?'ff Trw'' .it". . ,.y t-V ' h i- ,. u ffiedger iw " v T-H-E WEATHER VaietttitQ wiM "iff Washington, Aug. 28. Increasing cloudiness tonight, Jolloived by shatters Thursday; moderate easterly uinds. TKMrr.nATi'BK at 'macii hour 18 1 9 110 111 M2 I II 2 1 ? I rTsl IBB I 06 I 70 I 73 I 74 I 78 I 78 I 78 l78 I 781 and THE EVENING TELEGRAPH -f VOL. IV. NO. 297 I'ubliilifO Pilly llirtDt Hunday. Subscription Pmes 86 a Year by Mall. Copyright, H'18, by the Public Ledger Company.- "PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1918 Entered aa SuondClasi alntter at the l'ostofltre at rhlladelphla, Ta. Under the Act of March 3, 1879. PRICE TWO CENTS - . -; -- -... -.- -.. . .,- ,-jsm FOE RAPIDL Y FALLS BA CK ON SOMME FRONT; FRENCH SWEEP ON 7 MILES; SEIZE CHAULNES v - ; " ,-v -JM-rr - , I ':;fW -!i v. j '"'gi FINAL-: " - - . i$ Bubltc .A "' I Ii? w. Jf. k I- t 1 m BRITISH MOVE 1WARRWITH AMAZING EASE , fp v Foe's. -.Resistance Feeble, Except in Spots, North ' f of Scarpe SWEEPING ACROSS ' OIlD BATTLEFIELDS ; Trone's, Bcrnafay, High Wood aiid Vautu Taken With - ' ' Small Losses GON&i TEUTON MORALE 'Germans Glad to Be Captured ...i t... i . . rri. ' uiui lusuiem iu ineir Officers By PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Corurltiht, J.ilS. t)W .Vcie Vorfc Tfnir Co. War Correspondents' Hcadauartcrs, Aug. 28. ' Our troops have again advanced since -Monday morning on many parts of the front from the country north of the Scarpe beyond Arras to the ruined villages north and south of HapaUme and right across the old battlefields' of the Somme to those; Woodstof evil but heroic memory' Trones-and Bernafny and High Wood nnd Vautu, in the bend of the Somme, for' Mfhlch thousands of our men fought and died in the early years of this war. ThanlctGbd, thousands of bur men arcj'nbt' dying noy" to, take "them Wfllti n.lt ntw ..,. .,.n ,.! .,lt jgjjj amai3njjj a6e- in wide,, sweeping f.novcriTenrs. which' the eriemv in' most' placed is, resisting only feebly, and only" hfcre and'there has there been cloe and bitter: fighting. ' T..- V" J '1..-I. ..J ;ll Y. lit. I 1 ay oaii .uck anu i.i neami '.avu,ad u would not pt neCessary uccu aviay xiuiil Lilts iiuut iui u icw weeks," and now, as, I come back again, it. is startling to find what a change has taken place. Tidd Turned Suddenly When I went away it was Itup prccht's army that was the chief threat' against us, and it was an army of perhaps 250,000 fresh troops,, apart from, those in lipe 'waiting to be hurled against us if the German Crown Prince could do without, them. Wefcnew fhen thct soma of Rupprecht-'s division had been sent down litiiiiedly to hi '.. lief, but, the question still remained -whether the enemies holding our nart of the battlefrorij would still be strong' enough to .attack us or strong enough, to check any attempt of ours 'to advance against them. Since then the tide has turned in an astonishing way. If is now the enemy, who is on the defensive, dreading' the hammer blows that fall upon liim day after day, and the Initiative of' attack is so completely in qui- handsv that we are able to strike him at many different places. , . since August we must nave f t taken nearly 50,000 prisoners and K' "nearly500 guns,.and."the tale is not yet told, because, our men are going on, taking 'new strides, new batjehes iof Germans, and more batteries. H. Plionara In Fnnmv'o Allnil The change 'has been greater in the minds of-'men than in "the tak- insr of territory. On our side the !. jirmy .seems to be buoyed up with, v j the" enormous hope of getting on, $;, j with this business quickly. Theyj y" are fighting ror a quick: victory and 2k, a quick peace, so they may get back to normal life antKwipe this thing clean from the map of Europe and g restore the world to. sane purposes. j-s; This is, I am sure, their hope, and Wi ' truth they see something of its real ity in signt. But there' is a change also' in the enemy A mind, these uerman sol diers, and their officers are changed men since Jlrcli , 21, when they launched their otiensive. They no longer have. even a dm hope of vic tory op this western front. All they1 hope for now is to defend themselves long enough to gain peace by negotiation. Many of them SO even .further than this, and ad mit they d not care )iow peace comes, so long, as there is peace. They are sullen with their own officers, and same of those whom I saw were more than sullen. They .were those captured yesterday and Monday, by the Canadians .