Vp mim& !w "".f -..r ' . ti&ti, eatei. K'&f IA5S SSitjt WCZAa r rtS. ' WIW'. fey m Uvf ' & $ SSJr XH !'.' .Ifc'l .f&ff6 .; - . t,t '-' t laMtbU-arand, rrhera the main ds We. eosltlons of Babauma were heed, showed the enemy realized the ortance of holding Bapaume. Gen- itaig;s -forces captured Acniet-ie-nd despite tho resistance. British forces aro reported to have ached points east of Hcnln. on the eul River, flvo miles southeast of as. They are in tno outsKtrts or Letter, further south, and have tured Ervlllers. two miles east of aurcelles. Thcv are still advancing. ktpr The 'British aro reported to have I-rMntiiroH Tlnnnffi6l nnd tn hnvnreached J the hleh cround southwest of Frlcourt. The have passed well beyond Happy vyalley. ' fRernrrtet la twn miles east of Al- fetart. Frlcourt Is ono mile farther fp tast.) XC r lola lunrsnni iuuk s luit-ea mu :isif Tignung qn tne mopes oi inippvui vt ridge and nlonfr the eastern bank of Sp-the Ancre Rtver north of Albert, where jji'llritlsh'patrols have entered the town df ajiraumont, which nns ucen sur- Mmilail tfrirvi fVin InMnt -lllncra till sSBritlsh line runs to Blhucourt, thence ..if'.tn Krvllloro which In In TtrlHnVi hnrwlu i-i tilil (lian tn t)n.iltfio n 11 rl lMlpl'.nnnnlta. 5w relle'. Joining the old ltno near Mer- tjj-' La Botssellc and Orvlllers wcio re- L.f ported to have been wrested from the 5" enemy. (These towns aro three miles : wir .-- - ... northeast of Albert.) The battlo continued successfully for tho Allied arms last night. The Brit ish advanced everywhere nnd the enemy suffered heavy defeats. The British advanced beyond Blhucourt. The British are reported to be still hr,' driving tho confused Germans before fin them east of Hcnln ,and at St. Legcr T- nd Ervlllers. ',j ,..., Foe Fights Desperately fe i Sharp fighting has taken place along t the Irles-Grevlllcrs road. The Germans nl, 'are reported clinging to Mlramount. 'VU on the Ancre, northeast of Albert, nnd $, to bo fighting desperately. German prisoners say that It was mooted hv them that the British ' Ttfc? oM otnn nt tho Arr.iR.Aihort rii.idone that which showed that Its train- k road and the unexpected buceess ,.'. nn-nlnst them had confused the Tier- plan forces. ' Tired and depleted German divisions At i i s iat..1M...u . 1. Kn I ri inai mm ueen wiihuiiiwji wuiu mc mu- brie tie since August S uro belnp rushed DaCK into inu iikul- liuu)a nuni iitu pemy's strategic reserve divisions, which had been held for later coun-' ter-attacks, also have appeared along , the front. Prisoners Tourlne; In I Vi.'ii- The Third and Fourth l.rltisli Ar- , &fl Tnles JiaVO SltlCO AURUSl cupuuru uiuits w2; than 30.000 men. Two thousand were nvnn ....twn,. cmitii nf the nmme. terii The British Fourth Army has captured Kl nearly 5000 In tho last two days. The 'i nr nnora friiiiTnfi sini'R Jiuuiini o mnii 20.148 men nnd 598 ofllcers, ft . . ' . -. . P,t . soutn ot tne wimnie iuuu uviuwin ' Were killed In one combat. They wei e Si - iniv Viiid.ileil In front of the Brit- y ? e i.i. tnatao.i rif hniiK tn thn customary '' open order.. Tho Allied casualties aio very smuiu : . ni5 By the Amociatnl I'rcu SC"'" Paris AUff- 24 Artillery actions in S-V?'. the region of Lasslcnv and between the M.".t3v Olso and tho Alsne rivers arc re- Es ported In the official statement Issued Bffl t the AVar Office today. Balding op-1 g Kms : in iXralne also aroted. Tho French troops on tho southern , part of the battlellno apparently aro KflfVe taking a brief breathing spell after H- .... r.9 nnnttHlinll. floVltlnrr linilill II broiling sun. leaving the British to nl ,lto ahead with tho offensive movement, Zil.'Thln is In accordance with tho Foch -" ystem of striking first on ono section Bnsi and then n another section of tho line. Bra- Germans' Resistance Stiff pij? Tho Germans on the part of the Wife' front along the Dlvette, between Las- 'Valgny and the Olse, appear to be put J' tin up stout resistance. General Hum- i" . .J1I .......1 41.-. . t. r.t.frti'.t n.'ff.r.m.- s;'Bierits for overcoming1 the German ar :t. ttllorv In thin section. The German 'J-'tf guns thundered all day Friday, but A tailed to prevent Humbert a men rrom 'fa propslng tho Dlvette In force at Evrl- gW court. i-tnt TXMvr&nn (ho Olse nnd the Alsnn Hen. ?V ral Mangln haB made more secure his ili 4 " " 4-V .....v w ... ..,.v..w ., " from Its confluence with the Oise to 'i, Pont St. Hard, west of Coucy-le-Cha- teau. His right wing continues to ', work eastward, Its object being to ... . t ,!. .....win.-, in,li rf Qlounna dgf Clear me iitbiwh ut . uuwouns. 1 Approach Slain Highway J. The troops here already have seized the heights east of Bagneux and i farther north have reached the out- I Hkirts of Crccy-au-MJont. This advance i' brines them within reach of the main js highway from Solssons to Chuuny nnd S- enables them to threaten with enclr i dement the strong German force oc I cupylng the high ground at Chavlgny t' "Vnd Juvlgny. It Is believed here that the Ger- 'roans at Chavlgny and Juvlgny will be p forced to retire eastward, abandoning t. all tho ground west of the Soissons f.Chauny high road. , uy ine uniiea rrcaj If Paris. Aug. 2-1. The converging push tipon Noyon was renewed this morn ing, the French Improving the posi tions won yesterday. jt Tho south oanK or tno uise ana mc if Allette have been completely ciearea Fjk of the enemy as far cast as Pont-St. Ward and the irencn are now nrmiy established north of the Ailette. ' Opposite Coucy-lo Chateuu the French continue to progress princi pally In a southeasterly direction. "Vest of Xoyon French troops are advancing methodically uport Cuy (four miles west of Xoyon and three miles f east of Lasslgny). I The rate ot progress between the I Matz and Solssons. however, had gen 'S' erally slackened today. i Thft nprman.s are reslstlnir rtpsnpr. TT A 1.. An AV..1 nl.lntln T1I..AM n . A n r. m t U if.