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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
RETIRE ALONG THE FRONT

Berlin. March 1S.-(By wireless Systematic retirement of the German troops between Aras and the Disc, on the French front. is announced by the war office today. Peronne. Noyon, Ba- paume. Rove and several other towns have been abandoned by the Germans
 The statement follows:
 Between LaBasse canal and the Scarpe river there was lively fight ing Near Loos German reconnoiter- ing detachments brought IS prisoners from the British lines On both sides of Arras hostile reconnoitering de- tachments in strength of one battalion against our positions and were for the most part repulsed by our. fire Near Roclincourt and Tilloy their forces had entered our positions and were defeated in hand-to-hand fight and left a number of prisoners in our hands
 Between Arras and the Disc the Brit ish and French. in a strip of land systematically abandoned by us, occu- pied our former positions and several towns, among which are Bapaume Peronne. Rove and Noyon. Our pro- tecting troops inflicted considerable losses on the enemy and then gave way as had been ordered. On the right bank of the Mouse two French com panies made an attack at dawn on a trench sector captured by us on March 16 north of Chambrettes farm. The at tack failed. On Combres Height and near Maisey. north of St. MaiseI storming detachments entered the French positions and returned with with 20 prisoners.
 Peronne was one of the strongholds of the Germans on the Franco Belgian front It is town of about 4oO0 on the Cnv Ic c<,, account of its railway and high road con- nections. It was invested on three sides and the retirement of the Germans to the north and south made the abandonment of this town inevitable.
 From Arras to the Disc, where Berlin reports the withdrawal is being made, is about 30 miles, The capture of Bapaume and Rove was announced yesterday Noy- onne is a town of 60Oo 67 miles northeast Of Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
TRA|NMEN STRIKE
 FOLLOWING ORDERS

Parkersburg, Va, March 1S.-Operatlon Ohio railroad between Cumberland and Brunswick, Md. a distance of 100 miles, has been suspended following the refusal to return to duty of l0r trainmen who quit work before notice of the postpone ment of the railroad strike for 4s hours had been received. Officers of the local brotherhoods declared that the men would stay out until all difficulties had been satisfactorily adjusted in New York The trainmen held meeting this afternoon. and it is understood they voted to stand together.
 Baltimore, Md. March 1s-The striking trainmen of the Baltimore force of the Baltimore and Ohio who quit work last night returned today after being out more than Is hours. They did so only after strong exhortations on the part of the heads of the Baltimore locals and repre- scntatives of the grand lodges, who came here from New York on special train. ~-~~~~~-~~-~-~~~-~ ~~-~~~--~~-~-~-~~~~~--~~-~- as Ioruntu against every point Of the con- pass, but after Loupart wood had been taken by the British on the northwest, and the line was gradually going south east to Bapaume, it is evident the Ger mans decided that they could mold that town no longer.
 German officers taken prisoner in the past had told them that months of labor were expended by the Germans in prepar- ing Bapaume with about every device known to modern defensive skill, and they frankly asserted that the British would not dare pay the price Bapaume would demand. Now this stronghold has passed under British dominion with scarcely 8 casualty connected with the latest op- eration.
 The road to Bapaume shows scars. of many mines exploded under it before the German retreat began. Through the haze of smoke that overhung Bapaume itself last night could be seen the glow of burning villages beyond marking the path of the retreating Germans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
TAKING BAPAUME BIG VICTORY FOR
 BRITISH FORCES
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have been taken by the British during the day, and it was reported tonight that patrols had reached as far as Nesle, southeast of Chaulnes.
 For a time it seemed as if the German retreat would swing from Le Transloy as gone far beyond that. Everywhere along this wide front the British are pressing the fleeing German rear guard. and Ba- raume witnessed lively street fighting.
 The taking of that town meant great deal to the men in the trenches. One British battalion due to be relieved yes terday from term of strenuous work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
NOT TO HOLD TROOPS

