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CAPTURED STORES
REACH VAST TOTAL
Guns of All Calibrcs Hcaped
by Roadside Behind
British Front.
nv PERRY ROBINSON.

Special Cable Despatch to THE suS from the
London Times Ssrrice.
Copyright, 1918; all riohfs reserved.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE,
Sept. 16-Travelling on the roads in the
direction Of Havrlncourt in the last two
days / was struck again by the great
quantities Of miscellaneous material that
have fallen into our hands.
Apart from the engineering stores and
dumps OF fuel, a large number Of Ger
man huts used as billets and underground
dwellings, sometimes deliberately fur
nlshed for headquarters purposes. are
discovered all carefully covered with
German camoufage netting made of
strips of coarse canvasslike material
dyed in shades Of green, gray and brown.
on the roadsldes are numbers or
enemy vehicles and parts OF vehicles In
all degrees of ruin. Large howitzers
still stand in banks. their noses still
pointed westward. Here and there In
the collection are salved field guns num-
bering three to dozen, and trench
mortars. One sees machine guns piled
in pyramids and German rifles neatly
sta cked in heaps five feet broad and as
high as hayricks. while ammunition for
every kind OF weapon Is everywhere.
One wonders II the new troops Will be
| provided with rifles TO replace those lost.
| for the rife in the hands of the German
| infantry Is becoming almost a negligible
| weapon. The German never was good
| with the rifle and In trench warfare
| grenades became more important With
the return of open warfare bombing has
| played nothing like the part it occupied
| in the fighting Of the three previous
wears, but the German has not learned
| to rely on the rife and in some of our.
recent advances our men have gone
! long distances without hearing a single
rifle shot.
The multiplication of machine guns
goes on, however. In the latest fighting
! it is estimated that there was a machine
| gun to every four German soldiers.
| There are new automatic pistols and
| anti-tank rifles or elephant guns. all
tending to supersede the rife and bay
| onet In our last advance nearly all
OF our units captured anti-tank rifles
and quantities of cartridges half an inch
in diameter and four inches long.
The present policy Of the Germans in
! their defence Is based upon placing their
divisions in the fighting line with as
little Reinforcement as possible until
nothing Is left OF them but a remnant.
which surrenders.
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GERMAN GAS MAN
is "GREASY CHEESE"
Somebody Spoofed Route,
Correspondent.
Special Cabis DcSDdtcb 10 THE Sun
COByrigEf. 1915, an rigLry reserved.

LONDON. Sept. lG.--"Mis,er Greasy
Cheese" the ErCniHg Noes discovers, Is
the nearest English equivalent OF Herr
Schmeerkase, who. according 20 a Reu-
tors correspondent with the American
Army in France has been captured at
Thiaucourt. Herr SChmeerkase, to give
the correspondent credit or discredit, Is
identified as Frof. Schmeerkase. the
German poison gas inventor and special
list and also the cxploiter OF chlorine gas
as a means Of killing OF the enemy
The EuCn,Ig NcrS also learns that
the professor IL unknown in England
and apparently in any country. The
British Chemical Society could not find
the name of Prof. Schmeerkase in any
of its carefully compiled 'lndiCes OF
famous chemistt.
In newspaper quarters generally. in
GLIDING the American, the idea prevails
that some one has been "spoofng' the
Reuter- correspondent, but the opinion
also ts advanced that Herr Limburger
and Prof Llederkranz. although not
ranked. as specialists, may have had n
hand I'm the preparation OF the German
poison gases.
one American correspondent who en-
Joys IA reputation AZ waE, volunteered
that some one ought to get in touch
with Herr KatzenjammeT, in view of
the recent defeats Of the Germans.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE BATTLES
The official statements Of to-day on the fighting on the