-l Hl:iy Ul! Vile uivruo imyci uiiu uui kll ing the Solssons-Chaunv Highway and are threatening to outflank the enemy at Chavigny (three miles north of Sols- soni). r TEUTONS PLANNED RETREAT ir.British Attack Spoiled Arrange- t,penw tor urueriy neuremeni iv, , By the Associated Press ftMidon. Aug 24. There can be no '4oubt that prior to the Hrltlfih attack theyGermans were contemplating a re MMtnpnl nn th Alhert-Arras front, hut pthey Intended to take their time The (British attacK nau ine eneci oi nusiung 'the enemy and preventing him from marrying out his plans. This has been .'Uroved by the large number of prison i era taken. Nct return has yet been made of the Lai nuipoer or prisoners taaen uy me ench, but a conservative estimate o! total ot Angio-i-Tcncn captures since t 11 confirms the earlier report from is placing them well oer 100,000. IS U.S. SHIPS SUNK ABROAD Army Cargo Transport Among i ,- victims oi suumannes , ,VirtlilBston, Aug. !4 Sinking of Mireo American vessels (n foreign waters ar German submarines have been an Hriccd by'tha Navy Department The MMfashlD I-al's Kdon. an army-char-BmrA carKo'transnorr. was sunk on Au- ut 11; the United States steamship West Brjdge. 880 tons. on. August 18, and the United States steamship Cu u. 7 J 00 tons, on Aurust IB. ffi tne crew or. ma ume aaon is, thirty-nine havlnc been ac fpf, Three men were reported vvi triune. ncra wii no anuMur Uu.anw of th Cu. -: - . r- . k t , ( : -WM WtMW hmm wan A TTi " " UPTON SOLDIERS MAKE THEIR MARK First Division of Its Kind to Get Into Real Battle TEST OF DRAFTED MEN Work of Men Justifies Faith ' America Has in Its Army By EDWIN L. JAMES Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrioht, 101t, hv the A'cie York Timet Co. With (he Amrrlmn Array In 1'rance, AUg, 24. , 'n:u v "ion or the American army Known ns tIle ?ework division, and anrti A( i wm . tu sometimes as the Metropolitan division, lias made good This division trained nt Camp Upton, Yaphnnk. Its numer ical appellation the censor docs not per mit me to -rive, although It Is well known In New York, and by this time also In Germany. It Is the first of the divisions of Its kind to get Into a real battle, and It lms Justified th faith that America has! placed in hor great military experiment, The Metropolitan division's record in Its first taste of war was raeerlv watched by tho leaders of our army because it represented that test This division, uhpn ft rc.-iphed Prnnrp I went Into training with the British, Li"e' It was moed to the American . sector near Lunevllle, nnd recently has mar was to good effect. " envision in tne American army better Illustrates the fact that all the world fights the hoche, for It is made tin nt 1rA11 rnm fnnHntlon TK Tlrnnv - - ...w.. ...... .........kLM.., 4..P ...., rooklynt Long Island and Westchester ' ... ,t -..... , u. j ,.. . represented and almost every known creed has Its adherents. Itlch and poor, Jew nnd Gentile, high and low, all fight 8 l)y BMe. Truly, thoso who love to call New York tho "melting pot" would call this the "melting pot divisions." When this division first took Its place in liic itue mo ryes ul ine woria were on It, for tho result of the war and i the future of civilization hanir nn what this division and thoso like It are to do to the Germans. Our higher olllcors . A1I.... .. ..!.! .! IT.... ..... I.t !... ,.I.A i,iii hivol tuhui .i no titiut. ntcnu n." soldiers would do. How would they take the first withering lire or Herman ma- ' auons yielding puinmny nmiieu re chine guns? What would be their be. , suits The enemy Is outmancuvered haior when they caught hell In their continuously and throughout the nc- first real barrage? What would he their conduct face to face, man to man, with the Germans on the field of battle? Theo questions have all Keen an swered They did what they were ex pected to do. and that means that they did well They fought with bravery and calm that showed a power and will equal to the taking the war Into Ger "'' "' many, a task which will be laid upon American army next spring The t nthul- men. There are no poor men. no rich men, no prominent men, no unimportant men In this division. They aro all American soldiers now. The bootblack from Park Itow bunks with a "buddy" who used to live on Itlverslde drive, and each Is proud of his pal. One Interesting thing Is told by tho ofllcers of this division. Perhaps the best disciplined of all their men, those who aid the most In effecting disciplinary organization aro men who, back In Man- i hattan, used to be gangsters. Former members of tho Gopher gang and the Oashouse aggregation are second to nono In the fierceness of their lighting when hand to hand with the German, nnd yet back of the front line they arc the most amenable to discipline and the strongest supporters of mllitnry rule. The ofllcers iv that whenever anv trouble starts tho ex-gangsters can be depended upon n nreserve order , Zlr, f Ym division oil seem to The men of this rtiwsion an seem to regard the war as a sort of personal .,,, nmi WOiild let the Prussians pull affair between themesles and the Ger- themselves out of the difficulty ns well mans and they will talk of how many as thev could alone. bodies they expect to get. They mean Incriminations between tho Prussians every word of It. too. All the stories of and Havarlans have been followed by what a terrible 'llow the bocho ,, have ; dUp X.I1.eSr?!S;7?e pX not gotten under their skin at all, and, sa 1C lnfnntry accusing the they have perfect confidence that man nrtierv of Inefficiency. Many prisoners for man they can lick any soldier that I assert their regiments suffered from the Hlndenburg commands short fire of their own guns. RETREAT FILLS