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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
HaiQS Forces Are Nearing
ST. Quentin From TlUO Point

The British this morning were !
tacking Gouzcaucourt, southeast .
Havrincourt wood. They are on y
western and northern edges of Epch.
within two and one-half miles of q.
Hindenburg line opposite LIE Catele'.
and their patrols are reported to hav.
passed through the village.
French Hold Crozat Canal.
French troops now hold the Crozet
canal practically along its whole
length.
They are only four miles from ST.
Quentin and their cavalry patrols are
close to La Fere.
Artillery Active Saturday Night.
Last night passed in quiet along the
British front in northern France and
Flanders except for artillery activity
and minor raiding operations, accord
ing to today's war Office report.
Southeast of Lens in the region of
a German raiding,
party was repulsed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
German Machine Gu,1ners
Fiqht Brauely to the Death

waters edge. The French engineers
actually bridged the canal under
showers of grenades and a murder
Gus point blank machine gunfire.
after which the engineers were the
first to get across and come to grips
with the machine gunners.
Across the water lay woods. in
which. the Germans installed machine
guns behind every tree. The oldest
veterans assert that the fighting
here, and the volume of fire surpa.'s-
ed everything in the whole cam
paign. The enemy machine gunncrS
literally fought to the death For fivc
days this continued tnremittingly.
and single Gascon division. advanc-
ing foot by foot not more thaa a
hundred yards. engaged five Gernt.a
divisions. On the sixth dsy. with ''.'
help Of the artillery. the Frc-ieh ~. !
through to the Iindenburg posltio;. :.
freeing co,c-- II at''a'cr'' ''"a -
-. :a~ks iiise - -ts..S ~~--i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
French Face Most Nitheri1Q
Machine Gun Fire of War
Brave Concentrated Flood of Bullets at 20
Yards---One Division Puts Fiue of
Huns TO ROuf

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, September S.-The troops OF
Gen. Mangin between the Aisne and
the Disc rivers now are virtually be-
hind their old wire entanglements in
their trenches of 1917. All along the
edge of the forest Of Coucy and
through the western horn of the st.
Gobain forest the Germans are only
200 yards away, and in some places
they are in positions in the old Hin
denburg line that are plainly visible
FROM the heights west of Chateau
'Coucy. :.
The Oise-Aisne canal and the River
Ailette, that runs between the heights
and the chateau, and which forms a
sort of advanced post of their main
line six miles farther back at Fresnes,
were not abandoned voluntarily, but
wrested from the enemy after a strug-
gle of five days, during which five
different German divisions tried to
hold off a single French DIVISION
''The divisions that tried to prevent
the crossing of the canal and river"
the Associated Press correspondent
was informed by a French officer who
has participated in most of the cam
greatest concentration of machine
gun fire that has been witnessed in
this war"
Faced Fire at Twenty Yards.
The French troops were obliged to
face that fire at a range Of twenty
yards in order to cross the pise-Aisne
canal and the River Ailette. Pioneers
seventeen yards wide suffered not only
from the quick-firers, but were in
good range Of German grenades. It
required two days to advance to the
Ailette from the village Pont Saint
Mard and four days to gain 500 yards
massed thickly all along the canal
in front Of Quincy and in the woods.
thickets and marshes.
The French engineers finally sue
ceeded insbridging the canal. and over
the first bridge an enraged sergeant
charged the Germans around a ma
chine gun position and single-handed
made twelve of them prisoner. Such
was the work that went on both along
the river and the canal during the five
days, each day exhausting Germany's
best divisions.
Twenty-Five quick-firers were found
in small thicket called Etuaraissage
vache wood and the more extensive
Chateau and Coucy-le-Ville Where
the French could get at them they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
AMERICAN BLUEJACKETS
HELP WIN IN RUSSIA
Nv the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ARCHANGEL, Northern European
Russia. Saturday, September IA de-
tachment Of American bluejackets
was among the entente allied forces
fighting recently in the vicinity of
Oberserskaya. which resulted in the
capture Of the town. The Americans
successfully extricated themselves
from q dangerous predicament when
surrounded by the enemy.
The Americans were part Of the
expedition which approached the town
from the rear some time in advance
of other forces moving in another di-
rection Completely surrounded, the
Americans fought their way through,
but found themselves imbedded in
deep swamps. through which they
struggled for more than two days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
PEACE BEFORE WINTER
IS TALAAT PASHA'S VIEW

