Roswell Daily Record (Newspaper) - September 3, 1918, Roswell, New Mexico T MEMBER OF THE UNITED PRESS VOLUME HEW German Forces Hurriedly Abandon Famous Switch Line and Try to Reach Wotan Line British Take Important Lens and Queant Most Important Positions of Northern Part of Hin denburg Line in Possession of British Doubt of Hun Ability to Hold French Territory in His Possession until Winter Sets Germans have abandoned the famous Drocourt Queant line and are hurriedly retiring to the southward in an effort to get behind the Wotan line of so much of it as has been left to This has always proved a stumbling block before to the allies but this time the British have gone through it evidencing a lowering of the German morale and the effect it is having on the fighting of the German Queant and have been taken by the Both are val Lens has been a hard nut for the British and several times during the last two years they have almost taken Simultaneously the British and Americans at the extreme north advanc ed a mile and occupied the town of The British also advanced four miles on a front in the reg ion of Buissy this capturing the towns of Berlin court and The evacuation of the switch line by the Germans without resistance puts the British in possession of the positions on the line that have been regarded as the most important in that Hindenburg prepared this switch line in 1917 as a protection a fainst any allied advance from the Arras region along the Cambrai and Much of the Wotan line to which the trying to has been but Hindenburg hopes to be able to hold it until he can reform his battered armies and prepare positions farther There little doubt but that the will be forced to retire from the greater part of the French territory they now Ten thousand Germans were taken prisoners yesterday by the They screamed with fear as the British reached their lines and threw up their hands on the first appearance of the whom they fear great When questioned the German prisoners frankly voiced their belief Germany is We said We want only This does not mean that yesterdays advance was a triumphant It was It was accomplished only after hard The German command threw in great masses of troops in some parts of the line and used tvery means to stop the British but in Great masses of German troops ae still coming up and the decisive battle of the campaign must yet be foight but no one now doubts the ultimate war office admitted today the allies have press ed back the German forward lines from the Ailette river in a portion of the woods to the west and south of troops occupied the British embassy in and shot one Englishman during a general examination of houses on the Sunday following the murder of com of the break in the Hindenburg line above Queant now exceeds seven extending beyond to the September French troops are biting into the western edge of the They have reached the The Germans are energetically defending their Laon the Americans and French are outflanking French are at tbp of The Americans are advancing eastward most important behind this section of the The Americans and French have occupied all the woods behind the Ailette and between that river and Chauny and the railroad in that Two violent German counter at tacks in the Champagne region were Sept British have captured General Haig has They have also taken and Peronne is already in the hands of the The British are advancing relentlessly in tha of The allied pressure continues steadily to drive the Ger mans back toward the Hindenburg The German positions south of were captured the In an attack south of the Scarpe river at five oclock this morning the English and Canadians are reported to be making good In the Lys sector the British have reached the Lys river east of tha town of troops have entered the battle against Bolshevik troops along the Ussuri river They first took part on The allies are fighting their way toward and Irkutsk and the enemy 3s Premier condition is very Copenhagen report says he has died of the wounds hut this re port is not confirmed from any other Dora the famous girl has been charged with shooting thousand social revolutionaries fc have been arrested and sentenced to say Moscow If the social revolutionary party persists in opposing the Bolshevik these prisoners will be All the streets of Moscow are under guard by units and the inhabitants remain It is reported that General former if of Russian is among those Sept the road the Canadians have through the German lines on the They have captured T Anyone who mighs have doubted people ol Roswell ware in up to the eyes and there must have the quickly af ter witnessing he proces sion which J wound Its way up Main street last was the end of a perfect 4ay for Roswell The war news came over ithe wires good mighty the air was everything was ana he pent up which was turn ed on the Main street of the has arrived at an era of good road Few people realize tha amount of road Improve ment now going on in this section amount lor contracts will be left in very near The largest road project now about ro get under way is the strip of road beginning at he railroad on East Se cond street and extending to the mouth of This is a strip eighteen miles In length and will follow the present road through j the across the Pecos bridge and up the hill to a point where it will connect with the Cloves This road has been approved by Wheeler a representative of the Fed eral Government and will be built as as bids can be let and ac the direction and supervision of Engineer the bad stretch of road near the head of the M Berrendo is now being and will put this road in excellent shape and will eliminate tihe bad Contracts are ready to be let for GEYER