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Washington, Aug. 22. Cloudy and
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THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
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VOL. IV. NO. 292
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Copjrrltht. 1018, by the Public Ledrcr Company.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1918
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CHARGE LAX METHODS
IN AIRCRAFT BUILDING;
HUGE WASTE ALLEGED
Probing Committee Asserts
$648,000,000 Was Virtu
ally Thrown Away
PROGRAM PRESENTS
ASPECTS OF FAILURE
Department of Aviation, With
Cabinet Officer at Head.
! Is Rr.nmmenrlccl
NO CHARGES OF GRAFT
Speeding Up of Production
and Reduction of Profits
Urged
Washington, Aug. 22. ,
Asserting that those in charge of
producing aircraft for the Ameri
can fighting forces abroad have vir
tually wasted $648,000,000, the air
craft investigating committee re
ported to the Senate Military Af
fairs Committee today that the air
craft program up to the present
time has presented' "many aspects
of failure."
While an nrmy of 3,500,000 men has
been raised, tho Investigating commit
tee declares that tho aircraft situation
presents the following aspects:
First Six hundicd find one Do
Haviland foura embarked for franco
up to August 1. Of these, sixty
seven had reached the front by July
1. On August 7 a squadron of eight
een ,De Haviland fours flew over tho
German lines. No details of Its per
formance have been leeched.
Second There is not a single
Amerlcan-mndo chasse (or piano of
attack) on tho battlefront.
Thlid. Not n, single American
, made heavy bombing plane upon the
bsttlefront,
Fourth The United States has not
developed 'and put Into quantity
l&t production a singlo.chasse, or flght-
4IIK JJI4J1C g Bfc
FIffli".1Th6 attempt" to cieato a
fighting plane centered on an effort"
to adapt the Bristol lighter and De
Haviland to tho Liberty motor. The
Bristol was put Into quantity produc
tion without sufficient tests, mpro
than JC.50O.C0O was expended and
Vie lives of several men sacrificed
when the machine was condemned
and Its manufactuie discontinued.
$6,000,000 in Storago
Sixth. Tho standard "J" train
ing machine equipped with Hall
Scott engines was put Into quantity
production, and, after more than
1200 had been manufactured at a
cost of $6,000,000. was condemned as
dangerous and placed in sioiage.
Seventh Three thousand Spad
fighting planes weio ordered In Sep
tember and the order was cancpled
October 8, for the reason that the
single-seat fighter was regarded as
obsolete. Nevertheless, on April 23,
this year, 1000 single-seat lighters
known as the S K 5 tho English
equivalent of tho Frtnch Spad
were -dercd. In addition, the Gov
ernment Is now using on the battle
front every Spad It cap secure from
the French, but has got only 418.
Eighth When the Spad and Bris
tol contracts weie canceled "wo were
left without either a single or two
seat filer." except tho De Haviland,
four, originally designed as a two
seat fighter, but equipped by the
United States for reconnaissance and
bombing.
Ninth. Eighty-five hundred De
Havilands ordered, but when 1000
had been dellveied numerous mis
takes developed, when work was
stsopped until the defects could He
remedied.
Tenth. Although InOctober, 1917.
the United States had facilities for
producing Capronl bombing planes,
only one experimental machine had
been produced to date. By this time
the machines should havo be?n In
quantity production, tho committee
says. ,
Eleventh. Plans for the Handley
page bombing machine were avail
able In the summer of 1917, but con
tracts for parts were not made until
February. 1918. A sample plane was
flown In July, but the tests are not
yet complete.
Summarizing Failures
Summarizing the causes of the
'practical failure of the ntrciaft pro
iram, the committee said the chief
w causes were:
ft "1. That the airplane program was
largely placed In the control of the
Continued en 1'nge Four. Column TUrvw
2 FALLING PISTOL SHOOTS BOY
f A. v -kt -r-w .1 i m -rki
fl.aa lenr icatn and iwo riay
mates Are Arrested
V Joseph Rvan, twelvo years old, 2439
A North Park avenue, was probably
Jf-1 fatally wounded this afternoon when a
revolver wnn wnicn no was piaying,
fe') to the sidewalk and exploded. He
Is said to be dvlng at the Samaritan
Hnsnital. He wbb nlavlnir In front of
his home with three companions when
the accicieiu occurreu
Two of the other bos have been nr
rested They are locked un at the House
of Detent'"" for a hearing tomorrow.