- in the country around Monchy. beyond Arras, nearly 2000 of them, and when those who had been first taken saw batches of their comrades com ing down they cheered and jeered Contlauea an Pat Fifteen, Column Fir JHE .WEATHER VANE ytoudtare creating. "Whv,Jcnnlet Thursday has promise of rain, put ttTqlt fill tke clouds roll by, , JCIIH1C1 J East iciadt 'urtlt' chase 'em, 'Us "-.-.J" I .' ', vv. ' J Philadelphia Soldiers in Today's Death List Lieutenant Henry Howard Hous ton, Drulm Molr, Chestnut Hill. Second Lieutenant Kranlilln It. 0. Vox, 6?9 Spruce street, Ulllccl In aeroplane, arcldent. Private John Myers, 301! W. Cumherland street. Private fitistave NutTcr, 251 E. Cumberland street. Private Frank Elwell, formerly of this city, but whoso family now lives In Camden. Private Timothy O'Mcara, 1519 W.N-jergcant street. William Ox ley i L'nriili and Colen toclc streets. August 28, 1918. COP IS ABSENT IN BRIBE TRIAL; FORFEITS BOND A,lc,, !"., Fails to Appear. Attorneys Sav Date Was IWisumlerstooil Charles W. Alleq. a Philadelphia pa tinlman accused of lainpeiinp with jurors In the Fifth Ward, conspiracy case, recently tried In West Chester, failed t appear for trial this nfternoon. Judge HaUse ordered Itla J5000 btnd forfeitid nnd issued a bench warrant for I Allen. Katllcr In the afternoon Alien was Indicted. The Court announced the case would positively be tiled, and that If Allen were not pie-sii.t, the tilal would be con ducted without him. Allen's bond was furnished by the same Fin-e'y uoniinii tliai went ball for Isaac lleutm-ti. Lieutenant- Bennett, and me birui aru paiiuiinen wnu neuiw In the i-onpiriu') case, A. W. .MclClree. counsel for Allen, said lie had understood the case was not to come up until tomorrow, Mr. CJurs said If the District Attorney Instated Uon the .-ase golnB to trial, the only thins: fo do was- to forfeit the Bond'. "Voir are nut ready because -your man , fp'not hei6V'; Judge ihiuai1 Inilsiea1-' "' ', ,lr. JIcElree replied such was not the . casj. . He said Jie had advlseS Allen i the case would not be reached today. I -" to come to West Chester .until Thursday. Allen lives ut 302Q ''itan street. He was not at that address this I afternoon, and it was said he had left' Saturday to join his wife n't her mother's home at the Gloucester tollgate, Glouces ter. .V. J. Mrs. Allen found there late tills after noon, said she had not seen her husband since Saturday, "He went to Xew York I to see two friends," she explained, "and I expected mm nome last nigii. ine notice that he was to appear at West Chester today did not come until '1.0:30 o'clocklast night." PAGE MAY SUCCEED PAGE , . - ; ta . i .r Ambassador to ltulv said to Be; Slated for London Post j By ie United Press l.nnilxn, Aug. .28. Thomas Nelson! P, Amorlcan nmhassadnr to lta v. has arrived here from Home. It is strongly rumored that he wilt succeed Walter Hlnes Page, who has just re signed as ambassador to GreaVsETritaln. Thomas Nelson Patfe -was appointed ambassador to Italy In June, 1913. He Is famous as a wrltet-, being- the author of popular novels and analytical works on conditions In Hie South. He was born In Hanover County," V'a., April 25, 1853. , WILSON-SAVES SOLDIER Commutes Death Sentence Im posed on-Medical Corps Man By the Associated Press Waaliing-ton.. Aug. 18. Kxecutlve clemency for Private Franklin W. Czar