m ' 1 - - - - - - ir hi i - i - . " ' . : : ...... ' - ' .... - 1 i i I i ii rri'MiiB " - : , . ? . '
I - -i - " , . .- I - ' : . - -, : f : - 1 T . , .... t . . . , - , .
? I C1P PTC British Forces
Ki i.i n mil - I-
A ' 4 I U I 1 I U I U
I iiirri Thn
.i. i J. . . . Bj'ajaBF
, nil ii i in
i ii . . .
. U UaH 1 - . BJ
y and Multnomah County Still
Ne: $4,000,000 Behind
OuStaj Marion and Jackson
r$ Only Other Slow Counties.
.e -Outside Portland May Ex-
.ee4 : Goal J, by ; $1,000,000;
"albot Reports That Additional
Subscriptions Arfe Promised.
': REGON - outekie Portland
J Went ;Over the tpp in the
jrtfi Liberty loan at 10 R'clock
ta -ntorniny. " :
,P o r 1 1 a n d -' and . Multnomah
naif ,.are; still nearly $4,000,000
orfe: of the -goal. .
While the eut-stste will ap-
f m renuy exceea its quota Dy
TI 'innnm ihla will tint h eiif-
jk., ;ent:to roake up Portland's de- s
Cj t aad . any. ehanco ' there may
1 5v- be. lorVanother- MOregonl;
f -jtM ''" record rests entirely -on;
H va and "tiov swiftly. P.ortland
ft 4ay'a. figures tor Portland are as
JiTteioa of eotoaen .......
I5.S1S.000
6,669.760
TO.V50
1.389,000
t dtYision 01 eolonl ....
t Tmpl rabtcriptioni . .
ription through tnk . .
$14,443,900
.1111,870,660
. 14.442.000
nd'i quota
Ibed
Usnd'a deficit
.S.2T.760
U, : Etherldge, . director of .'out-state
isation. announced that sobscrlpf
l for Oregon "outside of Portland
reached a total of 115,409.750. The
ate's now ; officially recognised
; is $15,830,446. Marlon, Jackson
matllla counties, with Multnomah,
ie only.' counties in Oregon that
vet failed to reach their quotas,
-tland hasv subscribed 114,442,900,
uneed Guy W. Talbot, general of
Subscription division. Just before
'V
. This is J3.I27.7S0 short of ' the
i now-officially recognised quota, of
70.6SO, "We have been given as-
v noes or other suDscripuons," sata
frrnl Talbot, "but as yet they have
r fVedCk realised, we have decided that
t i in- onjy ngurs wnat we nave ao-
V '' received and the amounts given
i l ully portray Portland s situation
r-fji, ies utwiiivww '
i t -v ioyal Spirit Upstate
V do-not -wish It understood that
xtstate counties not yet over are
in patriotism,", said Mr. Eth
t "When we were nearly over for
1 .utatate division -1 called up the
county committee and they se-
additional r subscriptions aggre
-r 1150.000 in . a. few minutes.
Oit -ailed ud Chairman Gates of Jack
j 4e ounty and a.frroup of patriotic ctti
mere iniiiicui.cijr ytxmifCM ' u,vw
kiphoned me : the fact.
in, the same spirit good, old. loyal
"ifa1 county. added. $200,000 by spe-
fort to the total already, reported.
til exceed the outstate's quota by
.at 11.008.000 whed the returns are
.iiie tne state outsuxs tne city rs-
.. Portland is. nerving for further
iflclal effort, An event thrilled with
symbolism of sacrifice will be -the
cross formed on Sixth street with
taciiuid on Piit Ilfteca, , Ootutna Mix)
kOLL OF HONOR
Itt 'th!ru of bonor prtnted below st tha
1- n of If lollowtng ,mB (ram th Pscifia
J V . WOUHBtD (DeoPM UmMiMniiwit
. Henry AulberMn, nosrat reUUon.
