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ENLIST TODAY FOR
Student NURSING

August IL. being the closing time
for enlistment In the student nurse
reserve. the women's Division Coun-
ell OF Defense. are very desIrous OF
obtaining our quota for Josephine
county and would like to urge those
who have not fully made up their
minds to do so. and hand their ap.
plications to Miss Barnes at the H..
brary today.
Mrs. N. y. Macduff a. chairman OF
the council IL most desirous that we
continue our reputation In war work
and furnish our quota which Is only
five women from the county.
The army school OF nursing 10 To-
Gated In the surgeon generals office.
washinston. d. c. The training win
be given In the various military hos
pitals and through such affiliations
as may be required to complete the
course. The course extends over a
period Of three years. Credit Of nine
months or an academic year. will be
given to graduates OF accredited coll
leses, Credit OF three months will
also be given to students who have
had two or more years Of college. or
In approved technical schools that
have included prescribed courses In
science.
To be eligible TO the army school
OF nursing. candidates must be be-
tween ages OF 2i and 35. single or
a widow, In good physical condition.
Of good moral character. and gradu-
ates OF recognized high schools. or
present evidence Of an educational
equivalent.
No tuntlon fee Is required. Stu
dents will be provided with board,
lodging and laundry through. the
period OF the course and with re-
quired text books. They Will be re-
quIred to provide themselves with In
door uniforms during the prelImin-
ary period OF the first four months,
and upon Its successful completion
with an outdoor uniform. A month
ly allowance OF SIS to meet these
and incidental expenses will be pro-
vlded.
For the woman who Is ineligible
to the army school Of nursing there
Is an opportunity to engage to hold
herself ready until April 1, 1919, to
accept assignment to nurses training
schools In civilian hospitals. The
term OF training varies from two to
three years. Credit will be given for
college education by many OF these
schools. Some of them on the other
hand do not require full high
school education.
The student nurse gets board lodg-
Ing and tuition free at practically
every training school and In most
cases a small remuneration to cover
the cost Of books and uniforms. AT
present every woman who completes
satisfactorily her training In any ac-
credited school Is eligible for an
army nurse at the front and stands a
chance Of being assigned to duty
abroad.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11
Surrounds .II1.' y
CITY OF M0NTD|D|ER|
French Enter Chaulnes Whichb Great German Railway Cen
ter--Euemy Reteatns Hastily ALLIES Capture a.
OOOPrisoners and 400 Guns IN Rcady Drive

With the French Army. Aug. 10.
Tho French patrols are In Chau-
Ines. ilsc principal railway of the
German army west of the sommc, nc
corsiing to the Havas Agency. Many
thousands Of prisoners were taken ss
Niontdidicr.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

BRITISH DESTROY
65 HUN PLANES
Airpinnc~ riay Zig Part In First hay
~ Picardy Offcnsiyc--50 british
Flyers Are Missing

London. Aug. i0.-sixty-nve Ger
man airplanes were destroyed by the
British ayiators or driven down out
OF control In the fighting Of August
\. when tho Picardy offensive open
cd. Fifty British machines are Miss
ins.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11
POLISH COUNTESS is
HELD AT NEW YORK

New York, Aug. 1O.--Countess So
MIA Szaniawska, said to be the wife
Of a Polish officer fighting in France
with the allies, was taken today to
the enemy alien bureau, questioned
and detained for further examina-
tion.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11
TWO MAKE ATTEMPT
TO ESCAPE FROM PEN

Salem, Aug. 10.--Robert Burns.
convict, escaped from the peniten-
tiary today by hiding in an outgoing
load OF flax. He was soon recaptur-
ed in vacant building in Salem.
]. r. Rogers, a negro convict, tried
to run away from guard. but was
halted by rifle shot
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11
SQUADRON ITALIAN PLANS
VISIT CITY OF VIENNA

