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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
CROWDER CALLS
\ FOR ASSISTANCE.
Of EMPLOYERS | |. ] s
{By tbs Associated Press,

Washington. seHt. 11.Employ-
ers Of labor were reminded In an ap,
peal by Provost Marshal Crowder,
published today, that they must be
prepared to render q public service
in applying plans for deferred classi-
fication for men engaged in essential
and important war work, SO that the
governments military program may
not be disturbed or interrupted in
the calling to the colors Of men above
81 years Of age. ..555s !.
The danger Of simpairing the mill mil
tary program or retarding the out
put Of shipyards and munition plants
was emphasized by the provost mar
shal general, who declared that an
employers failure to realize hisS$re-
sponsibility In aiding the district
board III determining the status 81
|registrants entitled to deferred clas-
sihcation would cause delay IN car
rying out y work. quite as simpo ortant
s. that peri formed 81 the army itself.
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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
MANY RAILWAY MEN IN
PRESENT CLASS ONE
TOBE RE- E-CLASSlFlED

Washington, Sept. q Draft
boards have been asked by Provost
Marshal General Crowder to reopen
all cases where skilled railroad en-
ployees had been placed in Glass /
and to determine anew whether the
men concerned are entitled to ex-
emption from military service.
It is expected that the review Of the
board, taken in the light of Industrial
developments will result In the ex-
ception Of 9 large number of railroad
employees.
The review is asked to cover all
skilled employees. Men in railroad
service between 18 and 45 years Of
age who register Thursday will be
held for service or exempted under
the new regulation in reference to
;occupational exemptions; the applica-
ton OF which is expected to be more
liberal. The present order only af--
Gfects those within the old age who
are not In the service. s5s5
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
TRAVECY CAPTURED:
MANY OF ENEMY
MACHINES DOWNED
(Ry the Associated Press)

Paris, Sept. 1.-THE village of
Travecy, near the southern end of
the main Hindenburg line, has been
captured by the French, according to
reports received today. If the
French hold this town, the impor-
tant entertainments at LaFere, the
northerly defense of the St. Gobain
massif, two miles south of Travecy,
will be virtually outflanked.
During the month of August,
French bombing airplanes dropped
more than 629 tons of projectiles,
according to statement issued to-
day by the war Office.
In the same month 270 enemy ma
chimes were brought down or seen
falling out of control, and sc enemy
balloons were set on fire.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Shorten Battle Front.

A third line of defense runs from
the Scarpe river south of Lille to the
Meuse, near Sedan, then southeast
ward to the iron region Of the basin
of the Briey. which it protects from
the west and the south, joining the
second line at Moselle. There are
secondary defensive works to this
line, also, in the region of Vervins.
A fourth line as yet uncompleted,
is intended to furnish a further de-
fense between the Escaut near the
Belgian front. and the Meuse at
Givet.
Each one of these lines furnishes
strong refuge for armies obliged to
retire upon it. The lines also offer
armies dwindling in number the ad-
vantage of progressively shortening
the battle front.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
AGES OF men
FIRST Ito GO
DESIGNATED
80 = ~ |. b.
(By the Associated Press>

Washington, Sept. 1o.-Provost
Marshal General Cnpwder announced
today that the hrstscall to the colors
Of men who registsr Thursday will
include men in the 49, and 20-year
classes and in the classes of 80 to 36
years, inclusive.
Questionnairesawtll go first to reg
istrants within these specified age
limits, and local boards are ordered
to classify them first in readiness for
calls beginning in October.
Young men in the 49, and 2O-year
classes, General Crowder said, will
be accepted for5induction in the Stu
dentist Training Corps, but he point
ed out that the authorized strength
of this corps is only 100000 men,
whereas the total number of regis
trants below 20 years will be more
than three million.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
L0NCW0RTH SEES
DANGER AHEAD
in TAX MEASURE
Representative Warns Against
"a Tax That Amounts to
Plunder'-Future Genera
tons Must Pay.
(By the Associated Press)

