Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, September 15, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text' 'l 'V, DAILY EDITION MO A IT 1. VOU IXH No. 1MH. GERM ARE EVACUATING MULHAUSEN AMERICAN IIAVK THROWN HCAIIK INTO POPTLATIOX I AIAACH Civilians IMiev Yaaks Have Luair lUnge (lun That W ill Rodin TbHr T(u to Ahra Washington. Sept. 14. An offl , clal dlspstch from France says there re evidence of tiolttment avery where across the German border. Tbe American offensive tod tbt long rang gun supposed to be Intended to reduce to ash tha towns of Ger many are badly alarming the Inhab Hants, alio are evacuating Mulhau- ten and all that part or Alsace In question, nceodlng to the Muthauaoo newspapers. The weak resistance the Oermani in the Bt. Mllil.il salient put up -'n General Pershing's wift at . uelleveu'to have cauaed the Uarluan population to have less faith In their troupe to Hop the Ameri cana, and It la reported that they re preparing for a rapid retreat ail along the frontier. - Washington, 8pt. 14. The houae late yesterday passed the McAdoo bond bill. The bill piovidea for exemption front sur-taxes of Interest $30,000 worth of Liberty bo nils of the com ing loan and alio exempt all Inter est from bond of prnvluua loan. The principal fight wa made by 'Representative May, of California, on a minor provision of the bill giv ing the proficient power to regulate trading and isle of Liberty bond. . Hay declared the provision would be an obstacle to the rntdy sale of Liberty bond and moved to etrlke It out. Majority Leader Kit chin replied that the treasury knew of certain group of men who were buying bond and dumping themNon the markot to boat down the price'. ' The houso finally rejected the Haya' amendment by a vote of 116 to 31. . TWO RTHNIANH IX MIL FOR IHHOUKYINU LAW Eugene, Sept. 14. llnrry WolU and Mike Ponehuk, Russians, living on farms noar Irving, Lana county, were locked In the county Jajll to day for refusing to register for the I draft. ' ETGENK C'lTIZKNH Hl'RN HEARST PUBLICATIONS Eugene, Sept. 14. While singing "Keep the iHome Fire Rumlng," a core or moro Eugene citizens, most of thorn members of the local pa 'trlotlo lcngue, burned nenrly 1100 worth of Snn Francisco Examiners and several of the Ilenrst nmgaalne publication on the county Jail -grounds. TEMPORARILY SETTLED Washington, Sopt. - 14. The throntened lnbor difficulties at the Bethlohom Steel plant have been averted by the company's promise to obey the war labor board order, put ting the wage award Into effect. r .. rao bom Bit I'- PASSEO-ByillHlSE i rane ma pdi Another (liaar for Men With Hpe- clnl (junlirirallima to Enter tbe Naval Hmlee Wathlngton, Sept. 14. Volunteer enlistment or Induction Into the navy of men with ipeclal qualifica tion la to ba reopened.. Tbe plan provide that tha navy ahall select men, needed for ipeclal branchr. Other will coma through tha draft. lA'avy recruiting atatlon will ba re opened to aecura tha required num ber of skilled men. . t B. CASUALTY LIST 4 The following eaaualtlet are re ported by the commanding general of tha American expeditionary force for Saturday and Sunday: Killed In action II Died of wound .. ..... 10 Died of dlsesse ..... .. 6 Wounded severely SOT Wounded, decree undetermined .. II Wounded (lightly 3 Missing In action ..........! 0! Died of accident and other cauie 4 Total .'... Killed la action Mervlne F. Ham mond, Oregon City; Lee C. Meadow, Portland, Died of wound RumoII E. Carter, TTIllsboro. ' Died, of disease Earl Malcom Rnberttnn, flood. River. Mixing In action .Rosa H. Hayei, Waldport. Total , number of casualties to data Including those reported above: Killed In action (Including 201 , Died of wound -1,764 Died of disease 1.734 Dlod of accident and other causes tit Wounded In action -....16,575 Miming In action (Including prisoners) 3,961 Total - ...30,619 ARMY HEALTH CONDITIONS AT CAMPN ARE IMPROVING Washington, Sept. 14. General mprovement In health conditions at training camps and cantonments Is shown In Surgeon-General Oorgas report for, the week ending Septem ber 6. There was a marked decrease In the number of cases of pneumonia and measles, meningitis, malaria and dysentery, and there, were 95 deaths as compared with 117 the week be fore. THE PRESS OF ROME A . Rome, Sept. 14, The press of Rome gave a lunchoon Thursday in honor of Melville E. Stone, general mnmigor of tbo Aesoclatod Prcs. It was n demonstration of Halo-American friendship nd wa attended by members' of the cabinet, senator, deputies and newspaper men. SE1ZK THOI SAXDS OF GALIiOXS OF MOTOR Spokane, Wash., Sept. 14. Liquor seised by Officers of the county sher iff's tone here since a year nno last Jnnunry la estimated In value at $51,240. There are 17.080 pint, and the officers say the going price of whiskey among illicit salesmen here now is $3 a pint.. This amount Is exclusive of that solr.ed by the members of the city police depart ment and dumped at frequent Inter vals Into the sewer. Fines pnld In the county courts In liquor cases since" the liquor busi ness was phicr-d under the bnn total more than $11,000,' and forfeited hdnri Amount to irliotit $1,000 more. This Ib exclusive of cases handled in the 'munlotfnl court, where most of tho pnty offenders are dealt with. QRAimi pah, joexranra coo Gsrcia Territsry Cm Njw It fad::Mfew Africa Frc:tExle:is