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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-07
F 0CH REFUSING To
FIGHT HIN0ENBURG
EXCEPT On GROUND
Of HIS CHOOSING


NEW YORK, august 6.-General
Foch's high crafty Of patience is
again controlling tie Allies strategy
s0lth of the Aisne Won Hinden5urg's
erttcements % ,he Allies to overrun
themselves ana fall into carefully
prepared German pitfalls are having
no more success now than at any
| u q since tn" 1e'Ieat from the Maroe
began
The Germans IIe in strong defen-
sive positions north of the VesIe
They are holding their line desper-
ately for the worN of moving their
guas across the a she is a slow and
laborjlus process. To drive the Ger
mans hack by frontal attacks along
the Vesle would exact a heavy death
toll from the allies much in excess
o. what the Germans themselve
would suffer.
General Foch has repeatedly shown
he will not engage in these Short
weight tactics. Artillery bOmbar.
ment or threats to encircle the Ger
mans are the rightly favored methods
of attack under present conditions.
1t is not worth the heavy cost Of di-
rect assaults on the German positions
to DIVE Won Hindenburg beyond the
Aisne more rapidly than he must go
eventually.
The time for the Allies major Of
fensive has not yet come and the
fewer casualties the Allies suffer in
the meantime, the more certain will
| be the final result of the offensive
lie. 1t doesn't mater to General Foch
whether Won Hindenburg is compell-
ed TO shorten his line now or later.
The inevitable must happen. Won Hin
denturg, however, strongly desir'
General Foch to try to force the in
eyitable before its time. If Won Hin
denE ulg can inveigle General Foch
into engaging in destructive minor
offengives before Americas millions
are fully prepared there remains a
chance that in the end the Allies will
have whitfield away their new re-
sources.
But the trap is without avail. Gen
eral Foch is familiar with al the
tricks of the old fox. Inexorable as
fa;>, the American troops are piling
into France Time, therefore, waits
at Foch's command and the pause at
The Vesle is an integral part of the
Allies strategy
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19

fFsn home. Those packages we're .
source OF great satlsfpetion 20 the
person who received thsm, What 70
some person who was only looking
on. the package Was just a something
which could have been we'll done
without. but to the man who reeeiv-
cd II, II was a remembrance from
q certain person back home. and
made them understand that they
we're thinking OF him. and he was a
better soldier for tha getting OF that
little bit OF homemade candy or q
piece OF home-bought tobacco or
whatever Il was. II the man can get
his mall and, yet Il regularly. he IL
a good fighter, and woe betidc any
OF the other parts OF the world 10
try TO stop him, hut II he cannot
hear from homo and does not know
what Is going on In his home town
for II In that home town OF all 9th
or homotowns he Is particularly In
terested in--then he Is wondering
what Is going on. and rcstlcss for the
mail, wanamaker prints In HIS ad.
vertisements to write q letter each
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19

serve only one zone or district. NJ
other wagons will be allowed In tina,
district. and long hauls viii be elm.
mated. In territory now divided
among fifteen different dealers. moi
more than two will be allowed to
operate.
Milk in San Francisco. according
10 news report, now sells for IL
cents quart, which Is less than the
price in good many other cities
The zone system and other econo-
mics to be tried out are expected to
keep this price from soaring and at
the same time to allow producers a
larger return. needed to
make up for increased cost of pro-
duction.
High prices and difficult labor
may yet drive us to do
.hings that wise people have long
been urging us to do for individual
md community welfare.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19

