Kft' HfYJW vi fi " -t 'V "liv ' s t: ' -"' . . WM"W'T3SH!B,H. j3 '"'.. ''T' y2iS2&&'? y . i. v ".v-r-.v, 'v ,)-. :i "K v1" -v ;- ',84? EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, EBIDAY, AUGUST ic, ai&' , T tfl ONS GATHER SURVIVORS OF U-BOAT VICTIM TANK OFFICER TAKES RECEIPT FOR VILLAGE i. DEFENSES HALT m ;l Mmm LASSIGNY BATTLE isvl'll Vli'l L'l'l' UllUf'l' T'l P-ySH U m Ill a If f nx I!-' $r 5a ' 1. J m fe'H w M iw- tm. SiM 1 JCermau and Austrian Moll is Jrc8 ad Statesmen in i Important Conclave POLISH QUESTION FIRST By GEORRK BENWirir j- ''pecfa CoWc o Stvninjr Public Ledger e eojvrtjAf, mg ,, Ket0 York Tlmet Co Amaterdam, Aug. 16. The masters of the Central Emnlres JJPPear to be In a great hurrv to mnlte ;more kings and kingdoms. In Oermanv "'., is Rurally accepted ai beln n ' (? s'aerable part of the task of imposlns array of high personalltl-.. Mhlch was completed yesterday at n hian Imperial headquarters bv the J Uval of Kaiser Charles. Besides the two Kmpcrors. the Fi ein ' Ministers f l.otli Central Hmplrr -re present. Vnn iiini.a .i -...! ,,. i.. rteirrerlcli, fresh from the Bolshevik peril nd chaos, the Austro-Hungarl-iii am bassador at Berlin. Princo Hohenlohe. and the Orm.in ambassador In Vienna Count 'Wedel. are there. Poland Is rep resented by Prince Radzlwlll. who came from 'Warsaw, and Count Adam Ronlker who represents the Polish Government In Berlin. It Is clear nn effoit l to be made to ettle the Polish question, and In the scramble for eastern thrones competition Is greatest for that of Poland There are no fewer than four candidates. Aus trian. Bavarian. Saxon and even Bulga rian princes all have ambitions to rule In Warsaw. Berlin political circles believe the Polldh question will not bo Mttled .r the Austrian sense by uniting the kingdom of Poland In personal union with the Dual Monarchy but that Poland will be . set up as an "Independent kingdom." That means, of course, that it will ho well under derman authority. It would also appear that all eastern countries ire to have their frontiers fixed for them And it Is expected that. In addition to Poland, Lithuania and Finland will more directly have kings chosen for them Little EnthtiHlaftm (n (lerman.r The prospect of such arrangements without waiting for "a king-making vic tory" rouses not very great enthusiasm In Germary, not een among Pan-Germans, as c.i be seen from the Deutsch Tages Zeltung's comment. It has serious suspicion that the Ger man prlncelets might turn against Oer manv before long. Reventlow holds up JtuiWnla a a warning and, like other Pan-German journals, plumps for annex ation outright. Vorwnrtn hits the nail on th head when It declares that this klng-mnklng Is evidence of a desire of the powers that be in Germany and Austria-Hungary for military supremacy In the world, for only by that supremacy can tho pro jected new thrones be sustained. Affalis in Russia, too, will be con sidered by this imposing gathering The Weser Zeltung claims to know that Helffcrich will not icturn to bis nost. 1.11 .1. mitt- Lit. 111 .v . .u r, B V. . "tglares u.k liia uciinnii uuit.iiiiicit. nun ir- fusd tlie request of the Bolshevik! for military aid. Indeed, the news which comes from Russia shows that the situation there Is hourly growing in seriousness That it demonstrated by the toundabout way which Helfferich'3 staff took to reach Pakovk. In Moscow the latest news Is that a rising similar to that in Jaroolav in July is expected at any time, while Soviet administrations are filling all over the country. Alarm. Qitr Jtuaslan Situation The whole state of affairs is oaualng great alarm in Berlin and something like terror in Vienna. In political clr- cles tho action of the Czech-Slovaks -has naturally had a great repercussion throughout Austria, and especially in Bohemia, In Bohemia It is anticipated that things may come to u head much earlier than most people ihlnk, and Pan German papers in Germany arc express ing unbounded amazement that Austria stands with folded arms while things are rushing to a crisis. Tlie Tagliche Itunschau is amaied that "despl.te ail war and treason laws, communication Is still kept up betweeh the Caeuho-SIovak army fighting on tho side of the Kn tente and the people at home in Bo hemia." The conterennce at Imperial headquar ters has therefore enough to think about and discuss. Tha whole German prets is sending up an urgent prayer to the Government that it should abandon Its policy of si lence regarding war alms and undertake raging, tearing propaganda otherwise, peace oftensh e throughout the country, so the German people may know defi nitely what they are fighting foi FTji3 The Hamburger N'achrlchten hjtfjT " pleads for an announcement of a i Jjfitei In war aims. "The two reverses The Hamburger N'achrlchten even change rBes which German arms have suffertd," II says, "have produced a deep emotion in the German people. There Is no Use denying- that, nor ought it be denied " It wants Hertllng to follow up "the Initia tive of courage displayed by headquar ters, for, "more than ever, It Is now necessary to raise the spirits of the German people " It actually thinks the r ,hest policy for the Government Is to sup port a league of nations ideal Indeed, , a strange attitude for such a preposter ously Imperialistic Journal to take up. The Rheinischa tVestfallsche Zeltung " '.supports tho demand, but with a view of , having such things as home rule in Ire land, the evacuation of Egypt, and so on definitely placed on the German program. So Hertllng will certainly have great difficulty In pleasing all sections of his Part-German friends should he agree to the fervent petitions for enlightenment. .T&at he is most likely to do so is clear EKj frpm a statement by the inspired cor-f-vti- respondent of the Coloorno Uazettr nhn fi rfl .