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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
GERMANS MUST RETREA1iT0 BELGIAN
BORDER OR ENTER GREAT BATTLE

With such losses and American
troops pouring into France at the
rate Of 100000 month, 1t would
not be surprise, officers say, II the
German leaders have been compelled
to fix upon much shorter front
than the old Hindenburg line.
Unofficial reports from Dunkirk
indicate that the preparations to
evacuate Douai. northern corner.
stone of the Hindenburg arch In
France, are we'll advanced. The al
lied airmon are said to have seer
the enemy airdromes ard aviation
stations 10 miles beyond Douai be
ing hastily evacuated of heavy ma
terial.
From other sources come reports
that the civilian populations of thu
towns In German hands in this re
glon are being driven out, a step tina
always rrecedes a withdrawal by tn,
enemy.
There Is little doubt In the mind
CONTINUED on pare ~
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

{ Washington, Sept. 13--Behlnd the
apparent lull in the battle In north
ern France, events are shaping for
operations Of crucial Importance, in
the opinion Of officials.
They believe weeks time will see
either the greatest battle OF the war
In progress along the old linden
burg line or the enemy in full re-
treat toward the Belgian frontier.
There is little doubt that 1t was
lack Of fighting effectivss that forc.
ed the enemy to abandon all he had
gained In his drive Of this year and
narrow his front.
Unofficial estimates from France
say the Germans have left behind
them during the withdrawal more
than 100000 prime fighting men
killed, badly wounded or prisoners
This Is in addition to the heav,
losses In the frontal attacks' by which
the enemy early In the summer drov,
his way toward Paris and the chan
mel ports
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
srMKERs WHO REFUSE MAY III
BARRED FROM EMPLOYMENT
FOR ONE YEAR
TAKE AWAY EXEMPTION CLAIM
Predicted That tho Order WIN Have
Telling Eject ON Labor Dis
turbances

Washington. Sept. i2.--Presidcnt
Wilson told the striking mechanics
at bridgeport. Conn, that unless
they return 10 work and abide by
the wage award OF the labor board.
they would bc barried from employ
ment FOR year and draft boards
would be ordered TO reject any claim
for exemption. based on employment.
tThe presidents order comes as
a crushing, although not unexpected
blow TO thousands OF mechanics and
shipyard workers who have been de-
manding higher wages throughout
the United States and It 10 predicted
II will do moro to settle labor dis
tnrbances than any order yet given
out. ny Il. the man who strikes on
government war work will lose all
claims for exemption so far as es-
scntIaI employment Is concerned.)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
BOISHEvIN THRUST AT
ARCHANGEL is BLOCKED

Washington. Sept. 1s.-with Am
|erican troops landed at Archangel to
back up allied marines and United
States sailors already in that re-
gion, It was held here today that
the proposed Bolsheviki thrust in
the north will be futile.
Germany has done her utmost to
stir the Bolshevih to make drive
in northern Russia, even getting a
treaty providing for such an effort.
On the other hand there have been
indications that the allies expected
to forestall such a movement by taxi
ing the initiative and moving south
ward.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
CHILEAN OFFICIALS
STOP HUN TREACHERY

Santiago. Chile. Sept. 13.-Naval
authorities Of the Chilean port oi
lPisagua today surprised the Ger.
mans aboard the interned ship Garlic
who had prepared electrical installa-
tion to blow up the vessel at any mo.
ment.
The captain Of the Carle denied
permission to the authorities to
board the ship and they were forced
to bring troops to exact obedience.
The occurrence caused big sen
sation, due to the recent promise
OF the German minister not to allow
any repetition Of attempts to destroy
or injure the interned vessels.
It was rumored that documents
were found proving the German min
lister had ordered German captain!
to destroy their ships to avoid con
fiscation.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
c. A. R. CLOSES
ANNUAL REUNION
Hanks Ara ThinnIng--3ome Arc
Feeble, Othcrs still Walk Erect
--Ss Register

