,,. ., -T-fy! IJT 'ZJWWW- i rt " '"!' WiiT 11 f rt.t. &., -I ;v - .' 1 rv 1 , .' :, - -V t y ' h v. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THmJSD'AY, AtfotJST , . 1 . , . .. .. w it rif fir, fe I A lit a: XV &' Bssatfsevi t -bttttoh.-accordlng to reports received aw- una evening. The town Is virtually encircled, Hrll- yJM troops are on the westen outskirts tun-na (n mile nnd a half south f combles), while patrols nave en- rw esj lioeurs (two mnes norm oi Bibles). R'1 . . . KS By the Associated Press 'vS.1 leondon. Aug. 29. German counter- K ,-,'imttacKs east ana southeast or vis-en pW"'Artols, east of Doiry, nnd In the vlcln KQ ly of Oavrelle, villages to the cast Erpcwt Arras, nae Deen repuisea. accora Ejfing to the offlclnl statement Issued at irv xne war umco today. South of the Bomme British forces are Keeping: up tneir pressuro against r"S hn fcnemv nnd nrn nitvnnnl'll? enst- ward. Since August 21 the British have taken 26,000 prisoners and 100 guns. & French Win Noyon; at Gates of Ham fntlnned from race OnK order to save General on Hutler's army from disaster The Somme line having been made difficult for the Germans by the rapidity of the Entente Allies' pursuit, there Is now a question, with the French troops readv to cros the Somme at the enetm's heels, as to where ho will bo able to make a further stand. CAPTURE OF NOYON BIG BLOW TO ENEMY The fall of Nrtjon comes as a heivv blow to the Germans, who weie thought during the carlv dis of the JMcardy offensive to be planning to hold Nojon as the southern pivot of their lines, which iuns northwanl along the old battlefront of I91G Noj on Is situated on the right bank Of the Olse River at the confluence of that stream and the little River Vcise To the south and east there are latge areas Of flat lowlands along the Olse while to the north Is a winding vullev To the southwest is Mount Renaud and the Lasslgn) massif, which domt nate the whole region To the nnith east a range of hills Juts out into tiie valley. One railroad iuns through Nov on It comes up the Olse Valle) fiom Com plegne and turning east at Noyon leads to Chauns and Lu Fere A cini' leads off to the north and terminates at Nesle. Two small inHroart lines run north nnd northeist the formei to Nesle and the lat'er to Ham Noyon Is a great hlghvvav center One road runs to Rove, to the noith west; one to Ham to the northenst, one goes up the Olse vnllev and an other leads down Into Cnrlepont Foi et, to the southeast. Another goes down the Olse to Compiegne Noyon Is a very ancient town being known to the Romans Chntlemagiip was crowned king of the Flanks nt Noyon in 76S and Hugh Capet wis elected king there in 9R7 It wns the birthplace of John Calvin, who wis born Jul 10, ir.no By the Associated Press Paris, Aug ." In fortv eight hours the Allied ad Vance has liberated more tlinn flftv villages. Tne French are pi esslng on tipl'l In put suit of the leti eating Germans. ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACK Austrian Driven Bnck in Conrci Valley Fiphtinp fly the United Press f$f$ Home, Aug- 29 Jtepulse of Austrian attacks in several sectors or the Italian front was reported b the War Office today. "In the Concel Valle, after a vio lent destructive (Ire. tne enemj attacked but was promptly arrested In fire of our advanced posts, which counter-attacked and drove back their assailants Inflicting losses and rapturing prison are," the statement said 'On the northern slopes on UH'-slmo and north of Col del rtooso hostile reconnolterlng parties were at'ackio and dlaporsed b) our patrols "Along the front, artlller) concertm tlons Intensely shelled the enemv front lines and harassed their communl'.a tlons " 25,000 GERMANS U.S. CAPTIVES War Department Officials Esti mate America' Share of 112,000 B) the United Press WmhltiBton, Aug 21 Twentv thou sand to twent)-flve thousand German prisoners constitute America s portion of the great Allied haul of 112,000 captives since July 1 These figures are bnsed on careful estimates of lmortant War Department officials today. The last official figure on American totals was 17,000 toward the endtof the Solssons-Rheltns struggle After thit time, several sizable bags er made And, the Americans hive continued to take more or less prisoners iver since the main lighting dlfd down Official War Reports I .X llh.Ull'.VN W aMilngton, Aug 29 North of the Alsne our troops in co-operation with the French, ad vanced to the railroad west of Juvlgny and captured 200 prisoners Along the Vesle locnl hostile attacks forced our outlying detachments In Baioches and Flsmette to retire IIHITISII I oniliin, Aug 29 South of the Somme vie maintained our pressure during the night and are advancing eastward. North of the Somme as far as the neighborhood of Fontaine - les - Crol selles the night passed quietl) on the battlefront In the British sector astride the Ecarpe River the enem delivered strong counter-attacks during the night east and southeast of Vls-en-Artols, east of Bolry Notre Dame and in the vicinity of Gavrella. These at tacks were repulsed with loss to the enemy after heavy fighting During the night our advanced posts west of the village of Oppy (north of the Scarpe and six miles northeast of Arras) were withdrawn slightly as a result of repeated hostile attacks The number of prisoners raptured sipce August 21 exceeds 28.000 In tbe same period more than 100 guns .have been taken FIIENCH Enrla, Aug 29 There were violent bombardments during the night along the .Somme front. German forces made manv surprise attacks In the l-crrulne sector without obtaining any results The French for their part made two incursions Into thf enemy lines In the Champagne