-I1I-m Ahi'lnl.alw V. itl.t.ll.- -. . J ' 1V41W1I& u,WMni UJ UlUtUUUIl, SnOW S f hnw near it is to have clarltv r0frfl.,iir,c tho situation and that thoso of the Gov ernment "who are good speakers" should go up and down the country making speeches and not merely wait till the Reichstag opens. , So the next German peace offensive wlll probably take the form of a flood ,ott uerniftn uuvcriimeni oratory. HUaiANIANS AIDING U. S. W&l1' ' Country Have Enlisted ,'A . Bv the Atsociatrd Pr h1. -' -;. - ----.- Atlantic Cltr. X. J., Aug. It. E'Bh- sytten thousand Rumanians have been re- 'tfk.l .pruited from the 200.000 in the United lypt-istates and are being trained atf a fight - eiv'jUuj contingent. for overseas service wlthl & the Allies, according to an "announce- Rtment niaue nert? jam nigm oy Major llpiUBUllu, jiuumiwaii nibncue at W BSn- JJkHton. fiv Um0" ntr Escaped Taxes wj ff?lLj' At-, J t rrkn U- till. S. -.. - . ' - i L-V,Mi"lt"i 5 v iv tiia Illinois . Wi"niral Kallroad has escaneri taxAtinn ' n upproinnately a blllfon dollars' worth tx vj iirvijvf j huih mi cm nop it jiFia Mlt-A before the board of review bv At. B5i,-,rtwr General Brundaice. H asked S J Sat asaesament be made -on. the' prop- h H " " ,"jMn Folia Dead in Cermtntown tttntnn Mellacilo. fiftv-five vr nld & ''IJ'Wut Logati.ijtreet. dermantown, fell t -uuKtvnrn ti r "' "jt; '" iojwr asms The imihk ' - T . "fjr-T-. sB ' i4 a V- -' wmmMIm: h Wt&tem E WM&m i'jmtWK$W kMMilvrBEXWEM NsMK - x . Lrfl to Right.-. PETER ROA Cof 44.RHRvc''J Chili), CLtVELAHD cJORDAM ' ;;.' :4- v VJHt ani'cHWSTIAN DOR8CHUK-- t:lWhripMK SOLITARY CELLS FOR SUFFRAGISTS Washington Jailer Tunis Away Militants' Would- Be Visitors DR. LOCKREY ANGERED Stotf CoJTCSJJO.NieHf Waiitiliicton, Aug IC Fi lends and relatives were today de nied permission to see or talk with the twenty-six suffragists who are serving sentences of from flv to fifteen days in the District of Columbia J.il for at tempting to hold an open-air portest meeting In Iafnyette Paik. August 6. Among those sentenced to fifteen days are Mrs Lawrence Lewis and I)r Sarah Lockrcy, of Philadelphia ; Miss Lavlnla Dock, of Fayettevllle, I'a , and -Miss Kate HefCeinnger, of Shamokln, Pa Miss Mary Wlnsor, of Haverford, re ceived a ten-day sentence Three Pennsylvania women released because of failure to Identlfj them as offenders were Miss Ullen Winter, of ' i.t Haverford Mrs Martha Washington Moore, of Philadelphia ind Miss Chris tine Doyle, of Hryn Mawr The protest meeting had been planned as tho result of the Senate's failure to pass the suffrage amendment Superintendent Zlnkham, of the Dis trict of Columbia Jail, did not esplaln his refusal to permit callers to heo the prisoners. He did not indicate when the ban would be lifted and declined to talk of the women's actions In Jail, except to say the had not rt staitrd a hunger . strike. He did not appear hopeful that Ihev would neglect th.it method to gain their freedom, nr for Health 1 r lor the health ot the women if i they have to Etay In that old, abandoned Jail to erp t.ut their tell and fifteen day benteiices, surrounded ti sewerage and plumbing systems of a bjgone age." de clared IJr Sarah LncUrnj. of Philadel phia, upon her iciurn to the headquar ters of the National Women's paity to day, after obtaining lu-i rfleae from the Jail where jbe spent the night with the other suffragists Dortor I-oclirey this morning paid her altematie fine of 515 and was released, t'o she can return to Philadelphia and reiume her medn.nl practice. She left Washington on the 1 o'clock train. Doctor l-m-krey said that since bo many Philadelphia doctors have gone, to the front she has been extremely busy In her profession and Is compelled to" re turn to perform seeral operations In Philadelphia tomorrow morning. She has some appointments at her oillco this aft ernoon, the bald and must return to keep them. "The piison ariangernents at the Washington Jail are worse than ac corded the Get man pi Nonets,' said Or. l.ockrey. "liich woman occupied a cell fie feet b) reeii The windows are fifteen feet from the ground, and are of giouud glass, so ihe prisoners cannot s,ee the blue skj Ton Dark, to Itrail it is too dark In the celN for ihe women to lead or sew, but they can occupy their time In knitting. peThups, if they want to Knit In the dark. "We did not h.ne enough bed coers lus-t night to keep us warm " "They havo the old ttyle open sewer age and plumbing there and the plaie smells foul I will be suprised if some of the women do not become 111 fiom lack of proper sanitation " Doctor I,ock would not discuss the probability that tlie suffragists will adopt hunger-strike methods, but sug gested there might be some Interesting news on that subject tomorrow. "Did you eat supper last night and breakfast this morning at theVil?" Doc tor Ioc!:rey was asked. "I have had my breakfast today," was hei evasle reply Tho fifteen-day Hentences or $13 fines Were imposed for