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ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, OCTOBER at, 1918.
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GERMAN PEACENOTE
Creates a Halo of Righteous
ness Around All Acts
' . of Navy and Army. ,
IGNORES DEMAND MADE
Alleges That Torpedoing of Passenger
Ships Has Been Ordered Stopped
Wants. Commission to
Decide Issues.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Oct 21. rue German
reply to President Wilson's last note'
has been received. According to the
text or the note. Germany has order
ed her submarine commanders to
cease torpedoing passenger ships, and
denies that either the army or sub
marines have committed r.ny illegal
or inhumane acts. Germany also
hopes that the United States will ap
prove of no demand Irreconcilable
with, the honor of the german people,
and 'with the opening of the way to
a peace of Justice.
The German peace note solemnly
protests against the executive's re
ference to Illegal and Inhumane acts
of the German army and submarines,
and explicitedly that the kaiser's navy
purposely destroyed life boats with
passengers. The Imperial government
proposes tnat all these alleged acts
of barbarity he cleared up by a neu
tral commission, intimating that it
will be easily shown that sinking of
life boats and torpedoing of passeng
er ships were merely little incidents
In collection with the -policy of ex
terminating her enemies andf were
perfectly legitimate and done in a
righteous cause. Germany also sug
gests to President Wilson that oppor
tunity be brought about for arranging
the details regarding evacuation of
ocmipied territories. -The note says
that Germany has dispatched orders
to Teuton submarine commanders
precluding the torpedoing of passen
ger ships, and announces- the: change
on the German constitution providing
that the people shall have a say In
decEsion concerning peace or war.
The German note claims that in
ternational sanctions destruction of
property during retreats, and alleges
that her troops are under strict or
ders to spare private property and
care for the population to the very
best of their ability. Where trans
gressions of this order occur the guil
ty soldiers are being punished. The
note further states that no future
German government will he able to
take hold of public affairs unless it
possesses the confidence of a major
ity of reichstag. Germany agrees
that the conditions of an armistice
should be left to the military advisors
and actual standard of power on both
sides of the field which must form
the basis of agreement.
PEACE NOTE IS ANSWERED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Ger
many's reply to Wilson's peace terms
is regarded here as an awkward at
tempt to accept the president's terms
for the armistice. It Is believed that
the wireless version is somewhat
garbled, an therefore the official
text is awaited.
The general impression seems to
be that the German reply dosis not
close the door to further exchanges.
Denials atrocities have been com
mitted are Immaterial, the Important
thing being that now, apparently, at
troclties have ueen ordered stopped.
The question of negotiations for per
manent peace is quite aside from ces
sations of hostilities under the con
ditions' imposed by the allied com
mander in the Held. Before entering
into such negotiations the allies must
be satisfied that the German war lords
are powerless -to regain control, if
now it is shown that they are actu
ally out of control.
NO MORE NONSENSE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Senator
Poindexter of Washington, today in
troduced a joint resolution proposing
that congress forbid any further ne
gotiations with Germany until the
German military forces uncondition
ally surrender to the allies.
INDEPENDENCE IN HUNGARY.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21. Emperor
Charles of Austria-Hungary will
shortly Issue a manifesto to the Hun
garian people, announcing their lnde
ipendence of Austria, according to a
Budapest correspondence.
ANGLO-AMERICAN DRIVE.
WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICAN
FORCES, Oct. 21. East or Lecateau
United States troops fighting beside
the British have advanced 13 miles
In the last six days ana nave won
creat nralse from General Halg, com
manding the British forces. Yester-
Hnv the British took over 3000 pris
oners and crossed the Selle river on
a wide front.
I.l'ST FOR AMERICAN BLOOD.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. General
Pershing reports that the Germans
are drawing heavily upon other parts
of the Western front for reinforce
ments to check the United States
troops north of Verdtan. Germans
taken prisoners state that their troops
intend to dispute every foot of ground
over which the Americans are aa
vanclng west of the Meuse river, and
will inflict the heaviest possible pun
ishment on them.
N EARING GHENT. .