Washington, Sept. 10.-Wealth is
taxed to about the straining point by
the war revenue bill, Representative
Longworth of Ohio declared in the
house today, when debate on the
huge tax measure was resumed. He
warned his hearers that any addition
al taxes levied hereafter must be
borne by people purchasing articles
of daily necessity, and that, as the
cost of the war mounts, a greater
proportion of it will have to be borne
by future generations.
Pointing out that congress is
about to exact from the American
people sum which would have more
than paid the entire cost of the Civil
War both to the Union and the Con-
federacy, Mr.. Longworth said that
the tax of 80 per cent on war profits
and maximum of 20 per cent on ex-
cess profits and II per cent on in
comes was mighty near the danger
mark"
He added that this is bill "to
raise war revenues and not re-organ-
ize society,""
"Just as surely as you impose a
tax which amounts to plunder," said
the Ohio representative, "just so
surely do you overshoot the mark
and render difficult, if not impossible,
the financing necessary to effectively
prosecute the war"
Most of the coming issue of Liber.
| ty Bonds, Mr.. Longworth said
would be purchased by individuals
and their purchasing power will be
effected directly by taxes on their in.
comes. Although he and other mem
bers had doubted it's possibility, the
ways and means committee, Mr..
Longworth continued, had succeeded
in framing bill designed to raise
eight billion dollars by taxation with
out resort to consumption taxes and
increased tariff rates. These remain,
he said, as an additional source OF
revenue in case some of those now
counted on are destroyed by legis-
lation or otherwise
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Were City Dweler..

Many of the troops came from
Chicago and Cleveland and a large
percentage were factory hands of
foreign extraction. Their behavior
proved that they had assimilated the
spirit of the American soldiers.
Several soldiers told the Associat-
ed Press that they saw the submarine
lifted clear out of the water after the
depth bomb exploded, and then en-
tirely disappear.
Something had gone wrong with
the troop ship engine, which COM
PEELED her. for time to lag behind
the rest of the convoy, but the trou-
BILE had been fixed and she was fast
catching up with the others when
torpedo hit her just forward of the,
engine room.
The vessel at once began to sink by
the bow. Many of the soldiers at the
time were taking baths. They did
not wait to dress but made for the
deck with what clothing they coulG
hastily lay their hands on. The wa
ter was rushing in at such rate that
it was thought the steamer would
founder.
To the surprise of most of the
soldiers, the troop ship did not sink.
Some means apparently we're found
to check the thrush of the water, and
she got near enough to shore to be.
beached.
1t is hoped that the vessel can be-
saved ultimately.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
CASUALTIES

The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American Expeditionary Fore
es: Killed in action, 172; missing in
action, 112;; wounded severely, 236
died of wounds, ~; died from acci-
dent, l.; died of disease, q; wounded
degree undetermined, SO; died from
airplane accident, 1. Total, 642.
The list includes, killed in action:
Paul Farup, Park River, N. d.; Ser
geant Earl v. Jefferson, Hope, N. D.
Missing in action: Earl D. Findlay,
Valley City, N. D.; Alfred T. Good
win, Cakes, N. D Wounded severe
ly: Corporal Fred L. Warns, Mott, N.
Walter N. Fry, Stampede, N. D.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
WHY SPEED IS NEEDED
IN REGISTRATION THAT
OCCURS ON THURSDAY

The enlarged military program re-
quires that the Selective Service sys-
tenn, which must supply the addition
al men needed, shall have a Class 1
of over two million available to be
drawn upon on and after October.
In order to obtain two million
Glass / men, the nation must regis
ter about thirteen million more men
for classification. These thirteen mil
lion represent the total males in
ages 80 to 45 and 18 to 21.
Why does the army need over two
million jmen? Because the allied
program to speed up the final over
throw of the German armies, calls
for an early mastering of America s
final contribution. The war depart
ment has stated that Americas army
must not fall below five million men.
OF this amount nearly three million
men are now under arms. This
leaves more than nttwa million men to
be made ready (including replace.
ments). and the time has now come
to obtain them.
October Training.
why muSL CueS0 Two mllllOu anu
quarter Glass l men begin to be
available by October 1? Because by
October l., at the present rate of dis
patching troops to Europe, our can
tonments will be depleted, and by the
process of refilling their places, the
Glass men obtained by the 1918
classification will have been entirely
used up. 1t will, therefore, be neces-
sary to call more Glass 1 men to
camp. In order to obtain more Class
1 men, we must proceed to this new
registration. AS soon as the whole
number has been registered, the
classification will begin and a quota
will be called each month, beginning
in October, to fill the, places in the
camps of those who are departing to
join the boys over there.
Therefore, the registration had to
take place not later than the middle
of September, in order that the first
installment of the new Class 1 men
may be ready by October.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
MUST
NOW BE SLOWER
ON WEST FRONT
Strong Entertainments and
Forifications Stretch Along
Lines the II! Allies Now Con-
front.
(By the Associated Press,