were nsvss going 70 sst support
again, This Is surely some exper-
ience, When up IN a balloon there
is a, great opportunity to see the
'country. Ono can see for miles and
miles. Small villages and cIties
which are ordinarily hidden behind
the hills and cannot be seen at all,
are plainly Visible when from q great
height In one Of these observation
balloona I was up some time ago
and the sensation OF going up is no
sensation at all, n | can put Il that
way. when the balloon was going
up | seemed TO be remaining perfect
ly stationary and the earth seemed
TO be falling away from me. II was
the same when was coming down,
the earth seemed to be coming up TO
me and | not moving at all. II my
eyes had been shut. l would not have
known that ! was In motion. Won
derful indeed II Is to he so far above
the earth and able to view all the
surrounding country and hang right
there. There Is sort of harness
around the shoulders which buckles
In front over the chest and another
set OF straps which 20 around each
leg and buckle tight. which Is the
means OF fastening the parachute to
The passenger At the center OF the
back there Is ring where the snap
hook is caught and all OF the pre-
server Is out OF sight and the pre-
server parachute is Itself hung on
the outside OF the basket completely
out OF sight of the passenger. so II
there Is any need OF using II the pas
senger Is compelled to jump--the
feeling is that he Is jumping right
out OF the basket into the open air
without any means OF support or OF
saving himself; and only after tho
man has. fallen for some hundred
feet Is the parachute open and able
TO take care OF him. and then II
comes down safely. Some sensation
indeed to do that Jump, but II there
is no jump II Is sure death for the
balloon is on fire and burns up In
about 80 seconds. aud II II absolutely
necessary for him to make the jump
the minute he realizes the balloon
has Seen hit. There is burst OF
Tame ana the balloon is seen to col.
apse then sop toward the ground
IS black but 0vrning piece OIL
visited canvas.
II was a great dis. ~ppo'"'"'e"'
or the men to be denied pn'hase'
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19
SOLDIER LETTERS
Tooth Aero Sqdn., A. Z. F.
5piy 2, 1918.

5qis y 1919
Dear Mother;
Your letters of May 81, 27 and
June arrived the same day and
were surely received gladly as had
not heard from you for about three
weeks. don't get any papers how
ever. l guess first class papers are
given precedence. and perhaps some
of the second class may never reach
me.
| was out in the timber near here
one evening hunting wild strawber-
ries There are good many small
ones) when | run across several
stalks OF Oregon Grape. They were
growing on the grounds of an old
estate and had doubtless been plant
ed, as l think that plant Is lndigen-
GUS TO Oregon. also found very
little native plant which the French
call bleu-yeux tblue eyes). Am en-
closing couple Of sprigs,
Speaking of Strawberries make.
me think of the shortcakes On arc
probably having and wiz was abb,
10 eat a iew WIZ you. Strawberries
are ~ cen 20 per pound on the mar
Nc. acre. ! bought six apricots a
1.-THE fruit store the other day ant
lpaid one france and half, almost 81
cents for them, and then they had n
Flavor. | realize that prices are higl
Everywhere, and don't like to crit
icize the French people, but some 0
: the tradespeople seem to imagin
that Americans are made Of money
II I made superficial inspe etion O
the various buildings and shops !
this camp last Sunday and II coul
tell all saw 1t would astonish yot
4 There is very much building goin
I on here yet. Principally large ste,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19
THE CARAVAN ROLLS EAST

-
A hundred years ago long liac
Of rickety dust colored canvas top
ped wagons moved westward They
had bulging hoop shaped tops and
we're drawn by long, rangy beasts.
Inside each wagon was smoky cook
stove and bundle OF faded patch
work quilts to feed and cover the
pioneers who rode along. They did
not travel very fast, but they crcpt
along and kept on going, doggedly,
persistently, till they pushed the
frontiers of civilization out across
the desert.
Today another long line of dust
colored canvas topped wagons move
across the country. But 1t moyes
eastward and it will Keep on moving
till it has pushed the frontiers Of
freedom across the Rhine.
Like some great glorified caravan
of prairie schooners, the long lines
OF army trucks are rolling out OF
Chicago and Buffalo and Detroit,
dotting the road. that lead to the
eastern seaboard. They are trucks
OF the Z. 8. @. N. C.-the quarter
masters corps, whose business 1t Is
to carry on and carry forward 10.
the forces in the field. ~
Day after day. for weeks an
months, they have been rolling out
travelling along at swift but meas
ured pace each just twenty feet be
hind its fellow, each driven by lear
long limbed, bronzed young man VIII
Is headed straight for his baptism @
fire and who knows 1t.
His truck, he knows, is more tha
a baggage car. 1t is the life line
a vast army in the field, the brea
line and the meat line and the an
munition line for the men who al
holding the line on ahead.
And just as surely as the ol
prairie schooner battled its wa
across the continent and fougf
through sand and heat and drough
SO this great land fleet Of new da
will keep toiling till 1t has crosse
its desert and broken down the bat
riers which block the way to libert.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19
France, July Z. 1918.