unlawful assembly end standing on the 1-afayette Monument, r.nd the ten-day -entences or S10 fines for unlawful assembly only. All but Doctor Lockrey refused to pay the tines, because, they contended, that would be an admlsflon of guilt. Fighting for Dnnoi raoj Before being taken to Jail, Doctor Lockrey said- "What can one expect? Taxation without representation still remains a crime. At this time, when women are coaxed for their inolspensable services, i they are Jailed for demanding a voice ln in the Government they serve " .Miss Dock said- i "In going to Jail we are simply going . ever the ton for democracy. We hope I the pasnaga of the amendment will soon "'t' , mahe B"( ! The w such sacrifices unnecessary ' omen lefused to tako any pan in he tr,al yesterday, simply answering their names when called, but declining to answer nutations or answer to the charge against them, on the ground that they had broken no law and the court had no Jurisdiction over them. The court recessed for a few minutes to consider whether they should be charged with contempt, and then pro ceeded without penalizing the women for their apparent contempt of court. The women are in a Jail specially pre pared for them. , Their quarters are In the old workhouse, back of the, regular Jail, which had been somewhat remod eled for them and furnished with a plentiful supply of clean, new bed linen and toilet articles. Tfia windows of the house are twelve feet from the .floor, which will prevent the. prisoners holding conversation with rrifJwe'f'rMj wmmt ? i NJOBlHBFV I vljJRAY .Members of the crew of the chooner Dorothy Ilarrett, attacked hy a German submarine oil Northeast Lightship, near Cape May, N. J., where the following men were landed: Captain William Merrill, Mate Ray S. Merritt, Cleveland Jordan, I'cler Rio, Christian Dorschuk, J. J. Monteiro, James Marks, Joseph Hawkins, John Avoy and Antonio Soilen BEING SHELLED BY U-BOAT TAMER THAN HE SUPPOSED Ray H. Merrill, Fir&l Male of Sunken Dorolln Barren. De- eeribp;! Attack While Here With Rest of Crew on Wav to Their Homes (ipKIXil JD Isn't su shelled by a submarine is exciting as I had sup posed It would be, hut I don't car'' to re peat the experience " Ko First Mate Ray II Merritt. of the Dorothy Barrett, sunk lle miles south east of the Northeast i:nd lightship' Wednesday morning, summed up the eent today HIh futher, Taptain William Merritt, in charge of the essel; his brother,. Seawall Merritf,-Who-"ias second mate,1 ai)d the seven other members of the crew arrived from Cape May yesteiday evening, and today left Philadelphia tor their homes in arious partr of the country. While the MerrlttK live m Portland, Me., others of the crew came from South Amerlea and from widely separated points in this country. Several of them are already legarded as eterans ln sub marine warfare, liiuiug had many pre vious encounters with tho "sea mon sters." Well gioomed and rested from the ex citement as they were, tew of the hun dreds who surrounded them on the ferry boat would have suspected these clean looking fellows were surUvors of a sub marined vessel "I'm Just sorrj I didn't get to In troduce m;. self to Boino of those Ger mans. I'd like to meet a few " Hay Merrltt's grin gave trie group about him an Idea of Just how he would like to meet the enemy. "Wo didn't see a sign of any one on tho submarine Gee ! we weren't expected ilsitors of any sort Wo weie so close to shore. Uer thlng was as calm and peaceful as a pictuip, when suddenly, zip' Right. oer our heads eang a shell. "I can't exactly say we were st.arod It was Just a little surprise paity We knew right away -what we were In for, though it was several seconds before we Official War Reports A.Mr.HIf'A.V Wnshincton, Aug ' Thrie is nothing of impoi Unoe to ieort from tlie Heotois o.'tupbd by oui troops 1IUITIMI London. Aug. IC tiunng Ihe nifht nf adaueed our line slight northeast of Morlan court A hostile attack upon one of our posts in this vicinity was repulsed after sharp fighting. I-oeal fighting took place on the northeastern outskirts of Thiepval wood, where our patrols hae crossed to the left bank of the Ancre. Further north our patrolH progressed between Beaucourt-sur-Anons and Iulsleux-au-Mont. The hostile artillery has shown in creased activity south of the Somma and between La Bassee Canal and Ypres. j FRKNCH Paris, Aug 16. On the Are front French troops have made progress lu the region of VUIers-Les-Koyo and St. Aurln. East of Armancourt our troops have occu pied the old first lines . In Champagne we took prisoners ln the sector of Perthes-les-llurlus and repulsed an enemy raid east "of Malsons-Champagne. Klsewhere on the front there was no other activity. (SKKMAN' Berlin, Aug, 15 (dela)ed) There lias been lively reconnoitring activity between the Yser and the Scarpe. Southeast of Ayette a British partial attack broke down before our lines. North of the Ancre during the last few nights we have evacuated the sector of our positions near Fulsieux and Beaumont-Hamel, which pro jected -sharply Into the enemy's posi tion. It was occupied by the enemy yesterday afternoon. In General vou Boehn's group there have b.een po important opera tions. In the evening the artillery activity increased between tha Ancre and the Olse. Partial enemy attacks on both Bides of the Avre and south of Las elgny were repulsed. in. a thrust on the south