and took fifteen prisoners. The night was calm on the rest of the front. OF.ltMANR Iterlln, Aug. 28 (Delayed). South of Arras renewed enemy at tempts to break through failed. North of Bapaume and north of the gorame English attacks broke down ,-s,V."'lt' heavy losses. "-. Between the Somme and the Olse 'JtttMft have been, foretold engagements I our.rww pwiifM . - .,lP"SIB!teLJr. Aiao T.j- MEXICANS DRIVE OUT U.S. CONSUL Nogalcs, Sonora, Consulate Raided and Clerk Wound ed by Rioters CIVILIANS AT F AU L T American Leader Threatens to Cro?s Border if Trou ble Continues onles, Arli , Aug 29 Muring the skirmish Tuesday after noon between American soldiers and Mexicans armed Mexicans entered the American consulate in Nogalcs, Sonora forced Vice Consul Mctlulrr and Coti sulir Clerk i: Toolev to leave the con sulate at the points of their guns and Toole was snot and wounded, accord ing to an announcement made b Amer ican Consul K M I.iwton toclav An In- I vtstlgatlon Is now In progress, he sild The Amerlcin list of dead was In creased to four enrlv toda when Lieu tenant l.uke w I-oftus wounded in ac- . tlon during Tuesd iv s sklinilsh, died In Ihc base hospital Ills home was given ns I.arido Texas 1 Prunken rlvlllins on the Mexican side of the border wen hi id rt sponsible to du fot the "-hooting wh'eh occuned late lat night, which resulted In the wounding sllghth of .in Amerlcin oI dler I Ilrigadler (leuervl Cabe 1 .mnounced llodav tli.it (virMlilng was qTllet throughout the tilffht nnd no further I trouble was nntieipited I Ite-enfon etnoiitv liae arrivid here nnd sre going Into camp near the lordrr Humor that Mexlcnn I'edernl re-enforcements ere arriving In No gabs Sonori nnd entrenching w-e oe nhd here tolT Vtenl To lil Cnmrnde Vheri Amerlian boldlers went to the old of n cold'er who lnrt been wounded last night shots were fired nt them from the Sonora side of the Melc in border The Americans returned thi lire Ttonps nnd t'vlllnns , re quirkh mobilized when a genera alum was sounded General V I 11ns fallen (ioveinor of Ponra. ifter the exchamre of shot sent a miss.ige to (Icnernl Pi rtoh-vj Cabelle commander of the American forces I lluouKli the American and .Mexican con I sills In which he deelnred th.V the flr' vhnts fired were from the rifles of Amer lian negro t-oldii n- on the line To this th-ough tli same means nf communleatlnn, rjenrral Ctliille repllid I that he hid no negro troops on the line that shots from ihe Mexitnn side ere fired first w minding an Anurhnn f-oldln and thnt othi-r soldiers, goitjg to his aid fired in s( If-di fi n onlj whin furthtr hots wen tired at them "I'll (nine nnd fie! on" 1 In concluding Ills smtiment to Cen tral Cniles, rsenernl i.iliek ta d 'If ano her vo'le Is fired bv vour people I will take ev erv man I hue nnd ! come over and get vou nnd evervtblng vou have We an through with this inn,-enve " Kcllv ltnr, a mrrcantllp brfker of this cit). wns the first merlcan In cross the bor It to the Vmerlcan side I when the International was opem d to tralllc late vilerdnv Mi Htnrv was on the Mexican side n business when the -hooting begin elirdav anil found refugo in the ofllce j of a business as-ocl.ite Funerals Numerous Kvervthlng w.is orderlv In the Mexi can town Mr Ilenrv s.ild the onl fi.i turt noticeable being the unusual num. bei of funeral pioiislotw passing i through the streets I went out on the streets eeveral times during the d.n, and no antl Anurican fecl'ng was shown bv the people of Nogalis, Sonora. ' Mr Henry -,iid In the firing one Amerlcin enlisted man whose name was not Imimdlatil obtainable was wounded Crston Ited loch, a customs guard, dbd b(ie lart nlglit of uouihIh snffeied In the clash with Mexicans across the border esterda This wis the third Mneilcan diath from lnjuii.s renhcd In the tight H ir-lilnnlun. Aug J9 Major (leneral Holljiook, commanding along the Mexi inii border, reporteil to the War Oe paitment todiv that quiet had hem re stored and the horde! reopened, the situation at Vognles having been ad justed to the satisfaction of the mlll tar authorities Pennsylvania Postmasters Reappointed fl) the I nited Pren Unslilngtoii. Aug 29 Included among the I'ennsjlvanla postmasters leippointid today b the I'nsldent, nrn the folk wing Allentonn P.i t Mar tin Kllnger Columbia Ia J It Ilucher : Connillsville, I'j, W D McGlnnls . Hazleion Pa Hugh McKenna . Iock Haven. Pa P O Droslus , Mahano' Citv, C P Heing "GERMANY HAS NO FRIENDS," SAYS VORWAERTS, MOURNFULLY j Is Weakest, Yet Constant Bragging Has Forced Her to Stand I Alone Ardenne Explains Defeat hy Admitting ' High Command Erred By GEORGE Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger Lopvrioht. fSf, bv Sew York Times Co. I matrnlnm, Aug 29 Here are two interesting confession" I Baron von Ardenne, military critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, writing In that i paper, says "It Is only natural that ln Germany the question should be asked how It 'was at all possible for General Foch to pass suddenly from the defensive to a tempestuous and, so far as territorial gains are concerned, to a successful of fensive The solution of the riddle lies In the fact that the Kntente States' win to annihilation enabled them after un paralleled exertions to gather together 'a poweiful numerical superiority In all 'arms "After three great annihilating blows 'administered to the Fntente by the Ger 'man offensive, the belief was accepted 'on the German side that Foeh a reserve or maneuver army, estimated at sixty 'divisions, was prematurely used up, to la great extent. In local defensive coun 1 ter-attacks. As a united operating force. It was declared that it need not be taken Into