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BSIIEiSil llfl fT- 11 THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY,, SEPTEMBER 22, 1914 EVENING EDITION. Mwmmmiwmmmam jPlWIPpfBWIftwfflHWH?yJnWfWliiW r'fffffftntHI tliffi m iftiEJ&jiiHinXlLiL Wm ,two WfiWfl mmt,mmmmmmmmtamm M w m " l Mm J I WORLD'S GREATEST WAR DAY BY DAY WARS AWFUL HAVOC IS SEEN AI SUS BATTLE firmans Slav Horses and out tho )erlo,, of tho wnr ns ,)rl8' uermanb oiay nuiiw aim . . . nilBaInir nru i hjv-j. ru. a nM;j ivJt -. .- --.-- .., Lame iviuiur uais iu hvuiu Aiding Enemy those I saw today, the unidentified dead. Cnmn tlnnonllt U-lll llllfV tlllHll tO hAKIVl LAIMU 15 ft WA5 IU night or tomorrow, but ho will not understand the purpose of the niednl each wears around his nock. With him will ho hurled his name nnd tho number of his- reglmont. No one will know where he fell or where ho lies. Some one will nl- ChalcjMi 1mm Dinner Ieft !)' JtotivntliiK Officers Like Slct'lii PhImco Hy Richard Harding Davis T) a lira Cunt 1 1 i Ili1n vnil I IV cenoor).-TUo struggle for tho ios-y8 hope that he will return, for session of Solssons lasted two days.n'6 the dead his name did not The second day's battle, which I nppoar. He was reported only ns witnessed, ended with the city In missing. tho possession of tho French. It Shows WiiMcfiiliicix f Wnr was part of tho seven days of con-, Th0 mtcr wastefulness of war tlnuous fighting that be?nn Septcm-' wns seldom more clearly shown, her C nt Mcuux. Then the German j swollen carcasses of horses lined loft wing, consisting of tho tinny, tho road sickening the air. Some of GonornI von Kluck, was within few or theso had been killed by ton miles or Paris. But tho French shell fire. Others, worn out nnd nnd English, instead of meeting 'onmclnted nnd bearing the brand of tho ndvnnco with n defense, them-' the Germany nrmy, had been inorcl solic nt..-c!;cd steadily. 'fully destroyed, but tho grontcst All of last week at tho rato of mimhor of them were still wearing! ten miles n day they drove tho their headstalls or the harness of (icrn:a:.8 back across tho Alsno nnd the plow. That they might not aid the Plnrne and so saved I'arls. Whonj the enemy ns remounts, the Gcr- tlils retrograde movement of the mans In their retreat had shot them. Gcrir-'ins began those who could not'i Baw four and five together In tho see tho nature of the fighting be-1 yards of stables, a bullet hole of llovetl the- German line of coiumim-'nn nutomntlc In the head of each. Icatlon, the one from Alx-ln-Chnpelle' others lay beside tho mnrket cart, through Belgium, had proved too otl,or8 ,,y lho ,.minl( whuro tIloy long nnd Hint tho loft wing was ,,,, 80Bilt wntL,r. voluntarily retiring to meet the AlmillI(UMl -Mo(o1.s ,,., ow line of communication through U(M ptfuf but Btm 0V,,clll.lnB Luxeinuiiig. ,., , , , the wnstefulness of wnr, wore tho ' .. ,!"?! , I? ''""T'V 1V motor trucks nnd automobiles that The fields of ba tie beyond Moaux , )Wn nbnil(loilc,If through which today It was necos- ,,. hn(, Unkm m tho iry for mo to imui to reach the wi(i)i , (Jonmin nrJ 8 fight at bo hboiir. Bliowort no evl- sn(, tQ ,)e Kronn n ncC(1( lim, 00l Tmhu&o& i& lwu.tod. and sooner than that they pcrnt" fitting sr.il artillery fire a1'0"1'1 fnl1 't0 tl10 ,'nMi,,B of ,th" that was widespread, desolating. K"K'"i mu " ", That of tho GermniiH, Intended to " or uonctu u u on nan .iMirnv n,.ran.l from Mcatix nnd lighted flrra. Others they had shov- to cover their retreat, showed marks- l vcr ombnnkmonts. In tho for-! .1.1.. ,. n. ,.,.. ,....i v,.n...ioi, est of Vlllors-Cotterets 1 counted I bo terrible Hint It lasted to render "' " l,Ineo rlfleo "000-ton motor pursuit Impossible. The battlefield l" 'omplotely destroyed. A stretched from tho hills three miles ll0"l' of oinpty gasoline barrels told ..nni. nt Mniix for four miles tho story. For twenty miles theso along the road nnd n mile to either automobile wore scattered along lde. the road. There were ho ninny one; Tim rnn.i l linoil with nonlnrs stopped counting them. I three feet ncross nnd ns high ns a '' t0 tl,olr 1,0 wor twol fivo-Btory building. .shattered German nlrflhlps. One I For the four miles tho road was 8,,w twonty-slx kilometers outs do. piled with branches of these trees. f " "' on nt, "oiinovHIo.1 Th trinn tlionigolvL'H wore Bnllt ns Ab tno' r" tno" n,, l,lir,0l tnlr The treos thoniBolvcs wero spit ns jotorH n to A mfi QatUu md by JlKhtnlng or torn In half as tior w s wero tw8tC(, wrcc,(8 of with your hands you could tear -Uk nn(, 8teel A tho fo,(U apart n oaf of bread. Ihrough thro h whch tQ nfn 0(, ,, omo solid shell had passed