THE EVENING NEWS ' This Papet Has Enlisted : With the Government in THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday Fair. Highest temp, yesterday 95 Lowest temp, last night 6V : the Cause of America for the Period of the War The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches Oregon Historical Society ;'::blic Auditorium, I vorix KOSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON i WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1918. No. 22a HI'S MEN BEGIN TO Attack Carries British Close Up to the Old Hinden burg Lines. ONLY ONE MILE AWAY Renewed Offensive Meets With Great Buccetw Fifteen Hundred More Germans Fall Prisoners to JtiitlHh Tli is Afternoon. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 18. In an attack northwest of St, Quentin today ltrit iah ti-oops scored an average advance of not less tlian two and a lialf miles on a fifteen mile front, and at four o'clock this afternoon wore still go ing. The town of H org .court was mentioned as among the positions wrested from the enemy. The front under direct attack in the present of foiulcvo extends from Holnon wood, west of HL VuentiiL, northward to (touzeacourt. The Hritish attack car ried them still nearer to the line from which the German offensive started in March, and is now only about a mile, on an average, from the old Hlndeiiburg line. Fifteen hundred Germans wore taken prisoners in the lighting today, and the town of Epehy is almost surrendered by British forces tills evening. At two points British troops crossed the Hinden burg line in the advance this after noon, VUIaret and Gouzeaeoiirt be ing the places where the enemy gave way. The depth of the pentration or th enemy lines at these points was not stated. Vllturet, evergulcr, Itonssoy and IJortltacourt have been taken from the Germans. With the British advance In tills ivglon the French have simultaneously started operations on the right wing of the German army. EVKMY WEAKENING, liondon, Sept, 18. Bulgarian re sistance on the Macedoniuu front Is visibly weakening along the entire battle front. The allies have advanc ed to an average depth of ten miles into enemy territory, according to latest reports this afternoon. Fifty heavy pieces of artillery have been captured - ADVANCE MACEDONIAN LINE. Paris, Sept. 18. On the Mace donian front the allies have penetrat ed enemy positions to a depth of nearly four and a half miles along a 10-mile front, capturing 4,00 pris oners, including a staff colonel. Thir ty heavy guns and many mine throw ers and machine guns, in addition to a lot of general war booty! were tak en by the allies. Serbian troops are vlelng with French in courage and spirit, and the army is confident, NEAK ST. QUENTIN. ' London, Sept. 18. British troops attacked the enemy northwest of St. Quentin this morning, and cap tured Holnon, tlirce and a half miles distant. A German attack last night pushed the British back to the west ern outskirts of the village, where the advantace of the enemy was checked. PROVIDES FOR VOLUNTEERS. Washington, Sept. 18. Provost Alorshal General Crowder has an nounced orders to the local draft boards throughout the country which permit voluntary induction of draft registrants Into the army and ma rine corps, also providing tliat for the draft process to finish the quotas In event there are not enough volun teers. Calls will go out within a few weeks for those men. AND THEY WENT BACK. With the U. S. Army, Sept. 18. German Infantry attempted to attack the United States troops in Lorraine today, west of the Moselle river, but the troops got busy with their artil lery and the Huns soon got enough and Went back with losses. FRENCH HOLD GAINS. Paris, Sept. 18.- German forces violently counter attacked the French positions on the plateau northeast of Sancy and seven miles northeast or Soissons, last night, but failed to ac complish anything. The French are holding all gains. AID BULGARIANS. Berlin, Sept. 18. German troops are aiding the Bulgarians In an at tempt to defeat the Franco-Serbians in Macedonia. Greek troops are also aiding the French and. Serbians, ac cording to an oincuu uermnn fc (axe men t, MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT. London, Sept. 18. American dele gates to the inter-allied labor and so cialistic conference nere presented proposals that the conference endorse th fourteen points laid down by FOR BIGGER ARMY. - : By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. An army of 4,000,000 men by next July after all deductions for casualties and rejections, Is called for by the enlarged mill- taiy program, General March explained today. It is planned to call 2,700,000 men from among the new draft regis- trants by July 1, 1919. - Prsident Wilson as the conditions upon which peace may be established OBJECT OF OFFENSIVE. Washington. Sept. 18. The object of the Macedonian offensive is to cut off Turkey from the other central powers, to crush Bulgaria, free Ser bia and Itoumanla and the Jugo Slavs of southern Austria. 