"i,.. vu-1 i&i . r e T,'-..,M uentng -z i. A'oy Wvhingion, Sept. 2iFair tonight. Tuesday ''partly cloudy, shoicers by night. Central northeast tcindt. TKMPEJIATUIIK AT EACH IIOCR 9 HO I 11 1 12 I II 2 1 3 4 1 S THE EVENING TELEGRAPH 87 188 172 174 177 I I I I I " VfM r ir'i iiJ VOL. IV. NO. 301 rubllshfd Dally Kxrrpt Suwlnr, Subscription rrlee: SO a Tesr by Mall. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918 Entered aa Second-CUa Matter at th rotofriP at Philadelphia, Under tha Act or March 3. 1870. PRICS v.3ir:piii, luia, t-r vno j-uihic jtucrr company. ' f '"-V . ' 1 ' '"' ' 't ,7 1TWT3B lb & tiRK-AND-WIN iprnrr seen in iABOR PARADE S,000 From Shipyards and Munition Plants March in Broad Street WENCH AND BRITISH HEROES AS ORATORS lembers of Military Missions Speak at Liberty Statue in Penn Square )VERALL GIRL IN LINE first Building Erected at Hog Island Carried on Float Fifteen thousand shlpynrd and muni tion workers. Including one lone "over all girl" paraded and countermarched In Broad street today In an Impressive demonstration of labor's solid support of warring America. At the Statuo of Liberty, Broad street and South Penn Squnre. thousands of persons, packed In the short block to Chestnut Btreci', heard addresses by British and French ofllccrs who haye been In the thick of the fighting over seas. Mounted on a big motortruck near the ran of the parade was the first building 'erected at Hog Island, the pi oneer structure of hundreds of build ings that cover the shipyard's huge area. Tho "first building" wns a small frame structure decorated with flags of the Allied nations. Hog Inland workmen perched on top of the little building. 1 Victory Spirit lllaplayed The big I-nbor Day parade was Im pressive, not because of any colorful uniforms, gay banners or Ingenious floats, but becauso of the determination to work arid win evidenced by every one of the marchers. The long column of men marching eight abreast, extending down Broad street as far as tho eye could see, was vlslblo evidence of the workmen who are backing up Pershing with their muscles and skill. The labor parade began at Broad street and Qlrard nvenue at 10 o'clock and marched down Broad street to South -, street, where the participants counter A marched to the Liberty statue. J- 'William Keltcn. a member of the ad- Si 'Yltory council or. mo iNauonui uiumn ?OT-DefenBe, was marsnm. nis omm w ALiitiv Tfiunh t nirhle. general or- fanlier for the American Federation of 2 m .1... HanlMl T akl. nan. presiaenv. ui io v..... . SUnlGTt. ' -" ' British Hero lads Wne( Riding at the head of the long column, ftr h usual nollce escort and band. was Lieutenant F. J. Kersley, of the British Army, a member of the British Military Mission to tho United States. Lieutenant Kersley enlisted at the outbreak of the war. He was wounded three times at Yprea and the Alsne. He was one of the speakers at the Liberty Statue where Major oenerai v--. u. Wil liams, chief of the ordnance department of the army, reviewed the marchers. Many of the marching men are mem bers of tho International Association of S Machinists, which has had thirty-member killed tn action so far. The asso ciation also lost forty-seven memoers when the .Lusltanla was sunk by a Ger man submarine. , , ' 'This Is a shell game where the Kaiser loses," proclaimed a banner car ried at the" head of sceral thousand munition (Workers. " At the head of another detachment marched an Uncle Sam, flanked by an "overall girl" and a male munition worker. Overall Olrl Serene f The young woman munition worker f marched unconcernedly along on hlgh- the banner by "Uncle Sam." She did not wear the bloomers customarily worn by women munition workers, but was ed In a pair or -Drown overalls nd Jumper. -Five hundred workers from Hog 'Island were In line headed by the Hog Island band, me men marcneo coai- '. .i .. w.nvlnv a llvhf mv iBhlrt similar to those worn by Phlladel I !phl))lctter carriers during the summer months. Several thousand workers from Cramps' Shipyard formed on Qlrard ave- ' ma' east of Broad street until they 1 ; swung Into line. As the Cramp workers were turning into me cny s main inor oughfare, a horse ridden by Sergeant Fred Lash, of the traOlo squad, became