LONDON, Oct. 21. The allied
troops were within ten miles of Ghent
at dark last night. In the region of
Valenciennes the British have an
proached very close to St. Amand
six miles northwest from vaiencien
nes. North of Tournal Halg's men
are pushing forward to the banks ol
the Scheldt river.
GERMANS SCUTTLE SHIP.
WITH THE ALLIES IN BELGIUM,
Oct. 21. Before evacuating the Ger
mans Bcuttled a large mail boat along
the old British war ship Vlndlcltive,
which was sunk in the channel last
May, thus makng doubly sure that
the channel will be blocked for n
long time.
DON'T LIKE SWITZERLAND.
GENEVA, Oct. 21. Lieutenant
Duncan, an American aviator lntorn
ed in Switzerland; and tiring of inac
tivity, made a bold but futile attempt
to escape from the country last Wed
nesday. Making a rope of the bed
clothes, Duncan tried to gain the
ground on the outside of the barracks
by sliding from an upper window.
The frail rope broke, and Duncan
sustained serious injuries in the fall.
He did not five up his determlnaton
to get back to the Amercan-lines, but
unable to make much headway owing
to his injuries, was captured some
hours later. : -
BONDS OVERSUBSCRIBED. !
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. It Is
estimated that 25,000,000 individuals
have subscribed to the Fourth Li
berty Loan, and that the oversub
scription will total several hundred
million.
DENTAL!
Y KILLS SELI
iEmlle Charles Hotman who has
been employed; at, the Oregon Lime
Quarry, accidentally snot and Kiuen
himself with a .22 rifle late Saturdav
evening while cleaning his gun. II
had been Mr. Hoffman's custom tr
clean his gun with a cord and small
piece of lead. These articles wero
found on the table which stood neai
the place where he fell. The shol
entered the foreheadi and penetrated
the brain, and before nTMicnl aid
could be summoned death resulted.
The deceased would .have been
thirty-four years of age the followin?
day. This young man leaves his par
ents, n brother Fred, a sister Bertha
Simmons of Astoriu, and his wife Mrs.
Nora Hofman, to mourn his death.
The services were held today nl
the Roseburg Undertaking Pailon
with Rev .1. C. Spencer of the M. E
Church officiating. Interment will be
at Brockway.
At the Coroner's Inquest held thlf
mnrnlne. seven witnesses were caller'
and all evidence given resulted In the
verdict that the death was accidental.
"FLU" M
NACE CLOSES
A!
POOL HALLS
TW A n Qanlv BTntP llAIlHh Officer.
visited this city yesterday and looked
Into the influenza situation and dls-
thnt iha Innnl hAfllth Officials
were carrying out the isolation ami
quarantine instructions caruiun..
Itta, nntiforrinir with Dr. K. MillO".
county health officer, he mado sev
eral suggestions as to a moro strht
quarentine, roqucstins the closing r-:
pool halls and gatherings of ever
nature, as well as forbidding publi!
funerals euner in noseuurg ui ,u w
nnxntV alaPMll KA IllfltrUCted til ?
county health officer to watch the sit
uation carerully in tne outlying uh
trlcts and wishes him to Instruct th?
v,.Imio nhvolnlana throughout' th 2
county to report dally their cases and
to close schools and' an puuiic cat
erings should the disease make Its
appearance.
Yoncalla Is the only town in the
county tnat Is freo from Influenza
according to word received from Dr.
F. P. Adams by Dr. Miller today.
The county health officer was in
structed to wire aaily the situation In
Roseburg and Douglas county. He
reports the situation in Roseburg to
day slightly improved, witn a smaller
ner cent of new cases nnd all patients
getting along nicely.
Olalla, Ten Mile, nooning uiaaa
Deer Creek, Wilbur and Winchester,
I nil naorhv itiatrlntK Are Ordered
by the Btate health officer through
the county neaitn omcer to ciuse me
1 ! In their raalwMVA riifltHctS
at the first outbreak of the disease
and to keep them closed until an
signs of the disease has vanished.
ni il.a oriri Mtivona arA III-IFPd tO
co-operate earnestly with the officials
in the future and to do everytning in
their power to assist lii stamping out
the epidemic which at the present
time is vastly serious.