1500 REFUGEES MAKE ESCAPE. Stockholm, Sept. 18. Another party CfT refugees, numbering GOO per sons, including OO Americans and British civilians, have arrived at Hiijv. aranda from Kussta. SOLDIERS K1LLE1 IN WRECK. Hprtngileld, Mo., Sept. 18. It Ik now believed that from 10 to 25 sol diers were killed In the railroad wreck last night, when a troop train collided with a freight. The wreck age is still being searched for more bodies. DAVIS TO SUCCEED PAG K. . Washington, Sent. 18. John W. Davis, of West Virginia, now solicit or general for the United States, hns been selected by the in-esident to suc ceed Walter Hlnes Page as ainlHissu dor to England. Davis is now head ing the U. S. mission to Switzerland regarding the trnatinciit of prisoners. WANTED AT CHICAGO This morning's mall brought a let ter to Sheriff Quine from the Ameri can Technical Society, of Chicago, who are anxious to learn the correct address of Mr. Samuel Shove. The inquiry states that mail addressed to the gentleman at Portland has been returned unclaimed. How the technical society came to address the sheriff is not known, but evidently someone gave the Chicago people the right steer, as the orncer can prob auly tell as much as anybody regard ing the whereabouts of Sam. At present, and for some months past, the sheriff' will" inform tne Chicago Technical Society, Mr. Samuel Shove has been the chief clerk at the Hotel d'Quine', RoseburK, Oregon. ThiB hotel is not a regular nor a popular stopping place for travelling men, neither did Mr. Shove select It aa his abode. But anyway the gentleman Is making the Hotel d'Quine his headquarters, and In ordter to pre vent any lapses the outside entrance is locked, and the key hung up out of reach of the inmates of the aostelry." In answer to the Gnlcago people. Sheriff Quine wrote as follows: "Answering your inquiry of Sep tember 10. relative to the present address of one Samuel Shove. -'Beg to advise you that the above mentioned Samuel Shove shoved Mb name to a check to the amount of $150 and attempted to "shove" the check on a 'prominent citizen as the preliminary purchase price of the leading hotel, and then started to shove himself out of the county, but shoved himself Into my hands, and I immediately shoved him Into the jail, and! since that time he has tried to shove himself out of jail by filing off several bolts, but we succeeded In shoving him back again, and he now remains In jail. His present address Is Rosebu,rg, Oregon,, care of Gen. K. Quine. "Yours truly, "GEO. K. QUINE, Sheriff." HEN MUST HAVE BEEN BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 17. After every nook and corner of a private residence near here had been pried Into by food administration officials in search of hoarded food, without their having found more than the legal allowance, 400 pounds of wheat tlour and 90 pounds of sugar were discovered underneath a setting hen In a hayloft. The foodstuffs were concealed under a pile of hay, on the top of which the hen was comfortably es tablished with a setting of eggs. The flour and sugar were confiscated. A suit for divorce has been filed in the circuit court by Charles. White against Lizzie White, through his attorney, George Jones. Units of American Army Had to Move Fast to Keep up With Troops. GERMANS HURLED OUT On Keeping Contact With the Enemy Our Forces Move From One Shell Torn Village to Another With Much Rapidity. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 8. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) The headquarters of the units of the merican army in the Marne sector had to hustle to keep up with the American troops In the fighting when the Germans were hurled out or that salient and across the Vesle river. In keeping contact with the enemy the American headquarters moved from one shell torn village to an other. In most Instances, the build ings or parts of buildings, had been occupied by German officers only a day or two before. Previous to moving from one town to another telephone wires had been strung, or laid, so that, while the divisional officers were in the actual process of moving, the two headquar ters In the two villages were In com-! munlcation