necki, medical .corps, who was sentenced to death by military court-martial be cause he left his command at the port of embarkation on the eve of departure overseas, was announced today by the War Department. President Wilson commuted the beptence lo dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and con finement at hard labor for two years. He approved the conviction on the charge of absence without leave, but not that on the charge of deyrtiop. JAIIln nr mini mine 1lTE nDV" UnlU ndrUDLlUUlJ fuiii imi State Convention Puts Prohibition Plank in Platform By the" United Press Columbua; O.. Aug". 28, The Repub lican party of Ohio went on the water wagon today. The State convention voted a bone dry prohibition law Into the plat form over the opposition of the Cincin nati .delegates.. it also endorsed the Federal woman suffrage amendment over the same op position. . The platform was adopted with one dissenting vote, VICTOR PLANT TO MAKE GUNS. Talking Machine House Con tracts1 IS FurnisU-1 ,000,000 Rifles The Vldor'Talklng Machine iompany, Camden, th'e afternoon closed a contract with the Ocvernment for 1,000,000 Kn field rJfleB. Tori will begin September 1. and, will I urease In volume as the company re-eqi'lps Its plant. It is understood the Government will pay $18.80 for e.ch rifle, or 818.600.000 n.hn iia Mntrn.t is terminated. Orn rials of the compfcny declined t discuss the matter, but almltted they were In sialic to KQ .ahead with th work, ! '' - ' ' "I' " " . -? .. ,l.l..1"l. anUI.- - irWWM9vK' 7 FROM THIS CITY KILLED IN FRANCE; 17 ARE W01NDED : Fifteen Other Philihlcl-1 phians Are Reported : as Missing TWO LIEUTENANTS DIE Seven Named on Today's Cas- ualty Lists Were Previously Made Public Seven Philadelphia soldiers are dead. . seventeen arc wounded and fifteen are mlsslne, accordlnsr to the day's casualty j lists, the largest total fro'm thW city , since the first reports arrived followlnir the severe flffhtliiK a)onK the Jlnrue. ' The names of seven others from this city. Included In the official list (oday. , have been printed before, word ns to i word ns to 1 their fate having come through unorfi clal sources. the morning The lit released for papers today contains 32G names, thirty- five being from Pennsylvania at large , ine oeuis mum - . The afternoon pajiers list contains -nt names, twenty-seven belnp Jrom the State at large. The total for the day I !.-.. ' Is fiiO casualties. . The list of woundedand, missing fol- lows: ' SF.VKKI'.I.V WOUNllKp 'prljale Kiurlo Arnilln, 4319.1,elper street. PrUate Jolin Kowlelt. Bustleton. Prhate Hamutl Hatty, "137 South Howard street. Prltnte l.nwrenre V. .MrKnlRht, 2K09 Cumberland street 1'rhnlr William II. I'nlenrla, ,2U8 ' ! .Norm I'.igmeemii sifccl. . ., -, ... net,,, in in,- iint. prioi uv is 10 ue Prhate James K. Adhton, 54.2 riacyfne for homes, the priority committee' The American officer killed was Cap street. ' has decided. Tl.'.-. follows the lines of a! tain Joseph D. Hungerford. who rem- Private William It. Toom.v, .'.819 Christian street. Private Andrew F. Krafttbark, 201 S South Second street. .. 1'rhnlr Anthony Van Os, 6.833 Nor folk .street. , Mountain J , Prltnte Anthony Kngtrt, 91 street. - Prhate Stanley C. Hnrn, 1605 West Clearfield street. I'rhnte Thomas (iarrlty, 4847 Aspen Btrcet. i I-rivnie nonian u. itanuii, dui 3an ton stieet. "Prhate John l. K.irne.t, 5540 Thomp son street Prhate Kdinuml II. Stook, 8 Iteed sheet. Prhate TImiiiirn J, Keho. street. Private CliiRf ppe ltolna.no, 1516 South tstminger street. MISSINO Mrrhanlr Jamm V, Rodger, 2004 Am- ' ber street. j Private Max llorrla, 640 Snyder avc- ' nue. - . Prhulr Clarenr, Ilattal, 547 Dupont ' street, ' i Prhate Albert J.' Kahl, 1G34 North Marshall, street. , , prhai 4oph a. iieatiieotr, 1 3 3 :t Wharton street. Private Martin 1.. Houtrr, 331 F.ast Rush street. ..." ' Prhate lla.ill J, Morrow, 227 De, i J.ancey h-iki. Private