consideration any longer. This view was supported by semiofficial reports. The belief, however, rests on error, and It Is well to acknowledge It." Vorwaerti has a somewhat complete notion., recording the extent to which oofifealo-la"ood for tfaft iouk Mourn GERMAN MACHINE NOW CRUMBLING Paris Sees Evidence That Foe's Fighting Power Is on Decline HEAVY LOSSES TELLING Kuisor's Subjects Awakening to World Hatred and Future j Economic Danger . Special Cable to Fa ening Public Ledger Cewrloht I91fl. bv .Vi Vorfc Time. Co Tarl.. Aug 29 Paris his resolutely set Itself against being deluded Into any hellef that tho end of the wnr Is in sight, but at the same time the conviction Is incn using that we are now witnessing the begin ning nf the crumbling of the Herman war machine evidence In support of this view Is regarded as nccumul itlng In various directions There can be no question tint the henvj losses the fiernnns hive suffered since the war began havo by this time brought tholr man-tow ei perlloulv near the point of nxhiustlon Evidence gathered fiom literally thousnnrts of prlsomrs to nv nothing of neutral sources whlih have been dt awn upon, inntlrms the belli f that the fiernnn peo pie hive nov bec-un erlousl to doubt the Justice of their ciuse Prom the Mine .nurccs there Is ample lonllrmntlnn th it tho Kaiser's siibjicts at least hive begun to nwaken to 'he fact that the pollcv of their ruler has uxilted the active hatred ot the whole world against litem and that thi" hatred will be ti iiisformed aftit I lu nar Into a pollcv of ostracism that will initire hejond repilr their whole eco nomic future There Is bIfo ground for believing that both the army and the people nt home have begun to contem plate with feeling of absolute terror the fateful fact of the Imminent mtiv Into the rank' of their enemies of a mignlficenllv prip.ircd Ameriran armv millions strong With nil thse adverse factors assum ing lancet proportions iver d.av. It Is reg mted here as Impossible that Her man tesistaiue can continue much lon ger, and although It is generall ac cepted here tint th.- fifth winter cam paign is Inevitable, the mijorltv of the people he-e nre becoming more -and more convinced lint next spring will ie the final triumph of the Allies I Shiecinl Importance altnches here to the lat-t HritWh ittnck on the hcirpe because of the menace It offers dgalnst a xltall Important group of cnnveiglng lines wiile'i nffntds the enemv his on means of opei itlng strategic concentra tions behind his Higlan nnd northwest ern Trench front Note on the m ip the ielatlon between the British attacks on the Scirpi and the gleat triangle formed b Cambr.il Douiil nnd V.ilccnnis The group of i.illwa. In this triangle are the distributing lines down w lilt h flow tho troops that the enemv brings up through Belgium from time to time when Allied pressure calls for It. and that other great triangle of rillwavs murkul b t.ongw.v l.onguvon and Mon- m d down at the other tnd of what constitutes the real we-tern front to the north of Verdun I'aeh of these trl ang'es Is u complenunt of the other AM of the strategic re-eies tie drawn up through one pass and down through in othei ot vke ven-a, as the need niav lie. accordkig to whichever end of the line is thteatened PROPOSEPIER MARKET Tanners Have Plan for Whole s.tlr Prices to CotirWinrr establishment of n peimnnent mai Iti t lu lentril Philadelphia perhaps on a munitlpal pier wluie consume! nnv hii at wholieale prices, was admitted this afternoon bv a committee of Phlln dilphia Countv fmmers at a lonfeietue with Phectoi of Supplies Macl.augh l'n at Cltv Hall The innference was also attended bv A II Ilnhkn and II Itoss, food ad ministration It was suggested that the mailed be regulated bv a committee representing the rllv the faimer and tho consumer It was said seveial leshlents of a tulghborhood could hii ut w hob sale pines and Intel nioitlon the produce among them The farniei- contended tat nub market plan was onh u tem porar mc i-nre PLAN $300,000CAWPAIGN Rooisevelt Hospit.il Backers to Start Work September 16 Plans of the campaign to raise $300. nnn for the proposed new building of the itoosavelt Hospital were maimed ., ,,,, , ,n nuiju ul ineeiing or tne womins ndvlsor board at the Arcadia I Cafe The campaign will st. rt on Sep tember 16 and continue for two weeks A commlttte was appointed at this 1 afternoons meeting to map out details of the ivork Mrs Thomas Palmer was! named as ch tlrman of the committee i lirlsiF nr1itF..uu .. ... J 1. . ' ui.ti uuuirrn Miin III) (j( (j j j- Kr.uiklln llradt chief of staff of the hos pital RENWICK fully It gives vent to Its feelings thus: "In reports from the western front we have often heard of the superiority of the enemy, but who among us day in and day out told us that France had been bled white, that Italy was ex hausted, that the U-bcat war had brought Fngland near to her end' Who greeted ihe entry of America Into the n ar with relief Who told us that this same America would never be able to bring a single man or single ship to Europe? "Belgium Is a little country which alone would have been powerless against Germany, but which has not agreed jet to conclude peace, because ln her need friends streamed to her side from all parts of the world Trance was militarily Inferior to us, but has stood against us for four )ears, and has been able to protect her capital from hostile threats because she was supported by powerful allies England la In herself a great power, but when danger threat ened her she found enthusiastic support from the whole FnglUli world, and finally America sprang to her side. "Why," VorwaertB sadly asks, "has Germany no such friends? The natural Inclination to support the weak side, for she is the weakest side in this great war, has not made Itself felt. Why?" Rome Eggt Fixed at 10 Cents Each Rome, Aug. It Municipal authorities took control of the local egg market to ..