfln that mo!‘!y e:;dhw e consumers by working directly w';: the gas mmpn?uh was voted to send a letter Pro- fi!l"k‘)rytlhe dPub“c.fin.?"‘v‘“ - and against the proposal E::eth&e ’3‘{;{“‘" station of the hfl Rallroad a -agency l!.lltélon, efle;:nt.:ved April 20, i Wwas pointed cut that fre ed to Riverdale, if the l'en:]l.z‘m from Riverdale, would have to be routed to Hyattsville. The gate tender also would have to handle the mafl. at Riverdale, it was -asserted, trafic :guxld betileocked because he would have eep gates down wi attend- e i 2pprop: n of toward sending Nlflonfl“&!'n”flh‘ M. T. May to the annual convention of the national chamber to ‘Atiantic ity be held soon at Suggests Consolidation of Towns. Charles W. Clagett suggested movement "fof. consoldation” o¢ ot nsol of towns in this area. Better econom- ical fire' and pnnu"nd rotect miélw out as advantages of consoli- lon. R. T. Violett, president of the Mou: Rainier Association, mm:\: who will be at the controls, is a test | tary Comm! fgot for the Detroit Alrcraft Corpora- . Pangborn, a veteran air circus pilot, and Herndon, a wealthy aviation en- thusiast, will fly a single-motored Bel~ lanca J-6. They have been schooled in aerial navigation by Capt. Lewis A. Yancey, who flew the Atlantic in 1929 with Roger Q. Williams, Balchen Plans Little Known. Balchen’s plans are the least known of any. . He announced in January that he would attempt a round-thes -world flight in a Fokker plane, prob- ?:}—Qyj:‘ April, but has revealed nothing T - The other three pairs of fiyers plan to follow similar routes, going east- ward across the Atlantic, spanning the Eastern Hemisphere by way of Berlin and Moscow and Siberia, and striking the United States at Seattle for the return to their places of departure, King's Secretary Il LONDON, March 24 (#).—The con- ditlon of Lord Stamfordham, 81, the King's private secretary, who recently was operated upon, is causing some anxiety. State trained g ot ol z.nnneen and other tech. —_— TAMPA POLICE GRAFT HIT Judge Says He Is Told Constables Expect.“Compensation.” ‘Witnesses testified the two men erated a pay-off rack TOPC IMENS WEAR] —fi==-j OATS f0r SPRING Luncheon, Washington Real Estate Board, Hamilton Hotel, 12:30 p.m Meetings, Singing Mothers, Parent- Teacher Association, 10 am. to 12 p.m, ANE economy in the consideration of rent for office space does not countenance tacri= ficing convenience, comfort or service (Wright), which, on October 20 and 21, | miyei— cleared the remainder of the wood. | Mecting of Assoclation Is Ad- October 23, the line of the 3rd and journed After Discussion Last- Urges No Let Up. The 1st Army was a tried and sea- | soned force equal to the best on the|5th Corps ran north of Bois Clairs Chenes, Bois des Rappes, and along the | when tenants move to The Meeting, Brotherhood of Locomotive Piremen and Engineers, Ham! n Hotel, from 9 am. to 6 p.m. Dinner, Georgetown Clinical Societ Hamilton Hotel; dinner at 7:30 pm., meeting at 8:30 p.m Card party, Social Workers' Club, bridge, Sholl's Cafe, 1032 Connecticut avenue, 8 p.m. Pifteenth anniversary dinner, Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2, Pierce Hall, All Souls' Church, 7 p.m. , “Profitable Merchandising of Pusniture in 1931.” by Eagle Freshwater, National Press Club auditorfum, 12:30 pm. Meeting, Interstate Commerce Com- mission, all day, Mayflower Hotel. Meeting, Association of Military Behools and Colleges, Mayflower Hotel. Lecture, Electrical Research Products, Inc., Mayflower Hotel garden, 8 p.m. - Smoker meeting, .. section of the Americ: rs, Cosmos Club, 8 p.m. Benefit card party, 500, Masonic Tem- le, Eighth and P streets northeast, 30 p.m. PUTURE. Luncheon, Monarch Club, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow, 12:15 p.m. Card party, St. Stephen's Chireh, tomorrow, St. Stephen's auditorium, western front at the time I turned it | over to the immediate command of | Maj. Gen. Liggett. In order that the| Army might understand the vaiue of | its recent achievements and realize the | urgency of continued vigorous effort, 1| |sent the following message to the new Army commander October 17 to be transmitted as a telegram to corps and division commanders | “Now that Germany and the central powers are losing, they are begging for | an_ armistice. Their request is an| acknowledgment of weakness and clearly means that the allies are win- | ning the war. That is the best of reasons for our pushing the war more vigorously at this moment. Germany's desire is only to gain time to restore order among her forces, but she must be given no opportunity to recuperate and we must strike harder than ever. Our strong blows are telling and con- tinuous pressure by us has compelled | the enemy to meet us, enabling our allies to gan on_other parts of the Jine. There car be no conclusion to this war until Germany is brought to her knees.” The enemy's most important defen-. sive position on the Romagne Heights was in our firm possession, and his final defeat was merely a question of time, He had fought desperaiely to hold nis ground, but had been com- pelled to give way steadily before our effective blows. We could have gone forward without special preparation and suct in ‘driving the enemy, trom the fleld, but the situation led to the conclusion that his defeat could best be aecomplished at one powerful stroke by a well ed offensive. 1 t and continuous offen- northern and western flanks of the Bols de Bantheville and Cote Chatillon, and then south of Landres-et-St. Georges. This gave us an excellent po- sition in the center and on the right from which to start the next general attack. Commanded From Train. To the east of the Meuse the French 17th Corps, re-enforced by the 29th Di- vision (Mortor) and the 28th Division (Edwards), continued to progress local- ly, forcing the enemy to employ fresh troops on that front. During the Meuse-Argonne battle my personal guarters were on my train, which lay partly hidden in the woods on & spur near Souilly. While there I spent a portion of each day at offi- cial headquarters giving directions re- garding operations and deciding othe: important questions. I usually occu- pied the rest of the day at the front| in close touch with corps and divisions. Although I had now relinquished the | immediate command of “the ‘1st Army, its activities and those of ' the 2d| Army, carried out under my direction, required close supervision. * | Farther west, our 2d Corps (Read), | - with the British 4th Army, was en- gaged October 17 south of Le Cateau in the battle of the Selle. This corps, | with the 30th - (Lewis) and 2'1th‘ (O'Ryan) Divisions in line from right 10 left, crossed the Selle River and| advanced 4 miles in the face of strong | resistance, capturing 1,600 prisoners and | 12_guns. ‘!g 30th Division captured Molain t. 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