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0 .1 $tn '.3P" tiirt Pi-irintfrJI. llf,u 4nrliiKitall,drsnh, sstfofoad CIm matto-unilemctof (JotM-re o( M rM, H7U SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1918 VOL. XVII. NO. 2 ' " ' rwr: -.Efrr'',r - - rr.f"" ' - ...... rSi ,- ...ttj THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS I i - " tub. BRITISH SMASH GERMAN LINES Capture a Great Number Towns arid Take Many Prisoners. of i fRENCH TAKE' LAS3ICNY S General Manaln's Troops, With Neyon as Important Objective, Are Within Outskirts owelty., Having smashed 'fnto Genera! Von lOeloWs 17th army during a noavy ioBjcajypH( 80UtMWCBt of Noyon, fat dawn yesterday on a front of more - Uo 0ncIal 8(atoraont maklnic this t than ten miles, extending from Ancrt) river to Moyunnvlllo, the uritisu nave made steady progress, capturing vll ilugos, taking guns and' Inflicting heavy casualties, '' ' Coming on tho heels of tho battle south of the Sotnmo, tho scone of which virtually adjolna this Held, tho blow exploits tho confusion created among the German forces. Heavy fighting has ocqarrod a,lot: tbo embaBkmeat of tho Albert-Arras railroad which, although well within tho Gorman lines last night, seems to have been easily roacbed by- the storming Urltish Infantrymen, assist ed by tanks. It was "from this em bankmont that tho Gortaans, armed with 'countless machine guns, fired a rain of bullets, but while thoy wero doing It they must have suffered 4 severely not only from machlno gun fire but from sbolls, for tho British field guns moved up closoly in the rear of tlio infantrymen and from their flank, whoro the ' big British guns hurled In an avalanche of steel from tho north. f As Inevitable when, a battle rages with such Intensity as along this em, bankmont, Uio exact situation. js ob u euro, but roports havb boon rocelvod that tho Drltlsh havq broken down tho German dofenso at various places and havo pasRod through to tho eastorn eldo . Behind tho embankment thoro may not havo boon a groat forco of Gorman resorvoH whon tho battlo ho gan, but by this time, tho harrnsscd onomy cortnltily Is rushing men to tho scone ns fast art ho can, for another disaster threatens (hum. Tho battlo opened with a sudden crash of guns of all calibreB Just as the day was breaking. Great billows of thick fog audi as aro seen only on this side of he Atlantic, hung over tho scono. Tho Infantrymen and tank crows could senrcoly sea a hundred foot ahead of them and tho flare of . countless blazing cannon was smoth ered, whllo explosions from their mouths rolled up Into a continuous deadonlng roar. Tho fog was most favorable to the attacking formations, for it effective ly shielded them from tho oyos of tho onomy and at tho same tltno caused tho Germans opposite to bollovo that tho nttack was not directly against bom. i ;nc:ftt "Tho guns sounded a long way off,M ( said ono of tho early prisoners, "so - wo congratulated oursolvos that wo woro not to bo attacked- Just thon a tank followed by Infantry rolled right over our position, and I surrendered." As tanks and men followed" behind tho sweeping Varrago the ntmosphoro , lacnmo ovon moro thick, for mlxod with tho fog woro groat banks of smoko from innutnorublo shells flrod ' for.. just this purpose of increasing tho , protection scroon, Tho Germans guiB retaliated only feebly, but thero was sharp fighting at various points, whoro Isolated posts filled with machlno guns and bunners put up a stiff battlo. At tho llttla flholl-rulnod vlllago of Courcellos, about, tho center of tho .battlo front, tho Gounnn garrison, mado u dosper &t fight, und for a time tho advance of the infantry was hold up at this place. Then tho tanks arrived on tho scono and charged Into tho onomy positions; quickly transforming thorn from Rtronghohlfl to shambles. Tho 'tanks ropontod thtr porformanco at other places In tho lino whoro tho stubborn Tiochos held out courageously, Out tholr courago. availed them nothing In tho' face of tlio groat tanks dipping Jn and out of sholl holes and across old i trenches that hnvo scteir somo of tlio 'wn'r'a fiercest fighting and the smaller whippet (antes ,niul armored cars y.lilpli sped ovor tho ground, at a great rate of tholr mission 6f clearing (ho way (or th Infantry iwooplng In at Ulio r) ar of the positions from which tlio onomy was working his guns. In 'comparison with tho hardor lighting It in worthy of mention that nl tme places no refllstaaco of any practical Importance dovolopod. For instance, tho village of Boaucourt was (nkbr. With only throo casualties; Ono wounded roan roturnlng from tho