NOVICMIIKH 21, IOfl. crook comrrr loomi. Page 9 AMERICAN ARMY Oil MARCH TO RHINE Precautions Are Taken As Gen eral Pershlrm's Forces I Powell Butte ' Pot K,V N'KWH NOTKH FOR THE NKWH NOTKtt ESS Mr. and Mis. Hoy Roberts unit lit tle daughter, Ina, anil Mr. nil Mra. K. li. Btewart were lledraond visitors Bumlay last. Mn. Wbltmn and children who have buna stopping at the homo of Henry Uueom during the summer, have gone to their horn at Portland to romaln. Mra. 0. O. Foater visited her h un ban d In Prlnevllle a few dsya this wwk, Otto Bontag waa a business vlaltor In Powell Butte Tuesday. Mra. 11. Mauseau and daughtere, Josephine and Cecelia, are planning trip to Tacoma aoun to remain over tk holidays. Mlaa Josephine, how ever, will alitor a hospital (or train ing. Mr. and Mra. Ham Jscobson went to Prlnevllle Monday. Quito a lare number of Powell Ilutte people attended the funeral of Dewey Moor at Redmond Sunday af ternoon, Among then we noticed the autoa of Meaars. DrUcoll. Paula, Klaalur. Trueadale, and Wllaom Mlaa Kati h of the Wllaon at liool la follncllng the War fund apportioned to thla district. All the Influanta patients are Im proving and no new casea have been developed lately, Mra. John Mellan ll, who haa been very low with pneu monia, la aald to be much better. A hard wind and hall atorm visited thla iwtioti laat Friday night and when the morning broke the people about the lluttna aaw that the topa were covered with the flrat enow of the season. Mra. Mary Tweet la digging a els tern on her lund. Hba will alao begin a new houae anon, where aha expects to live. Cart Fisher la building a fine bun galow on hie ditch laud here, It will aoon be ready for occupancy. Mr. and Mra, Geo. Trueadale were bualtteaa vlaltora In Prlnevllle recent ly. Mr. and Mra. Will Arnold are both 111 of tnfluenxa In Prlnevllle. Mra, Arnold'a father, Marlon Templton. la ataylng on their Powell Ilutte ranch looking after the chorea and keeping the boya company, Dewey Moore, eon of Mr. and Mra. Itobert Moore, died at the home of Arthur Wursweller Saturday. Nov. 16, 1(18. of pneumonia, following In fluence. Dewey haa lived In thla auction with bla parents for aeveral years and wna highly reeperted by everybody and the sympathy of the community gme out to hla parents In thla hour of aorrow. Mr. and Mra. Prank Dayne of Dob rhutea vlalted at the home ot E. A. Iluaaelt the flrat of the week. Krnle Englehart from Oreweller'a mill, waa a dinner gueat at E. A. Ituaai.'tt's Sunday laat. Mrs. Mnv-g (& Oral uutoad to Pilfievlll j Tuosduy. Jou Pi-at haa I .!.n 1 trie Frank Wll born plane f.r nxt s'-nson. Mlaa t'linrs f Prlnevllle. la visiting Mlaa Dui kholil r. Homer Norton la btiay hauling freight thla week. Ueorro Wlkv la vlaltlng at the Hayes ra ich. Mlas (Idle MUlur spent the week end with Mrs. Itaymond. S, J. Nnwsoin spent Monday and Tuesday l;i Prlnevill't and Mrs. New sora mid Don stayed with Mrs. mo ver. Marlon Tcyl-T wrs a business vis itor In Prliwvillo Monday. Mr. and Mrs, fltovor, Mr. and Mra. Norton and M'na Hanson spent gun day evening at the llonnyvlew ranch. Art Lane delivered Herb' Cook's cattle to P. M. Wood on Beaver the lust of the we k. Mrs. tirare Knox, waa called to nurtw the Cnldwell family on the De schuttes, who are all sick with the IllflUUIlSB. Till Treasury Department haspre snuted our community with an honor flag for which we have a right' to be proud. We bove gone"over the top" on every drive and our boys "over there" will not he ashamed of us when they return and see our flag. w, a. a. MATTHIAS ERZBERGER Move Forward. A y Parte. The American Third arm) has been designated as "the gray ot eooupetion." 1 will be under thi immediate direction of Oeneral Per shlog, the oommander-in-ehlef, wh will be 1n oommand of the Amarlcai positions In occupied territories. ' The Third army will be commanded by Major-General Dickman. " ' e ' With the American Forces In France The American army began to mov toward Germany at 1:30 o'clock Sun day morning. No chances were taken.' The en gtneera were the second unit to prern forward, and tUey carefully began tbeli work of looking out for mines ant tainted water. Every obstacle wa tested before it waa moved, In ordei to find out If It masked explosives. It haa been Impressed on officer! and men alike that this la an opera tlon under an armistice; that war atlt exists and that the possibility remalm that at any time It may be necessar) for them to play their part with th asms grlmness of the past year. Fraternisation not only with th Oerman soldiers who may be found either as stragglers or voluntary prig oners, but with the civilian population baa been sternly prohibited. Looting and even souvenir bunting alao havs been forbidden the Americana. The advancing Americana are flank ed by the armlea of France. The American advance began on front from Mouton to Thlaucourt, the extending lines embracing Luzem-' burg and Briey, op the valley to ths Moselle. Besides Luxemburg, ths mora Important towns falling to the lot of the Americana are Longwy and Briey. Field Marshal Hlndenburg at Cassel. London. Field Marshal von Hlnden burg baa arrived at Cassel, where he has taken up residence In a hotel, ac cording to a wireless dispatch received here from Berlin. . Matthlaa Erxberger, civilian leadei of the Oerman armistice delegation. Last Soldiers Depart From Brussels. Paris. The last German troops left firussttls Sunday, according to the Havas correspondent on the Belgian iront " Headquarters for your THANKSGIVING SUPPLIES Sweet Potatoes Fresh Celery Head Lettuce Cranberries Cauliflower. Grapes - Apples Mince Meat Supplies . em m Plum Pudding Fine Mince Meat We join with the world in being thankful for th,e victory of our armies. THANKSGIVING DINNER We have taken great pains in selecting bur stock of good things to eat for Thanksgiving, and