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HIS LANDED NOBIILTY
Would Goa'd Peasants to Hope
less Revolt to Hold
His Crown
FATTEN ON WAR PROFITS
Unscrupulous Pan-Germans
Sway Ruler to Preserve
Their Power I
' , By B. F. KOSPOTH
.Spedat CorretmonnVnt of he Tjreiilnir rtibllc
tiUer In Rwltt-rlnnd
Conn-tor-.', til, by Public Ledatr Co.
Berne, -Tuly IB.
One hot. sultry afternoon a reaper
named Joseph Whmlewskl wai work
lng In a wheatfleld on the estate of
Baron von Oertzen at Roggow, in the
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg, In Ger-
,V&vC;Biinjr. Wartimes weie hard and ia-
raftlona short even in that fruitful agri
1 'SHnLWiir-.l country, at least for poor la-
Xs hoVera like Wisnlewskl, whoso dally
earnings did not exceed three maiks
' ahd who had a wife and children to
provide ior.
s. As the ripe wheat went down before
the swinging strokes of his scythe he
pondered heavily on all the money and
luxuries its sale would bring his em
ployer, who had been on the erge of
, X bankruptcy befoie the war through his
I. careleis extravagance and wus now,
?7 111-., nil V. lttnitad TltTlllPt-a flf Het-
many, obtaining famine prices for the
produce of his estate and in a fair way
to become a millionaire. AVlsnlewski
and his family had not known the
taste even of a substitute for coffee
during many months.
puslngN in his woik, Wisnlewskl
vsloop,d to gather some stray grains of
wheat and secreted tlicm in the pouch
alunir. across his shoultfer. His alow
ll&wcJ mind had conceived an idea. -He would
roaBt?Jba, wly:at as a sudsuwb, lor
3rfvtVAfter that he labored with a
"$f?of his pouch increased.
Al tinrldenlv- 1nt nit Iia nofl nbout to
tf -tput nway a. few last wheat carsr a
snaip wora or rommana rang oui.
few pades off stood one of the Baion's
huntsmen, holding a shotgun. He had
obscied 'Wisnlewskl stealing the
wheat and now abruptly ordered him
to come up to the castle at once to be
reported -to the Baron. Wisnlewskl
was- frightened and demurred. But
the huntsman raised his gun, threaten
ing to shoot, and forced the reaper to
wjlk hfm n lilm urnddlncr him In the
IJ1 hack with the butt qf his gun when he
did not advance quicKiy enougn.
Kultur's Kindly Way
In tho courtaul of the castle they
found Baion on Oeitzen with a whip
in his hand, training a young woir
hound. When he heaid the huntsman's
story the Baron's eje became blood
shot. In the. center of -the courtyard
crew a wlde-snreading chestnut tree.
O Flourishing his whip, the Baron led
the way thither and commanded wis
nlewskl to strip. Tremblingly, while
the Baron's oeiseer covered him with
his shotgun, tho cowed laboier obeyed.
He, like his father and grandfather
before him. had been accustomed to t e-
Vfl Kara me loins 01 wie esmiH uu wmuu
&jjie had worked as superior beings
5.iJ ..!.- ...H ivna lav- Whan Wlanlcnr.
& rUl was sti lpped to the skin, the over
V. tnld him to hue the trunk of the
jft' tiee with both armh and tied his wrists
W lightly together. Then the Baron,
J counting, began to lash Wisnlewskl
,, across nis Dare uui;.
f He counted twenty, thirty. His vic
tim began to wilthe and scream. So
i. Tifiiiu atnnnpfl a mnmpnr uhllp hln
Ii , merseer attached Wisnlewskl also by
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tJnto'hls mouth Aftei this the flog
L tlnir went on until the laborer fainted.
fuall of water was thrown over him.
t He was released, oideied to put on his
clotbesmd led by the Baron's hunts-
l.f-, mh hark tn the wheatfleld. where Iir
K was pitilessly kept at work, suffering
X'j.jfgoniea from his bleeding bruises,
h unui buiiuu""-
K5.A ' Slavery Exists There Today
(Dffif I This is not fiction: It is a true story
I Gil? of. modern Germany. You may think
rVl t. Jain nt fllavAn nnrl QlflVInwriara aca
Vi.l V'IW Uo v "' .--......o .
it,. rsT nuL vuu aic tviuiit., oiavurv hliii
exists today on the country estates
& 7 of "the Junkers and the story of Jo.
E.7 f- . Tiri.HlAtiFabl la Vtllt 'nriA nnaA t ..
