v-"'" &' iV -J) i 4 rV $. 4 RWv J . . i V v w Euentmj public ffieficjer zmz fV" . Tf WEATHER Washington, Aug 23. Fair tonight; Saturday, partly cloudy, uith probably thunder showers in northeast portion. TBMPEHATIinT! AT MfH HO Pit 1 t 9 10 I'll 12 1 2 i 4 6) 170 I 72 I 78 I 71 I 81 I 86 86 88 89 89 THE EVENING TELEGRAPH K- VOL. IV. NO. 293 rulilUaml Dally Excf pt Bundiy. Subscription Price: tC a Tr br 1(U. CepyrltM. 1818. by tb Fubllo Ledcer Compter. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918 Entered Second CU Matter t the PoitolNe at PMUdtlpble., Pa. Under the Act at March S. 1879. PRICE TWO CENTS k I IDICTATED PEACE, i, LODGE'S DEMAND I INURGINGDRAFT f Anv Tp.rms Satisfactory to trermany unacceyia""' to Allies, He Says OUTLINES U. S. PLANS iHouse to Vote Tonight on the Man-Power Bill General . Debate Ends in Senate High Points in Lodge's Appeal for Draft Bill "Xo peace satisfactory to Ger many can satisfy us." "Victory must bo won Inside, not outside, the Get man fiontler." "Let Turkey and Bulgaria share the fate of their master." "Our business Is to put Germany where she can do no more harm. Congress and the President had no right to declare war unless they meant to do precisely this thlnR." "The offensive has passed Into our hands, but the victory of at tack, although begun, Is still to bo won." -i'Better stop at forty years than defer calling tho joung and most valuable fighting men." "What wo must do is to get the fighting men not votes." N By the Associated Press 4 Washington, Aug. 23. nriin ffnnsA nirrppfl to vote at 6 U o'clock on the McKenlo amendment to the man-power mil. written win the measure bv tho Military Committee,-providing that registrants between eighteen and twenty shall' lie put into a separate' flout to bo called last. General denato in the Senate closed unexpectedly lato todav and Chairman Chamberlain, of tho Military Commit tee, proceeded with formal considera tion' of tliomeasiire, with the com ? im.a'.i imjtiflmfnfa lin.Inc nreco- Uence. v By th.e United Press Washington, Aug. 23. . Hailing the new manpower bill as ' the weapon with which America will 1 win' a complete nnd final victory over ,'Oermanv, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, I.nf MnKnchusetts. today outlined to 5heemTO'thV"',rri-'duc)ble'mlnlmtmi" Which the Allies should agree to in maklrlc peace. No peace that satisfies Geimany can ever satisfy tho United States and her allies. .Senator 1-Adge said. It must bo '" Tho ocontl.tl mmlttinna of n. com- l.t piete, secure ana insuns ijcuwc, uo. Lodge outlined them, are: Restoration of Belgium. Return of Aluuce-T.orralne to France, not from nenilmentnl reaon lone, liut to deprive CSermuny ot the coal nnil Iron of Lorraine. Kcxlorntlon of Itnlla .Irredenta, In cluding TrleMe, to Italy. U Be-enlablUliment of Serbia and Ru mania ub Independent states. Herurlly for Jreece. I Establishment of the JiiEo-Slavs and .Cieclio-SlaTa as Independent people Independence for rolanil. JV taken from her by the treaty of i Bret-I.ltol. l.fv fey ho Turku, and entablixliment of 'i, the Dardanelles o a free International !, waterway. I n summation oi xuruuii innuence from Palestine. ? T ll'l- If,, In ft-.....,,.' I' Such a ictory. Lodge said, "must be won Inside, not outside, the German I -v frontier. It must be won finally and K thoroughly In German territory, and can 1 be so won now hero else. Tho man-power bill Is tho means to (.this end. Lodge said. Ills speech was re ceived with, great attention, not only I; because of Its remarkable outline of peace terms, but because. Lodge Is slated V ,n honnmn Tlpnuhtlcan leader nf fhn Sen. I ' .- .....t.l l ,l.j. I... C-An4nH fnl linger. What he said today was at once accepted in the Senate as reflecting his -party's views on peace terms, thus plac i lng the Republicans on record as "bitter -enders." Lodge warned that because Germany f-inow sees herself beaten, with the Allies firmly in control of the offensive, "and American troops pouring- In dally, a new peace drive may be expected. Be- ycause America, must face this peace I' drive in the next few months, Lodge de- BO". j . m u- ..... ,..