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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
THE CAPTURE OF
ROVE & BAPAUME
BOTH BIG TOWNS TAKEN AFTER
DESPERATE FIGHTING
AMERICANS HOLD THEIR OWN
Germans Unable to Dislodge the
Yanks al Fismette. No Such
Word as Fatigue in Allied
Forces Dictionary.

London, Aug. %. French troops
had advanced last night an average
depth of two to three miles on front
of eight miles, capturing the towns
of Roye and Crapeau Mesnil. To the
north of the region of the French ad-
vance British troops pushed forward
between Herleville and the River Som,
me and reached the outskirts of Dom
pierre.
British Grab Several Towns.
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 2S.-The British have over run
Moulin De Fargy. Marincourt, Berna-
faye and the Trones wood and have
cleared the Vaux wood, and are now
in entire possession of the Massig, over
looking the course of the Somme right
into Peronne. 1t is clear that the Brit
ish pressure is compelling the enemy
to carry his retirement much farther
than was originally intended.
British Forces Occupy Bapaume
London, England, Aug. 2S.-British
forces are established in the northern
outskirts of Bapaume, according to
the official statement issued at the
war Office last night. Australian forces
have made substantial progress to-
ward Dempierre, south of the Somme,
and east of Suzanne, north of the riy-
er. The British have pushed through
the town of Montaubon. three miles
north of the Somme and capturing the
wood near that place have reached
Longueval.
North of the Scarpe river Scottish
troops renewed their attack against the
Germans last night and have advanc-
ed toward Plouyain.
Americans Stand Their Ground
With the American Forces on the
vesle front, Aug. 2S-American troops
today attacked the Germans in the re-
gion of Bazoches, three miles west of
Fismes. simultaneously the Germans
attacked the American lines at Fis-
mette. about a mile northwest of Fis-
mes. Infantry fighting in the outskirts
of Bazoches is continuing. The Ameri-
cans at present are holding the upper
hand.
In their attack on Fismette the
Germans bombarded the town with
heavy guns and aerial bombs. Ger
man aviators endeavored 10 drive the
Americans from the houses in Fis-
mette so that German machine gun
ners in the hills could pick them off.
The Americans are holding Fismette
securely.
Fatigue Does Not Stop Allies
With the French Armies in France,
Aug. 2S.-The First French Army, af-
ter beating the Geramns in their bat
tie positions before Roye took the
town and now is pursuing the Ger
mans, who are in retreat on a line
extending from HaIiu to the region
south of Roye.
The final break in the German sec
ond line came when, after repulsing a
counter attack upon St. Mard, the
French infantry resumed the often
siye. They completely encircled Roye
and threw the enemy back seven miles
east OF the town.
In spite of fatigue from the long,
hard campaign, General Debeney's
men are going ahead with the ardor
and enthusiasm of fresh troops.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
VOTE ON PROHIBITION
Measure VIII Come Up For Action
in Senate Today.

Washington. Aug. 27.-Senate lead.
ers Of prohibition and anti prohibition
factions Joined in stating today that
an agreement had been reached which
Is expected to insure passage OF the
pending national wartime prohibition
bill By Thursday to become effective
July !. 1919.
The compromise agreement fxes
the effective date as July i next in
stead Of Jan. as originally provided.
II also provides that manufacture Of
beer and wine shall stop May !. 1919
Instead OF Nov. ! next.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
SIX HUNDRED MEN.
From Various Industries Drilling At
Drake Stadium Answer Purpose.

Des Moines, Aug. 2SE-With nearly
six hundred men-bankers. teamsters,
merchants, clerks and school boys
in line the military training class
which has been drilling at Drake
Stadium for about seven weeks was
today declared TO have answered its
purpose.
The men enrolled In the companies
have been drilling hard three nights
each week putting in three strenuous
hours each drill night under command
Of Spanish war veterans and regular
army officers from Camp Dodge.
The object of the school is to pre-
pare men ranging in age from Is to As
to have the Jump" on others when
the lowered and advanced ages are
incorporated into the military law by
congress.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
BAKERS FINED BY DEEMS.
Two Pay Sums Into Red Cross Funds
One is Ordered Closed.

