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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
Praises THE GftE
As FINE BUNCH Of Men

They are certainly q fine lot Of
men," Is the way the Cxecho-S -Sroval
soldiers In Siberia are referred to By
J. IB. Lanning. Portland boy now
with the U. 8. 8. Brooklyn. flagship
Of the Asiatic fleet, says the Tele.
gram.
The Czechs inhabit a portion Of
Austria entirely populated by people
Of their own blood he writes.
They are Slavs OF Russian origin.
For 500 years they have fought and
attempted to establish freedom and
receive recognition. but during all
this time the Austro- German yoke
has ground them down.
with the idea Of some time free
ing their country, the Czechs long
established a system OF physical and
mental training, with a high moral
code. They have become a fine race.
They love their country intensely,
and are bitter enemies of all Austro-
Germans.
"At the outbreak Of the war. great
numbers Of the Czechs were pressed
into the Austrian army. As soon as
they arrived at the front, regiments
and even whole divisions Of Czech
troops deserted bodily and went over
to join the Russians in the fight
against the common enemy. The
enemy announced that any Of these
men made prisoners would be nang-
ed, and the Czechs replied briefly
that there would be no prisoners
taken.
Accordingly. their troops swore
that none would be taken alive, and
in case Of necessary retreat their
wounded who could not be carried to
safety, would be killed by their owl
men. This has been carried out
throughout the whole war and these
men have fought with the creates,
bravery and desperation"
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
GEItMANs LOSE KEY POSITIONS
NORTH OF HAvmNCOURT To
THE CANNY SCOTS
CITY SlIO MASS Or TRENCHES
listtish, Frcnch. Scots and Austr~.
iians AL Hammer at Gates Of
CAmbrai and ". Quentin

London. Sept. 2i,--Scottish troops
this morning finally overcame the
resistance OF the Germans still In the
village OF Moeuvres west OF Cambria
where there has been much violent
fighting recently. and completed,
captured the village. according "a
Field Marshal Halg's communication
today.
During this morning Scottish
troops completed the capture OF Moe
uvres. overcoming the resistance OF
Q party OF the enemy who were still
holding out In the village.
This morning after n heavy bonn
bardment the enemy delivered
strong local attack on our positions
northwest OF Hulluch. The attack
was completely repulsed and mum
Dor OF prisoners were left 10 oui
hands"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
government CRISIS
SAY HUN NEWSPAPERS

Amsterdam. Sept. 21.-Leipseig
newspapers state that the govern
ment crisis Is becoming decisive and
the majority OF parties are firmly re-
solved to form q parliamentary gov.
ernment which In entire indepen-
dence Of headquarters will pursue
the policy made necessary by the
seriousness Of the hour.
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
WILSON WILL CONTROL
COTTON DISTRIBUTION

Washington. Sept. 21.-Senators
from the cotton growing states dis
closed that at their recent White
House conference, President Wilson
made It clear that It was his inten-
tion not only to fix the price for this
years crop, but to order government
control OF its distribution
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
LIMITED SERVICE MEN
WILL Be TAKEN ACROSS

Camp Lewis. Sept. 21.--A letter
|from the war department says that
limited service men will be taken
overseas and that to conserve the
man power every man physically 1T
for comhatant service will be used
solely foe that purpose
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
Hun WAR BOOTY
ARRIVES MONDAY
Robert ". Smith, Liberty Loan Man.
asev for Oregon, Says Finest Ex.
hibit Ever shown Here
The special train carrying German