are prepared to fill the orders of the most particular shoppers. The following list will give you some idea, of the good things to be gotten here : ' ' ' " EGGS SWEET POTATOES HONEY FRESH OYSTERS APPLES SMOKED MEATS CELERY FRESH MEATS SQUASH CRANBERRIES BUTTER FRESH FISH LETTUCE CHICKENS "PUMPKIN TURKEYS If you should want any specially prepared meats, come in and we will take care of your order. THE CITY MARKET J. W. HORIGAN, Proprietor GENERAL DICKMAN' Hit M! t V "" V, uT-v-n- s ''. .nv tack and under vigorous artillery sup port, they advanced five kilometers the flrat day. It 'was bitter fighting in the woods, "brush and ravines, over a region per feotly registered and plotted by the enemy, where ils guns, big and little, could be need with the greatest effi ciency. The original nine American divisions fn some cases were kept in the line over three consecutive weeks GERMAN .DEBT ESTIMATED Three Billion Major-General Dickman, commander of ths American army which will oc cupy German territory under the arm istice. 750,000 AMERICANS ' USED IN ARGONNE Paris. Out of the confusion and date ot the crowding military events on the western battle line since lata in September, when battle followed battle until from Flandera to Verdun there was ceaseless action, it la now permissible to mention the part played by the American armies in the final decisive battle ot the war, which enderf with the armistice. Military reasons heretofore have pre rented aeoentuatlng the accomplish ments ot the Americana, except in a most general manner. But it may now be stated that 21 American diviatont totalling more than 750,000 American combat troopa participated In the ac tion beginning September 26 and last lng 20 days, known variously aa ths battle of the Argonne and the battle of the Meuse, but which history may call Sedan the battle that brought Germany to her kneea, and as far. as human foresight goea, ended ths World's bloodiest and oostliest war. ' It was at daybreak ot September 26 when the Americans went in. Using nine divisions for the preliminary at Hundred and Forty Franca la Total. Paris. Germany's debt to France is estimated at 840,000,000,000 francs by the Matin in an editorial. The news paper apportions the debt as follows Return of the indemnity of 1871 with interest, 60,000,000,000 franos; ex penses ot the present war, 140,000,000,- 000 franca; pensions, 40,000,000,000 franos; and reparation for damages, 100,000,000,000 francs. Germany and Austria, it adds, should return to the allies a minimum of 7, 000,000 tons ot shipping In payment for that destroyed in the war, but they have at their disposal only 3,000,000 tons. Consequently the delivery ol the entire German-Austrian merchant marine would constitute only half reparation. GERMAN APPEALS ARE UNNECESSARY Washington. In the almost hysterk ; cal appeals of the German provisional government for supplies ot food ana for permission to address itself direcb ly through a commission to the Ameri) can public, officials here see a purpose to excite the sympathies of a large element ot the American population) more or less connected by blood ties with Germany. j ' President Wilson already has prona la ad to do everything possible to pre rent suffering among the civil pop latioa of the conquered stktes. The entente powers' have indorsed this at . titude.-. It la known officially that there ig sufficient food in Germany to meet immediate needs. The supreme waa council Is planning to supply food la the future and .before the present stocks are exhausted, assuming the exercise of economy In food distribu tion. To correct what appears to be a ge eral public' misunderstanding on the) subject, It may be authoritatively stated that none of this food to b sent from America to Germany or Aus tria will be given away. It must b paid for by the governments of those countries. ' Allies Will Get German Fleet London. All ot the German war-j ships that must be turned over accord ing to the terms of the armistice will be in allied hands by Saturday, a day' earlier than stipulated by the agree ment, Jt was learned on good authority. Hun Ships to Carry Food. London. The British government is arranging for the departure to the mission to the United States at onoas United States of a number of German j The object ot the proposed mission la vessels. These ahlpa will bring to personally to lay before the Americas Germany foodstuffs which the allies i government the conditiona existing GERMAN MISSION PROPOSED 8olf Trlee to Enlist Personal In teres of Wilson. Berlin, by Wireless to London. it direct appeal haa been made to PresV dent Wilson by Foreign Secretary Soil for permission to send a German cona will permit Germany to receive. Telegraphers Granted Wage Increase. Washington. Railroad telegraphers numbering about 70,000 were granted an increase in wages by Director Gen eral McAdoo. The new wages, repre senting a baalc minimum ot IS cents increase an hour, will be effective from October 1. General Pershing Decorated. With the American Army In Eastern France. A distinguished service med al was conferred on General Pershing at his headquarters by General Tasker H. Bliss representing President Wil son. . here and to assure the taking ot step to produce foodstuffs. In his message to Secretary of State Lansing, DrJ Solf, after appealing to him to intett cede with President Wilson to sen4 peace delegates to The Hague as sooal as possible, "In order to save the Qer Ban people from perishing by starvsW lion and anarchy," he suggested that Herbert C. Hoover, the American food administrator, he assigned to the task of assisting the German people. Czechs Get $7,000,000. Washington. By extending a credit! of $7,000,000 to the Czecho-Slovak na-j tional council, the treasury added a tenth debtor nation among the allleax to the United States. '