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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
FOCH N|BBL|NG AT
THE GERMAN LINE
LuLL IN FIGHTING IN WEE
PRELUDE TO HEAVY BLOWS
BY THE ALLIES.
American Troopa Advancing Along
MoseiIe River, While British and
French Advance, and serbians
Spring Surprise on Bulgars.

With the Army Ia France. Amert.
can troops on the right wing Of GEN
erni Pershing's army have reached
Wanderers, on the Moselle. a little
more than a mile west OF the German
border and halfway between Pont-A-
Mousson and Pagny-Sur AioseIle.
While the Serbs and their French
allies are wrestling from the Bulgars
sofas Of the strongest positions they
have held in Macedonia for two years.
Marshal Foch's forces are nibbling sue
ceasfully at the German lines on the
western front In the face OF more de-
termIned resistance.
The Near East furnishes the most
sensational news, however. The Of
fensiye which has been launched there
seems not only the most successful,
but the most pretcntious In many
months. Ii appears probable TINT a
further advance by the FraneO.Ser-
bian troops will necessitate the recall
OF the Bulgarian divisions which have
been loaned to Emperor William to
bolster the Teuton resistance Ia
France and FLANDERS.
An official Serbian report declares
that the reconstructed army Of the
battered. but not beaten, little king
dom has taken not only 5000 prisoners
but an important park OF cannon. The
Bulgars admit having retired, but de-
clare the attack has been checked to
the north OF Gradeshitsa. There Is
nothing 90 Indicate, however, that the
advance OF the Serbs and French has
been definitely held up.
LulI Thought Prelude to Heavy Blows.
The lull In the fighting IN the west
Is regarded by military critics as
merely the prelude 10 heavy blows at
the foe by the Americans, British and
French armies.
The British advanced their lines
slightly at several points. They are
making steady progress In the invest
ment OF ST. Quentin, difficult task
under most favorable conditions.
General Petaln's veterans are forg-
ing ahead slowly but surely In their
grim and desperate struggle for the
st. Gobaln forest which the Germans
have been ordered 10 hold at all costs.
Not only ~ the position q natural cita-
DEL, but the Teutons have fortified
n Ia every way their ingenuity could
devise. Notwithstanding the difficulty
OF their task, however, the French
are moving on, taking prisoners as
they 20
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
HOLLAND IS TOLD
TO RAISE EMBARGO
AcoufEscENcE M THE HUN
THREATe KEEPS v. 8. FOOD
FROM DUTCH NATION.
Given Notice That Appeals for Amerl-
ear Focdstusfs WIN Bs In Vain
II Dutch shipping Remains
Idle In Port.

Washington. The acquiescence OF
The Netherlands government Iu Ger
man threats which kept 10000 tons
Of Dutch shipping idle In port. while
the people Of Holland suffered for
want Of the food these vessels might
bring, II commented upon Ia sfnte-
rnent issued September 20 by the state
department. The statement Is issued
20 clear up misnpprehenslon as TO the
attitude Ut the United States toward
exports to Holland.
The department expresses the hope
that the Netherlands government will
lift the embargo on the movement OF
rs ships, which constitute the only
considerable unit Of the neutral ton
mage. and In effect gives notice that
appeals for American foodstuffs win
be IN vain until Holland follows the
example Of the scandinavian coun-
tries. Switzerland and Spain and en-
tiers into equitable agreements with
the United States and the allies,
Reviewing the efforts of the Ameri-
can government 10 lend us assistance
the statement dlsel0aea that after re.
fusing 10 approve a tentative under
standing for the export OF food, pc.
srolenm. metals and other supplies
reached la London last winter, the
Natherlnds, bowling to the German
threat 10 torpedo even ships sailing
between neutral countries, failed To-
avail itself % the offer OF the United
States and the allies 20 permit the ex-
port Of 100 - tons OF bread cereals
va an emergency measure. IN spite
u the free licensing OF bunker coal,
Tor ships other than those originally
stipulated and which carried 100000
tons Of cereals 90 Holland, mn addi.
iiounI 100000 tons, largely by Argen-
tina. has been left untouched for more
than six months
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
BAGS TEN THOUSAND
HUNS IN ONE DAY
FIELD MARSHAL HAlG TAKES
TOLL OF PRISONERS AND GUNS
NORTH OF ST. QUENTIN.
French Troops Fighting Their Way
Foot by Foot Across the MaImalson
plateau erbians Are Widen
ing Front of Offensive.