Iran Ovtsclilnnlkeff, 3922 . ' Spruce street. Prlrnl Vrank Hurs-ierr, 411 North! Bndlne street. Private Kalph Uleln, 39 Race street., Private Ramu.l M. Turner, Jr., 1154 West Hilton street. Pri.aU. Walter J. Zln.lel, marine corps, 2321 North Third street. i Private John F. Tobln, ,75S North ;TpHr.UKl.ephetr..k.. 915 .North American street, Trlvate J. Maurice Tobhi, 5033 Cedar ; avenue. ' j Privloully Keporteil The following ratualtlea have been pjlilted before, but are on the official 1 list for tne nrsi lime lonay: rrivate I Charles J. Agnew, 1936 Slgel street. missing; Private Thomas A. Coakley. 1249 South Hanun street, missing; prl. vate Nelson W. Young, 1311 Wolf street., missing; Lieutenant Joseph F. Hoopes, Contlnned .on I'ate Four. Column To GERMATfUNIT SURRENDERS I 'Pontons leave. Trans for British leiltons 1-eave iraps lor nrillSH as lliey Jietreat By the Associated Press I With the llrithli' Army' In r'ranre, i.Aug. 28. One whole Herman unit pos- slniy ine reiniiaiu ui n urtiiaiiuii tsuu denly appeared before thp British wav ing w'Ute handkerchiefs as a token or surrenoer, .,.. , In various places where they have been Totced to retire the Germans have re ported to the old trick, of leaving "booby traps," which' usually follow the plnn or a mine or grenade which is exploded when a battlefield trophy is picked up. Tlfe BritiBh. however, have had previous experience with these traps and are not to be caught. tKAlSERlN HAS RELAPSE Dueseldorf Message Reports Change in Condition By the Associated Press London, Aug.. !-r;Tlie German em nress. who has been III for several days, has taken a turn for tha worse, accord ing to a message Tjcelved n Ajnster. dam from Dusseldorf and forwarded to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The message adds that her heart displays Increasing weakness. Kmneror William has not been able to iTave the bedside of his wife who H? at the. castle at Wllhelmhohe. n a declared that no .bulletin on the c. - condition will be niihii.i,- lA order not to alarm' the people. ' F-atller reports received 4hrouh Am - aterdam, intimated' that lha.SnreM' WILL DISTRIBUTE ICARRANZA SENDS : MAN-POWER LIKE HIS REGRETS FOR OTHER RESOURCES! FIGHT ON BORDERi Occupational Exemptions i to Depend Upon List of ; Preferred Industries TO GUIDE DRAFT BOARDS Committee Places Fuel Homes at Head of Priorities or ;j. the (n-,P(j preM Vnnlilimlmi. Auk. 28. i SSUK occupational exemptions to lnP1 caed u,lder tle new man-poer bill, draft officials will be Kllided by lists to bXud rtPrfferred ln1tl"at1rl"s !oon,! ManpoueV wilfbe dtaTrlhu"?..! the I same basis a i fuel, material, transporta- lion and financial nld. i tlon and financial aid. . ! A cntmnittct- on lelationshlp of Indus.' i trial to military man-power Is beini: perfected by the war labor policies boaid, member of tlily committee will be ""d '" slt w1"' 'cb main cxeniption Iioard In eery section or the country .,.,lese 1)0ardg n trnnln). occupational exemptions, will be guided by aflidavlls f eniploycis nnd 'outlines of the prefer- '"' innusirirs. Th, w, . .. . ,,,., ,,, ,.,. 0f number of the new committee. ' "e process is to he positive, essential M-'tedn0neSSen"al mdustrlea are t0 be i '"" extended an armistice concluded The new' plan, olllclals believe, win!,n,e 'nlMd' h-v T.leutenant Colonel solve the question of how the man is to1 Kiedetlck J. Herman and the .Mexican locate himself In an essential war pur- authcTltles. ---.,. "Mti.ii ,,-, Lauren n.iiiuil-n lue ill- cushion . Th. list of preferred Industries will In- elude npp.oxlmately 10.000 plants. It was learned loduv. Ther. will 1, f.,r-hi groups. '1,-M In Older of lelatlve Import- nnce i , The head of the list priority Is to be ' iwlicy enunciated last winter by the i manded a troop of negro cavalry. President, which says domestic needs' Among the Mexicans killed was Felix shall he consldeied paramount to all I'eimloza, Jlnyor