LON DON. sept Ib'--INC OyJtC'ut ~
western front Joiiotc;
BRITISH tNIGHT-on the south
ern portion Of our front our patrols
have brought in a few prisoners.
In the neighborhood of Ploegsteert
and east of Ypres our line has been
advanced slightly.
On the femainder of the front there
Is nothing TO report beyond artillery
activity on both sides in the different
sectors.
BRITISH CDAY)-During the night
we carried out a successful minor OPP
Grafton astride the Ypres-Comines
Canal, advancing our lines on a front
of over two miles and capturing a
number of prisoners and machine guns.
On the battle front encounters with
hostile raiding parties and patrols
have taken place in the neighborhood
OF Moeuvres and near Gavrelle.
We have established new posts In
the vicinity OF Sauchy- Cauchy and
Oppy.
FRENCH DAY)-Between the Disc
and the Aisne last night we continued
to progress. We captured Mont des
Singes. with 900 prisoners, and also
captured Vailly
GERMAN (NIGHT)-Renewed en-
envy attacks between the Ailette and
Aisne generally failed. There Is moth
ing new on the other fronts.>-
GERMAN DAYb--On the Lys pla-
teau. south OF La Bassee Canal. we
carried out successful enterprises. .
There was a vigorous artillery en-
gagement early in the morning be-
tween Havrincourt and Epehy, which
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FRENCH STILL GAIN
IN ST. GOBAIN DRIVE
Mont des Singes Won and
Vailly Is Partly Held.

LONDON, Sept lG-The weather has
improved greatly In Flanders Artois
and Picardy and the roads are fast be-
coming disable again. With this i'm
provement there is "A corresponding in
crease In military activity In those re-
gions, In Flanders the British ad-
vanced their lines near Ploegsteert and
Ypres. Field Marshal Haig reports to-
night. In successful minor opera
ton they rushed ahead on both sides
Of the Ypres-Commines Canal on a front
OF more than two miles. North Of the
Arras- Cambrai road they established
posts near Saucy- Cauchy and Oppy.
Northeast OF Scissors the French ad-
vanced more than half mile on front
of nearly three miles east OF Sancy
taking 600 prisoners. the French report
issued tonight says. Progress WIS made
by Gen. Mangin In the movement to
encircle the st. Gobain masif, the French
taking vailly. but later the Germans
regained footing in the southern part
OF the town. The poius stormed and
captured Mont des Singes.
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was followed by enemy partial attacks
near and south OF Havrincourt. The
enemy was repulsed. Fighting activ-
ity remained within moderate limits
the whole day.
North and east Of vermand. at Hol-
non Wood and near Essigny lie Grand
there were infantry engagements.
There have been vigorous partial
engagements between the Ailette and
the Alsne. After futile thrusts early
In the morning the enemy In the even
Ing again broke forward to attack. In
the main he was repulsed, but he has
somewhat extended the point which he
broke through on the previous day and
has gained a footing In the southern
part Of vailly.
Between the Aisne and the vesle the
enemy infantry remained inactive. We
cleared up a small French nest which
remained as the result OF the fighting
on Saturday.
From the Cotes Lorraine as far az
the Moselle River the artillery duel
was revived in the evening. Vigorous
infantry engagements developed on
several occasions before our new po-
eitions. during which we made prison.
ers.
In the evening the enemy stood ap-
proximately on the line Of Fresnes-St.
Hilaire- Haumont Rembercourt and In
the forest of Rappes.
Enemy thrusts In the Lorraine front
were repulsed.
We shot down four enemy airplanes
and fifteen captive balloons.
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ment OF the German positions was post
poned until the moment for complete
evacuation was pas.
II is probably not an underestimate
10 assume that the Americans in oblitcr-
ating the st. Mihel salient reduced the
cnemys strength by the equivalent OF
four divisions The victory OF the Ameri-
cans was due to German inferiority in
numbers and greater inferiorlty in
morale.
The enemy was so bueily occupied IN
getting out of the salient that he did not
have time to remove his dead.
Total Losses 10000 Men.
The statement coming from the Ger
man High Command that II In glad to be
rid of the salient may be believed, but II
may be doubted II the command Is also
glad 10 have lost 10000 men, more than
200 guns. an innumerable quantity OF
machine guns. trench mortars. tons OF
ammunition and telegraph material. as
well as railroad equipment, rolling stock,
clothing and supplies which were either
burned or captured by the Americans.
False conclusions must not be drawn
from the results of the operation. To
put IL briefly. the Germans did not fight
and the trifiing damage they did to the
French and Americans proves II.
The Germans may have done the
wisest thing since, IL they had tried to
stand. their losses would have been in
creased enormously. The Allies had the
means to insure such a result. and the
fact that the operation required only
81 per cent OF the time allotted to 1t
Is proof that a much more strenuous
resistance was expected of the enemy.
He was in such hurry to remove his
guns that scores of them were captured
without having fired a round at the
attackers.
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So PLANES DOWNED
IN VICIOUS AIR FIGHT
British Destroy 90 Machines
and Disable II Others in
Day Over Lines.
LOSE IS OF THEIR OWN
Railways at Metz-Sablons and
Karlsruhe Bombed and
Transport Convoy Hit.
IOSE 16 OF THEIR OWN

