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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.
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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
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rooklynt Long Island and Westchester
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. M. i:. Church, tnvlwd to funral, Mon..
1 P. m . 2012 N. 7th at. Servlcea at 7th
St. M. R. Church, 2 p. m. Int. private.
KUNnAM-. Suddenly. Aug-. 22. ELEA
vnn MOOnK dauahtar of David and 'AnnU
Kendall. Notice of funeral. will b riven from
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