With French Army, Sept. To-
The rapidity of the splendid opera
tion that wrested the initiative of the
battle from the Germans and drove
them behind their old defense lines
of 1917 to recuperate their forces
and reconstruct their shattered di-
visions, is no longer proper basis
for calculating speed of progress.
The Allies are now in front of OBJ
stacles that do not appear on or
dinary maps by which the general
public follows the changes of the bat
tie front. No maps show them in de-
tail, but enough is known of them
to reconstitute them in a general
way.
There is first the Hindenburg line
system of field fortifications which
the Germans built with the enforced
labor of prisoners of war and French
and Belgian civilians. It runs from
Lens southeast to the Aisne north of
Rheims by way of Queant, st. Quen-
tin, LaFere and st. Gobain forest. It
consists of an elaborate system of
trenches. multiple systems Of barbed
wire entanglements, concrete posoi-
tions for artillery, and blockhouses
for machine guns and shelter for the
infantry, and is further protected by
flooded country where means were
available for that purpose.
The second line runs from the for
est of Lille to the stronghold of
Metz, generally parallel with the
Hindenburg line, to the region north
of Rheims and at distances varying
from I to go miles. From -soissons
north to Rheims it runs southeast
ward, joining in the old front at
Verdun and continuing from there
to Pagny on the Moselle river south
5of Metz. There are secondary lines
attached to this line, notably along
the Escaut river from Cambria north
between the valleys of the Disc and
the Zerre, and northeastward from
LaFere along the Sulppe river north
of Rheims.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Men In Camp Today.

American Rest Camp, England.
Sept. 1.-THE majority Of the $500
American soldiers from the. troop,
ship which was torpedoed Friday af-.
ternoon of the English coast, but
was not sunk, unon which there were
no casualties. have arrived here none
the worse for their thrilling expert
ences.
The men are finding some consola-
tion for the loss Of their vessel in
the assurance that the submarine
that attacked her suffered worse
fate at the hands Of the ayenging.
destroyers. which were quickly on
the scene hunting the U boat with.
depth charges.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
TWENTY Y-EICHT HUNDRED
TAKEN FROM T0RPED0ED
AMERICAN TROOP ship
TROOP TRANSPORT
SUNK DURING HER
RETURN VOYAGE
(By the Associated Press)

New York, Sept. 1.-THE British
passenger steamship, Missanabie, 49,
469 tons gross register, in the serv-
ice of the British admiralty for a
troop transport, has been sunk by a
submarine in European waters, ac-
cording to news brought here by
passengers on ship which recently
sailed from a British port.
The Missanabie, which had been
carrying American troops and sup
plies, was returning to an American
port.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
EMBARGO ON GRAIN.
tBy the Associated Press)

Minneapolis, Sept 1O.-A tenn
porary embargo on the shipment of
all grain into Minneapolis and St.
Paul was ordered today by A. w.
Trenholm, federal manager of twin
city railway terminals, effective at
midnight tonight. Unusually heavy
grain receipts have been received the
past week and the inability Of ele-
vators and mills to get men to shovel
the grain from cars is the cause, ac-
cording to H. A. Kennedy, federal
manager for this city.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Two Hundred Miles From
English Coast, Steamer Is
Torpedoed All Soldiers
Transferred to Destroyers
Ship Is Beached and May
Be Saved.
(By the Associated Press)