VChntton, Oct. 1. Th kt of eMmltie fa
. i.nitc4 Stat-Mrrie4. anaouncad today, con
tH tai( 394 men, bom of .wbteb are
'..am jf nwnlwn of the amriaa oorpa,
r eMualtiok era divtdfd as foUowa: -
1 is action ,.....;.,., ex
, tiv action ................... , B
- ' . . .18;
,v of woonda .,....;......,,..,,,' 5
, Ud arr nndctenslned) ....... .. 8
if ,J,S . Y t "
ati". j.KH.UBJH ACTION - '
' - - - -j - sergeant, - v
. ylVUAX 8. QANNON, Phfladalphia. Pa.
t.rH O. OHEKIt. Bockport Mo. -.
A.VK UHI8T. HillnUk). Pa.
' TH J. HAI.PKR. JoUet. in. v ,
f . X HmSHOVITZ. nosfoB. Mam - '
N A. HOLMKS, Corapollt. Pa.
. KBETT HALE jqUNSOS. Black water.
Belt, Mont. . -.LA.RO,
Glaasport.'Pa.'-.-"-'
t Twelra, Coinoia T6t-rj
- II
Closing unp on
Damascus; 1000
General Allenby's Forces Have
Practically Surrounded Enemy
- Stronghold. ,
London, Oet .) Damascus
sss lea prtetleally - nrrossaed :r al
lied esTslry, It was officially announced
today. 'A tnoatand additional prisoners
and fiv gsni bTe been taken. .
Paris, Oct. 1. U. P.) British troops
are' within foup kilometers (two and a
half miles) of Damascus, and the fall
of the city is expected momentarily, the
Echo t Paris declared today.
At the sane time French cavalry is
advmBcing on Beirut, .
Damascus, th principal railway cen
ter In Palestine, Is 60 miles northeast of
the Sea of Galilee. British forces were
last reported at Tiberius, on the west
shore of that body of water. Arab
troops, however, were at Dirab, the im
portant railway Junction 30 miles east
of the Sea of Galflee, early in the Brit
ish' offensive. Damascus is only 180
miles south and west of Aleppo, where
It is ti believed 'General Allenby's and
General Marshall's troops may form a
junction.
The existence-of Damascus as a city
dates back to the dawn of history.
It was the governmental seat of - a
kingdom which reached the height of
its power in the ninth century, B. C. It
ts one of the four terrestrial, paradises
of the Mohammedans.'
Beirut is the chief seaport of Syria
and IS' about 70 milea north of Acre,
where the allies were last officially re
ported in their operations along the
Mediterranean coast, its population is
about 150,000, the same as Damascus.
It is connected with the city by rail
way.' 3i .
E
U pper House Ignores President's
Appeal and jVotes Down
! Measure d to 53.
Washington, Oct j 1. The sen
ate late tod ay defeated the woman
suffrage amendment The vote was S3
to 31. This was three votes less than
the two-third majority needed to pass
suffrage.
. Senator Jones of New Mexico, suf
frage leader, changed his vote from
"aye" to no " in order that he may
move reconsideration; aad thus keep the
suffrage question alive,
Senators voting for suffrage .were
Ashurst, Calder, -Chamberlain, Colt,
Culbersoh, - Cummins Curtis, Fernald,
France, Gerry,- Goffs Core, Gronna, Hen
derson, Johnson of South Dakota, Jonn&,
of- Washington, Kellogg, Kendrick, Keu
yon, JCirby, La Follette. Lenroot, Lewis,
McCumberr McKellar, ; McNaiy, Martin
of Kentucky, Myers, Nelson, New, Jfor
rls, Nugent. Owen, Page, Pittman, Pofn
eexter, Ransdell, Robinson, ShafroUi.
Sheppard, Smith of . Arkansas, Smith
of Michigan, Smoot, ; Sterling, Souther
land, . Thomas, ' Thompson, ' Townaend,
Vardaman. Walsh, Warren, Watson and
Phelan. . .
Those who voted o were : Baird.