Vi thAiiaonrl that haoneiia to liavp .Vippb
(fumade public. Baron on Oertzen was
BlyT IP Court, rturuu iui una uruitti us
Vpl sault upon hls.employe; for WJsnlew
l?'.t,i nitlmufirli the countrv doctor whn
'"otofl his bruises characterlstfnnllv
Si advised him to keep the Incident aulet.
Fr eventually ventured to denounce his
I' . ' AnnrtR!tnr. The court at Rocirnw rpm.
'ytWceo Baron 'ion Oertzen to one
' iHtt.' Imnrlsnnment nnil n flnA m
1' w' forty marks!
I ;SBen in Germany this ludicroualv
; Inadequate penalty has roused some
indignation. xui me Juimers are om
nlnotent, in their rustic haunts: the
Itlaw rnurts bow to their will, and tho
proaeAuMi.g attorney himself presented
tha case as tavoraoiy as possible for
the Baron, directing his chief attack
,. against the Liberal and Socialist news-
'"papers Which had published details of
ti nffall nnd therebv 'CARt n nlilr nn
riilinsr classes and abetted thn nne.
)U.Y rtf Inw-mnnv" Thn WfantaitrcilI
case 'is typical not only of the men
tality, but also of the well-nigh unllm.
fited power and Influence of the Jun-
Ftlt. ( a Btrlklng coincidence that this
affair parae before the public notice
,B'199frany while the electoral re-
fWlP pin "" "emit utuuiea in tne
FTUHffJ
,p anatag.
..Wml RaLct tlA -la.nlra.1.-
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?fc Junkers will not tolerate even
it; uaanuon or ineir power
jtpyiiuiwBit ana auow mi
18 TO 45 YEARS NAMED
AS DRAFT
Men Above 31 Not Likely to
ing Service Legislation Will Obviate Necessity '
of Invading Deferred Classes '
Maahlncton, Aug 3 (Rj I X. S )
SenatCT Chamberlain, chairman of the
Suiate Military Aftalra Committee, thla
afternoon announced that he, Secretary
of War Baker and Chairman ent, of
the House Mllltarv Committee, had
agreed that the draft nges In the new
man-power bill would be eighteen to forty-five
The bill will gle the President au
thority to "draft phjslclans liable t(
military service In such sequence of ages
and at such time or times as he may
pi escribe."
Senator Cliatnhei lulu explained that
in appHlng the iliaft to the men be
tween the ages of eighteen anil t out -one,
the olilei would be called up for
service first Theie will be three classes
men between tweut-one and twentv,
mn between twentj and nine and men
between nineteen and elglitee Th will
be called for service In that ordci '1 lie
Senate.- also said that mm above the
ni;e of thlitv one probablv would not be
upcd In active fighting seivicc lie s-ald
nil danger of Invading the ilefeiied
classes would be removed when the new
legislation Is enacted
Kxpecta Opposition to Hill
Senator Chamberlain believed that the
new man-power bill would meet with
considerable opposition In the House be
cause of Its provision foi drafting men
under tvvent-one, and possll)l$- some In
the Senate for the same teasoii He
said that the bill he would Introduce on
Monday had the approval not only of
Secretary Uakei but of 1'iovost Mntshal
General Crovvder nml President Wilson.
'The bill, of course, will give the
President authority to diaft all men
between eighteen and foit-lle hi caso
of great emergency " Senator Chamber
lain said.
"However. It will not he the purpose
of the Administration to call men above
FOUR HERO SONS
OF PHILADELPHIA
SLAIN IN BATTLE
Lieutenant Lewis Captive
and Lieutenant Mc-
Keown Missjn
CAMDEN. MAN PRISONER
sj?
F"oiSf more-soldiers of llePtlllauelphfa I
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district, three ot this city and one from
Chester, have been killed while facing!
the Get mans
In Franc. Two otnero.
, "'l ) 1(A(W1I tk OIVVTI I, Ull ft
both lieutenants, one of whom lives In front of three or four miles, according
Germantown, are missing In action, and ' to dispatches fiom the battlefield re
a Camden (X. J.), man Is a prisoner, ac. I ccl,ea London today.
. ,, , i The German hold on the west bank
cording to General Pershing s casualty of tl)e Ancre in tho Aihert region has
list announced today. The list contains been precarious, and It seemed to be
206 names tenahle only if it were Intended to be
A Mll.v.ne (X.T.). soldier ,s r.poi.ed ";. $JUTJ To
severely wounded. The list follows: Indicate the abandonment of any at-
KII.I.TID IV ACTION' i tempt at an offensive in that quarter
rrlv-nte William .1. Renpe. 1333 Has t . at . p.r,ese"V
tlslnrs aireet ' (A'b"t Is on the northern sector ot
names sireei . ,, t..,i., oA. r . .,.