Washington, March 1S.-War department officials said tonight that no orders had gone from here holding National Guard troops in the federal service. If such orders had been issued, they said, they undoubtedly were due to local con- ditions and the lack of sufficient officers to muster the men out now. Whether in structions sent out would come from General Pershing, commander of the southern division, was not learned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

Raleigh, N. C., March 18.-The adjutant office announced today receipt of an order suspending the instructions for the muster out of the Second and Thlrd North Carolina regiments of the Guard and brigade headquarters, and directing that they be held under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
HOLD UP MUSTER

Columbia. S. C., March 1S.-The mus tering out of the Second South Carolina infantry recently returned from the bor- der and in camp at Styx, s. C., near here, was stopped today on receipt of orders directing the federal mastering officer to await further instructions. Only the san- tary detachment of the organization had been discharged from federal service when the orders were received. No leaves and furloughs were to be granted, if was said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
PERSONALS

MT and Mrs. N. B. Parker have re- turned from Atlanta, where MT. Parker was a delegate to the baptist laymans col.v vention.
 Miss Bessie Perry has returned to her home in Chicago after a visit to her sis ter, Mrs. J. c. Curry.
 The many friends of Mrs w. J. Long will be pleased to learn that she is doing nicely following a serious Illness
 Miss Virginia Mcbride has returned to her home in Cleveland. O., after a visit to Mrs. E. L. Huey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
NATIONAL GUARD IS HELDiN U. s. SERVICE
Though War Department Says No Orders Have Been Issued Suspending
 Muster Out
WILL STOP WHISPERING OUT

Washington, March 19.-The war department has postponed the mus tering out is considered in the nature states for various reasons.' Mus tering out considered in the nature of routine and consequently no spc- cial orders were necessary to sus- pend the orders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
TENNESSEE TROOPS HELD

Knoxville, Tenn, March 1s.-Troops c and D, Tennessee cavalry, recently re- turned from the border, were to have been mustered out here today, but they were not Officers refused to talk but it IS rumored that muster out was cancelled or delayed owing both to status of inter- national relations and the railroad situa- tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
ADVANCE ALONG ANCRE GREATEST
 SINCE THE SOMME
NeonHueu from Fage TWoJ of their country and the flag of their allies. STIRRING INCIDENTS CREATED
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The victorious entry of the French into Rove on the heels of the retir- ing Germans was marked by stirring incidents in which 800 liberated citi- zens participated, regardless of dan ger. The inhabitants threw themselves In front of the arriving French sol diers, all shouting as they did so "Vive la France!" women hugged them while old people grasped their hands Tears were in the eyes of all when suddenly a 12-year- old boy began sing ing the Marseillaise. which was taken up instantly by the population. On. rushing waves of soldiers joined in and it was to the strains of the national anthem that the French outposts lefs Rove, pressing the retreating Ger mans.
 The general feeling is that the ad- versary has suffered severe blow and may still have greater consequences The French and British advance Was made over ground measuring approxi- mately 80 kilometres (about 53 miles) and may be extended at some points where artillery actions have been ex ceedingly intense in the last few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
HER CREW STRUCK

She sailed from New York, February 2S, after being detained for three days after clearing and leaving her dock by a strike among the crew. The crew demanded a 75 per cent bonus on their regular wages as war risk. The demand was compromised and the crew consented to sail
 The ship was plainly marked as an American vessel with flags painted on her port and starboard bows and with her name and sailing port of New York on both sides in letters five feet high
 Details as to her cargo are withheld by customs officials. but it is under stood that the cargo, was valued at nearly $75,000, and the ship at more than $1.000O0O
 The Vigilancia registered 4115 tons gross. She was 320 feet long, 45 feet of beam and was built at Chester. Pa s CITY OF MEMPHIS WARNED
 London, March 1s.-The American steamship City of Memphis, which left Cardiff Friday in ballast for New York, was sunk Saturday when she left port. The City of Memphis had the stars and stripes painted on both sides. She en- countered a submarine about 5 o'clock Saturday evening. The German comman- der ordered the captain of the steamer to leave his ship within 15 minutes.
 The entire crew entered five boats and the submarine then fired torpedo which struck the vessel on the starboard side. tearing great hole through which the sea poured. The steamer settled down quickly and foundered within few min utes.
 During the night the boats became sepa- rated, and at 4 o'clock Sunday morning three boat crews were picked up by a patrol vessel and landed. These boats contained B men, mostly Americans
 All the officers were Americans. The officers believe that the other boats will be rescued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
STATUEIS MISSING