They are Millon St. Clair, nine jears old.
4imr ltnsinn nvHiine. and Paul I.puL.ln
I twelve of 2447 Park avenue. John Calev.
VlnA -('tis Vnrlli Thlrtppntli alroa f.c-1
fupct Been nrresieu el.
THE WEATHER VANE
VQeneraUy cloudy."
(Night in garmentt dowdy)
Let us add here llghtlv:
"Warmer matbe slightly
'Both tonight and Fiiday."
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Disclosures by U. S.
Aircraft Investigation
ASPECTS OF FAILURE
Waste of $648,000,000 alleged. '
Not a single American made at.
tacking or bomblpg plane on bat
tlefront. Failure to adopt successful for
eign airplanes and motors.
Dominance of program by auto
mobile manufacturers lacking ex
perience In aircraft production.
Unsystematic and Ineffective or
ganization. RECOMMENDATIONS
Creation of separate Department
of Aviation with Cabinet officer at
Its head.
One-man control of production.
Speeding up of production.
Reduction of profits on future
contracts.
two'fromhere
killed, 3 hurt
Four From Here Reported
Among Those Missing
in Action
ONE IS GAS VICTIM
Philadelphia Soldiers
in Today's Death List
Sergeant Harry .1. Donahue, "Jr.,
5011 Woodland avenue.
Lieutenant Joseph F. Hoopcs,
5406 Chestnut street.
Aunutit SI, ISIS.
The Kvenlnit Fuhlln I.eiUer will be
Kind to pnbllth sketches anil photographs
of sen Ire men whose families have re
ceived word from the Viat Department,
or other sources, that these men are
numbered among the casualties.
Two Phlladelphlans have been killed,
six soldiers havo been wounded, four
ore missing, ono has been gassed,
and ono Is a prisoner, according to
today's casualty lists
Tho casualty list released for the
morning papers contains 203 names, and
the list for the afternoon papers bears
194 names, making a total of 397 for the
day.
Eleven soldiers from the State at
large are listed, Including a soldier from
Cheltenham. He was wounded.
Tho names of the wounded, missing
and prisoners, follow:
WOUNDED
Sergeant William J. Brennan, 1616
nitner street
rrltate Irving S. Clair, 3230 Borkb
street.
Private Kugrne Keuter, 5521 Spruce
street.
, Private William I). Gardner, 1518
North Twentieth street,
Private John T. Sttnson', 1940 Hamil
ton street.
Private Edmund Smirea, 5914 Locust
street
3IISSINO
Private John Deprei Sieve, 2017 South
IJlghth street.
Private laracl Plnchefskf, 312 North
nighth street.
Private Frank Stanlakl, 506 Manning
street.
Private Henry Simons, 2212 West Har
old street.
PRISONER
Private Mlchael Viola, 4017 Poplar
street. "
OA8SED
Private George J. Ford, 2540 Federal
street.
CASUALTIES FROM NEARRY POINTS
Hrrceajtt Elmer I.osse, Cheltenham,
wounded,
1 Skelches qjthe Heroes
Sergeant Harry J, Donahue, Jr., killed
In action, boarded for a short time at
the home of Mrs Alice Dougherty, 5011
Woodland avenue. He was employed In
a Port Richmond textile mill and was
engaged to a joung woman of that sec
tion, but Mrs. Dougherty did not know
the fiancee's name.
Sergeant1 Donahue's faher waa form
erly employed by the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit Company, but for the last two
years has been a keeper in the State
Hospital for the Insane at Allentovvn.
The young soldier enlisted In April,
1917, In the Sixth Regiment, N. G, P,
was trained at Camp Hancock and sent
overseas In May of this jear. He was
twenty-two j ears old Responsibility for continued thefts was
Lieutenant Joseph F. Hoopes, 21 years blamed on professional ball-goers by J.
old, died from wounds received In "c-'CHarr. puperimw-ent ;
ilnn. nrrnrfllncr In n tp lee ram rAnftloril"a1.i.' v.taaa art nrrKted. he said.
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today by his father, Joseph B. Hoones.
B100 Chestnut street The joung olllcer
waa with Dattery v.. Twelfth Field Ar
tillery. Lieutenant Hoopes was a student
at the University of Pennsjlvanla before
getting an appointment to the first of
ficers' training camp at Fort Niagara
In May, 1917.