AMSTERDAM. September s-Talaat
Pasha, the Turkish grand vizier. in
an interview published in the Vien-
ma Neue Freie Presse said he firmly
believed that peace would come be-
fore winter. Talaat is now In Vienna.
Talaat said the war had exhausted
itself in its achievments and that its
continuance was manifestly useless.
"All our enemies, not excluding
America" says Talaat. win shortly
come to recognize that there is no
sense in continuing the hcstilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

The French took eighty prisoners be-
longing to five different regiments.
BERLIN. September 9 (via London).
Entente allied attacks north of Ar
mentieres in Flanders yesterday were
repulsed by the Germans who took
prisoners, says the official statement
issued today by the German general
staff.
Between the Ailette and Aisne riv-
ers, the statement adds, the French
were repulsed along the whole front
with sanguinary losses.
An enemy attack with strong forces
south of the Peronne-Cambrai road
failed with heavy losses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
FAVORS HOUSE BILL FOR
MINIMUM WAGE BOARD

The House bill providing establish
ment OF minimum wage board for
women and minors employed in the
District Of Columbia has been favor
ably reported to the Senate from the
Senate District committee by Senator
Kenyon. A similar bill IL on the
Senate calendar, but in order to ex-
pelite the measure the Senate will act
or the House bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
French Aduance Unhalted;;
Cross CrOzQt Canal at Liez

PARIS, September s.-North of the
somme French troops have made a
further advance in the direction Of
C1astres and have occupied Lomot
farm, according to the war office an
today.
French troops have crossed the Gro
zat canal opposite Liez, three miles
of Vendeuil.
Two strong German counter attacks
were repulsed by the French in the
Iaffaux region. northeast Of scissors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

charged and killed the German gun
ners on their pieces, but many en-
were too well hidden sna 9
was necessary to shell them.
Enemy Leaves Guns.
During several hours French pro-
through the timber and when the in
fantry charged they had to go on to
Coucy-le-Ville to catch the enemy who
mad fed, leaving guns and an enormous
amount of materials and supplies be-
hind.
.Coucy-le-Chateau and the height on
the north and fianked at the same time
from the south while thousands of
shells filled the ruins Of the surround
ing positions.
Chateau-Nogent to the southeast was
taken about the same time and with it
the Germans lost positions on which
they had spent tremendous effort.
Of barbed wire on the line to Fresnes.
The booty they left behind in two i'm
mense engineering dumps included To-
comotives, railroad material of all
sorts and great number of quick
firers and emplacement guns and one
fifteen-inch gun with which they had
bombarded French towns far behind
the lines east of the Ailette.
Destruction of Villages Complete.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE, September 8 (by the As
sociated Press) (evening).-The de-
struction of towns and villages with
in the zone of the recent operations
has been so complete as to offer little
basis for comparisons. South of the
Somme, between the Aisne and the
Disc, the work of demolition has been
uniformly thorough. SettleNents. big
and small, have been Yeduced to
ghostly ruins, the fragments Of walls
assuming fantastic shapes; tho roofs
Of many houses, bereft of tiles and
states, look like skeletons Of huge
beasts whose backs have been broken.
Noyon offers the only contrast to
Of other towns. Montdidier was razed
to the ground. Noyon was almost as
completely ruined, but is still erect.
The walls Of most of its>houses still
support only partially collapsed roofs.
From a distance they appear to
tion shows that the Germans made
good their boast that they would de-
stroy the town in its entirety.
When the French troops first enter
ed. the city it was three-fourths in
tact at least. Shelling with gas and
Eshe1ls were distributed SO even
ly and impartially that not quarter
was slighted, and not house left
untouched. What could not be done
by shells in the brief time left to
the German artillery was accomplish
ed by mines.
In several places the mines not only
caved in the house fronts on both
sides. At one spot an explosion up
rooted a tree, which took down the
corner of a house in its fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
By the Associsted Pless.