-.. Mil., .fc. m,Ijia4 1A fkntm 1 A SCENE OF ALLIED ADVANCE S """JCSU! DC MILK J "V ST.POL i VilI,.r hdoubI tValirtllenneB Arras CTIeaa 'couHrUl'ATTtCK. v ' mmjt J y ftZ.-- tZZ-ZL -s W . S .- Mguusns I "'il Asvs s-. J-a wateau ALBtHTfOmJu, lUCateltt- ) I Antbtwl V . WHERE MERlCBH3JLtewfaii sV , " A' S SoJMOn555$k. Brains I J Kirr& j I E 8 irxd I Maurice Sees Decline of Foe's Military Power Reviews Situation in That if Allies Plan lapse Can Be Brought About Hv MAJOR GENER VI. SIR FREDERICK 15. MAURICE I uriner IUnctor of Military Opn itlons nf the llrltlKh Arm' Special Cable to Ei vning Public Ledger l opjriuht. I0IH, bv Xrn orh Tutirs Co. London, Aug 29. The ch ingc whlih has tome over the etiem) ' fortunes In the last few weeks is qiillp as dramatic and almost as sudden as that which led to his retteat from the Marno lo the Alsne in September, 1114 1 have had the gool fortune to be able to see mucli ot the Somme battlefl-ld nnd I left It vei deeplv Impressed with the pel 11 of our situation In Apill Inst, when the fli t gieit attempt by the Her mans to sepal ate the TiiltMi and riench nimles had been checked On Apill 24 the enemv captured Vlllers T?retonnux and passed on be ond tho vlllige tow aid Amiens II id he been able to follow up at once the advance he had then gained, ot even to bold the ground ho had won long enough lo allow of roenfoi cements being hi ought up, Amiens must hive fallen I'oitnnatelv that vei) night Sir Heni) Itavvllnson who lealiyed that the enemy must not be given time to die- himself in countci -attacked with i small foice, mnlnlv of Austin II ins, and the Germans vvete driven bnck to the east of Vllleis-Hreton notix Still more fot tunatelv, the enemv had prali irked on his Flnnders offensive This appeared to be going so well that ho diverted to it forces which If used on the Amiens front would almost certnlnlv have given him the result he set out to obtain on March 21 the sepniatlon of the Allied forces Clnnj-pci Plan nt Wrong Moment As in 1114 so in 1918 the Oermin fnllel to obtain vvhnt appealed to be In their grnsp because thev did not follow up their first success nnd be ciuse thev changed theii plan at the wiong moment. Tim HlndcnhuiK-Lu dendoilT combination, brllll.intlv suc cessful In the easlei conditions of the eustein front, has on the western front made exactly the mistakes which Von Moltke made In 1914 Their foice hns been fiitteted awov on side issues find we nre now wit nessing tile consequences It took too long to shape the Ciown Prince's armios for the great offensive of lust month on either side of Klielms The American forces grew nnd grew, wo vvete allowed time to re cover, and Foch was lead) to take advantage of the Mist slip which the enemv made. There Is little clnnbt but that the turn of the tide dates fiom Geneial Gouraud's repulse of the Crown Pilnce's Champagne attack Fifteen of the best German divisions, care fully nuisod and trained for the great event, were llteially smushed: and this so vvenkened the Ciown Prince as to give Foch his chance. How he used it, how he has never let go of the Ge;mans from the moment when thev first began to )leld, how he has completely regained the initiative and exhausted the enem)'s reserve and forced him stcadll back, we have nil seen -and nie seeing dall). It is cer tainly one of the great masttrpleces of eeneinlahlp. With tho Initiative ln our hands the enemv'H wenk points became np parent. His pollcv of selecting his best physlcallv and mentally, for his storm troops made him powerful In attack hut enfeebled his defense Picked men. carefully nursed and trained behind tho lines and given special privileges, eilspla)ed a high de cree of enterprise nnd lnltlatlvo; nnd to them Germany owes to a great extent, her success at the beginning of the wnr. They bored holes, through which the masses in their rear pouted: hut being In the forefront nf battle theit losses were verv heavy, nnd when thev had pone the geneial level of fighting power of the Oermnns vvn tr h reduced General Morale lowered It Is, I believe, to that fact the sudden change which we have wit nessed in the German aimv from strength to weakness Is mainly due When a corps elite Is formed at the expense of the whole of the army, the tendency Is to lower the morale of those who do not belong to the favoted hnrlv. German divisions thought to be good enough to hold the line defensively have lost their old pride in themselves under the deadening Influence of tiench vvarfnre, and ns soon as things heonn to in wromr they cracked. We j have had numerous orders recently In our hands signen ny iuuenciorn unci other German geneials, adverting in strong language to the weakening of discipline among their troops, slack ness ln dress, slackness In saluting, looting of supply trains nnd stores, of neglect of duty In holding positions, and attempts to smuggle arms Into Germany have nil been commented on severely by the supreme command, and all this shows that the rigid Prus. slan discipline is not standing the strain of war., Other and more convincing signs of t. jtAMn-AhpA nf th Herman nrmv ara to bo found oa tbe battlefield, J- France and Concludes Cards Properly Col- , ntlPio inn tinlnp- tnlton mma nncllt- thnn eer hi'foru Dm Inc mv weeks in Fiance ovei ,10 000 prisoners bail been taptuied In a seiies of admirably con- tilved locil operations, unil It lias fie ciuentlv Imppened that the number of ! Germans sent back to cages has ex- ceeded