The statue of General Luis Leon Faid- herbe, who defended Bapaume against the Germans in 1870 which stood in the center of the town, is missing.
 Germans have always been great be- lievers in barbed wire methods of defense, but nothing approaching the amount en- ployed about Bapaume has been encoun- tered elsewhere on this front. Acres upon acres of wire stretched upon iron posts well screwed into the ground Between the fixed barriers were countless balls of "gooseberries, the British sol ders call them There also were vide spread reels of wire and various other tangled designs scattered everywhere to make progress difficult for an attacking enemy.
 Redoubts and other fortified points about the town had been transformed into modern defenses In the town itself the numberless underground galleries, consoi- dated from old cellars and constructed aLew, must have housed at times thou sands of German troops. Heavy British shells had struck some of these shelters, leaving toll of skeletons behind. ! German writers have described Bapaume
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

regular convocation Monday night at 7:3O o'clock and all members have been urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
THREE U. s. STEAMERS k SUNK; MAY TAKE
 HEAVY LIFE TOLL
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one had first papers There were also five Porto Ricans and one Filipino in the fireroom force. Captain Middleton is New York man.
 The Vigilancia was built in 1890 for the New York and Cuba Mail Steam ship company, better known as the Ward line Until shortly after. the outbreak of the war she was engaged in passenger and freight trade between this port, Cuba and Mexico. In 19l4 she was sold to engage in the cotton carrying trade from the United States to German ports. Tn March. 1915, while on the way to Bremen, she was seized by a British cruiser and taken into Kirkwall.
 Since then the Vigilancia is said to have changed owners twice, her last owner being the Barber line. but when she sank she was under charter to the GlQlla line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19

actually requested that they be sent for ward in order that they might see Ba- paume cleared of the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-19
WAS GOOD TO SOLDIERS

WAS GOOD TO SOLDIERS
 Tn war where the fighting is often confined for months to a mass of trenches a noted town like Bapaume stands out as great goal to the soldiers. Under the prophetic sign in Albert pointing in that direction hundreds of thousands of British soldiers have trudged since last July, many never to return. The Bapaume highway, reaching out over the rolling fields of Picardy, has indeed been the high road to the great adventure out on this road ambled the British "tangs' on their startling way to battle renown. It Is this road that pierces Pozieres and on either side lie the unforgetable villages of Thiepval. Flers, Courcelette, Contalmai- son, Freicourt, Mametz, Martinpuich and Haumont-Hamel and the notorious Butte De Warlencourt.
 It was particularly fitting that the troops which fought the hardest about the Butte last autumn should be among the first to reach Bapaume, of which the Butte had long been regarded as the key position There was no flying of flags or beating of drums as the British pa- trols penetrated the town for there was fighting ahead and Bapaume is filled with underground strongholds. But it was not long before the advance guard sent back over the telephone wires, which ever keep pace with the onward move ment of the troops that the enemy rear guard had "all been accounted for.
 "MOPPING UP" BAPAUME
 Later came another message reading in true soldier language: "The hopping up of Bapaume now is completed"
 Fires were smolderng in many parts, remnants of the incendiarism which had been rampant during the last days of German occupation. No house was left intacH for those still roofed exposed in- teriors all burned out. A few rows of houses of quaint architectural beauty stil maintain an outward show of some of their former strength
 Shells, of course, had done much dam age, but there were plentiful evidences of dynamiting on all sides
 This was carried to such an extent that certain sections of the town appear as having been swept over by a cyclone, walls having been blown out by interior explosions, allowing the slate rooms to slide almost undamaged into the streets. The upper part of the old clock tower had been blown off to prevent it's being used for artillery registering by the British. All it's faces are awry. Just outside of Bapaume was badly shattered estami- net, with several empty beer barrels standing on the wall.
 All day and most of last night the Ger mans poured shells into Bapaume, pay ing particular attention to certain sec- tion on which they had carefully regis tered before leaving. This has long been familiar practice with the Germans with aua tpd nnSifinnS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Rig PURSE FOR "ROUND-UP"
Pendleton Show will be Fully up to
Usual Standard this Year