FUNERAL The funeral for the late David Geyer was held after at four oclock at tss First Church the pastor the Ray The was filled with sorrowing friends who were present to do honor to the memory of a good woman whose lire for twenty years in Roswell aas been a beautiful A trio composed of Thomas Miss Nell Mason and Miss Estelle furnished sweet and comforting the sermon the ritual led by George Zink Che president and Clark D Hey was im read with responses made by the entire The casket was buried under a wealth of beauti ful and fragrant Burial was made at South The pall bear ers were Spen cer Hartman Vain Americans Smash The Hun Hordes grading the road from the Acme bridge this way a of sx mil tine point where it will join the best old jtown last was the best j already graced county of because it that road is getting tihe major of the of this even though coming and to the removed from the great cities troop trains are every land where the buzz and bustle great war machinery can be heard hour of the day and nigh were in big fighting every inch of tihe way and ready and to o go any length to see the kaiser and his hordes o blearey are put go far under the sod hat they shall for the eons of ages to by Peter and the At conclusion of ithe parade the was stabbed and then fire small American boys as they shall a the buried hopes of one arch for to Oscar Parsons and Nete made rip addresses and the play afier which everyone went home throughly satisfied with tire work of It has been estimated that live thousand were on the streets last to see the big parade and in It was the trst axne ia procession was ever attempted in these parts and was from every a and with this improvement the road will be in great The road west of the is gett ing to shape and with a rato will be one Of the best roads n This read from sixmile to the city limits had lately been graveled and built up and is a to any of tihe off ee of lie recently made am Inspection trip across the Mescalero sands eas of city and it is certain that WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN Ger mai raiding attacks between Bazoches and on the Vesle river were repulsed by the Americans In the starry night the Amer saw the Germans coming over the top and their machine and rifles quickly broke up the German lines before they reached our Within half an Hour the enemy The American snipers and gunners thinned out the advancing hordes so rapidly that the un wounded Germans gave up the effort to reach the American lines and turn ing fled for own The American artillery is ripping up the German positions northeast of doing work that is especially At one point of Soissons the German machine guns delayed a certain American detachment under command of Lieutenant He then crept singlehanded and captured the entire nest of Germans before they could bring their guns to bear on An American brigadier general advanced in the open under a terrific gun fire to make personal observation of the German American airmen are doing effective They dropped two tons ot bombs on their objectives at Roman and The Ameri cans also downed hostile Pershing reported today that the A north of the Aisne river have captured the of Terny and with nearly six hundred two large guns and seventyeight machine of the Vesie river two hostile attacks west of were re road will be These sands have for years baen a stumbling block to road builders and tourists but U now seems as if a solu tion has been reached and thiat the government will assist with the until it is DEPORT x Clayton Elected At si of Board of Dir ectors held yesterday at present secretary of the at was elected secretary a of the Tucumcari Chamber of Clayton is recognized as of the most capable commercial secre taries in the Southwest and was sel from a large number Tucumcari met hin at the Ozark Trails convention at Amarillo 5agtyear and recognized him as one the hardest fighters for his consti in The The he made at fiat for woni tihe admiration of Tucum whom he was and Was one of the controlling factors in bis Clayton has not yet stated whether he will accept the Tucumcari has the largest and the strongest financed commercial organ ization in United States in prop to population having mem 6E nearly Returning deported this bring new evidence ui German according to the Belgian received by she Department of which says It is thaK at the beginn ing of the year in spite of all ther promises to the as well as to the the Germans a deported from LoKeren eastern Flanders to front to at works men of the middle and working It is announced at present that 200 of these unfortunates nave heen able to their native They are all in a lamentable staite of and for the most part tuber but on the hand dysea and cruel and blows have made very many among tae men deport ed from nothing marks the spot where they have bur y and the western edge on a two mile of The British have captured north of and ViHers so between Bapaume The continue to advance along both the and the taking Peronne on Sunday the captured several v September is hat the allies have Germans on the western front between July 15th and Other captures included heavy trench machine f troops on the Ussuri The Japanese have captured f enemy left 300 Tha Regular Hours At The Carnegie library nas gone on regular hours and will toe mornings from 10 to 12 oclock and in the afternoons from 2 to Knitters If are needed at the Red Cross knitting There is work to be done and the need o workers la If you can lort you should offer your to the Red They need sad 150 Sept congratulating Chancellor von Hert Img on his the Kaiser expressed the wish that Hert ling might be able to bring The Kaiser wired him Germany unites in the