Private John T. Itlnson, reported
missing In the official list, has been
wounded and Is now In a base hospital
Contluued on rl Fire, Column Oao
Named on Education Board
tBytke Associated Press
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MAN-P0WERBILL
PUT ON ITS WAY
IN BOTH HOUSES'
i
Plan to Defer Calling Boys
Under 20 the Bone of
Contention
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BRITAIN'S ERROR. NOTED
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Knlin. in Hniis flnninhprlnin '
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and Reed in Senate Warn
Against Repeating It
Washington, Aug 22
A race was on today between the Sen
ate and the House to see which could
pass tho great new man-power bill first
Both houses took up the measure shortly
after conenlng.
The House agreed that general debate
shall end at 5 p m today. After that
discussion will be under the fie-mlnute
rule. This agreement makes It virtually
certain the bill will not pass the House
today, but It may be completed tomor
row. Senator Chamberlain, presenting the
measure In the Senate, explained the
need for broadening the draft ages In
18-45. Indications are that the Senate
will not pass the bill before Saturday,
and perlnps not then. '
Representative Kahn, California, rank
ing Itepubllcin member of'thc Military
Committee, speaking against the amend
ment p-ovldlng that vouths of eighteen
and nineteen should ho called after the
eldpr groups had been drafted, declared
that 'the only way Germany can fie
whipped Is by America going Into thl9
thlrg Ith her whole, strength"'
"I stand on what General March said
This Is no time for sentiment, but for
actualities," ho asserted
Kahn Warns of Kngland's Mlatake
Kahn said that failure to utilize the
splendid strength of America's young
iiiuuuuuu nuuiu uc iu liifi (lie UlUIIUcrS
thnt Kngland mado In the early days of
the war.
France, he said was using her nineteen-!
ear-old bovs and will be using
those eighteen ears old by the first
of the jear.
As for Germany she has drawn upon
her bos between seventeen and eighteen,
Mr Kahn said.
"General Crowdcr has said that such
a blinding law was the McKenzle
amendment would seriously delay the
War Department's program to expedlta
the draft, so as to havo a sufficient army
In France Dy the middle of next year."
.Representative Dent maintained that
the amendment would not Impede the
war program and that the yotinger could
be obtained at any time when the War
Department deemed their presence Im
perative, v,
'Make the draft ages fromAventy-one
to forty-live or forty-seven wd prevent
tho drafting of babies," declared Re
presentative Johnson, of Washington
Shall we pit civilian knowledge and
experience against military experience
and knowledge?" demanded Representa
Kahn. Chamberraln Against "Pussyfooting"
While the House debated the amend
ment deferring the calling out of the
eighteen and nlneteen-j ear-olds. Sen
ator Chamberlain told the Senate that
the adoption of tho new draft ages
Continued on Pnxe Two. Column he
BAKER FAVORS BIG SERIES
War Secretary Hopes Boards Can
Grant Flayers Extcnsioii
W anlilngtan, Aug. 22. Secretary Baker
favors the plajlng or tne worlds series.
He told the press this nfternoon he
would he glad If this could be arranged
and believed either the local boards could
grant an extension of time to players
on the vvork-or-flght order or possible
he himself would do It.
He suggested the army abroad was
greatly interested in the series
SPIES ROB CARS
OF ARMY GOODS
Mean to Hit at Supplies for
the Soldiers "Over
There"
PROTECTION DISCUSSED
German spies, hoping to delay the
shipment of Red Cioss supplies, food nnd
clothing for the army, are systematic
ally robbing all railroad trains and
terminals, according to Philip JjfDoherty,
superintendent of the propeily protec
tion section of the United States railroad
administration.
In a letter to the Chamber of Com
merce of this city, and which was read
at a conference this afternoon between
representatives of all the business In
terests of Philadelphia, the Department
of Justice and the Department of Public
Safety, of this clt. Mr. Doherty stated
that more than 15,000,000 worth of
goods had been stolen from the railroads
last year.
He emphasized that the lives and com
fort of the 'boys over there" were en
dangered by this thieving, and urged
that It was necessary for every busl
nes arid protective organization In the
..niintrv to combine to stop the thefts.
, nnv nr me u..o- - -,.: - . -
t ----J -- - , vu. 1 rrAAl llimilH in IIIH
the professional uu-b --
He also declared the business men
were partly responsible, for the reason
that : when thieves are arrested, the losers
of property often do not appear against
thCaptaln of Detectives Souder made
similar assertions, and also declared
crooked magistrates' and awye" run"
ners were to Diame " vu..m.m-.i.