of N'ogoles, Sonora. the others. Mexican town opposite here. The Mexl- !n connection with contracting lesser can casualties are estimated at fifty, ln e.wntlHl 'iiiriiiufa'f'Uirrng un effort Is lo eluding 'fifteen killed. be made lo extend financial assistance to Ihduylrles whose operations .have been curtailed. Chairman Baruch, of the ' war inuusiries ooaru has written to the Fudelal reserve Board, suggesting adop. ti t u plan designed to minimize the suffering the business of the country imyit undergo. It Is desired lo keep "financial casualties" at the lowest pos sible point. it is suggested that loans be extended to the skeletonized industries through the Federnl reserve, banks, where It' fl'7 HnnAiwou,J not ,,e l)0sslble for the credit to J ' "op be obtained through customary chan- i nels. . 112,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY ALLIES Capture of 1300 Cannon Also Announced by General March PUTTING FOE IN PINCERS i " llv the Associated Press ' Wa.lilngton, Aug. 28. , . . ... n he numbf ' of I"-iers taken hy the Allies since July 1 has passed the 112,000 mark. General March-said today. In the ' Mme tln'8 the AIH?- "aV' Uke" f,om ! " Germans 13H" cannon of the ncld- B"n ca"ber and larger. I Lateht dispatches to the department. General March said, do not indicate any cessation In the Allied pressure. The British apparently are continuing their ' progress on ine rianueis ironi. On the French front the attack Tues day on a ten-mile front went forward two miles and culminated In the capture of Roye. Since then very Important grounu io ine cast ui una ntce also nas been captured. , Summarizing the military activities 'on the western front since Saturday, Gen eral March said the British haM carried the Allied lines between the Scarpe and st,1 Somme over the hilly plains east of Alben agalnat aXei-mlned resistance on ! the part of the enemy. On Tuesday the t British continued to a deplb of 'five' miles along the very important Uambrai-Arras road. " General March confirmed the reported advance of the Austrlans In Albania, re sulting' in the withdrawal of the Italian front east of Berat. . Putting Foe In Pincers The French advance .noted In this morning's official statement from Paris, the chief of staff point out, marks the' creation of another deep salient In the enemy lines whlcji Is now being .put "between tha pincers." The French have reached, Nesle and are .within two miles of the Somme at this point. Since last Saturday the British, as a tesult of their persistent a'dvance, have overrun the Hlndenburg line for a dis tance of one mile on a front of three miles. Nlntty-Hrt DlvUlon In Prance In answer to questions. General March said the Ninety-first Division (troops of Alaska, Pacific Coast States. Idaho, 'Wyoming! Montana and Nevada),, now Is In training In France, and attached to the. Fifth Army Corps. Brigadier General Frederick S. Faltz Is temporarily commanding, but General Pershing Is known to have designated a major general to Jake command. The Fortieth Division (National Guard ir Ii - J. troops from California, Utah, Arizona, ew Mexico, ana woiorauoj nas not yet ft. . -I nr iM Officials Meet in Arizona i Town Agreed to End Hostilities QUIET NOW PREVAILS One II. Men S. Officer and Three Mlled Mexican Casualties Fiftv tly the Associated Press ' Nnirnlei, Arli.. Alie '-. Profound regret fnr ycter-day'i rlnth between Mexicans anrt American sol diers were expressed hy fleneral Kllasi Calle. military governor of Sonora, lo B.lgadler rjencral He Tlo.ey Cabell. In n telegram received from fleneral Calles t Xlagdalena. Sonora, today. (5eneral Calles stated he had been ordered to proceed to the border by President Car ranza to cxpictw these regrets peison- ally, fleneral Cabell arrived at .1 a. m. from Douglas. Ilrlgadler (ieneral Cabell late today announced that an agreement had been reached with Captain A. J Abasolo, commander ct the