LONDON. Sept. 1s.-Sunday along the
British front in France was character.
ICED by vicious air fighting. The weather
had improved and the airmen were up In
large numbers. The British aviator.
brought down thirty-seven hostile ma.
chimes. At least twenty-nine OF them
were destroyed. Sixteen OF the British
machines failed to return. These aerial
operations are described in an Official
communication issued tonight as fol-
lows:
On September Is, with the imnrov.
ing weather. there was a marked in.
crease of aerial activity. Enemy MA.
chimes were encountered IN large
formations on the German side Of the
line and there were many combats
Twenty-nine hostile airplanes were
destroyed in che air fighting during
the day and seven were driven down
out OF control. In addition a large
enemy night bombing machine was
brought down after dark. Sixteen ~
our machines are missing. including
two night flying arplanes.
Four enemy airdromes were success
fully attacked and heavily bombed.
one by day and three by night. Dur
ing the twenty-four hours thirty tons
Of bombs were dropped by US
Our balloons took advantage OF the
clear atmosphere to send down manv
useful observations. and our airplane'
engaged in reconnaissance. photog.
raphy and observation for artillery
fire carried out much valuable work
ri oh Nhod
the railways at Metz-Sablons ana Main,
and yards and sidings at Karlsruhe
Seventeen direct hits were obtained or
the Karlsruhe detectives. according to
the Air Ministry communication issued
tonight as follows:
On the battle front on the night Of
September 1915 four hostile air
dromes were heavily and repeatedly
attacked by our machines with excel
lent results, Four fires were started,
three hostile machines on the grount
were wrecked. two hangers were com
pletely demolished and several more
hangers received direct hits. A trans
port convoy was hit four times.
The railways at Metz-Sablons were
again bombed and a fire started The
railway functions at Mainz and the
sidings at Karlsruhe were success
fully attacked.
Very good results were observed on
both targets, and at Karlsruhe. where
three and a half tons OF bombs were
dropped. seventeen direct hits were
obtained. During the night $50 bombs
totallng sixteen and n half tons In
weight. were dropped.
All Of our machines returned.
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vLApIvosroK, Sept. Z (delayed -
The advance by Japan of 100000 yen
to the Chinese Eastern Railway con-
stitutes fund to cover the charges for
the transportation of men and munl-
tons by that line. Because of the fact
that there are no tariffs covering the
situation the railroad has been expe-
riencing delay in presenting and collect
ing its bills. Therefore the japanese
are paying cash in advance and suggest
ing that the other Allies do likewise.
The transportation agreement recently
concluded, which gave rise to a report
that Gen. Otan. the japanese COM
mander had assumed military control
of the railways, is explained as being
simply a necessary measure to insure
prompt movements in the zone OF opera
ton. The assumption of administrative
functions Is not contemplated.
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LEVINE PLANS ALLIANCE.
Sees Bolsheviki's Only salvation
in Pact with "Another Power"

AMSTERDAM. Sept. l6.--Hints that the
Bolshevik Government Of Russia may
seek alliances with other Powers are
contained in n note addressed to the
peoples commIssaries and Soviets by
Nikolaf Lcn!nc. the Boishevik Premier,
printed In the Prada OF Petrograd and
republshed in the LokdldqEeiger OF
Berlin. The note reads:
The position of the Czecho-Slovak
front Is becoming more dangerous daily.
We are daily becoming increasingly con-
WINGED that alone we are powerless, Fer
the Soviet Government there is only
one way out. namely to conclude a de-
fensive and offensive alliance with an
other Power
"ln order to save the power of the
workers and peasants we must not even
recoil from an alliance with imperial
lists"
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LLOYD GEORGE SHOWS GAIN.
Encouraging Bulletin Is Issued by
Premier's Physicians.