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Henry Albers, Head of Big
Milling Concern at Port
' land, Arrested. .
TO HELL WITH AMERICA
Confidentially Averes That the Kaiser
Cannot bo LickedNot by Yank,
' Anyway Language Too
Obscene for Publication
PORTLAND, Oct. 21. Special to
the Evening News. Henry Albers,
'part owner of the Albers rsros. Flour
Mills in this city, and reputed to be
worth more .than a million dollars,
a native of Germany, was arrested at
noon today on a charge of violating
the espionage act.
The arrest of Albers has been
pending since October 8, at which
time Deputy U. S, Marshal Frank
Tichenor was enroute north 'from
Grants Pass to Roseburg on S. P.
train No. 54. Albers, unknown to
Marshal Tlcehnor, was on that train,
and his attention was attracted to
the German who remarked to a friend
as the officer -passed down the aisle
to the door of the coach, "Yes, I know
the fellow." ilchenor inquired of the
train men who the German was, and
when told, that he was one of the
Albers, took occasion to follow up the
lea. Albers, it seemB, knew that
Tichenor was a federal officer, and
when aproached by the marshal and
spoken to talKed freely In the pres
ence of several witnesses. Accord
ing to the statement made hy Albers
he had been to San Francisco and was
on his way homo. He had a bottle of
liquor, from which he drank, and of
fered to his friends. He was particu
larly outspoken in his laudatory re
marks concerning Germany, and some
of the language used in expressing
his contempt for the United States
arid things American was.too vile. and
obsene for .publication. ' .
Referring to the part the United
States is playing in the world war,
Albers alleged that the allies would
"never lick the kaiser, never in one
thousand years. I am a German,"
he boasted, "and do not deny it. Once
a German, always a German. Why
should this government (the United
States) presume to tell me what to
do?"
Reiterating his statement that a
person "once a Gorman always a Ger
man," Albers jeerlngly remarked,
" and never to be beaten by a Yank.
There will be a revolution here in ten
years; yes, in two years, maybe to
morrow. 1 served 25 years under the
kaiser and then I came to this coun
try. S , s , McAdoo is a .
I wouldl like to go back to Germany
tomorrow. I am a German at heart.
To hell wlth'Amerlca. My. brothers
are pro-Hun also.
The auove choice bit ot information
concerning nis atttiude toward the
government and country was volun
tarily offered by Henry Albers to sev
eral men on train No. 64 on the
morning of Oct. 8. This, too, in the
face of the fact that the AlbeiB Mill
ing Co.. of which Albers Is the ac
knowledged head, has made Its mil
lions In America, where Alber Bros.
came to better their condition and
presumably to get away from the
grasp of militarism.
These rew sentences expressive oi
this particular German'B opinion of
America and ltB -people were taken
bv Marshal Tichenor, who later pre
sented thi f.icts to the federal court
at Portland,- substantiating the charge
with afflCav ts of several responsible
parties, and the arrest of Albers today
was the end ot the first act in tniB
drama.
Following his arrest Albers alleged
that he had no recollection of the
train episode and claims that he is
loyal to America.
RICH SLACKER OUT ON
$10,000 BONDS TODAY
I According 10 auvices irom run-
land this arternoon, millionaire
Slacker Mock, arrested near Canyon
vllle a few days ago, and taken to
Portland where he had a hearing be
fore the federal court today, was re
leased on $10,U00 bonds, and imme
diately left for the east. Attorney
Elbert Hermon, of this city, repres
ented Block, and went to Portland
late last week to take core of his
client's interests. Block was accomp
anied east by his wife.
WANTED Retoucher at C. W. Clark
Photo ctudlo, 125 Cass st.
A toumg party composed o. F. P.
Huntley and wife. Miss Eunice Hunt
ley, and Miss Clara Ringer, of Spo
kane, passed thru here yesterday en
route to California (or the winter.
T ON THE JOB
Salem Correspondent Fails to
Credit Sheriffs Office
In Roseburg.