With the Army In France. Every
day more territory is being gained by
the advancing allies.
Thursday saw both the British and
French armies in Plcardy materially
develop their plans for the eventual
enyeloping Of st. Quentin and Cam
braI. The British made further gains
around Gauzeaucourt and east of
Epehy, while the French, striking
southeast of st. Quentin, brought the
southern part of their nipper into a
better position for the squeeze against
the town, which daily seemingly is
growing nearer.
More than 10000 prise ners and in
excess of sixty large guns fell into
the hands of the British during the big
operation begun by Field Marshal Haig
Wednesday northwest of st. Quentin.
In addition, extremely heavy casual
ties were inflicted on the Germans in
the frontal attacks.
With logged tenacity and unflagging
devotion, the French troops are fight
ing their way foot by foot across the
Malmaison plateau, which is the key
to the Chemin-des-dames Laon and the
st. Gobain massif
No sooner has one position been
taken than there is another to be at
tackled and the troops are worked to
their last ounce of effort. Some di-
visions have been engaged necessarily
from seventeen to eighteen days with
the Germans fighting to maintain their
ground. One position had to be taken
four times before the enemy aban-
doned it.
The allied drive in Macedonia has
spread until the attacking front is now
twenty-five miles wide, according to
word from the Macedonian theater.
Serbian cavalry is reported to have
reached Polsho, registering a total adj
vance of twenty miles since the offens-
i've began. Other cavalry forces are
driving on Prilep, the vital Bulgarian
rail center.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
WORTH KNOWING

The history OF Russia begins prac-
tically with RurIk (S62), who Is sup
posed to have come from Scandinavia
and laid the foundations Of Russian
state. History has cast a doubt on
Rurik's Morse origin. but tradition is
quite positive on the subject. Ger
tainly the name Rurik recalling the
Norse-S Scottish Roderick (Rory). Is In
Its favor, and II Is interesting that the
Scandinavian origin OF Rurik. and even
the Russian origin of the Scandina-
vians has been championed by some
Scottish writers, perhaps to explain
the undoubted Scottish sympathy with
the Russian people, In connection
with this Il Is Interesting to know that
several Slav historiologists assert that
the Scotch are of Slav descent.
A secret. II useful to mankind
should not be secret.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
AMI inventor bias patented a morse

An inventor has patented a horse
collar which combines the hest fea-
lures of hame and breast collars.
Hairpins the points of which inter
lock 70 prevent them slipping have
been invented by an Englishman.
The first patent to be issued to a
woman In this country was given to-
Mary Kies In the year 1900 II was
for a process for straw weaving with
silk or thread.
More tobacco Is smoked head in
the United States than in any other
country except Holland.
The men in the United Stntes navy
subscribed over S1S,5o0.000 to the third
Liberty loan.
In order TO prevent damage TO circu-
lar saws and danger 10 workmen. 1t
has been found advisable TO give all
logs which come 10 sawmill thor.
ough spraying with Jets of water. This
removes hits OF rock or gravel before
the logs go to the saw.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
MANNING Army calm around.

With the Army in Creep
Ing on all fours over plateaux and up
rayines dotted with German Quickfir-
ers, the French are seeking hidden ma
ehlne-Eun nests and reducing them
with hand grenadeS, General Man
gins troops are making one OF the
most courageous and most admirable
lights OF this war south OF st. Gobain
forest, against what a high French Of
deer described as "a natural citadel
that men have beea pertecting for four
years"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Why the Eour Servants

why are you leaving us, Mary7
Haven't treated you rightly" "oh
yes. ma'am have been treated bean.
TRULY But you only keep two sery.
ants, We'll. what of that? You
don't find the work hard, do youY'
"oh, no, ma'am. But. YOU see. I've
always lived where there were four
servants. And that suits me better
ON account of my fondness for aucti,,n
bridge. Observation-Disclosures STA,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
FRANCE Will FIGHT ON.
Premier clemeneeau Makes STIRRING
Reply to Peace Plea,

Paris. Forward to vlctory!" is
Frances answer 10 Austria Hungary's
peace bid. Premier Clemenceau thun-
dered II In the chamber OF deputies
late Tuesday. winding up one Of the
most eloquent and inspiring speeches
he has ever made. The whole house.
which had constantly interrupted him
with cheers as he made his defiant
speech, rose 10 It's feet and wildly
acclaimed the "tiger," resolving unani-
mously to have his speech posted
throughout France.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Prophet,s Pra.se Of Palm.