Fifty thousand dollars will be ex-
pended by Pendleton in putting on the
1917 Roundup, Sept. 20, II and 22
which insures the very best in contests,
horses, steers, performers and contests
worth seeing. Special Pullman trains
have already been engaged and will
come from Portland, Spokane and st.
Paul. The attendance will be equal,
if not greater than in 1916. The rail-
roads have granted the usual special
rates of one and one-third fare for the
round trip, from all points in the
Northwest The railroad officials as
sure the management there will be no
falling off in attendance and the only
question with them is whether or not
they will be able to furnish the equip
ment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
FINLEY NEWS NOTES
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The Ladies' Aid society will give a
social on the VIM. Tewalt lawn to-
morrow friday evening. A short
program has been prepared and every
one is invited.
VIM. Clements left last night for a
short business trip to Walla Walla.
Guy Mcmillan, of Kamiah, Idaho, is
here visiting his sister, Mrs. ]. R.
Ayers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barr, of the Palouse
country, is here visiting her sister,
Mrs. w. L. Cochran.
Mrs. Blaine Cannon and baby are
visiting relatives in Sisters, Oregon.
Mrs. Lizzie Robinson, of Palouse,
and James Robinson, Of California,
who have been visiting their brother,
Charles, left last week for their homes.
The Spokane Fruit Growers COM
pany is loading a car of potatoes at
Finley today, and Stocker & Struthers
are engaged in the same Job at Hedges.
Miss Pauline Knautz, who has been
attending school in Chicago, stopped
off here Saturday to visit with old
friends. She is on her way to Salem
where she will take up her work for
the coming year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
IMPOSSIBLE is ACCOMPLISHED
IN THE 'PATRIA" SERIAL

GIN tPatria,' the new International
serial of romance and patriotism, re-
leased by Pathe, what all technical ex-
perts said was impossible has been ac-
complished. In .Patria,' thru secret
process known only. to ourselves, you
will see Mrs. Castle change clothes
with herself. You will see her take
off the separate articles, toss them
across the room, where they will be
caught by herself. You will see her
open a door, stand behind it, and hold
herself up, as she comes thru that self
same door"
So says Leopold Wharton, of Whar-
ton, Inc, producer of "Patria," which
under the Pathe banner, will be shown
at the Princess theatre here according
to an announcement just issued by
Manager Matchbox.
The film "Patria" presents an ex-
ceptional story.
The time has come in the picture
world when the public demands good
story. In "Patria," for example, we
have taken more time in its production
in working out each detail artistically
than we have ever been able to do be-
fore. 1t was taken in Ithaca, in Wash
ington, New York and California.
In "Patria," Mrs. Vernon Castle has
shown exceptional cleverness and YER
satility. She insists on doing all the
hazardous stunts herself, and will per-
NIT no double" doing the things that
look so perilous on the screen. She
takes the thirty-five foot dive into the
Atlantic, and she falls from her horse
just as she does the many other hair
raising things that one sees in the
picture.
"Patria" has many remarkable
scenes. In one of them the foreign
and Japanese conspirators start a car
of dynamite that has been on siding
toward the munitions factory. The
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
EAST KENNEWICK
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Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. C. Puder-
baugh, July 2Sth, daughter.
Russell Elliott, who has been visit
ing for the past week with relatives
in Endicott, returned home Tuesday.
John Bernath and son left this week
in their car to visit with Mr.. Bernath's
brother Charles in Dores, Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Brown, of Horse
Heaven, spent the week end at the Bry-
son Brown home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Witt were quite
i'll this week with ptomaine poisoning.
Earl Anderson and Ernest Dicken-
son returned Sunday from three
weeks vacation spent in Oregon and
Western Washington.
Miss Linnie Witt, who has been at
tending summer school in Cheney, re-
turned home Friday.
Mrs. Odin, of Connell, visited from
Thursday until Monday with her
daughter, Mrs. Geo. Rupp.
Helen Hunt, of Richland, who has
been visiting for the past two weeks
at the home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Hunt, returned home
Monday. She was accompanied by
Ruby and Katie Hamlet, who will visit
with her for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brace, Clarence
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
NOTES FROM HOVER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