wish that your lifework soon may be crowned and that you will secure peace the enemy upon whom our invincible army has inflicted bloody wounds but who persist the desire to late Sept Flanders to Soissons the German stonewall re upon which she is staking is shaking the incessant British and American Ludendorff is continuing his the until the Hindenburg line can be into to serve defense of the German Simultaneously the wort the enemy is snowing signs of and is rushing work on the river working day British soldier is expected to be able u judge distance and every noncommissioned officer and officer is expected to do it with It is an essential part of his Without i he cannot give orders Most people have he r own mental unit of and such a is a mile and they al ways of distances in of comparison with thai mental But though to the ordinary half a mile or sio Js close tue soldier must be able to esti mate distances in units of 50 yards or and he can only teach lo do this by nard Ii is by practice that he gets a store or men tal of which enable him judge distances in the One of the beat ways of teaching men d stance judging is on mar At a halt the men the distance of objects visible of them along the When the march is are checked by pacing the In his way the men are taught to take an interest in distance and competitive spirit Js encouraged among Im the same way the ranges of all objects near camp are cave ully taken with a range and the menare taught by heart the var cus Natural such as average or where or move are preferred to merely landscape feat ires for men retain a mental picture of such objects ACCURATE In to mental picture of estimat ing ranges are certain One f these is the observation of objects hrough a service rifle barrel with die bolt removed and the eye placed above the butt Thus a man completely fills the diameter ol the barrel a SCO yards If he occupies one he is some 550 yards and at eigh hundred yards he occupies a This system is good for ranges up to 800 but it a good light to see a dismounted man the barrel at this For close ranges the following table is an accurate guide to a man of nor mal Mouth and eyes of a man can be seen at 50 Eyes appear as points ait 100 Buttons and derails of uniform can be seen at 200 caai be seen at 300 Shoulders are square at 400 yards Shoulders go at 500 is visible as a dot at 600 Head is invisible at 700 ilan looks Ike a post at 800 In long the beat way is to select an object which appears to b 10 estimate the distance to it by one or other of methods and then to double the Flashes of guais at night are for range Sound about 360 yards a A more accurate be made by counting 11 beats to 3 each beat between the of he and the noSse of die sound equaling 100 But here again practice is required to estimate he beats cor All the foregoing rules are tor good UNITED STATES IK AS BELLIGERENTS United States government has recognized the as a de factor belligerent to aid their war against the German and Austrian Secretary Lansing has notified the CzechoSlovak national council that America is prepared for mally to enter into relations with the de facto regime for the purpose of prosecuting war against the The action of the American government is expected to deal a vast blow against Bolshevikism in Russia and to solidify the Czechs fighting the It also means the stabilizing of the Slovak giving them a stand ing in the community of nations whereby they can obtain credit and aiter the var save a place in the ESCAPE El steamer West shelled by a sub marine off Halifax last escaped and reached a safe COMPLETED BY The house ways and means committee has handed down the completed eight billion dollar revenue After it is put through which is expected in ten the house may take a recess until after the November PRESIDENT U IKE OF HI SHI AS LAST Wilson has issued a proclamation stating the government guarantees the price for One northern spring wheat to be the same for the 1919 crop as was guaranteed for the 1918 Next spring a commission will be appointed to investigate the cost of pro From this basis a commission will determine whether the price should be increased in order to provide the farmer with fair If increase is then granted it will be applied only to those who by the next harvest have already marketed wheat BAD FOR THe war news from the level In bad in when across a valey or when estimating distance lying tendency is to over estimate front these days is bad news for the German from Ger man newspapers the that overhangs the people ia the large That the in thj small towns and country are equally depressed is not to be The Loan bond buyers or he logins have their in the success ot the entente sinews or war ITS t only to fighli the and to build not only and send our soldiers not only TO supply them and our food anid but more than of their money has been loan ed to our allies so that they may the war with vigor arnd We here at home have an appor ures largely the support they give their the moral as well as the financial Support give heir armies in the subscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan be as dis to the German people as a defeat for them tlie battle and ii will mean as it defeat it breaks their morale it means power to their A to the loan is a to German defeat and Ameri can y WOMEN WORK IK Thirtysix per cen of the employ ees of She Government of Great Bri outside the in were accord Ing to an announcement by t A will lead to ual unity to send the Germans some more of Is Is one bad The Germans have great respect for moneys they know tts vit ed that in all lines of have stepped and an Practice alone can teach value in waging know j ranks range Coding without the tb but it a