By the Associsted Pless.
FRENCH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
fvia Montreal), September s.-The
hardest-fighting French troops dur
ing the past week have been the men
Of Gen. .Mangin's army among the
woods and hills before the Hinden-
burg line. The Germans have un-
auestionably decided to make q pre-
pared stand in the region Of Quincy.
Basseport and st. Mard. where they
had the advantage of views Of the
French after the memorable strug-
gle when tho latter had crossed the
canal and Aiistte at Coucy -la-ville.
The canal IL eighteen yards wide
and seven feet deep. and the Ger-
mas. with scores of machine guns
..s.xxH s..S Ss.a. ...-. 80 go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Vermand, Vendelles and
Epehy Occupied by Haig's
Advancing Troops.
FRENCH CAVALRY PATROLS
ARE NOW CLOSE TO LA FERE


After pausng for several days along the line west and north
Cambria where settled themselves last week
behind du Nod the British today reported attack
ing section of this line in considerable strength
What unofcaly described formidable thrust was
developed this morning by Field Marshal Hag forces along the
which the canal about six miles from
the outskirts of Cambria Whether this will to be the
expected attack break the canal line merely
in force, however remains to be developed
1t definitely reported however that the line to the south
British pressing forward toward St Quentin and
only five miles from the Hindenbug line in this where the
has been owe and accompanied by the greatest
resistance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

Inroads have been made upon the
massif on the west by the French.
however, and there are no indications
that they intend accepting the stabil-
izing of the line in this sector which
the Germans SO evidently desire. Ber-
lin reports an attack by the French
along this line yesterday, but declares
1t was repulsed along the whole front
with heavy losses to the attacking
forces.
French Repulse Drive.
Northeast of scissors the Germans
faur region in strong force. The
French repulsed the drive and took
Inrisoners from five different regi-
ments-an indication of a considerable
massing of forces by the enemy in this
The German retrograde movement
in Flanders seemingly is not yet at an
end. Their artillery now is reported
to have been removed to the east o.
the Lys river.
Reports on the situation along the
Aisne, where the Americans have been
facing the Germans abreast the canal
east from Conde, were lacking today.
The latest advices, however, showed
the Americans to have pushed Their
line further forward to the east OF
Revillon, where it trended of south
eastward toward Rheims. The village
of Nuscourt, about three miles east CT
Revillon and in about the same rels
tive position to the river, was re
ported to be in American hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Soldier of the Civil War.

Col. Staples was soldier OF the
civil war in the northern Army, al
though his title of colonel came as
an honorary one from Gov. Flower of
New York, on whose staff he served.
Col. Staples had from time to time
owned many important pieces Of real
estate. including the site of Polls
Theater, which was acquired by the
government somef years ago. also
iarye tract of ground at 18th and n
streets northeast. He lived in beau
tiful home, 1915 Columbia road
northwest.
His vitality was such that day in
and day out, even in the toughest of
weather. he would be in the banking
district, greeting and being greeted
by scores Of friends. who welcomed
him for his CHEEKY demeanor and uni
form good nature.
He was a member Of DeMolay
(mounted) Commandery. Knights
Templar, and was held in high es-
teem by Masonic bodies generally. It
is probable that Masons will conduct
the funeral, which will be from his
home, at date to be announced
later.
is survived by Mrs. Cecilia ,Kinneur
Staples and a daughter, a little over
two years Of age, named for her
mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
SCANDINAVIAN KINGS
TO HOLD conference