Ban-knead." Benet. : Brandegee. Dilling
ham. Drew, Fhstcher. Guion. Hal. Hard
wick, Hitchcock. Jones of New Mexico,
Lodge. Mcfiean, Martin of .Virginia.
Overman,1 Penrose ! Pomererte, Heod.1
sauisourg, Shields; Simmons. Smith' of
Georgia, Smith of Maryland. Smith of
South Carolina, Trammel, .Underwood,
Wadsworth, Weeks. Williams. Wolcoti.
The vote against suffrage was as fol
lows: ' '.;,..
(U.), Brandagee (K.), Dillingham (R.).
Drew (R.), Fletcher (D.), Guyon (D.).
Halo (R.),. Hard wick iD., Jones of New
Mexico D.). Hitchcock (D.), Lodge (R.),
McLean . R.), Martin (D.). Overman
(D.), Penrose (Ri). Pomerene (D.), Reed
(D.T. Salisbury D.), Shields (D.). Sim
mons (D.), Smith of Georgia (D.), Smith
of Maryland (D.),5 Smith of South Caro
lina (D., Trammel-,'fD.)r;. Underwood
(D.), Wadsworth, R.),: Weeks (R.),'WU
liams D.),- Wolcott D.).
Those5 paired, the - first named being
against the resolution, were : Borah
(Rl with Harding and Fall; Knox
R.) with Sherman and Johnson of Cal
ifornia ; Swanson (D.) with Wilfley and
King; Beckham (D.) with Hollis and
Frelingbuysen. '''
$400,000,000 Asked
By ! Shipping 4 Board
For Steel iTess els
Washington, Oct N. S.) More
than $400,000,000 for - additional steel
ship construction was -asked today , by
Edward N. Hurley, , president, and
Charles ' Plea, vice president, - of the
United States Shipping Emergency Fleet
corporation, wher ..they appeared ,be-f
fore the house appropriations cotnr-'
tee. 1 ,- t -r ;,j - - i"t.j.!
Hurley and pies explained to C
man Sherley - of the committee, v
met in executive. session, details of
additional construction in the Amer
shipyards to meet the growing dem?
created- byjthe'new manpower prog
Turks
Captured
SENATE DEFEATS
WOMAN SUFF
RAG
BULGAflS
REPORTED
Report in Circulation in London
Says Former Foe Has Signi
fied Willingness to Enter
War ' on Side ? of the Allies.
Britain to Respond to Turkish
: Armistice Feelers Only if They
Are Officially Made; No Au
thoritative Word Yet Received.
I ONDON, Oct
p. m.)-
i-j -Bulgaria has - Signified her
. wllliifgness to feeiiter the war on
the side of the allies to attack.
Turkey, according to a-report in
circulation this afternoon.
A news agency announces that
It understands that,,, during , the
armistice negotiations, Bulgaria
"would not be averse to attacking
Turkey, but can do so only under
v the direction of the allies.'
: The , British government' doeaf not in
tend to , respond to jTurkiah armistice
proposal feelers until they' are officially
received, It was learned authoritatively
this afternoon.
Although no oficial Information has
been received here of Turkey's inten
tions (to effect an armistice as Bul
garia did) it was learned ap noon that
there Is every reason to be hopeful.
- Talaat Pasha, the opponent of Enver
Pasha, is the probable leader of the
reported peace move.
Enver Pasha has been leader of the
German element Among the Turks.
! - lignil
German Evasion Led to Peace
Parts, Oct. 1. (U". P.1 The. Amer
ican minister to the Balkans stated
at Sofia that King Ferdinand urgently
appealed for help from Berlin, but
got only evasive, replies ' arid " was
afraid of revolution resulting from th-
growing anarchy in Bulgaria,' so he
appealed to the allies, the Matin de
clared today.
; Allies Advance in Macedonia
London, Oct. 1. lf :3S p. m.) N.