Rome, Aug. iO.---A squadron of
italian airplanes, commanded by
Captain Gabrielle d'Annunzio. has
flown over Vienna and dropped man
lfestoes. The planes were not mo-
Tested.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

With the British Army. Aug. 10.
Reuters. 3:15 p. m.--Chiply Spur,
norsh OF the Somme, was captured
last night by the Americans and
British.
American machine gunners and
infantry went into the battle with
traditional enthusiasm. They met
the Germans and defeated them, Just
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

Washington. Aug. 1O.--Two men
were killed and three injured in a
boiler explosion on the U. s. s. No
patin in foreign waters the navy
announced today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

London. Aug. iO.-Eicven German
divisions, not only have been defeat
esi In the last three days, but are 80
utterly crushed that the German
high command has bcen unable tn
make . counter strike anywhere.
The Frcnch around Monttiidicr arr
meeting No rrvistance. Tho Ger
mans arc undoubtedly trying hard to
escas,e from the nasty salient. The
number of gums captured has In
creased To 400.
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as they did along the Marne. despite
stiff resistance In some places.

With the British Army. Aug. 10.
The enemy seems to be retreating
today along the whole battle line.
especially in the center. where he Is
being heavily attacked by the Brit
ish. In their advance the British
forces have captured wsrviilersverly.
Folieu. Rosieres and vauvillers.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

London, Aug. 10.--Information
received shortly before o'clock this
afternoon was that the French line
was still advancing on both sides Of
Montdldicr.
General Won Hutlers' retreat Is
showing evidence OF the greatest
haste. German rear guards are
fighting desperately. The German
position along the Montdidier-Roye
road IL precarious.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

London. Aug 10.--The French at
tackled at dawn on the line between
Montdidier and the River Disc, on
front OF 16 miles and by 10 o'clock
had advanced four miles. BY 9
o'clock Montdidier had been sur
rounded. To the north Chaulnes
Junction is now untenable for the
Germans. Three hundred guns have
been taken from the enemy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

London. Aug. 1O.--New attacks by
the French have extended the battle
line some 16 miles farther south
east Of the Montdidier area. The
French advanced four miles In six
hours.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

Paris, Aug. f0.-Montdidier. the
Apex Of the German salient In Pic.
ardy. has fallen. Tho French today
encircied the village, cutting Off the
encmy's rctrcat between Montdidies
and tho Disc. The French have taken
tho Offensive on = i6-milc front. To
the north the British advance In still
unchecked. Chanlcncs, the German
base south of the Sommc is In hour.
y peril of capture. Farther north
the Germans arr resisting desperate
y.
American troops are taking an &C.
tive part In the offensive.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

With the British Army. Aug. 10.
The American troops have been
thrown into the fighting In the
great battle In the Amiens and SOM
mer district. They overcame stiff
resistance and helped the Germans
capture important positions yestsr-
day between the Ancre and Somme
rivers. In the course Of the fighting
German divisional headquarters
and It's star were captured.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-11