lighting said ho wont throo k Homo torn through tho enemy lines boforo soolng a single bocho, , This Is ox plalnod by tho fact tho Gorman posi tions 'were ' very thinly hold somo points, -L .. ,v, . If 7lfe battlo continues with unabat ed fury and theto is no sign that its conclusion Is near. ... . ,Frnoh Capture Lawlflny. , Lanslgny. has 'on captured by the branch forces, whose. Jlhcs have now readied tho oulaklrta of Chlrr-Ours- ahnouhcomcnt also sayfi. tha( 20 vll lagos havo boon llboratod since yes terday and. that tho Fronch have ad vanced about flvo miles at certain points; As a result of our recent victories, tho onemy'a grip on his fronts on both sides of tho OIsc is relaxing, and on the loft bank he frankly U falling back before, tho unremitting pressure- of Qeneriil IWasKlnV infant 0. B. KESSEY IS KEN REGISTRAR Selects M. C. Bressler and John E. Edwards to Serve as His Assistants. Eugono, Oro., August 15, 191,8. lr. O. 0. KessB-y. r-ig-p oprinKiiBfa, uregoa. -Doar Sir: '- ' Your' accoptanco of your duty of acting as itcglstrar at the, next regis tration of tho man power of Lana county has boon filed, and your prompt answer greatly, appreciate. All persons within .tho registration ages to bo designated by Congress from tho following precincts (viz. Springfield No. 1 Jq NoJ,Jz Edwards), will ho oxpected to present themselves for registration upon the day to bo namod by tho President, at tho placo of registration4, ot which you aro Reg istrar. In ordor to advlso the persons, as to the building In which the registra tion Is to tako placo you aro now askod to designate this place Vipon tho spaco bolow and return the same by tho next mail If posslblo, as tho time for making known to all interested !s limited, when we consider tliat thero Is about 100 preclnctsTTo arrange for. It Is suggested that thoso chief reg istrars who have moro than ono pre cinct In their territory, appoint an assistant to represent each precinct, so that tho registration cards from each aro kopt separate upon regis tration. Kindly give us ns much publicity as posslblo to tho torrltory covored by you and to tho placo ot registra tion. Pleaso designate below tho assist' ants youjhavo chosen. Again thanking you tov your promptnqssij t am Tour's very truly, LOCAL. BOAItD FOR LANE CO. . 8. M. Russell, Clerk. Mr. Kossoy hns solocted M. C. Drossier and John B." Edwards as his assistants, nnd namod tho City Hall as placo of registration, PALACE OF SWEETS CLOSED Confectionery Store Operated by C, E. Lorah Closes Doors. Tho Palaco of Sweets confectionary store, owned and opornted by C. E, Lorah of this city slnco the first of tho yonr, closod Its doors last Mon day. Most of tho stock In tho store was" sold to Burgoyno's "Ilalnbow" In Eugono and tho building Is unoccu- plod at present, tho location being rathor unfavorable for a confection ory storo, it being on tho south side of tho stroot, Thoro has been a con footlonory storo running by that name' for many years In Springfield undor many different proprietors, and was established by W. O. W. Shoppard of this city about seven years ago. Tho storo was originally in 'that locattoii and was then moved across tho atreot niu was qulto recently moved back to ltu old location on tho south side ct tho Btreot between Third and Fourth, NEWSPAPERS TO GUT DOWN CIRCULATION War Industries Board Orders Fifteen Per Cent Reduction Effective September IS, and Issues Sweeping Order on Unpaid Subscriptions. Washington, Aug. 14 Tho order re- duclng tho amount of print paper that may bo used by weekly newspapers by IB per cent has boon prepared by tho pulp and paper section of tho war industries board, and will bo orfoctlvo Septomber If. It reads as follows: "Publishers. of weekly newspapers must arrange for a- reduction of 15 per cont In their circulation begin nlng with September 15, lnrdor to moot tho requirements of the war In dustries board. The method of mak ing 8u.ch reductions will be largely loft to each publisher, who will work but tlio details of tho problem for his own paper. "Publishers are given tho followlug options by which they may comply with the order of tho War Industries Board, and thus bring tholr circulation to a safe and7 sane basis and at the same' time' conserve the "news print" supply: 1. "An Increase In the subscription pries' of the paper, especially where the price Is less than 2 a year, 2. "The discontinuance -of all sub serlptlons that are net renewed and paid In advance at the time the sub scriptions expire. S. "The .elimination of all ex changes except whsre the papers re ceived In exchange are absolutesy es sential to the conduct of the paper. 