S.) Bulgarian officers who tried to
stop the flight of their troops, were mur
dered, it was learned from inhabitants
of soil which the allies . have.overrun.
Jhe Serbian war "office announced today.
In tieavy fighting on Monday eve
ning the allies captured Crnlvift and
(Cone hided on Fmje Two, Column Two)
Representatives of
Bulgaria, Austria,
In ; Berlin Guarded
Londoa, Oct. 1. (I. X. S.) Peaee'dlm.
enstratloas hare take place la Bferiin
In frost of the Balgarian Iegatlos, ac
cording to a News Arency dispatch re
reived here thla - a.f torn nnm ' Ti, n..
. - --. s , - W PIUS,
crowds.
A asmbeor of stataes. were de
stroyed.
The Hague, Oct. l.-fU. P.) Strong
cordons of police and soldiers surround
the residences of the Bulgarian and
Austrian, representatives in Berlin, ac
cording to dispatches received here to
day. The. Dusseldorfferv.Nachrichten . de
clares that "Germany's alliance with
Bulgaria was a mistake." r
Commenting onbe situation in Ger
many, the Kreuz- Zcttung says : '
"There is really no alternative Save a
dictatorship. "We- believe the Socialists
scheme is to make a democratic -cabinet
This would be so' injurious that every
thing must be done, to prevent it." ' 1
t. " "' ji '"' I.1 1 . '. ni 11.11 1 ri- 11 Lur 1 , ' 'j
Sweden Turns Over .
400,000 Tori of
Shipping to Allies
Washlngtonj, Oct. lCL N,- S- The
Swedish government today turned over
to Great Britain -and the-United States
400,000 tons of shipping under the terms
of the agreement perfected between the
governments concerned last July. '; J
All of ' the - ShiDDimr aeaulred. : exceot
that amount necessary to carry supplies
"den, - will be used in carrying
"nd munitions to France,
hange for this shipping. Sweden
ve a large -quantity of coal.
j!nd food rations. The-war trade
;oday began the issuance ! of ex
penses to American exporters for
t of the Swedish shipmenta. '
t
GENERAL
FOUR great battles are raging on the west fronf, each involving hundreds of thousands of men
and most important objectiveiajjt all part of the greater plan which Foch has in mind of
- beating the Huns before .they "can withdraw to their own territory. . Northeastern France
is rapidly becoming an immense pocket into which nearly 2,006,000 Germans are being hemmed.
The most striking of today's "locaP battles is that in Flanders (No. 1); where the Germans face
the loss of their submarine bases of Ostend and Zeebrugge and the great industrial centers of
Lille, Roubaiand Toursoing. Fighting here extends 50 miles from Dixmude to La Bassee.
The Anglo-Arferican attack in Cambrai-St. Quentin sector (No. 2) covers another 50 miles, has
given he British control of Cambrai and they half rencircje St. Quentin. The coal center of
Douai(is in danger. The French continue their gains along the Chemin Des Dames (No. 3) and
are drawing closer to Laon and Craonne. Germans are. fighting desperately in the Argonne
(No. 4); but Americans and French are gaining, the latter registering a progress of 10 miles.
v t y "l rf MiteS x- , - ' intuit i 4, 'i' l'faWSVt'-
x O S JO iS 9 r ' . . . y.. ' ?! .- - .
' .. " '"" ni-.iii.en,..,fii)i in ... 7 - ' " .' ',f " ." '. ' J - .V '.''!'". ' "
' . - ' ' ' " - 1 " ' ' . ' '
HOUSING WW Jn.525.ooo of ii GRAIN HANDLERS
MEETING TONIGHT
Volunteers Will . Make Canvass
on Date to Be Set byiPoVt-
.' land's Committee. ,
Survey of the exact housing condi
tions that obtain in Portland Is to be
made by volunteers on a day" which will
be decided upon at a meeting called fori
tonight by C. C. Colt.- named at Wash
ington Monday to take- charge of the
housing and Industrial survey to be
made under the direction of the United
States department of labors- '- :,
At this meeting, which " will rbw pX:
tended by, the full housing committees,.