Frca hpy to HattoTiL'e-fcc!: ia Hststc, Leave TLs Railrcd Lbs kfect London, Sept. 14. Tha Ameri cana, after eliminating tha St. Ml hlel salient, are continuing to ad vance. Their new front extends from Pagny, acrosa tbe Moselle river from German territory, In almost a straight Una to tha vicinity of Hat- tonville where the advancea run lightly to the northwest toward Fresne. Furthor straightening of the lines is possible. "The American command positions favorable for the direct invasion of German territory If such a course should b decided. Although the Germsn fortress of Mets Is In no im mediate danger, Its outer fortifica tions are within range of the Ameri cana' heavy guns. The allied airmen have dropped many bombs on Mets. In their haste to leave the salient the Germans left the railroad from Verdun to Nancy virtually intact. The Americans have driven the enemy from some 30 villages. 0 the other front the allies are E. V. DEBS TO MAKE L CUon4, ,- U,-Boh V, Dobs was sentenced to three years on each of three counts, and the sen tences run concurrently. Debs has been admitted to $10,000 ball while a further legal fight for him is being made. EIIEMY HI BAnLE D. W. Haxen, one of the Portland Telegram's special correspondents, gives a vivid description of tbe charge of the U. S. marines at Bel leau Wood. Haien's description of that bloody field Is as follows: "I walked over this field the day after the fight,", said the conducting officer. "The burlal partlcs had not gone out yet. Here lay the marines In perfect skirmish line formation, every one's face In the right direc tion and every one's bayoneted rifle out In front of him, pointed towards the wood. In among the trees the machine guns were as thick as hops, and thoir gunners were piled . In heaps around them, with here and there one of our boys lying across a gun." Thore Is supposed to be friction between the marines and the Infan trymen. If there ever was, Belleau wood has wiped it all away. If he had been speaking of his own plat oon, this Infantry officer would not have been more! lavish In his praise, nor would his voice have wavered any more than It did as he told of the rows of brave Yankees "every one's face in the right direction and every one's bayoneted rifle out In front of htm pointed toward the, wood." ' The American navy, of which the! marines are a part, have some great trudltlons, Paul Jones, when hla bMp was on fire and sinking, was asked If he surrendered. "I have Just be gun to fight," was his rei4r. nnd he won a glorious victory. David Farragut, steaming into a mined harbor, called out, "Damn the tor pedoes, go ahead!" ; And this 1918 brand of the Yankee navy article, fighting pirates on the htsh seas nnd machine gun Roches hid behind stumps nnd up in trees, has lost none of the valor of the days of yore. mm fi mty, orboov, hinoay. septemrkh is, join. continuing the pressure. Cambrsi and St. Quentln are In danger vf be ing outflanked by tha British and French. Paris, Sept. 14. The German prisoner taken by General Pershing force since the beginning of the American dffenslve In the 8t. Mlhiel sector are said to total 20,000. The American First Army has car ried out the Initial task assigned to it the leveling of the famous St Mlhiel salient In Lorraine. In a little mora than 24 hours not only had tbe work been accotuiiUsh- ed, but General Pershing' men had all the Important towns, village and strategic positions in the sector with in their hand and were Handing on the bank of the Moslle river at Pag ny, looking acros the stream into German territory. And tha southern outer fortifications of MeU, the great German stronghold in Lor ralne, were only four mllea distant FROM CHICAGO WEST I VVMlillMr Sept.- tt.ofntmml rates In packing bouse products moving from east of Chicago to the Pacific coast has been authorized by the Interstate commerce commission. The new rates' represent an Increase of 20 to SO cents per 100 pounds. AT BELIEAO WD "I talked to one of those chaps who had been severely wounded," tbe lieutenant continued. "It was s toss-up whether or not he would lose a leg. 'I got seven, of 'em be fore they winged me,' the wounded man said, after lighting a cigarette, 'and when they get this knee fixed up I'm goin' to' get 12 more before they can band me anything'!" The American people should erect a monument at the edge of this wood In memory of the boys who ac complished the impossible. ft Is told that when the Roche had ma chine gnnned the wood to the point where tbey said It would never be ttken, an allied officer, wtth the Yankees as an observer, heard the order to advance. , "I fear it can never be done; It must b flanked." he said. "Oh hell beg pardon, sir you have never seen my boys go after anything,," the Yankee commander is slid to have replied. "When they go to get it. they get it!? Watch 'wn, sir!" . , Leaving this wood, the memory of which will ever be green in Amerl enn history, we hurried on through the rain to another small forest that Is now interesting folk over hero, especially the Parisians. It is where one of the "Big Berthas" was locat ed. Bertha herself escaped, but the great platform on which she stood is standing In spite of Huu attempts to blow It up. It Is constructed of very heavy steel, the main part being about eight or nine feet deep, on which is another platform