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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-18
Driving East Of Lille, Entering Bruges
Germans Hastily Withdrawing
From Northern Belgium.
Gap Between Rapidly Advancing Allies and Holland
Border Grows Smaller Trap May Imprison
Thousands of Fleeing Huns.

of 40 miles, from the North in Belgium to
Lille France the Germans in general retreat
before the Belgian British Likewise the
being concede defeat by rerograde
the British and Americans southeast of Cambai
the French the pocket between Disc and
north of Laon and of continued strong
by Americans Champagne and along
the Meuse river.
Nowhere however, the enemy in disorder. In Belgian
his steps being hasened by of the swift
drives his line by the British Lille just south of the
Belgian border by the French Begians farther north
compel him Dutch territory and face
he is fleet enough withdraw out of the
pocket the Schet and the and const
his line with it's right wing resting Antwerp.
the submarine bases the is
hands, Bruges all captured while to the south
region Rouer the allied forces fast driving
toward Ghent endeavr to seal the western Flanders sack
large elements the enemy forces. Strong
opposition being the Courra the
allies from carving out their maneuver full
villages have been liberated by the allied
troops and numerous guns and quantities OF stores nave been
captured
In the withdrawal from west Flanders the Germans
carrying tactical which doubtless will end in
general falling line in northern France and permit
materially strengthen their resistance and
This probably will be from Antwerp to Namur
and thence the Swiss border which would still
80 miles from their border line both
Antwerp Namur At the center of the Flanders
fighting Thiet, which is about 125 miles from AK la
Chapelle, the German border
Southeast of Cambra front of 10 miles, between LIE
Cateau Bohan British and Americans delivering
violent attack against the Germans and at last reports they
meeting although the Germans savsgey
resisting guns and infantry and with artillery be-
hind their line.
between the Disc
endeavoriug drive the
them before they way Hrson
enemy using his machine and artillery to impede
the OF the French but further gains have been
corded
greatest resistance of ALL however, still being i'm
posed against the efforts of the French and Americans
Champagne along the Meuse where the holding
essential to stave off general retreat by the Germans
all the way from Belgium to the Swiss frontier.
The French in Champagne still fighting hard to capture
Rethel but able hold this
important position their hands North of Grand Pre-
the French and the Americans have made further
difficult ground Especially have been the
suffered by the Americans in encompassing the
natural the attacks by hordes enemy
gunners the Americans the giving
nlvi bv inch.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-18
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

The October session of the Board of
Supervisors opened Monday with the
full board in attendance.
Reports were presented by the Pur.
chasing Agent for the period from Jan.
l to Sept, 80. and by the Jail Inspectors
of their inspection of the Jail made
Sept 90. The number Of prisoL ers con-
fined in the Jail in the past year was 96,
IL of whom were females. The princi
pal offenses were: Drunks, l6; liquor
violators, Z; vagrancy, IS; grand lar
ceny, s; stealing from railroad 8; sim
pile larceny, Is; non support, 4; disord'
erly, 3; with II other offenses repre-
sented. There were but persons in Jail.
The board received an invitation to
send representatives to the state associa-
ton of supervisors meeting and several
will probably attend.
The soldiers relief commission pre-
sented report showing but $l31 ex-
pended the past year.
The county drain commissioners re
pert shows ten drains applied for dur
ing the year, seven being found neces.
sary by township boards; 81 drains
! were unfinished at the beginning of the
year; 81 were finished during the year;
1S drains have been begun but are un-
finished this year; Is have been sur
veyed and leveled bat not sold. No
drain matters were taken to the probate
court during the year. The total amount
of drain tax to be raised this year is
S84, 1875 AZ. The total miles sold during
the year was 3S miles 100 rods; sur
veyed but not sold, 10 miles 2l3 rods
and I0S miles and 1l2 rods of joint
drain; total sold and surveyed in county
SO miles S3 rods total joint and in
county 1874 miles, 1875 rods. The amount
for drains assessed on the county at
large is "a, $1,000.
The board will elect Superintendent
of the Poor to succeed A. w. Green
next Monday; Jail physician We'd
nesday; janitor of court house Monday;
school examiner, Tuesday.
County canvassers were elected Tues
day, the present incumbents being
unanimously re. elected They are II. w
Parker of Bancroft, Arthur Hanchett
of Hazelton township and Frank B.
Shelp of Burns township.
A resolution was unanimously car.
ried by the board requesting Erwin
Kingsbury to resign as school exam
iner. He was elected last year to serve
two years, but has since moved TO Ionia
county, and as there are several well
qualified male reachers in the county
who are interested in and in touch
with the schools of the county, it is but
just that one of them should have the
position. A technicality in the law
would permit Mr.. Kingsbury to hold
over but this paragraph in the law was
inserted to provide for counties that
have no male teachers.
The county road commission made a
report showing SOL 400 spread on the
county at large for county roads, COW
ering fourteen road districts.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-18
1926 STUDENTS AT M. A. c.