fractious and tried to bolt. Lash pulled It up suddenly to prevent It from plung ing Into the marchers, and the anlmhl tumbled to Its knees on the car tracks. V It acramoiea io us leei again apq started for the sidewalk, but the police I nrreant mattered It before reached the curbing. fy Aii-punes Fall to Appear ' Saectatat .craned their necks In vain i tor k gllaH" of tho five- airplanes that wr to "Homo " oroan street witn leaf- fi? Jet calling fo co-operatlou between jsor.anu mo nanuii a luuiiitry forces. Arrangements had been made for five army ablators to fly from BusJIeton .with tho, literature. The printed, matter had been ruehecj this morning by"auta- rastlnoe on raie Iwt, Cslamn Twa HUMOR AND THRILLS 'The story that possesses both qualities is a good story. addition it is told simply convincingly it becomes a eat story. mflE GILDtiD MAN" ! n.V miffm-d Smvth. nraveaVlfB ''Kzzrr-J,:'z: .i' rlK v P? ibu a sitanwrjr. .-O lfciiiiataUinfitt.baCrW on What Mayor Plans to Do When Back at City Hall Mayor Smith has plan In mind for pay Increases for patrolmen and firemen. Ho will not discuss fairness of $5 a day for members ot police force. New Recreation Board will bo friendly to appointive power. Gudehus slated for 23000 Job despite possibility of legal tangle. Contract' annulments and annual budgets first questions to, be gono over with department heads. MAYOR HAS PLAN TO SATISFY COPS; RETURNS TONIGHT Won't Go on Record for, or Against $5 a Day in Meantime SURPRISE IN PLAY BODY New Recreation Board Not to Be All Vare Men Is . Assertion Ru a Staff Correspondent 8troudaliiirir, .Sept. 2. Mayor Smith today refused to go on record na opposing or approving ?5 a day for policemen. Ho declared he has a plan of his own to satisfy the men who now work long hours at traffic and other duties for ?3 and $3.50 a day. The same Is true of firemen, who work longer hours for even less pay. Mayor Smith will return to Philadel phia tonight, and among other problems will complete the organization of a rec reation bonrd. A surprise 13 In store for politicians who think tho appointees nil will be out-and-out Vara men. Although the complete board may not bo an nounced at once, the appointments will bo made In time to have the new board O. IC the Mayor's candldato for super visor of playgrounds when the present acting supervisor takes up other educa tional work. Will Confer With Wllaon The Mayor's attitude on pay Increases can best bo construed by his' promlso V delegations of policemen and firemen to do his best far them In tho nature of an Increase This would appear to sliow that he .favors a compromise rather than thepaynirged as- fair by' the"EvEN:no PurCjC'iLEopKn,., Aluch depends ,upcn the attitude of tCIrector Wilson o'f.tlie Department of Fublla Safety1, he said to ay, in referring the Inquiry as to pay Increase plans, to that odlctnl. The Mayor based his refusal to ex press himself for or against ?5 a day on the fact that in the near future he expects to obtain from department heads an outline of their views on salary In creases that will be urged before Coun cils as a part of the 1919 program. Oudfliaa Personal Cliplce The Mayor's candidate for playground supervisor Is Edward It. Gudehus, form er private secretary to Senator Vare. Tho failure of the old board to approve his selection forced the ssuo and led to the dismissal of three members and the resignation of another. Mayor Smith believes city boards over which he has appointive power should function In sympathy with the desires of that powei or quit. Ho means to make the appointment ot Qudehus on personal grounds nnd not as a political favor to Senator Vare, who. If tho facts Were known, has shown little Interest In the fate of his former secretary's ofnceholdlng ambitions. That the new board will be a Smith board and not wholly a Varo one, was made evident today, when one of the Mayor's closest personal and political friends said: "The new members of the recreation board will be friends of Mayor Smith and not out-and-out Vare henchmen. Will Reapect Mayor'a Wlahea "They will be perfectly capablo of governing the playgrounds and recrea tion colters and will differ from the old In that they will not inelet on arbitrary