bank of the ?" TT" ."H ' '. w? wmurea men -woo -wereoc- . yvooa is jtlM Mmeiatance to tn Horin will have greater value than ever in I f 'feJi. PV'PrJr.lyXtl.t;BreuM:i and a- ,aa JV.lW ui)Qrt ls;?fcl'jie Urau!tlng Pro4uotta M eoWnjra.A, ' SEWELL ana. MERr?H I saw the periscope We were ordered Into the lifeboat and given Just enough time to dump a few clothes in our suitcases. I yanked the chronometer from its place in passing and some one else grab bed the compass Tha,t chronometer Is worth Hc or six hundred dollars and we were rather pioud of It "AVe sort of hung round the ship, after w wtie all safely In the lifeboat, just to see what was going to happen. The submarine submerged, though, and we could see only the bubbles for a long time. Then It came up and cir cled the Dorothy, finally stopping under the how As we pulled in toward shore we heard fle shots fired Our captain had been picked up by a Go eminent vtesel that went back to see what could be done. The patrol boats came out to help, too. "Tho Germans evidently boarded the I Dorothy, oiled and set fire to her befoie they shelled her She was set afire at the cook's gallery amidships, In the en gine room forward ana away aft I,en the sail and lop mastH were oiled." "You can tell the world that was a super-submarine, too," interrupted the second mate at this poin.t "The Dorothy Barrett was more than 300 feet long and the submarine was almost the same length, the biggest one any of our crew had eer seen " "Oh, we'ie going home, I guess," an swered another of the crew when ques tioned. "But, we'll be back on the sea before long Submarines mnj tome and go, but I'll stick to the sea as long as I'm able to sail." The Dorothy Bairett had been carry ing on coastwise coal trade between Norfolk and Boston and was owned by a Bath, Me., corporation. Members of the crew other than the olllcers were; Cleveland Jordon, peter Ilea, Christian Dorschuk, ,1. J. Monteiro, Joseph Haw kins, John Aoy and Antlno Solles. Allies Circling Roye, Foe'8 Base Continued from Paxe One stubbornly defending the Uasslgny Oise Canal, the loss of which would entail tho evacuation of Noyou Win In Itoyon Salient A dispatch from the field of battle concerning the fighting ln the 'ojon salient, savs: "Just west of I.asslgny there was a lively combat for chasseurs trench, in the middle of Plessier Park. Tho fighting ended In n victory for the .trench. "The Germans aie still rllnirinir stub. bornly to the Lasslgity-Hoye line. They have given no Indications whether iney nope to hold it longer than may De necessary to have material and withdraw divisions whose communi cations ure under the increasing men ace of General Humbert's flanking movement. "The capture of Kcouvlllon, which facilitated the taking of nibecourt, nus oeen followed hy the occupation of the MonolitliR farm, giving tlie Third Army another grip on a vital position near Thiescourt and threaten lug the Herman llne.of retreat ulons the road to Noyon."- I-ondon, Aug 16. South of Albert the British have advanced their line slightly In the region northeafet of Morlancourt, says the official state ment today from Field Marshal Halg. (Atneilcap troops, a,rj engaged in the Morlancourt region north of the Somme.) On the eastern bank of the Ancre local fighting took place last night on the outskirts qf Thiepval, Wood, west of Thiepval after British patrols ciosaed the stream. " Further to the nortli further prog ress has been made by the British, who have pushed their patrols east ward on the three-mile front between Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and J'ulsleux-au. Mont. (The British are .drawing a 'net around Albert. Morlancourt Ilea three miles south. of that place, Thiepval !TJLrnA 1 tiki aaefiai jflaanr rn 4ia laAJptVi north of Albert and Pussloux Is three miles beyond that.) Tho capture of Damery and Par vlllers, three miles west of Itoye, was announced by the War Office last night. The British advance ln this re glon ln connection with tho new French push west and south of Royo, brings that German center ln Immi nent danger. The withdrawals on the west ern front by the Germans in ihe last raw days, it is believed here. Indicate that the enemy Intend.s to abandon the offensive. It is1 said to be doubtful whether lie will be able to j esumo th offensive since thirty-seven divisions now are necessary between the Olse and the Ancre, of which flf teen are from the entire western front and only eleven of these belong to the army group of Crown Princo Kup. precht of Bavaria. Military observers say that there Is every Indication the Germans Intend to stand on their present line. There is a possibility, however, that they may fall back to the Dlvette, a small tributary of tho Olse, and which Joins It south of NOyon. The French now hold all the high ground ln that region. It is said that tho British are so close to Chaulnes that tho enemy can not uso the town. Almost all tho rail communications ln the Peronno region have been rendered useless by the Allies. FOE HEAVILY SHELLS WHOLE BRITISH LINE By the Associated Press With the. HritisH Army in France, Aug. 10. The enemy artillery was ac tlve last night from one end of the British trout to the other. The activ ity was especially marked along the new Fomme battlcfront, In the Ks sarts sector, and in the legion of La Hassee, on the northern front,, where there was a heavy gun bombardment. Tlieie was no development of activity by the enemy infantry anywhere, how ever All along the Somnie front the Brit ish are continuing various slight for ward movements to gain advantages of position. The situation north of the Ancre has not yet been clarified, the enemy's intentions being obscure. There are no further repot ts. of wide spread withdrawals in this region, al though the enemy seems to have abandoned several of his small forward positions. GERMAN MAN-POWER CRISIS GROWING'. By the Vnited Pres win. me iirituii Annies ui i rM(, I Antr 1 ri .Tlirt ntir. rlprnifin ......... - ' .un -. ..... ......, ............ I,,,, iy np- pears to be in a btate of complete deterioration. BUdenre or trouble behind the Oeiman ' lines Is seen In a captured order signed ' by General von Ludendorff, sayjni- th-it the Herman man-power situation neces sitates another drastic combing out and tho sending of every possible cook, cierl elc into notlve service, replacing them I with broken down and aged .soldiers ' rrom ,,-iiMim- wiuiwn it is known thai the units In the field arc clainorlne for re-enforcements, which the high command Is unable to give them, the re ply invariably being: "You uie no worse off than other' units You must do with what ou have us v e have no men to send to you " U. S. FLIER MAKES FOE LEAP FROM BALLOON Wv the Associated Press VI Mh tlie American Army in Vramr. Aug. IC During the aerial fighting on Wednesday, which was the busiest day American aviators have experienced In come time, an American ah man attacked a Herman balloon. Hip gun jammed when he tried to file Incendiary bullets, out iif vviii, aoie to lite nrty of the other kind The Herman aeronaut then Jumped with his parachute. An enemv airplane attacked un American balloon, but was driven off by fire from the ground without forcing tho balloonist to Jump. Confirmation' has been recelied of the victory of Lieutenant ICdgar f Tobln, of San Antonio, Tex., In an air combat on August 10. RIDICULES AMERICAN INDIANS German Paper Says They Are All Degenerated Through Drink Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger CosiHoM, 1311. ti Xno York Times Co. The Itkrue, Aug. 16. The Rhenish Westphallan Haiette speaks of the hum bug of Sioux Indians on the west front. ueriuan papers nave inventea numerous stories about the many colored races fighting with the Americans, among other the Hed Indiana, and now try to disprove the leports, saying that per sons acquainted with conditions In Amer ica know that the story is fantastic. Not only are the Indians dvinic nut- but alio they are thoroughly degener ated from drink, says this paper, and those who como will never return to tell takes of America's defeat, but will be driven into the thick of the fight. WANT COUNTY FAIRS HELD State Agricultural Department Opposes Fuel Administration Propoial By the Associated Press Harrlabnrg, Aug, 16. Officials of the State Department of Agriculture have Informed representatives of the Federal fuel administration that they are not In favor of the proposition tp discon tinue county fairs this year because of the coal situation and the possibility that attractions may take miners away from production. Secretary of Agriculture Charles C Fatton Is flatly against the suggestion, holding In a statement made to the fuel administrator that this year county fain I British "Wliippets" Have ever They Appear Picardy By HENRV specia Cable to Lvenitig Public Ledger Copvrioht, lsti, tu y0 y0rfc Timts Co. With (he Urltth Annies, Aug. IC. very small change or movement Is reported along the battlefront of our recent advance. When I was near Proyart -yesterday morning a good deal of shelling on both sides burst out at Intervals, but us a rule It was a day characteristic of tho compara tive calm after n cipniirnt ndvnnp TIia I front lay concealed as though dor mant, but It was searched for re , peatedly by shrapnel and high explo , slves. Now und agalti a heavy shell (atne roaring down, apparently In tended for reserves or deposits in tho rear, as when I saw one plunge deep niio a wooded lagoon of the Somnie as far back as Cuully Kaillette Is now from our front and Indeed a little further. Occasionally there was an outburst of mnchlne-gun fire as well, and the enemy tiled a good deal of bombarding ut night. for myself I devoted the morning rrom dawn to a position held by our south country troops between the Ancre at Albert and the Komme at lUnohein. The touthcrn part of this lino has been occupied by a body of Americans, while opposed to us along the whole lino tho Germans have had the Twenty-slxth. 