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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18
THEN AND NOW

Here are a few words from the
description of the Poland horror, by
]. G. Walcott, of the American re-
lief expedition, who was an eye wit
ness. This is how Germany would
have treated the allies. had she won
the war: y
Along the roadside from Warsaw
to Pinsk, $50 miles, nearly half
million people had died of hunger
and cold. The way was strewn with
their bones picked clean by the
crows. With their usual thrift the
Germans were collecting the larger
bones to be milleds into fertilizer;
but the finger and toe bones lay on
the ground with the Undiscovered,
rain-soaked clothing. In the refugee
camps 100000 survivors of the
flight were gathered by the Germans.
There were no conveniences, they
had not even been able to wash for
weeks. Filth and infection from YER
min were spreading. They were fam
ished. their daily ration a cup Of
soup and piece of bread as big as
my fist. Every able-bodied Pole was
hidden to Germany to work. If he
refused he was not allowed to have
anything to eat. He had to go or
starve."
And here is the teaching and opin-
ion of one of the German leaders
one of the upper class"-von der
Goltz:
''It is better to let hundred wom-
en- and children belonging to the
enemy die of hunger than to let a
siu6ic Gcrudu 5OluleT Suuer.
Such were the ways of the Huns
so long as they were in power. That
was yesterday. Today they are
cringing, and with bloody hands up.
lifted are calling out "kamerad" ant
pleading for food.
Most Americans have been some
what incensed because the impres
sion was conveyed through advice'
sent out from Washington that Am
erica was "going to feed Germany.
Relief is felt, therefore, by Food Ad
ministrator Hoover's statement tina
We are not going to send great ship
loads of food to the Huns, but tina
the water-tight blockade will be lift
ed, after which Germany can taxi
care of herself.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18

pound, and calico 75 cents per yard.
Think of 1t! The $25 or $50 per
week man paying 500 for a suit to
go to the movies" in. or perchance
to church, If his better half can so
persuade him. Said $50 per week
man cannot afford 1t. Further. II he
has no Sunday clothes" he has an
excuse for not going to church-he
can play solo or pinochle. It's an
Ill wind that blows no one any good
figures the $50 man.
In spite of the fact that word has
been sent out from Washington that
soldiers will be permitted to wear
their uniforms for three months af-
ter receiving their honorable dis
charge from the service, clothing
may take skyward jump. But there
is a limit to human endurance. II
prices persist in playing tag with the
moon and Jupiter. Mr.. Average Man
may be compelled to sew a mammoth
patch on the broader portion of his
trousers during the winter months
and resort to the proverbial fig leaf
with the coming OF Spring. Cloth
ing merchants, have a care, else a
new style may be created.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18

smooth fellows" capable Of pulling
or a three-shell game in any COM
munity.
The American public. big of heart
and anxious to do something for the
fighting man." fall easy prey to
these fakirs. Our boys will soon be
returning to civilian life-and along
with them will come a few who are
fakirs and who will choose well their
field OF operation. Some of them
will tell you that. single-handed they
beat on a regiment Of Boches; that
they worked the machine gun so fast
the enemy was corded up like an
Oregonian would pile slabwood; that
had there not been a boat nearby
into which they could hop and row
out of the lake of blood they had
created, they would have drowned.
etc., etc.
The advanced guard of this band
of fakirs has already arrived-the
balance will follow, thinly sprinkled
among our genuine, true-blue SOL
be sure OF your
hero before you bestow lavish enter
tainment upon him. Our own boys,
right here from Oregon, those Of
whom we are sure, are the ones who
should receive our Difference. Let us
prepare and give them a great re-
ception.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18
aRearn Proved Harmless.