LONDON, Sept. 10. - Premier Lloyd
George passed distinctly better night.
having had several hours OF continuous
sleep. says the official bulletin issued by
the attending physicians to-day.
THE symptoms OF exhaustion" the
bulletin adds. (which were manifest yes
terday afternoon are passing. The Pre-
mier's temperature has fallen and his
pulse is better. The state OF his throat
shows satisfactory Improvement" -
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Ciemcnceau visit. 81. MihieI.

PARIS. Sept. l6-Premler Clemenceau
Yesterday visited the liberated town OF
st Mihiel An incident OF the visit. the
Echo dc Paris reports. was the Premier's
meeting with his son, Capt. Michael
Clemenceau, who was first to enter the
town on it's reoccupation The Premier
offered his congratulations on the spot
to the Americans for their great achieve
rlent.
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be answerable for the good behavior OF
the rest THIS practice they abandoned
in the autumn OF 1915.
There isn't house that wasn't hit in
the first month of the war and the
greater part, especially near the river
are completely ruined. But one doesn't
think of such destruction because OF the
inexpressible happiness Of the inhabi-
tants and the deep relief one feels that
the hated enemy has gone never in all
human probability to return. The night
mare of the st. Mlhiel salient has been
long one. but. thank God. this Is over
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PERSHING REWARDS HEROES.
Crosses Given to Soldiers From
New York and Railway, n. j.

WARRINGTON, Sept. 16.-Gen. Per-
shing has awarded Distinguished Ser
vice Crosses for extraordinary heroisn
in action" during enemy raids on Amer.
lean positions in Alsace to Corporal
Ellsworth Oterrill, infantry. Railway.
n. j.. and Private John Zyche infantry
No. IA McKibbon street, Brooklyn, tae
War Department tonight announced
The Distin2 ulshed Service Cross has
been awarded posthumously to Private
John McGeary, infantry, No. $50 Eight
zenith avenue, Brooklyn. for galIartry
displayed in attempting to rescue
wounded comrade.
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WILL RUN TROOP
TRAINS FROM HARDIN
But Strikers Refuse Entente
Demand to End WaIkout.

HARBIN, Sept. (delayed) Entente
allied consuls have presented an ulti-
matum to the striking employees on the
Chinese Eastern Railway demanding
that the strike come to an end, as II
retards military movements. The men
have agreed to run trains from Har-
bin to Vladivostok In order to make
military connections. but have stated
they will not end the strike.
The telegraph opera tors also have
gone out on strike. The Czecho- Slovaks
have assumed control over the tele-
graph office for the despatch OF mil
itary kilograms,
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MELBOURNE. Sept. 16.--The seventh
Australian war loan campaign was
started enthusiastically to-day The first
bond was sold to the Lord Mayor 1t Is
hoped to raise $500, 900, 900 in months
campaign.
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TsITsIKHAR. Manchuria, Sept. 4 tde-
layed) The strike Of railway employees
here Is stin unsettled, Only trains
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PERSHING TOO QUICK
FOR GERMAN PLANS
Number of Prisoners Taken Is
Answer to Voluntary With
drawal Story.
Special Gable Despatch 10 THE Sun.

fOpHrtQNf. 1918. an FfUNts fesefCeo.
PARIS. Sept. 1e.-The German official
reports and the statements in the Ger.
man newspapers which impudently pre-
tend that Gen. Ludendorff voluntarily
evacuated $50 square miles OF territory
in the st. Mihiel salient. insinuating that
they Intended to abandon II years ago.
and that the Germans had removed much
of their material excite derision here.
That the Germans were planning to go
Is undeniable. but 1t should be made
clear that Gen. Pershing struck before
they carried out their plan. An evacua-
ton which cost them the loss OF 10000
to q, 900 men who were taken prisoners
and an enormous amount Of material of
every kind hardly can have been carried
out according to plan and certainly is
not "a successful withdrawal for the pur-
pose of Strengthening our line"
Abusive Notices Absent.
Other evidence that the enemy had
not intended to leave at that time is
found running through the reports OF
every correspondent without exception.
ST. Mihiel. as well as other towns cap
! tured. were found to be in good order, as
the Germans had no time 10 destroy
them or to write the abusive notices
they usually leave behind when retiring
according to plan
Briey now lies a little more than
twenty miles from the American lines
A high French officer told the CORE
spondent Of THE SUN to-day that he did
not believe any attempt would be made
at present to capture the iron fields
Personally. he believed 1t would be bet
ter to push forward until the heavy
artillery was within range OF Briey
when II will be possible to hinder the
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carrying Red Cross supplies and troops
are running. The men are striking for
higher wages
The sun., 1918-09-17