Mark C. Cohn. representative of the de
partment of labor, .will -outline a cam
paign. r
A central placement bureau, recom
mended by Charles H. Cheney; bousing
expert of the Emergsncy Fleet corpora
tion. is 'to be established in the Alna
worth building, .Third . ana Oak streets,
and here workers will report their find
ings, which will be compiled and for
warded to Washington., -
The general committee to outline a
program for house construction will - re
port either tonight or at a meeting- to
be called tonight for Wednesday. On
approval of this plan,, work, will begin
immediately. ' in the meantime,., Building-Inspector
Plummer is ' issuing no
permits .for-residences to cost, more than
12500. this being' the interpretation put
on the government's order by" the hous
ing committee. Further "advices, on this
phase of the matter are expected) m the
near future. ' . L.
- Charles , H. Cheney, named .- by . the
Emergency Fleet corporation and by
Lloyd J. Wentworth, chairman of Mayer
George A Baker's , committee, to con
duct the housing survey, left last night
for San Francisco on business connected
with the housing problem, and will .have
definite data to report upon his return,
t Complaints against the new federal
ruling , providing- that building .permits
shall be issued only upon the- approval
of the authorities, of the Council of De
fense, where the cost is $2600 pr more,
are - coming into the city building in
spector's department. Inspector' Plum
mer says some relief will have to, be af
forded builders 'if -the delays following
the. new system are not to Interfere with
the. solution of the housing problem. -
EockefeUer5ows
.Where", to Invest
-' New Tork. Oct 1. iU N- &) John D;
Rockefeller this Afternoon subscribed -to
$5,000,000 - worth of the fourth - Liberty
loan . bonds. ... -'ir:.f ... -..cai
FQCH'S FOIIR-RING
1,525,000 OF
ALLIES FIGHT
THE probable aBinber ef allied
troops eagaged eavaetlve frosts
is estimated as fellows i
' PICAHDT ' BrIUsav . Amerieams
as Freack) 45,00.
FLAKDEias (British and Bel
glas) 10 . , v
CHAMPAGNE . ABOO SSE
(Aisericsji svad Freaeh) ae,W0.
" OI8E-A18KE (Fresch) li,eo.
B A Ifl (Serbs, , British
Freaeh, Greeks, ItsHass aad Cseeho
StoTaks) ,. .
PALE8TIITE (Brltllh) 10,K.
" SIBERIA (Japanese, Anerleaai
aad Britith) .,oeo.
. ARCHANGEL (BriUsh, French
aad Amerieasa) Sfi,se.
' . Total' west fronti 1,100,0.
Grand lotaL lJWSt.
Reichstag President .
Mentioned f in Line
4 For Chancellorship
- r i ,.y -j -r .. -
London, Oct. 1.-I. N. S.) President
Fehrenbach of the relchstag , Will suc
ceed Count von Hertling as Imperial
chancellor, according to wireless press
report received here today:
'.Amsterdam, Oct. I (U. P.)The
Berlin 1. Tsgeblatt mentions Count ' Von
Bernstorff as a possible, successor to
Chancellor . . Von Hertling: . Von:- iBern
storff, former ambassador to the United
States, is now German ambassador to
Turkey. '''', I
i - 1 1 1 1 " jii 11, i'
'. Ifaisrr Experts "Final ' Victory .
Amsterdam, Oct. '' lJ (L N. S ) The
kaiser. sjBCordlng to dispatches received
here today; has telegraphed' the - West
phaliaa patriotic society as 1 follows:
"Germany - has u nbendingly - decided to
utilise all her- force in- the. fight and
will wage a defensive war to. a victorious
end- so the fatherland 'Will be (protected
forever .against foreign oppression.'- -
:"PlH: . 1 r
:r: Kaiser '; Appeals for Coopers! ion
';- Amsterdanu Oct. 1 U.'P, The kat
Ser.jta av pting Ch"-ncelIor von , Hert
llng's. res nation. ' sent him,, the-. fol
io witiie tnii. rtage." " .--;- - 7.
