v t . . ""f 3- ' T -s:?",.. ;Kf r1,ir;i.' fzuentncj public merger ja. w ;n v"A I rirc:rffJirflR A mi am IV Washington, Sept. 3. Showers to night, probably followed by loir and cooler Wednesday. TEMrntATCitr. at CAcn nocR 'CLOSING STOCK JMitLM& 9 110 111 113 I II 2 1 I 4 1 61 THE EVENING TELEGRAPH . - 7, l6 1 8SI g 171 174 I VII 77 178 I I I jL P'VOL. IV. NO". 302 Publish til Cally Except Sunday. Subscription Trice! IB Tear by Mall. Coroneht, 1018. i-y tna Public Lfdcfr Company. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918 Entered aa Second-Clam Matter at the rotoftlc at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the. Act ot March 3, 1870. PRICE TWO CI LENS AND QUEANT FALL; HAIG GAINS 4 MILES rt m le l I li ON 20-MILE FRONT: TAKES 10.000 PRISONEi X IX i Ai;.-, l ws sCZECHSGAIN KJMAAHlMlIUll BY AMERICA a ' 1. 1 TJ- r jbansinc irruciaiins na- ti R tional Slovak Council as It, Belligerent Government FO PROSECUTE WAR ON COMMON ENEMY POISONED BULLET HITS LENINE Drastic Measures Taken to Pre vent Further Attempts Copenhagen, Sept. 3. Tho bullet fired by Dora Kaplan, tho Russian girl ter rorist, at Nikolai Lenlne was an explo sive poison missile, according to a dis patch to tho Hamburger Fremdenblatt from Helslngfors. Tho attempted assassination of Ie nlne has been followed by drastic meas ures en the part of tho authorities In Moscow, nccordlng ,to the Helslngfors correspondent of the Hamburg Fremden blatt. Tho following proclamation has been Issued by M. Peters, chief of the extra ordinary commission In the Russian cap ital: "Tho criminal adventures of our cn omles force us to reply with measures of terror. Every person found with a weapon in hln hand Immediately will be executed. Every person who agitates against the Soviet Government will bo arrested and taken Into a concentration camp and all his private property will do seized. Jnited States Strikes IJeavy Blow for Freedom From Hapsburg Yoke U "A PEOPLE IN ARMS" Masaryk Notified of Action. Fifth Ally to Grdet Strug gling Nation ift ; By the Associated Press Washington, Sept. 2. The United States has recognized the Czecho-Slovak peoples ns a co belligerent nation In the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Prof. T. Q. Masaryk, president of the Czecho-Slovak National Council and fife "commander-in-chief of the Czecho- j. aiovaK armies ngniing in itussn, JS- Franco and Italy, met Secretary Lan- ? Rlni? Tit thri Rtntn Tlpnnrtmpnt ni nnnn ? . r . ." . " toaay anu was rormany notiueu or President Wilson's action. Great Britain, France and Itnly al ready have recognized tho Czecho slovaks and Japan has given Implied recognition liy participation In the In ternational Siberian expedition, which la .aiding the Czechoslovaks and loyal islana- lh-re-eMftbllshIng th,e-easii 5 front. The headquarters of the nation Rj? are' at present in Parls.f but Its terri 35k!' torlat" '"boundaries Includo Bohemia, hi Moravia and a norfion'of Gallcla. all i . .. nr linrlnp AiiniclflnLilnmlnntlnn T- .. ... ..Mutt . UW..........W... &' Peonlo In Anus In extending recognition, Secretary Lansing said: "The Czecho-Slovak peoples halng taken up arms against tho German nnd Austrian empires, and having placed or ganized armies In the -field which are waging war against those empires un der officers of their own nationality and In accordance with the rules and prac- M T-"- H. IStV Ire ws ivf- PHILA. MAN DIES HERO IN FRANCE HOUSE TAKES UP ! WAR-WINNING TAX MEASURE TODAY, I Bill Committee Approved Is Estimated to Yield $8,012,792,000 j i FUNDS OF MINORS HIT! ;i Excess Profits to Yield Most, Incomes .Next, Corpora tions Third Nine Others From Here Wounded Four Are Missing CAMDEN MAN IS HURT Philadelphia Soldier in Today's Death List Private Charles A. llcalls, 615 North Thlrtythlril street. Sepfcmocr S, 1918 ;n s vzi ,i ft rsr Cft The full Hat of caanoltlea annonnred today by the War Department la printed on page 13. One more Philadelphia!! has died a hero In France, nine