HELD OFFENDERS HERE
Federal Officers Merely Took the lam
Violators From the Jail in
Itoneburg mid Removed
Them to Poitliuid.
That Deputy U.- S. Marshal Frank
Tichenor must have created a sen
sation in the capital city when 'he
arrived there Friday with his eight
prisoners, who were mostly turned
over to him by the officers of Doue
laB county, Is Indira teed in a graphic
description of the- wonderful haul
that haa been made by the fededal
officer, and also In the fact that a
few hundred aolars worth of liquor
had Increased to $4,000 worth of
booze by the time it reached Port
land, published in the Portland Tele
gram under a Salem date of Oct. 19.
William H. Block, the millionaire
slacker a rested by Deputy Sheriff
Hopkins at Ganyonville, was credited
by the Salem - corespondent to the
alertnes of Marshal Tichenor, as also
were a number of other prisoners
arrested oy local officers in this coun
ty. The Btory describes in detail how
Mr. Tichenor picked up Block and
also Mr. and Mrs.' Lewis, tho latter
having a lot of choice whiBkey in their
car. For pure "bunk" and utter dis
regard of facts in the matter, this
Salem corespondent of the Portland
I Telegram is lull two lengths ahead
of all competitors. United States Mar
shal Tic hen ot had the men in charge,
it is quite true, but Block, the Lew
ises, and other violators of the law,
were largely captured by tne sheriff's
force in Douglas county, and Mr.
Tichrenor merely camo down and
took the offenders off the hands of
local authorities- and removed- -tliem
to Portland, where federal charges
are bookod against them. Tho iNowb
does not believe that Frank Tichenor
ever told the Salem correspondent
that he captured the aggregation of
prisoners in his charge, but the pres
ence of an assortment of liquor in the
car must have had a very la in en table
effect upon the mind of the Telegram
correspondent or else the twistedness
of the statement would have not
been so noticeable. Douglas county
oficials have captured a lot of boot
legers lately as well as few slackers.
The good work is still going on, and
since the discovery was made that
state guards in the Sisklyous were
allowing whiskey-loaded atitos to "get
by" Sheriff Quine and his deputitles
have ben on the job night and day,
stopping a lot of the traffic and traf
ficekers, including one man who ie
still nursing a- bullet wound that
he received when he failea to heod
Deputy Hopkins' order to "heave to"
lor search purposes. ;
J. EARLE FICKEL IS A
OF
J Barle Fickel, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. Fickel, of this city, died at
the North Bend hospital, North Bend,
Oregon, at six o'clock Saturday even
ing from bronchial pneumonia.
News or the ueath reached here
Sunday morning, - and the many
friends of the family were shocked
to learn of the Bad event.
The deceased was a native of
Douglas county, nnd was 32 years
one month and fifteen days old, his
birthplace being Oakland, he having
lived all his life In the southern part
of the state, and was educated In
the public schools here. About Ave
years ago he took a position with
Warren Reeu, of Reedsport, and
since that time became the confident
ial clerk In the management of the
varied Industries conducted nt Oar
ulner and Reedsport by Mr. Reed.
Mrs. Earl Fickel and little son
were In Roseburg enroute to Cali
fornia when news of the serious1 Ill
ness of the husband and father reach
ed them, and In company with Mrs.
I,!. Fickel,. immediately left uaturday
morning for North Bend, but It Is
thought that they were unable to
reach .he bedside of the young man
before death ensued.
Tho body will reach Roseburg on
No. 16 tonight, nnd the funeral will
occur at two o'clock Tuesday after
noon at the Roseburg Undertaking
Parlors.,
Pastor J. C. Silencer, of the M. E.
Church, will preach the sermon, Bnd
Interment 'fill he at Masonic ceme
tery. Attendance at .the service will
bo confined to Immediate relatives
and frlpnilH nf the family, owint; to
evalance of the Influenza.
ST.
Right Up Against the Hun
Lines With Heavy Ar
tillery Company.
HAVING A GREAT TIME
Dodging Tho German Shells That
Co mo Whizzing Across No Man's
, Land In Dugout Sixty
Feet Under Ground.
