Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, August 31, 1918, Final, Image 1

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THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
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Vol. iv. no. 300
fnblisijro' Pniiir Kttepl Bundar. Subscription
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Lttdg-er Company.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1918
Entered as second Clsss Matter at the Toitoltlc at Philadelphia, Pa.
t Under th Act ot March 8. 187.
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SEPT. 12 FOR
REGISTRATION
I' -Pfesiflent Calls Men From
'18 tb'45 Years to Enroll
: for Service
CECUTIVE SIGNS
- - MAN-POWER ACT
"To Devote Larger Part of
Man-Power to Decisive
Victory"
1)778,758 WILL ENROLL
"Work-or-Fight" Clause Miss
,, ing, but New Act Is Far
reaching FAcfs About Newly Enacted
, Laio Drafting Man-Potver
Twelve million, seven hundred
and seventy eight thousand, seven
hundred and fifty eight men", not
heretofore In the selective limits,
'liable to new draft. '
"Class 1 estimated at 2,300,000
nen. ,
Pennsylvania's quota of total
registrants, 1,087,692 men.
All between eighteen and forty
five years old subject to military
.service,
No. distinction between the
,-younger and older classes In the
order of their liability.
Number of new registrants will
be.one-thlrd larger than the enroll
ment of June 5, 1917.
, . Draft calls upon the new Class 1
must start to fill the places In the
training camps of those men going
continually to Trance.
Exi'stlngt draft machinery In all
,the States til be used to enroll tho
new 13,000,000.
' 'Registrations will bo made In the
customary voting places within the
Jurisdiction oteaeh board.
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Washington, Aug. 31.
$ Thursday, September" lzTwas' set
jMaa.y by President Wilson as the date
$:for registration for tho nrmy arart
6f"d!Vmen in tho United States be-
ween the agesof eighteen and forty
i .ive, Inclusive, whb have not already
$$"jfefrlBtefed or who are now In the mili
tary or nayal sen ice.
,, In a proclamation, issued immediate
ly after he signed the new manpower
bill, authorizing extension of the twen-y-one-thirty
one draft ages, tho Presi
dent called on the younger and older
men to enroll on that day with local
draft boards where they make their
permanent homes.
J ' "We solemnly purpose a decisive
fr.jTktory of arms," said tho President,
f' "and w deliberately devote the larger
4part ot the military man-power of the
nation to the accomplishment of that
purpose, ' It H the call
" 'te duty to which every true man In
.j the. country will respond with pride
; and with the consciousness that In do-L-
Ing so he ptays his part in vindication
1 of s great cause at whose summons
f 'eWy true heart offers in supreme
.service." v
r The hours of registration will be
T from 7 a. m, to 0 p. m. and all State
tand local officials are cajled on to
make, Immediate arrangements for
maintenance of registration places on
' ihat'day.
' .All si ust Register
....
All men. within the new ages.
.Whether citizens of tho united States
ortnot must register, unless they are
diplomatic or consular representatives
of foreign .nations.
In case of lllnetg'-on the registration
day, arrangements for tardy enrollment
-may .be 'made wlt,h local boards, and
men. who expect to be absent from their
. homes may register by mall, sufficiently
lAtn advance that the registration record
4. man has no permanent residence he Is
f fato register t thej place he Is on Septem-
that dy-are required to enroll within
flve'days after their return.
i y Registration ' under tho man-power
-'- aet will total about 12,778.768, accord
Inj to estimates made at the office of
Provost Marshal General Crowder and
made 'public this afternoon. The estl-
sv mates were ba,ed on the ratio which
is expected to bear to the total registra
tion on September lz, under the new
act.