are reported wound ed and four are among the missing In the advance of the American regiments. Today's two casualty lists Include the names of the wounded and missing.' The death of the fourteenth FhllaWlphlan wijs;, reported ?1bVj-.tl Wa.?Iepartrnent nireciiy to we man s family. A Camden man has been wounded In the .fighting, according to word received from tho War Department, but tho nature of his Injuries has not been determined. Tho casualty list made public for the morning newspapers contains 492 names and includes twenty-eight. Pennsylvanl ans. The afternoon newspaper lists total BOG names, with forty-two from the State-at-largo. The list of wounded and rrilssing follows: Washington, Sept. 3. Under the new war revenue bill, favorably reported to the House to day by the Ways nnd Means Commit tee, the American people will pay In taxes approximately $8,012,792,000 of this year's estimated war cxpendltmo of $24,000,000,000. The remainder of nearly $16,000,000,000 will be left to posterity In the form of bonds. Most taxes provided in present revenue measures were substantially increased and new Items were added, including many luxuries nnd a war profits tax recommended by President Wilson. Nearly $5,500,000,000 of the taxes will come from excess and war profits and Individual and corporation Incomes. Comes Up Next Week Agreement was reached by the House to begin work on the bill next Friday. Representative Kitchln said his idea was not to have any general debate, but to take the measure up for amendment from the start, esti mating that It can be passed by tho House and sent to the Senate within ten days. In tho meantime the House Is ex pected to finish consideration of the water-power bill, unless tbo wartime prohibition measure pending in the Senate iinte'rVenes.-". Mr."Kltc;hln tenld Americans Win by Cutting Away Acres of Barbed Wire Willi the American Army in France, Sept. 3. Tho American troops reached tho embankments of the Bethune-Solssons roadway by literally cutting their way through acre after acre of barbed wire tho work of two great armies. In gaining the mad the Americans passed over great open places consisting of on Immense net work of wire. The first slre entanglements had been strung by the French. Then the Germans came along nnd for their own protection erected an ad ditional wlio system. LA0N IN PERIL AS AMERICANS TAKE LEUILLY , Troops of Mangin and Per ! shine Bite Into Chemin-dcs-Dames SCENE OF BIG BRITISH VICTORY HIGH GROUND GIVES j U. S. FORCES VANTAGE, Coucy-lc-Chateau Outflanked i by U. S. Forces With French Army ; FORCING WITHDRAWAL! Sherman, of Illinois, I t i. A ,i.j:.t:' Mancin's Command Crosses St. xjuauua iviiiuiiiinii uiiviii o WILSON ASSAILED BY SENATE CRITIC RNAl- n t t r. i it a - 3 11 M.M 1J aU VB - Htttly FALLS . ST"-? TV"0! To fidTs yi BRITISH 1 J& '" ' ) 2ST GERMAN'S Jf ,(JJ i H as j yEP V.tn V VrAL TRWNGLe f t!Sj A OF DtirENSE r X J- i wT Vr-" '-v 771 7 v y" I f BulWt J?UEANT "JAMBRAI ' I M.r.l W BRITISH l V-S. v. LAKUIHh T QutANT t 5 ,o jtjTraBtlo ; - tJ ' u 'Sordid Politics" COL. HOUSE PILLORIED Qncutin Road After Bit ter Fighting Jy the United Prei ' I Paris, Sept. 3. By the Anocialrd Press j The French are biting Into the west- WiiHlilnnlnn, Sept. 3. ' em edge ot the Chemln-dcs-IJnmcs, In a set speech on what he called having reached I.nffaux Mill (six and "unofficial and Personal government." one.,)alf mcs northeast of Solssons). Senator .Sherman, of Illinois, llepubll-' can. mart a e.ithtnir attack In tho Sen- (Americans are assisting tho French ato today on President Wilson and his on this front.) administration and, particularly. Colonel The Germans are energetically de friend a'nd'adMser I're'"ldcnt's rersonal , fending their positions toward Lion. ' Wltharon"cn "references to the I'fcsl- Tlle Oerman rear guard countcr-nt-dent's recent statement that politics Is tacked five times north of the Aibne adjourned, tho Senator asserted th.it, without success. haUng elected the