France, July Z. 1918
Dear Father:
Today is beautiful day. bright
and sunshiny, clear air. and every
thing is unusually quiet. On III,
first of this month we certainly did
have something doing for that day
we made charge on the Germans
which long will they remember
They were almost wiped from the
earth in that section. They were
moved down as IL they were stand
ing wheat in the field. The prison
ers We took. and they numbered
about 500. we're poor looking set
and they seemed glad to get out OF
the. German army. sent you d cap
some time ago and that will show
you the kind OF head covering which
they wear.
Our charge was prepared by our
artillery and the fire was 10 heavy
that the Germans could not stand IT,
The prisoners who have been captur-
ed tell us that they cannot stand our
artillery fire. The back roads are
all cut up so they cannot bring up
their supplies. and they are hungry
and thirsty when we get them. Their
forces have been so cut up they had
to simply get out OF the village.
Those who could not get out were
either all killed or made prisoners.
The newt morning they thought they
would find us tihbrepared for a conn.,.
ter attack and they made an ATTEMPT |
to take back the ground. Poor ig-
norant Hun! They mad that at
tack and were completely defeated
and killed by the wholesale and some
taken prisoners. Another time they
made a charge and found us ready
and waiting for them. We waited
for them to come to q favorable place
and they probably thought We we're
not prepared. They came right oul
as If they were going to take -,
! Whole place, and whep we were
READY we opened up and 10! they
again %ese practically wiped off the
earth. They are finding the Ameri-
cans are an entirely different class
from what they wanted to think
them, and they know by this time
that this particular division Is d.
vision OF action.
| Yesterday 1 saw balloon burn.
THE flying machine shoots incendiary
bullets at the balloon and the gas
takes fire and away goes the entire
balloon. The men In the balloon
must jump out at once and trust to
their safety parachute to take them
safely to the ground. The men must
Jump out and 1t takes little time
Of falling for the parachute to open
, and all of that time they are falling
right toward the ground as IL the,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19

structures. and the real operations
OF this camp have not started as yet,
l guess l had better close before
! give the censor occasion for cutting
out part OF my letter.
Love to all. OLIVER.
sERGT. OLIVER NORTON.
400th Aero Squadron.
A. Il. F., France.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19

week 10 the msa "ovsr there" but
II those letters are not delivered.
then Il does not matter how many
are written, II 10 only the letters
which are delivered which count
ELIAS.
MAJOR u. u. W, GIVEN. NJ. n. o..
American lex. Forces.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19
SANE DELIVERY METHODS

The zone system for retail de-
livery, much talked Of by reformers
in many cities, is really to be put in
operation by milk dealers in San
Francisco. The plan was worked out
by a milk distribution commission
working under the local federal
food commissioner. It is intended to
avoid duplication Of delivery SER
vice and to effect numerous econo-
mics.
Each delivery wagon will hereafter
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-19
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OREGON. WEATHER

\ Fair, warmer except near the \
= coast; gentle westerly winds. \
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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14

sane, following his running down
number of policemen in his automobile
last winter.
The French authorities have refused
to permit Navarro to leave the coun-
try, on the ground that although he
is generally regarded as rational now,
he might exhibit further tendencies
to insanity which might be embarrass-
ing to the authorities in the United
States because of his grade and deco
rations in the French army. Navarro
has always been considered by experts
as the aviator possessing the best
technique in the service.
Soulier, who is only twenty years
old, went to Flanders in May last with
a. crack French escadrille. He was fix
ing the newest model two-gun S. p.
A. D. and by the end of June, when he
was wounded, he had destroyed seven
enemy machines. The Morane which
he will demonstrate has been tried out
by Raoul Givas Lufberry, the Ameri-
can "ace." who is highly pleased with
its performance. 1t has shattered all
speed and climbing records, but can
only be driven by the most skilled
DilotS.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
One of Them Saves Sailor From
Torpedoed Vessel Under
Fire of U-B0at.
Brave DEEDS OF CIVILIANS
Telephone Operators Get Medals for
Heroism Displayed While Plants
Are Destroyed-SticE to Posts
Amid Bursting Bombs.