East Lansing, Oct. 14.-A report
from the Office of the registrar at M.
A. c. showed 1926 students enrolled
in the college this week. OF these
1900 are young. men receiving mill
tary training as members of the stu
dent army training corps; 300 are
young women and S6 are special stu
dents and boys under 1S.
" This enrolment is the largest the
college has ever had at the beginning
Of fall term.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-18
SHIAWASSEE
NEAR THE TOP

This county requires only forty
thousand dollars additional subscrip-
tions to go "over the top" on the
Liberty Loan, the total amount of bond
sales now being $1,Os7, ,OOO.>
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-18
An antomobile driven nv Miss Mar,

An automobile driven by Miss Mary
Polasek of Shiawassee township. was
struck by street car, Wednesday. as
1t was crossing West Main street. For
tunately the motorman was able to stop
the street car so that the occupants of
the automobile were uninjured although
the machine was badly damaged.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16

ton stands 1t gives the Americans,
Of Grand Forks and surrounding
counsfy al. opportunity to pledge
themselves once more to the struggle
ior the United States"
The Program Completed.
The pl1Rclpal speakers ut the meet
ing tomorrow afternoon Wall pe Mayor
H., NJ ..Wneeier, j. q. Haliand OF kdl-
go. nid@Att6rney J.sF. Il. O,Connor ol
AZ " IS city. ~ine program Is as ro.-i
,lOwg;, i
acknowledgements. octette and,
audience. <. "-S
Welcome-Prof. H. H. Aaker. chair
man OF meeting.
ADMINISTRATORS H. NJ. Wheeler.
Princess Pat (by Victor Herbert)
-Basso's orchestra.
Address-J0hn q. Halland Of Far
Violin solo-Dr. j. G. Brundin.
Keep the Home Fires Burning
Male o~ctette, directed by Rev. H.. =.
Thorgrimsen. t
Patriotic Address-Hon. j. +. T.
O'Connor. f
Vocal Solo-Estelle Grindeland.
Address on Red Cross. Work--H!
b. Finch, chairman of Grand Forks
county chapter. gFJ :
"For the Flag and America"-Male
octette. directed by Rev. H. B. Thor
crimson. 1
Drill-Gyda lodge. Daughters of
Norway. !
american Patrol" (Meacham).
Basso's orchestra. @
star Spangled Banner'-Orches-
ira. octette and audience.
A reception committee has been ap-'
pointed, composed of the following:
H. NJ. Wheeler. Dr.. G.. Moskau, j.. G..
Sheppard, H. b. Finch. p. A. Thor
son, l.. X. Hassell. 0. G. Glaserud. A.
G. Sorlie. John H. Void, l. A. Berg,
Louis Kleven, o. B. Burtness, j.
johnson and Andrew Peterson.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16
MORSE FE ] TO
!, Be PATRIOTIC
Us GATHERING
May Seventeenth Will be
\ celebrated at Auditorium
Tomorrow.
G. HALLAND
.i# TO BE
Impressive Program Prepar-
! ed for Occasion Singing,
Speeches, Music, Drill.

i The Norwegian central committee
this afternoon announced that all the
tdetails for the May 18th demonstra-
ton to be held in the auditorium to-
morrow afternoon lat 3 o'clock have
been prepared: there will be present.
ed an impressive program of speech
es, musical numbers ard singing. and
Norway will give a drill exhibition.
In discussing tomorrow's affair, At
torney John c. Alphson. chairman OF
the central committee. said in an in
terview today:
1.-The committee now feels satisfied
that the present outlook promises the
best and biggest celebration ever held
in the Red river valley or a May II.
That date primarily stands for the lib
Grafton of the Norwegian people from
the hand OF autocracy. and. in a larg-
err sense. 1t has become. SO to say. q
beacon light on the onward path of
civilization and humanity.
Speaking About War.
This year in the midst of a great
and righteous war we meet to com
memorate anew and to dedicate our
selves. our every word and action, to
that cause and to again give evidence
2of our devotion to the eternal broth
erhood of man and the unity OF the
New World. Our country has become
the melting pot of all nations and
here We may live and nhale the
breath of liberty IN true democracy
as brothers all OF every creed
sand race
Personally, I firmly believe-and
in this | am sure l speak for the
members of the societies represented
in our central committee-that the
greatest of all issues to be determin-
ed by this tremendous struggle. is
whether or not free institutions are to
exist in the future without the gel
threatening ena of centralized
ROVER of military %despotisn1. This.
therefore. is above all the time for
@Ir,ity of action OF the part of every
liberty loving American. and it is the
time for bigger and better under
standing among the people Of this
county. for does the melting
process work better thar ~ n crisis
Ike the present. Winning a
r'~1teous war is worth more than all
r.her experiences because it reveals
tie req, stamina and manhood of a
r,an. and it binds them together in
san h;qh i'n"'s and principles.
= "Eor al this. our May 18th celebra-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16
H. KNUDS0N
IS DESERTER
First Grand Forks Man to
Illegally Leave Train
ing Camp.