President "almost 1 eleCarteau. ao ( Ao bcala of Ml lea The fall of Lrn and of Qucanl, the t-oulliern terminus of the auntcd Wotnn line of llie Germans is an ontftniiding event in today's ncs from the vest front slnglehandedv" Colonel House nnd n co terie of Texas politicians "are In the saddle and they are doing politics in tho sanro old way." Under pretense of war powers, ho said, the administration Is placing con trol of the countrj- In tho hands of a few politicians and labor lender?. t he used, relentlessly for tho election of party candidates noy.aid a Tresldon In i.t.Ht u .Ai.it.iiu 1111 lu Moilir mqn " " uit?BEi wiu fi uiiiuiiiyii uiu o icau; ...... WOUNDED 4531 tires of civilized national and "The Czechoslovaks having, In prose- I co?tOTBPt"i i"rU""1 nU,Ck CUtlon of their Independent purposes in Corporal Kdurard riieattrortH, orth Fifty-seventh street. C25 Llppln- Corporal Iienjamln John Dlttenbendrr, Ife the present war, confided supreme polltl-, 2103 South Simpson street. If j al authority to the Czecho-Slovak Na- ' PrUale Cllfforii white, 12 I j tional Council ; 50 N'orth Fifty-seventh street. Private Morris Greenbergr. 123 New street. Prlsate Joaepli Coy, J010 South Ran- 'The Government of the United States t recognizes that a state of belllEerencv x .i uA... nA i.a n.nnhr..oin.-.i.u .u.. dolph street. t.. r.tc.. ... .v..w .m,0, luua ir,nto Simon Klonen, 5270 Columbia 'J organized, and the German and Austro- avenue. Hungarian empires. Prlsate Sylveater F. Ilamll, 2132 Mon- ..,,. I mouth street. v Kecocnliea Council - Private Barnurl T. Mlalr, 3017 Coral "It also recognizes the Czecho-Slovak ' street. National Council as a de facto bclllger-j Ml.SHING ent government clothed with proper au- , , . ,.,, ...... .. t Corporal Francla J. lljrne, 2125 West mumy id uncci in, iiiiiiii uuu iJuiin- somorBet street. cal affairs of the Czecho-Slovaks. "The Government of the United States further declares that It is prepared to enter formally Into relations with the de facto government, thus recognized for tht purpose of prosecuting the war -sgalnfct the common enemy, the empires of'Gcrmany and Austria-Hungary.'' The Czechp-Slovaks are two divisions of" a race now estimated to number about 8.600.0QO people. They lived In Southern Central Europe long before the advent of Christianity and. In spite of generations of subjugation, have suc cessfully resisted Germanlzatlon. Prague, their chief city. Bttl Is distinctly Czech. and the national feeling has remslned strong throughout the original territory to be fanned Into name by the hopes aroused by the war. The chief armies of the nation are the forces which wero fighting with the Russian's, and, refusing to disband when the Russians fell to pieces, made their way Into Siberia, hoping to reach France ana lane tneir piace on tne western front. Attacks by the Rolshe vlkl, leading former Austrian and Ger man prisoners, iiirnea tne wzecno Slovaks Into a fighting force around which loyal Russians might rally. MUIES TAKE POSTS SOUTH OF ARCHANGEL , , By the Associated Press London. Se'pt. 3. Entente Allied troops in northern Kuropejn Russia, aided by Russian forces, on Aujsist aj fcapfured the enemy's positions north of hhnxerskava. seveniy-nve miles south. It Afi-TianB-el. nccordlnir to nn nfllelat fport issued toda by the British Wor The caDrured position was- consoll. lated and a subsequent enemy counter- ItaCK was rfi)uiru wish iiruv) iosbch. IThe Alltea troops are pusning on to OheersKaya.u me huiis ui ine Auiea norea train are seri- eucuuve in me hting. Corporal Albert II. Owlnner. E Xorth Nineteenth Btreet. Private John ltller, 1441 South How. ard street. Private John O'Neill, 3223 Lombard street. CASUALTIES FROM NKARTIY POINTS Cook Oawln Klein, Jr., 3606 Federal street, Camden, wounded. Sketches of the Heroes Private Charlea A. llealia, reported by the War Department as having died of wounda received In action. Is the twenty-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Heatls, 615 North Thirty-third Btreet. It Is not known when tho soldier was Continued on Pare Tun. Culumn Three HUGE COTTON CROP LOSS August Drouth Most Disastrous, Cutting Estimate 2,482;000 Bales 0 the Associated Press Waalilngton, Sept. 3. This year's cot ton crop svas forecast today at 11,137,- 000, equivalent 500-pound bales by the Department of Agriculture, basing Its estimate on the condition of the crop THE "WETS" WIN let" yUl rule the roost tonight rnlMjfie forecast l a fooler. cana pooler woanesaav; August 25t which was 56.7 per cent of normal. . 