(Hy Bert 1. Rates.)
IN MY DUQOUT ON THE AMER
ICAN FRONT, Friday, Sept. 13.
For three days and three nights wc
have had no sleep and the things we
have experienced during .that time
is certainly impossible to - describe
with my liinitea vocabulary. You
have all probably read of the won
derfiul drive on this front. I have
seen it all from the very Btart and
according to reports now reaching
us this drive Is the most sucessful of
the war. I am certainly glad to be
In this thing and witness all the scrap
for it is far more than I could ever
imagine. I am able to write this let
ter only because a lull In the battle
is taking place and allows us time for
a little rest. ,
Hub Qulne arrived yesterady and
is now on duty with us. Nearly the
whole Roseburg gang Is together, in
cluding Leon McClintock, Tester, Wil-
lett, Ashworth ami myself.. We're go
ing to be veterans of this big drive
and for one to have the prlviloge of
taking part in this big "demonstra
tion" Is certainly worth the iprlce.
The Huns are certainly on the run
and In full retreat In this particular
sector and we will soon be heading
our letters "Somewhere in Germany."
. The bombardment which still con
tinues is the most terrific of any yet
t-ut over. . Big guns are booming
every minute of the day and night
.and alinoBtvueofens- oner-.-.-And-.-t-he
first night this big feature was stnged
on the battle front it nearly swept'utt
fellows oil our feet for it Was so awe
inspiring to see the heavens lighted
up by a million flashes from the big
guns. It was as though holl had
broken Ioobo In all lis fury and the
explosions were so severe that ,they
shook our dugout, sixty feet helow
the ground and when one stops out
In the open It feels as though an
earthquake was In progress. The air
has been filled with whizzing shells
and the distant rumbles ot explosives
on German soil is certainly music to
our ears. Our outfit has made good
in every respect and our shells have
put "Beaucoup" Boche out of the
way and destroyed all things In their
path. Thousands of captured "baby
stabbers" are at this moment helng
brought back of .our lines and we can
nlalnly see the success ot our wither
ing shell lire. The Yanks have cer
tainly proved their metal In this
fight and' the "contemptable army"
Is making thlnf.s d m hot for kai
ser "Bill, tho Boob".
How I would like to see the people
of old Roseburg look in on this "pro
gramme" lor a day: Wonderful, and
It overshadows anytning that anyone
could produce at any time. All dur
ing the big drive in tho St. Mihlel
snlient we have been right with these
big guns and the excitement Is In
tense. At this very minute things
have commenced to "loosen up ' again
nnd I want to get out in the open ana
witness the f!ame. It Is real fascinat
ing and a thing that makes all else
seem decidedly tame. All night long
George Willet and: I have tramped
along the roads between tho hlg guns
with the rain coming down in tor
rents, but are well clothed with rub
ber boots and slickers bo the elements
do not worry us. .
You cannot Imaglno what a great
experience this 1b ana the feeling of
satisfaction among us that the Huns
c.to being ousted. Every shell we
send over at them, grayer goes with
It that it will be effective and fur
ther destroy Prusslanlsm.
During the day the aviators are
hard at work and what ft wonderful
sight it Is to see a squadron of 20
or more machines flying over German
lines complete masters of the situa
tion. Just a few moments ago I saw
a fight between a Hun and an Ameri
can plane. They dashed and swerved
back-and forth through the air firing
their machine guns at each other.
Finally, the Yank put a direct volley
Into the Boche plane and one wing
of the machine was completely torn
off and the wreck started on Us down
ward flight towards the earth, crash
ing into a thousand bits when It hit
the ground, thus adding another
Dutch ace to an already long casualty
list. It was thrilling to Bee ft thing
like this happen right before youi
eyes and only served to Impress the
war more forcibly on our minds. $
I have seen the war 'in all its
phases behind1 the lines and on the
front overground and underground
and never in the future history of
the world will anything ever be pro
duced to rival It. It Is like ono big
drama, with a little kindly comedy
intermingled to take away the hor
ror of It all. -By comedy I mean the
life of the soldier, his cheerfulness,
even under shell fire, his willingness
to grin, his readiness at all hours to
work, his untiring interest in hiE
fellow-fighters, his sacrifices to make
things, even In this life, worth .while
and, above all, his fortitude in the
face of hardships.