It was announced the property pro
tection beCllOn WOUIU BtUU 11TOIH i-
torney to Philadelphia to held run down
1 Among those at the conference, which
was held In the offices ot the Chamber
of Commerce, were United States Dls-
trlct
-Attorney R-ane, r. ij, ztenvon, ou-
i HW 9mmni ot
jsr
MAJOR GENERALS APPOINTED
Eleven Brigadiers Named by
yileon for Promotions
fly the Associated Press
anhlniiton, Aug 22 eleven briga
dier generals of the nrmy were nominat
ed by President Wilson today for pro
motion to the grade of major general
They nrc:
William H. Johnston, DcaUmont B
' tincU William Wlecel. Robert L. Howze.
llobert Alexander, Joint 1. Hints, Cirnte
Hutcheson Walter II. Gordon, nil A
Helmlck, William Lnssltcr and William
S. McNnlr
Brigadier uenerai jesse aici. uaner.
chief of tbe mllltla bureau, also wns
oeniSi1 Me1? CTeUSWoliJi!:
nated as assistant surgeon general, with
the rank of major general. Thlrtv-two
colonels. Including t'olonel Marlborough
Churchill, of the general staff, ihlcf
,, ..ntnr. utrn tintnlnnteri hrlendlers
GERMAN sentries
LAX, SAYS ORDER
Permit Whole Battalions to
Be Captured, Gen. Mar-
witz Laments
FEARS THE AUSTRALIANS
B HENRY W. NEVINSON
Soecial Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CapvrittM. tOtfi. hv the Xew 1 ork Times Co
With tho British Armies In France,
Aug. 22.
We gained a " cry considerable sue
ces by the occupation of Men Hie
It Is about two miles from the south
cist end of the Torest of Nieppe, and
It mirked the furthest point of the
nnomv'a i-lpll nd.lllCe of last SP1 lllg
and the apex of his salient. whld. '
piojecled lotighly between Ballleull
and Bethune.
Along tho whole line beside the.
P.ouire River and the outskirts of
Nieppe Forest our tioops have been
graduallv pushing the German out-
oslg i,ari t0 the extent of a mile o
two and Monday morning they found
Meivllle abandoned nnd quietly en
tered Its ruins without opposition
Tho Prussian Second Ouaids reserve
division had been theie before, nnd
their withdrawal, perhaps, mirks
more or less a general retirement
fiom the German salient mentioned
nbo e.
It Is tiuo the enemy has a wired
line passing through Nelt Berguan,
about three miles northeast of Mer
llo, nnd pet haps another wired line
further east, but tho commanding
ridge Just gained nt Outlersteene,
near Mcrrls, outflanks tho former
line, and, though tho retirement may
be slow nnd marked by several de
la! Ing notions, it Is possible the enemy
mav find no abiding city till he is
back among the dreiry and deserted
streets of coalmining Armentleies
He Is repotted, however, to he holding
in seme stiength at I-a Contuie. In
nny case, a general withdrawal from
the Mervllle salient to the straight
ened lino Is calculated to ae him
the men of nbout two divisions.
I have seen a significant captured
order signed uy uenerai van Marvvlt?,
commanding the Geiman Second
Army, but issued by -the commanding These councils, it Is understood, will
officers of the Forty-first and 108th act as diplomatic representatives In deal
Divisions, which were among those op-1 ing with the Independent Russian gov
posed to.General Rawllnson's 'Fourth ernments In Siberia and on the Mur
Army In its recent successful ad-'nunk coast, and pavo the way for the
vancebetweentheAncreandthenoyelgre.it economic and Industrial commls-
road. It complains that outposts and
even whole battalions are frequently
captured, almost without resistance
for want of, proper sentry duty nnd
careful watchfulness. It states that
battalions In tho front line ought to be
particularly on guard when exposed
to Australians, who aro trained In the over the woik of the Archangel corn
bush to creep oer ground tnobscrvcd, 'mission as dean ot the diplomatic corps
and specially dangerous among stand- there, has not !et reported to the State
., . r zr, rr- Depirtment the details of the under
Continued on Pare To. Column Six '. y,Ml . rcpresentatlv. of the
RAIDERS DESTROY
SCHOONER FLEET
I Armed Trawler and U-Boat
Send Seven Fishing Boats
to the Bottom
GREWS ARRIVE IN PORT
By the Associated Press
Montreal, Aug. 22 Virtually the en
tire fleet of the Maritime Fish Corpora,
tlon has been destrojed by the trawler
Triumph, which was captured by a Ger.
man submarine crew and armed, accord
ing to reports to the corporation's of.
flee here today. The fleet was operating
oft the Grand Banks of .Newfoundland
It wns composed of boats of both Cana
dlnn and American registry.