-....... . .Wsvrca It ufc uio uiu.uai i.i.jjui tutiuc iu Continued on I'me'Flve Column Two BIG SERIES FOR CHARITY PlaySrs Also Will Give Part of Hcccipts, la Humor ', Vn,k Auir. 23. Baseball will An Klti share toward charity in the coming rwcT.n. a Bcnce. tli .With official sanction placed on the l,t(g series ny necreiary uaKer, iv nas be f mkiii known here that the National Com. Ifrnlsslon's plans, already completed, will ;: prove, a surprise to tnose who have er r pecttd tho series to bo conducted merely ns 'a, commrclal enterprise. Players, too, ,. -2 ..nlA.l n-A 1n.lMn nl.. II whh uriw.tu, uo .nj.i.fi i.am jor donating a large share of what they will I receive to some charity. BfJ 4HUv.uvn i iiwm ..u ,,o nuiius vsern wui uo iui.icu ti.iu uuge war , charity dembnstratlon. FIREWORK fair tonight. What next J won. i o dert "Kortheast portion, showers xcith al.' thunder. " i - tut iut.Mtb change will show Htm Pressing Need Now Civilidn American Military Strength As sures Victory in Field Under Foch Generalship By CHARLES Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright, lilt, by the -Veto Vorfc Timet Co. Paris, Aur. 23. Cables from America, especially those quoting General March and Sec retary Baker, along 'with the general sentiment of Americans, with whom Pails Is now fairly teeming, all our soldiers and civilians are strong for Ignoring Immediate peace possibilities and keeping our eyes steadily on July or August, 1919, as the earliest prac ticable time of bringing tho war to a satisfactory conclusion. If there Is any dissent fiom the eighty-division program which Washington Is discussing, It Is In favor of a hundred division program. Americans do not belittle the Ger man mllltnrY effort and frankly face the possibility of temporal y changes In the fortunes of war. but all are grimly set in their purpose to develop our own strength until a complete German defeat can be computed with mathematical certainty. They expect early and plausible proposals from KEYSTONE LOSSES HIGH.SAYSCRAGO Congressman Startles the House by Asserting Slaughter in France HIS OWN TOWN MOURNS i Ru a Staff Correspondent Wanlilncton, ug 23. Congressman Thomas S. C'r.igo. of Waynesburg. Pa., a member of the Mili tary Affairs Committee, startled the House during the debate on the new draft bill this afternoon by stating that scmo Pcnnsyhanla regiments In the front line In Franco hae suffered se vere losses equal to a calamity. A dozen members Immediately Jumped to their feet and asked Crago If ho should be understood as saying that entire regiments hao been wiped out, and asking hi mto name the units. Crago did not deny tho Inference, and told tho members, they could get the Information t the War Department. " "Jlay we understand you to stato that thero h.s been a calamity at the front, nnd that somo regiments from jour State andniy State hae suffered terrible losses?" asked Congressman Galllan, of Massachusetts. "If jou hae Informa tion of that kind we would like to hae It before wo-vote on this bill." Thirteen Waynesburr FamlHes Mourn "Hero's what I do know," replied Crago. "Back In tho little town where I come lrom (Waynesburg, Ta ,) In one day thirteen of our families received no tice that boys of their family had been killed in France. "In several of the regiments from our State, I don't want to name the units, but tho losses have been very severe " Mr. Crago strongly urged the passage of the new draft bill in the exact form presented by the War Department, tak ing men of eighteen, nineteen and twenty. it la a nuestlon of expediency and policy and we should not place restric tions on the War Department to pre- int ihn laislne ot a large army as soon as possible to bring victory as quickly as It can be done," said Congressman Crago. Elaliteen-Year-Old Boys Not "Kids" "Tho members of the House are too apt to picture the eighteen-year old boy as the big kid back home who has been too much coddled and spouea," ne con tinued. "That picture Is not represcn- atlvo of the ordinary American ooy oi