Prlrate Bradv V
Smllli. 1806 South
Twenty -fourth street
Private Samuel Wallaee, 5707 Spring
field avenue.
Private Lawrence A. Kmnirrti, 410
Highland avenue, Chester.
MI8SINO IV ACTIOV
Lieutenant Stuart F.lllon Mr'Keovrn,
Central T M. C. A , Philadelphia.
SKKItF.I.Y WOUNDED
PrUale Ralph 8. ragan, Mlllvllle, X. J.
PRISONER
Lieutenant Henry C. Lew la, 51 Cliv
eden aenue, Germantown.
PrlTate Harry Leonard, H47 Broad
way, Camden, X. J.
All of these soldiers were members of
the army, and It Is believed they fell
during the early stages of the great Al
lied turning movement, which checked
the German armv and started It on the
retreat now going on.
Lieutenant Stuart nillhon McKeovvn
was an aviator. Ho enlisted Immedi
ately after the United States entered
the war, took his flying training at Ith
aca and one of the aviation camps in the
South, where he was commissioned a
lieutenant. IHs home Is at Fort Col
lins. Col. In this city he lived at the
Central Young Men's Christian Associa
tion, 1421 Arch street.
Harry Leonard was twenty-six years
old when he was drafted In the first
quota that left Camden from Camp Dlx
last September, and he went overseas In
February. He was born In Philadelphia
and was building ships at the Pusey &.
Jones shipyard In Gloucester, but he re
nounced all claim to deferred classifica
tion. Lieutenant Lewis W Irea to Parenta
First Lieutenant Henry Carvlll Lewis,
of the Ninety -sixth Aero Squadron, was
reported missing, but Is Imprisoned In a
German camp, according to a cablegram
received by his parents, the Itev. and
Mrs L. K. Lewis, of 51 Cliveden aenue
The message sent , by the boy stated:
"Prisoner, Camp Frledrlchsfes'e, Itas
tatt, Baden. Engine trouble. Well."
"I Judge," said the elder Lewis today,
"that the engine of his airplane stalled
and he was forced to descend within
German lines and was captured. Of
course, I'm proud of hlin, but I'd like
mighty well to see him safe at home
again "
Lieutenant Lewis Is twenty-seven
fantlmied en Pate Three. Column Three
WIFE CHARGES BIGAMY
Woman Says Husband Contem
plated Marrying Camden
Resident
Oenhen Harding, thtrtv-one yearp old,
Camden, was held in J80I1 ball foi louiI
on a bigamy charge by Magistrate Pen
ntck In City 'Hall today.
Mrs Alice Harding. 1602 Mount Ver
non street, testified she had been mar
ried to Harding about eleven years ago,
and that up until last April she had
not heard from him In nine years . In
April she heard that Stephen Harding
had obtained a license to wed Mlsff
T.miiaa Miller. Federal street near Third.
Camden. Investigation showed the man
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AGE LIMITS
Be Called for Active Fight
thirty-one unless thev are absolutely
necessary The younger men make the
better soldiers
'The new legislation when enacted
will remove all Ganger of Invasion Into
Classes 2, 3 and 4, In my opinion In
setting eighteen to forty -five as the
draft ages the Government will be pur
suing a traditional policy that began
almost with the Revolution
Merging Mllltarv I oreen
'The War Depaiimeiit has moved to
merge the XaWonal Army, the National
Guard and the oilglnal army That was
a splendid step Broadening the draft
ages carried the new policy to Its logical
conclusion Heretofore men from eigh
teen to twentv -one and fioin ihhty-one
to foilv-flve have been peimltted to ol
ttnteei, but have not been subject lo the
draft The ne'v lcglslttlon will reconcile
these differences 'I lie new Administra
tion policy Is the one 1 uiged when the
original draft measiui was undei con
sideration In the Senate
ork-or-riRht Order
Senatoi Chamberlain declined to make
1 public the text of the bill prloi to its in
troduction In the Senate and House, but
said that its essential points were sim
ply broadening the draft ages and giv
ing the President authority to call men
"In such sequence of ages" as he may
prescribe So member of the Military
Affairs Committee of the Senato was
Informed as to whethei It would be tho
policy of the Admlnlsttatlou to extend
the work oi -light ordei, now applied to
men between twenty -one and thirty-one,
to the new registrants, but It was unl
veisalh believed, In view of Senator
Chamberlain's announcement that those
above thirty-one probably would not bo
called for military service, that this
was the leil purpose of setting forty -five
as the upper limit.