The exact number of vessels destroyed
Is not know n here, but the corporation's
fleet generally consists of eight or nine
vessels '"
Schooners reported sunk on the Grand
Banks up to this-nfteioon are
Padadena (Can.).
Una P, Saunders (Can.).
Lucille Schnare (Can ),
Francis J. O'Hara (Amer.)
A. Piatt Andrew (Amer.). '
Sylvania (Amer.).
Dela Garde (registry not Identlfl.rtv
The American schooner fyl' an,a ,' a'"
sunk yesterday by an afVried travvl
on the Banquereau fishing banks it i
presumed by the trawler Triumph
The trawler also sank the Nova s'coii.
Ashing schooner Pasadena. Crews r
both sunken vessels reached port
The Pasadena's crew were given tPn
minutes to abandon their ship, according
to Captain Knos Wentzell. who said h.
was taken aboard the Triumph vvhie
his schooner's boa ts were being i0w
ered. The Germans, he said, placed
bombs aboard the Pasadena, but the
fishermen rowing toward shore, six miles
distant, did not witness the destructloW
of their vessel.
Destruction of another flshlngchoon.
er was reported with the arrival
r,mlm..m PanA Dah tu. - , nl
t Ik. Xmlm -. - BB--.
mtmirr
ATWARWITHU.S.,
SOVIETS DECLARE;
TAKE DOWN FLAG
Americans Are Warned to
Leave Pctrograd One
Placed Under Arrest
CONSUL WILL REMATN
Intends to Stay in Capital
Pending Instructions From
Government
B the Associated Press
W nxliliiKton, Aug 22.
Because the Bolshevik government de
clared n state of war elts between
Uussli and the t'nlted Slates, Vice Con
sul Imlirle has lowered the T'nlted Slates
flag over tho rnnulite nt Petrogr.id
ringed the consulite nnil placed the af
fairs of the United Ptite In the charge
of the N'nrweglin Government
(Tho foregoing Is the first dispatch In
which a specific reference has been mule
f 1 slate of wir exKtlng between the
T'nlted States and the tiol-hev Ik govern
ment )
Americans In Petrngnd of whom
there arc npprolnntcl- twentv, lne
been warjjed to lene (he countij b
the vice consul Their houses weie
searched, one of them Is under arrest
and one Is In hiding
Will Itemnlii In I'rtrncrnd
This Information reached the Stale
'l'tmei.t from Mr lml.rle in .. tele-
gram dited August J The consul snl
until he recelvd Instiuctlons from the
State Department he would rcnnln In
I'etiogind
It Is thought here tint this Incident
nuv have icsttlted fiom the sltuntlon i
that arose In Moscow nt about the sime I
llm nml 1,1, h ,na..d fnnstil ISeneinl I
Poole to dose the American consulate In
Moscow , At that time after I.enlne, the
Holshevlk Piemler. had declared a state
of vvir existed with the British nnd I
01 war cmsipu wnn me uriusii
French Governments, Tchltcherln, the I
Foreign Minister, explained
rathei was a "state of defense" on the
part of Russia
The Thlrtj -first Regiment of United
States regulars has arrived it Vladi
vostok fiom Manila, .Secretary Baker
announced today
Allien Form Two Council
III order to co-ordinate the efforts of
the Allies nnd the I'nlted States In Rus
sia, an odlclnl dispatch fiom France to
day savs It has been decided to ere
ate two International councils, one at
Archangel, Including the Fntente Ain
bassadors'iinder the presidency of Amer
ican AmbiHsidor Francis, and the other
at Vladivostok, to bti composed of five
high olllclals
On the Vladlvostock council Great
Britain will be icpresented by Sir
Charles Kllot , France by Kugtuie Reg
nault, former Ambassador to Japan, and
Japan bj Mr. Matsudnlra It was said
at the .state Department today that an
American representative had not been
named
Mmis oiganizlng to aid In the rehabili
tation of Itussla
The councils will relieve tho military
leaders operating from Vladivostok and
In the Archangel territory of nil non
mi'itaiy work
Ambassador Francis, who Is to preside
T'nlted States of the Vladivostok council
Is appointed, American Consul Caldwell
th(rc will serve It was suggested to-
Idaj thnt the permanent membei prob-
ablj w 111 he chosen from among the
'number of able men now representing
( ontlnurtl on rat? Two ( nliiuin Un
I ATHLETICS REGISTER
FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN
Adams Ontpitches,Benz and
Macks Take Second Game
From Chicago, 3-2
I Connie Is Himself Again '
L . ,-
ATlll.KTICJt
All. H. II. O. A. i:.