eighteen, who for the most part Is out WorKing lor inmocn mm limn ing good. The bojs of eighteen, nineteen and twenty would be far better off physical ly, morally and mentally In the train ing where they hae the best of care than In the mines and factories, where they work under bad physical conditions and spend their time off under conditions much worse than In the army." SHIPMEN ASK $1 AN HOUR Pacific Coast Workers Make "Friendly Demand" By a Staff Correspondent Washington, Aug. 23. Shipyard work ers on the Pacific coast have made a "friendly demand" for a wage scale of $1 an hour with double pay for over time. Chairman Slacy, when seen late this afternoon, admitted a demand for a wage "of 11 an hour and double for over time has been received frbm the Paclflo coast. He was much surprised, he ad mitted, because only yesterday he had concluded a ten days' conference with the International president of the ship yard employes' unions, and no mention had been made of any demand for in creased wages. WHOLESALE GROGGERIES SAFE Gregory Rules That Six in Dry Zone May Remain Open Six wholesale liquor dealers' with establishments located within the half mile "dry zone" around the Irankford Arsenal will not be compelled to close tomorrow night. Atinrnav nnprtil fireKori' ruled to (day that such places could remain open, . J., .l... .1 . .1 nn. nail (If HpliVer flHV iiruviucu i.tcj u.u i.wv rr ',. .V ltiti.vinatitn within the limits of the zone, This "last-minute" decision was re ceived this afternoon by United States District Attorney Franc s Ivane, and word was sent out notifying the whole salers. , ,, This will reduce the number of liquor establishments effected by the zone from twenty-one to fifteen. The dealers benefited by the Attorney aenral'B ruling ar Conrad Deck, 2112 nrldge street; Valentine Kuhn, 4646 Richmond street; S. T- RomlnJl,cy'1f,lv. ingston anad Lefevre streetB-, C: Sulfert. Melrose and BucIub streets: M. bchUt. Melrose and Margaret street", and 'John Talbot. SM4 sMige,,8trt. . y , of Allies Co-operation H. CRASTY Berlin, but I have not heard a single voice raised In Paris In faor of wast ing time and breath on parleying. Germany's good faith is utteily dis trusted by all, and none believes that a single life or a minute of time can bo saved by treating seriously any appioach she may make. As one American phrased It: "This is n cise where tho shortest cut across Is what seems the longest way around. We have got to flght our way through to peace, and any other method would prolong the war and endinger the objects which America must obtain." All our people here nre satisfied with the military position. Thev I think the German success. If any, will be spasmodic, but their confidence In ' ultimate victory Is founded mainly on ' the American effort In tho field and at home. - ' All the original combatants, Includ ing Germany, must be expected to be. Continued on Tatr Six. Column One' I NEW SHIP READY AT HOG ISLAND Yard's Second Vessel to Leave Ways Tomorrow Afternoon MENACE BY FLAMES Hog Island s second ship, the Sacca rappa. Is to be launched tomorrow nfter noon. Her launching tomorrow markp a new policy at tho big yard. In the future all launchlngs there nre to be held on Saturday afternoons, Sundays or hofl davs Incidentally, It was learned todav that for two hours Tuesday night. Ho Island firemen fought a dangerous blaze within twenty feet of Wny Xo. 21, where the Saccarappa Is awaiting her Initial dip. The fire was In a huge bunker filled with soft coal. Spontaneous combus tion was responsible. Chief Mesklll, of the Hog Island fire department, believes. Firemen poured heavy streams ofwater Into the blaring coal. Workmen shoveled out coat In the bunker untouched by the flames. j The Saccarappa, near completion on Way N'o. 21, Is of 7600 tons deadweight tonnage. She Is a cargq carrier. In order to Insure all needed protec tion to the ship when she Is launched to morrow, as well as to safeguard human life, orders have been lsuert thnt all traffic on the Delaware for a distance! of one-half mile below and one-half mile