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PALMER SEES
ALLIES' "PUSH"
FROM HEIGHT
Great Battle, Observed by
American, Like Unfold-,
ing Panorama
BAYONET USED FREELY
English Reap Fruit of Six
Weeks' Preparation for '
Attack
By FREDERICK PALMER
Accredited Correspondent with tlio Hrlthh Army
of the Press of the United State
AT THE BRITISH PHONT IN FRANCE,
Sept. 4, via London, Sept. E.
A wonderful spectacle of war was tslblo
today from n high point nonr tho junction
of tho French nnd British armies.
To tho north lay a dark patch which
wns tho ruins of Gulllcmont, fringed by the
ae-lllto earthy lines of tho old second
lino of German tronchei faclnn Tronca
Wood across tho spaco of 10 city blocks,
which was veined llko a frog's foot with
trenches and runways which tho British
had dug.
For six weeks tho British hnd burrowed
against the Germans over this shell-ruptured,
bullet-riddled field. Yestorday wob
the day of the successful British effort to
break through tho German bulwark.
BrlttBh artillery had not destroyed all tho
deep dugouts, but their curtain of Intensi
fied shell flro kept tho mach'no gunners
down and out of these dugouts, and after
half an hour's work BrltlBh Infantry turned
eomo COO prisoners.
A lltetlo further beyond Gulllemont than
perhaps trcblo tho distance from homo plato
to second baso on nn American baseball
flold Is a sunken road. At tho northern end
ot that Is nnother patch of ruins that was
onco tho village of Glnchy, where fighting
between Britons and Germans surged back
and forth between tho barr cades nnd cel
lars and any old kind of covor tho mon
could throw up out of tho dobrlB.
Tho British Bccm firmly established on
tho sunken rond. All night thoy wcro dig
ging themsotves holes there. This was
their objective no les3 than Is second base
to a runner on a two-baoo hit. If thoy
tried to go farther because tho going was
good they might bo put out That happened
jcrterday at somo po'nts of nttack, as It
sometimes docs, thanks to ovcreagerness.
Disorder resultB, tho mon get out from undor
tho protection of their own gunfire and nro
cut up.
BAYONET FIGHTING
At tho southern end of the sunken road
Is a flngor point a green wodgo of woods
and below this is tho Falfamont fnrm,
whore tho British attack stopped yesterday.
Here the Trusslan guan' left the r trenches
In a chargo to meet tho British chargo half
way.
Thus they camo to tho bayonet Tho
big guns could Bend no shellH nor could
the machlno guns send nny bullets for fear
of hitting their own men. All the
englncery of war with Ub missiles that
kill men at long rnngo formed a ring
. around these combatants, who fought prac
tically to extinction with tho cold steel.
Today, around Falfomont fnrm, tho pic
ture wafl intlmato yet Incomprehensible to
observers In Its ebb and How of attack.
Tho contrast of British and Prussian meth
ods wero Bet ou.t as'ln jvpanoramo,-
Tha British charge moved up with each
unit seomlng to act for itself, yet keeping
the formation, and then camo tho German
counter-attack In a regular wave', followed
by another dipping with the undulating
ground. Figures tu the first wnvo began
to drop as the British machlno guns begun
to rattle, but the second wave still came
on in a way that made a British officer
with characteristic sportsmanship exclaim:
"Magnificent! Topping!"
A CONFUSED PICTURE.
Tho second wave melted on the ground
where, tho first wavo had disappeared, but
tho results wero confused. The observer
could only tell that charges wore met by
counter-charges, while machine guns, In
hidden places, waited for their game with
their murderous blasts. It could no,t al
ways be toldwhether figures leaving their
trenches wore men retreating or prisoners
under escort. Fast-running figures fiom
either side tu-tho rear wero cither messen
gers sending back word of the situation
to commanders when all other signals failed
to work, or they -were running to get more
bombs, whoso puffs of Binoko wero visible
here and there.
Would theso gallant fellows get through
without being hit? was tho question us
they wero lost In the midst of shell smoke.
Farther south, the blue of the French
mingled with the -khaki of the British and
mo men uppeareu unu uiaujicutcu 111 uio
earth llko ants. Back of the lines French
and British guns and transports mingled
and British wounded and Fronch wounded
came along the same paths with German
prisons, uometlmcs British litter-bearers
taking Frenchmen, and French sometimes
taking Britons. Groups of British soldiers
cheered tho French after their success of
yesterday.