actions that would embarrass and go counter to the desires of the appointive powers. "Because the Mayor has not received a definite acceptance from one of tho new members, he still declines to make public the personnel of the board that Is expected to place Qudehus at the head of the playgrounds. Gudehus will be appointed, despite the Implied threat of the Playground Association to test the appointment In the courts." While on hlx vacation the Mayor has given no consideration to questions In? volved In the proposed cancellation of a number of contracts becauseyOf the contractors' inability to obtain materials and labor. This work he plans taking up at once upon reaching bis desk In City Hall tomorrow. The most lmiortant con tracts ttrat are awaiting final disposition have to do with transltand highway and server cpnstructlon work. It was with the utmost reluctance that the Mayor permitted himself to be led Into thinking or discussing anything more serious than golf or swimming. He enjoxed a final round of golf at the Shawnee course yesterday afternoon. Every member, of the Smith family Is Improved In health by the long outing. U.S. TROOPS FIGHTTNgTn EAST Americans Join Other Allies on Siberian Front By the United Prets Vladivostok, Sept. 2. American troops arrived here Friday and have Joined tho Allied forces fighting toward Ilabarevsk and Irkutsk. The enemy l retreating. Toblo,' Aug. SI. Oenerai Semenov'a anti-Bolshevik troops have-captured Dau. rla. on the Ussurl Illver, and the Jap anese have, captured Slmakovka, east of Lake Hanka, It was learned here to day. The enemy left 300 dead on the Meld at Slmakovka. , Fifty Japanese were killed and 120 wounded in tho CAPTIVES TEN TIMES MORE THAN LOSSES Australians Make Record of War in August Fighting TAKE MORE THAN 1000 AT MONT ST. QUENTIN Rapid Work in Bringing Up Guns Big Factor in Victory LONTJON TROOPS PRAISED Take Bullecourt After Hard Battle, Aided by Tanks and Whippets By PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covvrloht, lDtS, bv Xew York Tfmr Co. With the British Army. Sept. 2. Peronne has fallen In consequence of the Australians' brilliant attack Saturday which resulted In the cap ture of Mont St. Quentln and pris oners to at least 1000. There seemed more than that to me when I saw batches of them coming back over the battlefield nnd down the tracks from the fighting Hno when I wept.up to look at the progress of this action. Tho first batch I saw certain ly numbered 200. marching with their officers ahead under escort of mounted Australians. They came tramping through tho tall thistles that have grown between the Rhell craters and barbed wlro nnd old trenches of that wide desolation which stretches on both sld'es of tho Somma for many miles, strewn with the frightful ruin's of villages black and fretted against the skyline. The German officers walked gloomily In advance of their mcVi, not Rpeaklng to each other, not looking much at the scenes around them, nor at the Australian soldiers moving their guns forward, but staring at the road ahead of them in gloomy thoughtful ness. Lons Line of Prisonem A little lateI'sttVAwn'o'nB' of the tracks comtnir away from' Cleryjjnd our lines about the Somme, tinder heavy shell flro by tho enemy ntthe time, a long, dark, winding column, "More prisoners," said a friend of mine, and wo were startled by tho large number of men. There was something llko a battalion of these field-gray men, with about a dozen of their own officers leading them, and they came down tho track in good marching order, ns though on their own side of the lines. A fairly sturdy lot they looked to mc, for better than those I saw outside Bapaume. and they had put up a strong fight against the Australians and were not taken as easily as far as that went, though with amazingly light looses among their captors. Again their officers looked downcast and sullen. One of the fine features of tho cap ture of Mont St. Quentln was the rapid way In which the Australians moved their guns forward over the Somme and fired at close range on tho enemy. ThU was largely due to the work of their engineers at the river crossings. At ono of these they dls cpvered several land mines laid by thb Germans, with