y r renoiyTnl Quota 1,017,601
j.r- SPti tfmn4,r! nnrtt Vtt, Stal.. -nl-
Mow: Alabama. 243,271; Arizona, 49.794;
; Arxansas, .,; waiiiornia, anx.&ea;
If Colorado, 112.139 : Connecticut. 212.329:
Iff, Delaware, 0.4il District of Columbia,
aJr ilK,. vlnlrfa llAOln. nui. ,.,
72l Idaho. CS.4Slf Illinois. 859.830:
K-'Indlana, 340,920; Iowa.. 287.847: Kan-
I, j ms. 200,413; Kentucky, 254,108; Loul-'
RT.ana, 212,580; Maine, 80,773: Marzland,
S 183,000 1 Massachusetts, 482.846; Mich I -
if'gan, 488,985; Minnesota, 296,885; Mis
sissippi, iB5.no; Missouri, 388,509;
'Montana, 117,703; Nebraska. 157.665:
te-Nevada. 16,116; New Hampshire, 60,
J'f 013: Vtvr Jeraer, 408,509 1 New Mexico,
M.tDi;-- new iwji, i.jio.iai; .North
rMl1nia. 288. S42 ; Vnrth naltnf. t
f.'aea. ohln.aa m. ' '
XOHlahprna. 227.884,' Oregon. 84.404;
.PWMlTan4a. 1.07,t Ilhode Island,
,7J,4Jl; South Carolina. 170.649: South
Pirtkota, 771179; Tennessee,' 251,864:
,lTsao. 546.181 ; Utah. 58.863; Vermont
M.316; -Virginia. 241.974; Washington.
146.851. West Virginia 167.753'? wi.
1 (Mai. J86.SJ7; Wyoming 30,510.
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President Wilson's Proclamation
Drafting Nation's Man-Power
, Washington, Aug. 31.
In his proclamation fixing Septem
ber 12 as the date for tho registration
of this nation's man-power, President
"Wilson said:
'Fifteen months ago tho men of
the country from twenty-one to thirty
one years of age were registered. Three
months ago and again last month
those who had Just reached tho ago
of twenty-one were added. It now re
mains to Include all meri between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five.
"This Is not a new policy. A cen
tury and a quarter ago it was de
liberately ordained by those who were
then responsible for the safety and
defense of the nation that tho duty
of military service should rest upon
all able-bodied men between the ages
of eighteen and foTty-flve. Wo now
accept and fulfill tho obligation which
they established, an obligation ex
pressed In our national statutes from
that time until now. We solemnly
purpose a decisive victory of arms and
deliberately to devote the larger part
of the military man-power of the na
tion to the accomplishment of that
purpose.
"Tho younger men hao from the
first been ready to go. They have
furnished voluntary enlistments out
of all proportions to their numbers.
Our military authorities regard them
as having the highest combatant qual
itles. Their youthful enthusiasm,
their virile eagerness, their gallant
spirit of daring make the ndmlratlon
of all who see them in action. They
covet not only tho distinction of serv
ing in thlj great war, but also tho
Inspiring memories which hundreds
of thousands of them will cherish
through years to come, of a great day
and a great service for their country
and for mankind.
"By the men of the older group now
called upon, the opportunity now
opens to them will be accepted with
ONE DEAD, 5 HURT,
CITY CASUALTIES
Lieutenant Gail ,H. Alex
ander Slain Three En
listed Men Gassed
THREE MADE PRISONERS
Philadelphia Soldier
in Today's Death List
Lieutenant Gall Hamilton Alex
ander, 2127 Spring Garden street.
August SI, 1918
The full list of ranaaltles announced
today by the War Department li
printed on page 13. "
One Philadelphia officer has been
killed, five Philadelphia soldiers have
been wounded, three have been gassed
and the same number are prisoners, ac
cording to the day's casualty lists.
A lieutenant from Camden and an en
listed man from Colwyn are unofficially
reported wounded, while two local cas
ualties on the official list toiay were
published here early this week, word of
the fate of the soldiers having been ob
tained through unofficial sources
The official list released for the morn
ing papers today contains 126 names,
Including nine from the State of Penn
sylvania at large. The afternoon pa
pers' list contains 110, names, Including
ten from the' State at large, making a
total of 236 for the day.
The list of wounded, gassed and pris
oners follows:
WOITNUED
Lieutenant Joaph Wlnkour, 1741
North Thirty-second street.
Bugler William R. Troulachold, 3009
North Bonsatl street.
Private William I.awlpr, 5129 Colum
bia avenue.
Private Howard D, Dean, 514 North
Fifty-soenth street.
GASSED
Sergeant n. F. Meara, 28 South Rob
inson street.
Private James Petri, 3230 Hurley
street.
Private Joieph I.awlor, 5129 Columbia
avenue.
PRISONER
Private l-ealle Crabtre. 3707 Baring
street, ,,
Private Robert Stoke Conner, 6313
Dicks avenue.
Private Henry Blmoni, 2212 West
Harold street,
CASUALTIES FROM NKARRY POINTS
Lleutepant Watson Mavtlndale. 2501
Federal street. Camden; wounded.