leaving ,)ccomo WfflBto lnn(K 8holu hBd , itliiMn liili.u fiflificu lfinuoil na ( ..... plowed them. Horses nnd mon had though drunken woodsmen with H0,)t ti10II) nxes from roots to topmost branches n,,)tiickM Trnniphtl In .Mud. had slashed them In drunken fury. The hnystackB, gathered by tho Bomu shells had broken solid swent of tho brow ami patiently trunks In two us a liurrlcano simps set in trim rows, wero trampled In i a mast, tho mud nnd scattered to the winds, lYoofN of DfiulllnetiH, All the smnllor villages through ' Thnt no human being could but- which I pnssed wero empty of peo yIvo such u bombardment 1 saw pie, nnd since tho day boforo, when ninny gruesome proofs. In one j tho Germans intercepted, none of placo for n mile the rond was lined the Inhabitants had returned. Those with thoBo wicker bankets In which the Gormnnu carry their nmmunl tlon. TIiobc were filled with shells villages were Just as tho Gormnnu had loft them. The Btreets wore piled with grain on which the sol un exploded, and behind the trenches. dlerB had' slept and cnten. On tho sidewalks In front of tho hotter class of houses tables nround which the officers had enten still remain ed, tho bottles half empty, the food half oaten. In n chateau beyond Noufchelles the doors and windows wero open, i were Jiunureus more 01 inese ons lets, snuio as large as lobster pots or umbrella stands, for the shells of siege guns, and other, each, of three compartments for Bcrapuel. In gutters along tho rond and In tho wheat fields on either side tho brass bhells flashed In tho sunshine. and lace curtaliiB partly drawn, like tluy mirror: The tour miles From tho garden you could see of countryside oter which ,-for four paintings on tho walls, books on days both ar'mles had played the tho tables. Outside, on the lawn, earth with these shells was the plc-8Urroumied uy 0ld and charming ture of complete desolation. gardens, apparently the gonoral nnd 'the routo or tno Herman army,i8 Btrf jin,i nronared to dlno. Tho - wns marked 1y knapsacks, uni forms and accoutrements scattered over tho fields on either hand ns fur as you could see. Bed Cross flags hanging from bushes Bhowed( where ihere hud been Btutlons, Under these were blood status, bandages and clothing and hoots -plied in heaps as high us u man's chest, and table wus set for n dozen, and on It wero candles In silror sticks, ninny bottles of red and white wlno, champagne, liquors and cof feo cups of tho finest china. From their banquet somo alarm had sum moned the officers, Tho placo was as they had left , It, tho co f feo untastcd, tho candles a. i..h ii. e . .. in . iiiu uuiues 01 uipae uvriiiuu ouunurs. burnnil to tho eanil eat oks nnd rort Hint the first iihl hud fulled save. Bodies ,li hike Scuit't'iinvs. to After death the body Is merciful- roilIMl0l, by floworB ly robbed of Its human aspect. Yoa ublo mu, tJ0 8,e,lt nre bpured thought that what Is,,.... ..,., kft thn stains on the cloth whore brandy had been spilled. In tho bright sunlight and sur- tho deserted stately cha- tnnn aiinniiiil IIUa iht Rlnonlntr nnl. lying in tho trenches, among the of t,)0 fa, ,a,0 bhutteiod trees uud In the wheat Though the rumor of troops re Ilclds Btnrlng up at the sky onco treating Is an ugly one, I saw no was a man. It appears to bo only outrages such as I saw in Belgium n bundle of clothes, a scarecrow Hint excopt In tho vlllugos of Noufchelles nus tumbled among tho grain It and Vnrroddes. There was no sign once protected. But It gives a ter- 0f looting or wanton destruction. ilbto meaning to tho word "missing.", in thoso two vlllabes tho Interior wnen you roaa m tno reports from 0f every house and shon was com- the war offlco that 5000 are miss ing you like to think of them safely cared tor In a hospital or dragging plotely wrecked. In the other vil lages the destruction was such as Is permitted by. the usages of war, such ns tho blowing up of bridges, the burning of railroad stations nnd the cutting of telogruph wires. Not until Bounovlllo, thirty kilo meters beyond Menux did I catch up with tho allies. There I met somo English Tommies who wero trying to find their column. They had no 'knowledge of the French language or where they wero or whero their regiment was, but wore very confident of finding It nnd wero as cheerful as nt maneuvers. Itontl Blocked With Troopx. Outsldo of Chnudun tho road wiib blocked with tlrallletise, Algerians in light blue zouave uniforms nnd native Turcos from Morocco In kha ki, with khaki turbaiiB. They shiv ered In the autumn sunshlno and were wrapped In httrnooses or black and white. They wero mnkliig n turning movement