Junile.on, rf 4 0 0 0 0
Kiipp, K 4 2 3 4 0 0
alker, rf . . 3 O 1 0 0 0
IJurii", II 3 0 2 A t 0
tlardnrr, .11 3 1 I 4 S 0
Mrlio), r .. ..... S 0 2 4 2 0
Ityke, 2b 2 0 0 3 2 1
nugan, kh 3 0 0 2 S 2
Adam", p 3 0 0 0 I 0
Total 2H 3 8 27 10 3
CHICAGO
All. II. II. O, A. F,.
Good, rf 4 1 1 2 0 0
lellinhl, If 3 0 I 3 0
Murph),. -b 0 2 0
GanUII, II I 10 0 0
Collin., rf S 0 0 0 0 0
Weaver, 0 0 I 2 1
Plnelll. 3b. . . . .' 3 0 1 2 4 0
Sehalk, e 0 t 4 2 0
llenz, i 3 I I 0 3 0
1IU..FU 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 24 14 1
Halted 'or llenz In ninth.
Threrlbe lilt Kopp. Two-base hits
Mhalk, llurna. Hajrlllre lilts Djkrn,
Plnrlll. Harrlflce fllen llurna, Walker.
Mtrurk out Hj llenz, 2 b Adams, 3.
Ilaice on ballsOff Adams, 3. Time of
game, Jill. Umpires Connolly and
allln.
By ROBERT V. MAXWELL
Bhlbe Park, Aur. 33.
, L .'kl.lli1 M.mlmtmmA Ih.l. 1..
1 Tne Ainpi'" vSPw. i'iw mia
FRENCH DRIVE WEDGE
BETWEEN BIG GERMAN
ARMIES; CROSS AILETTE
MANGIN'S DRIVE RUSSIA BETRAYEDJlIaig Pushes Enemy
OF VAST IMPORT' ASSERTS HARDEN1 Back Flm Somme
to Ancre
Advance Is Second Phase of Calls Brest Treaties Unrc
Foch's Movement of dcemable Sins of Austro-
August 8 Grrman Diplomacy
PROGRESS IS RESUMED
IU tAlTFn mtniNTV
Special Cable to Et ening Public Ledger
Copurioht. lilt, hi the rw 1 ork Tonics Co.
Willi the French Armies, Aug. 22.
Oencial Mangln's advance Is big
with promise for tho immediate fu
tuie The pio'giess that had been
stajed for a brief pcilod about noon
Tuesd,i, ns the Geiman divisions,
bioken by the first shock, were stif-
fencd hv
the nftei
leseives, w.ts lesumed In
roon, and by night tho
Trench left
occupied Cholsy Hill,
mom than 400 feet
higher than
the
low plain down to the
Tho night hi might
Olse.
little
fighting
save In the uglon of Veauonln
" I
wheie the enemv launched a, lolent
countei.'ttt.icU
Yesteidiv the Ii ench took the ll
lage of I.i I'ommei.ive on tho north-
ein slope of Choisv and 1 cached the I
Olse along the m tin load from Die-1
rnncouit to Nov on
The s ilient foimed nv tho Ouis
camps Foiest and the Ca'lepont
Wood cannot long remain In enemy
hinds Indeed, It was i "mined Tiles
(1.1V nlcht tint tl'- .muntlnn had
nlieady begun ' ....i.itions will thus
be faclllt i' 1 .igilnst the Dresllncoint
'""" """- tno liver. WHICH Ufn
erai Jtiimueit's progiess further west
menaced consmeinuiy Deiore. and tne i
line cm thus he ic stnbllshed as It I
"as Ik fore the Chemln-des-Damcs
,,attle' ,""', onIv, nl ,'1 V"y small ex-
pensc In lives, but In the face of re-'
sltnii( tint has cost tho enemy i
tint Itlmoie than lfl.oon piisoncis, the loss .