4. "The cffssontlnuance of the nrac- tlce of conducting subscription (con tests or clubbing arrangements when the weekly paper does not receive ap proximately full subscription price." ''Publishers who havo stock on hand will not be allowed to uso It In lareer ratio than those who must buy from month to month. Failure to-mako accurate reports. or falluro to make reductions will re sult In either mills or Jobbers being j required to shut ofT tho supply of pa - por to tho offending publlshor. LIBERTY LOAN SEPT. 28 Luke Goodrich Will Manage Campaign In Lane; Quota Not, Yet Fixed. Tho campaign for tho neit Liberty Loan fund will begin In Oregon, Sep tember 28, according to Jerome Work man, manager of tho Lane county war board, who has returned from the mooting of tho county managers at roruanu. Tho conference decided on a volun tary declaration week boforo tho for mal campaign began. During that week It Is expectod that Oregon will mako evident that she will subscribe her Fourth Liberty Loan quota volun tarily, oven if It should bo $40,000,000 or $45,000,000. as It is evident that It may bo. Tho county chairman was given deflnlto information that he should mannge tho loan campaign In his dis trict. They woro given assurance that tho supplies would be at hand vory soon nnd that each district would bo supplied with campaign speakers, particularly soldiers In suf ficient numbors. A question as to whether county courta would nnnro- nrintn n - - , :., a certain' amount to help bear campaign expenses was loft un- SPttlod. Thn lecrlslatiirn mnv k'.iM to enact n measure permitting county courts to contribute to Liberty n, " .;. expenses. Thoro will bo considerable space for advertising in tho papers in demand in each community paper. Luko L. nnndrloh. First National Bank of Eugene, will be mnnagor of the drlvo, having been "u U1 niea Bcnot)1 scncauie be fixed, soloctod as county chairman at a wh,ch ls always one of tho longest mooting of tho executive commltteo in tn8kB ,n tho- winning of the high placo of R. A. Booth, who was county SCU00 chairman of tho last drive, but will bo " unable to dovoto his time to the ncyct OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING unvo as iub autios as stato highway commissioner Will take all ot the time that ho would otherwise havo to do- vote to tho Liborty Loan cause, ...in . ' m,. uuuui-tvii win ub nsHisiew oy Jeromo Workman, secretary or tho Lano county war board, and Mrs. M. E. Watson, county chairman of tho Woman's SOOtlon Ot thO War activities, Loans to Our Allies. Tho United States Treasury ljas ex tended additional credits of.i$10(y 000,000 (6 France, $9,000,000 tq Bel glum, and $3;'009,00 to Serbia. Tlw total of credits, advanced q our assq. elates h thq war against' Gormany ls now $6,492,940,000., Must Report Amount Used. "Publishers ot weekly newspapers will bo supplied by the war' industries board with -blanks for the purposq of reporting the amount of paper used by them each month from September 1, 11917, to September 1, 1918. Tho state- monts made by the publishers will cm in the form of sworn affidavits and each month for tho next 12 they will bo required to make a sworn state ment showing tho amount of paper consumed during that month, and it is expected that this amount will be 15 per cent less than that used during tho same month of the previous year. Tho News desires to announce to Its subsdrlbers its exercise of the op- jtlons that will work the least hard- ship on them and at the same time maintain as high a standard of effec tiveness la the newspaper as is pos sible under the sew regulations. Option I -The subscription price of ,the NoW9 W,U DOt bo creased, but will remala at S1.60 a year. Option V-The News baa already complied with fho 15 per cent reduc tion Insofar as it has cut off its lists all subscribers owing for more than a year. This has effected a reductioa of about 10 per cent. OpUons 3 and 4 have been complied with. The pald-ln-advance provision in Option 2 will receive our attention Soptember 1st. At that time all sub scribers will be billed from July 1, 1918, to July 1. 