' GERMANS RETIRE
OVER THE ANCRE
ON 4-MILE FRONT
' British Press Forward and
Occupy Part of Enemy's
Trenches
TEUTONS ON DEFENSIVE
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By the Aisoctatcil-PreU--
London, Aug. 3.
The Geimans aie executing a .local
Anro i ti. yat,nn muh. ,
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nines nuruieusc ui vniiens i ne ncre
HKer at the battle line parallels the
Somme to the north).
British patrols last night pushed their
way forward In the Albert sector and
occupied parts ot the German front
line, tho War Office announced today.
The statement reads.
"A raid attempted by the enemy es
terday morning in the neighborhood of
Feuchy (south of the Scarpe and three
miles caBt of Arras) was jepulsed with
loss.
"During the night our patrols have
pushed forward In the Albert sector and
have occupied portions of tho enemy's
front line.
'The hostile artillery has been active
at different points between Bethune and
Ballleul."
NEW HOG ISLAND CAR LINE
Route 45, from 40th and Market
Streets, Extended
Trolley service dhect to Hog Island
over a new extension will be inauguiateo:
by the Philadelphia Ilapld Transit Com
pany tomorrow moinlng Cars of Houte
45. running from Fortieth and Market
streets, vvlll operate over the new line
The extension was built by the com
pany's engineers with funds loaned by
the Government. By igorous work,
more than five miles of trackage was
rlald In Just one month. It extends from
Ismml roan ana i.asiwictt avenue to a
loop immediately outside the main en
trance to the shipyard. At present the
cars carry Hog Island workers to Xlne
ty -fourth street and Kastwlck avenue,
and shuttl trains carry the men to the
yard
The new line will mean a saving In
time and vvlll eliminate the inconveni
ence of changing cars. The fare will
be ten cents to those passengers who
ride beyond Island road and Kastwlck
avenue.
Admiral Bowles, K. T. Stotesbury,
President Hoi brook, of the shipbuilding
company, and President Mitten, of the
traction company, wjth other officials
of the emergency fleet and of the trac
tion company, made the first trial run
today.
DISBAND PUBLICITY BUREAU
Federal Control Causes Discon
tinuance of P. R. R. Service
Tlie publicity bureau of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad has been discontinued.
H Is understood Vive reorganization of
the railroads under Federal control is
responsible for Its discontinuance.
Geoige B. Harley, publicity agent, will
remain with the Pennsylvania corpora.
Hon. and Walton B WenU, assistant
publicity agent, will go to the assistant
general manager's office. The office em
ployes will be distributed In various
other offices.
The order dlsband'ng the publicity
bureau was effective August 1 The
buiuu was organised January 1, l'J08.
Cotton Advances $7 a Bale
By the Associated Press
New York, Aug 3. Cotton advanced
between (6 and 17 a bale In the market
here today, attributed to favorable war
news, unfavorable weather advices in
the Southwest, and Indications of In
creased consumption of American cotton
abroad. Cotton has now risen anoroxi.
matelyf ta-a bale her since the Uovern-
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U. S. LOSSES
PUT AT 12,000
BY PERSHING
Total Includes Killed,
Wounded and Missing in
Present Battle
AMERICAN LEADER ,
HAS MILLION MEN
General March Says Record
Number of 300,000
Sent in July
CASUALTIES 2 PER CENT
Marne Salient Ironed Out.
Allies Gain 16 Miles, Re
duce Front 26
VVahlnton. Aug 3 (Bv I. N S )
The American casualties In the present
great offensive on the western front are '
estlmited at 12.000 In killed, wounded'
and missing General Pershing has thus
reported to Chief of Staff March and the
latte- o Infoimed the members of the
Senate Military Affairs Committee to
day General March tol.l tne cnmmltte? that
th American cas laities a we ago
weie averaging seventeen In 1000 in
gagid and that todav they have In
creased j,, about twenty In eti h 1on
This Indicated th- intensity of th fight
ing as w til as the stiffening of the Gei
man resistance due to their throwing
packed shock troops In against the
AtnTlcars t
The Chief of Staff also told In" com
mittee that co htivc passed tlu 1,300,-'
000 mark In se.-dlng troops oveneas
Senator Fletcher Indicated the belief
that thirty -eight would be the maximum
In the bill to be presented to Congress
early net week.
Bj lite Associated Press
U aslilnctun, Aug. 3 Majoi Genei.il
Hunter Liggett, commanding the fitst
American Army Corps, Is In active charge
of that corps on the center of the Al
lied drive In the Alsne-Mame salient,!