The 26th annual reunion OF the
association OF old soldiers aud sailors
OF southern Oregon was brought TO n
close today after having been In ses-
sion all week. No startling features
marked the close OF the reunion. but
tho time has been spent In quiet and
rest and mlngling together to talk
over old times. Splendid weather
favored the meeting.
Many OF the old soldiers were
bowed with age and infIrmlty, while
others we're erect, bright OF eye, and
reasonably firm OF muscle; they
walked at a brisk pace.
There was q total registration Of
5s. only II OF the number being
from Grants Pass. Forty-three w.
X. c. women were present. No old
sailors we're In attendance, and II
was the lightest registration since
the organization OF the association.
The Oldest soldier present Is W. NJ,
Hannum. OF Appiegate. SO years Of
age.
The next meeting OF the associa.
tion will be at Roseburg. Ore.
The program which was to have
been held at the grove this evening
has been cancelled on account Of the
rain.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
ONE REASON THE HUNS
ARE BEING FORCED BACK,

An American correspondent, in
speaking OF the big guns that have
lately wrecked the German fortifi-
cations. says:
ut may not be generally, known
that last year the great underground
fortress that was Douaumont really
succumbed. to a single she'll from an
is-inch gun which pierced over 100
feet OF earth and concrete and ex.
ploding In the forts vltals utterly
paralyzed the resistance. Now the
French have howitzers OF 21-inch
caliber whose shell Is over two yards
high and can wreck dozen batteries
or annihilate regiment hidden In
a cavern they deemed impenetrable.' :
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE SAYS
WORST OF WAR Is OVER

Manchester, England, Sept. Ia
''The worst is over" Premier Lloyd
George declared here today In receiv-
Ing the freedom Of the city.
"The news Is now distinctly good
really good" he said. "The tun-
mel is long and there are some, steep
gradients still to be climbed, but It
is getting shorter. The worst Is
over"
"The casualties In the latest ad-
vance were less than one-fifth Of the
total suffered In the advance OF
1916. The main difference between
1915 and 1918 Is the unity of COM
mand."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
BOLsHEvIKI NEWSPAPER
DEMANDS MASSACRE

Stockholm, Sept. 1S.--Massacre In
revenge for the murder Of Moses
uritski, Petrograd police chief, and
the attack on Premier Lenine, were
demanded by the Bolsheviki news
paper Krasnaya Gazette, according
to a dispatch received here today.
The articles was headed "blood for
blood" and said
1--WE will turn our hearts to steel
and without mercy we will kill our
enemies by the scores and by the
hundreds Let, them be killed by
the thousands for the blood OF Len
Inc and Uritski."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
FAMILY
Of THE FORMER CzAR

London. Sept, l3.-The Daily Ex-
press claims TO have unduestionable
Information that the former. Empress
Of Russia and her four daughters
have been murdered by Bolsheviki.
The paper prints the following:
Tho Express understands from a
source which Is beyond doubt that
the empress OF Russia and her four
daughters have been murdered by
Bolshevikl. The whole immediate
family OF the late car has thus been
exterminated."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
DEBs IS FOUND GUILTY
BY FEDERAL JURY

Cleveland, Sept. 1S.--Eugene v.
Debs, the socialist leader. charged
with violating the espionage act. was
found guilty by federal jury here.
Debs was found guilty of attempt
ing to incite insubordination, disloy-
atty. etc.. in the military and naval
forces; attempting to obstruct re-
cruiting.
The maximum penalty is 20 years
imprisonment and fine of $4,000
dge westsnhaver stated that h,
would hear motion for new trial
next Saturday. Debs, until then. viii
remain at liberty under the tria'
bond.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
WARDEPARTMENTTAKES
SMITH ( W[SSON PLANT

Washington. Sept. 1S.--The war
department has taken over the Smith
q wesson company at Springfield,
Mass, and will operate the plant
and business to secure continuous
production and prevent industrial
disturbances. The company gave mo-
tice that It would rather have the
government operate the plant than
to abide by the war labor boards de-
clsion enforcing collective bargain.
Ing.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
FIRST STEPTAKEA
! TO increase ARMY
Nezt In Order IL the Drawing. Filling
Of Questioanaircs and Physical
Enaminstion