: 1! desire that the people' shall cooper
ate tmore c'ectively than "hitherto. in
deciding the ;fat' of the fatherland. It
ts, tn"refT, my will that men. sustained
by t' e r J'a trustshall cooperate? in
the 1. ; -i and duties of the govern
tneo " . i ' f: 5 -f "' i' " ;r -iVv.e
Chancellorvott Payer also Is re
ported 'to . have' offered ' his resignation.
' CIRCUS
RETURN TO WORK
Men Agree to Houser's Proposal
for Arbitration and CarCon
gestion Is Relieved.
- Grain handlers, who had quit work
on the docks pending "a . reply, to their
demand for Increased wages, were back
at work this morning.: having agreed
to Federal Grain Administrator Max H.
Houser'S' proposal . for arbitration. A
board will be named to adjust the wage
scale, and in the meantime the men are
to .get 75 cents an hour instead of 70
they have been getting and the 80 they
asked, 'with overtime at 91.15 instead
of 1 1.05 as before and L20 as asked.
This decision was reached at the
meeting between1-the grain handlers'
union representatives and the employers
Monday afternoon with Mr. Houser. As
a consequence the situation at the docks
Is being relieved and the car 'Congestion
on the railroad tracks is being straight
ened out. , --: , .
First Loyal Legion
EaUy Will Be Held
: At the Auditorium
"The first rally of. the Loyal Legion
Of Loggers and Lumbermen , of Port
land and vicinity wU be held at The
Auditorium' this evening, at 7 :30
o'clock. The feature- of the evening
will . be an address by Colonel Brlce P.
Dlsque, commanding officer of the
Spruce Psoduction division. AH mem
bers and their families are Invited to
attend.- ,.- ,' ' ; ; , t
r- The Second Provisional regiment
band-will render several selection!
and a community sing will be led bV
Lieutenant E. E. Foster. .Motion nur
tures' of logging operations and con
ditions wit be shown by Captatn B. H.
McCoUUter. . " -' ,,. -
L' T- 'j"
Archhishop's Body . j
7 Moved to Cathedral
St. Paul. MlnnvOct 1. (U, P.) The
body, of Archbishop ' John v Ireland was
removed from the residence to the cathe
dral today to lie in sUte until 1 late to
day. , Funeral services will - be - held . at
10 o'clock: Wednesday morning. a ; Archbishop-James
Keane.of Dubuque, 'Iowa,
conducted, the children's mass at the
cathedral today. .' . -
. . ' 1 . . - ; t ; j I - 'r"r s" .- t
Germans Hurling
In Fresh Troops
In an Effort to
Check
Americans
Fierce Fighting Encountered in
Argonne Region; Two Hun
Divisions in Peril.
By Heary OWalei . .j
With the Anerlcaa Araiy Vorthwest
of Verdaa, Oet 1.(1, S.)Asierleaa
troops hare solidly establltked them
selves Is Clerges. despite powerfsl Ger.
man coaster attacks. Clerges ts t
miles northweat of Mostfaaeon.)
With the Americas Army Northwest
of Verdaa, Sept. l-(Jfif ht. Delayed)
(L 3T. S.) Oblo troops have eaptsrsd
more than lis prlsoaers ia tas latest
flare-ap of flgbtlng ea the frost west
of the Hesse.
With the Americana West of Verdun,
Oct. 1. (U. P.) The Germans are
frantically rushing reinforcements Into
the Argonne region in an effort to block
the American advance.
The enemy apparently is determined
to make a permanent stand on its pre-
nne, ramer man iau . nack to tne
Brunhllde SteUung defenses. . Intense
fighting continues, with American infan
try and artillery 00 the aggretoivs.
Heavy German counter attacks are
slightly delaying the American advance.
Their infantry in attacking are armed
almost wholly with light machine guns.