with each other until the task was completed. After the telephone, and possibly telegraph Instruments, had been In stalled the commanding officer would go forward to the advanced station with a few assistants and then oth ers would follow in, relays, each de partment bringing its books and papers, maps and other accessories of Its particular branch.' Transporta tion was by automobile and was only a minor incident of the mov ing. In one instance the entire trans fer of a divisional headquarters was accomplished in less than three hours, the telephone connection hav ing been acocmpllshed the day pre vious. In the case of a corps headquar ters the commanding officer moved Into new quarters one morning while soldiers werrepalrtng the roof. damaged two days before by a Gen- man shell. Telephones In working order with the village to the rear from which the corps was moving awaited the commanding officer when he arrived. Soon afterward officers and field clerks with cases of documents and papers of the dif ferent departments began to arrive and before noon the conps was work ing as smoothly as it had been the night before 16 or 20 miles away and without having been out of commu nication with any of its units even for a second. In addition to the telephone and telegraiph the wireless apparatus has been set up, carrier pigeons were ready to.be taken to the front as another means of communication, couriers on motorcycles were going and coming as if upon their speed rested the outcome of the war, and maps were on the walls within the house. Each of the commander's assist ants had his room and his collapsible desk in order, every clerk was on the job, portable desks and cases full of papers were In their respec tive place, beds had been made, and. In the yard under canvas, tables were set and the cook was mixing diough for biscuits for supiper. And that night a motor and generator on a truck buzzed outside and the men on night duty had electric lights by which to see to carry on dove-tailed details being worked out to whip the Germans. DEE HEDGPETH GIVEN A 30 DAYS SENTENCE A brief statement In the Oregon tan today carries the information that De Hedgepeth, of this cits', who recently refused to accept military training, had been sentenced by Fed- eral Judge Bean to serve 30 days in the Multnoman county jail ana men be Inducted into the army. It will be remembered that the young man positively refused to respond to tho call of the county draft board, and was placed under arrest by Sheriff Quine. Efforts of the officers to in duce the young man to change his mind were unavailing, and he was then turned over to the federal of ficers and taken to Portland, file hearing was had only yesterday, ac cording to the Oregontan. Just where the lad will be sent for mill tary training Is problematical. That he was not alone In his determina tion to escape military training is evidenced by the fact that two other AT HIGH SCHOOL. ; : r' ' Owing , to a' misunderstand- If the committees handling the Mothers' Day exercises, an on- nouncement was made 'ester- day that the speaking wouldi oc- cur at the armory In the even- lng. This is an error, and the place of meeting should have been given as the high school auditorium. The ladles wish that everybody please take no- ttce of the correction, and then be on hand to participate in the parade and attend the speaking later at the high fcchool. youngsters appeared on the same day for a hearing before Judge Bean, and of them the report states: James Mitchell, who failed to reg ister in the draft, was sentenced to 10 days in Jail and to be Inducted at the expiration of his sentence. Michael Young, charged with vio lation of the selective service law, was sentenced to 30 days In the Mult nomah county jail, and to bo induct ed. HONOR GUARD PLANS FOR SATURDAY PARADE ' The Honor Guard girls held tbolr regular meeting last evening at the armory with a good attendance. Aft er the business was. finished the girls planned for the paradte to be held Saturday night on the strets of the city. ' The plans were made to the satisfaction of everyone, and It wan decided to have a large float decorat eu very artistically and laden with girls and women dressed in patriotic costumes. The secretary also read an announcement that It was expect ed of the girls to raise the Bum of 1 100 by the first of October for the convalescent hospitals of this state which will care for the Oregon boys wounded at the front. No perman ent place has been announced for the location of these hospitals, but wherever located the girls will send their money. A