London, Sept. 11.-A troop
ship with $500 Americans on
board has been torpedoed. All
hands were saved. The troop
ship was beached.
In order to save time, instead
of the launching of the boats, the
men clambered over ropes to the
destroyers, which had come
quickly to the stricken vessel and
came close alongside.
This operation was greatly
facilitated by the fact that the.
sea was not rough.
The troop ship was member
of large convoy off the English
coast and was torpedoed 200
miles from shore at 3 o'clock on.
Friday afternoon.
The transfer of the American
troops from the stricken vessel
to escorting British and Ameri--
can torpedo boat destroyers wass
made without injury to anyone:-
They, all escaped injury wklelr'
the troop ship was struck, and
they were soon on their Way to.
a British port.
There was no sign of panic on
board the ship, and the admirable
behavior of the men was especially.
gratifying to the officers.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
GERMANS COUNTER ON
SEVERAL SECTORS, THO
ALLIES Still GAIN
PETR0CR
REPOR TED Il BURNING
in TWELVE PLACES
(By the Associated Press)

= Is i + r : = 4 : : . : Z. 4
Washington. Sept. IA dispatch
from the American legation at Chris
tiania today said reliable information
received there indicated that Petro-
grad was burning in twelve different
places, and that there was indiscrim-
mate massacre of people in the
streets.
Secretary Lansing, in announcing
the message, said that it did not in
dicate whether the massacre was or
ganized or merely was the result of
a general state of anarchy. There
was nothing to show what part the
bolsheviki government leaders were
playing In the situation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
PLAYERS DESIRES
MET BY OWNERS
(By the Associated Press)

Finway Park, Sept. 1.-THE
Boston Red Sox and the Cubs
hooked up again today in the sixth
game of the worlds series before
several thousand spectators, who
shivered and shook in the blast that
reached every corner Of the park and
stands. Murmurs of another strike
over division of money faded out
during the morning. when club own
ers, held q conference. Afterward 1t
was given out that the Boston and
Chicago owners had met the situa-
ton. ss n
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
GASOLINE SHORTAGE
FACES COUNTRY
(By the Associated Press)

Washington, Sept. 11.-Fuel Ad-
ministrator Garfield Informed the
senate today in response to the
Lodge resolution Of inquiry, that un-
less conservation steps are taken inn
mediately there would be deficit
of approximately 100000 barrels
Of gasolene at the end Of the year.
at the rate Of consumption for Aug
ust, he estimated that only one
months supply was ahead.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Aggres.iively Defend Cambria

The defense of Cambria Is like
wise being carried to the aggressive
by the Germans along the Canal Lu
Nord, where the British stand far
inside the Hindenburg line after hav-
ing broken the Queant-Drocourt
switch. In this aggressive move
ment the enemy last night sharply
counter-attacked near Moeuvres, just
to the east of Queant and at Ecourt-
st. Quentin. north of the Arras-Cam-
bria road. In both cases the British
held their ground, repulsing the Ger
mans in stiff engagements.
The French drive in upon LaFere,
northerly defense of St. Gobain
bastion, is reported today to have
been notable, with the capture of
the town of Travecy on the linden
burg line, two miles directly north
OF LaFere. The holding of this
ground would result in the outfiank-
ing LaFere on the northerly side.
The Germans also have been at
tacking desperately on the French
front where the line runs north
from the Aisne toward st. Gobain
massif. They are attempting to drive
the Franco-American forces there
OF the Mont Rouge plateau, the al
lied occupation threatening the flank
OF the Vine far to the east. All their
efforts, however. have been fruitless:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
CONDITION OF CORN
MEANS A REDUCED
PRODUCTION FOR YEAR

Washington, Sept. 9.-Heavy de-
cline in the condition of the corn crop
caused reduction of 317,O00,000
bushels in today's department of ag-
riculture forecast of production COM
pared with last months estimate.
Spring wheat production shows i'm
provement, with an increase of 21,-
100000 in estimated production,
making the total wheat crop esti-
mate at 899,O00,00O bushels.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Greatest Distance West Of
Hindenburg Line Is Further
Reduced Cambria and St.
Quentin Brought Nearer,
With Notable Gains But
Two Miles From LaFere
Huns Attack Americans.
.tBy the Associated Press,