Mohammed, the prophet. said:
Honor your uncle, the palm. He was
created from the earth left over after
Adams creation. The palm resembles
man in its upright position and by its
sexes In separate trees. If its head is
cut OF it dies, or If its heart is too
much exposee. If its leaves are cut Off
II cannot replace, nor can man after
losing his limbs. The palm body is
also covered with hair, or fiber
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Liberty Workers to Be Rewarded.

Washington. The two hundred
and forty communities which make
the best record in obtaining subscrip-
tons to the fourth Liberty loan will
have the privilege either of naming
one of the ships being built for the
government or of naming tank Tat
is to participate in the western front
fighting. Announcement of the plan,
was made Thursday by the Liberty
ioan publicity bureau.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
German Editors Bitter.

Copenhagen.-The German press gen,
orally regards the American answer to
the Austrian peace note, taken in cons
junction with the speech of Foreign
Secretary Balfour, as final proof that
the allies seek the destruction of the
central powers, their peoples, and the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of their territory.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
conoress Asked for War Funss

Washington. --Congress was asked
by the war department ON Tuesday TO
provide $7.34T 100000 in addition to
previous estimates for carrying out
the enlarged American military pro
gram for the coming year.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
ARMY CONTRACT fraud charaed.

New York.-Charged with conspi-
racy to defraud the government, ten
employees and government inspectors
at the factory of Rosenwasser Broth
ers, Incorporated, Long Island City,
which has army contracts totaling
SS,907,000 We're arrested Thursday by
agents of the department of justice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
TRAPPED IN BURNING PLANT.
Eleven Perish In Factory Fire In New
Jersey.

Newark, N. Trapped in a cloak
room on the top door, eight girls, a
boy and man persisted here Tuesday
IN fire which destroyed the plant Of
the American Button company. An
other girl was killed, when, seeking to
escape from the flames, SHE leaped
from ii window. Nine other girls We're
injured, several probably fatally.
The girls ON the lower floors made
their escape. Most OF the dead and
injured were working I'm the carding
room at the top Of the building. II IS
believed tk.t. when they found escape
by means OF fire escapes and stalrways
cut on, they fed In panic TO the
cloak room, where their bodies were
found later,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Serbian Prisoners Sold as Slaves.

Paris Serbian government is,
in possession of documents proving
beyond possible question that thou
sands of Serbian prisoners have been
sold as slaves for specified period to
Turkey by Bulgaria, AustrL'- Hungary
and Germany, according % Balkan.
Agency dispatch from Corfu.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Raku Falls to Turkish Forces.

London. - Baku. in trans-Caueausia,
has been evacuated by the British, who
have withdrawn their forces to north
Persia. The evacuation was made nee
essary, it is stated, because of the lack
of steadiness on the part of the Ar
menian troops when they were at
tackled by the Turks during August.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
u.aoat sInk, Ereneh vs.ssI.

Paris.--The French line steamship
Admiral Charner, bound from Bizerta
10 Malta. has been torpedoed with the
loss u six lives. according TO an off
cial statement. The passengers and
crew numbered ia.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Rulnar Forces Routed.

Washington Complete rout of the.
Bulgarian forces in the Macedonian
theater of operations is announced
Thursday in an official communiQue
from Saloniki, made public at Serbian
headquarters.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
McAdoo Favors Rate increase.

Washington.-Dir General Nc
Adoo has approved the application of
the American Railway Express com.
pany for further rate increases esti-
mated to yield $23,670,000, and has
sent the proposal to the interstate COM
merce commission for final action,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Fined on sedition charoe.

Los Angeles.-Prinee Hopkins and
three associates, all of California, who
recently pleaded guilty in the federal
court here to charges of violation of
the espionage act, have paid fines ag-
gregating S35.506.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
Mar TrophIss On Loan prlye.