the total casualties of our men' In the encnRcment The time was , when vvr weio pleased when u week of fierce fighting ) lehled us such cap-1 Hires at five times the cost. There I Is no dou.it but that patts of the Ger- man uiinv not the whole, but patts I are fighting soft. I Ocrm.n Defenses .,., Another stiong Indication that tho enemv V stmdnrd of discipline has de- dined is to bo found In the state nf his , defi tise The contiast between tho i enemv 's lines south of the Somme. i which Sir ITeniv Unwlinson overmni on August S and our own trenches opposite to them Is very remirknble i Though the Gei mans had been on tho i JJ C TrinilQ 7V7co ground for moio than tluee months of -' & ' "lfo M. Uftt, summei weathei thev had piepue.l no Tallin nf Tnnwrtm. defensive svstem at all comparable OlVll OI J UVlyily with those which In time past tliey i used to tlitow lip with hucIi astonish I rnntinneil from race One lilies nnd without communication! lrof-ress 'oward the town from the east ti enches This Indicates either gi eat 'and south, a detachment taking the slickness or gient eirclty of labor 1 eastern outskirts this mornhig Since AVe used to contiast the enemy's then the Americans hnve made further powers of digging verv unfavorably I nrorirss with out own. but never during the i woist times of the winter of 1114 191,i, Held bv I. S. since Augimt 8 In Flandets with tho soli of the con' i rismette had been held by the Ameil- iT.n'V ,f 'I'" S"'.'r "0"', "r '"V''hf" cms since August 8, despite German ef so Inadequate ns those witli which the . Jt , . ., enemv was content on the VllleiUre ' l""? 't d '.". f" T,"' "r"'""' ','""'" tonneuv front inei-i,re- ln lo(., nltn, u, nd ,v means of nr- Itlllery and machine-gun bombaidment VV e know that the Germans have To gain this bridgehead the Amu leans had to i educe tho numhr-i and size of i cmssed tin Vt sle In fierce lighting Foi their divisions Thev luive, in fact. Ihiee d.i)s and nights after, the enenn been forced to begin living on their i had been driven from the villages thi manpower capital, and that process 'Americans were without food or re-en- onee begun must continue foi the time I forcements because of the constant being Their reserves btvn hmn .. enemv nrtiller) and machine-gun fire duced to a numbei lniely oileeiunte for " extreme enervninsnotu .i altogether one has an impiesslon of weakness in the enemv's mn bo m. I tlinn ne nm. nil.-.. i ., ... .......... ..,,, LI,i-, jie-ncMi or tne war I do not wish to eonvnv th !,.. slnn that the German armies In the west are within mensmable distance of collapse. I have seen n large num ber or prlsoneis recently taken, nnd their ph)sique Is distinctly good fvciy bit ns good on tbe average ns th it of our own men. They appear to have been well fed. and their boots clothing nnd equipment are all ex cellent Foe iTsIng Mini) .Siilistilufe, Owing to the' luck of lUbberNlio Ger man gas mask 1h lnferloi i .i, the only important defect in the outfit of the enemy. He is ve'y short cotton Uite ami t, !.. .."or: ?r ucccuse, ano inev nave been comnelleii i lu,n ul 1 wi.mi.wjwinK too mi- to swallow their pi hie and annpnitn "" '"' onlv ,urlnR: ,he "'R'" were Austiia for help They nie mnv'lmr I ""' '"ierlc ms able to communicate witn their reserves about and mlvlnt. m tl"' H,'liw" lM"1 The Ainericaiis con thelr fcmatlons in n mnnner ,l"h t sllucld .l71,-,0,aIJ 1)rld,fca ",-ro& "" introduce sandbags, web equipment bcen "9ed "rth A'8ne' flh.1.m,lCwne.iBUn be, ,matle of Paner lUlli the Ameriran Army oh the fibe, Uut these articles serve their Al.nMe.l, front. Aug 29 -(It) I x puipose, and provided he can turn 8 ) American troops continued to b.at them out ln sulflclent quantities to tic fiercely with the enemv ln the Ju m ike up for the gieat wastage hoi vlgnv region early today, capturing two should not Hiiffei. hundred prisoners, Including eight of- He has not yet put In hlH 1920 class I leers From these prisoners, It was and when It does appear In the tanks learned that the Germans have rushed It will havo much mole tiainlng than, the seventh Prussian division Into th our lo)s had this )enr It Is now action to reinforce the Jaegers, which ceitaln that a month ago we over- ,N,'re uel"K sorel) pressed by American estimated the enem) "s power, .mc) that trol,a he underestimated the power of tho n i i . j n Allies Of tho two mistakes, the for- Dj the Associated Press mer Is much the less deadlv, and we With be American Army In France, must not be tntried away h) the great I A"P 29 An American patrol of nlne- "uccesses which we nie now winning ' '''en men and one otllcer was encircled In The mllltaiy map Is still verv much In 'he Woevre region Tuesday night, hut the enemv's fnvni. Our own Imnnu drove off the Germans and captured a and the French have had a hard yeat i sergeant and two privates It Is believed while the American forces are far from ,hat tncy nll:''l, casualties on the full) developed, The enemy Is still enemy. formidable, nnd we have not yet the! Ear'' Jesterday morning another superiority of force necessai) to ciush I Paro1 attacked and drove out an enem) .. Ij. U... nut .. CI.I. linn l.nAv. Ann.tn.rlnw mm Hut It Is quite certain that his mill. ry power is on the decline, nnd If we tary plu) our enrds properly we ran In good time turn this decline Into a col lapse. U. S. SEIZES TOBACCO CONCERN Majority Interest of Neubergeri Co. Held by Germnn Cnplnin UnaliliiRtiin, Aug 2? Immediate ate Du will be taken Allen Property Cus. todlan Palmer announced today, to liqui date the large German-controlled to bacco Jobbing firm of 11 Veuberger & Co incorporated of 130 Water street, Nm York cltv The concern has J300. 