The special train carrying German
war booty for exhibition through
Oregon 10 scheduled to arrive Ia
Grants Pass tomorrow. September
20. The schedule shows that this
train will arrive here at IL noon
and leave at .. m. sharp.
Robert u. Smith. Liberty loar
manager for Oregon. has the follow
Ing TO say OF the exhibit:
The writer accompanied this
train as far a. Oregon City and car
assure you II Is unquestionably the
greatest exhibit which has ever come
to the Pacific coast. II consists oi
two box cars. one 50-foot automobile
box car and one sleeper. In the bo,
car are located the lighter trophies
such as helmets. steel breast plates
rifles. side arms, gas masks. uni
forms. hand grenades. machine gun
cartridges and rifle. cartridges, Cart
ridge boxes, shells and an innumer.
able amount OF small stun OF this
kind. On the two flat cars are load.
cd the heavy cannon and machine
guns. The most interesting gun Il
q famous French Ism. NJ. This ID
the gun which has done such won
derful work In the present war. That
Ia about the only piece In the whole
train which ls not German captured
booty. There Is one very large
German field gun captured by the
Americans. The steel protectine
plates on this gun are perforated by
American bullets until II looks like Q
sieve, and the gun shows that q
bomb shell finally put Il out Of CON-
mission. There are also on these
flat cars German machine gun am.
munition wagons. German i7o-M. NJ
howitzers. and German whiz bang
projectiles. German machine guns,
siege guns, trench howitzers and gre.
made throwers.
Accompanying the train Is a
squad OF nine soldiers and buglers,
train officials, speakers. attendants,
machinists and electricians"
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
YANK DROPS ELEVEN
BALLOONS IN 4 DAYS

With the american Army on the
Lorraine Front. Thursday, Sept. 10.
Lieutenant F. Luke, OF Phoenix,
Ariz.. fattened his record Of enemy
balloon destruction yesterday BY
shooting down two additional bal
looms, making total OF IL in four
days. In addition he brought down
two airplanes in that period.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
TO ALIGN WORLD
AGAINST MAD RULE
U. .. Governpeat Aroused Over Ter
rorism of Bolshevfki Acts In
Russia.

Washington. Sept. 21.-To align
the civilized world against the ter
rorism In Russia under the Bolshs-
Wiki rule, the United States govern
ment has directed the ambassadors
OF neutral and allied countries 10
ascertain whether their governments
will join In an immediate action to
express the aversion Of the civilized
world to the wanton acts Of the Boil
sheviki rule.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
CROWN PRINCE FLEES
ROUMAN|AN HOME

Copenhagen. Sept. 21.-The Rou-
manlan crown prince has fled from
IRoumanian territory and arrived at
Odessa. according to the Ukrainian
dispatches
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
BRITISH PERISH WHEN
MONITOR IS SUNK

London, Sept. Ala British mon
itor was sunk Monday as she lay In
the harbor. Nineteen men were
killed and 81 missing who are pre-
sumed to have also been killed.
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
SERBANS AND FRENCH SKATER FOES FORCES
AND ADVANCE 20 MILES, LIbERATNG VILLAGES
Turks Suffer Defeat From MeGlaanean 10 The Jordan Il
Hands Of French and DriisA Aided BY de Arabs
--.Endrcing Movement Csstnues q West Front

London. Sept. 2i.-The serbians
east Of Monastir have advanced over
nine miles In one day and are now
les than eight miles from the main
highway connecting Prilep with the
vardar river. A great number Of
prisoners have been captured. and
the allies have taken Godyak, west
Of the Cerna river and Is miles
southeast Of Prilep.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22

London. Sept. 2i.-The British at.
tack against the Hindenburg line
northwest Of st. Quentin was resum.
ed today east Of Ephey. Further
steps forward wene taken 81 the
British on the Flanders front. and
they improved their positions west
Of Messines to the south OF Ypres
where a strong point was captured.
Northwest Of St. Quentin the Brit.
ish progressed through the main
Hindenburg line northwest Of Bel
lenslIse. North Of Gauche Wood and
west Of villers-Guislan. One British
advanced post vas pushed bach
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22

London. Sept. 21.-The entente
naval units and allies operating
along the River Dvina In northern
European Russia have sunk two
enemy ships, captured three guns.
and inflicted heavy losses on the Boil
sheviki forces.
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The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general OF
the American expeditionary forces
for today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22