Their artillery Is increasingly active and
is using great quantities of gas. . ' - .
Where these counter attacks occur,
the doughboys retire from their outer
most positions, giving our artillery an
opportunity to break up the Bod) for
mations and blast out their machine
gun nests. Many of our ftald guns are so
near the front lines that ,they are - able
to fire point blank at the, enemy. , The
guns farther to the rear; 'are employed
for - barrages '; and , strafing ; the enemy
rear. areas.;
I',. :"-.
The arnifM 'ccidereiear
vernlsAt. faeinutlagvthe fighting.. -
overnight. faclMUtlar tbe flghUng.
Find Men Front Hourhanla
By Hewto j C. Parka
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct. 1. (1, N. S.) Oenerii
Ludendorff is breaking up many of his
divisions on other fronts and in rest
camps to obtain manpower to fill up his
divisions on the front line here. '
This became Known when it' was
learned that many of "the German re
placement divisions "in the Meuse-Ar-gonpe
sector comprise drafts from dis
organized divisions resting on , the Al
sace, Ardennes and Brley. Some of the
units formerly policed Roumanla.-' -
It was officially confirmed todljr ihat
Douglas Campbell of San Jttse( - Cat.,
shot down a German airplane, iw June.
He is now credited with downing 10
enemy planes.
Eddie Rlckenbacker V. yesterday at
tacked a German observation; .billeop
being brought up to the front an a iia,
tor truck with a sentl-lnflated gas bag.
Rlckenbacker macnlne gunned the crew
and set fire to the truck.
YanWs Hold. Hindenburg Line
By Bert For - ,
With the British Army "In France.
Oct. L I. N. S. Two , hundred Ger
man prisoners and several officers
from advanced ' positions have Already
been sent back to the rear by. the New
Tork troops, who have taken ' and held
the greater part of their objectives In
the fighting, against St. Quenttn. '
The American troops 'hold the, main
Hlndenburg line positions, despite fu
rious opposition from the' Germans.
The New York troops encountered
many enemy - strongholds andv were
forced to fight every foot of the way,
pushing; on gallantly in- the . face of
withering machine gu fire.'' destroy
ing and trampling down their opponents.'
( Concluded on Iac Fiftaan,' Cohuaa Bro)
ehboys
Doii
Experience Just ;:as ' ' ;
They Go Into Fight
' ' . By Bert Ferd K
With' the British' Army In. France.
Sept. W.-tNlght.) I. N. 8. "Scared T
Not a damned bit 1" declared Sergeant
Thomas f NeUsn of Saratoga. K.rT,
when asked how -the Americans ' felt
during their biggest operation with-the
British forces, which began, Sunday, s
Sergeant NeflaJi was an undertaker
and then salesmao before be donned
khaki and won' his non-com rank with
a machine gun- section from, the ifmptre
state. r. " t ' ' ' x '
-' ; Officers, on,, the Job -1 J ,
', The British artillery': preparation was
bang-np," Kelland declared., "Tom ought
to hear ' 1nw thy -- pounded 'the Bocae
jerries aJT dsy Saturday. Just .before
we went over the guns dropped a creep
ing, barrage. jTbe tanks followed ; and
traUed ( the Infantry;- It - was thefirst
time I ,saw the tanks In action. ; 1. ..
"Our captains and lieutenants were
certainly on the-- Job. rATheyre-' f ame
birds.-; One of . thesn. Lieutenant Kvans,
from somewhere around Beaton. , won his
commission f over here.';v He talked :, to
our squad, straight from the shoulder; :',.
' Ifa up to us Wlowi,'- he saldT to
go through. v To do our damndest and
take the objectives. ' No Its. It's not
a, case of try," Ibut do.; ' -
TWe .cheereo 'his speech as loud as
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Allied Forces Sweeping, Foe , Be-
1 fore Themi . Roulers - Menin .
Road Is Cut and' Troops Are , '. .