trip wires artfully con cealed, but they routed tlfein. out and prevented their explosion. ' Port of the secret of the light Aus tralian losses in this attack was the irauuu .. . . , nulck way in which they dived Into the German trenches before clearing them eettlng sneiter mere uner iney had taken 150 prlsonors, so that the hall of machine-gun bullets passed, .harmlessly over their heads. In the fighting from August 26 until Saturday morning they took fully ten times moje than their own total cas ualties, which must be a record In this war. Corporal Takes German Post The Individual gallantry of the men reached tho high summit of audacity, as when an Australian corporal In a recent action one day heard his com rades debating how they could destroy an enemy post which was giving them, great trouble and said to them, "That's all right: I'll take It." He slipped one Mills bomb In his pocket, crawled through tall cprn, Jumped Into the German trench, felled the first man he saw, and by sheer force of spirit so cowed the garrison of the German post that one officer and thirteen men surrendered to him.' It Is in the center of our battlefront, by Bullecourt and Ulencourt and Ecoust and Vracourtt now recaptured by us, that the enemy has been put ting up the fiercest resistance and that our men have had hard and bitter fighting. .rj J have narrated how our iUmdon lads captured Crolsllles a few days ago ,.a went on to Bullecourt, which they SCENE OF BIG BATTLE IN FRANCE OSTENLV r atMA'.v uva. r i V00iAE2Eil.EeSr iiiSy n winjWfc" jp Bethune p V 'laBassee 1 V ofc SCarr"- N? i$&H 1 AL&zfraU?- i wr i i" -o' x f 'V . I ' .ri 1L. The outstanding news today from the net front is the penetration by the Canadians of llie Queant-Drorourt ewitch line (the Wotmi line) of the Germans, as indicated on the aboe map. The Canadians have readied Cagnicourt, astride the Wotan line. In the Ypres hcrtor Ameri can troops have made their whereabouts known by the rapture of Voor meezle. The solid line on the above map represents the battle line today. The broken line is the Hindenburg line 3 CITY SOLDIERS KILLED, 10 HURTi Officer From Here Missing, According to Casualty List PRISONERS ARE LOCATED tr? ; ' 7 Philadelphia Soldiers in Today's Death List Sergeant Jerry Forbes, 363 Vine street. Private John Grejbcr, 502 South' Water street. Private John EllwootI Meyers, 473 Pool! avenue, Roxborough. September 2, 1918. Thn full Itat nf rnaimltlr annnunrtit today by the War Department la printed on page 0. Three Philadelphia soldiers are dead, eleen have been wounded and an oftl cer Is missing, according to the day's casualty Vsts. Thirty enlisted men. previously re ported tnlsslng. are now offllclally an nounced to have been taken prisoner, haIng been located at Camp Lagensalza, Germany. These men were captured during the heavy fighting between July 15 and 18, when tho Americans and French stopped the German drive at the Marne. The official list released for the morn ing papers toaay contains 336 names, tw'enty-nve being rrom the state of Pennsylvania There are 31S names on the list released for the afternoon papers toaay, iwemy-one oeing irom Pennsyl vanla. Tne grana total for the day Is 654. A majority of the dead on today's list are from western regiments, khowlnir western regiments, I that the Pennsylvania troops are being ... dvlB, ' " R sections of the country have taken up . me Duraen, The list of wounded, missing and nrfs. oners follows: ,, wouynun Hergearit William L. Klckurd, 4258 Powelton avenue. Kersmnt I.. 11. Skaen, 1673 Cumber land street. 1'rlvate John II. llavln, 2132 South Daggett street 1'rltate John Define, 20 Magazine lane. Private Julio Marola, 1815 South Hicks street. i'rlvate William J. KeUy, 640 Naudaln ctreet. rrlMite Kdwin T. Oelach, 506 North Fifth street.' Private Enrico Monto, 814 South Twelfth street I'rlvate Charlea .Douclaa, 4,20 North Fifty-second street. l'rttata Kdtvard Y. Fltigerald, 5636 Helskell street. I'rltate I.ouU A. Oatertar, 1525 Palmer street. MIS8INO Lieutenant Cliarlm C, Hclirandt, 2513 South Cleveland avenue. CAHUAI.TIKH FROM XEAR1JY POINTS Private Joarph h. Vetnlrk, 1030 Me chanic street, Caniden, wounded. Canadian army raaualtleai W. Mc Callum, wounded. No