of vnlinble mtteiiil nnd fuithcr de- )nVP meielv landed them so deep In
pteclatlnn of his moiale. , blood that thej imagine they can earn
It Is vvoith emplnsUIng that the Ocrrmm's commendation by report
whole opetntion has been less a sepa-i livr that sd far 130 persons hne been
I'ate battle than n second phase of the shot on suspicion of complicity In
movement Initiited by the Allies the murder of the Germany envoy at
August 8 Thoucu the piogrrHs was l
slnw after that first ndvince. It nev
ertheless has been continuous, if moie
piecemeal
Foch's tuttioK 111 1 "nibbling," plus
an occasional bite Tnesdnj's stroke
was 11 bite but tint dots not mean
that the Allied gine .ilNslmo licks the
caution thnt Inipliul .lolTie's lilstcflc
saving
Dating sliategKt as Foi,i is, and
swift as he has been to strike, If the
Continued on raz Tvio, Column Flzht
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ATHTICS.. 10100100 x 383
Adams-McAvoy; Benz-Schalk.
PHILLIES.. 0 3 0 0 0 0
CINCIN.... 10 0 2 13 -r-
Fortune-Adams; Schneidei-Wingo; umpires, Kislei-Moran,
DETROIT, A. L 0 0 0 0 0
NEW YORK, A. L... 0 0 0 0 1
Cunningham-Spencei ; Love-Haunah.
CLEV'LAXD, A. L . . 0 0 0 0 0
WASHTON.A.L.... 7 0 0 0 0
Bagby-O'Neill; Shaw-Casey.
ST. LOUIS, A. L 0 0 0 0 1
BOSTON, A. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Davcnpoit-Seveicid; Bush-Agnew.
BOSTON. N.I 0 0 0 0 0
I'lTTSB'GII.N.L .10 0 0 0
Ru Iolph-Wngnci ; Smiclcis-Schiiiidt.
Ni:W YOKK.N. L,.. 0 10 0 0
CHICAGO, N.L 10 0 0 0
Tone) -Raridcn; Vaughn-OTairell.
BROOKLYN, N.L... 2 0 0 0 0
ST.L..N.L. (lstg.).. 12 0 0 0
Maiquard-M. Wheat; Sherdelt-Brock.
BROOKLYN, N.L... 1
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TWO NORSE STEAMSHIPS SUNK BY U;B0ATS
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 22 The Norwegian steamship San
Jose, bound for New ork, and another bound for Norway loaded
with food, have been sunkby submarnes in the Atlantic, it was
announced today. It is feared that many of the crew of the
latter were killed. v
PERSHING REPORTS REPULSE OF ATTAQKS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. General Pershing's communique
for yesteiday announces the failure of small hostile attacks in
tbe Vosges and the safe return of all the AmericatV machines
which successfully bombed the railways of Flabeuvllle Tuesday.
' ' 160.000 YORKSHIRE .MINERS REPORTED OUT '
Jvivrr.'. nwniwi "'.lW f11 aBi"'uIWBI Vi
PRAISES DEAD EX-CZAR '
.Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
UOFI'iW'.t J.o, vv ." '.'" - ....v .
Iximlcm, Aug 22.
The London Times gives tho fol
low ig extiacts from a leccnt article
b Maximilian Hat don In Die V.l
kunft moialbing on the death of the
ex Kmpcror Nicholas of Russia. Hai
den sas.
"The world will not forget that It
was Nicholas who piocurcd for the
Ide.i of disarmament a icsouncling an
nunclatlon and that tho opening of
The Hague tonfeience was for him
as the dawn ot a new life, lllstoiy
mav discern In his character many
ulnD n( nlckprlnir wciklipss. hilt no 1
..!.. ,-. nt ..111 If llin
iKJC'CNU lli. u. ..... . ...w .
second Nicholas ever nan a prognm,
It wns to be mindful of tho Injunc-
lion of his namesake beioio him i
to do on the throne all that lay in his
nnuer lit mder to win from the masses i
that looked up to him foiglvcness1
tnr the monstrous meiogatlves of the
i finwn
Nicholas Alexandiovltch whom
onlv light minds can legard as the I
ast 01 mo wuin, im iuii even 01 ,
the Gottorps. sought to establish pence
Won"" ro'dKirm'andnned nlSohSl' "
fiom Russia Thnt he willed these
things hlstoiy win home day write I
rtnn to his ciedit in her book. His
con(uetis, who gave themselves out
)r i, ii10 vavlor of mankind, the unl.