243d and Fifty fourth Divisions, chiefly AVuitemberg ers, the strong Twenty-seventh Divi sion apparentl having been with drawn. Allied Ilne Crosses Atlcre Starting fi-om Albert, we hold the west, or right bank of the Ancre, but uio slopes on the opposite bank are htrongly held by the. enemy and the crests of these slopes aro higher than tne ground on our side. The enemv retains Meuille, but our line crosses the Ancre not far below that village and Includes Dernancourt. There It runs southeast, heading the persist, ently contested ruins of Morlancourt well within it, and crossing the main road from Corbie to Bray It turns sharply south about a mile and half from Bray, so as to Include the village and most of tho loop or peninsula of Ktlnehem, and thus it reaches the Sommo. South of tho Somme It passes east of Mcrlnourt and southward, so as to Include Proyart, Lihons, Chlpllly and the rest down to the Royo road, as I have described in previous telegrams. Along the whole line the enemy's resistance continues to stiffen and more of his guns are brought up, al though his balloons are being talton further back. I limited myself to the high giound between the Ancre and tho Somme yes terday, across which there runs an old lino of trenches dating from 1914, and in passing I must refer again to tho long and terrible fighting for the possession of Morlancourt, which lies about at the center of this region, al though on the slope toward the Ancre more than toward the Somme. I re ported at the time that the British ad vance was held up here until the end of last week, and the position was finally won by the small and rapid tanks which I havo ventured to de scribe as the cavalry of modern ar mies. Eyewitnesses tell me that as the "Whippets" began to encircle Morlan court and to gallop around it, the Ger mans could he been scurrying away, the men throwing down their rifles and machine guns, while the officers ran to and fro, trying In vain to check the pnnlc. German and anti-tank guns may occasionally hit heavy tanks, but against the whippets they appear to be powerless, and the enemy MARCH INSISTS U. S. I MUST WIN THE WAR1 Intimates Further Extension I of Draft Ages to Furnish 'Man-Power i liy the Vnited Press Washington, Aug. IC. A hint that the proposed new draft ages of eighteen to forty-five may be still further extended or the deferred classes entered before the war Is won was given by General March, chief of staff,: testifying recently before the Sen ate Military Committee. "It Is not jet beyond the range of possibility that this Congress will have to authorize the invasion of other classes In order to carry the work through," March Is quoted as saying in testimony made public today. "The United States is going to see this thing thiough. The way that wo can win is to put the greatest number of men over there that we can. Ilard bhlps! Kvery one will have hardships! No man can go Into war without hard ships !" March made it clear that theie Is lit tle uoslblllly of France or Kngland greatly Increasing their armies, reply ing lo a question of Senator Khhy re garding tho strength of Kngland and France, March replied: "The only way that Uermany can be whipped Is by America going into this thing with her whole strength. The Allies have a superiority )n man-power on the western front today for the first time because American tioops are there In large numbers." DON'T NEGLECT TO REGISTER Provost Marshal General Re minds Youth of Duty on Aug. 29 fly fe IssJciafeJ Press Washington, Aug, IS. Provost Mar shal General Orowder issued a statement ,i.. cvmitANtzln? that nil male citizens who shall have reached ilieir twenty first birthday since June 5 last must unnear before their local boards to reg ister for military service on August 24, -a...,iiD,L r.-e nnv nresumed grounds for exemption. Opportunity to make claim for exemption win oe auorueu suose' nuently In the filling out of questloiv nalres by registrants. .i).-, Linn will be made for the reals tratlon by mall of any person who ex- peCtS tO ue a8"l- uu ininiauvu ui)' from the Jurisdiction of the board where he permanently resides," says the state ment. "But In such a case extreme care should be taken by him to sec that his registration card reaches his home board Mi or before August 24, Such persons are advised to apiily at onco to a local board for Instructions as to how to pro ceed. i AU-American Defeats Hilldale Art 'Summers's -All-American Club de. feated Hilldale Club at Darby yester day through wonderful pitching of Dixie Davis, formerly or mimes, uavis nmniii hnvn shut the crack colored club out bnt for -a damaging error In eighth Inning. The game' was featured by i.rrinn bittlne of BUI Holden, and all asraToipl Th.of Jfffira'dStt Ural .whit tww- Germans on the Run When Little Change on Kront V. NEVINSON Is nrobablv now devising some other means of attempting to check tho on set of tanks ln general. So far, however, the value of the tanks ln clearing villages and cutting passages for the Infantry can hardly be overestimated. On the first day of the advance the Australians Bent a tank to the assistance of the Infantry In assaulting tho village of Marcel cave, and the officer commanding the tank took a formal receipt for Its cap. ture. Tank fighting is no child's play for the crews, because of the strain, the heat and the fumes lnlde the tank. twuny otietr.v traveling inside, as I have done; even without tho extra strain of coming under fire, and he will understand what I mean. I passed through the considerable town or Corbie, at the JUtictlon Of the Ancre and the Somme. The streets are In ruins, and so Is a largo and singularly beautiful church of th,e best and simplest medieval architecture, al though its two great towers still stand and might be restored. Continuing along the north, or right bank of the Somme, which here winds in great loops, I passed through Vaux, Sallly.le-Sec (a strange name for so well-watered a village), Hallly Laurette and Chlpllly. At the two latter I saw the remains of bridges from the north ern high ground ttx the villages or ruins on the southern plain. At Chlpllly the British had