General March, chief of staff, -today told'
newspaper correspondents at the semi-,
weekly confeiencc at the AVaiTDcpart
inent. 1
The Ameilcan divisions forming this
corps aro serving contiguously on this'
sector, the control of which Is In the
hands of Major General Liggett ns com
mander of tho first major American
unit to get into action In France
Tho number of American divisions ac
tively engaged on this sector has been
lntiiased to eight, now including the
First, Second, Third and Fourth Regu
lais and the Twenty -sixth. Twenty -eighth
(Keystone). Thirty-second and
Foi ty -second Xntlonal Guaid.
General March announced that It was
the Forty-second Division (Rainbow)
which met and defeated the Pruss.an
Guards during the present week
Perahlng llaa 1,000,000 Men
General Pershing, as a result of re
cent transfcis of American divisions
Svhlch had been brigaded w'lth the
British, now has 1,000,000 men under his
direct command, the Chief of Staff
stated
Totul embai Nation of American tioops
during July broke all records. It was
announced officially, mole than .100,000
men having been shipped.
The-grand total embarked to the end
of July has passed the 1,300,000 mark
The previous high monthly record was
for June, when 276,000 men were sent
l.lne May lie Turned
Discussing the fighting. General March i
said that official dispatches covering the
battles to August 2 showed the present I
front running virtually parallel to the
Vesle and Ardre Valleys, tho next de-
fenslve line of the enemy. At that time '
the advancing foices were within sit,
miles of this line. Later dispatches,
however, have Indicated that the Vesle-1
Ardre line may have been turned al- '
leady.
The objective of the American and ,
Allied armies still is the destruction of
the enemy's army. General March said
rne maximum retreat ot tne enemy up
to August 2 measured sixteen miles, the
Continued on Pace Two, Column Too
TODAY'S FEATURES
Plot Against Our Ships
How Captain Boy-Ed, directed
the destiuction of Allied ship
ping from U-boat 53 is told m
today's episode of "The Eagle's
Eye'
Junhers, Grip on Germany
B. P. Kospoth, special corre
spondent of this paper at Beine,
Switzerland, in a brilliant article
tells what it means and where it
will probably lead.
Oh, Money! Money!
Eleanor H. Porter's latest
novel becomes more and more in
teresting as today's installment
will prove. '
Congressman Moore
discourses with his customary
urbanity of interesting person
alities in Washington.
And Don't .Forget
that the EVENING PUBLIC
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ties for giving you all the news of
the world. It is served by the
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fully cmplanlcl alonp the cle. The main ailvanic nortlica-t of I'cre lia
1 miics
FISMES IN RANGE
0FU.S. ARTILLERY;
TROOPS PRESS ON
Americans Capture Chant
pry and Search for Grave
of Quentin Roosevelt
OTHER VILLAGES TAKEN
If) the United Prei '
Willi the American Armies In Prahee,
Aug. 3.
Flsme-, the great German ba-e In the
Solsyons-nhelms salient, has abeen
brought within range ot Ameilcm nitll
leiy. Cohan, sl miles bouth ot Flsmes,
has been captured and the mei leans
continue to advance all along the center
of the salient
Other towns and villages have fallen
Into the hands of Pel suing s tioops, In
cluding Chamerv, where Quentin Roose
Mlt fell to his death, accoidlng to Ger
man statements Americans ale fccai til
ing for Roosevelt's grave
Heavily destructive artllleiv fire Is
tombing tho roads over which the Gei
mans are retiring The bodies continue
to blow up ammunition dumps and
burn material as tiny retreat.
Cohan, Eix miles catt and slightly
north of Fcre-en-TardenoIs, Is a mile
noith of Coulonges, tile lut Milage of
ficially announced as captured in that
dlstritt
U. S. TROOPS CAPTURE
ENEMY STRONGHOLDS
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Coinrioht. tots, by .Yew 1 ork Tines Co
Willi the American Army, Aug .1
Violent and bloody fighting noith
of the Ourcq continues between the
Amei leans and picked German divi
sion. The German command is try
ing desperately to prevent the Ameil
can advance.
Meanwhile we continue to advance,
in the last twenty -four hours we have
captured tho Important Bols de Meu
niere, have ptesscd forward beyond
Clcrges and on the left have pushed
our lines up to the edge of the Bois
de Nesles
The captuie of the Bols de Meu
niere Is our most Important victory
since the Americans foiccd the Ourcq
Hiver passage.