above the launching ways at Hog island shall be suspended from 3 p. m. until 4 p. m. No essel of any descrip tion, except that which may be especial ly passed by th commanding officer of tho patrol, will be allowed In the re stricted area. Mrs S. C. Sargent, wife of the as slstant general superintendent of ship construction. Is to be sponsor of the Saccarappa. The towering hull is scheduled to slide down the ways at 3:30 o'clock In the afternoon. There will be little of the ceremo nious at the launching. The christening platform and the hull of the ship will be decorated with the Allied colors. The Hog Island Guards Band will give a concert. Officials of tho Emergency Fleet Cor poration and of the American Interna tional Company and their families will be present. Charles M. Schwab, director general of shipbuilding. Is expected to view the launching. W. II. P. Boots, general superintendent of plant protection, has general charge Contluned on Pate Five, Column Tlire U.S. AGENTS NAB UNIFORM MAKERS North Sixth Street Men Ac cused of Selling Cloth Clippings LARGE CONTRACTS HELD Two clothing manufacturers, holding large army contracts were arrested to day on warrants issued at the instance of operatives of the Military Intelligence Bureau, working for the Schuylkill Arsenal. The men, taken In custody by United States marshal areBernard Lonker and David Stevens, operating as Lonker & Stevens, at 237 North Sixth street. United States Commissioner Long held them in (1000 ball eaqh for a further hearing next Tueslay. Failure to return clippings and rags, property belonging to the Government, which were sold to a Junk dealer by the name of Benjamin Susman, 402 Addison street. Is charged. According to Arnold De Brier, a. special Investigator of the Military In telligence Bureau, Lonker admitted that be received VS2G for the clippings and rags, which the Government estimates are worth approximately $4000. The loss of clippings from Govern ment cloth amounts to many thousand dollars each year, said Captain L. B. Ilaworth, bead of the Intelligence bureau a the Arsenal. For that reason vigor ous prosecution of all violating contract ors has been ordered. De Brier, who was assigned to inves tigate the lonker & Stevens concern, said that after two months" patient watching he and his operatives finally traced the missing clippings to the Junk shop. The goods were conflicated by the Government agents. Looker Stevens received contracts to make 66,000 army coata. The. manu facturers, it ! alleged, admit the' sale of the clipping, but contend the sale was not mad wlth-any criminal intent. ,TkX will have' UtfcVbafan 4JM 'J- VSJfc. ' T 1 -HP iu .OT.i . Mj . THREE FROM HERE KILLED IN FRANCE, TWO ARE MISSING Lieutenant and Enlisted Man in Casualties List as Wounded AVIATOR LOSES LIFE Only Nine Pcnnsylvanians Re ported With Latest Marne Battle Toll Philadelphia Soldiers in Today's Death List Meutennnt W. I Deetjen, 6391 Sherwood road. Frlvato Michael Kelly, 5200 War ren street. Private William Junod, 347 East Tiisculmii street. August '-., ISIS. The Evening Public I.edKer wilt be glad to pnlilldli sketches and phologrnpbs of service men whose families have re ceived word from the War Department, or other sources, that these men nre numbered anions- the casualties. Three Phltadelphlani killed, a lieuten ant and nn enlisted man wounded, and three enlisted men mlsilng these com pose this clt's honor roll today. Three enlisted men from nearby points nre reported ns killed In action. The small list indicates that the com plete toll of tho heroic struggle along the Marno has finally been recorded. Three Phlladelphlans were unofficially reported killed In action yesterday, but their names have not jet appeared on the War Department's list. The name of Captain Philip Mills, ot Xew York, appears In todnj's list. An nouncement of his death, however, had been made last week by his sister-in-law. Mrs Paul Dcnckla Mills, of Bndnor. Mrs, Mills was formerly Miss Hllcn D. Taul. The casualty list released for the morning newspnpers contained 128 names. Including nine from Pennsylva nia. Tho afternoon papers" list contain ed 132 names 'from the regular army and seventy-two from the marine corps. Including nine from this State. The total for the day's lists Is 332. The records follow: WOUNDED Lieutenant Whitney Wright. 