GERMAN PEOPLE WITH DESPAIR; EXPECT INVASION General Staff Preparing Defenses Along Meuse Line Internal Conditions Revealed by Recent Visitor to "Saddest Country in Creation" Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covvriaht. ISIS, hv the Xew York Times Co. Amsterdam, Aug 24. Germany's continued reverses have caused the general staff to take precau tionary measures which were considered "out of the question" only a few months ago These Include the completion of the fortifications of the Meuse. In con nection with which trench-diggilng-has been started on a large scalo between ninant and Glvet, thousands of prison ers of war and Belgium civilians being occupied In the work. The Germans evidently believe they will be forced back on the Meuse front next winter, and doubtless hope to cling to that line until spring. I had a conversation today with a Dutch woman of German descent who had just returned from a visit to rela tives In a ssmall village near Bonn, on the Rhine. This woman, who bad not been in Germany for two years, though personally much attached to tho old country, and who has lost two brothers In the war, made the following state ment: "Tho Impression I gathered from what I saw and heard in Germany was one of real despair. In spite of what the news papers tay or rather, do not say, Ger many's retreat makes the worst possible Impression In Germany, especially on the nhhs no the neonle there know that they will be tho first to be hit If the enemy ever comes. "The Idea that German soil would be Inviolate to the last has completely dis appeared, and on the Rhine everybody expects sooner or later a foreign inva sion. Many families are making planj to leave for .the center of the empire. 'The raages made by the Allies' air craft are simply terrific. Nobody Is al lowed to print a word about them. But you may take it from me when you read that 'there has been some material damage' It meanB that whole streets have been torn up. with a terrible cas ualty Hut to complete the picture. "The Germans would have endured everything a continuance of the block ade famlno rations, lack of shoes and clothes and all the rest If their mili tary successes had continued. No ono rcver believed It would be otherwise. The disappointment, inercioro, 1 ev-iiciiiiiik; traglc. and many people told me, 'If we haven't peace oon we are lost.' And that Is what everybody thinks. "To the general discouragement one must add, to 'five an adequate picture, that the Oermans lack food and lack clothes, and the prlceof linen l rising to fantastic nennis. now mo jjwiic .stand it I cannot understand- I am 'EVENING PUBLIC; FRANCE REAPING GREAT REWARD Transformation in Appear ance of Brave Soldiers Tells Story THEIR FAITH JUSTIFIED Achievements Since Tahlcs Were Turned on Gcrmnns Wrought Wonders By C. H. TEURIS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrioht. Ill, bv the .Veto York Timet Co. With the French Annies, Aug. 24. Returning to the front after a lapse of three weeks I find a deep compre hensive and most exhilarating chance In the position and outlook. At no tlmo In this war. nnd rnrclv In his tory, has there been so largo nnd sudden a revorsal of fortune. It may be summarized ns n passage from a desperate defensive to n steady offen sive: but such summary Dhrnses give the general reader a very rami wca 01 what Is the vast transformation of 'he processes nnd spirit of all the armies engaged. Mho tallies nre definitely turnen. You read it In the faces of men wait ing nlertly on the edge of shady wood lands for their turn to enter the fray nr of stnff ofllcers busy over their maps in some vinago scnooirtiom. Mnce the recovery from the first "hock of the original invltntlon tnese fine fellows of tho French nrmies have always been confident of the final re sults: for let the quarreling theolo gians say what they will, they are men of faith. Always they have gone down to their silent untrumpeted scene, sure that things mnro precious to free men would at length bo vin dicated and made sure. Supported bv the dogged endurance of the Brit ish ally, this burning faith of suffer ing Franco beenmo the chief light of the Grand AUIanro though the evil days and days of transient success; and now that the day of Justification nnd achievement has dawned, the harvest of four years of bitter loss and Incalculable effort Is being gath ered in. It Is nn longer n question of local 1 victories, of laboriously prepared oper- tlve front Consider the stops by which this overturn has been reached. On July If, took place the last German offen sive In the Champagne nnd across the Mnrne west of Ithelms. In July the Champagne attack being already smashed, Foch delivered, through Mungin and De Goutte. his greatly designed blow nt tho German flank between Solssons nnd Chateau Thierry. By August 1 the enemy had re treated halfway from the Mnrne to his present line along the Alsne and Vesle. Four days later this enemy salient had been suppressed and the battle came to nn end. So. for the moment, It seemed. But Foch had prepared not only to take, but to keep, the Initiative. BAVARIANS FLEE BATTLE Leave Prussians to Their Fate in Lnssigny Fight By ie Associated Press With the 1'reneli Army In Frunee, Aug. 24 Several prisoners from a Prussian hnttallon declare that Havarlans fled during the flithtlng of August 1.1 before lassigny, aner naving upcinren inn evening before In the presence of Pa- varlan officers that they had become , .,,. ,v,,a-i. - union- enr Germany for two weeks. It was really loo terrible for words. "There Is little hope, cither, for the future Homo of the people still believe that there will be a revolution In France, I ngland or America, that will end the war; hut even the prospect of the Kaiser's sudden disappearance does not help them. 