A white bear had been seen In the
Alps near 0fenburg, Switzerland, peas.
ants reported. The alarm created
some excitement in the mountains. The
authorities were forced to arrange q
great hunt to run down the "animal." ;"
The hunt was successful and the "an.
imal" was cornered. He turned out to
be a poor Russian deserter clad In a
sheepskin coat who had been running
around aimlessly.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18
TANKER ''TOMcAT' GUNNER
Continued from Page One,


by the French. always watched each
other closely, or endeavored to, the
Idea being to keep u hundred yards
or so apart for their mutual protec-
tion, and II being important also that
they not get too far ahead OF the In
fantry
Just beyond the hump was u
clump OF woods. and we began to
pour bullets into that" Sergeant
AVERT continued. "and for time
there was some smoke arising above
the tree tops so we know there were
Boches In there. About four OF us
opened up In full force and showered
that woods with lead.
THE machine gun answers were
pretty stin for awhile, as We went
forward, but just kept peppering
away and talking to my buddy" all
the time and telling him what we
were going to do-clean out that
woods. My brothers on either side
someway had the same hunch. The
doughboys back OF me too were fir
ing right along with us and the
Boche in that thicket must have
thought all hell had broken loose,
because first thing i knew the fir
ing virtually stopped and / figured
all the Boches had been killed or
had decided to beat II before we all
got there in force.
along about this time | noticed
that the tank boys on the right were
swinging around the side OF clump
OF trees. and from the positions OF
their guns and the speed OF their
tanks judged that they were giving
fits to some Fritzies running away.
then switched so as TO run along side
the thicket. at a distance. and join
ed the tank boys going around the
end.
Just about that time there was
volley OF machine gun bullets, and
some anti-tank gun stun too. from a
hill bit to my left, suddenly my
tank just began to tremble or some
thing. and then stopped. and shud-
dered all over. looked down and
my buddy was limp in his seat. One
of those damned bullets had come In
through my 'buddy's' peep hole and
hit him square in the face.
my buddy was dead. His final
clutch on the throttle shut of the
gas and the old tank stopped. and
there was, and the other boys went
on, That's about all | know about
that fight, or whatever Il was, and
am waiting around now for another
tank and another buddy too to take
me up front again where things are
doing every minute. This tank bus
iness is great business for the boys
who like to shoot"
Avertt said that when he went in
to action. he determined to keep
count OF the number OF Germans his
machine gun touched of" but when
he began to use his gun he could
think OF nothing but a purpose to
spread death and destruction and
that he quickly lost count OF the
number he saw fall.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18
BE SURE OF YOUR HERO

A number of cities, including
Glendale and Medford, have been
beautifully duped lately by fake
heroes. These heroes are generally
smooth of tongue, and very court
eous, They may appear in different
Euise later on-as "rubes," or for
eigners," or in various other man
ner-but they will be the same
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18
NOTICE

l will be in Portland until Janu-
ary 1st, for the Johns Manville Co.
My office will be handled by Miss
Galbraith. who is both competent
and reliable. Any courtesies ex-
tended her will be appreciated by me.
L. A. LAUNER.
10 100 Church St.. Portland. Ore.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-11-18
CLOTHES, OR FIG LEAVES?

Contemplative of the fact that sew
eral million soldiers will soon have
to be re-clothed, now that hostilities
have ceased, clothing statesmen in the
cities have already begun to urge
people to do their shopping early to
be sure of sufficient wearing apparel
to keep out the winter blasts. Suits
and overcoats, they say, are likely to
go as high as 500.
One advertiser says that at the
close Of the Civil war, suits sold for
SIS and s85, cotton was 1925 per
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
TAFTYILLE