Private William Dllberon, 216 Walnut
street, Colwyn ; wounded.
ii.. f.iinwin rmcnalties ha e been
Ipubllshed before, but appear In the of
o.i.i iix tnr h flrat time today: Pri
vate John A. Dougherty. 242 North
Fifty-eighth street, killed In action ; Prl
vatewHugh McKenna, 23 Wilder street,
severely wounded. J 'v
n.t.n.nt Gall Hamilton Alexander,
killed In action, lost his life on August
10. His wife, who, until their marriage
three years ago. was Miss D. U Ward.
resides at 2127 Spring uarnen oireei.
Lieutenant Alexanders mower. Mrs.
Kelly Alexander. lUes In Danville, Va.
Lieutenant Alexander volunteered In
the regular army on August 27. of last
year, and was detailed to the Forty
seventh Infantry after receiving his
commission as first lieutenant In the
officers' training carap at Chattanooga,
Term. He sailed with his regiment for
France on May 17. of this ear. He
was a graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute, and for a time after coming
to this city took up the! studv of medi
cine at the University of Pennsylvania,
but did not complete the course, A
letter from her husband, dated July 30,
reached Mrs. Alexander two days before
heVrecslvaa Jwtlea ot his deaUi from
V-rintliiiii'liVjjTsWitLTaiii' -1-
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the calm reassurance of thoso who
realize to the full tho deep, the solemn
significance of what they do. Having
made a place for themselves In their
respective communities, halng as
sumed at home the graer responsi
bilities of life In manv spheres, look
ing back upon honorable records in
Industrial, they will realize perhaps
as no others could, how entirely their
own fortunes and tho fortunes of all
whom they lovo are put at stake In
this war for right, and will know tho
very records they have made, render
this new duty tho commanding duty
of their lives. They know how surely
this Is the nation's war, how Impera
tively It demnnds the mobilization antt
massing of all our resources of every
kind. They will regard this call as
tho supreme call of their day and will
answer It accordingly.
"Only a portion of those who regis-
tcr will bo called upon to bear arms.
Those who are not physically fit will
be excused; those exempted by alien
allegiance; those who should not be
relieved of their present responsibili
ties; above all, those who cannot be
spared from the civil and Industrial
tasks at home upon which the success
of our armies depends as much as
upon the, fighting at the front. But
all must be registered In order that
the selection for military service may
be, made Intelligently and with full
information.
"Thia will be our final demonstra
tion of loyalty, democracy and the will
to win; our solemn notice to nil tho
world that we stand absolutely to
gether In a common resolution and
purpose It is the call to duty to
which every true man In tho coun
try will respond with pride and with
the consciousness that In doing so he
plajs his part In vindication of a
great cause whose summons every
true heart offers Its supreme service."
SHOOTS WIFE,
ENDS OWN LIFE
Leon Hegh, of Frankford,
Commits Suicide in Bar
ricaded House
SEVEN CHILDREN ESCAPE
Leon Hegh. 482t Darrah street,
Frankford, shot his wife, JWhecc-i, OM?r
thn heart this afternoon, and. after
barricading the house against the po
lice, killed himself.
Mrs Hegh was taken to the Frank
ford Hospital Her death is expected.
Tho shooting followed a family quar
rel Mrs Hegh beforo the shooting
Inlcl thn police of tho Frankford station
this afternoon that her husband had
threatened to kill her. She returned to
her home with District Detectles Bar
rett and Dougherty.
As they walked up the steps of 'the
house. Hegh, It Is said, opened the door
and fired three shots One of tho bul
lets struck Mrs. Hegh and she fell to
the sidewalk. She was picked up un
conscious nnd rushed to tho hospital In
an automobile.
Hegh then piled tables and chairs
agalns-l the doors and windows, and told
the police ho would kill the first man
who entered the house.
A squad of policemen was rushed from
the Frankford station and they sur
rounded the house. It wa,s feared Hegh
contemplated Killing nis seen cnuuren,
who were locked In tho house with him.
Their screams resounded throughout the
neighborhood.
Several women tried to bring the man
to the window by pleading from the
street, but he was deaf to their en
treaties. WI1II3 the police were planning to
enter the house, Joseph Stone, 1C57
Foulkrod street, forced an entrance
through a rear door. As he entered a
shot rang out, and it was belleed for a
moment he had been killed.