Burlington, Aug. 28.-L. A. Nc.
thompson, baker of Wall Lake,
voluntarily contributed" SIG to the
Sac County Red Cross as the result of
not using sufficient substitutes IN
baking. Joseph McClosky, a Daven.
port baker made contribution to the
Red Cross of Scott county of So. go
for similar offense The bakery of
Amoii Fightner OF Davenport, was
ordered closed from August &c TO Sep.
tember !, for a similar ofTense by the
state food administration.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
CORPORAL CAPTURES 700.
French Soldier Decorated For Re
markabIe Achievement.

With the French Army in France,
Aug. 2S.-The capture Of 700 Ger
mans Is the exploit attributed to
Pierre Collier. 23-year.old corporal
in the French tank corps. Two field
pieces also were taken. Collier has
been awarded the cross of the Legion
of Honor, reward rarely given to
anyone but a commissioned officer.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
VIVID PICTURE
Of AIR BATTLE
BEN MORRIS GIVES GLIMPSE OF
HosTILITlES
like SEVEN KINDS OF Hell"
Huns Deliberately Shell Hospital Fill
ed With Wounded. Germans Pay
High Toll for Fiendish Prac-
tice. How Noel was Hurt

Ben Morris writes graphically of
scenes on the battle field during an
engagement. He witnessed battle in
the clouds and was in the advance
against the Boche lines. He paints
Hun fiendishness ia plain colors.
From the front, in France.-Dar
ling Mother: Well, thanks to. God and
your pray ers for us, we are alive and
happy. The last mail received from
you was given to me by Sol and al
our feet was lying Boche plane
pretty badly smashed. 1t was a spec
tacular fight You see the German of
fensive which started July 14th al
midnight has definitely been smashed
Our division had withstood the first
shock of this particular sector which
was the most impo, tant of all.
An English division relieved us and
we had a day off waiting Transports
ton to another important point, and
saw an air battle.
We were sitting under some trees
talking. The machines were so e,
tremely high in the air that we could
not hear the burr of their motors
There were a dozen in all, when the
show commenced and you should have
seen the maneuvering. The machine
guns opened up and about that time
came an explosion and we thought the
world was tumbling down. The Bocht
had dropped bomb and made a di
rect hit on munition dump about
200 yards from us. Thousands of ex
| plosions followed and We thought {
Boche division was on us. We clear
ed Immediately and fortunately NJ
| one was hurt.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
us. AND MEXICAN
FIGHT At NOGALES
nounced after survey of the town
and camp had been made.
Attempted Smuggling.
CONTINUED from Page -

Attempted Smuggling.
The fighting followed the alleged
efforts of Mexican customs official
to smuggle a fellow countryman
across the boundary into the United
States.
An American sentry attempted to
stop him. Two Mexicans fired at
the sentry across the street, striking
him in the right arm.
The fire was returned by Ameri,
can patrols, and after the MeXicans
had rushed from nearby buildings
and started shooting across the line
from behind buildings and walls, the
firing became general.
Many Mexieans Killed.
While the casualties on the MeNi,
can side of the border are not known
il is estimated that 100 have been
killed by fire from the American
side, while at least twice this num-
Der, including a number of civilians,
were wounded. II was reported
that the mayor of NoEales, Sonora,
was killed, but this was not con.
firmeG
Reinforcements from an infantry
regiment and a Negro cavalry regi,
ment were rushed to the border
and took up combat positions. II
was estimated that more than 500
American soldiers and at least fifty
civilians participated in the shoot
ing.
Reported Across Border.
It was reported today that a de,
tachment of cavalry crossed the Dor,
der in pursuit of the Mexicans, but
this was not confirmed The fight
ing which started at 4:05 p. M, con,
tinued without abatement until $50
when it died down except for an oc
casional sniping shot along the long
international street.
At $3.50 white flag was displayed
by the Mexicans, n parley followed
but the sniping continued until after
q o'clock.
Bullets Fall in Town.
Bullets fell in Nogales and civil
ians were ordered to remain indoors
and without the zone of fire. Adobe
houses, because their walls cannot
be pierced by high power bullets,
were especially popular and many
families spent the night in these
buildings with friends.
ID Mexicans Killed, IS Wounded. <
Soldiers are patrolIing the streets
of Nogales and are keeping everyone
one block back from the border. An
official Mexican casualty list issued
today stated that fourteen Mexican
bandits were killed and fifteen were
wounded in the fighting last night.
Both Sides Being Reinforced.
Washington, Aug. 2S.-Additional
Mexican troops are reported TO be
going into Nogales and American cav
airy and machine guns have been or
dcred up TO prepare for any repeti
ton of the outbreak of trouble the
war department stated today.
Reports this AFTERNOON indicated
that the trouble started when a Mex
lean suspected as a smuggler was
halted by an American custom man
While the custom man and the MeXi
can were having conversation a
Mexican ran across the line and
fired at the American sentry man who
returned the fire.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29

