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The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

No. SG-
473 acres, $50 acres now In eultdva.
tion, 220 seres more can b eultivstsd
= few fruit trees and some snail fruit.
Ranch 10 devoted to hay, wheat, cats.
barley, potatoes and cattle. Soil Is
sandy loan; 4-room cabil and other
outbuildings, good cellars, COED water
right, s-wirs fence, 4 horses, wagon
and some machinery. Handy to town
and school. Price 100000 with reason.
able payment down and terms to suit
purchaser. This raaeh viii pay for
itself in . short tine.
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02
No. 1914
ksal DAILY 1a1el

asrs IL . splendid ranch 4 so ssres,
we'll located - to COED town asd excel.
leat school; 100 acres in esltivatioA,
pasture lasd that win pasture over 60
head Of stock with plsaty Of water and
shade all summer. Large s-roen house
with hath, city water sAd electric
lights; large potato collar; good, hrgs
barn sad other bsildiass. Improve
ments alone worth over t7,000. An
ideal property for general farming or
dairy purposes. A bargain At @1e, 900,
half eash with balascs 70 suit pur.
chaser. -... - ~ ~ .-- sN. -
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

% acres. 70 sesss In cultivation;
about 10 asrso mere sao be saltivoSeA;
Y asrs IN spplss, crops are hay, gssin
s.d potatoes, 3.rssa Assss, IAN and
shsds, . fi.s pseats sellas, sssA water
right, 4.wiss fs.ss, On ~ assAi1ssy
= WORK ~ ssieh, 8 hsssss, I sslt s
ssws, . 1sifsrs, dHs Jsessy ,bsn
prsa. Aainna i'aLA si- 20 ~ gag Y
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Holy Communion, first Sunday each
month at 90 m. Morning Prayer
and Sermon on other Sundays at 11:o0
a. m.
REV. EDWIN JOHNSON,
Rector.
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

No. 10o1- .". HH
30 acres. Is acres In cultivation; :;
crops raised are hay, grain ssd pota
toes; gsod Groom house. Sarn and
out builaings; No. l water right;
4-wifs fence; u mile frso leading
station, also . snail town.
Price, 5000; $4,000 dsw1 and bal
ance $3.50 per year sntl paid st 3
per aeat interest. .
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

10 a. m.vSunday School.
p. m.-Christian Endeavor.
p. m.-Evening Service.
Morning service theme, "Indiffer-
ence.''
Theme for evening service, ga Day
of Days.
Wednesdays evening service, ga
Study in the Gospel of Mark"
The Sunday school will meet as usual
on next Sunday. Be in your place and
bring someone with you
FINDLlAY D. McMARTIN,
, Minister.
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

No. 1oo9-'A IVA '-7 81 'f-a
10 asrss. Abeas Is asrss In s.lt..
walton; 8 fruit trees; crops are hay,
grais and potatoes; ssod 4-room
house, . good new barn, small cellar,
also . large potato cellar, gosd water
right; S.wirs feses, al tie nsshiasry
TO work tho ranch: , Aersss. 4 Gov,
some chickens snd turksys; Wagon.
buggy and harness. .,s
Price, 5000 With . payment down
and balance to suit at Per cent.
No. osss--
Illinois Farm: % acres Of AAs land
in Marion county. nli.sts, rs niles =.
Of e.. Louis, II nilss h sf sslsa,
tie ssusty ssaA TAas tsva = q .
railroads aaa Asee gssalatssa = $40.
ossA asts9 &sssa issA. sass tesee
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02
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FIRST CHURCH OF
CHRIST SCIENTIST
CHRIST SCIENTIST

931 Cooper Avenue
Sunday School, 10 .. m.
Sunday services, IL =. m.
Wednesday evening service, 8 p. NJ.
Reading room open on Monday, Wed
Aesday aud Friday afternoons from 3
to p. N
All are welcome.
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02
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The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

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The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02
Regular Sunday Services

s.. BARNABAS CHURCH
The Glenwood post., 1917-06-02

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11
THE DEATH RECORD.
MRS. MARY JANE HOLMAN.