London.-Heroism in civil life has
come to be almost commonplace in an
empire torn by the bitter world strug-
gle. but shining instances are noted
nv the government and reward given.
Nearly 400 medals for Self-sacrifice in
time of danger have just been dis
tributed in England. AS many wom-
en- as men appear on the lists. Many
of them are telephone girls, who have
earned the admiration of all London
nv their fearlessness in sticking to
their posts in the face of imminent
danger from exploding bombs hurled
from German Zeppelins and airplanes.
Some of those who are now wearing
medals are Lillian Ada Bostock, Flor
ence Steggel, Mabel Eleanor Clarke,
Florence Marie Cass, Ethel e. Hickey
and Bertha Florence Ester. These girls
have been pictured in the illustrated
papers of London and have received
gifts from citizens. They are of the
same type as the New York telephone
girls. They are ready to do their
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14

people are accustomed to talk as
though the Germans had I'LL the sci
ence and were the only people VINO
took the food chemist into council.
The truth is that the British have as
much science but good deal more hu-
maneness, and part of the humaneness
is to keep the scientific calculations
in the background.
In regard to cooking, the Royal ARMY
Medical Corps confess to an interlorlty
in British skill. AS compared VIII
the French, we are nation OF pau
cooks. The most strenuous efforts are
being made, and have been made Tor
long time, to raise the standard VI
army cooking. 1t is very much Dettet
now than at the start of the war, Out
it still will not stand well in comparl-
son with the general French skill Ia
combining economy with savory results.
But the cooking is better and Will yet
be better; and when the British army
come marching home it will have the
knowledge to raise greatly the stanu-
ard of domestic comfort in Great Irll'
ain. Thus again, pleasure Will 1oikow
pain and the evils of war bring gov"
in their train.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
DAY-0LD SON SAVES DADDY
Soldier Overstays Leave When Heir
Doesn't Arrive on Time and Is
Arrested for Desertion..

Denver, Colo.-John Pershfield. Jr.,
aged one day, saved Private John
Pershfield, Sr., Of Company G. One
Hundred and Fifty-seventh infantry.
from being court-martialed on a charge
of desertion from Uncle Sans forces.
Private Pershfield secured a fur
Tough from Camp Kearney, Linda Wis
ia, Cal, where his company is training
to visit his home in Denver. When he
failed to return to camp at the expira-
ton Of the leave, Col. Patrick Ham,
rock, commanding officer, wired Den
yer authorities to arrest Pershfield as
"deserter from the army"
The charge was changed to cab
sent without leave" when local authori-
ties notified Hammock that Pershfeld.
Jr, failed to arrive as soon as expect
ed, so the soldier-daddy overstayed his
leave waiting for Mr.. Stork to put in
an appearance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
SEND CRACK AIRMAN
Adjutant Soulier to Demonstrate
Morane Plane.
French Aviator Selected by War De-
psrtment Officials to Come Here
as Instructor.

Paris. = Adjutant Soulier of the
French army, who shot down seven
German airplanes in the shortest space
of time of any aviator, has been Sc
lected by the undersecretary of avia-
ton to go to the United States to DEM
onstrate the newest and fastest flying
machine in the world-the Morane
monoplane.
! Robert Morane of the Morane-Saul-
Ter works, who has created this de-
velopment of his "parasol'' type, origi-
nally intended to send as demonstrator
Sublieutenant Jean Navarro, who was
tied with Guynemer, each having II
German machines to his credit, in the
spring of 1916, when he was wounded,
and who has since been declared IN
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
DRESS WOUNDS OF VICTIM
Kind-Hearted Burglars So Astonisi
Man He Forgets to Turn
In Alarm.

San Francisco.-FredL Lamar, a holi-
day visitor in town, returned to his ho-
tel room early in the morning and was
set upon by two burglars, one of whom
smashed him playfully over the head
with a shotgun.
Taking pity on their victim, they
bathed and dressed his wounds, gave
him back a fair third of his money
and walked out. Lamar was so aston.
ished that he forgot to turn in the
alarm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. IT is a most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble bringing on
headache, coming up Of food, palpita-
ton Of heart and many other symp-
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. 1t is
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist.
Sold in all civilized countries.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
POLL TAXES FOR WAR WORK
Salvation Army Will Collect Refund
at Wichita for Use of Troops
Abroad.