'August was the most disastrous monfn to the cotton crop that has ever been recorded, the loss .amounting to 2,482, 000 bales, resulting from the severe drouth. I.att month the crop was forecast at 13.619.000 bales, a decrease of 1.616.. 1 000 bales from June forecast. l-att year on August 25 the condi tion was 67.8 per cent, and In 1916 It svas 61.2, The ten-s-ear August 25 con dition average Is 70.4 per cent..' The average decline from July 25 to August 25 In the last ten years has been, 6.6 per cent. Last year's crop amounted to 11,300, 254 bales, and the average of the five yeareH 1912-16, was 33,527,000 bales. T , j CANADA BOOSTS K.R, WAGES Increase Granted by Dominion Government Totals 515,000,000 By the Associated Press Montreal, Sept. 3. Wage Increases aggregating $15,000,000 annually will be granted to 30,000 men In railroad shops throughout Canada, affecting; all the ral roadMn the Dominion, under an agree. niaf aanauaaad Kara todav. iiim vfmri la irwMu tharjiva vmii mum tor the House by Thursday It would go over until after the passage of tho revenue bill. Hearings of the Senate V'lnance Com mittee on the bill. Chairman Simmons announced today, will begin next Fri day, instead of Thursday, ns had been previously announced. They will con tinue only until tlie mensure Is passed by tho House. Senator Simmons said every effort would bo made In the Senate to com plete tho legislation befoio tho No vember elections. For this reason, he oxplalned. Senate leadens will not con bent to the suggestion from the House for adjournment of Congress over the elections after the House passes the bill. The Senate will be held In ses sion, possibly with three-day recesses when the calendar Is clear, until the House acts. Minors Are Taxed The committee left no stone un turned In Its effort to seek out all In comes for taxation, and even persons below the legal age of twenty-one years, whose Income this year exceeds the exemptions of $1000 for single person and $2000 for married persons, must make returns. With the enor mous Increases In salaries in certain lines since the war began and the demand for workers even below the legal age, members of the committee are satisfied that a large yield will come from salaries of persons under twenty-one, both men and women- In prtscntlng the bill. Chairman Kitchln read a detailed committee re port, explaining each section of the bill nnd also tho general policy of the committee in framing the measure nnd the reasons for ncceptlng for this year, at least. Secretary McAdoo's recommendation that one-third of the war cost be met with taxation. No fixed policy along this line could bp made, the committee snld, because of changing" conditions from year to year. The new bill differs from the present lass- In four essential points: First. The Income tax provisions which proved a puzzle to many tax payers last year hase been codified and made more simple Second. A number of nesv adminis trative provisions. Including one for a . nt'isnrv hnnrd and another mak ing Installment payment' of taxes compulsory have been put In. Third. The excess profits tax, an 80 per cent war profits tax, has been put into the new bill on an alternative basis; and . . , , Fourth. A new luxury schedule, In eluding commonly recognized luxu ries, as well as a long list of setnl luxurles. which are taxed on the price over n certain figure, are part of the new measure. Taxea