Me.lcan forces In Nogales, Sonora, that there should he no resumption of hostilities. This agree- . ,..,.... .,,1 ..i A revised list of the casualties sufH f'rrt by "" A '"" f0"" "how" "i", m?'r and lhr" tM,,,tr,i men T f u '' twenty-elght soldiers and civilians unaeu in yesieruays ngnunK, . m of the wounded are reported serious y hurt The Mexican custom guard who was said to have fired the first shot was killed during the preliminary skirmish. It was also established that hotli Mex ican Federal soldiers and civilians par ticipated In the firing. A few of the soldiers were said to have been Ynqul Indians belonging to the Nogales gar rison. Among the Americans wounded Is Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Herman, commander of the border patrol heie. His wound is not rerlous. The fighting began at 4:15 o'clock yes- ( on 1 1 mini on I'Bue Mi. Column To PATROLMEN HELD , AS HIGHWAYMEN Bail Denied Two Cops Ac- cused as Thug's Ac complices BEATEN, SAYS VICTIM Two Philadelphia patrolmen were ac cused today of highway robbery, said to have been committed while one of them was In uniform. Another wn listed for a bearing be fr.re the police trial board for neglect of duty. In not chasing automobile bandits who held up n drug store Au gust 20. On Mtyiday a policeman was arrested on charge of being implicated in a high, way robbery on the Northeast Boule vard, Charged' with not only rnhhlne but beating James" Murphy, I5n North Twelfth street, at Juniper and Race streets, last night. Patrolmen Thomas O Bromlly, 4280 Lackawanna street, and Kdward Slavln, Race street near Broad, ueie held without bail for cou,rt by Magistrate Mecleary at Central Station today Patrolman James Pemberton, 5818 Cottage Btreet, was committed on lha robbery charge, being accused of per mltllng the hold-up and of receiving a share of the loot said to have been taken from Murphy According .o the testimony at the Cen tral Station hearing. Murphy was in a saloon at Thirteenth and Race streets last night, when he was approached by Bromlly. who was said to have removed his badge and part of his uniform, Mur phy was asked to show his registration card, which he did. Bromlly, however, was said to have dragged Murphy from the saloon anu to nave taken mn to funtlnucd on Paso Hix, Column ' Four j DESIGN THREE U. S. PLANES Machines to Tit Liberty Motor Will Be Produced Washington, Aug. 8. Three new de signs for airplanes lo fit the Liberty mo tor have been produced in America, John U. Ran. newlynpnolnted director of aeronautics." said today, and are virtu ally certain to be put Into production. Production of the De Havlland Four, the only fighting machine so far shipped to the American army from the United States. Is Increasing. Fifty thousand Liberty motors are now under manufacture, he said., Mr. Ryan conceded that he did not think American production of aircraft yet matched the increasing size of the army- and refused to predict anything f(,r its future. "You will find I'm no prophet If you come here often enough," he told the newspaper men. "We have accomplished everything that we reasonably expected to accomplish last May. There has been no failure In that sense." . . .. . . . .-' . I.--.W -f r ertfcf. -t' '-H .t$je&xrxm ALLIES PUSH FORWARD ON ENEMY'S HEELS; U. S. FORCES IN BIG BATTLE WWBWMWi1 IS a Militant Possible General Maurice Begins Series of Articles Fol lowing Visit to France Great CliaAge Since Checking of German Drive n majoii ci:m:kal sik Tormfr rnret-tnr of -tllltar.v O Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Coiivtlul't. I5IS, by .Vein Vorfe Tlmrs Co. Iximlon, Aug. 2$. Is n complete military victory pos sible in the west',' I have just had the advantage f spending a week on the Ilrltisli front In France. In that time I have been enabled to cover n great deal of coun try. I have been given facilities for observing much, both on t lie giound recently won from the