Mrs. Mary Jane Holman, a resident
of Friendsville, Md, died in the West
ern MARYLAND Hospital in Cumberland,
Sept. &c, at 1:30 a. m aged SO years,
months ard 9 days. The deceased
had been in poor health for some thirty
three years. Last June she entered the
hospital at Greensburg, Pa, where she
received treatment for five or six weeks
after which she was taken to Cumber-
land and placed in the Western Mary
land hospital where she was operated
on. Her husband and three children
were at her bedside when death came.
The deceased was a sister of John w.
McCulloh, of Friendsville.
The funeral services were held at the
home liz the presence of a large con-
course of friends and relatives, the in
terment being made in the Steele ceme-
terry, the four sons of the deceased be-
ing pallbearers.
She was member of the M. E..
church North and of the Ladies Aid
Society and also a charter member of
the order of Rebecas |. 0. 0. F., No.
81, Pride of Friendsville.
She was born in New Orleans, La,
Feb. II, 1858. She leaves to mourn her
loss, her husband, Wallace F. Holman,
four sons and one daughter: R. NJ.
Holman, Friendsville; Asenath Holman
McQuilken, Glen Campbell, Pa; Will
liam W, Baggaley, Pa; John w.
Friendsville, and Charles 0. at home.
Those who attended the funeral from
distance were: MIR. and Mrs. Mury
Amen, Kittainmg. Pa. V. r. Holman.
Sykesyille, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Euch
Bells, Buckhannon, W. Va; Vady
Rupard, Sykesville. Pa; Mr.. Thomas
Lovelace, Ebensburg, Pa. Gwen Love
lace, Buckhannon, w. Va.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11

2nd.
| Doll sweater, Evelyn Cheuvront, End.
Chllds sweater, Farnabelle OHutt,
2ld
Two woven cOunterpanes entered by
Prof. j. W. May, Mt. Lake Park, Md,
deserve honorable mention, also woven
Counterpart and quilt exhibited by Mrs.
c. V. Harvey, Mt. Lake Park Nd, and
an outlined cotton quilt entered by Vim
cent Hesen.
Best exhibit any school, Penmanship,
Oakland Grammar School, 1st
Best exhibit any school, Painting,
Oakland Grammar School, lst.
Best exhibit any school, Pencil Draw
ing, Deer Park School, 1st.
Best exhibit any school, Map Draw
ing, Oakland Grammar School. LIST.
Best exhibit any school, Industrial
Work, Kitzmiller School, LIST.
Best Map Maryland, by child under
Is years, Miss Mary S9edden, lst.
Best exhibit any kind, Accident
School, special prize.
A telegraph key made by F. w Refs.
Il years of age. of Deer Park, Md, is
indeed worthy of special mention
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
BY THE MARYLAND HORTICULTURAL so
Getty
Best plate of apples, any one variety,
c. N. Lohr, SO 90
Second best plate apples, any one
variety, $500
Best head cabbage, any one variety,
Louis Bush. $500
Second best 8 heads cabbage, any one
variety, Louis Bush, $500
Best 10 ears field corn, any variety,
Glenn Speicher. So 90
Second best 10 ears field corn, any va
riety, D. L. Ashby, $500
Best 2 at. pan wheat. H. Weber &
Sons Co. $500
Second best 2 at. pan wheat, W. Nc.
Brown, $500
Best 2 at. pan oats. Leroy White, So. 90
Second best 2 qt pan oats, W. Nc.
Brown, $500
Best at. pan rye, G. W. Weitzell,
$500 .-....
Second best 2 qt. pan rye, G. W.
Weilzell, $500
Best 2 qt. pan buckwheat, Daniel
Gnegey, $500
Second best 2 qt, pan buckwheat,
Richard Custer, $500
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11