The first step in augmenting the
American army was finished last
night when the places Of registra-
tion closed at . o'clock. There will
probably be a few slackers caught
In the drag net later on. but owing
to the mo mercy" policy adhered to
In the cases Of slackers who lodged
the former drafts, the number l. not
expected to be great.
The next steps will be the draw
Ing OF numbers. filling out Of Ques-
tionnaires. and the entraining Of cit
liens to the soldiers training camps.
Thousands OF business men are on
the anxious seat. debating with
themselves as to whether to At once
close out their business. or to walt
and see whether they are exempted
on account Of physical disability.
From the returns thus far receiv-
ed II is predicted by some that the
number Of registrants will not fall
far below the 100000 mark. Al
the courthouse In Grants Pass there
were All registered. including the
cards sent in BY absentees.
Returns from Slate creek precinct
show that As registered at that place
So at Waldo. So at Selma. 2s at Mer
lin and rs at Wolf Creek. Severa
places OF registration in the count,
are yet to be heard from.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
AERIAL FOE PROVES
10 BE GERMAN GIRL

With the American Army in
France. Sept. IA captain of q
company Of the 18th infantry says
the pilot Of German plane brought
down near Sergy. August rs. by
Lieutenant Miller Thompson Of the
American air force. was q woman.
The discovery Of the sex of the avia-
tor was made, the captain says. when
his men buried the enemy pilot and
her observer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
SCHEDULES
!. NOT TO Be DISTURBED

Washington, Sept. 13.-Football
programs for this fall at the colleges
and universities with the army stu
dent training corps units are not to
be interrupted by the war depart
ment except where they would actu-
ally interfere with military training,
according to a statement today fol-
lowing protests from colleges.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

Killed In action---william s.
Brown. McMinnville. Ore.
Wounded severely--Dave A. Swag.
gerty. Salem James u. Field. Port
land.
Wounded, degree undetermined
Corporal Charles l.. swenson, Hick-
rail-. Ore.
Missing In action--Roy n. Lewis
Klamath Falls; Armine o. Young,
Independence.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

Berlin. Sept. 13.--The German
general stan report today says. eve
are now standing on our new line
which has been prepared. The evac-
uation OF the St. Mihiel salient
which was liable to encirclement and
which was under consideration for
some years, was completed during
the night" '
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
ITALIANS REPULSE
Observation-Disclosures

Rome, Sept. 1s.--The Italians
have penetrated the Austro-H -Hungar-
ian positions at Pramaggiore and put
to rout an enemy assaulting party
at Monte Asolone.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

With the British Army In France.
Sept. 13.-Advancing In the Havrin-
court sector the British penetrated
the German positions 1000 yards in
some places.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
TWO GERMAN DIVISIONS
ARE CAUGHT IN TRAP
Huns Blowing Up Their Annunitiea Dumps American,
Take $4,000 Prisoners and Many Guns -Cernm Mill
tay Staff Makes Light Of fPershisss Victory

London, Sept. 13.--The Americans
have taken $4,000 prisoners In their
offensive and captured the entire st.
Mihiel salient.
All the villages In the salient have
been taken and the front In this sec
tor reduced from 40 miles to 20.
The railway from verdun to Com.
mercy and Toul and Nancy are now
open to the allies.
The latest news from the st. MI
hiel sector shows that the battle line
now runs directly from Pagney on
the Moselle river to Hattonville. and
along the heights on the Meuse
Pagney Is on the western border Of
Germany.
Many. more prisoners are reported
to be coming In.
Paris. Sept. 13.-The St. Mihiel
salient has been reduced. II is un.
derstood. The censor Will not per.
init the publication Of the names Of
towns and villages forming the pres
ent American line.
With the American Forces In
France. Sept. is.--Prisoners taken
so far include $50 Austro-Hungar.
ians. the first conclusive evidence
that the Austrians are being used
there. The Americans are progress.
Ing according to schedule today. and
are even ahead OF time at some
points. There are no unexpected de-
veIopments. Large quantities Of
supplies and material have been TAX.
en- by the Americans.
London. Sept. 13.---General Per.
shing's forces In attacking the south
ern side Of the St. Mihiel salient ad-
vanced eight miles ON a 14-mils
front. They are making rapid pro
gress.
German prisoners say the AmerI-
can attack was expected. but was de-
livered so rapidly they had no time
to put up stubborn defense.
Pannes was easily captured. The
Americans reported having captured
vigeulles, seven and half miles
north Of xivray. also Beney. Heudi-
court and Bots de Thiacourt. II
these are really captured. the neck
OF the st. Mlhiel salient has beer
narrowed to less than six miles, and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