1919. The present management of the News has no Juris diction over amounts owjng prior to July 1, 1918, and does not caro to re ceive such sums if tendered. As far as we aro concerned, the slate be tween yqu-'and the News Is clean, when you pay 'your subscription in advance" beginning July 1, 1918, 'and we ask you to comply promptly and cheerfully 1 with this reaucst ucon recelnt nf vnnr bill Soptember 1st. NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS J. E. Torbett Will Be High School Principal; Grade Teachers Chosen At a special meeting of the school board last week, Prof. J. E. Tprbott, formerly of Bremerton. Wash., was elected to fle,ll tho position of princi pal of the Springfield High School. Mr. Torbett comes to this place highly recommended. '' Miss Dagmar Jepporson of Portland was elected to fill tho 'vacancy in the sixth grade. With thoso selections all the places havo boon flllod. Tho teachers -as they now stand will be as follows: N. A. Baker, sperintendeut and teach ers training; J. E. Torbott, principal ot high school, science and matha matlcs; Mrs. Nora Plank, commer cial; Miss Vera Williams, history and social sclonco; Miss Jane Lindsay, Kngiish. in the grades: Mrs. Page, first; Misses Francos Bartlott and Opal Holveraon, second; Miss Lor raine Mahoney, third; Miss Emella LIndnhl, fourth; Miss Grace Walker, " wuumw. swin; a nun; Miss Laura Duorner, sixth; Miss uBmar Jeppeson, sixth A. In the do- 7 1 , ' , . , A'..in "V.0- "'":' 1U,?S .uuve &nmn f . . " J geography and agriculture; Mhs .Mournine Logan, grammar; Miss Zel "7H"b " , , .7 J . ' ' ine aato ror the opening of school will bo Monday, Soptember 23, when, It is hoped that all of tho pupils will be hore t0 register on the opening day Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Potter of Walter ville Celebrate Anniversary. Surroundnd liv twnntv r,f - friends of tho past thirty years of their resldonce at Waltorvillo, and members of tholr own family, Mr, and Mrs, E. a Potter celebrated tho fit tloth nf thnlr nnnlvni-Bnrv nf ,.- mnr. riage on last Friday, Mr. and Mrff. Potter wero married In Adair county, Missouri, in 1868, and came to Oregon twenty years later, settling in the place whoro, they now llvp, They havo boon vory riqtivo !n the building up of this community In which they' live and havo won tho lovo undnrospoct pf tholr many frlonds. The children that first brought cheer to tho homo havo long sinco grown up and gono their own ways, but they return often to tho old home with tholr own children to fill the places that they have left. Eight ot the Potter children are liv ing. They aro: George W. Potter, of Yoncolla; Mrs. Minnie Wray, Eugeae; Mrs. Cynthia Dcnadarr, Eugene; An son Potter, Eugeno; Mrs. Lillian Wolf, Alameda, CaL; Raleigh Potter, Port land; Mrs. Laura Russell, Portland, and Wesley Potter, now serving with the 65th artillery t in France. They have fourteen grandchildren and. two great-grandchildren. Botr-,Mr. and Mrs. Potter were twins and the twin to Mrs. Potter is still living In Nebraska. Although thoy havo both reached their t three scoro and ten years ,boUi .are in good health and active. Mr- Potter Is 68 years of age and Mrs, Potter lias reached her 65th year. Mr. Potter Is loo-king forward at the present time to a visit from his sister, Mrs. Ella Kowen, of Qrd, Nebraska, who he has not seen fpr some years. She Is coming to Oregon to attend the national convention of the G. A. R. In Portland and plans on visiting her brother before returning to the east. Guarantee the soldier's rations by Sticking to your own. 78 MORE MEN TO LEAVE SOON Only Forty-eight in Regular 1 Call Remainder to Fill m iti . Vacancies. Seventy-eight moro men., registered In Lane county will leave August; 27 for one of the army, camps',, their names having ns't been called In thj aimy draft. Only forty-eight of them 3renhe- regjujar.,cll,,,and the re- raainuer win oe sent to nu vacancies from this county that were caused by failure of others to pass the physical examinations after reaching the camps. The men who will be sent are for general military service, and thoso going from this vicinity are: Jesse Minney, Leaburg; Itey James Harvoy, Springfield; Jonathan William Rut ledges, Coburg; William Jennings Bryan Moore, Elmira'; James Link later Gorrie, Frank Burton Gorrio, Harry Harvey Cole.f Fred Walter Knox, Clarence Greely Cabe, and Wal ter Andrew Jackson Conrad, Spring Hold; Walter Nelson Gossler, Oak ridge; Peter Momb, Walterville; David Henry Bowers, Lawrence Wil liam Manerude. Wendling; Harold Earl Wells Guy Matteson Smith, Mar cola; Frank M. Wiills, Cottage Grove; GSbrgp Iver Whitsell, Goshen; John C. A. Williams, Mapleton; Edward Theodore Miller, Pleasant Hill; Har old Lewis Porter, Walton, and Alby Holbert Rltchey, Drain. TO INTERN ALIEN ENEMY John Martin Vyrlck to Be Turned Over, to Federal Officers. John Martin Vyrick, who fled Al Bnce-Lorraine when tho German lra perial government, called the class of 1917, In Septomber, 1914, nnd who was arrested In a logging camp above Wendling Wednosday, August 15, by Shoriff