er Messlih, have uoike.1 in eight
nlhs moie honor nna woe than
1)n vviought in eight eais.
in their attempts to translite the
rpat Fiench Revolution Into Russia
Moscow,
nut Russia is not dead vet. N'ever
foiget thnt. The might of Russia, still
n-.ilnh and like n child cannot be
broken from without. Nor, as our
rneiitN testify. ha! It been broken
oven in this wai hv nnv superior
..toiutli of Cl-eimanv. Onlv fm
wthln hii" tbis powei been pn.iljzed
Cr .v seison hv mi Incomprehensible
mlrncle. o , if jnu will, hv the poison I
of Leninite world communism
1110 uit-at iicmri lutj it crime,
Contlnned on Pit Four, toliinin slv
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2
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8 1
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3000 CAPTIVES
TAKEN BY BYNG
British Soldiers Pass Arras-
Bapaume Railroad in
Big Push
FRESH TEUTON FORCES
OPEN COUNTER-RLOWS
Poiltis Hnrl Germans Back
Three Miles on Twenty
Mile Front
TAKE SIX MORE TOWNS
,
wise lllial ttcaclied JMlCllSil
Make New Cains in
Flanders
W the Associated Press
With the British Armies in France,
00 ti. i in. . j
AUR' '"e town of Albert is un-
fflc,a" re"r,Pd t0 haVe fa,Ien int
the hdnds of the British.
n. ,1.- A .-.J r
iij ,11c tuLiuies i ress
Paris, Aug. 22.
French troops have crossed tho
Ailette River between Guny and
Champs to the north of Coucy-le-Chateau
(ten miles north of Sois
sons), according to the Heure, which
adds that advices from the front
state that tho French have reached
the Oise canal between Varcnnes and
Morlincourt, to tho east of Noyon.
Upon the Ailette front the sudden
attack of the French caused the re
treat of a division of German re-
serves which had been preparing for
. .
n tuuiui-i-uiuw, in its rcLiuut it pre-
cipitatcd a panic in the ranks of a
second division of reserves which
had been intended to support the
first division's assault, according to
advices to newspapers here.
B) the Associated Press
London, Aug. 22.
The French army, under command
of General Mangin in its attack on
the Oise front today, has reached the
line of the Ailette River, according Y
to reports reaching London this
afternoon.
The possession by the French of
the whole line of the Ailette, accord-
ing to London military experts,
means that Marshal Foch's design to
drive a big wedge between General ,
von Boehn's army and the forces
of the German Crown Prince has
been successfully accomplished.
The Germans have, been pl.i(?ed In a
position of the utmost difficult both
north and south of the new French
salient.
French Gain Three .Miles
The French have gained three more
miles on a twent mile Oise front, cap
tured sl tons and pierced two others.
They are continuing their advance.
On the heights north of Plemont (west
of the Olse) they are watching the
enemy retreat Nojon, the great Ger
man base. Is rapidly being enveloped.
The British today attacked the Ger-'
mans between the Somme and the
Ancre (north of the Somme) In an ex.
tension of the Albert-AVras drive. The
attack, which extends along a six
mile front from Albert to Bray began
at 4:45 o'clock this morning. (Amer
ican tioops are located In the Bray
sector on the north bank of the
Somme )
Press Knotty Back
Dispatches from the front say sat
isfactory progress has been made at
every point. The British have taker)
their final objectives on the right and
are well Inside the enemy lines, Im-'
mediately south of Albert General
Hatg's forces have crossed the Ancre,
. ... .. . .. ... . i
.wnn vi me rtnere me isruisn Third S
Army under General Byng has cap., ,' if&
lurea iiriuany uu me rras-AlDert '-JOt
railroad emoangment and has estab-
llahpri nnsts well to the pntil Th itr.... . i.J
Office announces that the irm..n.,j1
.: . : - -- -;
paume railway has been crossed la
cnltn rtf Blrnnp tnt.mr r.Blal.n..
Capture 3000 Prisoners 'j
General Ujng's troops 'j esterdaT''
capiurea uemeen .vuu ana 3UVO prl.
oners.
Today the British lines had moyii
forward until they ran along In (mot
of the Neaulte-Albert road, a ,
General Byng's army is enoouatrtH f
desfur resistance In Mm
savaaaUlaaVS.
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