COPENHAGEN. September s.-The
National Tidende says it learns that
there will be meeting of the three
Scandinavian kings this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

Col. o. G. Staples, for more than half
century prominent in the business
and commercial life. Of this city, died
suddenly at the Thousand Islands
House at Alexandria Bay. N. Y, last
years old, and was proprietor of the
Thousand Island House. The body will
be brought to Washington for funeral
and interment.
Orrin George Staples was one of the
best known Of washington's business
men. He was a resident Of this city
for more than ffty-three years. dur
ing which time he was prominent in
the affairs Of the District.
Hotel Proprietor for Years.
He was especially well known to
travellers and to the hotel patrons of
the capital, for during long term
of years he was successfully pro-
lard Hotel and the Riggs House. re-
tiring only few years ago, when the
last-named hosiery was razed to
make way for the Riggs building.
Since then Col: Staples had been
sons with real estate, private bank
ing and other interests. He had
spent four months each summer at
his Thousand Islands House, which
he had operated for over forty years.
He was always most genial and court
eous.
He was a director Of the United
States Trust Company at the time of
its transfer to the Munsey Trust
Company, and before that director
Of the Columbia National Bank, while
at the time of his death he was a di-
rector of the Commercial National
Bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
French Score Successes.

French Score Successes.
Successes also have been scored by
the French in the st. Quentin region,
where their line Joins the British.
There have been indications that the
Germans intended making a stand
along the Crozat canal, defending the
stronghold of La Fere, the principal
outlying protection Of the st. Gobain
massif on the north. This plan ap-
pears already to have been frustrated
by the French, however, a crossing OF
the canal opposite Liex. about three
miles northwest OF La Fere, having
been forced last nfaht by Gen. Pc
tain's forces.
Elsewhere the French are right up
to the Crozet positions along virtually
the entire length of the canal, with
their: infantry only four miles from
St, Quentin and their cavalry patrols
hard upon La Fere.
Desperate at st. Gobain.
There has been no further marked
advance by the French along the more
southern stretches of the st. Gobain
defenses before Laon, where the Ger
man resistance now is of the most
desperate character. The enemy is
reported to have massed enormous
numbers of divisions in this region
and to be hurriedly strengthening the
already strong positions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Separate States Seem Likely.

But there is no discounting the
probability of the formation of sepa-
rate states out of the Slavic elements
of the Austro-Hungarian empire after
the war. 1t is felt in official Wash
ington that anything which can be
done to encourage the ultimate out
come at this time, and, il possible.
precipitate it while the war is being
waged, is worth while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
WEATHER.

Fair. continued cool tonight; tomor-
row fair. slightly warmer.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending . pm. today: Highest. "A. at 3
pm. today; lowest, 81. at am. today.
Full report on page II.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-08-30