Best selection honey, P. H. Simmons.
$500
Second best selection honey, Jas.
Arnholt, $500
Best quart extract honey, C. A. Bow
, man, $500
Second best quart extracs honey, j.
N. Michaels, $500
Best display, Boys Agricultural Club,
DIVIDED between Oakland. Grantsvile
and Accident, $1j.OO
SPECIAL Premium, by The First National
Bank, Oakland, Md
Best peck Irish Cobbler potatoes, H.
?. Miller, $500
Best peck Green Mountain potatoes,
H. P. Miller, $500
Best peck any other variety, Randall
Spoerlein, Sl,10
Special premium, by the Fair Associa-
ton
Best display, Canning Clubs Garrett
County, Loeb Lynn Heights. Nd. SIS 90
Special premium, by c. N Nc
Intire--
Best IA ears corn, exhibited by boy
between IL and 16 yrs, Glen Speicher,
Stevens p caliber Rifle.
Best quart cucumber pickle, exhibit
ed b. girl between IL and l6 yrs. Miss
Ruth Davis, casserole.
Special premium by the Garrett Ma
tional Bank, Oakland Md, to the Can
ning Clubs Of Garrett Co.
Best general display, GrantsviIe
Club, 5000
Best individual display, Miss Alverta
Miller, GrantsYille, $500
A special premium of $1,000 to be
divided between the members of the
Oakland, Red House, Grantsville, Loeb
Lynn Heights. Dodson and Hutton
Clubs.
Special premium. by the First Ma
tional Bank. Grantsville. and the Auto
mobile Garages of Oakland, Md.
For the best decorated Automobile
in parade, Mrs. E. z. Tower, $500
Second best decorated Automobile in
parade, Miss Ruth Stolipher, $1,000
Third best, decorated Automobile in
parade, Mrs. EIwood Offutt, IS 90
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11
NOtice-NOtice.

We have disposed of the service of B.
F. Shupe as salesman and collector
Parties owing US money will sent 1t
direct.
We have a large stock of finished
Monuments at both yards, which we are
selling at reduced prices in order to dis
pose of them before winter. Now is
the time to buy. Mail orders receive
prompt attention.
j. B. WILLIAMS Co,
Marble and Granite Dealers.
SO N. Centre ST., Cumberland. Md.
60 E. Union St., Frostburg, Md.
Cumberland Phone 1900
Frostburg Phone So
Adv. 3O-2t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11
Estray Notice.

Strayed, from my farm south of Oak
land, about four weeks ago, 10 head of
sheep and four lambs. Lambs marked
with carpenters square in left ear.
Please notify John H. Sanders. ADV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11

WANTED-30 to so Leghorh puIlets
that will lay by November, LIST. Ed
win Palmer. Verona. Pa.-Adv. 32-2t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

FOR STATE SENATOR.
HARVEY }. SPEICHER.
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
NATHAN R. SELBY.
EDWIN a. VIEWER.
ALBERT T. WHITE.
FOR CLERK CIRCUIT COURT.
EDWARD z. TOWER.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
JOHN W. KIMMELL.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
GEORGE D. BROWNING.
HENRY P. MILLER.
FOR CLERK COUNT COMMISSIONERS.
WALTER G. MEYERS.
FOR SHERIFF.
GEORGE D. WHITE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11

For SALE-One 1914 Model Pullman
automobile, in good condition, with ex-
ira rim and tire; passenger, and would
make an excellent truck, Bargain for
quick buyev at $4,000 For particulars,
apply to STUART f. HAMILL, Oakland,
Maryland. Advertisement soft
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-11