London. Sept 2i.--Driving north.
ward on an ever winning front. the
Serbians and French are menacina
the entire Bulgarian position from
north Of the Adriatic to Saloniki.
The cutting OF She Uskub-saloniki
railway only nine miles from the
new Serbian line would upset the
Bulgarians completely.
The Serbs have advanced 20 miles
from the Sokol positions at Drogo-
jem. north OF which cavalry Is now
operating. Additional villages have
been liberated. and there Is no indi-
cation Of where the enemy intends
to make n stand.
The British and Greeks continue
the pressure around Lake DoIran
and the successful continuation OF
the allied stroke Is fraught with
great possibilities.
The Turks from the Mediterran-
can to the Jordan river north Of
Jerusalem appear TO have suffered
serious defeat at the hands Of the
British. the French and their allies
the Arabs. The Sultan's forces may
suffef great disaster II the situation
develops favorably over the 1s-mile
front over which the allies have Writ
ually overran the whole Turkish de-
fensive system along the Mediterran-
can coast. The Turks are prevented
from retreating eastward by the hos
tile Hejas tribes beyond the Jordan,
and face difficult problem In max
ing their way back to safety. along
the western front.
The allies In Russia routed the
Bolshevih on the northern front.
Petrograd dispatches say that the
Lettish forces. hitherto the Bolshe-
viki's staunchest supporters. were
treacherous and refused to fight
against the British.
Paris, Sept. 21.--In the drive for
outflanking St. Quentin on the south
the French have taken the town Of
|Benay and progressed north Of that
place.
At Castres. where the French are
only slightly over two miles from
Ct. Quentin. they repuised German
counter offensive.
With the British Army in France,
Sept. 21.--The English attacked the
German lines midway between Hav-
rincourt Wood and st. Quentin to-
day, on front OF two and half
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22

Died Of disease se--Louis Henry Sin
onsen. svenson, Ore.
Wounded severely--Frank Ward,
Nyssa. Ore; Jack NJ. Elliot, Port
land, Ore.
Total number OF casualties to
date, including those reported above:
Killed In action, (including at
sea) ...................................... 6,0SS
Died of wounds ...................... 1856
Died OF disease .......--.,...... l,7S0
Died Of accident, and other
causes ........-...-..-...-.-.. Soz
Wounded In action, ...............17.46s
Missing in action (including
prisonersr ...-...-...........-- 4,4S2
iOtti ....---...-..........-..--..... fIl
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
HEAVY RAINS TRASsFoRsa THE
WHOLE FRONT INTO AN IN
sENsE BOG
GERMAN GUNS n CEMETERY
Heavy Movement Bshind Germaa
Anes Taken - Indication oe
Their Further Retreat

With the American Army in Lor-
raine, Sept 21.-Coutinued rain
which transformed the front into :
bog. making troop movements diffi-
cult and transport almost impossible.
slowed down activities today. There
was scarcely q movement on the
ground.
The aerial activity continued in
the unfavorable weather, although IN
lessened degree. Some air patrols
secuted over the enemy lines In the
rain.
In . cemetery near Hmy lust
within tie German lines previous to
the attack Of September II, Ameri-.
can troops discovered German ma
chine gun nests beneath the concrete
pedestal Of . large croa.
Ths QsFmans- hed dug n slois
the center Of the foundntion and
CONSTRUCTED machine gun posts at
three places facing toward the.
French lines. The cemetery IL on
q hill commanding Q view Of the.
country to TIE south and the Ger
mans assumed that II an attack were.
made the cemetery would not be SUBJ.
jected to artillery fire.
When the Franco American often
sive started the Germans held the
mackine gun nests in the cemetery.
as long as possible. but were COM.
PEELED to retreat in haste before
they could use the guns. So hurried
was the enemy retirement that SER
eral machine guns were found In the
cemetery by the Americans. Ths
cemetery was not hit by shells and,
the cross still stands.
With the American Army In EQe-
raine. Sept. 21.--Fires were ohseYv-
ed In the town OF Dommartin, be-
hind the German lines. together. with
a heavy movement Of men and wag-
ons, which would indicate that; q
further retreat is planned by the
enemy.
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WHO LEFT
JOB DENIED UNIFORM
A significant incident. ealiyened
the morning recruiting session of the
tank corps. One Of the first men to
present himself was a shipbuilder.
says the Portland Telegram.
What is your trader he was
asked.
Bollermaker."
Were you among those who
walked out at noon Saturday."
well. er--yes. but L didn't at
tend the meeting Of the union"
I'VE can't use you. The tank
corps wants no man who puts his
own convictions ahead Of service to
his country. Leave please
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
i,7So.ooo YANKEES IN FRANCE