1001 Walnut street. private John MfQuliton, 1S35 South Twenty-fourth street. MINRINO Trlvate Anthony Avllla,1232 South Eleventh street. rrivate Nelson W. Young, 1311 Woir street. Private John F. Rhnrkeq, E08 South Twentieth street. CASUAI.TITS FROSf NKATtnY POINTS Private I.jrman Bohr, Ambler, Pa , died of wounds. Private Walter Madenford, Media, Pa , killed In action. Previously reported. rrivate Kenneth K. Price, Burlington, N. J., killed in action. rrivate Mlehael Fogarty, Norrlstown, Pa., wounded. UNOFFICIALLY RF.rOP.TED YES TERDAY Killed Lieutenant Joseph E. Hoopes. S406 Chestnut street. Corporal William L. Curry, 2421 Panama street. Corporal lo M. Grout, B344 Yocum street. Sketches of the Heroes Lieutenant William L. Deetjen, of the aviation corps, officially reported as missing following an air raid on June Continued on Paie Six, Column Two MACKS AND SOX TIED IN NINTH Chicago Evens Count in Seventh by Pounding Johnson for Three PERRY TO THE RESCUE By ROBERT W. MAXWELL Shlbe Tark. Aug1. 23. The Mackmen were on their way to make it six straight, and had every thing going smoothly until the White Sox rallied i nthe eighth and put over three runs, making tho count five all. The Macks went out In front in the third, when two singles,, a triple and a double gave tfcem three runs. But Johnson weakened In the seventh and tho deadlock was one. v FIRST INNING Good was thrown out by Dykes. Lei, bold popped to Dugan. Murphy sin gled to center. Gandil singled past Burns, Murphy going to third. Collins singled to right, scoring Murphy. Du gan fumbled Weaver's grounder, filling the bases. Dugan threw out Pinelll. One run three hits, one error. Jamleson filed to Lelbold. Weaver threw out Kopp. Acosta went out the tame way. No runs, no hits, no er rors. SECOND INNING Gardner threw out Jacobs. Snellen bach fanned. Good filed to Jamleson. No runs, no hits, no errors. , Burns filed to Weaver. Gardner was thrown out by Weaver. McAvoy beat out a -hit over second and took second op a wild pitch. Dykea singled to cen. tar ecortiur MeAvoy and took- seoen ' tfc - --?-' UI " r.'. t. ' - ;. HAIG SHATTERS GERMAN LINES; CAPTURES TOWN AFTER TOWN; FOE'S ARMY FACES DISASTER FOE ANCRE LINES BUT THINLY HELD British Found It Mainly Defended by Isolated Machine Guns FIGHT ON RAILWAY Germans Making Most Stub born Stand Along the Arras-Albert Road By HENRY W. NEVINSON Special Cable to Eieiiing Public Ledger Corurtoht. Hm, bll the .Veil' Vorfc Tfmr Co. Willi tho British Armies, Aug. 23. Tho scene of conflict has changed onco more nnd the British blow Is being struck along a front of eight or nlno miles of country lvlng almost equally distant from Arras on the north and Albert on the south. It cannot he called a hilly country, but It Is a f.ilrlv high plateau of Find and chalk, divided Into long low lldges by smill water courses, which nmv finvinnslv Into the Scarpe. near . .. .,.- IJ nn.J Int. tVin Arms, un nit' tiiu ttiuc, mi, ,...u -..' ... .. .. . Ancre, above Albert, on tne oiner. i'or the plateau Is really part of the wa-, Imelinrl which divides the rivers Of northern France. I lately described the lower half of the front now concei ned, ns seen from tho terrible Wood of Commecourt on tho day when one of our coips dis covered that tho enemy opposito them was withdrawing from th" region of Pulsleux and Serre. The whole region Is marked by names of tho famous or mournful In tho former fighting, such ns Commecourt, tho two Achlets and Thlepval, far down across tho Ancre. while due east from rulsleux, only seven miles away, stands Bapaume. As might be supposed, the whole region Is also mat ketl by graves, many of which date from the French resist, nnco of nearly four vears ago, nnd by a complicated system of French, Brit- iKh and German trenencs oi viinuua dates, but all equally obstructive to tho movement of