to attack tho German right nnd wore being hur ried forwnnl. They had Just driv en tho German rear guard out of Chnudun mid Bald thnt the fighting was still going on nt Solssons. But I the only Blgn I biiw of It was two Turcos who had followed the Ger mans too far. They lay sprawling In tho rond and had bo lately fallen thnt their rifles still lay under them. Thrco miles further I ciimo upon the ad value lino of tho French nrmy and for the romntndor of the day, watched a most remarkable urtllleryl duel which ended with Solssons luj the hands of the allies. SoIbuoiib Is n pretty town of 4000 Inhabitants. Sluco tho Romans held1 It under Caesar It has been con-1 tluuously besieged. Until today the Germans had held It for two weeks. ' Iu 1870 they bombarded It for four days, nnd there Is, or wns, In Sols sons, In the Place do la llcpubllquc, a monument to those citizens or SoIshouh, whii after the siege tho Germans nhot. . j (.Vrimiim Destroy Bridges. The town lieu in the valley of tho river AIhiic, which Is formed by two long ridges running south mid north, hast night the Germans occupied the hills to tho south, but when nttneked offered only nllght resistance uud withdrew to tho hills opposite. In SoIbsoiib they left to protect their supplies u rear guard,' who wero destroying nil bridges lending Into the town. I At tho Hmo 1 arrived a forco of Turcos had been ordered forward to clean SoIssoiih or the Gomuiun and the French nrtlllery wns en deavoring to disclose their positions on tho hills. Tho loss or the bridges did not ombarmu tho black men. In rowboats they crossed to Sols boiih and wero wnrinly greeted. This morning Solssons was drawing no color line. The Turcos wero followed by en gineers who endeavored to repair ono bridge, and In consequence wore heavily shelled with shrapnel, while with the Intent to destroy the rond and retard tho French advanco the hills where the French hud halted wero being pounded by Gorman siege guns. This was at n point four kilometers from Chnudun, be tween the village of Breult nnd' Courtolles. Cotilil See .Wjtrly ( .MIIcn i From this height 'you could see almost to Complegno, and thirty miles In front In tho direction of St. Quentln, It wns a panorama of wooded hills, gruy villages in yellow, fields of grain, miles or poplars marking the roads, .and below us tho flashing wntors of tho Alsno, nnd the canal, with nt our feot tho steeples of tho cathedral of Sols-, sons nnd tho gate to tho old abbey of Thomas u'Becket. Across thoso steeples the shells sang. On both sides or the Oisno valloy the artil lery wns engnged, The wind was blowing rorty knots, which prevent-, ed the uso or the French aeroplanes. but It cleared the air, and helped I by brilliant sunshine, It was pos sible to follow tho smoko or the battlo for fifteen miles. I The wind was blowing toward our right whore tho English were,! and though we could seo the flash or their guns and tho rings of smoke, as their schrnpnel burst, the report or tho guns did not reach us. It guvo tho curious Impression or n bombardment conducted In utter silence, I Jin of Cniiiion Insistent, From our left tho wind carried, tho sounds clenrly. Tho jar and roar of tho cannon were Insistent and an both sides of the valloy tho hilltops wore wrapped with white clouds. Back of us In the wheat' fields shells were setting fire to the giant hnystacks and piles of grain, which in the clear sunshine burned a blatant red. At times bolls would strlko In tho villages of Breult and Vuuxbain and houses would burst Into flames, tho gale fanning the fire to great height and hiding the village in smoke. (Continued on Page Three.) Statement of Condition OF Flanagan & Bennett Banks Of Marshf ield and Myrtle Point, Ore. At the Close of Business September 12, 1914 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $G'12,163.08 Banking Houses and Bcal Estate 64,973.9-1 Cash and Sight Exchange 292,051.46 Total k $999,191.48 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in $ 75,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 72,832.56 Deposits ... ' 851,358.92 Total $999,191.48 The money In (Ills bank Is Insured itgahist loss by Night nr Day Bobbery. United States depository for PoHtnl Savings'. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT INTEREST IS BEING CREDITED AS OF SEPTEMBER .1, 1914 IN SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Bring In Your Pass Books FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COOS BAY Safctij Deposit Boxes For Rent. KQUII'l'KI) WITH VIIIKIjKH8. Steamship Breakwater ALWAYS ON TIMK. 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