WIS suggested that representative
from each Quarterly Meeting be APP
pointed to care for the interests of
the Institute in that meeting
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
Friends Missions.

During the evening hour, Ross A..
Hadley, Secretary of the American
Friends Board of Missions, of Rich
talk regarding the nature and pro-
gress of the work in the various mis-
sion fields of Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica,
Palestine and Africa, 1t was in
structive as well as interesting and
indicated great progress among these
deserving races, as well as showing
the wonderful civiIizing power of the
Gospel to benefit and uplift the peo-
pie of all classes.
General Notes and Items.
Some forty-fve of the members OF
the Friends church and also the
Yearly Meeting have gone into some
department of war work and among
these are the Red Cross, Army Y.
NJ. c. A., Engineer Corps. Recon
struction Work, as well as the Medi-
! cal and Sanitation Corps. Quite a
number of these have been among
the students of Penn college.
An early afternoon injecting was
held in the Evangelistc tent in the
interests of the young men of draft
age and their parents. Paul Furmas
of the American Friends Service
Committee was present and SPOKE in
the interests of this work.
Prior to the opening of the after.
noon session, DR.. Henry E. McGrew
LED in a devotional and thoughtful
Quiet Hour and it WAS fully enjoyed
by large audience.
During the hour of meals. both
dinner and supper are served in the
basement of the church on the cafe
terra plan. OF course all Govern
1cnt regulations are being observed
so the meals are simple and yet
wholesome.
The program for tomorrow is as
fpl1nN1-g.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
Germans Are Digging In.

On the center of the battle front
the battle is raging with greatly in
creased violence: The Germans are
reported to be digging in along line
the general direction of which may
be reckoned as starting at the north
bank of the Somme, to the rear of
Guillemont AID then northeast
through Ginchy. 1t is believed the
enemy intends to make desperate
stand on this line. q.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
Thursda I, Aug. %.
FORENOON

49, - N.Y. o.
FORENOON
8 90 to 9:0O-DevotiOnaI Meeting.
915-G General business. Report on
nominations for standing committees
and boards
1O:0O-RcDort Of delegates to the
Five Years Meeting.
AFTERNOON
200 to 2:45-Quiet hour
3:00-General business.
$50 Educational reports.
Address by President II. L. MCGrew.
EVENING
S:O0-Meeting fOr worship.
Young Peoples Work.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
Young Peoples Work will be featured
as follows:
12:45 p. m.-Class in Young People
and the Church." Clarence E. Pickett,
leader.
100 p. m.-Class in christian En-
deavOr Methods" Gladys White. lead
er.
700 p. m.-Vespcrs, followed by a
class in Friends Past and Present"
Edgar II. Stranahan, leader.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
Patrols in Bapaume.

Bapaume having been almost sur
rounded, has been entered by British
patrols and they have been fighting
in the streets The town is a No
Mans Land for the moment, but its
complete capture seems only a mat
ter of hours.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
BRITISH TROOPS
TAKE FOUCAC0URT
CONTINUED from Page l.,

AuG. 2S.-Large reinforcements are
being thrown in by the Germans in
the neighborhood of Bapaume, espe-
cially at the town itself and in the
area Immediately south of it. AL
though there is much confusion in
the enemy ranks, his resistance has
stiffened appreciably.
The Germans have gone to the
greatest lengths to hold their line
here and even have armed and thrown
into the line bandmen and men from
the transport service. There has
been hard fighting in the vicinity OF
Thilloy, south of Bapaume.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
Battle in Air.