earlier in the war helped out the village bridge with a big Iron girder construc tion. Tills they blew up In the recent letfrement, and the Germans built a wooden bridge on a detour rather higher up tho stream. The Somme runs with a deep and powerful stream, and, as in most chalk hill rivers, the water Is beautiful and clear None the less, it spreads out on each side of its main channel or canal Into broad and quiet lagoons, sur rounded by reeds and rustling poplars. Troops Bathe in Somme Pools ln these agoons British troops were i bathing by hundreds, and I, who have known bathing as one pleasure ut uai lipoll, could wish them no better Joy. The weather is fine and hot, though u cold white fog conceals all tho low lying lands for about two hours after sunrise. Climbing up and down beyond Gres salre Wood, on my left, I went along a high cliff looking over the river as it loops northward again,. till I ap proached a very beautiful village besido the river, and little damaged till now, when tlie enemy shell fire will prob ably lay it flat. Kluapnel was bursting over it and high explosives fell crashing Into houses, for the British front line was not far in advance. By climbing u tree on the top of the cliff above the river I could have seen the spire of Bray, which Tildes just around the loop beyond and is still strongly held by the enemy. Shells also fell into Merieourt JUst behind and below me across the river, and they fell Into a large wood and along crests of tho level ridges oppo site. No doubt tho enemy was search ing for the British Are line, and for any gun position which he supposed to be not far behind. It was a beautiful scene which the guns seldom ceased to destroy. I no ticed that for want of cultivation dur ing the last two or three years tho wheat, which had gone on sowing it self, was hardly u foot high and thin In tho ear. It was returning to grass, such as prehistoric mankind had the wit to think of eating. U. S. TROOPS ENJOY SWIM AS SHELLS ROAR Genua 11 Artillery Fails to Stop v Americans Bathing in Somme River VV it li llir llritish Army on the l'lcurdy Ilattlefront, Aug. IB (By I. N. S.) Amidst the crash of big German shells that whined overhead or burst with loud detonations nearby, American soldiers who helped the British on the northern sector nf the Picardy front organized a swimming tesoit on tho .Somme near tho scene of their v Ictory and vyent in bath ing by the score. "Duck, fellows, here comes another one," the Yankees would shout as a shell would roar overhead and burst neaiby, tearing up the road. Then'all heads would gp under the water, but the boys continued to defy the Herman artillery. The Americans gave tho Hermans a touch of Wild West fighting in the struggle west of Braj. Tho lapldlty and concentration of the American musketiy volleys was one of the most surpiislng features of the American v Ictory. The Yankees went forward without the aid of machine guns, depondlng en tirely upon tneir tines a performance than won the approbation of the' French and British. Herman machine gun nesta Wtro en circled and- the gunners wera nicked off by the sharpshoottng doughboys. ' Many used only their automatic pistols, shoot ing the Germans through the head on the run. Theie were a number qf west erners in the fight. It Is amazing how quickly the Ameri cans became accustomed to the enemy artillery fire despite the fact that they reeeKed th'eir first baptism at the open ing of tho offensive a wecic ago. The Americans aro proud ' of their achlevrmsut In winning a atrip of land, scape, than'Whlch there was no tougher bit 4of ground, along- the woods and rav flies bordering the outskirts of Bray, The weather has been hot slhce the Americans were in the thlck.of the fight lig atijl MieyHave been lefreshlng them, salve's by dips" In the Somme, DELAWARE FLIER A PRISONER Comrade Believes Lieut. Layton Is in German Camp (ieoreftowu,' Wei., Aug. 16. A letter was received from Lieutenant Davis, a cpmrade of the missing aviator, lieu tenant I-awrence t,ayton, of George town, this morning that Layton was flying ln a. patrol of five plaifes on July 18 when they were attacked by German planes. Layton's plane was evidently hit and although he could not fly he was able t6 descend and the plane was seen by the pther flers to descend within the German lines. The writer states that there Is cverv reason to believe that Lieutenant Lay tnn i morlsoner of war and was 'not killed or Injured In his descent. Cables i?v ?" Sff'.'S!"?": Foe Utilizes Old French Trenches in Thiescourt Sector POILUS CAPTURE RIDGE By WALTER DURANTV Special Cable to Evrnir Public Ledger fonrlaht. nit, hy .Veto York Times Ce. With the Trench Armies, Aug. 1. Tlit first' phase of the battle in the Thiescourt sector is ended, The French are now facing tho enemy, who holds strongly organized positions crlss. crossed by tho trenches constructed by both adversaries In the last three vears. To overcome this resistance It would be necessary either to smash the trenches by a preliminary bom bardment, long or short, or take them piecemeal1 by grenade attaeiks. hnth proceedings being a reversion to posl- rl won wunare irom me recent maneuver' ngniing. Tills is stated holelv nn reirni-da nn- ff.t ons on thls "art of the front. hat may happen elsewhere is in the province of the high command. The situation Is influenced kt present by three