On our left the Trench-, with Bill,
ish units co-opeiatlng by a brilliant
operation, broke the German hold on
the heights noi'h of Giand Rosoy and
the Bols de Meunlere and Romlgny.
Dashing eastvvaul, they took the vil
lage Qf Beugneaux and reached the
hamlet of Ctamoiselle. This operation
greatly Improved the American line.
On oui right the French, after a
bitter struggle, took the village of
Romlgny, where the Germans had es
tablished a fat long position. Thus the
Continued on Pace Thirteen, Column His
TWO LANCASTER SOLDIERS DIE
Lieutenant's Wounds Fatal Pri
vate Killed in Action
I.aneaattr, P'., Aug 3 Two more
Lancaster County soldlerR have fallen In
action. Private James U Snyder. Fifth
Regiment Marines, was killed in battle
at C'huteau-Tlilerry, Sn)der was reject
ed tnree times when ha tried tn enlist,
and was finally accepted at the York
station
Lieutenant D. i: Melllnger, Fifty
ninth Infantry, of Kphrata. died from
wounds, July 19, according to a message-
received by his parenta last night.
Ho was the first Kphrata man to die In
the war. Lieutenant Melllnger was a
graduate ot Bucknell University, and. was
commissioned at' the Fort Niagara train.
ng camp. His brother, Roy, Is an avla-
tof' a . ..ij.
WIN 5 MILES ALONG AISN
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ofeouwardiav i " W5!'
I ) ' POINT OF 8eval -fA
lioVeJJI xf .eaefcrtftoMaie I-lff-55wrs 1 J
ksa , r' V nC?!L Tr" rjftKT. Of lhlly-- 5k1 X
5N2V i Sf' :,ou,y Mo,f . a JG5r. ow
WILL FORM SIX NEW ENGINEER REGIMENTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Six new divisional engineer snppei
regiments are to be built up around a nucleus of officers and
noncommissioned officers trained at Camp Humphreys, Va., the
engineer corpt announced today. They will be given preliminary
training at Camp Forrest, Oa., and then will be t-ent to their re
spective divisions, now forming.
PLOT TO DESTROY U. S. TROOPSHIP FRUSTRATED
- v -AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug, 3, An anarchls'plot to destroy
. ah American troop .transport Is believed by ithe' authorities to
have been frustrated today with the arrestof-a'manwho said he
was Frederick Bouchat. The prisoner, cdught climbing a rope
judder up the side of the steamship, a former Qermamn liner, said
ho had been selected by lot to blow up the vessel.
JAPANESE REPLY
RECEIVED BY U. S. WAR FOUR YEARS
Ishii Delh crs Note Accept- Gen. Maurice Charges Fail
ing U. S. Plan on Aid ure to Lack of Organiza
to Russia tiou and Unity
. BAKER IN CONFERENCE
'v the .Iwoitatcd I'rt ai
hIi1iikIoii, -Vug J
The fu mil uplv to the Japanese
Gove itiiunt to the Vmcrican iupo-.il
for join ,1 .ion bv J.ipui the KnUnto
Powci and tho Unhid States In
Slben.i win dillvtud iu ctlng Seire
1011. today by Vltiuunt Ishll, the
JHpance Ambass.idoi
The answer was understood to meet
technically all (he reiiuliements laid
down by the American llovernment it
will icquhe cueful tonsldi intlon, hovv-
jevii, and no formal announcement Is
expected Tor the present at luit
Amba'-v.idoi Mill would not discuss
the puipo-e of his vl It fie said he
was not uuthoi zed to mat t any btate
ment ttg.il ding tin question of joint
action In hibciia and tiat iny informa
tion on the subject would have to tome
fiom the .Hi' Diii.iitnient (initials of
tho dcputuuiit however continued to
malnta u slleuci
linmcdlalilv uftei Vhcjunt Ishll left
Ml I'olk's office "-Vciotniy Bnkci vis
ited Hi jcliiu itl.iiv of vi-itt and
they v.tu limited foi lia'f .in I'.a'i
Mllhaiy pn.ist-j m Hi aid In he eUnd
d rtusMa thiougl. .-Ibeila weie Ixlleved
to havi been dlacussed
Iilei Mi I'olk sent foi Assistant See
retaiy Urtckemldge Jjmg, the .State Pe
partin.it jxiurt on f.n easietn nffalrs
"r llnt Wilson inisonally has hsen
dlrcttiiu I lie fiamlng nf the proposils
for aid ic Itjsshi und has piepaud a
statcmcni iplnlnlng jim what is to he
done and linking it hai imt hb
United Suites iiiUnda t Mn ,d square!)
beside i lie It i-'lsn p-opl li Miell fight
for demonic) It l .xpected that
lie -v III give C'lietiH eiudy o the Jap
anese reply before his statement Is Is
sued. DOQOR DIES ON BIRTHDAY
Norrislovvn Physician Fatally
Stricken While Talking to Patient
Nnrrl.toun. I'a., Aug. 3 Dr Charles
II Mann, of Bridgeport, died at an early
hour this mornlnsr. the slxtv -sixth nnnl.