Glotfelty, 1st
Best plate pears, Mrs. Jas. L. Pol
lock. LIST
Best collection varieties. Daniel
Gnegey, 1st
SIBERIAN CRABS
Best plate, Mrs. Beulah Lish, LIST;
Wilhelm Weber, End; Asa Coddington,
3rd
Best collection 8 varieties, w. L.
White, 1st
Best collection Blue Grapes, W. L.
White, LIST
Best collection Niagara Grapes, Geo.
w. Wilt, list; Mrs. j. L. Pollock, End;
Mrs. G. c. Cross, Bird
HOME PRODUCTS
There was no competition in Glass
10 this department; and all exhibitors
were awarded the ribbons.
CLASS NO. 2
Best jar peaches. Mrs. M. E. Sollars;
LIST; Mrs, Rose F. Hamill, End; Miss
Gertrude Shirer, Bird.
Best jar Raspberry jam, Mrs. H. A.
Rasche. 1st and End
Best jar Pears, Mrs. J. L. Pollock,
LIST; Mrs. NJ +. Sollars. 2nd
Best jar Pineapple, Mrs. NJ. E. Sol
lars. 1st
Best jar Grape jelly. Mrs. r. E.
Jones, LIST; Mrs. H. A. Rasche, End;
Miss Gertrude Shirer, 3rd
b Best jar Crab apple Jelly, Doris Cod
dington, lst; Mrs. c. S. May, End
Best jar SDiced Peaches, Mrs. H. A.
Rasche, LIST; Mrs. Rose F. Hamill, End
Mrs. NJ. E. Sollars, 3rd
Best jar Cucumber Pickle Mrs. Rose
HamiIl, LIST; Margaret Kahl, 2nd
Best jar Tomato Catsup, Mrs. J. l..
Pollock, LIST
Best canned Corn in glass, Mrs. NJ.
E. SoIlars, 1st
Best canned Peas in glass, Mrs. NJ.
E. Sollars, LIST; Mrs. H. A. Rasche, 2nd
Best canned Beans in glass, Mrs. r.
Z. Sliger, LIST
Best canned Tomatoes in glass, Mag
nOlia Notes, LIST
EMBROIDERY.
. Colored silk embroidery, Miss Chris
tine Winterburg, 1st; Miss Ethel Ferris,
End
White embroidery lunch cloth, Miss
Eiinor Hinebaugh. LIST; Miss Christine
Winterburg, End.
Eyelet' embroidery, Mss Christine
Winterburg. End.
Drawn work, Mrs. Thresea Greaser,
End.
Crocheting, Irish lace, Mrs. Walter
Stevens. 2nd.
Crochet baby cap, Mrs. VIM. DAVIS,
End.
Crochet bed spread, Mrs. Z. L. Win
shell, End
Crochet dolly, Miss Ethel Broadwater,
End.
Filet Crochet, Mrs. Effie Hendrick-
son, LIST; Mrs. NJ C. Hinebaugh, 2nd;
Miss Maud Bevans, Bird.
Colored crocheted night gown yoke,
Mrs. John Vansickle, lst; Miss Helen
Stanton, End.
Lunch cloth, Miss Helen DeBerry,
1st; Mrs. Chas. Tower, 2nd.
White crochet night gown yoke, Mrs
Harry P. Turney, LIST; Miss Helen De-
Berry, 2nd, Mrs. E. L. Winchell. 3rd.
Crocheted dresser scarf, Mrs. Nose
Hamill, lst; Mrs. E. L. Wlnchell, 2nd.
Lunch cloth. Mrs VIM. Davis. 2nd.
Darned work, Miss Margaret Tower,
End.
Crochet towel, Mrs. Irene Hays, 2nd.
Crochet luncheon set. Mrs. VIM.
Davis. LIST; Mrs. w. H. Poole, End.
Hand sewing, Mrs. Jos Harmed, 2nd
label runner. Mrs. j. 0. Getty, 2nd
Crocheted centerpiece. Miss Carry
Dorsey, LIST; Mrs. Urban Stanton, End
, All over crochet center piece, MISS
May Bocher, LIST; Miss Christine Win
terburg, End.
LADIES WORK.
Colored embroidery table cover, Mrs.
Boxwell, LIST.
Knitted baby cap, Mrs. E. E. Sol
lars, End.
Crochet bed spread, Mrs. E. L. Win
chell, End.
Novelty crochet PORTER, Mrs. E. L.
Winchell, 2nd.
Silk quilt, Mrs. C. " Harvey, End. N
cHnDReN's DEPARTMENT.
Crochet yoke, Helena Savedge, End.
Rata basket, Margaret Richardson,
God.
Crochet dolly, Helena Pendergast,
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21
WHAT T MEANS TO BE CHRISTIAN
 SERMON SUBJECT IF BUCHANAN