tioops. as aie the miles movement or noun's .ti m; mw ,... . of barbed wire which litter tho sur- face. When a v.iingo is lutmiuura i. must be remembered, as always in this war. that tho placo Is now a mere rub bish heap of ruins. Itapaumo Prize in Distanco The object of the British force under General Byng was, In the first place, to follow up the recent success north and south of the Somme by dealing another hard" blow at the enemy further north, for when ono acts on the offensive the more often one strkes tho better. But. besides this general rule, it was important to follow up tho enemy's retirement from the line above mentioned, starting from Bucquoy through Pulsleux to Serre. In the distanco stood Papaume ns a nrlze. together with tho possibility of protecting Arras from further peril and of shaking tho enemy's hold on Albert. 4 . These, however, were remote ob jects, perhaps not ostensibly consid ered for tho attack has not been on such a scale as the Fourth Army's crcat movement further south. Oppo site to our divisions the Germans had their Seventeenth Army, under Gen eral Otto von Below. They may have some fifty battalions to oppose, as their army line, as is now usual with them, was thin but deep. It was ar ranged not In trenches, but In isolated outposts and machine gun positions one behind tho other, to a considerable depth. But the map will show the lallwav fiom Arras to Albert was their real line of defense, for It consists loreely of cuttings and of embank ments, both equally serviceable in checking nn nttack. Accordingly, It was along this rail, way that the heaviest fighting was expected, and so it has turned out. Continued on race Five. Column Five HOOVER BACK FROM EUROPE Food Administrator Returns Home on British Liner By the United Press An Atlantic Tort. Aug. 23. Herbert r Iloover, head of the United States food administration, arrived here today aboard a British liner, on which were 1200 passengers. Accompanying him livy i ,..,-,. Louis Strauss: rr. Alexander Taylor and Alexander Smith. Hoover had nothing to say when he lnnrted but said a statement wouia be Is sued later from the offices of the United mates Grain Corporation. ARMOUR CAPITAL DOUBLED rwtifieates Increasing I It to $210,000,000 Fil?d at Trenton fly the Associated Press Trenton. Aug 23 Armour & Co , ot Chlcago today filed In the office of the secretary of State a certificate Increas- fng Its capital from ,100,000,000 to '2J?'..().'.h that 600.000 shares valued at 160 000,000 will be 7 per cent cumula five preferred stock, entitled to 7 per cent out of ,ne surPlus and net proflt ot the DUSineao. ALBERT HEAP OF RUINS Famous Church Leveled to the Height of Other Wreckage By the United Press On the British Front, Aug. 23. Albert is merely a oaiirreu nrai ui i uiiio wuit" can no longer be called a city. i... mnu riiurch from which the flrures of the Madonna and child hung 8UBPnucu "Mfc . - bisv. -.w vwisi i -!" nkswwrr j-imi.- i.., LETTS BACKBONE I OF SOVIET POWER i Ransome Says Guards Have Saved Them From I Overthrow RIOT STORIES INSPIRED Special Cable to Et citing Public Ledger CovvrioM. fit. bv the ew i orfc Time, Co. London, Aug. Arthur Ban'ome, through whom the Bolshevist rulers of Bussla have usually made their views known to the outside world, cables the following to the Dally News from Stockholm: "German sources, probably Informed by part of the embassy which remained nt Petrograd, announce that on last Thursday, after Petrograd had been three davs without bread, hunger riots broke out In the workmen's quarters. These developed Into an antl-Sovlet demonstration and an attempt was made to attack the Smolny Institute. Shouts of -Down with the Kremlin!" 'Down with the Germans were common Tlie ' 1 1 . ...