Every nigh., at midnight we drink
a lot of black coffee in order that
we can keep awake and "be on the
job". Us fellowB are all' seeing the
sights together and it is certainly
fine that we can all be so close to
each other and we are Just like a
hunch of brothers. Ve have been on
the front now for over two weeks and
expect to be here for sometime yet.
We never get to wash our hands and
face and have not had a shave ifor
a week, bo you know that Joe Know
les would be delighted with a life
like this. :, . ;
Later--! have just been on the out
side witnessing the big show and it's
great.- We're blowing up the Boche
towns and their whole country will
be a mess of shell holes when we
finish the job, but we won't finish
until the place looks like a plowed
cemetery. Clarence Tester is here
cooking chocolate for the gang. We
have a little alcohol stove and it sure
comes in handy in this dugout. We
don't have a chance to sleep much
and these little feeds help to keep
uo awake. .
Leon McClintock is writing a letter
to his folks am is sitting on the
floor, next to me. John kIc has been
sent to- another part of France and
didn't get to see the hig show up here,
much to his regret. '
"The St. Mihlel sector, of which you
have no douht heard, of, is the part
of the battle front that we are fight
ing in and if you think our ' gune
didn't do some destructive work you
should have been here. Yesterday
the Y. M. C. A. distributed to onch
soldier of this batallion on the front
cigars; cigarettes, chewing gum, jelly
cookies, tooth paBte, and matches. It
seemed! just like Christmas to us. .-
Yesterday. George Willet .and I
walked to a small village near here
and we were Just about to return
when Fritz bogan shelling the town.
The first shell sure whistled close to
us and you should have seen us hit
for a trench, Nothing slow In our
actions I -canasBure you, .AXo,. hear.
me 'of niese"shells"comfng! "at :ypu
making a shrieking noiBe iB-a thing
that gets on a fellow's nerve and
lnstict tells you, . to "duck" an'd
"duck" quick. You 'probably will not
get much mall from us fellows now
for we are on our way to Borlln with
no stop-off tickets, and there Is some;
job before us, but the Yanks are the
boys, and have got the Boche doing
a Marathon towards their home town,
THE PORTLAND JAIL
Fearing that he might not receive
proper class!. .cation in the draft be
cause Of his recent marriage, William
H. Block, Jr., of Indianapolis, Ind.,
.led on November 3, last year, and
last night he was in the Mutnomah
County Jail, a Federal prisoner, says
the Satuiaay Oregoniau. Block ir,
the son of a leaning merchant of In
dianapolis, a man said to bo inten
sely patriotic. The prisoner was
buyer for his father s establishment.
According to Block's story, as told
to Assistant United States Attorney
Goldstein yesterday, he was married
the month following the entry or tne
United States Into the war. As time
nassed he read In the papers that
newly mnrrlea men would be drafted
and particularly that young men oi
wealth would have no chance to es
caipe service. This preyed on his
mind, and Inst November he drew
$10,000 from the bank, took his bride
and flod. The couple visited Mlnner
apolls, St. Paul, Seattle, Portland and
San Francisco. Last May In San
Francisco, n baby girl was born.
Mrs. Hart, mothor of the young
Mrs. Block, was advised that the
baby was III and she was directed
to come to Portland and register at
tho Mutnomah. When she arrived
here, Mrs. Hart recolved a telephone
message to proceed to Roseburg and
there sho met the couple. It was
at Roseburg that Sheriff Qulne ar
rested Block as a slacker. He was
brought to Portland by Deputy Mar
shal Tichenor. Ball was placed at
(10,000, a sum whichtdld not seem
Impossible for the young man to
Toi Mr. GoldBtoln Block declared
that wealth had been a detriment to
him; that he realized his mistake In
running away and that he now Is
convinced that he would have receiv
ed a square deal from his local board.
In contrast to the rich Mr. Block.