asked to do for Him Listen, you who are absorbed in the things of the world, will you listen? The Master, the Christ, who suffered and died for you, who shed His blood that your sins might be forgiven, that you might be saved. wants your service Won't you understand what it means to be a Christian? Now listen what it means to be a Christian Listen to these words; I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacri
 flee, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable sacrifice
 win you place your lives at the feet of the Master and will you say, Lord. my life is thine, l will serve thee every day in the week until I am called to thee" Let us do it for hu- manity's sake. There is so much to do here. The people will soon be gathering from the north and the south into our city. They will come to
 be helped and they will want the hand of encouragement. What are we to do with our Christ? Have you been asked to advertise the services of this church? Have you been asked to sing in the choir? Have you been asked to serve on committee, to lead an or ganization, to take up a task for the Master? If you have, won't you please see that your task is completed?
 T have spoken these words to spur you on to greater work. You have
 worked Loyalty in the past year. You have done great work for Jesus Let
 us say, Lord, l will labor for thee ' Bible school and church services oi the First Christian church are held
 each Sunday in the High School audi l torlum until the new church building
 will be completed on North Central avenue and Mckinley streets. Great plans are being made for the increased room. The first Sunday in October
 will be promotion day and at this time
 the aim for attendance is four hun-
 dred in the Bible school. A program is being arranged by the junior and in- l termediate departments.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21

because I was a member Of Grayvilie city council and did not wish to start iL scandal"
 Asked why he had sent a wire of congratulation to Cunha after the con- viction of Mooney, Rigall stated:
 T was not congratulating him on the conviction but on the splendid frame up"
 The term "cock-eyec" appearing in some of his telegrams to OXman the witness explained as meaning half drunk He declared he was cock eyed" a portion of the time he was en route from GrayVille to San Francisco to accept OXman's alleged invitation to give false testimony against Mooney.
 Details of a supposed offer of $250 from OXman if he went through" with counterfeit testimony against Mooney were offered by the Mdness
 T never intended to give such testi mony," he declared. T wanted to get back home and wash my hands of the whole affair."
 You would make dandy witness, ; District Attorney Charles M. Ffckert | told him on one occasion. the witness stated. He admitted that he started | ouc t. work fraud on the district at | torney."
 1 A committee of the San Francisco 1 labor council today addressed a letter ! to Mayor James Rolph Jr., urging 1 him to investigate immediately what . they term the conspiracy of the police department in connection with | the bomb murder cases here of July i 1916,, out of which the conviction of ! Thomas J. Mooney for murder and i the present trial of Frank C. OXman, on charges of attempted subornation Of perjury
 Part of the letter reads:
 You are the head of the San Francisco police department and it is the present criminal activity Gt this department which is making the certain acquittal of Frank C. OXman; and the ultimate success of the con- ! spiIacy against the defendants in ths ] bomb cases.
 Tn other words, you, as head of
 the police department, are the focus
 of a scandal which has disgraceC
 San Francisco throughout the world
 and which has embarrassed Americs
 in it's intercourse with other nations
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21
ALLECED SPY Is
 HELD AT DOUGLAS
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

DOUGLAS, Sept. 20-William Rog- genLush. clalmrng French citizenship but said to be a German subject, is held incommunicado in the Douglas city jail on a federal charge of violating the espionage act.
 Roggenbush, who was arrested last Saturday in the local military camp, had been circulating what he repre- scented as diaries of French soldiers wherein the frightfulness and deaIi- ness of German war methods were em"haslZeo. lie also is said to have made lectures to soldiers down town in which ii was asserted that Germany would win the war.
 / It has been established. according to military men who arrested him, that he lived in Los Angeles prior to Sep tember 1914. when he left for Europe osrensibly To join the French army. He is 54 years of age.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21
bR|DEGR00M|S |S
 T0 FACE TRIAL

How a man he had seen but twice Wore in his life met him on a Phoe- nix street and when heFlearned that lie Was to De marrled asked Ernest Gibbons all the intimate details even to the girls age. How later when he met him in Glendale, Robert Johnson handed him a paper which he said might help" and how Gibbons without so much as glancing at the paper or knowing what statements it contained had it filed in the orfice of the clerk of the superior court when he pro- cured his marriage license, was the story told on the witness stand by Gibbons yesterday.
 The husband of a fortnight charged on complaint of his father flaw, Fred Johnson, with subornatiOn of perjury did not tell very plausible tale and at it's conclusion was held to answer to the superior court in the sum of $500 bond.
 MT. Johnson said that his daughter was but II and in order to procure d marriage license without the written consent of her parents, an affidavit had to be filed in court as to her age. The affidavit in this case was signed by one Robert Johnson, unknown to any one, it appears, but yne defendant in the action now pending He was rep resented it is alleged, as the brother of Lorine Johnson, when as matter of fact her brother is but three years of age.
 Gibbons SWore under oath in Justice De Souza's court yesterday that his wife had told him she was twenty. She did not appear in the court room, al though he was constantly on the watch for her presence.
 Gibbons is employed as an engineer ! in a local creamery.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21
Lauren Heavy Offensive