I ersniv of his birth
I Wh'le consulting with a patient yes-
1 lerda) he was stricken with a nervous
emu anil soon collapsed Death was dua
lo hemorrhage of the brain The doc
tor's fatal Illness is attributed in n rnlil
bcontracted on a, visit to Camp Mrade
RPOUl VL U UKU.
Doctor Mann was born In Doy lesion n
and was a graduate of Lafayette Col
lege. Bellevue Medical College. Jv'ew
York, and Jefferson College, Philadel
phia. He served for a time as resident
physician at the Children's Hospital,
Philadelphia; came to Bridgeport In
April. 1876. and has been In continuous
practice. . , , , .
a v ' ?3l
AND VESLE
i-nc. West of Rlieims the Allien are
pa-ed Cohan, onlj seven miles from
BRITISH MUDDLED
PLEA FOR CO-OPERATION
Rv M J0n CENER L
SIR TREDERICK M4UR1CE
d'urmer rirrMur of Mllltarv Operation) of
the nrltli rmlea)
Special Cable to El citing Public Ledger
Copyilul' "" hu cu J oil. Time Co.
London, Aug. 3.
The fourth vear of the war has not
been one upon which the British can
look back with much satisfaction. We
have muddled through a peilod of
gieat pei II, mid we mav say with
thankful heiits that the prospects for
i tne nun veil aie now much blighter
j than we had reason to anticipate that
ttinv intlld hi. Lnmn a. ,. a,.
,, ..... -w . Hci-na ago.
But we have unquestionably muddled
and must admit, If we face the facts'
honestly, that after four years of bit
ter experience we have not yet learned
to wage war.
The collanse of Ru.ssI.a- hit.-... tn..
heav ) cloud ov er us for the last twelve
months, and now at the fourth annl
vernai y of oui entiy Into the war
the tloud Is bieaklng.
The enemy, having done his best to
take advantage of Ills great oppor
tunltyi has failed, and we now know
he tan never again bring against us
such foices as- he placed In tho field
on the western front this year and
that we Allies must grow steadily
btiongcr.
We cannot lest content with that
and it Is our bounden duty to profit bv
the mistakes we have made In the
nasi, so as tei e-aln In tha uun. .
I til I, -. "vi test DOS-
I sible time the complete victory which
- "- i,u", ne snail not
gain that lctory merely by wardlnir
off attack. We have to go forward
and destroy the enemy and our nol
ley must be shaped accordingly
Only once since the British' army
reached its full strength has the com
bined offensive power of the Allies on
the western front been used in a con
certed effort, and then it was to a
gieat extent foiled by HIndenburg's
manner of retreat at the beginning of
1917. Therefore, we hae never vet
employed effectively such superiority
over the enemy as we hae had In the
past, and now that the time Is comina
when we Bhall once more be superior
It behooves us to have considered plans
ready for the use of that superiorltv
at the light time and in the right
way.
Where we failed In the past has
been In the co-operation of statesmen
and soldiers In the preparation of such
plans. The calamities which befell
us at the beginning of this year's
campaign have forced ua to do' mirth
mh.
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VSi
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Grip Important Strife
on soutii nanK-tiovmt
After Enemy
'.m
J2l?
, FOE'S DEFEAT ,fe
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T.Tiv"nrT t r a ni bi i vfe-ij?
1NUW iJidAdTJJiiW
Larue BaK of Prisonerr
.Taken in Seizure of 7 $
va
Soiss
ons
TEUTONS RETREATING
FROM ENTIRE POCKET
Numerous Villages and Woodsl
n .i t? c 1''J
uwujiit'u OIS IJIllCIHC OOl' v?'
,i: n r JLv53
viicria x icas vll
GAIN TOWARD
FISMES
Americans, French and British "a
smash German Line
TTiir.l ,l
Paris, Aug. IS.