very clever plan has been formulated to raise thlB money, but will not .be mentioned until a later date. IS Eva Davis, for some time a resi dent of .Reedsporu this county, was yesterday arrested by the 'Portland officers on request of Sheriff George K. Quine, who wired the northern officers to detain the woman on a warrant sworn out at Gardiner, pharglng Aer with feloniously dis posing of certain personal property that did not belong to her. The value of goods Involved Is represented to be about $275. Sheriff Quine will leave for Tcrtland tonight and will bring the defendant here to await court action. Details of the transac tion were not given. , ItASKET GROCERY HOM TODAY. The Dunlap Basket Grocery, locat ed at the corner of Jackson and Washington street, was Bold), today to Messrs. J. D. Wynne and H. K. Raf fleson, recent arrlvalB here from Sulzer, Alaska. The new owners took charge of the business today and will continue to operate the store practic ally along the same lines as so suc cessfully conducted by the retiring owner. Mr. Wynne will be joined here by his family at an early date where they will make their perman ent home. ST. IHIEL TO STAV WITH TH U. S. ARMY IN 4 LORRAINE!. Sent. 18. That the Germans had made up their minds that they would never be ousted from the St. Mihiel sa- lieut Is amply proven In the manner they had fixed un their quarters. They had built Bhel- ters. beer gardens and resorts where they could pass their time in comparative ease. In some instances dugouts of the officers had been fitted up lux- uriously with bath tubs, and electric lights were provided. Little summer houses had been built near the dugouts, and there the officers apparently spent many - congenial hours drinking beer and speculating on the impossibility of Amerl- can troops ever getting up cour- age enough to attack the "In- vincible" forces of the kaiser quartered In the salient.' RICE HILL PAOBED Board of Inquiry Finds Ac cident Probably Caused By Character Load. THE CAR WAS NEW ONE Train Crow Exonerated From All Illume in Connection With the Wreck -Trains Delayed Until Evening. The board of inquiry probing the causes leading up to the derailment of an S. P. Company train at Rice Hill on' the morning of September 14, has submitted the following re port of the wreck, which says: ' This board finds that 'extra 2543 west, Engineer 13. N. Sharp, Fire man F. 13. Palmer, Conductor It. W. Lane, Head Urakeman C. E. Davey, Swing Brakeman I. ErLatugiillu, Rear Brakeman S. W. Huber, with pusher engines 2837, engineer IS. M. Bowers, Fireman P. C. Nygreni 2348, Engineer R. D. Wright, Fireman J. W. Scott, consisting of 23 loads and 24 empties, 3,442 Ms. while nego tiating a Ave degree curve to the left, had the rear truck of L. & S. L. 141 GO, 100.000 capacity, fifty foot, all steel box, fourteen feet high, cast steel bolster, loaded with rolls of paper standing on end1, thirteen I'eet six Inches above top of rail, tare weight 57,200, gross weight 101,000, 19 cars ahead of helper, derailed al a point thirty-eight feet west of the west switch at Rice Hill, ran for a distance of lifteen feet on top or track and spreading rails, running a rail before dropping off, damaging total distance of 890 feet before com ing to state of rest. At Drain, wnere helpers wore cut in, -usual rear end air test wan made. Train departed from Drain at 8:08 a. m., arrived at Yoncalla and al'tor meeting train No. 18' and allowing train No. 53 to pass, deparfud f'om there ut 8 '58 a. in., and deluded 200 feet west of weKt itwitch, Rico Hill, at 9:30 a. m. Testimony of crow Is1 to the effect that speed at time of derailment was eighteen miles per hour, and that a reduction of eight pounds was i:iudo about the time road engine was pass ing over west switch at Rl:e Hill. Further that all members of crew had required rest before, going on duty and had not been on duty in excess of hours of sorvice law. Help er englhea werecoupled In train . 