In the meantime the air battle con-
tinued and it was an even match six
to six BY clever manuvering, the
American and French Machines got
the upper hand and the Boches turned
tail Two of them were seen to fall be-
hind their own lines. One of them had
been cut off from his "kamerads" and
was being forced behind our lines.
One of our machines on top of him
swOOped down pepperlng him with
machine gun bullets breaking his
prOpcllar. AS a result he fell to the
ground, though with fairly good con-
troll. There were two German officers
in the plane and they landed about
500 meters from us. One was only sew
enteen years old and the other about
As, the younger one being wounded in
the forehead. They were dumped into
car and taken to the rear.
Wish could tell you all about this
offensive but of course that's impOs-
siblc | could write you a book about
all the experiences. Here's hoping that
in the near future | can tell you all
by word of mouth. The French say
that the bOmbarding we withstood was
the most violent of the war.
Seven Kinds of Hell.
The incessant flash of the thousands
of big guns lit up the night as day.
The air was thick with all calibers of
gas, high explosives, shrapnel and
those wicked Austrian shells shrek
ing their way to their destination. The
rear was snelled Is to 20 miles back.
Three lieutenants | knew very well,
were killed by one splinter from an
Austrian shell in a traverse trench
next to me.
Several of us who could speak
French were asked to volunteer to
assist the civil population and regu-
late traffic at the cross roads, which
were constantly shelled. Several of us
volunteered and it was indeed pitiful
up only barest necessities of life on
wagon and drive away. Lots of in
cendiary shells were used and num-
erous fires were breaking out as far
as the eye could reach. Everything
known to German so called modern
warfare methods was used and it was
worse than seven kinds of He'll.
Beat EN- To It.
But here dear mother, please keep
in mind that the Boche was receiving
about three for every one he sent.
The allied high commander knew
precisely just when Fritzie's offensive
was to start and as result we opened !
fire on him an hour earlier and as
German prisoners say, our artillery |
fire was deadly, exacting horrible |
toll from the Germans massing in the |
rear. One German doctor wounded and |
in our hospital told us that in one lit
tie sector in their rear our artillery |
killed 5000 before they even started.
1t is officially known now that the
Kaiser was directly opposite our d.
vision in high tower about Is kilo-
meters back watching operations.
suppose he was waiting for his troops
70 open the way to Paris for him. Ell?
wonder il he is still proud of his
Hun Fiendishness.
As the artillery preparation contin-
rod ot,r tyouudad wara ha0fnujupf IN
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
A Deserted Village.

- 1SSShe@a N''1Ss'
So goes the war At present we are
pressing the Germans pretty hard and
they are re-treating quite rapidly TO
get out of the trap set for them.
am in a deserted village in the noun
tains. Can you imagine it? | live in
one end of the town and the only
civilian here lives in the other end
OF it. She is the belle of the village,
only about so years old, and looks
like one of these captive balloons here
abOuts, only a tiny bit smaller in the
midway region, and what beautiful
face and complexion. Vim rouge COM
pleXion. They drink lots of red wine
mere and the poor thing has only one
eye. | bought my dinner there today
and she was bemoaning her fate, tell
ing me, that 1000 litres of wine were
stolen from her cellar by troops and
it's fact.
People Leave.
Here as in innumerable towns the
civil population evacuated during the
recent awful bombardment. They
leave practically all their personal be-
longings and when they return most
of it is gone and their crops damaged
considerably,
/ am here for just day or two
after troops have left to make the
distribution list for payment of bill
lets used. This particular village is
way up in the mountains and you can
look down into a village miles and
miles away. One of the most beautiful
scenes possible. The mountains rise
up around the valley like a wall
There are caves, natural ones running
back into the mountain hundreds of
feet with the signs of recent living,
furniture, utensils, etc. You can hear
the water trickling through these
caves down into the valley below.
How Noel Was Hurt.
You heard about Paul Noel? He
with several others came out of dug
out and started for the field when a
high explosive shell dropped among
them, killing him and two others and
wounding several.
| think that our division will soon
get a rest We have been holding diff
ferent parts of the front for five
without relief.
In closing, | implore you to please
not worry. We are very well and !
wouldn't take a million for my ex-
periences.
Coolies of love to you all,
BEN MORRIS.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
New Engine.