The spinners in the Yorkshire and
Lancashire cotton mills quit work sat
urday on the question of the abolition
Of the roth system. The Amagalmate ted
Association of Cotton Spinners has a
membership of 10000, but indirectly the
strike will affect 800, 900 operatives.
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PREMIER IN PLEA TO STRIKERS
Lloyd George Urges Cotton Opcr-
ntiycs to Return.

LONDON, Sept 1G.---Greatly concerned
over the cotton strike, Premier Lloyd
George from his sick bed issued to-
night an appeal to the strikers to return
to work and leave the decision In the
matter under dispute to the Government
after ar inquiry by special tribunal to
be appointed Immediately
The Premier bases his appeal on the
fact that the strike will interfere seri-
ously with the production of war ma
terial.
The sun., 1918-09-17

SANNIS. AXEL L.. Formau, y, d.
APELIAN. HACHIG. Rordizay, Armenis
DANDERLO. VETO. Old Forge, Pa.
RAYNER, THOMAS G.. Alpharet;a, Ga.
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auru0Hr1es everywhere recoghl:SJ- rne
very close relation between its spread
and overcrowded homes. While It is
not always possible, especially In
times like the present, to avoid such
overcrowdlng, people should consider
the health danger and make every
effort to reduce the home overcrowd-
ing to minimum. The value Of fresh
air through open windows cannot be
over emphasized.
when crowding is unavoidable, as
In street cars, care should be taken to
keep the face 30 turned as not to in
hale directly the air breathed out by
another person.
ut is especially important to be-
ware OF the person who coughs or
sneezes without covering his mouth
and nose. 1t also follows that one
should keep out of crowds and stufry
places us much MS possible, keep
homes, offices and workshops well
aired, spend some time out of doors
each day, walk to work If at all prac-
ticab!e-in short, make every possible
effort to breathe as much pure air as
possible.
"ln all health matters follow the ad.
vice Of your doctor and obey the regu.
lations Of your local and state health
officers"
"Cover up each cough and sneeze,
u you din't you'll spread disease"
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quickly adopted. In many cases the
advancing French troops brought the
FIRST aid material and sometimes sue
ceeded In saving the trees. Where the
tree WINS absolutely cut down-as hun.
dreds were-there was, OF course, no
relief measure to employ. Members
OF the U. s. Food Administration
brought this picture to America. Ear.
ly In the war the German govern.
ment introduced a policy Of strict
food conservation at home and has
endenvored to curtail in every posi-.
Bile manner the French and English
supply. U boat warfare and destruc.
tion Of farming property are parts of
the same campaign.
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Notice FOR PUBLICATION
O7570

p.p4rimrn, oil the Interior,
u. S. Land Office at Eoseburs, Oregon
October, S, 1915.
Notice Is hereby given that william
Il. RAIDER az Alsea, Oregon, whc. on
October 4. 1911. made Homestead En-
try, Serial No. Oi57O, for the SW q
Of Section 6, Township IA :, Eange ;
w, Willamette Meridian, has flied no
sice OF intention to make Final Five
year prcsi. TO establish claim to the
land nbove described, before The clerk
of The County Court Of Benton County
OREGON. at Corvallis, Oregon, on the
18Th day OF Noyemb r, 1918.
Claimant names as witncssef'
Otto Dieckhoff Of Lincoln County Ore
gon. Loun Rycrait. Of Alsen. Oregon
w. ]. Cathcart. Of Alsea. Oregon, Clare
Frenholm. OF Alsea, oregon.
w. n. Cannon,
Register.
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3 miles from Toledo Oregon.
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FOR SALE-At reasonable
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4 room modern Cottage in
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State full paticulars.
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