Chicago War trophies. which for
two weeks thrilled almost two million
persons at the government exposition
in Chicago. have been assembled ON
two exhibition trains for tour OF the
seventh federal reserve district.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27

The first Honor monument to be
erected In the United States was UNI
yelled at Ashland, Mass. On a tablet
OF granite. surmounted by an eagle
perched on bali of granite, are In
seribed the names of those from this
place who are lighting for the colors,
The citizens OF the city subscribed the
amount paid for the monument and
its erection.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
German Effort Now pefenslve.

Paris.-Entrenched in the second
lines of the Hindenburg systematic
Germans along the front southwest Of
Metz appear to have accepted the new
situation. The tactics they, are employ
ing are wholly defensive ones.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
AMERICANS sonsARD METZ,
Huns Are Nov Getting a Dose Of
Their Own Medicine.

Their Own Medicine.
Paris. B0phardtneut 81 Metz by
one or more American long.range
guns Is admitted Ia an ofsistal netc
appearing Ia the Metz newspapers
The note endeavors 20 calm the civil.
ian population. saying the lombard.
ment had been expected and did not
represent real menace. being mere
IS natural consequence Of the st,
AIihiel battle. The Smelling. the uote
adds. win end when the battle comes
20 a standstill'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
GERMANS sAsLL HOSPITAL,
Eloht Americans Killed When Huns
Attack Red Gross,

win the Army In France Eight
Americans were killed when a clear-
lng hospital was hit by German shell
Wednesday night The enemy throw
a large number u high explosive pro-
iectlles ia the region OF the hospital SO
TINT II could be observed by German
aviators. Officers say that the Ger
mans were deliberately firing ON the
hospital, as there are no woods near
where troops might be concealed.
The majority OF the AmeSenns
killed Ia the hospital were prlyates
who had been gassed west Of Wand
leres. Several members OF the medl-
eal corps were among the injured.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
entente Diplomats Arrested.

Amsterdam United States Minis.
ter yopicka and all entente ministers
who were at Jassy Capital of Ru.
nanial have been arrested by order
of the soviet. II was learned here latt
Friday.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
ruRKs ON THE RUN.
General Allenby Advances " Miles
and Takes Many Prisoners.

London. British forces In Palrs
Inc. under command Of General Al
lenby. attacked the Turkish positions
on front 81 10 miles ON September
10 The British broke through the
Turkish lines between Ragat aud the
sea aud pushed forward for q ais
lance 0f ~ miles
Three thousand Turks were taken
prisoner by General Ailenhy's forces,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-09-27
sEaslAas sMAsAINo aULeAas.
Allies Penetrate Ensmy's Defense
Fourteen Miles.

Fourteen Miles.
London. IN Macedonia the Ser
blaus have extended their front west.
ward 10 the Cerna river and It now
h 25 miles Wide. The total depth OF
the navanee II i5 70 ~ miles.
Five Thousand prisoners and ~
guns have boon captured. An the
bulgarian trench systems on the Ser
hlan front have been penetrated. Al.
lied rasalry hns taken up the pursuit
and one cavalry unit has crossed the
cerna. - miles north Of the sokol
position, Another force Of horsemen
has moved che same distance north.
east.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-05
BR|E:FS By CABE)LL.EE: Ii:
Wire Wire, Wireless
Great Events That Are Chang
ing the Worlds Destiny Tod
in a Paragraph.
LATEST WAR BULLETINS.
Short Chronicles of Past Occurrences
Throughout the Union and Our
Colonies-News From Europe
That Is Not All War News.
WAR BULLETINS

The French took the most important
part in the terrific fighting Thursday,
smashing the German flank in what
possibly may be the opening OF the
great allied counter thrust at the in
yading Huns.
Argentina is on the eve Of another
diplomatic and more critical crisis
with Germany. This is the general
opinion in political circles, and 1t Is
lased on the torpedolng Of the Argen-
tine steamer. Maaistro- Irrietido In. the
Mediterranean 60 sasnmrsy %.
: It ia estimatea Mat esa Gsguss4 sss;s-
es exceed 100000 men, or about half
the troops engaged.
The port of Odessa has been recap
tured by the Soviet and Ukranln
troops after bloody battle, In which
naval forces took part.
The Germans pushed on across the
Ancre and the Somme in the great
battle on the western front, capturing
Roye and Noyon, and at some places
are beyond the old battlefield Of the
Somme of 1916 The French are hold
ing the line of the Oise,r and Ameri-
cans are fighting with British and
French.
French and British troops acting in
cooperation check the Germans in the
Noyon sector.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-05
PITH OF T He
w A Z N E w S