on Luxuries The new rates Include tobacco taxes, the 10 and 20 per cent luxury taxes, the automobile taxes, ranging from $10 to 150 the tsso-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax. taxes on motorboats, -yachts and launches Inheritance taxes ranging from s l to 40 per cent, the $10 and $25 busi ness license taxes in addition to a horde of special taxes, the majority of which are In the present lasv, but have been doubled In tho new measure. The first $4000 of taxable income bears a 6 per cent normal rate and above that figures the normal rate goes to i per cent, with surtaxes rang ing from 2 per cent.on $5000 to $7500, up to 65 per cent on Incomes over 15,000,000, Comparing the new taxes with the present, the married man with an In come o $2500 a year pays $10 tax un der the present !aw-f and will pay $30 nrf.r the new law: a married man whose Income l $5000 pays $80 under the present law, and will pay, $180 under the new law. A married man of $20,000 Income ps $1110 under the present 'I denounce," he added, "a political autocracy covertly engaged, While tho nation is in tho stress ot war, In under mining Institutional civil liberty." Colonel House was characterized by Senator Sherman ns "this alleged un elected, unofficial assistant President " Thn Senator gave an analysis of a novel said to have been ssrltten by Colonel House, ss'hleh ho described as an auto biography telling a talo of politics, civil ss-ar, love and reform, with a meat axe shewing lxsv to -get rid of the Constitu tion. . Secretary Baker was referred to ns "one who thinks of the ss-ar as three thousand miles assay, talks glibly of quantity production of combat airplanes, delays three months the draft lass amendment of 1918, opposes unls-ers.l military training and says Washington's soldiers nt Valley Forgo svere drunkards and chicken thlescs, only to be declared by executive proclamation to be the most capable official that distinguished func tionary eser knesv." Regarding Secretary of Commerce Redfleld, Senator Sherman said ho had made "some sparkling contributions to trade" Including tho "shocking Infor mation that the high cost of Using was caused by too many dells ery law no wilt Py $2885 under the new ' i,'trrle4 wan o;$60,9C0 in- Continued on Pair Tsso. Column Flse GERMANS SCREAM WITH FEAR Disheartened Captives Voice Be lief Kaiser Is Beaten fly the United Press Willi the Ilrltlah Foreea, Sept. 3. Tlle Germans, running before the first British assault like rasv recruits and reforming later only svhen masses of thelrvosvn men came up In support. Germans screaming svith fear as the British reached their first lines; Germans leaping out of their dugouts and throsvlng up their hands in surrender svith the first appearance of the Canadians sver scenes ss'ltnessed early In the British attack on tho Scarpe. Thousands of German prisoners swarming dosvn the roads like sheep nnd crosvdlng each other Into tho ditches along the sides this afternoon told the story of IIlndenburg'8 effort to hold the famous line belosv the Scarpe against the drlslng British. Correspondents met such masses of disheartened captives as have seldom been seen since the beginning of the great ss-ar. When questioned the prls. oners frankly voiced their belief that Germany Is beaten. REVOLT STIRS BULGARIA Royal Palace Reported Blown Up by Anti-German Rioters London, Sept. 3. By (I. N. S.). Res-olutlon has broken out In Bulgaria, according to Information received here from Berne. Part of the royal palace at Sofia svas blosvn up by revolutionaries, and wholesale desertions are occurring In the Bulgarian army, it Is said. The report of the resolt has not been confirmed from any other source. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria recently left Sofia under mysterious circum stances. At the same time It was re ported on reliable authority that th King's absence was due to the grosvlng strength pf the. anti-German party. Aftersvard the king ss'as raid to be at a German health resort suffering from a nersous preakdosvn. FAVORED WILSON'S TERMS Report German Leaders Sought Pact With English Pacifists By the Associated Press Stockholm, Sept. 3. I'leter Jelles Troelstra, the Dutch Socialist leader, i. minted In tho Nyadagligt Allehanda as saying In an Interview at Lucerne that an attempt was made last January by the leaders of the three parties con- atltUlineT llie .icuiiau 4cw.oiaB ma tiniitlcjil naclflst leaders of England. r M--I A.l.n. a..a . w. nAnMA V. .. Xneir vujrui .-an w ui.paiv I'. 9 fly the Associated Prets Willi llie American Army In France, Sept. 3. Tho American spearhead east ot Juvlgny was driven across the Beth-une-Solssons roadway by a great early morning hnmmer-blosv and the Americans .spread. In .n. 'great semi circle fand held their objective. . Through the capture of Leullly, eight miles north of Solssons, and of Tcrny-Sorny, three miles directly south of Leullly, the French and Americans have completed the cap ture of tho plateau above Solssons. Leullly, In addition, Is close to the Allette, while Tcrny-Serny Is on a level ssdtli tho Chemln-des-Dames, which Is less than four miles to the east. One effect of the advance Is to give n view o-er the ss-holo country eastward ns far as Laon, an advantage which will have its effect in duo time. Americans .March Ahead. fly the Associated PressfHi London, Sepi The British have occupied ' of Lens, the great coal cent northern France. Lens 'Tyasjarl ated by the Germans, the B quickly moving; in. The town of Queant, the so support of the famous Dr Queant or Wotan switch Hindenburg line before Cambria Douai also has been taken byi Marshal Haig's forces, the Wp flee announced today. Mnra tnnn 1ft Ann tit-i.watj ......v ...,, v,vwv ft.BV.-?&t-1 taken by the British yesterday; ditional prisoners were.tik'ea.l morning, dispatches. froBtMSKi . . . ( ' i -..'.in.7 suiie. I rWW uain on zo-jntie . twm.L The British ,have,ctttydj .;.. lr.i.. -i i.i; " . inca, veiu anu oeirincourvi Rocquigny, representing uxvM to a maximum depth of four?i on a twenty-mile front effect morning. Bertincourt is mid between Bapaume and Mar I Doignies is three and one-half ': northeast of Bertincourt.V;&l r, ... , , , . . . ..-.-""1 w-rsv-aar a t r.rt . uritisn iouna uoigntes ana -Vt VSJUIYIUV IIKVIIV I'HUIM . IJ lNIUU l I 'occupied. c BRIi:3II MAKE FRESH FLANDERS GAINS LONDON, Sept. 3. A further advance by the BritTsh in Flanders was registered today when Tt was learned that Riche-bourg-St. Vaast, two miles west of Neuve ChnpelTe, had been occupied. This is an advance of about one mile at the southern extremity of the Armentieres front. ALLIES DEFEAT REDS IN SIBERIA, TAKING TOWN PEKIN, Sept. 3. Bolshevik troops have again been defeated by tho Allies advancing in Siberia. General Semcnoff today an nounced the capture of Olovianla from the Bolshevik! by a turn ing movement, taking prisoners and four machine guns. ITALIAN' TROOPS ARRIVE AT SIBERIAN PORT 'TIENTSIN, China, Sept. 3.-Au Italian "troopship han ar rived at a northern port. (This port is probably in Siberia.) FOE INFUL1 RETREAT 50-MILE LI i English Sweep On as 1 ing Enemy Evacuatt Towns WULVERGHEM SEIZI IN FLANDERS PLU1 Allies Press on Toward,! brai and Douai Advil East of Peronne, MANY VILLAGES Foch's Great Push Cor After Enemy Evacuates to Coal Fields CHARGE OF TANKS !MANGIN OUTWITS In their push beyond the' Queant line the British ha of Ocrman machine-gun Frpill'll Aviator Tells of Ri;ii;..r V,',,..., C : ! vanced to'a Point iust the Ire. the Americans began 'rCUU1 vvldl01 Luh ul brilliant Victory Lames Buissy, two and one-half milei Battle for Ncsle-Noyon Canal French Forces to South Bank of Oise In the face and airplane lire, a powerful night assault from the Bethune-Solssons roadway, which they ' had reached late Sunday. Thev held j the road until after dark, despite ma- CllUlU-fjUII IIIG 1IUIII IIIO infill ijuium . nhead nnd enfiladed by machine guns i -,flm rriTrrTTrrj TsfTirk