enemy and elsewhere, and have seen our men nt work under a great variety of condi tions. Throughout my visit I have had In my mind the question which I have choen ns the title of a series of articles In which 1 propose to con vey my Impressions to my readers. It is the vital question of the moment, for on the answer to It depends the (eply which we will give to the enemy's diplomatic; offensive: and this we must expect at any time now What has struck me most has been the change of .umosplicie since I was Inst In France. That was In the mid dle of April last. Then the German drive toward Amlen" hid been checked, but the Frnnco-Hrltish front In that nunrtei- was still far from far from ' secure. The enemy's offensive hi Flanders was at Its helirht. and Focli had lust been appointed to the su premo directorship of Allied opera tions. Some One Had Hliindcred Our. armv was grimly determined. i but tired, angry and sore. It liafJ" pioved Itseir to he better tnan the enemy on anything like fair terms. It GOVERNOR STEPHENS LEADING IN CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Aug'. 8. Governor William D Stephens took the lead nt 1 p. m. today in the race for tb Republican gubernatorial nomination Returns from 3213 com pleted' precincts of 0303 in the State gave Stephens 80,514 Bolph 82,1448. CANADIAN TELEGRAPHERS THREATEN TO STRIKI : , I WINNING, Man., Aug. 28. -Commercial telegraphers -em ployed by the Canadian Pacific Railways will strike enrlj to morrow, it was announced todny, unless they are given an in crease which has been demanded. Great Northwestern opeiators have threatened to strike in sympathy. BASEBALL CLEVE C 0 0 0 ATH'TICS.. 0 0 i. 0 Enzmann-O'Neill; Watson-Perkins; umpires, Nalli'n-Connoll SHIPYARD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HARLAN 00021100 1500 NEW YORK SHIP... 00000000 O-.O O I r ST. LOUIS. A. 1 003000010 4 ' NEW YORK, A. L.. ..000010100 2Ri Davenport-Severeid; Sanders-Hannah, DETROIT, A. L 000000000 0 31 BOSTON, A. L 10000020 X- 381 Dauss-Spencer; Joues-Agnew. NEW YORK, N.L... 0 0 0 BROOKLYN, N.I 0 0 0.3 Causey-McCarty; Grimes-Miller. CINCIN'ATI.N.L.... 0 0 2 2 CHICAGO, N.L 0 0 i 0 Luque-Archer; Vaughn-Killefer. NO OTIJER MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES PLAYED AVIATION LIEUTENANT KILLED IN FALL OF PLAIiE DALLAS, Tex., Aug, 28. Aviation Lieutelam Charles G. Hyde was killed today when an army airplane went into a" tall spin at an altitude of 300 feet. Lieutenant R. E. Yerman,vwho ucsoiU(Htueu-uiuir w. jh Kiivvaijr ,!',.' V'.V.aiHi '..,-,' 'iaSiii' '- , HIM 'ill r I VidorU in the West ? IKKDKRICK ii. mauhick nrrttlon of th llrltlh Armv "'' 'liiletly confident before thb Ht- tnck came. When it did come the result was a great shock, for the army felt It had been let down. It had been attacked Jiy the enemy In ovlr wlielmin? superiorly, and It realized that the chief picp.ii at ion to meet the Geiman onslaught had been an I extension of the line Into the very area In which the blow foil nnd n drastic reduction In the establishment of the Infantrv. Some one h.ul bl.ir. dei ed. Our army Is new. and when things go wrong the defects of a new or ganization become apparent. It Is very slow business to establish such mutual confidence between the parts ,of an army as will stand the strain of disaster, and most difficult of nil is to establish such confidence between the staff and regimental officers under present conditions. By far the greater part of the expe rience of the British army ns It Is to day has been trench warfnre. and trench warfare Is most exacting, Is often dendlv dull." and belnsr la reel v a matter of routine nnd organization, I kills Initiative. Parts of the army can-1 not Intermingle and get to know each other when they are living below th . surfnee of tne ground ns tney can when assembled for training or when engaged In war of movement. It our army Is tn follow- with a mature organization, a fair proportion or troops must always oe out oi line, not merely for rest, but that they may I ,vjtn Genera) Manirin'a armv whUb 'wk find their places In the machinery ot(1" Y1'. . ",anK,n 8 army, whlcfc ,fi war. J inn wwr iiiifiini?iiFiu nullum llie days of stress. Drafts from home had i .j -i.i ..