residence ad dresses given by Canadian authorities. The following eamialtles have been Continued on rate Two, Column Fire THE WEATHER VAE Fair tonfpTic, but that a wetting It due tomorrow veil toe fcnoto, amter9fjf,:E..,WhiAit,gttlHa . BRUGES o jriourout. AMERICANS TAKE, VOORMEZEELF Cpttrtrat' BRITISH CROSS WOTAN LINE tkJT JtriLounf. BWENCQtiar- fgLETKANSLOY LeCaieau. "A Dio ri r $2.20 FOR WHEAT FIXED BY WILSON Present Minimum Retained for 1919 Commission to Adjust Price $2.39 ICL.PHILADELPHIA By the Associated Press Washington, Sept. 2. By proclamation Issued today. Pres ident "Wilson set 82.20 a bushel ns the minimum price guaranteed by the Government for the 1919 wheat crop. This continues the 1918 price. A dis interested commission, tho President states, will be appointed next spring to see whether the Increased cost of farm labor and supplies would Justify m Increase above that price, but the Increased price, If granted, will apply only to those who have sold their 1918 uhe.it. Possibility of peace before the mid dle of 1920 wus Indicated, in n mema randum written by tho President and accompanying the proclamation, as a factor In the determination of the President to maintain the present prlco for the 1919 crop. Mr. Wilson says that If tho war ceased, Europe would use cheaper wheat now in the southern hemisphere and the United States would then risk losing 500, 000,000 through Its guarantee of price, which Is necessary to assure the world bread. The proclamation fixes as reasonable guaranteed prices for No. 1 northern spring wheat and Its equivalents at the principal primary markets the follow ing: New York. $2.39 V4 : Philadelphia. $2.39 ; Baltimore and Newport News, $2.38 i ; Duluth, $2.22 H: Minneapolis, $2.21 M ; Chicago, $2.26 ; St. Louis, $2.24 ; Kansas City and Omaha, $2.18; New Orleans and Galveston, $2.28; Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, Astoria, San Fran cisco and Los Angeles, $2.20; Salt Lake City, Great Falls, Focatello and Spo kane, $2. The President's memorandum sas: "In Issuing today the Government's guarantee of the same price for the 1919 wheat crop that was guaranteed for the 1918 crop, I wish It to be understood that tn the spring of 1919 I will appoint a disinterested commission who will secure for me the facts by that time dis closed as to the Increased cost of farm labor and supplies, using the three-year pre-war aerago prices of wheat, of labor and of supply cotts as a basis, and that from this Information I shall determine whether there should be an Increase In price above the present level and. If so, what advance, In order to maintain for the farmer a good return. Should It Contluutd oil Tare Tno, Polumn Betrn U-BOAT SINKS TWO SCHOONERS Twenty Survivors of One and Five of Another Reach Port By the Associated Press St. John's, X. V Sept. 2. Twenty men from the fishing schooner b Isle Por ter, of Lunenburg. N. S., and Ave from the schooner J'otentatc, of La Have, JvT. S, landed hVr today, reporting that their vessels were sunk by a German submarine last Friday. The captain of the Porter was held a prisoner on the submarine. MEXICANS KILL U. S. OFFICER Customs Inspector Murdered by Smugglers on Border By the Associated Press nrown.vllle, Tex.. Sept 2. Customs Ofllqer Fred Tate was slrot and killed by alleged Mexican smugglers last night on tha main road two miles north of Brownsville. He aJ tro other officers HAIG BREAKS THRO DROCOURT-QUEANt IN SWEEPING VICT Americans Win in Belgium Capturing Voormezeele U. S. Troops Defeat Germans in First Battle on King Albert's Soil, Taking Several Points By the Associated Press With the British Army In Flanders, Sept 2. In their first fighting tn Belgium the Americans captured Voormezeele and several strong German positions In thnt Immediate vicinity. On their entrance into Voormezeele tho lnva. ders found that all that remained of the town were plies of debris, for the shell tin had been so Intense thnt I hardly one brick was left standing I upon nnother. As the Americans advanced German rear guards from what little cover remnlned opened up with their machines suns, but these were quickly silenced without much trouble. Else whero In the sumo locality the Amer icans nlso advanced