from the south In tho direction ot ' GO RIGHT THROUGH MUD HARD TASK FOR HTITTFR Terny-Sorny. The attack carried them "unuu to. the De Castille trench, more than - hjBf a kilometer east of the roadssay. i n,v WALTER I1URANTY 1 rom wnero tne ue uasuue trencn crosses tho roadss'ay the Amerlcnns hold a lino to the houthsvest on tho outskirts of Terny-Sorny. Harrap.0 Precedes Attack. A barrage preceded the infantry men, who crossed the roadss'ay in the night nssaults, tho artillery succeeding In clearing the machine gun nests nhead on the hills. The chief source of annoyance to tho Americans came from machine guns In tho Hois de Dumont to the southward, where the artillery had dltllculty In shooting them out because of the denso woods. Soon after the American barrage began, German bombing aviators start east of Queant and occupied villc, a mile and a half aouthf yueant. In storming the Drocourt-1 line the Canadians assisted ' Hsh troops and carried eveij before them, Field Marshal : US' (.. II. rhHHIh nminnoo A1 tkl. lii.- !. Spccm iMUl, to .vrnmuuuc meager SpccM CMe , Evmi PfWfc , . defeated m h:allrd defenses and is retiring on vi Copi' i'j'il 1'v' -'l Vrie York. Times Co With (he French Armies, Sept. 2. A dcnln'lnn of. the battle fur the Netl"-Nnvon C'in.il svhs glsen to your conesiKMident toda ls n I'leneh air man, lif dlsloe-'"! his ellmsv In n forced landing svhen he svas attacked by thiee German nlrmen after losing his osvn control in tho clouds. lie said: "What a pity one of you news papermen can't fly youi. selves nnd ec tho shnsv the way ss-e do. It Is n real CoiniUihl J3W. bu S'nc York Timr Co. Willi the French Army, Sept. 3. Geneinl s-on Uutier has had nn lm- the whole battlefront. The Germans, in fact, are lorlty to reach an agreement with the politic Ml. 'lfornergetlo action Infavor pf ae ." otti-'Wtnclple enunclatod ,by Prw ed operations, enueavonng to locate . , , i :.' '. i i.-.. u.. ...ii nioture of war as one used to read I tne iiuvmitiiiii luiuiiitjiHsii u usiii ,..w....- about It, svun ciouus 01 bihum nm.ii-. try the direction of the GTerman machine gun flashes as a. guide to the desired targets. Tho bombing aviators came out In greater numbers than at any time since the Americans made their attack north or &oissons. Many of the wires the Americans had to overcome were nesv, represent ing recent work by the Germans, while others were rusty, having stood since tho French strung them some years ago. In addition to the wire entanglements, the Americans were compelled to overcome a trench sys tem which ran along the hills like Centlnnfd on I'ttco Tstu. Column On MACARTHUR STAYS IN' FRANCE General Gets Command There, Instead of Camp Meade Post By the Associated Pr-css Waahlnstan, Sept. 3. Orders assign ing Brigadier General Douglas MacAr thur to a brigade of the nesvly formed "Lafayette" Division" at Camp Meade, Md., have been revoked, It was learned officially today. General MacArthur. who went abroad as chief of Btaff of the Ralnbosv Divi sion ssill remain In France nnd take command of a brigade In the first Amer lean Held army now In process of formation. It Is Not Yet Too Late You may start to read The Gilded, Man today. It will interest you , There's no doubt in the world about that, for the story is chockfull of human interest, humor and thrills. Turn to page 9 and start Dr. Clifford Smyth's big novel. do whatever icconnalssnnce work svas, possible. The German planes kept verv high, and didn't lnterfeie much, i save to attack stragglers. The.y seem tinrtnnt imil Hlfflmilt unr-t nlm In ' the Ge.manrctreat. and it must bnrt.ton a front MtY """ f"l mittcd that he has mi far nhvi it ' Yprcs region to Peronne onrs well. Essentially, It was to cover the Sorame River. The withdraijj valley of the Olse. become so rapid that it is bdmuI If Mangin, after the brilliant victory j that the Germans cither have,1 J! which carried him to the south bank , tnined a disaster or are perilewd of thnt river had been able to force nonr nno "TjM hi.