The British announce the capture or
dcGtruetion of the entire Turkish
army in the Hit area in Mesopota-
mia. Three thousand prisoners were
taken.
Forty new Austrian divisions have
been distributed along the Italian
front. The imminence of an enemy
offensive has prevented France and
= Britain from withdrawing any men.
The stroke of the French on the Ger
man flank was delivered with crush
ing effect, while to the north Ger
eraI HaIg not only stopped new
attack directed al Arras but inflicted
tremendous losses on the foe.
Premier Clemeroeau, On his return
to Paris from the front, expressed
himself as satisfied with the French
army in the present crisis. He de-
cIared never was faith more fully
justified. Deputies Indicated a big
French counter offensive was con-
te!nplat2d
About rs milas represents the greatest
po;nt-of penetration made at any
place by the Teuton in his advance,
ard on tho Northern and southern
ends of the big salient he has left his
fank5 dangerously open to counter
attacks.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-05
SPIES DELAY kIRPLANES
100000 Germans in u. S. Up
to Work Like This"
Fatal Accidents on Our Aviation
Fields Are Due to Such
Tamperlng.

Washington.-Senator Oserman OF
North Carolina exhibited in the senate
evidence Of the activity of spies in
aircraft plants in the United States.
He showed a bracket which Is used IN
the Bristol fighting plane and declared
the steel hadbe removed and re-
placed by lead, which was so COM
pletely covered that it required an ex-
pert to find 1t.
The statement Of Senator Overman
and the doctored bracket caused quite
q sensation, the senators gathering
around him to get look at the lead
put in the bracket.
"There came into my Office yester-
day a very prominent man in the
United States, who is a detective in
the government service" said Senator
Overman. "He brought this bracket,
which holds the radiator rod that goes
on the Bristol fighting machine. He
brought it to show what German spies
had done. I believe there are In this
country 100000 German spies up to
work like this all the time.
1.-TWO or three hundred Bristol ma
chimes were to be furnished the gov
ernment on April l. They were not
furnished because Of German spies,
who had cut the steel in the brackets
and filled them with lead, painted
them over, and when the first machine
was tried out it fell to the ground. A
British officer, an inspector Of the Cur
tiss plant, found that this plant of
steel had been tampered with. That
delayed the building of the Bristol
machines for more than two months,
for every machine had to be examined
and all the pieces found changed te-
placed by others.
If I were secretary of war or the
President of the United States would
commander the Curliss plant, where
these machines are made, turn out
every suspicious man and hire only
loyal Americans Some of the lead
Ing men in the plant have German
na1nes I make no charges against
these men. They may be Innocent
bat they have strange names TO me.
awe know that spies are in the Cur
tiss plant, and they have delayed the
building of the Bristol machines, or
fighting planes, and prevented their
1.1.xo.,, ~, {ip,a ~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-04-05
FOREIGN

A threat b. King Alfonso to retire to
one of his private estates after issuing
a manifesto to his people quickly end
ed recent cabinet crisis ana made lone
estranged foes shake hands.
The Germans are concealing the eX-
tent of their losses in wounded from
their own people by sending the
wounded not to Germany, but to Bel
gium, and particularly to places not on
direct lines of communication.
Wilhelm Hoeler Of the Berlin Tage-
blatt says the Americans now have an
opportunity to find out what war real
ly means. The Deutscles Tageszei-
tung says the fact that the Americans
got "a servere lesson"
Submarines and mines have increaS-
ed their weekly toll of British ship
ping. The adniralty's report shows
that in the last week 2S merchantmen
were sunk, Is of the vessels being
1000 tons or over and y under that
tonnage. Ore fishing vessel was lost.
The 78-mile cannon with which the
Germans are hombarding Paris is a
product OF the Krupp works atEssen.