'Germany, as I Just saw It, Is the saddest country In creation One never bees any one laugh, and, In fact, the only smile I detected was at a moving picture show at Bonn, where an Amer ican pre-war film was exhibited " Official War Reports FiiKNmi Pari. Aug. 24. In the region of Lassignv and be tween the OIho and the Alsne the night was marked hy very vigorous artillery notions French detachments penetrated enemy trenches In Lorraine at many points and captured prisoners. The night was calm nn the rest of tho front . IIItlTI.SU London, Aug. 24. During the night our troops rpade progress In the Albert fcector and took prisoners. Harly this morning the attack was resumed. In the three days of fighting since the morning of August 31 our troops on the battlefront have captured more than 14,000 prisoners and a num ber of guns. We carried out a successful opera tion last evening northwest of Neuf Berquln (In the Lys salient). Local attacks by the enemy during the night north of Ballleul, south of Locre and north of Kemmel we repulsed by sharp fighting. AMERICAN Wakhlnrton, Aug. 24. Section A One of our outposts be tween Flsmes and Bazoches, which was driven back on a small local action, later reoccupled Its position. Our aviators successfully bombed railroad yards at Conflans. AH of our machines returned. ' OKKMAN Ferlln, Aug. 23. (Delayed). Attacks by the English have been renewed northwest of Bipaume. Near Albert and tbe Somme our counter-attacks are In progress. The artillery engagement batwn the Ailette and tb Alios bu' been LEDteRr - PHILADELPHIA; SkTURDAT THE BATTLE FRONT TODAY rsiJ' HwiiiT H .hJ MM N IC BuequoODf., , . ADVANCP-. f B 'bAPAUME Y (jljBeucourt uf i SW l SB f fiM (rv - J y:ynfpONn. n- - - -r a' im-v .r . gWkB f'" 'kZm it .&?ix. j v m W&c&ZZiZfl. s Iff JjW-3CT -":5S$;$QHAULNESia . HI zz?ir a, f; &0&&2k nr5LciHAnrr - i . i' J- r5-iisPSisl pnBNru twerstM mi fprpi ?Z cross" SfrE AA25 PIVETTE L21S 1 oPc tiCy'3L ASSIGNY Mnunn JlP.St.CobanVE- ZZZZZCZZZ - : .vSetPV MIaeJTv V555$$$0 i-V. Cnilinf AIthellil &syyjA "vjfc- trel-St. nenlyd&i&i!r&B.r.n. YW'Sf" vT Complegnie Kmwxpyf The black portions represent the latest Alltcd nnvances Paris Now Looks to Noyon's Fall r- Contlnqed from Fane One pagno heights east of Ithelms, where the magnificent troops of the best-loved commander In the French army, flushed with their victory of July 18, hnvo been eagerly nwaltlng slnco then the word from Foch that will let them hurl them selves sgaln on the hated Invader. Fnrh's llnttle Growing With these factors noted the lines on which tho battlo may very probably de velop In the near future begin to stand out. Foch's battle, as it is beginning to be called here, grows more magnificently suggestive In its possibilities every day. What would tho barn-storming Kaiser, who grandiloquently announced that the name of the battle of tho Kmperor had been formally bestowed on the plllful failure cast of Solssons, and that he himself. had gone to see the triumph of his troops, give to stand In Foch's shoes todayT The absurdity of the method by which the Germans are seeking to camouflage their long series of defeats In the pres ent battle by asserting the failure of LFrench efforts to plerco their front has excited much amusement hero, where it is fully realized that so far Foch has made no attempt to break through the enemy line. If this had been Foch's object. It Is pointed out that the marshal would have begun hlB offensive simultaneously along tho whole line of the present battle, and then, when he had concluded that the enery had been worn down sufficiently, his masses of reserves would nave been thrown against the part of the line Judged to be the weakest tn the hope of smashing through. That might or might not nave re sulted In a decisive battle, but all the facts available at present tend to show that this decisive battle Is not likely to be engaged In until later on, when our unity In men and material will assure success In advance. I.lrfo Is Htronr At present we have In line sufficient forces to deal the enemy a series of smashing hlows which aro causing him enormous losses, throwing his defensive forces Into tho utmost confusion, upset ting all organization and compelling him to undertake retreat after retreat In ever-Increasing disorder. This policy Is forcing Ludendorff, wherever Foch strikes, to sacrifice men out of all proportion to his resources, and no sooner has this been accomplish ed at one part of the front than the same thing is repeated at another. The net result Is that we are Indisputably succeeding everywhere, and rapidly In reducing the German armies along tho greater part of the front between the Vosges and the sea to such a condition that the moment may soon come when it will be possible by concentration ot effort against one section of his lines to literally break through. When that moment comes the series of defeats the Germans are now suffering will be transformed Into irreparable disaster. WINGS 3 PLANES IN 20 MINUTES American Establishes Record. U. S. Ace Reported Mi&sing By the Associated Press With the American Forres on the Lorraine Front, Aug. 24, Three Ger man airplanes brought down In one day, a record for American aviators, has been credited to Lieutenant Donald Hudson, a son of Paul Hudson, of Washington, D. C Ilia name has been added to those of tho other four aces of the American army. Lieutenant Hudson accounted for the three German machines on August 1 when the American forces were fighting for possession of Saponay. He was en gaged by one airplane when his engine failed, but he ran on "pressure," al though all the time sinking over the German lines. Finally he got over one German battleplane and shot It down. Then he tried to escape to his own lines, but was pursued by the remain ing two