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HUNS UNABLE TO CHECK NEW ALLIED MOVE
WITH THK AMKKICAN FOItCKS,
Sept. 1 ;• The Americans have cap
tured five prisoners from the crack.
Fourteenth storm battalion without
firing a shot. The prisoners said tin
morale of the German army was very
low. The Germans everywhere were
realizing, they said, that the Ameri
cans were good fighters.
The German troops estimated that
the American troops were the equal
of the Germans as they were in 1 !* 14.
said the prisoners.
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DOWAGER AND 3
PRINCESSESARE
LONDON. Sept If*.—It is reported
that the former Russian dowager em
press and three princesses and two
prend duehesse- whose name have not
been reported, were burned to death
a month after tlie iormer Czar N.ch
o!;is wits shot.
The source of the report is given
consideration in some quarters and
an investigation has been started.
The dowager empress was I’rincess
Dagmar of Denmark, daughter of
tin late King Christian IX, and sister
of Queen Alexandra, dowager queen
of England, and of the present king
of Denmark. She was the mother of
the late ctar.
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► WHO SAYS HUNS ♦
♦ HAVE NO HUMOR? ♦
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» WITH T1IH \ M Kit H A NS. ♦
a Sept |p Hermans have sent ♦
♦ appeals in Kngllsh urging ♦
♦ Americans of Herman ancestry ♦
fr in the American forces to join ♦
♦ C.ormany's armies, saying the ♦
» Americans will find greater 1 i 1 >- ♦
♦ ertv In Hermany than In Amor- ♦
♦ Ira ♦
♦ Ore fprnrr pdr.. *
*■ gisted tl.ai His c iptor allow ■> |
C Him to send a note to the Her- O
♦ nan soldie-s telling of the 0
<» falseness of the reports thal O
♦ tlie Americans kill their pris- ♦
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TO FIGHT HONS
PARIS, Sept 19. A detachment of
Siamese troops, with a general and
staff, have arrived here to participate
in the war. This refers to a new con
tingent, as one already had been
landed in France.
Siam declared war on Austria and
(b rmany in July. 1917.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
OF STOCKYARDS FAVORED
CHICAGO, Sept, lit,- The market
ing committee of the American Na
tional Livestock Association has in
dorsed the report of the federal trade
commission, advocating government
control of the Chicago stockyards and
government railroad control of the
packers' refrigerator lines.
TEUTONS CHARGED WITH
SELLING WAR PRISONERS
PARIS. Sept. I!). —-The Serbian government possesses doc
uments proving beyond possible question that thousands nt
Serbian prisoners have been sold as slaves tor specified periods
to Turkey bv Bulgaria, Austria and (iermany. The prisoners
have been subjected to horrible treatment, and thousands have
died from typhus, cholera and hunger as a result.
BANKERS WANT INCREASE
IN PRODUCTION OF GOLD
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept, 19.-—K. C. Crawford, president of
the Oregon Rankers’ Association, is preparing a resolution urg
ing the government to assist in increasing the gold production
of the United States to its pre-war volume. The resolution will
he introduced at the American Bankers’ Association convention
in New York next week.
Mr. Crawford says the gold production in America has de
creased $11,000,000 this year, and has been decreasing for the
past three years, due mainly to the fact that the price of gold
never changes while the cost of production has constantly in
creased.
ST. QUENTIN AND CAMBRAI
ARE NOW THREATENED
AKS< k'IATKD I’KKSS W AK Sl'MMAKY. 'Flic British, <
in desperate fighting, are plunging further into t lie 1 linden lung j
line. North of St. (Juentin and west of Cmnhrai they have re
pulsed vicious (lerniaii attacks. rl lie (iennans are attempting
In retain their positions along the thirty-mile front to check the
new allied move which is threatening St. (Juentin and Camhrai.
The (iormnns*have I.. hurled from the Hindenlmrg forward
lines from I’Kmpire to J’ontruea.
British and Australian Pressing Onward
LONDON, Sept. lit.—The British last night progressed in]
their drive into t lie Hindenhurg line near St. (Quentin, aimed at ]
the encirclement of that town. North of Pont rent the British
reached the outposts of the Hindenhurg line. The Australians
carried the outposts and captured many prisoners and machine
guns.
The Hermans bombarded ai d attaf'ked near 1 reseault, but
were completely repulsed. The Herman bombardment is in
tense. Counter-attacks disposed of the Hermans who had en
torn! the British trenches.
Great Numbers of Prisoners and Guns Captured
WITH THE BRITISH FORCES, Sept. 19.—The British
captured more than eight thousand Hermans in yesterday’s
drive on Cambrai. Several thousand yards of the Hindenhurg
line outposts are in British hands in the Villoret sector and
sout Invest of I ui ('atelet.
The British have captured forty guns and twenty three
Herman regiments in eleven days, represented in prisoners.
Progress of the French Drive
PARIS, Sept. Id. The l'rencn last night continued their
progress near St. (Jueiitin and penetrated the (iernian positions
at (’ontesconrt, three miles southwest ot St. (Quentin.
Germans Intrench in Front of Americans
W ITH TIIH AMFRICAX FGRt’HS, Sept. Id. The tier
mans have intrenched on the second line of tin* llindenburg de
fense svstem, and are employing defensive tactics.