The local draft board today receive
a report to the effect that Albert
Harold Knudson of Reynolds, n. D., is
listed as a deserter from camp. This
is the first instance of a Grand Forks
county man having illegally absented
himself from a training camp.
knudson whose order number is
sent to Fort Leavenworth as a gas en-
gineer. 1t appears that he was later
transferred to Camp Dix. N. j., as a
private in Company c, 3O3 infantry,
field signal battalion. He disappeared
from the camp on April 26 and since
that date nothing has been heard
about him.
AS Camp Dix is near some of the
Atlantic ports in New jersey there Is
"A possibility that the deserter may
have embarked in a vessel and gone
to parts unknown" =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16
REGENTS COMING HERE
DIR. Kane Will he Installed as Uni
versity President.

A meeting of the state board of
regents is announced to pc held at the
university June 10 and 10, when Pres
ident Thomas r. Kane will be formal
ly installed. At this meeting. Secre-
tary Liessman states, it is also prob
able that a permanent president will
be named for the Slope normal school
at Dickinson. The normal opens in
June with a summer course under the
direction of P. 8. Berg, su~perintend-
ent of the Dickinson public schools. It
is possible that the selection of a sue
cessor to G.. A. Mcfarland as presi-
dent of the Valley City normal may
come up at this meeting. President
Black of Glendale. President Hillyer
of Mayville and President Crane Of
the Minot normal have beer talked of
as possible successors to Mcfarland,
but the state board of regents declines
to discuss the possibility Of any one
Of these men being named.
II eating onions will restore the
hair. then the bald-headed row will
become onion line,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16
AID CLUB ELECTION HELD.

Make Plans for Red Cross Publicity
Work. "a
The Ad club held Its election Of Of
ffcers for the ensuing year at a meet
ing following banquet last night at
the Hotel Frederick and the follow
president; C.: M Warner, vice presi-
dent; w. NJ. Cedlund,, treasurer. John
Lundhater. secretary. F4r
cy Popler. chairman Of. the pub
licity committee for the Red Cross
drive. gave q report whichiw q acted
upon, and plans for the coming cam
paign: were arranged -
The meeting was held after Z ban
quet at the Hotel Ffederick last n'ght
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16

One thing scsttain. ths aiiiksf ~ !
Ing toslook c1osslys Ter my potson-iyy
the aliss 10 not swesriHs .danss ~
pr ..blinders. va
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-16

IL II ~ thsSsainss mo 1ish To 30
Evening star., 1918-08-13
of their old ones. The Hearst Pathe
News completes the program.
Cosmos.

Ten talented and clever children,
presented as .-rhe Rising Generation" {"
are giving q patriotic show at the
Cosmos Theater this week that is stir
ring large audiences to real enthu-
siasm. With a camp setting 'as the
background. the youngsters individ-
ually and en- masse offer specialties.
directed to stirring up the American
war spirit, all of them SO effective In
character and put over with so much
spirit that volumes Of applause are
given to each in turn. A jack-tar
drill makes a dne climax TO the act.
Max Golden's international revue.
Around the World" beautifully
costumed terpsichorean offering, pre-
by an unnamed prima donna, is an at
tractive number. A unique offering
is that OF the Halkings, shadow
|graphists, who ingeniously cast
shadow pictures. comic and tragic, but
all Of them new, upon a framed screen.
It is good entertainment for children
and interesting to grown-ups. Song
Fields one at the piano and the other
an exceptionally good singer. who fea-
ture their own compositions; by Gil
bert Losee, who employs different reg
listers Of his voice In varying selec-
tions, and by Julia Curtis. who also
tells amusing stories of children. THE
Price Of Good Time" free from
guile and imparting a forceful lesson.
features Mildred Harris in the mat
inee photoplay. A comedy film and
the allies official war pictures also
are shown.
Evening star., 1918-08-13
RED CROSS GETS GREAT AID
FROM WASFiINGTON'S SALVAGE