Stone founH Hegh lying in the hall
way with a bullet in his head. The
children rushed to the street as soon as
the door opened.
B. & L. FUNDS
CANT BE USED
FOR WAR BONDS
Attorney General .Affirms His
Original Ruling Against
Such Investment
Attorney General Brown, In an opinion
announced this afternoon, affirms hln
previous ruling that building and loan
associations cannot legally Jnest In Lib
erty Bonds.
In a twele-page opinion to Daniel
F. Lafean, Commissioner of Banking, the
Attorney General gles a lengthy review
of tha reasons that led to hs conclusion.
The opinion was the" result of argu
ments made-beforo the attorney general
by counsel for the Building Association
league of Pennsyhanla.
The crux of the matter, according to
Mr. Brown's findings, Is that building
and loan associations. cannot have sur
plus funds. Inasmuch as all their funds
belpng to the members, and maybe with,
drawn at will, The act of .July 1917
he said, permits PennsyhanlaVo'rpora.
lions to Invest "surplus funds" In Gov
ernment bonds.
SAY HE ROBBED RED CROSS
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Flower Vendor Alleged to Have
. Confessed Taking Muslin
Walter Ulrlck. Seenteenth street
above Race, was arrested tollay By detec
tives from Central Station, on the charge
of stealing 2100 yards of muslin, valued
at 1400. from the Southeastern Chanter
of th 'American Red Cross, 1815 Chest-
According to Detective Mahony the
prisoner has confessed. He will be ar-
raigned In the Night Court at City Hall,
wiiivnie iriw ui nowers. He Is
S?'5 JY. 5?aa Yral,vfslts' to: tha
vf? r'lr uiumrtira ior empty hazes.
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FINAL VICTORY
IS VISION THAT
SPURS BRITISH
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Whole Army Moving For
ward With Hope of
Early Peace
NOW SEE SACRIFICE
HAS NQT BEEN VAIN
Second Triumphal Entry of
Bapaumc Is Inspiring to
the Troops
ROSES BLOOM IN RUINS
Gihbs Finds Flowers to Gar
land Helmets of New Zea
landcrs Who Took Town
By PHILIP CIBBS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copirtoht. 31d. hv NVu- York Tlmti Co.
With tho nrltlsh Army on tlio West
ern Front, Aug. 31.
The places captured by the British
in tho last forty-eight hours are so
many that tho mere list of them Is
long, from north of tho Scarpc, where
the Scotsmen nro on tho outskirts of
Plouvaln, after their long and gallant
fighting, to Bullecouit, which thn Lon
doners and West Lancashire troops
took Thursday, going further east
than wo have ever been before, an1
away down south beyond Uapaumo
and toward Poronne.
In the First Army the Canadians,
following up the splendid attack of
tho Londoners, made a now assault
and are within a few hundred yards
of the Drocourt Queant line, .and In
the Third Army tho New Zealandcrs
and other troops are getlng out Into
tho open country and on tho high
giound to the north and cast of Ba
paumc. I picked some roses in Bapaumo,
red rambler loses, which would make
a garland for tho steel helmet of one
of the New Zealand boys, to whom tho
honor is most duo for the capture of
the town. Bapaumo is not a fragrant
place for rose-loveis, and when 1
went Into It early in the morning
whllo a new battle was in progress
outside, German shells were smashing
among tho houses, and theie was a
smell of corruption and high explo
sives in Its ruined streets. But I
noticed how, against a broken wall,
these roses were In bloom, nnd marl
golds and sweet Williams among the
red brick dust of tho ruins. I picked
a bunch out of sheer maudlin senti
ment, for theio is sentiment about tho
recapture of Bapaume for all the
British soldiers and for me.
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Second Triumphal Entry
It Is the second time wo have enter
ed it In triumph after stern fighting
up a long, long trail. I shall never
forget the thrill of that first entry, on
March 17 of iastear, when I had tho
luck to go In with tho Australians i'p
the long road from Albert, past Pozl.
eres and Le Sar and the Butte Jo
Warlencourt, and those frightful
places whoie thousands ot British had
fallen on the way. It seemed then
that Bapaumo was the goal of victory,
and, In spite of the dreadful sights
about, one's spirit rope as one passed
each shell crater and drew nearer to
tho town.
A repetition of experiences is never
qulta so fresh In censation as the first
adventure, yet to get again Into Ba
paumo after its loss last March, when
the German army came rolling the
tide back over the Somme battlefields,
was a thing worth doing. It was
another landmark of history, made
this time by the New Zealanders and
English regiments fighting besido
them.