factors. The first is geograph ical, the nature of the ground where" the battle Is being fought. The sec ond is the enemy method of defense, and, third, the means at the disposal of the French to reduce It. " On Monday they vvcie confronted by, the Massif of Thiescourt, covering the line between Lasslgny and Noyon, and forming an outpost of a greater mas sir. from which It is separated by the Dlvette valley, stretching back north east of Noyon. Its left flank is cov ered by the position of Caunysuf Matz. where the enemy occupies the old French trench system, too strong' to be taken, except after Its destruc tion by artillery. Its tight is simi larly protected by tho Olse and the wooded heights beyond the river. But It wae impossible for the French to rest inactive before It, as It gave the enemy a screen whose value for counter-strokes was even greater, ow ing to tho number of ravines unreach able by artillery, than that of the Vil-leis-Cotteret forest has been to the Allies. They accordingly bent their efforts toward .the occupation of the ridge on which stands St. Claude Farm, which dominates the "massif from the bouth Jubt as Clemont hill docs froni tha north. Onco this ridge was firmly ln French hands the massif was neutral ized. The enemy could no longer use it for the preparation of counter-attacks. On the Mopes between Plemont and Thiescourt village run lines of trenches elaborated by the French from tho beginning of 1915 until last year's German retreat to the Hlnden- burg line and modernised during the French occupation between this and; the June retreat. They form the enemy's first line of defense. Behind them Is tho system of trenches at Pie-a mon, which was the German front during those two and a half years. The enemy's defense was disrupted by the first onslaught, but rallied on the Thiescourt massif. Orders of Lu dendorff have been found Insisting on v the absolute necessity for Iron resist ance. "The utmost must be demanded from every man who takes part in the battle," says the general, and he emphasizes the need of economizing men and Inflicting the greatest possible loss on the Allies by a system of defense ln depth, with an outpost zone from , 1000 'yards to a mile deep, held by ma chine gunners nnd backed by a denser network of machine-gun positions and light artillery, with troops and heavier artillery still further In reserve, ready to intervene wherever danger threat ens. GERMANS USING OLD TRENCHES DUG BY FRENCH Thiescourt Battle Halted When Men on Both Sides Are Exhausted x Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covvrioht. IS IB, bi ?"eio York Times Co. With the French Armlet, Aug. IS. Thp battle on the front of the flrat French army has come to a natural stop,, the French having obtained the two i heights, St. Claude Farm and EcoUvlllon Ql Farm, which for an army advancing from the south constitutes the key of the whole position In the Thiescourt hills, and having thus secured their right from the danger of an attack from the fastnesses of Little Switzerland, the whole front Is fast. The French have to reconstruct roads and bring up heavy artillery and am munition, and their men, after four days of fighting, are in need of rest Our enemy is in the same state. He is now installing himself comfortably for further resistance in the old French lines of 1914-1917. and can congratulate ltimanlf on his luck in finding nurtin powerful defensive line ready to hand;1'' in tne rear oi nis reireaung army at a moment when his overtasked troops were ln the greatest need for It. The trenches are still quite utlllzable; the wire entanglements apparently are as solid as ever and ln the, last two days between Canny-sur-Matz and Le Pressler de Roye, our troops found them selves up against first-class trench war fare positions against which we shall be able to make no headway until we have brought up our heavy guns and started on them ln the now old-fashioned manner of 1917. SERVICE FOR LIEUT. ROOSEVELT Conducted hy Bishop Brent Be side Aviator s Grave 'j By the Associated Press ' l'aria, Aug. 16. Religious services be-,, rf!t side the grave of Lieutenant Quentln ,' Roosevelt, near the, spot vyherehe fell'to ,-. his death !nan air combat 'tajst month.- a were neia louay py uhiiiuh rem,;oi inn Protestant Episcopal Chuhjh, and the Rev Charles S. "MacFarland.' of tlit Federal Council" of Churches of OhrUt in America. , , ft The service took place after a visit to the American front at Flsmcs. Dispatches from the American Iront 1 during the advance xo me vcsie reparieo 41 ...... fi.nt.nant DnnHAVAlt linrl hn' "fl burled near Chamery, east of Fere-en-Tard enolS; Yacht Club Buildings Burned n1T1and. Aug. 16. Fire ln the Cleveland Yacht Club buildings' at Rocky River this morning virtually de- stroyed the entire, group of buildings s-r The club recently erected a ne,w dance S,;. ravlllon and rernodeled. the' large main r building. The loss Is estimated at $7V 1j 000. . g VOOKL.B. Alia. 1.1. MART ROUKRS. $ daughter of th late Charles Bevan and jCT Klefnor M. Stockton Vog.l.. Relatival and ' friends 'InvUad to funaral aervleaa. Sat., z Jm, p m?. it the Oliver H. Bair Bit.. 1120 - . OSMtnut at. . Int. .private. .- " 11-. w wife t William, F. rJillin. At .IO,Vl' It. Farther notlcgwlll ba aien "-''-.J'bffiP j rJ I i y7h W --K- M-m-1 .f V. ',v
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