-. svn up the valley beyond Chatiny. ' .& Von Hutler's front would have been ' 0 Counter-Attacta bioken. and Von Eben's further Bmti, I Contrary to expectatlon lhe, while the St. Gobaln mountains block, i has not reacted heavily with a, which is the southern buttress of tho I to ,ne recapture of the QueanW lllndenburc positions, would h9 .,.., ! court Ilne- b"t has left the Brit turned a first-class disaster. The ! ln um3l8turbel Possession of It. j .ine ueterminea uerroan reslstas ross roads north of "Villi bursting eseiysvhere and Infantry dodglns? forward In open older. I out distanced in patrol five chasso , ...11. Ilnlniv vi1luIaii t rt fll i macnines ssn ....h .. . . .., . , f . . obs..nte rfpfrn , ine uei low to luuass the boche lnfantr nn-i . at the cr riri't lukifi nnn work u'iii . ' i. -.i-..... ... ... --.--r. perilous defenbe. svns to block the Oise i"-'lli'''luu' " "vercorne oyu and to support Von Eben on the All- "m,s" lnls morning-, ana iaig-r, ette and before Ijsffaux. urD "u" "viiib mrwuru in irte,q I Th .1 ..,.. . -o.i, .. . ""a oi s-uuiurui. to share the loss of morale which af-, , , "'" Carrying their attack to the no feet, the rest of the army, but. like the am, numbm.a arm,c n' "- ca.t of Arras, the British todayS rest. ii3"s sso'i ;" ..:.. '" i., ..... , . tureu tne viuage or namoiain-ie-f have got to. "We pati oiled .1 section of the canal , Von Hutler ssas compelled to put up a particularly stiong defenbe before from I.ibcmonf to svheie It bends I along the Somme nnd the Xesle-I round Clieviuy. n was tne latter oanai until ins s-tiieni on the Noyon reglrn sv'i-re the ceno svis most In-, hills could be or had tq bo svithdrnwn USSSrVif .-ns"5': '!" the hard flght.ng on this line tery of four light tanks came out In and the comparatively slow progress line to cross the cjnal cuttlns, which of the French during tho last fesv 1 , Just to the south of the Scarpe Iri' n,Ul direction of Douai, . f Noyon , . ,. .... & !. -I 1 MMW."-""""-- va waterless save for a patch of semi liquid mud ln the middle. Behind each was a group of Infantry in skirmishing order. The tanks looked like those 'looper' caterpillars, ns they reared up to tho western edge of the cutting. A shell landed right in front of one as it.stood there. .Shell Didn't Stop Tank "As I flesv around ln a circle, I thought the tank was smashed, as it didn't move for nearly a minute. Then It resumed Its progress dosvn the bank. No boche was visible in the wood opposite, but they evidently were firing steadily, as our infantry kept cover behind tho bank. "Three tanks follosved through the mud and buccessfully climbed ,up the further bank,s and moved along the edge of the wood, tosvard the road le'adi Ing to Chevilly village. Their fire per mitted pur infantry toet across and disappear into the vood, working northward toward the road. A mo- irA-CteMaaAiiaaS. aai Paaal Sara alaaliaaal aSaaai ' days. When I speak of the Somme I mean not only the river, svhlch Is a small stream in this region, but the canal svhlch follows Its western bank nnd the marshes nnd osier beds svhlch lie be tsveen the tss-o ss-ater courses, making in all nn obstacle that can be passed only by ro-ids held by the enemy under artillery and machine-gun fire Still smaller than the Somme Is Its tributary, the Inon, but u also is bordered by swamps and pialrles From the Inon east of Ncsle the un finished Nord Canal runs south to near Porquerlcourt. It has been spoken of as a dry trench, but this Is a mistake It is full of water In the northern half of its course that Is, as far as the tunnel midway between the villages of Ercheu and' Champagne, This was therefore a good line, of provisional arrest, and Von Hutler has mado the best oii . V-t r JM British troops today advanced It . ... ,. ... - . .-!'- 10 ine eusi oi I'eronne ana aref Ing steady progress. J-i 'I'hn Mltllllllnn In tho cntitfrin n " -"- ... ... 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