London. Aug. 10.-The number Of
prisoners taken from the Germans in
Picardy had increased at noon today
to $4,000 the war office statement
announced.
American troops delivered an at
tack In the angle between the Somme
and the Ancer rivers with great sue
cess. The American and British cap
turned the town OF Morlancourt and
the Canadians and Australians cap
tured Bouchoir. Meharocourt and Ii
hlns and entered Rainescourt and
Proyart. The French captured Let
ronquey. Lefretoy and Assianvilliers.
The enemy counter attacks In the
Morlancourt sector were beaten off
In intensive fighting.
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cations. The parts in the spirituals
which Miss Curtis has collected pre-
served their own individuality, moving
in lively and highly rhythmic me-
lodic line, which does not always result
in harmony satisfying to more So
phisticated ears. These HARMONIC
mistakes" are precious to musicians.
Not only~do they prove that the negroes
musical culture is still in process Of
growth, but they frequently generate
new musical possibilities which may
be developed into impressive racial
traits
The spontaneity of the negroes sing
ing has struck Miss Curtis the more
forcibly because she has specialized
chiefly in Indian folkmusic, which is
usually sung with rigid and ceremonial
uniformity. Miss Curtis is known to
many students as the author Of "The
Indians Book" compilation of Indian
tunes and legends, published Gin 1910
by Harper's. and of book of corn
grinding songs gathered from the
Pueblo tribes and published by G
Schirmer. She entered the field Of
negro music a little reluctantly, in
ssting that colered musician would
be best fitted for the work. Her non
puea culpd lies in the fact that she was
invited, nay commanded, to do the
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the witch doctor sings as he exercises
the evil spirits out of a patient. He
operates in trance, under the in1u-
ence of familiar spirit. But at the
close of the session the spirit leaves
him, and he bids it farewell in a live
ly strain which mingles with the quite
distinct melody sung by the people All
the data she has been able to gather
about native African music confirm
her belief that polyphonic singing
among many tribes is spontaneous.
This instinct crossed the water with
the black folk on their tragic journey
into slavery. 1t blossomed out in al
most all the singing they did on Amer
lean soil, in the cotton field, in the
camp meeting, on the levee. The
negro adorned his songs with contra
puntal voice-parts, which CROPPED tow
ard full and satisfying harmony AMI
added inexhaustible rhythmic and me-
lcdic variety. After some decades on
this continent he acquired a true har-
monte sense, perhaps by unconscious
imitation from such part-singing as he
heard from the whites, or possibly by
the natural process of harmonic evolu-
ton. By the time of the Civil War, il
appears, he was singing a true har
monte accompaniment to his melodies
But the polyphonic instinct was no
submerged, as it is in church congre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

wanted a cable around Florida to
New Orleans.
The mechanical and Industrial
achievements of the Civil War were
so credible to the United States that
Americans at once won the admira-
ton of Europe for their resourceful-
ness in invention and organization
and carried the impetus further by
applying their new found power to
the arts Of peace. Railroad build
ing and telegraph laying and steel
and clothing manufacturing became
a habit.
The early months, and, for that
matter, the first year and a half OF
the war show remarkable adaptive
ness IN meeting transportation prob
lens. AS the nation was young in
manufactures, it took longer to de-
yelop complete national mastery
of munitions.
There is remarkable absence Of
breakdowns in quartermaster, ord
nance or commissariat stores. Con-
gress felt called upon to investigate
the hardness of the generals in COM
mand. 1t found the financial prob
lens difficult in the extreme. It
found in Northern sedition a foe
second only to sedition in the South.
But the gigantic operations were
carried on without any debacle
caused by failure Of supplies.
But great as is our production
problem, and relatively easier as
was Lincoln's, the actual achieve
ments of the Americans of 1864 give
US fresh assurances that the genius
OF the people positively must assert
and express itself in great war pro-
duction achievements in 1918.
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Novelties Again
at the metropolitan,
<'Le Prophetic" With Caruso in Title
Role, Tomorrow Night-Triple Bal
Will Be Presented on Friday Evening
With "Shanetuis" and "Ploce Congo