n IT,. Circuit Court of the State Of
Oregon tor the County Of Lincoln.
Western State Bank Plainlir,.
| W..
Marv T. Batchman, Administrative
of the estate of Lowell w Taft, de.
ceased, William Edwin Taft, Mel.
lie Hooking and Mary E. Bachman,
as heirs at law of Lowell w. Taft,
deceased, Defendants.
To Mary h. baCninan, Administers.
trix Of the estate Of Lowell w. TAFT,
deceased, William Edwin Taft, Nellie
/ Hooking, and Mary Il. Batchman as
heirs at law of Lowell w. Taft, de-
ceased, the above named defendants:
In the name Of the State of Oregon
You are hereby required to appear
and answer the complaint filed against
you in the above entitled suit, by the
first day of the next term of the above
entitled Court, following the expira.
tion of the time prescribed in the order
for publication of this summons, which
first day will be the I'd day OF August,
1918, and II you fail to so appear and
answer, for want thereof plaintiff will
apply to the said Court for the relief
demanded in said complaint. The re.
lief demanded is the foreclosure of
certain mortage executed and de-
Iivered by Mary Z. Batchman, one OF
the defendants herein, as .-dministra.
trix OF the estate Of Lowell w. Taft,
deceased which said mortgage was ex.
ecuted and delivered on or about the
10th day OF May, 1916, and was giveu
to secure the payment Of a certain
Ipromissory note of the said admins
tratriX, in the sum of S425, payable
on or before 2 years after date, with
interest at the rate Of per cent per
annum, ald which said mortgage con.
lveyed unto plaintiff for that purpose
the following described real property
situate in Lincoln County, State OF
lOregon, to.wit: Commencing at the
southwest corne: OF Block Fifty, OF
Case & Bayley's Second Addition to
! the City Of Newport, Lincoln County,
, Oregon, thence along Fifth street and
the southern line of said Block Fifty
in an easterly direction a distance Of
fifty feet, thence in a northerly direc.
tion on the line between lots one
and two of said block a distance OF
sixty feet. thence in westerly direc.
ton and parallel with Fifth street to
Hubert street a distance Of fifty feet,
thence along Hubert street in
isoutherly direction sixty feet to the
place OF beginning. being the southern
sixty feet OF Lot One, Of Block Fifty,
of Case & Bayley'J Second Addition
to the City OF Newport, Lincoln County
Oregon. and further decree barring
and forclosing you, the said defend.
ants and each of you OF isid from any
or all interest, right and title in or
to said real property and every part
thereof.
This summons is published by order
of the Hon. r. r. Miller, County
Judge of Lincoln County, Oregon.
made and entered the Goth day Of
June, 1918.
Hawkins & McCIuskey,
attorneys for Plaintiff.
Postofflce address. Toledo. Oregon.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-08-30
NOTICE OF PROPOSED
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION

Notice is hereby given that the City
Council contemplates the following
improvement within the City of To.
ledo:
The construction OF a sidewalk on
the east side of Grove Street, begin.
ming at the north side of the inter.
section thereof with Fourth Street
and extending north 100 feet: Said
sidewalk to be constructed OF plank
two inches thick and six feet long.
laid cross wise and securely spiked to
stringers running lengthwlse. The said
stringers to be at least three in mum.
ber and to be at least two inches
thick and six inches wide, set up
cdgeways.
This notice is given by order OF
the Common Council Of the City OF
Toledo and is published for three
weekly consecutive issues in the Lin.
. wan NouhNs itauti' q newspaper pun
lished and of general circulation with
in Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon
beginning with the issue OF August
10th, 1918, and ending with the issue
of August 3Oth, 1918. Within ten days
from the final publication of this no
tice the owners OF more than a two
thirds majority OF the superficial area
of the property adjacent to said street
to be improved. may file with the Re
corder a written remonstrance agains
the proposed Improvement. II no sucl
remonstrance be filed, the City Coun
ell will Immediately commenr, t.
make the proposed .mprovemen a.
hereinabove set out.
r. N. Hayden, City Recorder
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1918-08-30
Ed Wright, Secretary,
NOTICE OF PROPOSED
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION

Notice is hereby given that the City
Council contemplates the following
Improvement within the City Of To.
ledo:
The construction OF sidewalk on
the west side OF Hill Street, between
the north side Of the intersection Of
Hill and Fifth Streets and one hun.
dred feet north Of the north
side OF the intersection OF Hill and
Sixth Streets, said walk to be con.
structed OF plank two inches thick
and ten feet long, laid cross wise
and securely spiked TO stringers
running length wise. The said
stringers to be at least four in mum.
Der and to be at least two inches
thick and six inches wide, set up
edgeways.
This notice is given by order Of
the Common Council OF the City OF
Toledo and is published for three
weekly consecutive issues in the Lin.
coin County Leader, a newspaper pub
lished and Of general circulation with
in Toledo, Lincoln County, Oregon
beginning with the issue OF August
lasd, 1918, and ending with tie issue
OF September 9Th, 1918. within 10 days