up their holidays to drive trucks and
load cars with salvage.
Maj. Pullman. superintendent of
police, also has given help to the
salvage campaigners. The four-min-
ute men have been telling the people
about 1t, and the moving picture
theaters are using slides on the sub
ject.
A salvage unit has been organized
in the Department of Commerce.
The full force of the movement
can be realized when 1t Is known
that 1920 clerks have promised to
aid" said Mrs. Dougherty.
Even the small boys are forming
units. Joseph Berkeley, eleven years
old, who lives at 412 11th street
northeast. Is organizing unit among
his small boy friends. His father is
a fireman Of truck and engine COM
pany No. / and 3. The boys will de-
liver the waste to the engine house.
I'VE wish 1t to be clearly UNDER
stood that this campaign is not to
interfere or conflict in the least with
the other activities of the Red Cross.
If households have been in the prac-
tice Of sending articles to the Red
Cross we do not wish them to change
the habit. Our salvage campaign is
to rescue those things that would
otherwise be lost to the world"
A committee of the Rotary Club has
0een appointed to help in the sal
wage campaign. John Poole. presi-
dent of the Federal National Bank,
appointed the committee. which con-
sists of Gardner F. johnson, Frank
r. Jelleff and E. H. Johansen.
Evening star., 1918-08-13
: B. r. Keith's.

Musical numbers predominate in the
Keith's Theater bill this week. .aThe
Mastersingers'' Of Boston. heard on sew
eral occasions before in this city, heads
the bill In an entirely new program.
based on war activities. The staging Of
their number 10 unique. being the repre-
sentation Of q present-day shipyard.
where ships are in course Of construc-
ton. The singers arc attired in the
clothing Of shipyard workers. Were
Building Bridge to Berlin" q new
song, last night had the audience sing
ing and whistling the air. A. Cameron
Steele. with his famous low &C." sang a
bass solo. Harold s. Tripp, tenor, and
Arthur F. Cole also sang.
The comOdy number, one Of the big
gest laugh-gettfng numbers of the sea-
son, is Thomas Duray's travesty on the
oid-t1me melodrana, For PHYS Sake"
Vivian Holt. coloratura soprano, and
Lillian Rosedaie. pianiste- composer. give
musical treat of four selections,
There is nothing but nonsense in the
act Of Harry Hines. but It is fun of life,
and his comedy songs and impersona-
tions are above the ordinary. The pro-
gram opens with Miss Catherine Powell
in novel dances and costume changes,
Ned Norworth and company offer hu-
morous songs and sayings, and Mar
shall Montgomery. ventriloquist OF
ability, scored a hit. assisted by Edna
Courtnay. L. Wolfe Gilbert and Ana
tole Friedland, song writer's. introduced
a number of new songs. as well as some
Evening star., 1918-08-13
NEW MILEAGE BOOKS
GOOD ON ALL RAILROADS
Transferable and Can Be Used for
Passenger Fares and Ex-
ira Baggage Charges.

Passenger mileage books. inter-
changeable and good on any railroad,
will be placed on sale a week from
today. They will be accepted in pay
ment Of passenger fares on trains,
in exchange for tickets and for extra
baggage charges. Two books are be-
ing prepared-one with 1000 coupons,
each coupon worth cents. or mile Of
travel. to be sold for $50 with an ad-
dition of $40 war tax collected when
the book is bought, and another with
500 coupons. selling for SIS with $1.20
additional war tax.
Each book Is to be transferable and
may be used for any number of pas
sengers at the same time. Travellers
may present these books to conduct
ors on trains il they wish, but are
advised to have the mileage script ex-
changed for tickets between points
where there are long and short routes
in order to gain advantage of the
shortest distance and lowest charge.
Railroad administration officials de-
cided not to make the mileage script
acceptable for Pullman charges be-
cause the war tax on berths or parlor
car seats is 10 per cent, or 2 per cent
higher than on passenger fares. This
would have complicated the collection
of war taxes.
Evening star., 1918-08-13

The salvage committee Of the Red
Cross Is struggling with the problem
of housing the material which is being
turned over to the organization In this
city. Large quantities Of waste mate
rial Of all kinds, including rubbers
carpets, tires, clothes, etc, are being
gathered by the people Of Washington
and sent to the salvage committee.
sIrs John Allen Dougherty. chairman
of the committee, is authority for the
statement that difnculty has been ex-
perienced in finding place to store
all the material.
We must ask our friends to keep
all the articles except newspapers.
books. magazines and lead. tinfoil and
rubber articles in their homes for q
little longer" she said.
Tho call for salvaged material went
out to Washington three weeks ago,
and there has been a large response.
1t Is the plan of the Red Cross to bale
all the material and sell 1t In this
way thousands of dollars are being
raised for the Red Cross, and at the
same time the material Is being made
over into useful articles.
Commissioner Brownlow has helped
ithe situation by allowing the storage
of the material in the fire engine
houses. The firemen have volunteered
to aid by sorting and stacking the
material. Some Of the men have given
Evening star., 1918-08-13
National.