the line, keeping In contact with the retreating enemy. Counter-attacks by the Germans re sulted In their gaining little more than a slight foothold, which In evcrv case was quickly loosened by British and American re attacks. In most places AIR RAIDS BOOST GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE i GENEVA, Sept. 2. German insurance companies hv raised their rates 38 per cent since 1 10 Allied pir raids started. It is also learned that a recent raid si t tire to thcrallway station at Innsbruck, -which was burned. Tue chateau of the German painter, Welfeusteln was Mown to pieces by a bomb. All articles in German ncwBpapemegarding the jaids are being censored. LENINE NOW REPORTED OUT OF DANGER AMSTERDAM Sept' 2. According to a dispatch received here today from tho official Russian telegraph agency, Nikolai Xcnlne,-ihEuasiaarhler,.-wuo-witsBhot -Friday- night "by n Russian fcinalo rovdlutlonlst and whe was reported t6 have auc- cunibed to his wounds, is out of danger. LABOR CONGRESS CHEERS GOMPERS Ogtlen, English Leader, Raps Britain for Opposing Peace Conference URGES ENDING OF WAR Wy the Associated Press Derbj, l'.njr., Sept. 2. Samuel OompciK. president of the American Federation of Labor, met with a fouflng rccptlon this morning when he arrived at Central Hall for tho an nual trades union congrets. It was not only a Jubilee, but by far the most representative congress ever held by members of the British Labor party, upward of 800 delegates being prosent. President J. W. Ogden on opening the congress said, despite tho dltUcult, dis heartening and uncongenial Industrial and economic Influences and conditions associated with the four years of war, the congress numerically was stronger than at any period in its history. President Ogden told the delegates It was the duty of workers to take advantage of eery opportunity that might present Itself for a termination of the war. That did not mean, how ever, he said, that the seeker of peace sought n dishonorable peace, or a ieace at any price, but a peace that would secure for future generations Immunity from the present horrors. The speaker deplored the refusal of the Government to Is'ue passports for an international labor and social con ference. He added that the aim of the workers Bhould be to get together as a means of settling disputes. That was why he aiUocated Internationalism be tween tho workers of the world. As a rcface to the trades union con grew, an antl-pacllst meeting was held In the rnai lie t suuare yesterday. A reso lutlon was adopted congratulating the Kntente armies and navies on the mag nificent Ictories they have recently gained, opposing any terms of epace with the Teutons until the Hohenzollerns and llapsburga have been overthrown and militarism completely crushed, and pledging to support the Allied cause un til victory la assured. Captain James O. Grady, member ot Parliament fcr the East Division of Leeds, telegraphed from Ireland that he was unable to be present owing to the "extraordinary recruiting going on in rolonel Will Thorne, Social Democratic memberof Parliament for the south dl vision of "West Ham, said he believed Germany would riot only offer the status nuo anta bellum In the west, but would give AUace to Franca ',n return for a tree hand in, the east. "But rather than accept a peace of wit und." Colonel Thorne said. "I - ... a- u. .wln.J Ml.. Vr the Germans did not oven get a foot hold, for the mlvnnclng formations wero met with hurricanes of fire, under which thev melted away. By the Associated Prew Tarls, Sept. 2. Trench tioops last night marie ad ditional progress on the front north of Rolssons, gaining ground In the woods west of Coucv-le-Chnteatt, the War OfTlcc nnnouneed todnv. An ad vance nl.o was scored In this region to Hie i-nat nf Pont St. Mard. The Germans twice counter-attacked along the Canal du Xord. at tho vll- tnoiJago of Cnmpngne. but the French pusiuuus WtTG JliUllll.UIIl.