enemy planes. When at a height of only about a thousand feet he outmsneuvered both machines and succeeded in sending them crashing to the ground. The lieutenant landed his own airplane well behind his own Hoes. The entire engagement, lasted twenty minutes Lieutenant John McArthur. of Buf falo, N. V., one of the other four aces, wase reported missing today, MARINES SAVED PARIS Congressman Olney Says French Admit value of stand Washington, Aug. !4. During tho de bate on tho man-power bill Irt the Home yesterday. Representative Olney, of Massachusetts, declared as a result of the Allied retreat before the la German drive on the Marne two Allied generals were court-martialed and an other committed suicide. British and French offlcera concede, he Bald, that 10,000 American marlnfs, flanked by four regiments of American regulars, saved Paris by retuslnr to re tire at Belleau Wood before a dozen or fifteen Prussian rtglmcnta. Boy Hit by Trolley Dies r-harlea WlUv. three yean old. 21tt North Bouvler street, died today In the Woman's Homeopathla Hospital Iroi rom Injunea receve -" . n by a trolley.. NlMteeatH rtrtct Inlurlee receive - u-jwt I, when K hv rollv.t. N aetaeatk atrast iM nr iQamferal &jA uentin French Pursue Retreating Foe Continued from Pare One through n cornfield under fire to a vantage point, the sergeant became separated from the squad under his orders In a ravine where gas and shell smoke were so thick that It was Impossible to sco his hand beforo his face. Another company wns advancing on the right. Ho Joined them, but In the smoke nnd confusion of the bat tles ebb nnd now ho ngnln lost touch with tho scattered line of skirmishers and ran full tilt Into a party of fif teen Germans, by whom ho was cap tured after a desperate struggle, In which ho shot one and knocked out two others with his clubbed rifle butt. Sent to the rear under escort, ho kept his wits about him despito tho rough treatment he had Just expert, enced and noted all he could see of tho enemy's movements and position.. When tho party reached a wooded cor ner of tho road he suddenly nlunged nt tho nearest boche, hurling him head long into a ditch, nnd through a hall of bullets dashed into the wood. There followed a two hours' Odys say of adventures and hairbreadth es capes In tho enemy lines, but Atglsler's luck held and he rejoined tho French successfully. Then he gavo lnforma- tion which proved of the utmost value and without more ado picked up the rifle and equipment of a dead cnmrmia and rcttfriiedMrrimtfainteiytO the flrlhffl line. Nor is this an Isolated case. I could quote hundreds like It, did space per mlt. With such 'troops the highest hopes are legitimate and the optimism of the whole army was never bo groat. At tho same tlmd It Is recognized that the Germans nre occupying a strong position. The Forest of Saint Gobaln Is nn impenetrable barrier and the prospect of turning It from the left along tho marshy "corridor" formed by the Olse toward Le Fcro Is nt least doubtful. Before the French center stretches the very strong massif northeast of Noyon. It is on the Allied- progress further north that the situation now depends. Already tho Idea of a retrent behind the Somme cannot be wholly foreign to the minds of the German leaders. and oven the respite thus gained might be shortlived should tho British turn the position by progress In the region ot iiapaume. Behind that a good way behind there la still the protec tion of tho famous Hlndenburg line, but the enemy might well find the retirement under savage pursuit of the victorious Allies a very different mat ter from the organized and fore, planned retreat of the spring of 1917. NAVY EXPECTS U-BOAT DRIVE Department Sees Signs of German Purpose, but Is Not Alarmed By the United Press Washington, Aug, 24, Some indica tions of a concerted German drive at American cargo and troop transports were manifested hero today. Naval ex perts, though, said the U-boat In general Is well In hand, and that if a drive is actually on, It need cause no undue ap prehension. The announced sinking of three Amer ican cargo vessels abroad tho Lake Edon. West Bridge and Cubore with loss of three lives and less than a score unaccounted for, constituted one evidence of the German effort. Another Indica tion that a drive may be on is borne In the report of Commander White, of the troop transport Orizaba, who said a U-boat came up abaft the port beam, following explosion of a depth charge aboard nis vessel. WILSON GREETS URUGUAY Cables Goodwill Message on Country's Independence Day By the United Press w.ai.inrion Aui. 24. "A perfect un derstanding" and "a co-operation for our common coon-' are expeciea ueiween Urucruav and the United States. Presi dent Wilson cabled the Uruguayan Presi dent today on tne anniversary oi mat country 8 inaepenaence, The msssaBTfi said: 'The anniversary of the Independence of your country l an occasion which arioraa me an uiiporiuimy iv kko e preeslon to the good will and sincere friendship of the Government and people of tho United States for the Government and people of Uruguay, Particularly Is this bo lonay, wnen wocior urum, vour distinguished minister of foreign affairs Is In the capital as our guest," BRITISH BOMB FIVE TOWNS Fivo Killed and Much Damagn Done in Cologne Amsterdam. Aug, 24. Five persons were killed and two badly injured and considerable property damage was dona by bombs dropped from Allied airplanes on Cologne early Thursday morning, ae. cording to an official announcement In the Cologne, Gazette. London, Aug. 24. Five Important towns In ae rmany were bombfd by Brlt lah airmen Wednesday nlrht. It ! nt. Mclally announced. Military objectives at Frankfort and Cologne, a railway S aVJii' SaaUU I laatWIM KMMiWl . . i- - 'T.