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Sept. 2O.- (By the Associated Press).-The Brit ish at daybreak today launched a heavy offensive against the German defenses about the Ypres salient along an extended front, which has it's center around Inverness cOpse, and astride the Ypres- -Menin road, a little south east of Hooge. From the first moment of going over the top the assault pro- ceeded with marked success, especially in the crucial sector between the Ypres- Roulers railway and Hollebeke, where the British early in the day had forced their way forward over marshy ground and through woods filled with machine guns to a considerable depth and were continuing the filter fight in the neighborhood of the famous Inverness copse, Nuns wood and Glencorse wood
 where so much blood has been shed
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21
CANANEA CO. MUST
 RESUME OPERATION
Toeruhlican A. p. Leased Wirel

DOUGLAS, Sept. 20.-According to
 an article in last Saturdays issue of
 Orientacion semi official state news
 paper published at Hermosillo, Sonora, the Mexican national treasury depart
 ment has made a statement that, unless
 the Cananea Consolidated Copper com
 pany resumes operations within the
 next month the government will can since the allies began the battle of Flanders on July 31.
 If the attacking forces maintain the positions to which they have advanced
 in this section, they W:ll have accom- plished one of the most remarkable and most important achievements in recent months. The German infantry made the most determined resistance in their attempt to regain this vital ground and their artillery retalated heavily against the British big guns. This phase of the battle of Flanders, which bids fair to become known as the battle of Menin road, because it centers in the territory astride the
 Menin road. began at , 40 o'clock. The infantry advance was preceded by a barrage of greater depth than ever
 before witnessed. Five distinct bar rages, in fact, were dropped ahead of the men as they began their journey into this difficult terrain. The tre-
 mendous curtain of bursting steel did it's work well, and the troops pushed Onward rapidly toward their objec- tives.
 fair weather lately had improved the ground somewhat, but the mud still lies deep over wide reaches of it and the whole territory is covered with water filled shell holes, tangled barbed wire and shattered trees The German de- lenses consisted largely of concrete re- doubts scattered in profusion over the entire country and from these they have been able to pour stream of bull lets into the ranks of the advancing
 troops. Every little elevation also held it's machine gun emplacements and all l the woods were literally choked with rapid fireers.
 The British encountered hard fight ing at many places but the magnifi- cent artillery preparation had done | much to make the first stage of their l drive easier. The past week must have been one of misery for the German | troops lying in this section. A great | number of guns have been pouring numerous high power shells into their | territory and every now and then the | British have put down barrage which swept the land like a broom. It is 1 known that many German batteries l have been silenced in the past few days.
Arizona republican., 1917-09-21
German Statement

BERLIN, Sept. 20.-Today's official statement reads:
 Western theater: In Flanders a strong artillery duel laIed throughout the day between Houtholst wood and the Lys with undiminished intensity. The night did not interrupt the in creased fighting activity of the massed artillery.
 A formidable drum fire early this morning was followed at davbreak by strong English attacks on a broad front
 Front of the German crown prince: Before Verdun the French attacked yesterday morning and evening near It'll S44 and east of Samogneux. twenty enemy airplanes were shot down.
 Eastern theater, front of Prince Leopold: Near Dunaberg Dvinsk) on the Stokhod near Brody and at Tarn- opol the artillery activity was spirited
 Front of Archduke Joseph: In Bu- koWlna the Russians attacked west of Arbora but were driven back by ouy ire In Macedonia only near the Cerna bend was there lively fighting"
 The report from headquarters this evening on the British frontssays: "The battle in Flanders is still in full swing on the British front from Langemar rex to Hoilebeke. In the foremost part of our defensive zone bitter and fluctuat ing fighting has taken place since morning"