Washington. Sept. a1.-0eneral
March has announced that one and
three quarters million men have
been sent overseas to date.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-22
CLOCKS SET AHEAD
MIDNIGHT, SEPT. 50

At midnight, September 80. all
clocks will be turned ahead an hour,
making 1t 1 q. M, October 1, ending
the daylight saving scheme institute
ed by the government.
Returning to the old system. an
hour Of morning light will be con-
served. by the summer plan the
hour was saved at the end OF the
day.
The past season witnessed the
first trial OF the daylight-saving plan
in America and results in all indus
tries 1t Is said, were highly satisfac-
tory.
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With the British Army in France,
Sept. 21.--The English attacked the
German lines midway between Hav-
rincourt Wood and st. Quentin to-
day, on front OF two and half
to three miles.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11

ment with which he was born. and OF
which he was extremely sensitive
He blamed his English mother for
living a life of selr-indulgence and
cursed her repeatedly as being re-
sponsible for his deformity.
No description Of the emperors
personal appearance will be complete
without mention Of his full, bristling
mustache. His photographs, which he
distributed with lavish hand, Showed
i, with ends twirled up at belligerent
angles.
He married Augusta Victoria. oldest
daughter of Grand Duke Frederick OF
Schleswig Sonderburg- Augustenburg,
on Feb. 81. 1881. They had six sons
and one daughter OF whom Prince
Frederick is the eldest. With the
crown prince, his father clashed fire.
quently and on one occasion virtually
exiled young Frederick to Dantzig but
soon recalled him and restored him to
favor.
German mothers who wrote to the
emperor of the deaths Of their Sons
killed in battle elected from him no
/ word of sympathy. He regarded
their deaths as glorious" Yet his
own six sons, tho holding high COM
mands, were 80 protected that the i'm
perial family stood practically alone in
all Germany in warding OF the
clutches Of death.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11
KAISER'S DREAM
OF WORLD RULE
IS SHATTERED

A dream Of world dominion obess-
ing the mind Of Emperor William
plunged the world into war. Upon him
and the tremendous military engine Of
destruction Of which he was the en-
bodiment the exponent and the leader
rests the responsibility OF deliberately
planning and bringing about the great
est conflict the world has ever seen.
It did not matter to the world that
the emperors personnel share in the
swift events Immediately preceding
the war had been obscured. The world
convicted him OF organizing. directing
and maintaining at the top notch Of
efficiency the great German military
machine. It remembered that he signed
the order for the German mobilization.
1t remembered that he stood sponsor
for the terrorism and bryan dage
WHICH, under the guise of warfare.
ravished Belgium, laid waste the cities
Of France, depopulated and outraged
Serbia and sent the Lusitaniat with
her freight Of women and children to
a grave in the Atlantic
Civilization will never forget that il
was the minions Of the emperor who
officially shot to death Edith Cayell
the English girl VINO befriended Inc
Belgians in Brussels.
Kaiser Stands Convicted.
Against these his cry, Il did not will
the war" awaited as nothing. Before
the SSar of Humanity william was ad-
judged guilty Of the greatest crime
since the crucifxion. In him humanity
saw the last Of the autoCrats, the final
Caesar Assertions that ne was at
heart peaceful. so persistently cir
culated for years as to give them the
stamp Of German opaganda, became
branded as certainly false. He VINO
had long proclaimed himself the prince
OF peace stood revealed as humanity's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11