The region Of the Meuse and the
Moselle is on the Toul front, before
the important fortress Of Metz. In
German-Lorraine. This Is the point
where the American concentration
has been on for months.
The American line Is within two
or three miles OF the German border.
At some points the line actually
touches the Lorraine line. The bat
tie front is approximately Is miles
from Metz.
Metz has been an American objec-
tive. according to most theories Of
the plans Of the allied high COM
mand.
At this point II has been predicted
the Americana might strike the blow
that would be aimed at drive to-
ward the Rhine. this being the short
est route to the great Industrial val
ley.
General March announced last
week that 80 per cent Of the Ameri-
can rifles in France were coHsen-
trated under direct command OF Gen.
eral Pershing.
More than 100 tanks manned by
American aided in smashing the
powerful. concrete reinforced first
line Of the enemy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13
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q. 3. CASUALTY LIST

The following casualties are re-
ported oy the commanding general
Of the American expeditionary
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

FRENCH TAKE TOHI O SAW


London, Sept. is.-Lillis Il appar-
emily being evacuated BY the Ger
mans. Numerous parties Of fugitives
are arriving at Antwerp.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

London, Sept. 1s.-British troops
have captured all Of Havrincourt VII
lage (Cambrai front), except the
Northeastern edse. They advanced
on three and . hall mile front to
a depth Of half . mile.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

II the two German divisions report.
ed there last night are still there. Il
Is decidedly improbable that the,
will be able to get away.
\ The Germans are blowing up s.i
munition dumps at Hattonviiis and
Domboux
Pershing's men have taken $500
prisoners and go guns.
On the west side Of the st. MIhie
salient. where the country ;s muci
more difficult. the Americans hav'
advanced three miles on a IL mil'
front. The offensive Ia dominating
ly American with the French cooper
ating.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

With the British Armies IN Francs
Sept. ia unit Of General Byng's
army. attacking above and below
Moeuvres. has succeeded in crossing
the canal Du Nord, despite consider
able opposition and establishing
posts on the eastern Hindenburg linz
and the Canal Du Nord, side.
(Moeuvres Is at the junction Of
the line before Cambrai.)
The Germans continue their ef-
forts to flood wide strip in front
of Cambrai. They are also delaying
the British advance with gas and in
tense shelling at numerous points.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-09-13

Paris, Sept. 13.-OD the St.
Quentin front the French have taken
the town Of savy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
BIRDS ON FIGHTING FRONT
coots and Moor Hens Indifferent to
Gunfire and Nest in Marsh Near
Front-Line Trenches.

Bird lovers at the front have from
time TO time supplied many delightful
stories about the strange ways of the
birds in the nelghborho0d of the firing
line. One of the latest, from a gun
ner, Is worth quoting, If only because
of the glimpse it affords of some
where in France. which, like so many
other somewheres, some British sol
der has come to know in its every
stone and tree.
THE marshes" the gunner says.
"are occupied by many waterfowl.
Coots and moor hens are Supremacy
Indifferent to gunfire, and l know OF
several pairs nesting in a marsh not
hundred yards from the German front
line trenches. The marsh contains a
lakelet and an ancient gnarled haw-
thorn tree which has somehow escaped
destruction, and in this wood pigeon
has built a nest and is sitting. In
pools and reedy marshes TO our left
numerous wild ducks are living. Early
every nsorning they fly over the Ger
man lines, returning in the evening"
He then goes on to speak about the
cuckoo and to tell that there was n
keen competition among the men in
the trenches to be the first to hear It,
There is fascination, also" he adds,
I'm seeing fresh bird and trying to
identify it without any book of refer
ence. This was the case with the
oriole, when several Of our mess had
heated arguments on the matter, aided
BY Frenchman, who we afterward
found out knew nothing about the mat
ter" There is a curious incougrulty
about it all, but that is typical Of so
many things at the front.-Christian
Science Monitor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
The
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Scrap Book
BRUTALITY THAT MARKS HUNS
Conduct Of Soldier in Belgian Town
Typical Case of KuItur OF the
KaisePs Officera.