- wrw AUGtJST 24 1918 DEPOSED CZAR PLANNED FOR FLIGHT TO ENGLAND Extracts From Nicholas' Diary ShoWv, He Prepared to Seek Refuge There Prince Lvov Offered Personal Help Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyright. HIS, lv the .Vein 1'ork Time Co. notterdam, Aug. 24 (Dispatch to the London Dally Telegraph). Tho .second of n scries of extracts from tho late Czar's diary Is reproduced from the Russian newspaper Izvcstla by the Vosslscho Zcltung, of Berlin. Gcr manla also has quotations from It. The Vosslscho Zcltiing explains that the first extracts given are entries mado on the days Immediately followjng tho abdication last year, while the Czar was on his return Journey from Pskov to headquarters at Moglleff Oermanla de scribes the entries as confirming the Im pression mado by those already quoted of the Insignificance of the personality of the late Russian Hmperor. The most Interesting fact disclosed by tho now extracts Is that on April B, 1917, the Cznr was preparing for a Jour ney to England. In regard to this the Vosslsche Zeltung says: "Tho hoped-for possibility of .his de parture without hindrance ho "derived from the Government of Lvov and Ke rensky. In the Ilomanoff archives Is a cipher letter from Prince Lvov to the Czar, lq which the Prlnco promises to take the Czar to Murman This letter will bo published. Kerensky kept secret from the I'etrogrod Workmen's Council this ngreement with the Czar." forrj- l'ctrograd lVni quiet Following nre the entries quoted: (ThCBe dales are according to the Rus sian Calendar, which Is thirteen days be hind the Gregorian or ordinary calen dar.) "March 3 Slept long' and well. Only awakened fur from Dvlnsk. A sunny and frosty day. Discussed with my peo ple yesterday's otcnts. I read much In 'Julius Caesar.' At 8:30 I arr Ived at Moglleff, where the whole staff awaited me at the station , At 9:30 I went to my house. Alexleff came with the latest news from Itodzlanko. So Mlscha (the Grand Duke Michael) has res'lgned I Ills manifesto closes with a wag of the tall for the Constituent Assembly, which Is to be elected In three month. God knows what mocd him to put his vgnnture to such nonsense In Ht. Petersburg the unrest has erased If only It had lasted longer 1 "March ! Began to fafet. but fast did not begin with joy. After midday maBS Kerensky was there He begged we might restrict our meetings to meal times nnd sit apart from the children. This was to a certain degree nccehsary for him in order to pacify the famous Soldiers' and Workmen's Council To avoid any violence, one must adapt one self. "March 17 Slept well At 10 o'clock pood Alex (one of the Grand Dukes) arrived here upon a conference. At 12 o'clock I went to the station to receive dear Mama, who had come from Kiev. 1 took her with me and we breakfasted together She stayed and talked for a long time I received at last two 'tele grams from Alice (the Czarina). Went for a walk, horrible .weather, cold and snow storm. Ilecclved after tea Alexleff and Frlederlchs. Dined In tho evening with Mama and sat with her until 11 o'clock. "Full of I,nng!n?" "March 18 Day Is clear and frosty At 10 o'clock to midday .mass. Mama came later. She breakfasted and )e- malned with me until 4 o'clock. At ten J received General lianoff. who came back from the requisitioning. He hud been to Tsarskoe Selo and had seen Alice What has become of poor Counts Frlederlchs and Pojesloff whose presence excites everybody? They have gone to Friedcrlchs's property near pcps.i. in the evening with Mama "March 21 Last day In Moglleff. At a nnarter to eleven read farewell com mand to army. Went to the house of the officer of the day, where I took leave of the staff and the authorities. ji home, farewell to the olllrers and Cos- aacks of the Guard and the free regi ment My heart was hrcaklng. At i- o'clock with Mama In her carriage,' U-BOATS BOMB U. S. TOWNS, GERMANS HEAR Towns Call for Warships to Protect Them, According to Press Special Cable to E'cning Public Ledger Copurioht, I91S, 1)1 the .Veto Vorfc Times Co. The llugue, Aug. 24. Tho German press has at las,t been told to admit that there are now 1,500,000 Americans In France, hut to counteract this Impression and show the Germans that tho war Is abo being carried into the enemy's camp, the Cologne Gazette reproduces a map of the American coast from Boston to Key West, with the headline "Our U-Boats on tho Atlantic Coast," The section north of Boston Is left out of the map for the reason, as al leged, that there arc no towns there large enough to bombard, but Boston. Providence, New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington. Fort Monroe, Wilmington and Chaileston, It is assert ed, all He at the mercy of German U-boats, and are all entreating tho Gov (rnncnt for protection by warships, as In the Spailsh-Americun war. It Is de clared that the Government will be obliged to consent In order to avoid a panic. The paper refers to a recent report of the bombardment of Charleton and Wilmington, mi Ing that thee towns are centres-of war Industries. AMERICAMVIATOR KILLED Accident Occuro During Descent Forced by Storm By the Associated Press ut y ....i Aiii- 24. Mator. an Ameri can 'with tho British-American flying m ssion. was Kiuea at r.iiinisiiuiii. " . . ill- ji..lra lit, !.,-. mleolnn . tooay, wnue iiyma " '". " from Indianapolis to Scott Field, near Belleville, III., according to Information received here from Scott Field. According to the Information, three aviators fell, or were forced to descend on account of n storm encountered. Three motortrucks have been sent from Scott Field to Ktllngham, a distance of 100 miles, to bring tho machines to Scott Field. GERMANY DRAINS PLANTS Calls 40,000 Krupp Workers to the Colors The ltarue, Aug. 18. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The German government has summoned every avail able man to the colors, ay a letter Juat received here from a newspaper corre spondent In Germany, ur tno 4VV.UW wuimhch hi jru(ipg. SBE'Sp ftS service at 'the cKX-bSKI i -": " . . . i. .a .a .. -.. ssHSf l.ia eerrMBoaiwni aawa, in oown where we breakfasted. Remained with her and her suite until 'half-past 4. Took leave of her, Sondro, Sergei, Boris and Alex. Poor Nllow was not nllowcd to come to tne. At quartet1 to 5 I left Moglleff, It was touching the crowd of people who accompanied me. Four members of the St. Petersburg Soviet are In my train. Am heavy, woeful and full' of longing. "March 22 Arrived quickly and safely at 11130 at Tsarkoc Selo God, what a difference! On the streets around the castle and even In the park, sentinels. Before my entrance some ensigns went upstalcs and saw Alice, my soul, and the poor children. She faced things bravely and healthily. All were In a dark room on account of measles, but i they feel woll. except Marie, who was only then beginning with the measles. Breakfasted and also dined at midday in the playroom of Alexle (The Czarevitch.) Saw. Benckcn dorff, went with him for a walk and worked with him In the gardens, as I was not nllowcd to go further After tea I brought my affairs into order. Burned Many of Ills Paper "March 23 Outside of the conditions uhder which we live here, the thought that we are together rejoices and con soles me. Received In the morning Benckendorff. Looked through papers, regulated and burned many. Sat with the children until 2:30; went for a walk with Polporonckl. accompanied by En signs. Today they were pleasant. "March 24 Received Benckendorff In the morning. Learned from him that we shall remain here for rather a 'ong Itme. It Is pleannt to know this. Again burned letters and papers. Anastasla has the earache, the same as the others. Went In the afternoon with Dolgorouskl for a walk and wotked In the garden. At a quarter to 7 went to night mass, afterward went to Anna ( a lady of the court and a favorite of Czarina) and Lilly. Thereupon to rest "March 30 At 10 o'clock we went to mass, at which many took communion; walked for a short lime with Tattma, Today a burial of victims of the revo lution took place In our park, opposite tlu- center of the Alexander Palace. Tho sounds of funeral music and the "Mar seillaise' were to be noted. At 6 o'clock we went to a religious service Prepared for Trip (o r.ngtnnil "April 5 In the morning a short walk, Regulated my affairs and books : begai to lay on one side everything which I will take with me when It cornea to tho jiurnev to England. Worked In the garden "April 8 Passed quietly the twenty third anniversary of our betrothal. In the morning I walked for a long time with Alexis "April 28 Abroad ; today Is the first bf May Our asses have therefore de cided to celebrate the day byproces-f-Ions through the streets with1 music nnd red flags They came Into our park nnd laid wreaths. Walked for an hour nnd a half, and In the evening be gan to read aloud to the children 'A Millionaire Girl" (This book title ap pears in English.) "May 1 In the morning I went for walk At 12 o'clock a geography lesson with Alexis. During the day I again worked In our vegetable garden. In the evening I learned that Korniloff had retired from the post of Upper Com mander of the St. Petersburg military district nnd nlsn of the resignation f Gulrhknff, It. always on the same groundsly1""' n"" nnrt aviation experts. Irresponsible Interference with the ders of the military authorities by the Labor Deputies Council and by some organization or other standing much further to the Left. "June 3 After morning tea, Keren sky suddenly appeared In an automo bile from town. He did not remain long with me. " requested that some documents which had relation to In ternal policy should be sent oer for an Inquiry committee. "July 9 Three months we have passed here since I left Moglleff and came here,, nnd we are prisoners It Is hard to be without news of dear Mama. All the rest Is Indifferent to me." MANY FINNS IN FLIGHT TO AVOID WAR SERVICE Escape in Open Boats Acros3 Gulf of Bothnia As Army Is Formed Special Cabin to Evening Public Ledger vovvnphi. ioih. nv the .Veto yorfc Times Co. London, Aug, 24, Arthur Itansome, through whom Bol chevlk news and views are usually ex pressed, sends the following dispatch to tho Dally News from Stockholm- "The situation In Murman will deeply affect the solution of the Intricate puzzle of conflicting national class interests in Finland. Naturally It 3 to the Germans' advantage to force another nation to fight Instead of herself, and 'her policy In Finland is to supply that little coun try with n king and a war slmuitane nusly. "A conslfW-able section of the popu lation Is nnxloiif. to accept the German monnrcny as n guarantee of further German help In case of need against thi Inline mntamanl A 111... i . v "" '"""'," W,L' f"'iuuKn, alter the complete i-unnresHlon 0f the Demo cratlc party, it is lust nn.,ii.i .1 !ii:i? " vS!-e,!?.,'"S' V0' 'he. monarchy. "l'v "-" """ "uui mat a general referendum of the whole population would reject It. The Socialists are not th" only party opposed to monarchy. The Agrarians' are urging that every possible hindrance pliould be put In the way of the election of a king. As a result, the Agrarian newspapers have been bud pressed, and two Agrarian Senators have resigned, "However, In spite of the opposition, a deputation has gone-to Germany to look for a king. "The same German policy L heng f0l lowed here ae In Turkey. The Finnish army Is being brought up under German auspices. A German colonel. Von n.m has been appointed chief of h which controls both the army and the navy. This is resented by manv .vn nt the White Finns, who Invited the Ger man help. "In splta of ancient vmnathi- i seems that many Finns will he forced to fight Kngland. An extraordinary situation will then be produced: the White Flnnp will be allies of the Soviet Government, which they consider their most dangerous enemy; meanwhile the fled Finns with the Allies at Murman will be quite logically fighting the White Finns, but at the fame time will be fighting the Soviet Government which, though they are not themselves "Bolshevlkl, la their natural hope. Cardinal Farley la Better Mamnrnneck, N. Y Aug. 24. Physi cians attending Cardinal John M, Far lev Archbishop of New York, who 1b aufferlng from pneumonia at his summer home here, "report his condition as 'IV''? "'.. ' nua - ism lamnaru urn . a auaax ia . . "??