scourge, and against him and all that
he represented rose the new world OF
democracy and freedom.
Many doubt whether William was
entirely sane. He said repeatedly that
he possessed a divine mandate TO rule.
that the Almighty was his "uncondi-
tional and avowed ally II is not en-
tirely clear whether such outgivings
were the product Of a disordered brain
or were due to unbounded egotism and
an effort to impress his subjects with
the idea of reverent and unquestiontns
submission. HIS speeches to his armies
in which he asserted he and they were
instruments of divine Judgment upon
Germany's enemies" were regarded by
many outside Of Germany as pIece> ~.
rhetoric, intended only to deceive MS
own people.
His Early Boast.
Williams claim to close affinity
with Coo was the burden Of dozens OF
his speeches long before as we'll as
after the beginning of the war. OF
these. perhaps. none more clearly de-
fined his claim than his notorious
divine right" speech delivered at
Brandenbur- in 1890, in which he SAID
he regarded the German people as "a
responsibility" conferred upon him by
Cod and that it was my duty to in
crease this heritage for which one day
I shall be called upon to give account.
Those who try TO interfere with my,
task 7 shall crush
In all this the world saw before the
war not a menace but a comedy. II
laughed with the then Capt Joseph B.
Coghlan. of the United States navy
when. returning from the war with
Spain ard telling OF the clash with the
commander OF the German squadron
at Manila bay. the captain recited the
famous poem. "Hoch Der Kaiser" In
this the concluding refrain was, in the
supnositious words OF the emperor:
Colt pulls nit r2e-and 7 nit him
Meinself-Und Colt"
Few statesmen realized then that
the deluded emperor in his Shining
arror". mareuvering his armies and
his fleets. building up the German mill
tarv system. cementing the central
empires and Turkey and fostering the
preaching Of the supremacy Of auto
cracy, was erecting a machine that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11
DANGER FROM EPIDEMIC.

New York. Nov. gearing a rapid
rise in the death rate from tuberculosis
as result of the influenza epidemic.
the National tuberculosis Association
has issued special statement warn
ing the public Of the danger. Exper-
fence in previous epidemics has clear
~ indicated, the association points out.
that the death rate from tuberculosis.
may be expected to be increased by at
least 10 per cent within the next two
years as a result OF the present cpl
demic. unless proper precautions are
taken. Influenza, it Is stated, greatly
reduces on's physical vitality and low
er's ones resistance TO disease. This
opens the way for tuberculosis.
The surest ways to prevent tubefcu-
losis as result OF Influenza are sum-
married. by the association as follows:
1. Stop working and GO to bed linz
mediately. Do not resume work until
the attack Of influenza Is all gone.
2. Have nothing 10 do with pat-
ent medicines or drug store treat
nent" Put yourself under a doctors
care at once. and continue under his
care until cured
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11
Hun Soldiers Glue
Up Rather Than
Die on Last Day

With the American Army on the
Sedan Front, Nov. s.-"What Is the
use OF staying out there to be killed
on the last DAY :. was the comment
Of scores Of prisoners brought IN yes
terday by the Americans.
Most OF the prisoners declared that
since their government Is quitting
and they are convinced that 1t is
it was absurd for them to neglect the
opportunity to surrender.
The fact that the Germans have sent
armistice delegates into the allied lines
has not slowed up American opera
tons.
The American flag today flies over
Dun -sur-Meuse, picturesque town on
the east bank OF the Meuse. When
theS Americans entered the town the
German battle flag was flying on the
tower OF the church. For two hours
they were too busy to bother witt, ",
| hut when the American flag took Its
! c.ac.5 the German emblem became the
property or the engineer corps
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-11

go to any point where an epidemic or
case Of unusual character develops,
Besides the trench fever microbe, the
meteorological laboratory had countless
other germs. Of typhoid. diptheria,
malaria dysentery, tuberculosis. and
the whole range Of maladies which
find Judgment in an army. The germ
cultures are in long spindly bottles
They present deadly arsenal OF dis
ease germs which would decimate
whole city II they were Embossed.
A large oven Of white enamel was
at one side of the laboratory. and open
ing the door OF the oven one saw the
germ cultures being developed to full
growth. much as chickens are devel-
oped in incubators. Mild heat. always
kept uniform. carries on the work OF
germ growth. Soft cotton was spread
over the oven. and on this lay the
cultures. some exposed and some in
the long bottles. slowly maturing to
the full-grown state where the full
effect Of their deadly properties can
be examined and studied.