German Account of Fighting
BFRLIN, Sept. Id. After fluctuating fighting on the
front between Gouzencourt and llargicourt yesterday, the towns
of Fpehv and Ronshov remained in the enemy’s hands, says an
official statement. Further south the Australians penetrated
the German positions after hard fighting. The Australians
were stopped west of Bellicourt and Belle Knglise.
Bulgarians Routed in Macedonia
BOX DUX. Sept, lit- The Bulgarians are fleeing in Mace
• 1 <>11i;i anil are Burning stores and villages, according to Serbian
official advices. The allies iuiv" advanced more than twelve
miles, and their progress is so rapid that they are unable to
count t lie prisoners and material captured. I lie new Bulgarian
regiments are retreating with the others and the Serbians are
pursuing them day and night.
The Serbians and French have captured six towns I opo
lets, I’otsehishta, Beshista, Helyiiita, Yitolishta and Rasimbey
and also the heights of Kuchk"V Kameii.
A report dated yesterday stated that the resistance on the
Macedonia front was weakening and that the allies had ad
vanced an average of ten miles and captured titty guns.
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BREWERS CHARGED WITH
BUYING MPrrOL PAPER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The senate has authorized an
investigation of the recent charges made hv Alien Property Cus
todian Palmer, that a group of brewers IuhI bought a W ashing
ton newspaper to further the publicity interests of the brewers.
Arthur Brisbane, owner and editor of the Washington
Times, announced that he bought the Times with money bor
rowed from a brewer.
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* HEROIC V/OMEN ♦
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4 I'm ondltional surrender by 4
4 tin Cerman nation is demanded 4
4 in a r* ulution adopted by the 4
4 War Mothers *»t America. who 4
4 are holding their first national 4
4 convention here. 4
4 The text of the resolution 4
4 has been forwarded to Presi- 4
4 dent Wilson and (ieneral per- 4
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PARIS. Sept. IT The Kreiuh gov
ernment is now supervising the return
of the residents of Amiens to their
homes. The first to be admitted to
the city were artizans, who are being
organized for the repair of houses
and buildings.
The work of art. sculpture, etc, in
the cathedral are unharmed. One
house in every twenty live has been
found to be damaged.
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roi'KNII.UJKN. Sep;. !!• The
Norwegian steamship lljornst jenu*
Itjornsen. in the service of the IhT
gian relief ioiiimitlee, lias arrived at
a Norwegian port tor repairs, having
been tired on outside the war zone by
.« (Jerman submarine
LABOR CONFERENCE MAY
ADOPT WILSON PROPOSAL
LONDON. Sept. 1!' The interna
tional relations committee of the in
ter-alliod labor conference has form
ally recommended that the conference
subscribe to the fourteen points form
ulated by President Wilson as a basis
for peace.
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ALASKA STOCKS
NKW YOltK. Sept lit Alaska Cold.
Alaska Juneau. l'-j.
LIEUT. PUENI,
ICE OF ICES, IS
KILLED III .1
WITH Till-; AMKRK'AN PORCES.
Sept 19 Lieutenant llnvit! I’utnam
of Brookline. Mass, t li * • \inerlcuti
"are of aces," was kill''d Wednesday
v hen seven German airplanes a;
tacked Putnam and Lieutenant Wen
della Robertson. The latter returned
in safety
Putnam fell within the American
lines. Ho was a descendant of Gen.
Israel Putnam of revolutionary war
fame.
Lieutenant i’utnam was credited
with twelve victories (in '.lune In he
downed live German aviators in one
day.
How Hr Joined Army
HELENA. Mont.. Sept. I1* Lieut.
Putnam's sister. Mffcs Marjorie Put
nam. is visiting her aunt near here
From her it is learned that Putnam
| was lit) years old, and that In* entered
Harvard university in 1‘Jtd. When
war was declared he tried to enter
the ambulance corps being formed at
the university, hut was rejected on
! account of his youth.
Later David went to the hospital
to hid his mother good-live, She
asked where he was going and he re
plied •■To France " Asked how, he
replied that he was "going on a • attle
boat, which leaves in an hour."
In France he drove an ambulaneo
and later joined the Lafayette e>ca
di ille
[(ST STRICKEN
; OF INFLUENZS
BOSTON. Sept. 1H The epidemic
of Influenza which is raging through
out New England continues to take
its toll of death Within twenty four
hours forty-one deaths are reported
from Boston and vicinity
At the naval camps further efforts
are being made to stop the ravages of
the disease
Camp Dix Is Affected
CAMP 1>1X. Sept, IP. Si\ deaths
Horn influenza have occurred in this
camp. Fifteen hundred men have
been stricken.
HUNGARIAN LEADER
URGES WILSON TERMS
AMSTERDAM, Kept, lit. Count Michael Karolyki, Hun
garian opposition leader, has reiterated his declaration that the
Teutonic powers should accept President Wilson s iourteen
peace points as a basis for negotiations, according to a Buda
pest dispatch to the Frankfort Gazette.
Count Karolyki says that another essential is for a series
of deinorcntic governments in Germany and Austria Hungary
to take the helm. He says also that the situation calls for the
abrogation of the Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest treaties, and
that thus only cun peace come.
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