-U. By the United Press 1-nrlH. Sept. 2. With French outposts at the gates of Couey-le-Chateau (less than tw(j miles from the Hindenburg line), Franco-American troops are advancing westward along tho road toward Laon, the most Important point behind this section of the Hindenburg line. All the woods between the Allctte rnd Chauny and the railroad In that vicinity hae been occupied ALLIES SLOWLY GRINDING AHEAD Troops at Extremes of Hin denburg Line Have Stern Experiences RENTER YIELDS MOST By G. H. PERMS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Coiiurlnht. J.iJS, bv New Vork Time Co. With the French rniy. Sept, 2. Two features which I have alrpady In dicated continue to characterize the struggle, and are even accentuated a more determined German resistance at the extremes and a more yielding temper at the center. South of the Allette, General Mangln's French and American troops are having the snrit stern experience as the British in the face of the Drocourt-Qucant line In the north. There lies before me the text of an army order In which General von der Marwltz, before the present predicament, severely took his officers to task for not having obeyed his urgent Instructions to get their attack by defense organised In depth, which system he described as "an absolute necessity." Well, there Is no question now of defense In depth on the moors north of Solssons. A German paper describes the German Hpe there as a wall, and the enemy Is Indeed fighting as though with his back to the wall, as though It was unsafe to yield a single yard before such a force of artillery as the French have here brought to bear. This Is a very costly form of defense, and It is not made less so by massed counter-attacks. There has been a most satisfactory expenditure of German reserves belong ing to good divisions, and If the French advance is neither rapid nor extensive the pressure Is unremitting. - Clrrcmc Aim 'ow Clear The general aim of the Oerman staff Wiv seems pretty clear. It Is to delay the approach of the French to the old fortified German positions baptized In the names of the heathen deities and heroes Wotan, Siegfried and com pany and to hold tho assailants before them till winter, when they hope the Allies will be tired enough to listen to talk of a bargain. When I look over the hills to Laffaux and Marshal and the Chemln.des Dames, It la with' t. shivering recollec- CwtlaoeJ a ? Hw. C'WM 8t r ,-. ,. . ?t" Canadians if j i ' BlowOutfl denfotirg$ t ' ''rwi-Lj 9.1VTTTT? GPF3 IS El Attack Threatens man Positions Frd e '&? oea to mami i. 'if? MANY CAPTIVESil ON FIVE-MIJU Switch Which Cum brai and '. Piercedl NEUVE EGLISEl i Allies Mnlro FrJ. in Flanderkt ,ivJi Picardy H-'S TTS By the Associated Canadian troops morning astride the "Ar road on a front of fii broke through the ima court-Queant switch of "i burg lino on a front ? mu vvanaaians are : in Dury (eigkmiles.-wpi .., im lugu n,, nave,! western edge of Cjagnii mnes northeast of sidcrable fighting is the high ground be$ ataing (two miles : A large number.of "i been taken prison'fl ing s progressing'ttS Allipo SWHS 1 """" "iltl In their forward pus uuians met stubborn res Germans had seven divl 90,000 men) massed oni nve miles. t ! The taking of the'j line, in which ta considered of enl if the British gains. Very heJ pected, but it wi and considered 19 the enemy. Remove ine uerman rl court-Queant swl known as the'"' the chief Hlndenl of Arras, to ke armies from Dou the vital railroad! Douai-Cambral-Vall Dury, which haa 1 Allies, is twer miles! line. The HlndenburgJ entirely outflanke tremity. Further Doual nnd Cambrai" whole German line fro to beyond Rhelms. New Attack I General Halg, in rP attack today, which exw the Scarpe, says Caladlan'l troops are maWng'"goo4r To the northwest otu village of Rlencourt-t and the German posit that village were captu by the British, togeth hundred prisoners, Gen nounces. "Vl The British advance all bral-Bapaume road is co this road the British arWi tho village of Beuim"v'3 "-tfa. miles northeast of Bapaw not yet dennltely. captu Noi-culi Capts Tha capture of NoreuBf-j between Bapaume and,tb reported today. Le Transloy, the Iron - Conrludid ea Pac 128,302, Men Wnn ., KVnVit v By theAsiiitU a r Paris, Se'pi, '2. TJ . on the western front : a total of 128.W3 JuJjrAlgH .! omcuu suta same- parted tbrowm MLf baitl. " , l Av1 ''.4 . lt-' k.v-1--- . . ' j. - .I j,,mi- .".l. y-z-ff'MmLi. steepen a waenui"r.ruu iu,i m.
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