-,... .nn....u.iA -..... .!. ' to be used nt once to i eflll tlie depleted ranks, and divisions hastily recon-! structed had to lie sent back to the : struggle before the men and officers Continued on I'nze Six. Col-linn (lor SCORES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f 0 C 0 0 X 1 5 I 3 0 3 "1 0 0 I 0 0 0- 7' 12 0 111 2-8 16 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 ,1 X lujuicu.. & . , j . ,.,,. - - - Poilus Capture Thirty Towns In Swift Onrush GREAT TEUTON LINE CRACKING Nesle Reached in Picardy Dash Noyon Believed to Be Won pirocuTMrc i-it i i- rttltMlliMj 3 MLJN AID IK TAKING CtfAVIGNY Mangin Allucks North of Soissons Sweeps Aeross Ailette River ' BRITISH DASH ONWARD "T" " -- Hurl Enemy Bnek in ArrasU-yyl Picardy and Flanders 'tm vZo nes ' lly the United Press ,t JSs t i-arts, Aug. za; a American troops are reuorted 'im tifM. be participating in the great Picrji.jl natflo. AmtfHnn aiA n.nnMl muj Americans are co-nneratliur ",-- m.x... ih'.J iiiici; IIIIICB nvtlmT nf Soissonsl lmlv ti. rz.ii2y&, ii... .. t. r. ,. , "n is craekmg on-a fifty-mile front from Lassigny to north of Arras. 1 By the Associated Press Paris, Aug. 28., The German retreat on the Somme battlefront has become precipitate. The French First und Third armies ! are at no pojnt losing contact with j the enemy. The French are inflict ing heavy losses on the retreating Gcimans. French cavalry is harassing the retreating Germans in the Chaulnes i region, hampe-ing .the withdrawal of the enemy forces. The French have, captured Chaulnes, the German key position on the southern end of thn Picardy line, the French War Office an nounced today. Progress toward the Somme was continued today by the French, Since yesterday thirty villages have been taken by them, and they have ad vanced seven and a half miles. at cer tayi points, the War Office an nounces. Large Villages Occupied Among the larger villages taken ! by the French are Omiecourt, about 1 fwo miles east of Chaulnes; Balatre, i th-ee miles northeast of Roye; Roig- litt. a mile nnd thipp-quarters south j east ' P.Dye toward Noyon and-Ver-Ipillip-c, south of Roiglise. The j French also penetrated Crapeaumes- nil Wood and took Dives, two miles east of Lassigny. J The French line in the .Somme..' j region begins ut Marchelepot and. i runs as follows: Licourt,- Pott, Alesnil-la-Petit, west of Solcnte, west of Avricourt, Nesle. Dives, irfrniiiron I nav, , ,-. M.ii- .--Aa. .r.M j Divette, west of Bois de La Reserve, t ' I Dive Le France and Passel. Tha French have advanced to a depth of ' i six miles on a wide front, leaving th K Germans in an nwbvn-il outlonf around Noyon. (The official state ment says ' the French advance i'Ui.1 seven and one-half miles at certajn't' points.) . :? The French are less than three mltitptt ii uni -mc ouiuine. me uermans r. retreating on a wide front. In southera Picardy. The German' front In Picardy haa "ft crumoiea. ''T'" The retreat of the Rei-m.-ins Krhl1.kl2.rr1.! 1 has been organized by General vo-. uoenn uunng ine last (onnignt. prob ably will be' made In" two. states. It fat said. here. The first halt Js ejcpe42 to be behfndr the Somme "and Crosij, Canal,, and the second will brfiiir U enemy to. the line of March' 21. froS which he landed his great offensive. ' Cliavlgny Captured French troqps have taken '1 L'Evenue on the north aide "ot Olse and about a mllefrosi Koywt-J have captured tjnavisay inreri north of SaKmM,.imgmMiMfl4 ports reaching lit TV WZ4. .- m xSU ffl im im SiB m 4, -m ? I " HL-A'.l! CUK J -5EL. J-I
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