12 cars ahead of caboose. This board further finds track at this point laid with ninety pound rail, eighteen ties to the rail, in good condition, fully spiked and tie plat ed, Ib ballasted "with decomposed granite. ' ' Track at this point was Inspected by section foreman on morning of aeraflment about 7:30 a. m., and was also Inspected by trackwalker about 8:00 a. m at which time no un usual conditions wero noted. The point of dorniimont was loOO feet from the apex of Rice Hill grade, and at the time of derailment caboose had just passed over the summit. Grade descending 1.4 per cent. Examination of the car developed w.ieels were full flanged, side clear ance forward end Inch, side ca boose rear end & Inch. It is the opinion of this board that the derailment was due to the char- acted o(, the load, together with the newness nnd rigidity of the car, coupled with the Irregularities in the elevation us reflected above. No in dividual responsibility. Recommendations None, Telegrams received from the com mittee of education in tne war de partment at the University at Eugene Indicate that limited service men may .... tha Q A T n Thin manna that vnimCf TTintl whfl fail to ipass tne examination mr ucuve ser vice, but who are passed for limited service, will be. permitted to enter the S. A. T. C receive technical training for which they are fitted, i ...nlud twv ttiiliitlntnncp nnd quarters while receiving thlB train ing. In other worUB, young men nua nhvatfaltv linflttmi for Rftf- vlce in the fighting branches of the army, will De paiai oy ine govern ment while they are receiving tech nical training in branches in which they can render Just as great ser vice as men whose physical condition Branches In which they will re ceive training include tne following nhnmtntrv. In which the govern ment Is unable to secure any ade LIMITED SERVICE MEN BE GIVEN TRAINING quate supply of trained men: medi cine, accounting and secretarial work, psychology, laboratory tech nicians, baterlology, photography, etc. Word has alBO been received that men under 21 who are able to quali fy, will be accepted for commissions. Heretofore no man, no matter liow well prepared, under the age of 21 oould ever hope to secure a commis sion. Under tho new orders S. A. T. C. men lit the university who show special ability may be commissioned. In view of the fact that large num bers of men between 18 and 21 are enlisting In the S. A. T. C. in the hope of obtaining a commission, this Is a very Important announcement. EDITOR KILLS HI8 WIFE. NEW YORK, Set. 17.-rCharles E. Chapin, clt yedltor of the 'New York Evening Yv'orJd, whose wife was found shot dead In a hotel room yes terday, surrendered to the police to day, having admitted killing her, due to financial troubles, he said, obli gations for which he was pressed. Chapin Intended suicide. The au thorities believe that hlB mind Is wandering. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. RUTH SMITH THIS Al Mrs. Marion Ruth Smith, mother of Mrs. J. W. Hamilton, died at tho home of .Judge and Mrs. Hamilton this morning at four o'olock, follow ing a lingering illness Incident to ad vanced age. Deceased was a reflned and talented lady, a loving mother and a true friend. During tho past four years ehe has been in poor health, preventing her from partici pating In soeUU. affairs or being wor red with public matters.- Mrs. Smith was horn in Jacksonville, Illinois, February 14, 1839, and was there fore In her eightieth year. She was the eldest of ten daughters and three sons, an Ib survived by two broth ers and four sisters. Twenty-two years ago, Mrs. Smith came to Rose burg, where she has since made her home with Mrs. Hamilton, her only child. Besides Mrs. J. W. Hamilton, deceased Is also survived by three grandduughters, Mrs. Elbert Her mann, Mrs. Arthur Oloake, and Miss Merle Hamilton. A host of cloBe friends and neighbors In this city will mourn with the relatives in their bereavement, and the kindly and smiling face will be sadly miss ed In the passing of this beautiful life. Funeral serviceB will be con ducted by Pastor J. C. Spencer, of the Methodist church, and! will be held from the house Thursday at S p. in. Interment In Masonic ceme tery. ALREADY OVER THE TOP Attorney J. O. Watson, chairman of the local drive for tho fourth lib erty loan,, this morning received a telegram from R. K. Smith, of Port land, staling that., he would sub scribe for 12,000 worth of the- forth coming Issue of bonds, the sumo to be credited to this county s quota. Mr. SmTlh also Btated reports from Shorman county were to the effect that that county had already filled Its full quota, while McMlnnvllle, Forest Grove and a number of other cities throughout the state had al ready renched fifty per cent of their full amount to be subscribed. Judg ing from present Indications Oregon will be well over the top by the morning of September 28. Chairman Watson called a meeting of the ex ecutive committee For this county this afternoon and plans wero per fected to take hold of the amount to be raised In this city and county at an early date and thero is no ques tion about old Douglas being well over the top on tho Initial day of the drive. A whirlwind campaign 'will be Inaugurated