In George Williams, another alleged
slacker. Williams' excuse Is that he
was working for a couple of Japanese
near Salem who told him that tic
would loBe his Job If he registered.
Deputy Marshal Tichenor brought the
wealthy Block nnd the Impoverished
Williams to Portland in the same Au
tomobile. . -
J. W. Hanson and 8. J. Jones vis
ited Drew last Saturday. '
IS
NOT OVER YET
Do Not Be Deceived By the
Paid Agents of Berlin
Now on the Job.
WAITING FOR US TO FALL
Treacherous Huns Spreading tho Sur
render Propaganda Broadcast
Look Out For the Poison
Gas From llochedom. , .
Do not he deceived hy the paid
agents of Berlin, Into thinking that
all we need to do now, Is to send
our soldier boys into the enemies
territory, and he will surrender, for
hidden behind the propaganda Is
concenled the treacherous hun, with
his death dealing machine guns, only
waiting -for lis to fall Into the trap.
There has never been a time since
America entered this world war,
when it 1b so vitally important for
united effort, and a determination to
win the victory against Autocracy an
now. Germany Is not defeatod, it
may take two years more bofore the
Allies can bring her to 'her knees;
Wlille the hun army Is retreating all
along the western frond, yet wlth-this
program being carried out, she Is .
shortening her lines of defense, and
making it possible to hold as never
before, and at-the same time release
large armies for service along ' the
Russian frontier. The Kaiser Is still
the German people, and will resist
to the bitter end, nny program that
would eliminate him from power.
There is no question as to Germany
having ipaldl agents all over the United
States, Roseburg may , have one of
these "skunks", and these agents
are undertaking to spead the gospel
of an early -peace, so as to interfere
with the succesB of the Fourth Li
berty Loan, and with the coming
United War WotV Campaign. In the
Aame- of- the- American boysirho-havef
made the supreme sacrifice, that the
world may be free from autocracy,
don't listen to -this propaganda, but
redouble your efforts along every
patriotic line, of work and giving;
Autocracy is crumbling, - put. grave
responsibilities rests on our people
to continue safeguarding the health
and morale of our boys over there;
this Is the time to show that we will
not evade our Individual share of the
burden. Our soldiers can't quit, we
who have jolnedl in succoring them
can't quit. In the coming drive it
is hoped to double the number of ln
dividuaT subscribers, suggesting, to
the world the willingness and de
termination' of every loyal man and
woman in the United States to keep
our army Invincible. , , : . ;
. In the coming drive SEVEN se
parate organizations will be repres
ented, each of which Is doing a tre
mendous work among and for our
Boldier and sailor boys, both at home
and over seas. The work of theBO
organizations grows greater daily, as
the number of .men in both branches
of the service Increase; One year ago
we hadl less. than one million men In
active service; today we have two
million men in France, and many
thousand In other foreign countries,
and more than two million men In
the training camps of this country;
the needs of our Allies is greater now
than one year ago, hence the need
of greater giving on the part of our
people, who will share In the final
victory, without suffering any of the
immediate hardships of the world
war. -
The following organizations are
represented In the drive commencing
November 11th, and ending Novem
ber 18th;
Y. M. C. A.
Y. W. C. A.
Salvation Army (funds for 1919).
War Camp Community Service.
American Library Association.
Knights of Columbus.
Jewish WeUaro Board. -
The quota for Douglas County has
been flxod at approximately $21,000
only about one dollar per capita, and
this sum should bo over-subscribed
the first day of the drive.
Look out Tor poison gas from
Bochedoin.- .
The needs of our ooys is greater
than ever.
Don't forget that America has two
million of the bravest and best over-
.seas.
UNITED WAR WORK COM
MITTEE By J. E. McClintock.
. Publicity Chairman.
1IR. MII.LKR OllKATLY IM
I'llOVKl). Dr. K. L. Miller, County Health
officer who was stricken last Wednes
day with the Spanish Inrjjtienza and
who haa been quite seriously 111 at
his home since that time is greatly
Imnroved today nnd will In all proba
bility be at his office in the Masonic
Toinple building tomorrow.
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