- L ns under complete control oy l-nuay nlgllt Nine hundreii arrcBts nave been . innde and the prisoners removed to j.ronBtBUt. ,.It , possible that this li ... mnilfl itflfli tltn nt-viAAf oexplnlnlng am. justifying before er- ,n nubile opinion the night of their man punm- ,ntertinK because n.i embassy. It Is Interesting necause no Tierson VVOUIQ DClievo Uiav Hungry i? would of Us own accord cry out for .,,,, nermanv or .ny one else. or. ".r lll;;' mih ne exceot bread a disorders were s..i'i""v" ...... ... '..slIcn as a commander seeks to turn L Jrv mob Is a blind weapon In the Plemont is but one of n number of !" i. nf anv one who Is lucky enough t valuable observatories on tho north nanus The Tetrograd riots "n edge of the Thlescourt plateau, nn exact counterpart of similar i seem hunger her ur ihe opposition parties have tried . "pit. the mob to the point of smash- to excite Jh K ohtlltv to provide an efficient sub-1 T."t The result of the short period stitu ...... h. usually ended in the re. . i iilhrnent of the Soviet. ! estabinnmeii "in one Instance the church got con- trol of tne nm ," " dc-trnyert ""J'" "." I c church, nnd by strnnre Irony the mrch relic." were drfended by a few .. i.h Ktmlents Thereafter the town ,ii-.w -- . tl. , .. - .. was llooilcu wnn iiumiKins irom tne urlu,Ung country lmmtaneouscly their u ho declared im1,ii9neousi;ij w.n, intc-uiuii-i unu th ir sense of humor by erecting one night twtnty little gibbets In front of the church and hanging the town's Continued on Pate Io. Column Klsht -1 UNITED STATES HAS PAID $6,089,064,750 TO THE ALLIES WASHINGTON", Aug. 23. Payments to the Allies since the United States entered the war today passed another billion dollar mark and stood at 56,089,064,750. This represents the aggregate of checks actually diawn on the Tiensuiy and.paid, as distinguished fiom ci edits established or agreements by the .United States oveminent to make loans, which now amount to 86,602,040,000. GARFIELD AGAINST HIGHER PAY FOR MINERS WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Fuel Administiator Garfield will not oppiove a wage increase for coal mineis, it was sticngly intimated today after he hadconfened with officials of the United Mine Workers. He will, however, put a stop to the practice of opeiafois paying bonuses to the niiuexs, through which system they competed among themselves for mine labor. BASEBALL" SCORES 1010003 0 0 0 0130010 0 0 0 CHICAGO. ATH'TICS. Sbellenback-Jacobs; Johnson-McAvoy. PHILLIES.. 0 0 0 2 0 0 CINCIN.... 0 0 0 10 0 - Piendergast-Adams; Luquc-Wingo; umpires, Horan-Blglei ST. LOUIS, A.L 0 0 10 BOSTON, A. L 10 12 Wrlght-Sevcreld; Jones-Agnew. CLEVLAND.A.L... 0 0 0 0 WASirrON.'A.L.... 0 0 0 ,0 Coveleskle-O'Ncill; Ayers-Ainsnilth, nOSTON.N.L 0002020-10-551 I'lTTSB'GH, N. L 00000000 0024 Nortluop-Wagner; Hill-Schmidt. NEWYOKK.N.L... 0 0 0 0 0 CHICAGO, N.L 0 0 0 0 0 Causey-Kariden; Douglas-O'FaViell. NO OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES PLAYED TWO HURT WHEN AIRPLANE FALLS SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug, 23. An airplane from Mather Field fell today on a highway i UlurM-irlou8ly'iidr'aiiitkr,WM'li .; J.MAJy' 'SWif. FRENCH ARE BACK TO FORMER FRONT , Virtually Stand Where They Did Before Drive of March 21 ARMIES AID EACH OTHER By G. H. PERMS Special Cable to Ei ening Public Ledger Coptrrtoht. 191t. bv the Xew York Times Co. With the French Armies, Aug. 23. Broadly, It may bo said that the French front has been pushed to al level and strong line marked by the courses of the livers Dlvett and Olse nnd reaches the Atletto, near Le Qulncy. Thero nre some uncleared bridgeheads south of tho Olse and west of the Altettc, but to nil Intents and purposes the French nre back to tho old front ns It was before the Germ-in avalanche of March 21. Tho broad and mat shy valley which carries the Olse nnd its canal, with continuous ranges of hills. Is indeed a1 """""J " iiiintti.j "unauc ui liiu ju si oraer. rather than carry by n frontal attack. ine anvnncc or iiumoerts army and other successes further north have this Interest, besides that of their Im mediate objectives. From the abrupt height of Plemont one looks down on I.nsslgnv village ?nd all the low country northward to Hove, while eastward one has views' ,urm,,, , u,. .", ." r,- ...w .....a mimi: w"'ch rPs tl,e Breat high road from "jc iu .i)"i. nnionmcwucrmin,.,,.. p.n,...,i,- .. communications. s0n8; Everywhere, according