000 worth of leaf tobacco In Storage whicli will be soil Bhqrtly The majority Interest Ih owned by Capta n Morltx Veuberger, of the German army , Knemy Interests In the Translucent ' Window Sign Company, Intel natlonl Haircloth Company ana ABtor'a Home. stead Company, all of S'ew York eMty, have been taken over by the Allen Prop- erty Custodian The window sign com- bradnr,,fe ?d.Sg! tors The other two will continue with representatives of the Government on thelr boars. ..... . .. . ' '" ,-- FRENCH.ADVANCE AT RECORD SPEED Humbert Gains Eight Miles by Ten o'Clock in Morning TERRAIN IS DIFFICULT Poilus Push on lo Gntcs of Noyon, Outflanking City's LriBt Rnstion Hv WALTER I,. DURANTY Special Cable to Ei eninp Public Ledger Conrlaht, Ills, bu Are l,fc rimr, To. Wltlt the Prenrh Armies, Aug. 21. The French nimles nre driving the enemy before them on the whole front from Chaulnes to the Olse. Since the first battle of the Mnme the advance has never been so inpld. fJeneial Humbe.t's troops had gnlned eight miles at Mm extreme depth by 10 o'clock .vcstetdiv. desnite lie most difficult .otintrv. wooded m0,Cm,.;,n,, 1""cnv" r.n"ines. in the massif west of Nov on The stiong for,lp t Jonl n The mnndinc tho nis v.,n- ..""n 'slsted ,.i u.,'.,'""1 r" nnit. i- ;'"'. "' "'.-"man as , " -eimin as- ten. wan Rtormed by a ish T,e l-,enrh pu-hed s of Noj on, whose last "- ail .tlltlCII pump imntT rus onto the Rntpi In,, i A' "ri"'-"vniirtiiiii, was . not nn r i it .. .:. .....n-u nu is oounu to full. In places the enmnv Inf.tnttv nt Hist attempted t bar the Fiench progress though from the outset the ,,,uil? Reaction was veiv feeble Hut the eltn of the Prench wns leslstlfss . (the "IsIandH" of resistance were sub Itlni'fro I.. !. t . "Sic CtUU- ! ,,, ,,. K'-iierm fiemui'ilizttion htTt "orX" u uZx" to have pierced the Hlndenl.utg e in the region of Cm seller , ,,..' ... '." I no less due lo the etr:ioidlnnrv vital. Itv of the French nrmles. tL'! i nouncement that Dphpnv'o .-j, i took Chaulnes Is an ndmission of the extension or tie Fiench f.ont to the IMllnU f... lii ... ... -c "U noith. the Pei haps now Geimany will admit Hint Foch's stiuteglc reservn i "I such n fiction ns she was otlee iile.ismi to Imagine Gigantic as has lei , Fiance's efforts throughout the wai she was never called unon i v,.' such a but den ns in the last (He months r"vei)whoio the Fiench troops bore the brunt of the German drives which broke against their lion 'eslstunce It was .Mangln and De Goutte who first turned the tide, then Humbeit -'l"" " Fiance's mcig), thete was no lieslin tlon. Debeuy's line was extonded and the latest vlctoiy is pioof that'1 Foch's conildenco In Ills men was Jus- ! tilled It Is a most astounding tilbute I '" tlle K,il l'ili nuutlal quality of the arm) and its commander. I " , The Germans maintained their posl JVItll the merleon Army In 1 runre Aug 29 The attack of the Americans against the Germans northwest of Sols sons began shortlv after 7 o'clock )es torday morning, nnd within an hour the ft! st objectives, aggregating something I more than a kilometer, had been ob tained north and east of Chavlgny. The Germans counter-attacked, but , with the exception of a small part of one wing the American line held steady. Where It gnve way, about 309 meters, the withdrawal was due to the necessity of straightening the line In the action the Americans captured nlnet-two prisoners, although the) nlaved a comparative!) minor part on a I fl0nt of n,)0Ut tw,'. klIpeter vvltl French tro0"'' J5" 1llher, slde H '" ! the first time that American forces hai two Kilometers with UC1HLUIIICIH iiiirii ..no mm UI.LU1JIIIEi Bt n,Knt ,he Bame, ,u,.,po,3t .tnat the ' Americans occupied In the daytime Three From Here on S. P. 209 Missing ( ontlnued from I'se One mate, first class U S K 11 f , mother, Mrs Therese Kelhn, 2 A Fovnll street Hroiklvn, N Y Frank Moore Vatteraon, Jr., machin ist's mate, second class, F S N H F , father, Frank Moore Patterson, fir , 257 Seventy-fifth street, Drookljn, N Y Harold I'everlil machinist's mate, sec ond class, l S N : mother. Mrs Clara Amanada Peverill, it F, D No, S.Water loo, Iowa. Heurrh ln Vain Since nine members of the crew were Immediately after the sins. )ng search for further Burvivors has , . .,, ,' . -, rclvBd at the S? ffiX$t f , contained' further details of the Blnklng I of 'the submarine cha4ar tht went down t . . y ,-..!.. ' .'. -.... labiate unmin tnree mmutea vuer dipb ...... .... ,,.n I II, Ai,. . .. .1 ( .. . I. - . 1. I Mr o--- hit by two of four shots from the mer chantman's bow gun at a distance of ZOO feet. Tho Xavy Department summary o the report of the Taussig's captain fol lows: "The captain of the steamship Felix Taussig rcDortcd that at 2 .10 a m. the outlook reported an object resembling a I submarine about 200 feet away off the j linn oeam. uruers lor gencrHi alarm were given by the captain. Tho craft I sighted had no lights showing and wh bended In tho same direction of the Taussig As she passed the steamship nnd crossed her bow four shots were fired from the forward gun of tho Taussig "It was onlv after the third shot that Ihe vessel showed lights, the report stated. Apparent') two shots struck the submarine chaser, and It Is believed that one shot exploded a depth charge The Taussig stopped lo render naslstnnco to the HUbmBrlno chaser, which was burnjng and which sank In about three minutes " Thomas, who wrote to his pare'nts of his safety, said tbe shelling of the sub chaser occurred ninety miles off Sandy Hook. "Seventeen of mv pals were killed b) the shell, drowned or burned to death," Thomns wrote "Thank God, I cEcaped w Ithout a scratch " He enlisted In the Naval Iteserve last year, and nfter training was assigned to the chaser. His sister. Miss nilznheth M Thomas, a nurse. Is stntlonod at an American base hospital In France Mr and Mrs Edward Penney. 