Easton and hatfield and Messrs. Att
house, Scott, Di6ur, Rossi and Au-
disio. Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct.
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and ale Cog
dor" as double bill will be the Sat-
urday matinee bill The former will
be sung by Mines. Easton. Perrin and
hatfield and Messrs. Lazaro and
Chalmers, Mr.. Moranzoni conducting.
lie Cog dor" will be sung by Mines.
Garrison, Sundelius and Robson and
Messrs. Diaz, Didur, Ruysdael, Audisio
and Reschiglian and mined by the
Misses Cali and Smith and Messrs.
Bolm, Bartik, Johnson and HALL Mr..
MonteuX will conduct.
"L'Amore del tire Re" will be the
popular price opera of the week, on
Saturday evening. 1t will be sung by
Mines. Muzio, Arden, Handlers, Robe
son and Tiffany and Messrs Martinelli,
Amato, Mardones, Audisio and Res
chiglian. Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct.
Vincenzo Bellezza will direct the or
chestra during the second part of to-
nights concert. His numbers will be
Rossini's Symphonic Semirnmide."
Martuccis "Nocturnc, and the march
from Berlioz's "Damnation CT Faust"
The Spanish tenor, Hipollto Lazaro, will
be heard for the first time here in con-
cert. He will sing "Cielo e Mar" from
LA Gioconda," and 80 Paradise from
"L'Africaine." Miss Flora Perrin will
song the racont from al Trovatore.'
Max Rosen, violinist. will play Bruch's
concerto in G minor and several solos
by GluckKreisler, Popora- Kreisler, Is
rael-Joseph and Sarasate. The orches-
/ ira, under Adolf Rothmeyer's direction.
/ will play LISTS Lies Preludes."
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LIE Prophete," with Mr.. Caruso in
the title role, will open the last week
but two of the Metropolitan Opera
season tomorrow night. With him will
sing Mines. Matzenauer, Muzio, Arden,
Egener and Tiffany and Messrs. Mar
dones, Rothier, Bloch, Reschiglian,
Ruysdael, Audisio and Leonard. Miss
CALI and Mr. Bonfglio will dance Mr..
Bodanzky will conduct. Mr.. Caruso will
also sing in special matinee perform
ance of aida" next Thursday after
noon with Mines. Muzio, Matzenauer
and Sundelius and Messrs. Amato. de
Segurola, Ruysdael and Audisio. Miss
CALI will dance. Mr.. Papi will con-
duct.
The other operas of the week will be
as follows:
al Barbiere di Siviglia," Wednesday
evening, with Mines Barrientos and
hatfield, and Messrs. Carpi, de Luca
Mardones, Malatesta. Reschiglian and
Audisio. Mr. Papi will conduct.
"Tosca," on Thursday evening, with
Mines. Farrar and Arden, and Messrs
Lazaro, Scott, Rossi, Malatesta. Bada
d'Angelo and Reschglian. Mr.. Moran
zoni will conduct.
"Shanewis," "The Dance in Place
Congo" and "L'Oracolo" asa triple bill
will be given on Friday evening. The
American opera will be sung by Mines
Braslau, Sundelius, Howard, Tiffany
and Arden and Messrs. Althouse
Chalmers. Bada, laurent, Audisio ane
Bloch. Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct
The American ballet will be danced BY
Miss CALI and Messrs. Bonfiglio ant
Bartk, Mr.. Monteux conducting
"L'Oracolo" will be sung by Mines
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DEVELOPMENT as applied to war.
The telegraph was at that time d
comparatively new feature in COM
mercial life. Wires had been ex-
tended further west than the Allie
ghanies only six years. The tele..
graph Immediately became one Of
the fundamental instruments of
warfare. Lincoln sat beside the
ticker in the War Office for hours
at time, keeping in close touch
with the armies. General McClel-
Ian had a poor opinion of Lincoln's
strategic capacity as a commander
in chief, an opinion not shared by
other observers. However this may
be, Lincoln's finger was on the pulse
of the armies in the field at every
moment, through the new and mar
vellous device.
Railroads, armored ships, tele-
graph wires and many editioned
newspapers helped to make the con.
fiict even more gigantic than else it
would have been because Of the in
creased power of mobilization. It
cannot be said that the wireless, the
aeroplane and the submarine equal
in their fundamental Importance the
application of the Civil War inno-
vations to warfare. Or, if such a
generalization be challenged, still it
in turn challenges.
simultaneously with the telegraph
went the development of the deep
sea cable. Cyrus w. Field started
out to Europe by way of Alaska and
Siberia with a short cable. The
transatlantic cable project was
begun. Lincoln, with his usual fore
sight, encouraged cable laying and
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ceived the news that the inadequate-
ly armored warships of that day
were just SO much useless junk in
the face of the new and terrible
armored and turreted Monitor.
Great Britain found her great fleet
as idle as so many painted ships
and Immediately started to work TO
recover herself from the position of
being without a fleet by building the
modern armored ship. Great things
have happened before our day.
Gideon Wells, Secretary of the
Navy, had asked Congress for ST.
100000 for experimenting with the
new armored type. The experiment
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How Lincoln Mastered Unpreparedness