I s"et out early to get there, and
saw the dawn rise for this new day
of war. The fields were pale In the
first light of day, and there was a
white mist over all the war zone until
It was soaked up by tho rising sun.
Tho battlefields appeared ghastly In
this whitish glamour, with dew ding
ing to the strands of barbed wire ahd
to all'the tall thistles growing rankly
In the unreaped cornfields, all cut up
..1,1m twA.,..!. n4 t...l1 .B.n,.VH
Supply trains puffed through the
desolation of those old battlefields
with long trails of white smoke nnd
truckloads of shells for the new bat
tles. Kite balloons rose above the
gray earth and wagged their white
ears aloft.
Camps Are Wakrng Tip
Presently ajong the roads the trans
port came crawling. Labor battalions
came out of their camps, in which
smoky flrea burned, and marched up
to mend road tramped over by Ger
man boots a day or two ago. From
the aerodromes on the way (he Brit
ish flying men were coming out for
the first flight of the mornings, and
winged away Into the dappled sky.
So the world out here awoke o
another day of war, though further
off there was no waking for meti-who
slept.
I went up through Mlraumont and
the valley of the Ancre, across which
the Welsh went wading to capture
the heights of Thlepval on August 2.
oDommawm. s(,
AlR'"aK
Kit xraa,' valley ofabonslnatton. and
AMERICANS TAKE
TWO VILLAGES IN
FIERCE FIGHTING
With French, Sweep Soisson
Plateau to Crony, Gaining Cuf-
Acs and Chavigny
fly the Associated Press
TarK Aug St.
The French nnd American", under or
ders by General Mangln, have adanced
on the plateau north of Solsioni to the
western edge of Crony, taking Cuffles
and Chalgny after ery hard fighting.
The positions won yesterday by the
American force. La Llberte points out,
glp them n fine ov nlong the Chemln-dcB-Danics
The Americans now can
sec the towers of thn Laon Cathedral
Between the Allette and the Alnr and
far to the southeastward nlong the line
of the Ve'le. tho battlefield Is one ast
panorama of fire Here, at the moment
tho Germans are offering tho most des
perate resistance since the Issue In this
sector has a graer strategic bearing
thin anjwherc elo along tho whole
front
With General Mangln's men already
across the Allette on either side of the
lllago of Champs, tho enemy's hold on
Coucy-le-Chatcau Is threatened Coucy-le-Chatcau
Is highly Important to the
Germans as a distributing center of
troops falling back from Noyon and
thoso fighting stoutly on the left bank
of the Allette.
From the crest tt the plateau north
of folssons, shells can be seen bursting
like surf against the German lines
TORPEDO U.S. SHIP;
62 ARE MISSING
Two Submarines Make
Night Attack 700 Miles
Off English Coast
SOME SURVIVORS LAND
VinshlnRtan, Aug 31.
The United States cargo steamship
Joseph Cudnhy was torpedoed at sea
abou 700 miles from the Bngllsh coast
August 17 and sixty-two members of
tho crew are reported missing. Thir
teen were rescued.
1 Two submarines made the attack and
two torpedoes struck the ship, the first
striking the fuel tank nnd the second
the engino room. The captain of the
Cudahy reported that he was taken
aboard one of tho U-boats and ques
tioned. The ship wa3 torpedoed about 12:30
o'clock at night arid apparently went
down quick)). How many, if any, of
the sailors lost their lives In the explo
sions has not been reported. -
The names of the Chilian members of
tho crew hao not been reported Fol
lowing arc the missing members of the
naal guard:
Hdw In F Brezlnskt, boatswain's mate,
Xcenah, Wis ; Stoen Cerstvlk. radio
electrician, Newark, X J ; Godcjard P.
Clarkp, radio electrician Helena.'Mont :
Herbert J Dclg, seaman, Alameda, Cat.;
Herman Fiedler, gunner's mate, Pater
son, X. J ; Wllllnm C. Haack, seaman,
San Francisco ; Kdward Hanneman. tea
man, .Newark, N. J.; Herman Gllck,
gunner's mato, Paterson, X. J. ; Virgil
Hugglns, seaman, Columbus, Ga. ; Duello
M. Lilly, seaman, Los Angeles; Hayden
P Roberts, chief radio electrician, Cleve
land ; Samuel Schoppe. chief boatswain's
mite, Brookln; Harris B Sproles, Lcs
Gatos, Col ; Claude M Stark, seaman,
Appleton, Wis ; Anton M Szudera, Wi
nona, Minn ; William R Suttles, sea
man, L'lmwood, Ga.j LVlward C. Master
son, seaman, St Paul; Sdney L Munro,
seaman, Oakland, Cal ; Klmer F. Xel
son, seaman, San Francisco ; Trank H.