General Foch's Bteet-throated orators
were very busy down there In the green
lowlands of the winding Homme, where
shrapnel smoke lay feathery white against
tho foliage fresh from the night's, rain, nnd
across the Somme, as far us the eye could
eee. ran this canopy of flashes from guns
that seemed to answer with regular firing
to the touch of some master hand, Nearer
and nearer to Peronne that swath of fire
moves with every battle.
"The Germans didn't know how many
guns Father Joffre had up his sleeve," said
ft French officer, "and General Foch knows
how to use them,"
As Indicative of the enormous gunfire a
British officer estimated that the Germans
Urea -.0,000 gas shells In a single day.
Tonight official reports are that the Ger
mans still hold. Falfemont farm, following
the afternoon's scrimmage of charges and
counter-charges.
LITS SHOW NEW HAT STYLES
Broad Brims and Turbans Dominate.
Blue Prevailing Color
Bewildering flares and the entire gamut
of blues are the dominant notes In the
autumn display of women's hats at Lit
Brothers.
There are many models of the hat that
flares off the face with every conceivable
Sort nf turn ami roinvnliitMruwhAta of tauna.
U, empire blue and purple. Although blue
r ptvitiiaifa it) DQ lb laturuv Milui una Bvaoiiu,
there are, ot course, hats ot black hatter's
Phuh and of velvet, for black will be worn
this year, as It always is. There are other
colors, too, among them being Bordeaux
red, the new rich color that lias become
popular in women's suits.
The hats on display tend toward the ex
tremely broad brim and the turban styles.
Soft crowns have supplanted tho stiff wire
creations.
Two Boys Injured by Autos
Edward Pearoe, 9 years, of 10 North
Broadway. Gloucester. N. J., and Fells
Ttinalys. IJ years, of Sandal Hill. N. J.,
r in Cooper Hospital. Camden, suffering
from Injuries received la automobile accl.
daats,
Tha. Pearce lad was ruq down while- pjayv
la ia front ot his home. Both ids le
ra noturo4. Tenalya U 8frrjs from
tv UgM twitot) qI the breln as. a result
Vi fesing struck nar Ms home.
MOTORS INJUB.E TWO BOYS
Ono Driver Hurries on After Breaking
Lad's Leg
Bllman Furcy, 14 years old, of 174 Sears
street, wns run down by nn nutomoblla
while Just outsldo of Point Breete Park
last night. Tha driver did not Rtop nnd
tha boy was taken to tho Methodist Hos
pital, where It wns found that ho suf
fered a broken leg nnd bruises of the head
and body.
Fearing a reprimand for not being moro
careful while playing In the streets,
Charles Volgcr, 12 years old, of 2286 North
Twentieth street, who wnn hit by nn auto
mobile while nt Scdgley avenue nnd Dau
phin street yesterday afternoon, told his
mother he had been struck In tho face
while playing "plgglo," nfter ho returned
from tho hospital. At the Women's Home
opathic Hdspltnl Volger had been treated
for a bruised nosa, Tho boy's mother later
learned of the accident through n neighbor.
HUGHES IRRITATED
BY BUNGLING OF HIS
Shake-Up Believed Impending
Because Men in Charge of
Tour Failed to Arrange for
Reception in Louisville
DECLINES TO LEAVE CAR
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Sept C Chnrlcs E.
Hughes left Louisville todny a very much
disgruntled and angry candldntc, nnd It
Is believed probahlo thnt there soon will
be n shake-up In tho Republican campaign
management. Governor Hughes reached
Loulsillo anticipating that nomo arrange
ments had been mado for his ?cceptlon
nnd ho expected to deliver n speech beforo
pushing on to Lexington, whero ho wilt talk
this afternoon. But no nrrangcmcnt.s hnd
been mado.
Thcro was no reception commlttco on
hand A rnnall crowd was at tho station,
but despite tho cheers for tho candidate,
which It gavo lustily, Mr. Hughes dccltnod
to leavo his car, und left for Lexington
without limine spoken to Louisville Repub
licans Coming ns It did on tho heels of somo
bungling management nt NnshUllo yes
terday, It left tho candidate In no pleas
ant frame of mind.