The Ehrendardt Elevator at the O.
road is installing fine new modern
engine to take the place of the gas
engine heretofore used. 1t is OF
larger power and is valuable i'm
proyement ".
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29
Subscribers List.

The Farmers and Traders Tele-
phoen Company have just issued a
new directory for the use of their pa
irons and it indicates largely in
creased number of subscribers par
ticularly among the rural lines. The
company is giving fine service to its
atrOnS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-29

As the artillery preparation contin-
ued our wounded were beginning to
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1918-01-01

SEA, arene ali amfiteatri imenovani in ponekod so
Sc danes iobro ohranjeni ostanki teh kolosalnih
Stav5, tako da sc pri nekaterih sc zdaj pray dobro
spozr = VISA uredba. lzven meja stole Zidovl vel1kih
taa:n aren V Pulju, v Neroni it'd. Prostora je bio
v Nth "a mnogo tisoc gledalcev "a konzule in
pom, je "a cesarje SO bila posebna mesta. Dobro sc
Sc .idijo p~rostori, kjer so hranili zverine, XII so
Jill pr igrah spusGali naravnost v cirkus.
Vcasi so Sc upriZarjale gladiatorske igre tn
di ma mestnem trgu (%forumu). RazSirile so sc TIA
ko, da Jill MISC prirejali lie vladarji, temvec tu-
Iii mes6ani, XII so bill dovolj bogati "a to. s ia
KIM krvavimi prireditvami so Sc proslavljale
syatbe bogatih patricijskih sinov i'll h6era; pa tu-
di oh p~ogrebih velikasev in bogatinov so sc prize
jale. Pri TEN je vsakdo skusal svoje bogastvo cim-
bolj n~aglaSati s TEN, Ola je najel elm wee parov
"a borbo.
Zacetkoma so IA take boje jemali tezke zlO-
Gince, XII so bill obsojeni ma smrt. Tupatam Sc je
zgodilo, da 81 je kdo ia Ia naGin reSil ~zivljenie,
ee sc je V boju izkazal h~rabrega in Sc prikupil OBJ
einstvu. Ali posebno veliko upanja nj daiala Ia
~loterija ma ~zivljenje in smrt, zakaj de je gladia-
tor ostal zmagoslavec V borbi $ svojim GloveSkim
nasprotnikom, je bio Sc vedno mogoGe, da Sc je
moral boriti z levom, kjer nj bio re takorekoc no
benega upanja.
krvavi pohoti pa kmalu nj zadostovalo Ste
vilo zloGincev. Rimski deSpoti so pray radi vide
Ii, kako je ljudstvo norelo "a takimi b~estijalni-
mi igrami in Sc dalo odvraGati cd vsega resnega
zlasti cd politiGnega zivljenja. Da sc pa dobi "a
dostno stevilo borilcev IN toliko iger, kolikor Jill
je'ljudstvo zahtevalo, so napravili IL gladiator
silva poklic in so zanj ~vZgajali suznje i'll V novih
vojnah %zajete vojne vjetnike.
V Rimu je SUBMISSIVE cvetelo. Re V najsta-
rejSih cash so vojni vjetniki postaiali sunni, po-
tenn so pa tudi njih potomci ostali V SuzenjStvu.
Pa tudi prvotno svobodni ljudie so lahko zapadli
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sc je njih stevilo silno pomnozilo, ker ie Rim do
vaial vojne vjetnike Z vseh strani sveta V svoje
giavno mestO.
Pri tenn MISC sunni opravljali lie n"ajnizjih
poslov, ampak med mimi so bill tudi zelo izobra-
zeni liudje ucenih poklicev, Iii so znali mnogo wee
cd njihovih gospodarjev.
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