Odcll, seaman, Oakland. Cal ; Miguel B.
Peralta, seaman, Los Angeles, William
L Tyne seaman, SanTranflsco.
An Atlantic I'ort, Aug. 31 A British
freight steamship which arled hero to
day from a Kuropean port brought six
teen members of the American sTtamshlD
Joseph Cudahy, which was torpedoed
and sunk August 17 when westbound.
The suruors (.aid there were sixty-nine
men In the crew and that the fate of the
others was unknown. (The Nay De
partment reported today that sixty-two
of tho crew were missing and that thir
teen had been rescued).
PRESIDENT EXPECTED HERE
May Visit City to Talk for Fourth
Liberty Loan
President Wilson Is expected to visit"
this city on his tour of the United Rt.t.,
to be made within a few weeks to boost
me saien ui iiib luuiiii xioeriy loan
President Wilson, it has hen An
nounced at Washington, has been eager
to do sonic talking direct to the people
of the coun ry, explaining how the
money raised by the other loans has
been expended. His Journey may ex
tend iroin wuaiun iw ami rmncjsco and
from Chicago or een further north to
the Gulf.
HERTLING MAY QUIT POST
German Chancellor's Advanced
Age Given as Cause
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 31, It Is rumored In
Berlin, according to a dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Central News Agency,
that Chancellor on Hertllng- shortly
will retire, owing to his adianced age,
nnd will be succeeded by Dr. W, S.
Solf, the German Colonial Secretary.
AIR RAID FIRED 1000 HOUSES
Heavy Loss Inflicted on Constan
tinople by Allied Aviators
fly ffte United Press
Amsterdam, Aug 29. More than a
thousand houses were destroyed by fire
In Constantinople following an air raid
Tuesday night, according to the Frank
furter Zeltung.
A Turkish communique said there
were few victims and only minor
damage The Allied raiders dropped
manifestos as well as bombs.
WOMAN SHOOTS HERSELF
Suicide Attempt Due to Sickliest, Po
lice Say
Despondency, due to a lingering Ill
ness, It Is said, caused Mrs Carrie
Kammerer. 2642 North Hollywood strest,
to attempt suicide this afternoon. She
snot nerseir over me neari.
The shot was heard by her
Frank, who summoned the police..
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woman w iKn to in woman
MONT KEMMEL CAPTURED
BY BRITISH; FOE RETREATS, i
ON 25-MILE FLANDERS LINE
END IN SIGHT, SAYS LLOYD GEORGE
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 31. Premier Uoyd George has sent the following reply
to a message from Premier Orlando, congratulating the British on their
success in France:
"Since the supreme war council met, there has been a welcome trans
formation In the situation. Thanks to Marshal Foch, the Allied generals
and the troops, tho Germans are now In retreat. Wo feel sure this suc
cess is the beginning of the end of dominance of German militarism."
FESS ACCEPTS CONGRESSIONAL CHAIRMANSHIP
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 Ucjncfeentntivc Fcss, of Ohio,
today accepted the chairmanship of the Republican congiesslon.il
campaign committee, tendcutl him nt Inst night's meeting of the
committee.
MAJOR IIARJES HURT IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
PARIS. Aug. 31. Major Heimnii Hnrjcs, of New Yoik,
foimci high coiumissionei of the Amciicnn Red Ciobs in Tinnc
nnd Belgium, was sciiously injui'd late yesteiday while motoi
ing tiom Vcibaillch to' Talis.
ONE KILLED, FOUR INJURED IN TUGBOAT EXPLOSION
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 31. One man is tepoited killed
and four injuied when a boilci of the tugboat Glen Cove exploded
today. Navy tugboats, which ha&tenid to the scene of the acci
dent, took the wounded to'thc hospitals.