"When the Huns invaded the little
town OF AerSchot. In Belgium, the wife
of the burgomaSter sought refuge in
the cellar with her son, says Helen
Barrett Rublee, in the Red Cross Maya
zine.
after a short time they heard foot
steps overhead, and her son said to
her: Mother. they are hunting for us +;
let us 20 up--we have done nothing
They mounted to the dining room, and
almost Immediately an aide de camp
appeared. Your SON. he said to her;
we want your SON. He took her son.
and rs the poor child could only walk
on the point OF his toe. because of a
wound from stray bullet In his leg,
the officer helped him along with kicks
IN The back. She watched him half
way down the long dining room, the
little boy OF fifteen still llmping from
his wound, kicked along by the big
German officer, and then she closed
her eyes and turned away. But not yet
was the aide de camp satisfied, for Il
little later he came back again for
her and made her accompany him all
through the house, from the cellar to
the attic, all the time pointing his plS-
tol at her. Her little daughter, motto.
ing this, placed herself between her
mother and the German. But even this
did not make him realize his brutality"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13

"The Hat OF the Somme" Is destined
to be one of Englands historic relics.
Already It is preserved In the British
War museum.
In the attack which English troops
made along the line on q certain day
of the battle squad OF men In their
excess Of vlgor forced their way far
beyond the detectives and were cut OH
from their supports. One OF the men.
defying the Huns, put his hat on n
stick and placed IL over tho parapcl
which he and his comrades had erect.
Cd They owned no flag, and desiring
some rallylng point chcerod this bat.
tered felt hat.
Later In the day when their com.
rades came charging TO save them
only one man was alive. The battle
continued for hours about this spot
and for three DAYS thereafter the hat
whipped 10y bullets aud rlddled will
shrupneL chung TO It's stan until the
British finally consolidated the posi-
ton and saved Il as precious me
uiento Of gallant death.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
CoLLIDED WITH A BuMBLEBEE
Aviator Finds There Are Other Things
Besides Airplanes That It Is Not
Safe to Encounter in the Air.

Birds and alrplanes are not the only
flying things with which it Is possible
for an aviator to have a serious col
lislon. The author of "Tales of the
Flying Service" gives as an instance
a strange accident that occurred in
France.
Not long ago, he says, / ran across
an aviator l know, looking very much
annoyed and with one eye seriously
obstructed by large confused swell
ing on his cheekbone. Thinking that
he had had a smash Of some kind,
probably bad landing In which he
had been pitched against the front of
his machine, l asked him what had
happened.
He explained that about six hours
earlier he was starting out on a fast
biplane, and was going full speed
on the ground in order to get a good
jump into the mir, when he met a large
sized bumbiebee going in hurry in
the opposite direction.
you see" he explained, 81 was do
ing about sixty knots due east, and
he was doing between thlrty-fve and
forty knots due west, and he was Il
large bee, and the impact vas some
thing terrific And" he added vim
dIctiyely, II hope he has spilled all
his honey and that he's still uncon-
scioUs youths Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
pershlno In Paris.

THIS story comes direct from France,
and therefore lies under no possible
suspicion Of being of pacifst manu-
factnre or German inspiration. An
enormous crowd was gathered In the
Place de In Concorde waiting for Gen
crei Pershing and his staff, whose APP
prDach along the neighboring streets
was harbingered by cheers like those
which accompanied Marshal Joffre's
progress up Broadway and Fifth ave-
nue..
In the very first rank of the ex-
pectant multitude was a very joyous
individual indeed. At the first glimpse
Of the Americans he tossed his cap
into the mir and yelled "Hurrah Here's
the Salvation Army In spite of the
solemnity of the occasion everybody
within hearing laughed as well as
cheered.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-07-13
20 THt DEP0SlT0RS OF THE
BENNINGTON COUNTY
SAVINGS BANK

Section %, Act No. 1853, Laws Of
1910, reads as follows: 'ln the year
nineteen hundred and thirteen. and
every fifth year thereafter. at such
time in the year as the bank commits.
sioner shall designate, the trustees OF
banks shall call in the deposit books
for examination and veriieation, and
cause the same to be examined and
verified by some person, other than
the treasurer or his clerks, employed
for that purpose and approved by
said commissioner"
In accordance with the above law
you are hereby notified to present
your deposit books during the month
of July next for examination and ver!
ficatlon.
c. II. Dewey. Treasurer
June is. 1918