The fact that a former local news
paper man had hand in making the
play, and the further fact that Miss
Julia Hay, Washington girl. daughter
Of the late Col Ed B. Hay. in his day
one of the most prominent and popular
men at the National Capital. had a lead
ing role in it, in which she was charm
ingly adequate, combined to make
Among Those Present" the attraction
presented at the National Theater last
night, OF unusual interest, and also ac-
counted for the spontaneous outburst of
cordial applause which greeted Miss Hay
upon her appearance.
The play is a pleasing mixture Of
me,odrama and comedy with surprise
climax. 1t represents the combined ef-
forts of Larry Evans Walter Percival
and George S. Kaufman. Frederick
Stanhope staged it and George C. Tyler
is its producer.
The story is built around the efforts
of an International crook to steal a dia-
mond necklace worth half million dol
lars, which is being used by a group Of
wealthy young society folk in q play
they are rehearsing for the Red Cross.
BY leaving the audience in doubt of the
ute the authors have put a punch into
the play. The trials and tribulations of
Hassard Short, the aspiring young play
wright, form the chief source of humor.
Cyril keightiey's personality well fits him
for the leading role Of the crook, an un-
known adventurer who works his way
into 'the upper set"
Lynn Fontanne, as tall1ative social
belle, and John Sparks. as a country
Evening star., 1918-08-13
ADJUSTMENTS
Belasco.

It may be but . coincidence. or yet
a natural response to the suffragette
spirit of the time, but It is q fact,
apparently. nevertheless. that woman
is enlarging her sphere Of action on
the stage. Last week there came to
Washington q war play in which but
one woman appeared. but she domi-
mated 1t. This week there is q comedy
at the Belasco In which four women
have pretty much the whole say. Pos
sibly, as a salve to his own Sex. the
author. Martin Brown. gives 1t the
title Of "a Very Good Young Men," but
in the end there Is left no room for
doubt that, good or bad. the young
man has had little to do with shaping
his destiny and simply Is what the
ladies have made him.
This play registers another premier
for the Belasco. 1t has drawn 'on the
East Side Irish" for its types and Is
headed for Broadway. Mrs. Hannigan
and Mrs. Maldelharper. the latter care
full always to explain that Mandel-
harper is not Jewish, are laughable
character delineations, exaggerated,
oe course, but with enough reality re-
tanned to be refreshing. They have
marriageable daughters. and the good
young man is the goal of the quartet.
Being in love~with Pearl Hannigan,
the young man. much against his
wishes. goes out for a big night.
Just because his fiancee insists that
he SOW his wild oats before they are
married.
He selects Osprey Mandelharper as
his partner for the "breaking-out"
event. and they proceed to put In
lively evening at a cabaret. Here
they are discovered by members OF
- nI al h q ~
families and complications develop.
The young man discovers he has spent
some Boy Scout money intrusted to
his care and offers to marry Osprey
for q settlement Of $3.50, but the
price appears exorbitant to Mrs.
Just when the plot
seems hopelessly tangled Elmer Erd-
wurm, a cabaret waiter. with a soul
and a side line. avows his love for
Pearl, and as no financial considera-
tions are involved Mrs. Mandelharper
gives the parental 20. K" to the
match. Pearl and the young man are
and everybody Is happy
sephine Meyer and Ada Lewis. in the
roles Mrs. Hannigan and Mrs. Mandel-
harper and Edna Aug, as Osprey
ably handle the humor-
Gus situations that are crowded into
the three-act play. They contribute
to a riot of comedy that is splendidly
and not overdone. Wal
lace Eddinger was all that a good
young man should have been. and q
bad one. too. on "a night out" while
Alan Dinehart. as the waiter. proved
a successful contender for second hon.
ors. Ruth Findlay was appealing as
Pearl Hahnigan, and made IL not easy
to understand why the good young
man should SOW his wild oats or do
any rash thing, The cast is fairly
large. The second act depicts a cab
aret with a jazz band in full swing.