About three o'clock Sunday after noon George and Theodore Gladue, un- known to their parents, vert skating
 on the pond in Lisbon and broke
 through the thin ice. It happened that John Gundsrman was trimming 8
 Christmas tr;,a at his heInss and hav-
 ing many branches around he went to
 throw them over the bank and heard
 the cry for help. He returned home
 quickly to summon aitl. William
 Croeker grabbed a ladder that was
 nearby and went to reseuc the boys.
 On arriving there, Theodore, the youn :
 CT boy, was going down for the third
 time and thinising that he could not
 save him, made an attempt to save George. George. the older and strong CT of the two. told Mir Crocker net to
 save him, but his brother. Theodore grabbed the ladder jtIst before he went down the third time ana he was brought Safely to the shore. Then MF CreclGr jumped tnta the water ana told George te get on his back and Mir. Checkers nephew goc a rope and threw it in and George grabbed the rope and both e2Sle out safely. They were all taken into Mir. Guaderman's house where they were pu: to bed and pr, Pratt was sent for. After a few 1 hours the p9vs were brought home ir an automobile,
 Leon MolleuT of the ., g. s. Mass. achnsetts Is, spending a few days a1 l his home on Providence street. James McCarthF of Virginia i. 1 snending a five day furlough in tht 1 village.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
DIED

LAING-In Westerly, R. l.. Dec ei,
 1918, James z. W, Laipg, aged GA sUhLrvAN-In New London, Dec. 21.
 1918. Timothy P. Sullivan. aged sS
 years.
 FEFFrF-In New London. Dee. 2i,
 1913, Dwight H. Teft, in his 4stR
 year.
 wtLLIAsIs-In New London, Dec; 21'
 1918, Annie l., wife of John Will
 Hams. aged 27 years.
 WEINERT-In AfiddletoBn. Dec 23,
 1913. Otto Weinert, formerly of Nor Funeral service at Samuel. Bridges
 residence, 492 Washington street Wednesday, Dec. $, at 2.Se p. m. REEp-In FEB Wakeheld. R; T.. Dee. 2s Perkins Reed. Notice of funeral hereafter. RFCE=fn Waterford, Dec 2S, 1918 Annie O, wife of Thomas Rice. WAITS TseN-In this city, Dec. q, 1918 Robert Watson, aged ss years. sPENcER-In South Windham, sud. denly, Sunday morning, Frank " Spencer. ] Funeral 2 p. m. Thursday. AUsTIN-rtIn Mansfield Depot, Dec, B 1918, Samuel J. Austin, aged 5: years.
 1 Notice of funeral hereafter.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24