1701 south Second street, today were still without word of the fate of their son Ilarr.v S Penney, twcnt)-four )cars old. a "pal" of Thomas He was reported by the Navy Pepartmen't as among the missing Denny enlisted on his birthday In April last )ear. He Is a grandson of ex-l.ieu(enant Colonel John P Pennv, formerly In the old Third Penns)lvanla Infantr). WATER POWER CLAUSE OPPOSED BY WILSON Hoiifec Informed of Opposition to Amendments Favoring Privnte Interests Mnnhtngtnn, Aug 29. (II) INS) Pouble-denllng In the manipulation of amendments to the Administration water power bill that converts the hill Into one I unduly favoring the water power Inter- j J'erinans last reserve In the present ests of the United States Is charged In a i , ,rf in answers of prlsoneis secrrt Ho--letter to President Wilson by Chair-1 llments and letters addressed u, German man Thetus Rims, of the House Water I soldiers re veil n great discouragement Power Committee I ""ng them They no longer believe in The letter, together with President ?Z, ??l mi"' ,htm' ll l"Dnly a ,,... , , , , ,,u . question or holding on to save Germany Wilsons repl). wns read by Chairman ' from disaster" Sims during debate on the bill III the House this afternoon Sims demanded to know whether the President in fait favored the amendments put forward as uiMjreo cue nineimmeiuH ui imnuiu having the approval of the Admlnlsttn- tlon The l-reslilcnt lepiuu .rnipnaiicaii) J ransport System Fnils lh.it he did not ' - I am free to reply," the President y the United Press wrote "that I did pot see the draft of Aiilnterilntn, Aug. 29 During Mon- amendments to the viater power bill I da) s lighting Gerninn airmen supplied which were Introduced b Mr Mcrilll tin lr lines with ar.iiiKinltlon and food, and his asoclates after the bill was n,,1,'m offlclnl dispatch from Horlln first put In the hands of )our special blalea loui committee 1 do not approve of them This mav h" accepted as .Indication and It Is mv tamest he pes that the tern- of failure ot the e"ermun trnnsort s)s-gic-s will see fit to pass tho bill as It , teln in some regions was oilglnallv drafted and provisionallv I r-r:-. aureed unon hi our Informal conference " . Xecretiirlfs Approved Tlie Mr. Mel rill mentioned In tne Presidents letters O t; Merrill, chiet rrlll. chief !s of the who first engineer of the fcVrestrv bureau Jh....H.n,nn i.f n a V I . I I I I I I T VI ll handed the proposed amendment to Chairman Khii, with a letter approving I Sim" confirms the belief of those c lne , . White House that the President is pieparlng roon to announce a pol'c) of Federal development of the water power rc-ources of the united Mates Passage of the bill, with the amend ments denounced b) Chairman Him would hnve tied up vhtuallv all water powei sites In pilvate bunds foi an In ekllnite peilod The bill, In Its original foim, would permit the Government to take over leased water porter sites at almost any time it desired I Chairman Sims. In an eight-page let ter, told the President tho whole blstoi) of the pending waterpower legislation. The oilglnal bill was altogether to his liking, Sims said However, befote tbe bill had buon considered'!.) the special water power committee, Sims paid, Chief Ihiglneer Merrill, of the Forestr) llu- lean, enme to him and asked that the i.iii i.n ii.tiirnert "that there were cer- hi 1 lie leturneci tnat tnere were cer tain amendments the three secretaries wanted In the Interest bf clarlt) and slm- Illicit " lie turned the bill over to Mr Merrill Wilson Geta Facta "bout two weeks afterward," Sims (ontlnued, ' Mr. Merrill came to me In the uuteroom late one nfterhoon and In ought what he snld was the bill with the .suggested amendments proposed hy Ihe nee secretaries, and also handed me a letter signed by the secretaries Assuming of course, that the amend ments had been submitted to you by the three secretaries and approved by you, I never even read tho bill or the letter, but wont Immedlately'to the floor of the House and had the letter put In the Con gressional record nnd hod 11,000 copies of the bill printed at once and also 1000 loples of the letters " ' I. of course, took It for granted that Mr Merrill was In all good faith tepte Hentlng the secretaries In doing what he did and that they were doing what )ou approved I feel absolute!) sure that neither the House Committee nnr the House of Representatives would suggest nnv such amendments of would hav e con sented to them had they not received 'p , r.r-J w. I... Chairman Sims concluded his letter with ft pica time me i-resiueiu lei nun know where ho stood on the three amendments, In order that he might have nmmunlllon with which to defeat Ihcm In the House If they were not. In fact, acceptable to the Ptesldent, them srgncd b) Sectetar) or W.u liaKer. r ,. ,lRr M m.V.VVn . ".""nin-i J.'i"h Secretary of the Interior l.ane and illghlnnil nu. Mi-rlnn aued .")- mrs Puri- Secretary of Agrlculluie Houston p'frrest" III" e"m b',!.'t. H,Pihin rhi,rl. r President Wilson's lettei to Ch.innan ' "i"!!" A,,!.n ,,'""" I'l'ln- Hostnn, a in in More Philatlelphiona Win Bars i vapmw wanted htern "i ami 40 er . . , ' , .,,, ntnrA of aae for llnht manufneturlnu worHi Chester P rtay. Jr. 6137 Oxford ,, i,r, r,u iimnlncme-nt Departmnt. street, has been awarded a commission Curtis P'lhMahi"" Compiny. 7th and Sanaom as second lieutenant In the air service aia . rrjdajjjMQ to 4 (aeionnutica). nnl Carroll A Haines, Mt voM-""V vanied as allttHVt mrhlna oner Airy, first lieutenant In the chifmlcal te'a mil (mnloment cftre Curtla warfare service, It was announced , PnhllaMlne Cnmpinv. 