- " " f K ,.' '-! ' t ' w " . --t"CtJ,V i) iHluii'. s l.i ' . 1 .'j-nj PERSHING STARTS SCHOOL OF MUSIC French Instructors to Help Damrosch Improve . , U. S. Bands TO EXAMINE LEADERS Importance of Songs and Dances in "Warfare Reason for New Plan Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Cnpvriaht, JPIH. bv thn A'eiu l'ork Times Co. x rarls, Aug. 24. One by-product of this war whlch.wlli bo of benefit to all parts of America will he better music. It will grow out -of the fact that 10.000 band musicians wilt go home to the United States after hostilities with more knowledge of and enthusiasm for music than they ever had bKore. This wilt be because nt their thoroughgoing artistic training In France, plans for which have Just been perfected by Walter Damrosch at the request of 'General Pershing. Doctor Damrosch was about to return to America early in July, when General Pershing appealed to him to do some thing to Improve the army music Doc tor Damrosch accepted this opportunity to serve tho American troops and today he outlined a big comparative plan ap proved by General Pershing. In which leading French band leaders and play ers will serve as Instructors to the Americans. Co-operation In the matter has been authorized both by the French Ministry of War, because of the vital influence of musio on good military morale, and by the French mllnlstry of fine arts, becauso of the opportunity of fered for high-grade propaganda by In troducing French band metnoos to tne American public after the war. Damrosch Examines Band Masters As Congress had authorized the glv lntr of commissions to army bandmas ters, General Pershing desired that the 200 American bandmasters in France be examined before they received commit slons. Doctor Damrosch agreed to de vote five weeks to this work. A military band was accordingly 'sent to Paris, where every bandmaster was summoned to give a practical demonstration of Jits knowledge of the technique of conduct ing and his. ability to Intrumcntate muslo for military purposes. Doctor Damrosch wns assisted In tho examination bv a bonrd. including Lieutenant Weill, of the French army, a musician serving as liaison officer. Tho majority of tho bandmasters were young men of real musical talent, but many of them, having been thrown Into the servlco without previous discipline In conducting, were lacking In the tech nique of the baton, and not only needed but craved further Instruction. Doctor Damrosch found that nearly all the bands wero away below the num ber authorized by Congress forty-eight players and that many Important In struments which have helped to mak the French military bands the most fa mous In the world were totally lacking. In accordance with the Damrosch plan, a school for bandmasters nnd play ers will be established on October 1 In a quiet town In Franco, where a corps of celebrated French Instructors, atl of them first-prize winners of the parli Conservatoire and all soldiers of the French army, will, by courtesy of tbe French Minister of War. be detailed to act as Instructors for our musicians. In ltno same way mai we ri-Bncn nave n- or-MipHnol for United Ptste- nnndmanlera This will mean that hur band masters, nt the rate of forty every two months, and musically talented American sol diers, at the rate of 160 every three months, will obtain technical musical Instruction of the highest character. For the length of their scholastic term they will live together in a huge mill In a beautiful valley. Army engineers are now changing the mill at slight expense into a school Ideally adapted for the purpose. Part of the furnishings of the school rooms will be full-length mirrors. In which tho band masters may watch themselves conducting and learn the things not to do. In telling of his new scheme today, Doctor Damrosch satd: "Thoflmportanco of good band muslo In army lite cannot be overestimated. On the march It enables a regiment to for get fatigue, hunger and the extremes of heat and cold. In camp It refines every emotion of the soldier. It sym bolizes his patriotism, his .thoughts ot home and family. It enlivens him with ' popular songs and dances. In the new army music school our bandsmen will devote part of their time to listening to the finest chamber music, not that they will play It, but to refine their methods and to make their work with mora popular muslo artistic and solegdld." DKATHB HINGE. Aus. 22. HENRY, huiband ef Roan Rlnsv. aged OS. Relatives and frlinda InMted to funeral arrvlces, Mon.. 2 p, m., 11 rrevoat nve.. Wyncow, Pa. Int. pri vate. Remains may be viewed Sun., 8 to 0 p. m. O'ROURKB. Au, 21. JOHN B. O'ROURKB, huiband ot late Margaret O'Rourks (nee McOlnnla) and son of lata Michael snd Blliabeth O'Rourke. Rela tlea and frlenda Invited to funeral, Mon., x-30 a. m., brother's realdenca. Dr. Jamas P. O'Rourke, 810 K. Allegheny ava. Sol mn renulem niaea Church of the Aecenelon 10 a. m. Int. St. Ann'a Cem Auto funeral. KU1.1IER. Aur. 1!2, S. S. FUL.MER. aaed 74. Relatives and friends, membera of 7th Ht. 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