to news which, with Its wood and ravines. Is nrmv could be safely sheltered. It Is nothing les than wonderful that this Blerancourt innge, continuing It on the other side of tho Oise. should have been taken so rnpldly, especially as a large pnrt of the ground is seamed trenches and wire fields. Q General Mangln held the Oise neSr Noyon. abandonment of the f ' . ' ,, enemv IloW upon tho Dlvette Val- opposite necessarily followed. rsterdav' vvns spent for tho most nnr part In the consolidation of the largo extent ot grotina won. trencli cav alry patrols and tanks are out In all directions, sweeping tho country free i of btnall enemv gioups The French guns are being rapidly brought for ward and aviators are constantly bombing tlje river crossings. 1 6 14 0 0 5 13 3 30010-5 81 0 1 0 0 1- G 13 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 three miles from here. One man .V i CLt English Plunge For ward on 30-Mile v Picardy Front ONE OF WAR'S BIGGEST FIGHTS Fresh German Forces Bat tle Desperately to Stem Tide SEVERAL THOUSAND PRISONERS SEIZED Allies Capture Gomiecourt. Gain One to Two Miles FRENCH SURGING ON MailCin 8 Forces Cross Oise and Push Near Noyon By the Associated Press London, Aucr. 23. A battle is ratr. injr today in France on one of the j . , , " une OI l" Widest fronts of thi. war. Tt .w.nJ. v.,v..ya for about fifty miles north from Sois- I rrrnivril l.nn !.! -r -...-. ..... wt uin aiicrnoon iron the battlcfront, the battle has been Koing successfully for the Entente, Allies. ,$! The British Fourth Armv ha il taken more than lKfin nrUnn day. The Third Army captured mora $$ man ooo Germans In the town at tm uumiccouri aione. ine British Thirl Army has trained more thnn n mli-:i nn n frnnl f -MAa. aXT' ,t '&!& A..,v , mine man seven miles..,. The British Fourth Army has jralneaU more than two miles on a front ofiffl seven miles. By the Associated Press With the British Armies in France, Aug. 23. A battle has developed between Lihons, six miles south of th Somme, to the Cojeul River, south of Arras, on a front of thirty miles, which seems to be one of the greatest of the war. The Brit ish are smashing the German lines along the entire front. A number of fresh, new German divisions have been identified. They were rushed up in the hope of sav ing something from the disaster which threatens the whole German army on this front. British troops this morning ara reported to have captured Chute- nolles and Herleville (three miles xl northwest of Chaulnes), south of th tin. Somme River. More than a thou-, sand prisoners were taken in this rmoi-fiftnn irVtioVi uliminntn. 41.A V.,....! in the line. In the fighting south of the River Somme the British have extendetl their line on a front of more than five miles, pushing into the German defenses at the greatest depth for.s about two mies. Field Marshal Haig's forces also are reported to have taken Boyelles and Boiry Bccquerello and to bg still pushing forward. They are plW ing up prisoners and guns. Plunge to Gomiecourt " J tfH The British havn rnnrnrprl Rnmlu uSU court (four miles northwest of Ba paume), which is considered to b. the chief point of the German de fense positions .". South of Gomiecnnrt. thp Prif!W 'all .. . . .. " t ijOl tnis morning were attacking and 0i .. , ,, .. --.v pusning iorwara an atong tne line. From Gomiecourt the British ardtfe,; also pushing their attack to tha.SS boutheast in the direction of Ba paume. Hamelincourt is now lielilA by tho British. The British Fourth Army hart? gained all its objectives and hadtCi the hill southwest of Cappy. It i stated unofficially that the Britia,? have captured Usna Hill to the soutkJ."' ... ,.,.... ' vm cast, vi Avciuy. ? The town of Meaulte, southMat'f of Albert, fell early in the Britu drive. The British troops pressha on here are crossing the Bray-Alb road. Happy Valley, to the norttfji Bray, was taken by Field Mara Haig's troops after hard ftgfttMat SK Take Battalion He Three German batttfe ri fcavf bft talM Wf , Kf I- 5- & 1 'X'--vjr&'JSuS JT llfl j imt -. -Hfc.7 uf. rT' ..-; ik.v l.tAJ