Wichita, handsome weeks ago the
Kansas supreme court ruled that GER
tain cities did not have to collect a
noIl tax. Wichita is one of them.
Then the Salvation Army officers
here conceived a bright idea.
eWhy not ask the men for their
noll tax, and use the money in fur
thering the war work overseas of the
army?" they asked.
Now accredited solicitors of the
Salvation Army are collecting the poll
tax receipts of business men and 9TH
ers. They will present them to the
city officials when the refund is made.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
POISON GAS NOW
PURIFIES WATER

fats and carbohydrates, it does not
keep up the strength of the fighting
men.
Has Scientific Basis.
Probably Thomas Atkins has no
suspicion that the very generous ra-
ton he enjoys has scientific basis
carefully calculated in calories; that
there is distinct change made in his
summer and his winter ration, and
that scientists look up isothermal ia
bles and so on when he goes to a fight
ing area to decide what his food should
be. But that is so. There are sum-
mer food scales. There is ration for
the French front and another for the
Italian front and another for Salonica.
Yet another for Mesopotamia and an
other for southwestern Africa. Some
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
F|SHERWOMEN ARE HERO|NES IN WAR
work no matter how many bombs are
falling about them.
New Grace Darling.

And Great Britain has a new Grace
Darling upon whom to shower it's hon.
age. Ella Trout has gained the new
distinction. She has a medal from the
government and no one begrudges her
one bit of her honor. She is fish
erwoman. She rowed into the vortex
of a sinking ship which just had been
torpedoed and rescued sailor who
was clinging to lifeboat. A subma-
rine was in the immediate vicinity and
already had shelled other lifeboats.
The woman was q mile away, accom-
panied only by a ten-year-old boy.
She rowed straight for one boat filled
with sailors, which was shattered and
sunk as she drew near it, and when
there was none left there to be saved,
changed her course and picked up a
sailor in another boat. She now Is
one of the national heroines. She
still is a fisherwoman.
Frederick Higham, special consta-
BILE, has received a medal. He swan
to an airship that had fallen into the
sea and brought two airmen ashore.
Doris Hirst, another telephone opera
tor, has reason to be proud. She has
received a medal. She works in a mu-
nitions factory. She remained at her
post, summoning aid and performing
other invaluable service while the fac
tory was virtually destroyed around
her. The police had advised everyone
~ loouo f1,t che ,.of,cod until che bod
put through Certain calls which she
believed were necessary for the safety
of the neighboring buildings.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
THRIFT STAMPS WORN AS
BEAUTY SPOTS BY GIRLS

Seattle, Wash.-Thrift stamps
as beauty spots are popular with
Seattle girls. Unlike other
beauty spots thrift stamps are
not taxed and draw interest all
the time.
Miss Eva Henderson is the
first Seattle girl to start che fad
here. She generally wears her
thrift stamp pasted at an angle
on her forehead. Beauty spots
come under the general head of
Cosmetics" and Uncle Sam
collects a tax of so per cent on
cosmetics. But the thrift stamp
even as a beauty spot cannot be
taxed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
Human Popularity.

It Is interesting to read in the Jour-
nal of Heredity: "The remarkable
grasping power of newborn infant
is cited as the survival Of a trait that
possessed life-and-death Importance In
the treetops. Finally with reference
to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. upright posi-
ton the author remarks succinctly
that the human child sits up before it
stands; the human stock sat up before
it Stood"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14

On the heels of this news, opening
momentous new possibilities of Teu-
tonic peoples peace driVe,p came ed
vices both from German and Austrian
sources telling of strong discomfort
among the masses with the course the
developments in the east have taken.
Their hope of an early peace with
Russia seems definitely shattered and
the socialist and labor leaders are
showing signs OF insisting on an ex-
plantation. In the face of two APP
preaching armies of invasion, the boil
sheviki are reported to have virtually
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-03-14
SOCIALISTS k0vE FOR PEACE
Effort in Austria to Compel Govern
ment to Accept Program Fur ror-
ward by President Wilson.

The Austrian socialists have asked
the Austrian government to accept
President Wilson's peace program ana
to start negotiations as soon as IL IS
possible. The socialists made thelr
move in parliament, but what attitude
vas taken by the government is I'M
nnown as yet.