mentally new naval device trans
formed the whole field of naval en-
cheering and tactics. The develop
ment Of the submarine in this war
alone compares with that of the
armored and turreted ship in its
sweeping Importance.
The evolution of the telegraph
during the Civil War was but one
Of the numerous other radical fac
tors which made this period beyond
comparison the age of mechanical
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Section

task the entire movement was com
pleted in eleven days.
Just as modern trench warfare is
based upon the Chattanooga trench
campaigns, so modern battleships
had their source in the new devices
tried out in the Civil War. Erics-
sons Monitor revolutionized sea
warfare in a single day. 1t is not
difficult now to understand the con-
.sternation with which the world re-
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tai board decided upon an armoreu
vessel "invulnerable to shot and Of
light draft" One vessel, completed
according to the plans of John Erics-
son, an inventor of Swedish birth,
was sent to Hampton Roads, where
the Cumberland and the Congress
had already been dispatched in
battle. This was the Monitor.
The havoc wrought by this funda-
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1t all depends on the lay of the song
and how All feels
From an instinct as fresh, as accu-
rate and as true as the negro possesses
there might we'll flower something TO
puzzle the inexpert collector. And this
seems to be what has happened, for
few of the we'll meaning persons who
have transcribed negro folksongs in
the past have been technically trained
musicians.
All the spirituals have been pre-
served to us hitherto only in the. form
Of single melody, and too often that
r,elody has been simplified and civil
lied until it lost it's racial character.
Miss Curtis determined to get to the
bottom of the matter. She took pains
TO have the songs sung as they were
sung on their rative heath, without any
OF the se!f-consciousnes of an exhibit
ton performance. She provided her
self with an ananuensls in the shape
& monograph, as most folksong col
cable. She spent many hours decipher-
lMg her disks and transcribing the
music to paper in such a way as to
preserve all the nuances of rhythm,
accent and ph,asing. She worked in
tensively. Numerically her harvest is
not large. for she spent her time and
efforts on the obtaining of the most
accurate possible transcription of
few songs, not only of the parts, but
Of every variation of syncopation AMI
phrasing through all the stanzas. The
collection, which is soon to be pub
lished by G. Schirmer & Co. under the
name of Natalie Curtis Burlin, COM
prises sixteen part-songs, carefully
worked out in all details, some Of
which have never before been recorded
in any form These, Miss Curtis hopes.
will be a permanent contribution to
the literature of the subject.
Most of her work Miss Curtis did
at the Hampton Institute in Virginia,
where size could install Laboratory"
ana pllOHOSIdPil- buo ohS ShSSnou
I'D her results with work in the field
and feels sure they have not suffered
from the indoor atmosphere. So far
as they go they prove the theory of
the negro's polyphonic instinct up to
the hilt.
Not Taught by Whites
But it is still possible to maintain
that the negro was unconsclously
tutored in such matters by white folk
So in order to check her theory fur
Their and carry her Investigations back
beyond the influence of the whites,
Miss Curtis spent much time with two
negro boys at the institute, newly ar
rived from Africa, one from Portu-
guese East Africa and the other from
Natal. Both these lads had brought
with them the songs of their people,
a people who had had scarcely any
association with the whites and GER
tainly no musical education from them.
And they reported the same thing
that the blacks in Africa mingle their
melodies in a true counterpart. One
Of their songs she sang for the inter-
viewer. 1t is lovely thing, instinct
with rhythm and emotion. This song