that ap pears to be constructed 'of solid steel and which is mounted on steel ball-bearings, each being about twice the size of & croquet ball. Three lines of railroad fed Into this giant gun base. All around are (Continued on page I.) m mm HE hWIB IBIMTAKE HL Millie! Homes Kiss Baker's Hand, Weep and Slag the Marseillaise With the American Army In Lor ralne, Sept. 14. The civil popula tion of 8t. Mlhiel la mostly feminine, due to the removal of males of mil itary age. They welcomed Secre tary Baker and Generals Pershing and Petaln when tbey visited the village a few hours after tbe cap ture. The women kissed 'Baker's hsnds, wept, and sang the Marsell laise. XBW ORDER EFFECTING ALL T. M. C. A. WORKERS Paris, Sept. 14. The Young Men's Christian Association bas Issued an order to all its secretaries between the ages of 21 and 31 to present themselves to the pea rent army med ical officer for physical examination. Such secretaries as are unwilling to do so will be returned Immediately to the United States. Those passing .the examination satisfactorily will be allowed days In which to enlist. After tht 30 days they will be returned to the United States If they have not en listed. The order applies to clergyman as well as laymen. Clergymen will be assisted In obtaining the rank of chaplain If they desire It Special measures are being taken with regard to secretaries between the ages of 31 and 45 and auch men will be notified of the desires of the T. M. C. iA. at a later date. GERT.1AN PHOTOGRAPHS V Washington, Sept. 14. The war department desires - photographs, drawings and descriptions of bridges, buildings, towns and localities now occupied by German forces In Bel gium, France, and Luxembourg, and likewise In that part of Germany lying west of the line running north and south through Hambarg. A large quantity of material is desired and may be sent without sorting or without any attempt to, avoid duplication. It win not be practical to return the material to the contributor. All such material should be sent by parcels post or express to Colonel A. B. Coxe, 1156 15th street, Wash ington, D. C. REGISTER FOR SERVECE Figures in the hands of the state draft officials at 10 olock lost nlgut indicated quite plainly that Oregon registered at least 106,000 men, says tha Oregonian. . Portland went more than 57 per cent beyond government . estimates on Thursday, whn it registered no less than 41,000' selective service subjects. The known total last night was 40,927. With accretions coming in every mail Portland's registration ran hardly stop short of 43,000, it is now figured.. Official OBtlmntes for the state were 84,40 and for Portland 25,- Washington, Sept. 14. First re turns today to Provost Marshal General Crowder from the -second great mobilization yesterday ot the nation's man power for the war on Germany Indicated that at least 14, 000,000 men had been added to the army reservoir. The estimated num ber ot men between 18 and 21 and 32 and 45 rear was 13,000,000. WHOLE 1ITMRER S443. AI1I01 COY lil EM FRENCH MAKING GREAT PRO- GREW) IX SEW ATTACK ALONG THE AILETTE RIVER o:;Eoiione ran o The Advance Along aa Elevea Mil Froat Is Aisaed at Import City of Laos London, Sept 14. General Halg'a forces have occupied Auchy-La-Bas- se In the hj sector. The French began a new attack at dawn on both sides of the lAllette river, between the Alsne and Vesle, One division had taken 1,000 prison ers at an early hour, making the to tal ' of 1,800 Germans captured oa that front alone. South of the AJU ette the French have captured Mont Deslage and the villages of Alle mont and Sancy and have reached the edge of the town of Vally on tha Alsne. They advanced from one to two mites on an 11-mile front This offensive seems mainly aimed at tha St. Goblan Massif, defending the German citadel of Leon. London, Sept 14. The maximum - depth of the new American posiUona Is 13 miles from their former line. The British took 1,500 Germans) when they captured the towns ot Frvseoort last Thursday. -. - Off II IKK& FO 1lu(ER El m Every man now registered, under the selective service act la eligible for enlistment in the United States tank corps, the recruiting: mission for which Is to open In- Portland to morrow morning, says the Portland Telegram. The only, exceptions are class S men of the first registration. Lieutenant Garland and Sergeant Rodems, ot the "Tinker Tbm Cats," wfn arrive In Portland this evening and" will open tne recrsitibg office tomorrow morning at 417' Cerbett building. The tank corps Is exceptionally popular, as R presents a novel. thrilling and dangerous branch of tfle service. During the flrsi session' here 60 men were recruited, in six days' time, in spite U the restriction giat only class 2, 3, and 4 men were- acceptable. This ban has now been lifted by (the war department, so It, is expected mai tne commission wtu da a lancNfflce business during the coming session. BOLSHEVIK! CAPTURE OF Stockholm, Sept. 14. Telegrams from Mctscow state that the Bolshe viki hare captured SInsblrsk on the Volga rtver, and that their cavalry are now pursuing the counter revolu tionary forces. , . UNITED STATES VILL Washington, Sept. 14. The Unit ed States government has asked Sweden and Norway to ascertain the truth of the report that American Consul General Poole had been ar rested in Moscow by the BoUhevlkl.