Frpnch advanced forces Iwwfg?
reached the River Veslc and
iJicnaiiiig to cross me stream. , Cast
Tl.n r!-- j a.'iTtSVl
.. uu .nulla die tumillUlllg; XnCTTttyi
rplrpnt Inuanl ll.n n!.H A1M. r.xk
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By the Associated Press Tt'.Sjj
IvondoivAug. -J0
Tlln Hmmflll mlrcnt ttt nAnA.nl ..ikn
' ill three fncea nf ftio astlnnt n.jf-.
quered by the Germans in May, anrljp;''
... -k,.,r-, .ui- ,i t-i-iu;, uwai on nyw
heels of the letreating enemy. aaTStv. ,
neuter's correspondent
headquarters.
corresnondent nt Trnrfc" '
-8??i
battle front in ,Jtth3L
On the main
Sol'isons region the Allies, after '-iMfo
pl?tlnRc,upLjicuuo( r Soa.jona.biiafi;
gripped the south bank of. the Afsiii''
between Pommlera and Vcnlzel, 9tW"V'
lance ui piJro.imaieiy live ana OIWA
half miles, advices received loikiyj'"-
show. ?$Mt
The retirement of the forces of. thar.&m
German Crown Prince is now of a n
very rapid chnracter. To the east of
1 TIllAtmc VMnnh fncna. V.n.H vaJa ah
j important recovery of ground near flt,,
Hilalre. Hi
I"rench Cflvnhv nro nn 1ia VA-lAriS
Tllver hptunnn fhnmtitirtiir r.A Tah.
chery, north and northwest of RheIm$Jr&
IV until n o'clock this morning the tS
Allies had not crossed the river, AJ1t2f
the bridges over the Vesle havn h-nn Sifl
destroyed. (Jonchery is only flvVfsAj
miles nnd a hnlf Anfi, nf iImtviaaV V
Champigny is seven miles east -vt$$
Joncheiv- nml less Minn vn ml1 ftrfi
i . -, , . '"VsJ.'S'l
Fismes In Flames
Binning illages In the area'rtorMyl
ui mt v esie mvej. ueiween .nu.on anijjl
St Thierry, Indicate that a furtheiT
wlthciiawal or the German forces ilsy
intended. Fourteen large fires have"!
I.aam nlican A1 T-l.n In. ..ns! n .. A A 1
wv... ..vov. vw, lire unveil mill ceuicr f'SS
of Flsmes Is in flames, and ther- nr Xvi
great confiaguatlons in two villages Y
to the northwest of that town.
New Allied Line
un tne easterly side of the Solssom- i
Tlliplme Ipnnt tho linn Ir, .l.l-u Ua .ryal
" ' - -.. ....u . ,.l..f ...D ff
Allies have advanced runs, according ten?
the latest adv Ices, from Serzy-et-PrJn1 !
and SIv Igny, both In the Ardre Valley,
to the highest point on the plateau "$M
between the Ardre and the VesIeM-trtn.V.v
thence, to Rosnay, Gueux andJTrtlllolai-,
and on to the Vesle at St. Brice, which' VS3
is on the original line.
On the northern end of the plateau- Tj&&
to the southeast of Solssons the ''3
French have advanced from Venliei to
a point south of Bralsne, on the Velei:S
THa nlc mini Is pnnHntilnc. nn rlu iMhx
4...V .....-w ... w......u..tei vfl IliV 1HIB
farther to the east. '?
Can Open Chalons Railway 9''-e3
The northward movement ni" fh rJoC '
mans has now reached such a point
that the reopening of the Chalon-ife
Rhetms railroad is assured.
Advices say the news that SolssonsTjM
had been entered, was greeted' wlh VeSi
Jolclng by the French and AmerlcanBX!l
on me line 10 tne southeast, who , '
confident that their own line wouU,M
be pushed forwnid and stralehteiuSf''
... . .11,.. . m - .. ..TFrS
vui Djictruu uii iiiv iruni 10 me nwralk,
of CoUlongen and Aro -St. Restltua. !
Much importance is attached to tMft '"
advance of the Allied forces on HM&.
eanterly side of the KnlsKnnH.nhAlA
front rt the line of Gueux and Tiiilloiav.;
it is pointed to as serving the dou4H
object of protecting Rheims and pUte-.
ing the Allies in a position to cripple
still further the already badly crowd
Germans In their tetreat toward tr
v caic.
After the fall of Solssons. the
correspondent wlies, headquartem
ceiveu me names or yillageaj
nuuua I vvwvuijicu u) lliq Alllocl-
almost monotonous regularity C
"1'iessier vvooa,- lie contli
"wr.ict) auuis on tne soissons-Cl
Thierry load, was turned earlv.
day (Fiidayl and the defender
rounueu. 4111s wuoq wus me 1
the eptmy resistance and tha
it was ex tiaordinarlly, bitter.
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