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SENATOR REED'S MOTHER SERIOUSLY ILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Senator James A. Reed, of Mis
souri, has cancelled his anaugement for a trip to tho western
battlcfront and today is huiiylng to the beside of his mothers,
who is sciiously ill nt Cedar Rnpids, In, Senator Reed left
Washington for New York last Tuesday uight while waiting. the
departure of transport that was to carry him nhroad, he tecclved
word of bis mother's llincbs. V
MEXICAN SWEARS AMERICAN SHOT AT HIM
NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 31. Mexican Consul Zertuche today
i obtained an affidavit from Refugio Garcia a Mexican soldier In
Nogales, Sonora, stating that he
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Haig Wins Stronghold
Below Ypres; Pur
sues Enemy
GERMANS QUIT
LYS SALIENT
English Capture Important
Positions and Plunge For
ward Two Miles
TEUTONS BURN STORES; ,
HEAD FOR OLD FRONT
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Foch's Troops Gain Around
Peronnc and Partly En- "
circle Town
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WIN IN ARRAS REGION
French Approach Chauny and
Push Close to
Guiscard ' ''
By the Associated Press
With the British Forces In France,
Augr. 31.
British successes on the . Lyjt
salient sector of('the battlefront hmyo
caused tho Germans to start a re
treat from the neighborhood of Kerrf-
mel to opposite Bethune (a distance,
of twenty-five miles). The wtfti
drawal is progressing rapidly.
The British lines are advancing
speedily on the heels of the enemy.
By the Associated Prest
London, Aug:. 31s
Mont Kemmel, the famous strong,
hold southwest ot ,Yprs. wlitch wefr
ine scene or terriflcnghtlngdB
the German offensive In FTn
laW fivApril, hao beeii'capturedl
he British, according to advices from
the front.
In the captur of Mont Kemmel
(Kemmel Hill) the British have tyon
the height dominating- yearly alt tha
northern side qf the Lys salient. Thia
famous hill was won by the Germans
in April at a tremendous price and
was defended to tho death by th
British and French.
The British have 'sained front one
to two miles on Important sectors of
the Ls salient. ,
Evacuation Probable
As dispatches from the front rerjort
a general German retreat in the Lye
salient. It Is likely that the Germans
evacuated .Mont Kemmel and the Brit
ish rapidly moved In. Messages from
the battle area say that while the.Lya.
salient Is gradually becoming monri
shallow) the enemy is retlrlnir only ''
after applying the torch to his stores
and demolishing what remains of the
nouses.
British patrols are reDorted to ba
in Prnnoutre, nnd on the Scherpenberv
front, southwest of Tpres, enemy
trenches have been taken without op
position.
Apparently the Germans are headed
for the old line which runs In front of
Armentleres and are abandoning all V
the ground In front of it. This move
ment has been more or less forced
because of the British advance In the
south The territory being evacuated
had left a salient so deep that it was
dangerous to try to hold it.
Dranoutrc Entered ,
British forces have entered the vll. I
lage of Dranoutre, south of Locre, on I.
the north side of the Ljr salient, the 11
war odlce announces (Danoutre is "
threj miles northeast of Bailteul.) The .
war ofllce also reported fains north
of Mont Kemmel, since reported cap
tured. ' r
General Halg's forces also have won
Ballleul Station and the hill to the
east Known us L,iue .Mountain.
They hae progressed a mile and
a half east of Ballleul in these opera
tions. '
On the southern side of the salient. .
the British have occupied the village
of La Couture, four miles northeast of
Bethune.
The British hold the line of the
Lawe R,Uer from Vlelle .Chapella to
Lestrcm (three miles noith of La Cou
ture) and have captured both these
villages. They are approaching
Doulleu (four miles noith of LestremV
The English also have Captured a
strong point .Known as the St. Bet-vine f,u,
farm nnrt thn t'lltft(-A tt PtA.nlshb. W.&
north of the Arras Cambral road and. fis-,1
southeast of Arras. St. Servlne trmTlm'
is eight miles southeast of ArretAf JjM
iciorpifiii) is u. nine ijurn ot efe If. v
oervins lurni on jne oensee ttiverj .vO-jig
Close In on Peronne T
The British troops captured Mont, t
St. Quentln and are now moving la r''ylt"
the direction of Bussu, about we -. ,
miles rortheast of Peronne. m,'1'
German troops have been driven iFti
from their positions east or Clery, on vu I
the Somme. two and a half mllee'J
northwest of Peronne, and the Austral 7M
Contlnotd on ran Two, Colmna Ttwe',Yj
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