Within 3 Miles of: Courtral. " :;.
German Rushing tip Reinforce
merits to Aid Rupprecht't Hard
Pressed Division British Are
Pounding , Har for; Cambrai.
LONDON, , Oct. l.-if!. -N. S.) '
British and Belgian forces
on the Flanders front have cut .
the Roulera-Menln road land hate
advanced ?o within three niUf.
of ' the German base of opera
tions at Gourtral, it was learned ;
fr6m an authoritative source this
t afternoon. - -..
The big advance of the allies on the
rortheastern end ef the Flanders front
is. expected to compel the Germans to
retreat ,from: the eoasf. but an orderly
!sf Kirot
y.2zn---Att
tThourot 'is It wiles esst -of Dixmude '
and eight miles north of Routers.) .
The Zarren railway, northeast .of -Tpres,
has. been cut, and the salient re- It
suiting from the allied advance south '
Of, Dixmude has been extended.' Ger
man reinforcements that are lHitnjZ 'J
brought up to the aid of Prince Kui- - '
precht's hard-pressed army are being
ceaselessly bombed ' and attacked m 1th
machine-gun firs by ,BrUlah , airmen. , "
huns now withdrawing v ..
: ;aCoi)ig velse and aisne
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Paris, Oct. VUT. P,-Th Germans r
are reported to be Withdrawing between H -the
.Vesje and the Afrjv. , west of
Rhetms. ; whore General Behclet's lert .
vving Is understood to be In nttlnn.
, General. Gourafud'saraiy, Is Attacking','
hi the.Cbmilatiie pn'. Uerthetat's rlghl,
ts 7irogT!(slrlg , satisfactory and' Is !
pected to reach all objectives' before .
night. -'.-.
The new attack reported In the shove
dispatch apparently is an effort to " ,
straighten out the salient- which , re-
malned Immediately west if Rhelros, fol
lowing , the elimination of the Marna .' -pocket
Between Rhelnis and . the , Olse - 1
and Aisne canal, north of Vallly, the
French still have an average of six ' '',
miles to go on front of nearly ti
miles to reach the. positions held by the'
Germans before the enemy's first Ma roe '
driv began., - - - - . ' v tM
, British Capture Latere tea " ; .
. London. Oct. . -I. N. 8.) British
troops have- captnred the village- of . '
Laverglea. five miles north aad sltshUy ,'
east of St. Quentin. Field Marshal Ha tg
reported to the war office today.- t;,i a
Cambrai's capture la imminent. . Eng-" v ,
tOoatlaead ea Pasa Tva, Oetasia Ona) ,
Describe ;
we dared and then pressed forwards The
jewee were aropping shrapnel and
sneeslng gas and we ran Into a lot of
enemy .machine gun nests. . y
' Keel wlfh ftosae Sere splat f , . '
' "The Hlndenburg line , was " a ' serlee "
of wonderful dugmits and tunnels. - We,
bad some scrapping there ,
"I. saw one mlnr. explode and we had f
to be wary of tiem. . Our men had beea
warned to, look - out - for booby traps ''
We didn't have, time for souvenirs as ft' a
was everybody's game to capture jerries.
. -After m tough tussle we captured
machine7 gun ,i-et of . three guns and '
turned them on the jerries.,.,, We had an
awful scrap to get them. Ai j,: "
!The- only trouble - with -our. fellows'
Is that they are too speedy.", - ;' -vi
Sergeant p rover C BulUrd "ef . Rai ''
lelgb, N. C, an elttctrtclan. said that he i :
experienced a M queer sensation v while
gatherisg and assembling tape . under
fire In the big battle. , M '
I '4 "Toti have , a sensation, of curiosity'
mingiea . wun oounx, ana -n eagerness
to push on." 'Sergeant. Bullard sald.". ,-'y?-t
."-. 'Calsi 4; Zero Ho sr 's ', ;
s "The"; fellows 'were glad v when the
word came the night; before that we .
were going into' action. We had been
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