Blamo for the unfortunate Incidents has
bean laid to tho advanco agents, nnd there
WTe strong hints that a shake-up Is Im
pending In his address nt Nnshvllto last night
Mr. Hughes sharply nttacked President
Wilson and tho Democratic Congress for
tho passage of tho railroad eight-hour law,
which ho charged had been dono at the
dictation of labor chiefs. He Intimated
that tho Administration had sacrificed prin
ciple for party cxpodloncy. Mr. Hughes
said he stood for arbitration of nil Indus
trial disputes and would not submit to
dictation from nny power In tho country, no
matter what tho consequences.
Wills Admitted to Probate
Tho wills admitted to probato today In
cluded thoso of Christopher Kussmaul, Into
of G29 Solly street, Fox Chnsc, JG150
James McKornan, Jr.. 767 North Twenty
fourth street, $3G00; Kate A. Krantz, 206G
East Sergeant Btroct, $2000. and Emily A.
Field, who 1lcd In the Mcdlco-Chlru-glcal
Hospital, 12400. The personalty of the
estate of Herbert C Sharp has been ap
praised at 10020.22 That of Martha J,
Smith has been nppialsed at $6172.71.
CHINESE TROOPS AGAIN
CLASH WITH JAPANESE
AS NEW CRISIS LOOMS
Second Battle Reported as Toklo
Presses Harsh Demands on
Ground of First Conflict
of Troops
WASHINGTON WATCHFUL
TOKIO, Sept. 6 Another clash botween
Chinese and Japanese troops Is officially
reported from Chao Ynngpo, Mongolia, nnd
hns led to tho dispatch of heavy Jnpancso
reinforcements. It Is asserted that tho
Chlncso nttacked whllo tho Jnpnnoso wero
advancing to mcdlnto between Chlncso nnd
Mongolians. '
WASHINGTON, Sept. B.Secret de
mands. In nddltlon to thoso published
In dispatches from Pckln. nro being pressed
on China by Jnrnn ns a result of the clash
somo days ago of Chlncso nnd Japanese
troops at Cheng Chlatun. It has becomo
known hero that tho situation la much
moro serious than has been Indicated, con
ndoi.tlnl reports paying the unpublished do
mnnds. threaten the nuthorlly of Chlnn over
tho wholo of Inner Mongolia.
omclnts hero view tho development with
real nnxloty, fearing another Chlnn-Jnpnn
crisis which might Involvo tho Interests of
tho United States. Tho Cheng Chlatun In
cident, trivial in Itself, but coming on top
of tho strained relations ever since- Japan
look oNcr Kino Chonu from Gcrmnny, has
been closely watched since Jnpnn hastened
to send 2000 aoldlers to the disturbed dis
trict nnd her Cabinet announced that a sat
isfactory outcomo depended on China. Re
ports from Pckln Miow alarm Tho prompt
nnd unnnlmous acceptance of the now Cabi
net Is believed to liaxo been a result ot
tho seriousness of tho Jnpancso nnd rinan
ctat problems
Tho secret demands nro believed hero to
seek extension to Inner Mongolia of rights
which nlrcndy have been won In Bouth
Mnnchurln. In both places China Is for
bidden, under the trenty of May 8, 191B,
toTalso a foreign loan on local taxes with
out Japan'B consent nnd forced to consult
Japan In caao she cannot rnlso money hor
sclf for tho railway there. Beyond that,
however, the Jnpancso In south Manchuria
havo unlimited rights In trnvcl, residence,
trade nnd leasing ot lnnd. together with tho
right of trial before n Jnpancso consul In
civil nnd criminal cases whero a Jnpancse
lo defendant, tho right ot opening and oper
ating specified mines und preference In case
foreign advisers nro sought In military, po
llttcnl, police or financial matters.
CHINESE CABINET CONFIRMED
Japan's Demands Force Opposition to
Accept Premier's Proposals
PHKIN, Sept. B Parliament has con
firmed tho following compromlso Cnblnet
as headed and proposed by rromlor Tuan
Chi Jul:
Foreign Affairs, Tnng Shao Tl ; Finance,
Chen Chin Tno: Interior. Sung Hung Yl:
War. Tuan Chi Jul; Navy, Chen Plh
Kuan : Communication, Hsu Shlh Ylng :
Justice. Chang Yao Tseng; Agrlculturo and
Commoite, Ku Chun Shlu; Kducntlon, Fna
Yuan Lien.
Tho vote received by Premier Tuan Chi
Jul was almost unanimous. There was
much opposition to several members of tho
compromise Cabinet, but tho critical finan
cial condition of tho Government and the
seriousness of tho Jnpancso demands for
police power In Manchuria and Inner Mon
golia silenced party strife.
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