B. B. Stewart and C. j. Voliva were
business visitors in Kennewick last
Thursday.
John Tiede left last Sunday for Spo-
kane, to be gone week on business.
The Young Peoples Bible Sunday
school class gave an Ice cream social
at the home of VIM. Mills last We'd
nesday evening. A good crowd was
present considering the weather con-
ditions. The total proceeds of the eve
ming were $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Powell of Kenne-
wick attended the ice cream social here
last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Mackenzie and two grandchild-
rem, Leo and Gallant and Janet Eng
land left last Thursday for Spokane,
where Mrs. Mackenzie and Janet will
visit for a week. Her grandson left
Spokane Saturday, in company with
friends, for his home at Larimore,
North Dakota.
Miss Eula Toothaker is visiting with
Miss Oglebien in Horse Heaven this
week.
H. C. Graft picked the first ripe cam
taloupes of the season from his patch
last Saturday.
Curtis Koegler left Sunday to work
for John Burke during harvest.
Miss Velma Howard visited few
days the first of the week with Miss
Marie Evans.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. E. 7. Cushman next
Thursday afternoon, August 9th.
w. A. Moorehouse was in town on
Tuesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Stivers and son,
of Portland, arrived Tuesday for an
extended visit with his mother and
friends in Hover.
Ward Hendricks, of Kennewick, was
in town Wednesday of this week look
ing for recruits.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
RIVER ROAD NOTES
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Mr.. and Mrs. Wing and children, of
Tacoma, are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mounsey.
Mrs. Fannie Johnson, of Kennewick,
was a guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Moeller Monday.
Mrs. w. H. Annette now has tele-
phone connection and can be reached
by calling 25x15.
T. Christensen, C. E. Griffith, D. C.
Bergen and B. o. Tooke motored to
Horse Heaven on a business trip in
the Christensen car Wednesday.
F. Moeller is making an improve
ment to his residence by building on
porch and other needed additions.
Mrs. F. w. Payne returned home
Tuesday after few days. visit at the
home Of her parents and other rela-
tives in Walla Walla.
Leroy Kratzer is among the num-
Der who will spend some time in the
Horse Heaven section, as he is en-
gagged in helping with the harvest work
there.
The Thursday club spent an enjoy
able afternoon at the home of Mrs. j.
L. Burpee the past week where Red
Cross work was participated in.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Moeller and
family with Mrs. John Mounsey and
children motored to Pasco Sunday,
where they were the guests of Mrs.
Moeller's brother, Will Radelmiller.
Mrs. Henry Tucker and son of Rich
land were guests at the C. Christensen
home Tuesday.
c. Christensen spent Tuesday in
making deal whereby he became the
owner of that which will give him a
great deal of pleasure, a Ford car.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-02
Carley and Whitcomb

A party of young people motored
over from Alderdale Sunday afternoon
and were callers at the Bass home.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Carley motored
to Prosser Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. Williams attend
ed dance in Roosevelt Friday eve
ming Music was furnished by Port
land band and good time is reported.
Supt. A. C. Jones was in Whitcomb
and Carley Friday to consult with the
school board on plans for the new
school house.
Miss Mabelle Bass was a guest Of
the Misses Warner in Alderdale Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Peterson went
to Kennewick Saturday returning on
Sunday afternoon.
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