7th and Sankom an, through the adjutant general's ofllCe. tr! ! "Ll"-'0 '-;;,-.--- -r r DtCTAI'IlOVn OPERATORS with eirr- Seashore Excursions ATLANTIC CIH Ocean Cily, Wlldwood, Cape May EVERY DAY UNTIL SEPT. 7 IFveent September tl '.-00 A, M. rroairhealnut er Santb fit. Ferrr. Rrturnlns leaT Mraahore rolnla 6.-00 P. .VI. Additional Train Sunday, Tor Allantlc Dtr nt 730 A.')l. f'or Ullclnoocl and fapt lnr cScbtl. luirr's l.andlni nly at 0 30 A. i. Kt-lnrnlnr udjlltlonul frnln iraiat Atlantfi Clly inly at nils I'. )l" $- Qfi ROUND J, -- TRIP War Tai 10a Ad4lteal P TO DEFEAT OF ENEMY BROUGHT NEARER GemiHll Prisoners Fear An1p.;,win nQl, nrt.. rtmtXlCan UaStl JJOODIS Their Cause, Says Tardieu, TIDE OF WAR IS TURNED Allied Drives Remove Threat to Paris and Achieve Im portant Results Ry the Associated Von vtnnlilngtnn, Aug. 29. Anriro Tardieu, high commissioner of J raneo-Amerlrnn .,r co-opcratlon, who Is now In Pnrls, has given to the As.o c a ed Press by cable a comprehensive statement summing up the military events of the iaPt five months and show, mg their present bearing on the nre eiu war situation He sn)s German - ...sunrrs neciaro tnat If the whot-t, American armv shows the same dash ns the Americans who have been In action so far the German cause la lost. M Tardieu telates how the events In Russia by giving Germany a crushing superiority allowed the enemy from March on to undertake large offensive operations directly threatening Paris, "!!? Amn"- ,he Pivot of the Franco, urltlsh trcops, under fire nnd cutting off rallwav communications with the east and mirth This was the situation on July 18 By August 3 the enemy was forced back on the Vesle, the. road to ..nncy was freed and the access to Farls i) the Marne was barred through opera tlnn, in which the American troops pla)ed a prominent part But the German army was still pow. erful and Its losses were counter- ...i.tnceu uy tne gHn, of the preceding jofferisve. M. Tardieu say?. Then tho mulsh armv assumed the offensive Amiens was liberated. Montdldler fell, ths , nrmles of Generals Pcbeti) and Humbert started a war of position, and on Au- gust 19 the French reached the Olse, south of No) on, with Mangln's army. Concerning the weakening of the Ger- .man morale. M. Tardieu says: rori) -seven divisions whose morale was considerably shaken consiltin eh PLANES FEED GERMAN ARMY A I C 1 Also nupply Ammunition n Dl'VTIls I I'I'I.NN' Vuu JS 1IKI 12V I. (Nell) VIIM.NN Itilntllp unci friimtv nlr, tn IVIrtnrj It V VI t-ndslltv anil rmnloM.; r ij or A- Uer( ,. j. Heed In lnlta in ft, ,..! u u n.. s m . from the resilience of he- rtnr itr i'nrj It .Sullivan till N ;ift ,,. su mt'i nf v, n,f r "'.'ln- " "", 'l""",h "f 'Mir Ji.v Aiii.i Brine ' ""' . ""in vvnnr.'i ,i. S '"'',r":' .. FOOO At Atlnntle rin. v j fthth hT,bnlT1",',f ",V,r VeSiVd'r W. Prur rl nctncl 44 further nnnouiicement iylLilJ-Fi! 't .. iiki.i' man run .iai.hT Et.ECTniCIAN KOIl .VIOItT WORK Will CHnsT.NPT .r. APPLY M-:vitir v s r:iPi.ovMi:.T office imiNO THIS Al) WITH 101' ,.,,.. ,,. , , .7 . nnr!, XhU a' S ef,,M PSffl." llntilne rnmmm 7th and snnm i Call '"j"""! '' Jlmplojment OtTlce Hrlnc til ,"i-""U':u. --. Kl'KVATOIt OPKItATOIlS white and rnl- orcil Lrn(f llcn,e Curtll j,un,hinl romncm Apph nearest IT Ilniplojment , Service Uilngthls nd with ion CTMNDBR PRESS PnEDKns nnd helpers anted The f'urtlei Publlnhins Compsny. i th and Sannom atreeta Annlv neareat U. s Lmplojment onice firing this ad with vnn MI.N middle aii. ! to 60 enra. wanted for llaht manufacturlnx work, nee nlahta a week. Curtis Publlahlntr Companv. 7th and Hanaom aireeta Apply nearest IT 8. Em. Ploment OB'ee Drlns thla acl with you TRACHElt of hookkeep)nit etc . for buatnMi Hchooli state age education experlanca and aalary rtxlred P Ilia I.cdgfr Office 8TOREUOOM MAN. colored; soocJwatJa. I'nlveralty Hoapltal. Hth and Spruee an PRICE CI.nRK Wanted Price clrk acquainted with ahlp materials to pries atom rrnulaltlon: muil ba fxperlcncod Apply hy letter onlv, staling quallflratlona Cheater Phlpbullctlm Com panv Ltd Accountlns Department MIN wanted with noma esnrlneM npnnnif marhlnary. Curtis Pubilahlna Comjapv.'K:lrTl Pmilmmnl Ofne Prlntf tnlw ad with vrtu. YOUTH Muit be at least 10 veal's old, In. telllsent and wllllne; prorfmntr piaitlon ulth larere publlahlntr and mail erder houae. Aphis Information Peak. Hii unea eatnut at. IIKI.I' WAMTBD FKVULK CLEHKR Attrnftlve poaltlons tor compe trnt plrla with aome bualnesa experlencat aalars In atart ill per week, VTlth rapid arUancement Call Emplnvment Department. rurtla Pubdahlng Co, Irlda. S 30 to i. CI.EntCS wanted for flsurlnu work. alr7 te .curt Jll with excellent opportunity for nmancemeni mcn aennm Drncniticea fprrrrt Call Employment Department Curtis PnhMMhlpi Cempnnj. 7th and Hansom ata , Prlda1 H SO to 4 OIlU.s HI seara of nite, for mraaensfr work: aood salary to atari and excellent ehac-ecs for advaneemen Call Emnloymnt Depaft. m-'nt Cnrtla Puhl'ahlng Company, Frldoyt I iee wanted at nne t)y,i"e curtl Pun- i llnhlntt Cemnanv, aslarv n ."iO; ;TCtInt f itiire Call amnios mit nfP-e 7th and I gin.. -ll Fi-ldsv SO 'n 4. ITYPIST8. to learn phonn-raph oneratlVt poll while Icnrnlns, nefd not be asperr rnred. ahort hnuras Ksl'lrdav nflernnnna "off all vear Call Cnrtla Puhllahlna- Cnmnrtjiy, fth and Sanaom ata . Friday. S SO to 4. I fTTrtlT 'S to 20 ateadc emplewmrnt: mak h-rrt cenenilh uacful Smlth-Ramaey, IS4II v'nrket at i """roiivi'foiT'rknt ' ' ' UOOVIP s"il I ath 'Jd floor far llcht hmiae. " .nlnr $2 fifl per w eelc Ills N. 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