The British were still pushing
forward today toward the Hin
denburg line in the one sector
where they are some distance
from it, near the center of the
allied battlefront.
Some progress was made dur
ing the night in the Vermand
region, where Field Marshal
Haig's men are closing in upon
st. Quentin from the north,
while the French are pushing up
from the south.
Farther north, the British
were reported today to have
gained a foothold in the twin
towns of Peiziere and Epehy,
two and one-half miles from the
,Hindenburg line opposite lie
Capelet. The Germans are re-
sisting strongly here, as this sec
tion of the line forms part Of the
defenses of Cambria on the
south. g.. .:rss
The resistance in this sector
is taking the form Of strong
attacks at Gouzeacourt just to the
north. They gained a lone British
post in hard fighting last night, but
otherwise were completely repulsed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
CASUALTIES

Washington, Sept. 10.-The fol-
lowing casualties are reported by the
Commanding General of the Ameri-
can Expiditionary forces: Killed
in action, $50; missing in action,
22O; wounded severely, All; died of
wounds, 46; died from aeroplane &C
cident, q; wounded, degree undeter-
mined, 35; died of diesase, 8; pris-
bners, L; died of accident and other
causes, 6; Total 938.
The list includes died of wounds,
Jno. R. O'Hara, Darlington; killed
in action, Lorraine York, Mandan !;
Lars Peterson, Kenmare; Anthony
Zirbes, White Earth; wounded sew
erely Corp Arvid Heidenberg, San
ish; Corp. Raymond Fay, jamestown; !;
Mike, Corners, Gladstone; Richard
Fahrer, New Rockford; Fred L. Hall,
IDoyon; Eugene Irwin, Granville;
Walter Jorgenson, Kenmare; Robert
McGardle, New England; Harry P.
Milender, Bedford Richard Weber,
Hankinsbn; Ross Sherwood, Almont;
Ernest Week. Seminot; Theo. Wong,
sanish; Dean Zeller, Washburn; {;
lTheo. Albreghtson, Bismarck; AL
bert Ashley. Croft; Miles Cary, Ken
mare; Sam Dering, New Leisig;
Chas Kinney, Grand Rapids; Chas
itAIn Il Qroyanonoi I. 4 fsh.a hYal.on Hro
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
Suffer Great ,Loss. !

n On Americana Aisne Front, Sept.
The Germans this evening are
still attack ring "a the Mont Rouge
zplateau nth operate determina-
The losses of the enemy "a tho
slaats three days mpst hsve been ap-
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-12
BlOsTON !! ! ! / WINS : ]! !.
The ,flnal lscOre today was:

R,H.E
Chicago o o O 4 20 10 sOS o - 5 8
Boston /; % o p q Q 70 a o 8 q
Batteriea Heatrit md
l1illifer; O'Fasrel, ~ ard schaag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-18
WALTER COCHATO
WINS 2:O5 PACE
Defeats Directum J. in
Grand Circuit Event at
Kalamazoo

Kalamazoo. Mich. July 1s.--Exciting
finishes and big fields featured yester.
days Grand Circuit meeting here. The
meeting opened Monday with the half
milers of the Michigan short ship circuit
the attraction. Yesterdays card con-
sisted of three events carried over on ac-
count Of Tuesdays postponement and
one of the. events originally scheduled
for yesterday.
In the. 2:O5 pace Directum j. was
favorite against the field. but was un-
able to win a heat. Walter Cochato took
the first heat. Mary Rosalind Parr the
second and then Walter Cochato came
back and landed first in the third.
Walter Cox upset calculations in the
2:1O pace by winning the second and
third heats handily with Betsy Hamlin.
Rudlight and Belle Alcantara were
favorites in this event. the former win
ming the first heat.
The three-year- trot was an easy
victory for the Murphy entry. Chestnut
Peter. Peter Vonia was a contender
The 2:16 trot. with a field of twelve
starters, was won by The Comet, an
outsider A fourth heat was necessary
to decide it.
The track was still heavy as a result
OF Tuesdays rain and the time ruled
slow. 1t promises to be faster for to-
day. when the racing card will in
clude the 2:0s trot, $4,000: the free-for-
all pacing sweepstakes. the 2:09 pace
$4,000, and the 2:14 pace. $1,000.