and the various com mittees will be busy within tho next few days. HELD MYRTLE CREEK Plans have been perfected for an all day community fair to be held at Myrtle Creek next Friday and ar rangements are now almost complete for a most Interesting program. Hon. B L. Eddy, of this city will be pres ent nnd one of the main speakers of the day, r-ml others who will take part In the program are County School Superintendent O. C. Brown, County Agricultu.al Agent C. J. Hurd, School Supervisor A. E. Street and Wilfred Brown. It Is also hoped to have a representative from the Oregon Agricultural Col lege present to give a talk, according to Superintendent O. C. Brown, and It is anticipated there will be a large attendance at the gathering. Comrades Dub Him Bulls Eye Beef Proficiency Brings ' Bigger Pay. ANOTHER BOY WRITES Also Douglas County Man Overseas ' Duty is First Tiling to lie Looked After Will Do a Good Job. The following ' letter, written by Private Deals, son of John Beals, of Days Creek, Is Interesting, as It showB the young man's ability with the rifle, a proficiency which he gain ed in the mountains of Douglas county. It also Indicates that the girl he loft behind is not forgotten: Pearl harbor, T. H., Sept. 1, 1918. Dear Friend: I wrote a little to Jim, so 1 guess Its your turn now. now Is everything, you old kid? and what are you dlolng to while the time away? I made expert rifleman and draw five buckB a month extra. Per haps I told you about that. The boyu all call me "Bull's Eye Beef," now. I made 11 bulls eyes out of 12 shots at Blx hundred yards range, so I don't lay down my old gat for any of tbeni. Oh, boy! I'm going to be a sniper-If I ever get to France, but I guess ns far as that's concerned 1 won't get to France very soon. Well, I suppose you am pretty busy In prune harvest -by now. I guess I won't miss much, though. Daisy Reed said she wasn't going to pick this year and I guess Quail won't be there, either, will hel I think I'll just take me a little Hawaiian girl to rnlso. Some of them are cute, boy, believe me, and- this Is a fine climate. I've been thinking maybe this would be a good place to die. Well, George, It's getting almost bed time, andJ I want to get in my mosquito net and kill all the mos qultos. Write when you can. Hope this finds all well and best wishes. Yours truly, "BULLS- EYE BEEF," Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, T. H., 117 Company. Another Days Creek boy, Ralph A. Moore, writes from overseas to his friend of life, and says that the troops will do a good job before they return, although they all would like to see their beloved America, He says: Not having heard from you for a long time I have decided to drop you a line just to remind you that I would io glad to hear from you once in a while at least." You will he dfry--Ing prunes when this reaches you and "you will be very busy, I know, but surely you can take time to drop a few linos to me. Everything la still rolling along as per schedule with ' us. We have gotten along very well w'lth our Eng- -llsh cotisiTIs and have Kiad a real home among them wherever we have been and so have little to complain of. It has. been just six months since I loft the good old U. 8. A. Wouldn't mind a bit to see the Statute of Lib erty again. Of course, we don't know when we shall oe It again, for there Is a whole lorto do before we do, but whatever Is to be done wilt be done well. Have you ever purchased' that sec ond hand Ford wo used ' to talk about? Suppose you are Btill in the stock buying business. If you will send me the address of your boy (the one he gives) 1 may happen to meet him some time. Please don't forget to send It when you write. Write often. Wishing you all well, I am as ever, . Your friends and neighbor, RALPH A. MOORE, 103 Aero Squad, A. E. F London, Eng., S. W. 1. QUESTIONNAIRES ARE BEING SENT OUT TODAY The first of the questionnaires for the registrants from the ages of 19 to 30, who registered September 12, were sent out today by the local draft board. In this Issue of ques tionnaires there will be about 700 names In all, and It will take about seven days to flnlBh the task as only 10 per cent of tho questionnaires can be Bent out each day. A large force of stenographers Is employed In' the work of Issuing the list of question naires to the future soldiers. Bo ready to fill out the blanks when they come and return them as soon as possible to the local draft board. Mrs. F. Ongland, pf San Fran-' Cisco, returned to her home after spending a short time visiting with her parents, Mr, antll Mrs. C. Setlor strom, of this city.