D. A. Elklns. will be interned occording to word received from the federal authorities in connection with a request that the prisoner be held. It was stated that a presidential war rant for his Interment had been re quested. His story will bo Investi gated, and if found to bo truo ho will probably bo pardoned, it is stated. Vyrlck, who will be 21 years old August 30, claims to have fled from his native country because of his hatred for tho German government. Ho Insists that ho failed to register as an alien enemy because Germans at Seattlo had told him that his reg istration would mean certain "Intern ment, The details of his conduct since his arrival in America and in the states will probably be the subjoct of an investigation by fedoral officers. WIH Hold Exams. E. J. Moore announced that olgUtu grade examinations for those win failed, or were conditioned In no moro than three subjects', will bo held Sdp tomber 5 and 6. Quite a number qf pupils aro .exported to como to'hla' ofuco for tho exams, i 1 Take the News for tho news. ' i . SPRINGFIELD HAS G OPPORTUNITY Time-Is Here te Usher In Era of Broad Censtructfve Pojicy. y DEEDS, NOT WORDS, COUNT Concerted Action Upen Part of CltN xens Imperative,, If City IsfW neacn uoai worth While; When the government Inaugurated its "work or fight" policy, It did riot contemplate purely the regulation of the individual citizen. It recogalse that the duty of IndlviduSls 'J to dp either ono thing or the other came first In order to nlee the pressing exigency of the nation's needs, bat it did not intend that Individual effort in his personal work "should be so wholly exercised that it left no tlsaa for the citizen to perform Ue civic duties he owes to his community. The fabric of eoBsmaaity (aterest Is" so closely interwoven with that of personal Interest wfeetaer we reeecr Biz the fact or act that,-faiiere to streagthea the former will resalt ta rapid diaiategratteB'- of tae latter. No ecraeUve teree Was ever been set In saesfoa that did set have. fa mind avbread fate rest And no con structive force ever got aaywaers that was dominated wholly "by self. Interest. The war has wrought many" peculiar and abnormal conditions that have affected for the time being the ma terial interests of, communities soata of whom have forged ahead through the "impetus of war activity, while others not so fortunatelyF located are standing still through; the slight de pletion ot their population and tfia attendant shrinkage In their 'volume of business. 'Springfield, and In fact nearly all Willamette valley towns, aret In the latter class. As far as Springfield' fs affectedj ;we can do much to remedy existing con ditions. But it requires concerted movement, and the time ts here to make a start. It is 'time, to revive our commercial club or organize some other effective community working force and get on the Job. It is time we were attending to the business of community interest that we have so long neglected, in. order that individual Interest may survive. No . great undertakings should be launched at this time,, but there Js much good constructive work that can be started in a small way at a trifling outlay of money. One undertaking is especially In viting does not require a lavish ex penditure of either time or money and can be gotten under way quickly. That is the securing of lines of. busi ness here not already represented, and which bid fair to be successful. A well-worded advertisement in every Sunday edition of one of the widely circulated big dally newspapers calling attention to the business op portunities here, setting forth the ad vantages and prospects of maintain ing such a business bo located, will bring results. LaBt week the News-made an earn est plea ,for a Springfleld-owned Ico and storage plant, not solely with the Idea of throttling a germ of an ice trust beforo it strangled us, but be cause It offers every possible chance of being a paying industry from the start What aro you going to do with this proposition, gentlemen? Are you going to sit supinely while others scrape the honey from your bread, or are you going to tackle these problems and mako Springfield grow from a town to a thriving city? Every natural advantage la under your hand. Grab It! On to Berlin. A young lieutenant, drilling an awk ward squad for his first time, said; "When I say 'Halt,' the right foot is in the air. Vou bring the left; foot up tolt nnd stand still." " ' Uuduestfonod obedience is a sol dier's first duty. Lieutenant," we' sa lute you! ' d" Store all tho fruirthat you can! with out cunning. It does- not take tho fltigar; V stv