Charles Lahgles who has hesn in the service of the regular navy for the last nine months is now enjoying fuF- leggh at the home of his parents on St, Regis avenue.
 navid Campbell has returned to his nosiqen as drgg clerk for Pitcher $ Service.
 Albert Di;worth' of the submarine base is spend.ng a few days at the home of his parents on MeEFy av- enue.
 Hugh Engenhurg left for New York 10 sec the big celebration there.
 Mrs. Alice Baker and daughter, Winifred, have returned from attend, ing, the funeral of Mrs. Bakers niece Mfs, Evelyn Morria Gilbert, who pass- ed away in Chicago after 9 few days Of illness with pneumonia.
 The funeral was held from her late home on Staten Island on "Wednesday Brooklyn. N. Y, Mrs. Glibers was borr ip Norwich twenty-two years ago g daughter of the late George Morris and Mary Morris. For several years they made their home il Staten Is. land. She was married te Lawrence Gilbert last August. 1ahc business interests of MT. Gilbert kept them 1T Chicago for the last four months They were locking forward to being home for the Ghrisetmas holidays Mrs Gilbert ia survived by her husband mother, and .esle sisteY, Hiss Frances Morris. They have the sincere sym pathy of their friends in their be, reaveniera.
 Edward Rearey of the Newper Traning Statlen is spending feE days in the village, z
 Ore of thn village teamsseTs me with an accident Monday rnornint about 1899 c'eieek when he was car Fyins q load of sand from Preston ii bis dump cart and got at the 9oet 0 Eighth street hill when the bolt tha holds the body to the nart of tn axel gave away with the result tha the horse went along ard left tn driver and the rest Of tha cart in back The horses were stopped by Davii Daniels, the we'll known fagnan o Greeegille, Repairs were inamediateh done on the cart.
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ten feet deel,. Late that evening found at heHdaHaFters they had mis-
 taken orders M was not supposed to be at Aa place, So that night we w sdered to another place. Sc tsliass went aleHg until the lith. At a. m, thsJ eFdered us forward. The major and two of US captains went forward near Herben- vile. It was very feggy and we pick then 2 T landing near us. Of course We had little infefmat ton about the arnaIstiee,. but the major remarked to us that things might enaRge at Il a,
 m. At about 10 2. n. our infantry advanced and such a German can nanade I newer heard. At 1Q,55 it was terrific. A - gas shell landed near Captain LeffeFts, He gos some pois- GUS sas in his lungs ana fell ever. In lve minutes nat gun vas heard any
 where, The feg lifted and we eeuld
 see the German lines off in the xil- lage. It was hard to realize it was
 all oyer. That afternoon went to the hospital with the eaptain, Came back the next day and teok nfg hat 1 tery back here in the village.
 l have been looking over the bat I tie field. It is 8 horrible sight about ] here. The crater at Les Espanges is nothing but 2 mass of bones and barb l ed wire. Forty thousand French lest l their lives there. You kHeW all about 1 NefduR, how the Germans tried to take 1 the place g year ago,
 l All things taken into consideration feel that this Thanksgiving, though ] it may he seent in some small shell torn shack will he the best ever.
 1 During tha last few days we have been clearing up French village and 1 making it hafaitable. We are living iF 1 it is quite 8 shelter Tho village il ] fact was under fire during cur entire stay here.
 I haFe been out on number 0! walks and on my first picked up some helmets and German books which l am sending home. They are from tht village my battery fired on. I have also 9 number of other things I an l sending too, such as gas masks, etc l We are all very anxious to know jus
 what is going to happen to us. Ti1a. is the 3o2nf. We have hopes of be.
 ine back by July 1st. anyway.
 In few days am geins to app1!
 for leave and 50 to Rome for q week
 just to see the country, and get ava.
 from Squads Right etc. 'Righ r otSe. All tESi-41S Ait5. ioDe.tt E7ett uRday at Nancy Have 9 good Dodg' car and Sc can look over things pret I ty well. Had q very inteFesting ex perienee the other night in Nancy
 Met a great many. British prisoner and spent most of my evening there il
 making 5 of them ceHfert a lsle. The,
 were the most ghostly sight I hav
 ever seen. Tired, sick, unshaven
 just turned loose by Jerry and left t roam in the weeds till they eithe died, pr found shelter. F'ortunatel
 they struck Nancy.
 It has been great war and wort
 while. Hope you are all we'll Sen, ] along as many letters as you can fin time to write.
 Lovingly, | HOWARD.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
FOUGHT UP 10 LAST FEW MINUTES

Right up to a few minutes hefore the time hestiities were to cease at II a n. sen November 11th. according
 to the terms of the arInistice, Cap-
 tain Howard T. Byles, Central Village boy, formerly 6 student at the Nor wich Free Academy and al Yale, had his battery of field artillery in action, he writes to his mother. Mrs. Charles Byie;s of Central Village;
 He was i'll command of the S02nd Field Artillery 18th Division, and ROW with freedom of the placss in which they have been in action.
 Captain Byies was one of the first Fin the sprine of 1917 to leave Yale for an officers training camp, at Platts- burgh. After receiving his commits sion as captain the following summer, he was sent to Camp Devens in com fnand of the s1and Field Artillery. While thers he was sent te the school of fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for three months. His battery left Camp Beyens for France last July.
 His letter follows;
 RHnt- en- Woevve, France.
 November 27, 1918 My dear Mother: Your three letters  from Central Village.
 Several days ago I remember that I started letter to you and finished 1 it huriedly, telling something about our work at the front. Since thea the censorship rules have been diseen- tinued and can go so mue.l more into detail. If you wish to ind where am, look for Ferdun and 8 few miles te the south and you will f1nd q score of 1 small village of IFerheHville, Boaaee and etc
 To begin at an earlier date. When we left Boston harher the night oi July 15 we went to Halifax, Canada Then found ] large convey of 25 large liners all filled with troops en route l to Liverpool. Just off the Irish eeast 1 few moments shots were exchanged
 were sunk. From Liverpool we
 marched to Knotty Ash. Ther i through England to Winchester, to 1 Seushampton to La Havre by boat ant l then by train to Camp de-la.4Maye 1 just 5 miles out of Berdeaqx. Here ! I spent about three of tho best weeks 1 of my life, Thence to thcs training camp at De seuge and from there t ! VeFdun, in October.
 l ft was a beautiful day when nu my guns in position. Just belew 1T | the, valley the Germans were boom 1 ing away at us. But their shells al 1 went over into the village behind us They had evidently not located eu battery. That evening we bonhard ed their positions. TheT, one morn 1 ing had orders to move Thy batter. forward down the hill into Heusee--; small town about 1,50o yards from tn Germans front line. I made pfelim mary reeonnoisure Of the situatien-
 went down there in the village in tn early morning. Found a regiment Q infantry from the Wild Cat Division there holding the village. It was il
 this village had the most interestin;
 day of my army career. You see
 was directly between our ownG artil I leFy fire and that of the enemy. The, put a great many shells in the vii
 lage. Saw one rip up a small ceme
 tery and send about ten soldiers iron I their peaceful siumbers. Went on
 bit farther and picked out position
 for one of my guns. 4 place that hal
 never been shelled at all. As I steo
 there 3, 6-inch came and dug up tn
 earth at that particular place abou
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
pR. STORY WILL BE l AT BOSTON HOSPITAL

First Lieutenant Theodore L. Story of the U. s. army medical corps Is te be one of the orthopedic surgeons at tho U. s. general hospital No. 10. al Boston to which wounded soldiers from overseas are to be brought. He has just been transferred to this hos pital after being for the last three months at the graduate school ei medicine at Harvard. He has aise been stationed at Camp Greenleaf Ga- and was assigned to base hospi- tal No. l1e for duty in France but the signing of the a-mistice came as ht vas awaiting to embark.
 TF, Story is the son of Mir. and Mrs Arthur r. Story of Hartford and s ,'2qther of Arthur F. Story of this city
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24

THE WEATHER. The winds along the north Atlan- tic will be nlederate north aud ncFth- east, colder, snow by Wednesday. Middle Atlantic: MaaeFate north east. increasing Tuesday night with saow, colder,
 Conditions; In the Atlantic states, the weather cleared after rain Sunday night. while in the Far West the weather was fair. High temperatures cantiane in the Atlantic and east Gulf States although with a fall since Sunday iR the north.
 They also have fallen generally ia the interior md are much below the seasanahle average as a rule. In the middle Atlantic states and New Eng land the weather will be unsettled on Tuesday and "Wednesday. It will be colder Tuesday in New England and semewhIt colder in the middle Atlantic states and New Eng land Wediesday.
 Fereeast. Southern New England: increasing cisudiness and colder Tuesday, rain or snow at night and ell Red4Asday. Observations in Nerwieh. The following records. reported from The Bulletin's observations. show the changes in tenaneFatare and the baror metric changes Monday: Ther. Bar. <. ID. s....'.'s......... 4u 5V,26 m. .... ..'''....s..,'.. 52 Se,Se
 ?. m, .,........,...,. 40 S0.2e Highest 52, lowest %. Comparisons. Predictions for Monday: Rain, cold CT at night
 Mondays weather: Fair, warmer.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
Gift Suggestions for Hurried Shoppers

TRAVELLING 5ass-two special
 efferings-at s8ss, value $1f,oo-
 at $f2es, value Sf5eo.'
 WoMEN'S Hand Bags of leather,
 in black and coloFs, at St.5o to
 $500.
 WoMEN'S Silk Hand Bags. in black and coIors, at $275 to sa.98, WoMEN'S Velvet Hand Bags, in black and colors, at S2.sS to $e.9s. WoMEN'S Leather Purses, flat with strap handle on back or top, at 51c to S6,ss. TRAVELLING CASES for men and women, all fitted, in black leather eases, at $500 to ss.9S,
 PRAYER Books, standard editions, many handsomely hound, at 25c to $t.7s.
 ROSARY 5sads..in all colers, most of them in individual eases, at 25c to $3.ea.
 FOUNTAIN PENS, self filling. the dependable kind, at s1.oo tc $4.o0. FLORENCE Toilet Sets, finished in Black, Ebony, Rosewood, eircas- sian Walnut and White Ivory, at 5oe to ss,5o a set.
 WoMEN'S Neekwear, a eemnlete
 showing of everything that is new and up ito the minute. s WoMEN's Silk Hosiery, all the best known makes, such as Phoenix, McGaIlun, Lehish, Onyx, Ete.
 GLOVES far aifts-wemen's and ehiidren's-WeoI, Silk and Lsath- CT, lined and unIined. AT HALF.RRlcE-Men's Toilet Kits, in Khaki Gases all fitted, regular sEisss ss,5o to se.eo-AT E HALF PRICES. s AT HALF,RRIeE-Mensy Belts, in k Khaki or Leather, regular prices
 5oe to $2.5e-AT HALF PRICES. S HUNDREDS OF OTHER GIFT H ARTICLES, roo NUMEROUS a TO MENTION, ALL GROUPED A ON SPECIAL TARLEs. AT 25e N Soc, 75c, $1.o0 and 8f.a6.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
HAS MADE THREE TRIPS
 ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

Stanley J. Koaaaski, 2nd lass gun ner's mate of the '. s. $. Keresan, spent ferty,eight hour fuFleugh Ritil his parents on puFfey street recently. He has Just returred from his fAird FTP across the Atlantic and brought with him many souvenirs of France He has one geld che7ren deneting six months foreign service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
Bourges, France,


 Dear Mother and Father: I am feel ing good and hope the tsarne can be said of you and the children I had 2 pleasant Thanksgiving even though the weather was not at it's best. Last year at this time we had snow but so far it has stayed away. We have not as much cold this year as we did last.
 I met a fellow from the company and asked him as to how Bogue was and he told me that all was well with him (Rogue1 when he left the outfit. Walter Moran is still in the best of health and sehds his heses resards, wishing you all a merry CTrEANaas and a Happy New Year.
 suppose some of the boys will soon be on their way home and hope 1t won't be long before I'm doing the same. Thanksgiving morning we all went to mass in a body consisting of sbeut l,2e0 of US. We all marched down to the big cathedral where the g ceremony and I think it had not hasSened before for some time. The cathedral itself is a wonderful piece of architecture and if I'm not n1is- taken 1t is said to be 500 years old anA it stands just as firm today as it die when it VAS built. That makes the fourth cathedral that I've seen 1r France
 see by the, papers that they've been having a lot of trouble with in. Auenza but I hope that by now it has been checked. All of my friends hope are in the best of health. Give them my best regards anf wish then a merry Christmas. Remember me tt Mir. and Mrs. Rogue. their, son ana daughters, MT. ard MFs. Moran receiv, the same and tell them that Walter i! l o. K.
 I'll close now, wishing yoG a Merr. Christmas and a Happy New Year. MICHAEL
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24
Nearly inch of Rain.

The rainfall on Sunday was .as oi an inch This is the fourth rair steFn this month. ? col Union- SquaFe
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-24

KiddeE. Peabody & Co. treasarers of the American Fund for French Wnunded, announce that total contri- buttons to date amount to $l2s,1a5. .sa.