ywm V,' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEft PHILADELPHIA, , WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1918- v it. .US .'. 9 ? ICf Ai. t-A Br1 Iff .tl ; $ m. m !M fc t. Ms ., E& 9 m P ft ri m 5. n iS ,1L m "5 SA E&U taif- 3 iS.-Y DESPERATELY. i- , . wm - , m m wm t $$p REOldldlUillUlil V, Prussian Guards Annihi- !' lated in Five Successive ' Counter-attacks f.JLOSE STRONG POSITIONS plAllicd Attack and Spirit Such ' That Land Defenses Can- A i not Check It By WALTER DURANTY Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrtoht, 1Dl. bu .Yrio Vol 7"lmr Co With tlir French Arm). Sept 4. On the right of the French battle, front the French and Americans have a. Arm grasp on Terny-Sorny, the pla-1 teau whose Importance to subcnuent j operations against the enemy positions from the Che mln-des-panies to the Ves lo Is obvious at a first glnnco at tho tnap. I The center Is momentarily marking ' time, but the left has made Important progress on Hill No 70, sevui miles east of Xesle, Which commands the Somme Valley and national highway No. 30, between Ham and St Quentin i Continued from rnco On Its occupation wilt facilitate operations j 7n prisoner, making a total of 26GS across the river further north against i captives for the day. the hill Notre Dame Joie, and nnpui'.iiit , Today there was still nn sign of the developments In this region arc prob- j PXpeetcd German counter stroke on the i western front which must soon be de- Meanwhite tho German effort to re- ilvcrc(i if General Ludendorff wishes to slst Mangin is even more despeiate thnn g!Ue tnc sit,mtIon !ln!Vh.!.T.l.J.,',''nee the "opening of the combined Oiuit MllCt UM lOIUil 13 ( li IV I toil J ri't.n, nomatter what Its quntitv Troops of i Prn..hr.i, nnnnir-nnn.lt..,! flt.l mes Monday and Sunday In an tit- tempt to retain Terny-Sorny. with the ''"f reargunrus yesterday suc result that they were virtually annllil- ceeded in engaging the British advanc lated. lnK troops hero and thero and In flght- A cardinal feature of the whole battle In delaying actions, which were usti is that In tho extreme north and south, ' ally of short duration. But they did not where tho fighting Is fiercest, the enemy I check the galloping Up of tho British Is unable to hold strong positions forti- batteries, which frequently fired nt point fled with all the modern artB of defense blank range Into tho struggling columns The Allied methods of att.-u-k. the retreating to the eastward. multiplication of tanks and Stokes gunb I and the magnificent spirit that animates the attacking nrmy have Justified the tnrfrntt rnmlt. tn vniit ;irrp!,nriili.nr tpn h$ -" days ago by a French olllccr that land defenses, however powerful, could not checR the Allied pt ogress. Resistance depends primarily nnd essentially on men, and the equality of the defense which those men put up Is measured by their morale nnd their numbers. It Is Imposslhlo to bpeak with certainty of the German morale, but all available Indications, IncHullng official jObuments, letters and prisoners' state ments, tend to show that it is already poor and steadily growing worse. Mutinies have occurred In Germany and at the front. There are stories of pillage, not- only In French and Belgian terri tory, to which the severity of army orders regarding acts of Indiscipline lends mote than the color of truth. But It Is In numbers that th German weakness U most appjient and danger-j ous. German divisions comprlre thirty-, lz Infantry companies, four to each bat- talion, whose-average strength I- sIm; men. There are also nine maclilno gun companies of an average strpngth of slxty-nve men and some batteries ot light "accempanj ing" artillery and trench mortars. The total fighting strength of u divi sion Is thus limited to 30no men. and already several cases have been noted where the number of companies vr bat talion has been reduced to three. Kven more drastic mearures have proved nee - essary. Some divisions have beet, sup- pressed and their men ntstrinuicu, to maintain the strength of others. The general effect of such procedure Is to produce weakness nnd confusion and se riously to Increase the prevailing de- morallzation. Official War Reports FUUNt'II larl, Sept. t. Yesterday during tho day and night the French continued to press back the enemy east of the Canal du Nord and betweep tho Allctte and the Alsne. French trops captured the Cha pltre wood, northeast of Chevllly, and further south French elements ad vanced, pursuing the enemy and are approaching Crlsolle. North of the Allette the French carried their lines to the western out skirts of Coucy-le-Chateau and Ju vencourt,. To tho south the Frencli progressed east of I.euilly and reached 'ine ouisairts ot iiamecy anu urae and penetrated Bucv-le-Lonir. Tho number of prisoners taken In that region exceeded 1600 On the Vesle front French elements crossed that river at several points. UltlTISIt London. Sent. 4 In the battlofront minor actions are reported in different loca( icniliiQ xv ,61 c7,,,. I i oi me v aux have reached the east side woods north ot Mnislans and have advanced slightly at other points. Generally our troopi have reached the line of the Canal du Nord, and h ", north of tho Arras-Cambral road have V,'' decupled Fcourt St Quentin. Vn thft T.VR PPCtrjT further nrni.raau was made by us yesterday and last night both routh and north of the J.,.Vk,nii 3,,1 7r I Berlin. Sept 4 British troops operat Neuve Chapelle and I.oventlne and have'inir In the Lvb salient yesterday worked gained possession of Sailiy-Sur-Tallys. Pileppe and L,e Itomarln . AMIIHIC.V.V Wunhlngton, Sept. 1. Aside from successful patrol en counters along the Vesle and a hos tile raid In Lorraine, which was repuleed, there Is nothing to report. Crown Prince Sneers at U. S. CiiiContlnuMl from I'a.e flue t ?lilJvantaBM of the opportunity " "Belgium, after all, was only a pre - a.-T - v v... ,.,b,a.,u tiucr. SVb ..sii-u uccuuoo ucuimii k.i,ii,cilliun Was, Unbearable. "We are fighting for our existence. I ?,'": fTeoeat our aim. therefore, can only be tn Vll -S nrtft t iIIHa1ai LJrairsuaiu uuiawvro. ' aub evenly utsauuit uuuuuesa win con-j dmiA fni- unrna timp" thA rmun TrinnJ JBald with reference to the flghtlne-.on the i'?wt?J:i ,2? .JiyjBiKSitriiraSiWffl sa.uKa vwsc "Mhemselves see that thy will not b able 1 1 to' attain their aim. Our troops are jnsnunir spienainiy, ana I aiiriDute to k. their courage the fact that such colos- aal superiority In strength does not erutn us. Opinion of AIHs "licfesslng the fighting qualities of 'rmany'B enemies, he said; N ! f '?rh'e French fight brilliantly and are ing to death. They do not hesitate ny sacrifice. With the English the luai man lq. try good and tena- but the leadership la deficient. tMe vAmericanq I've found that y not Know wnat they are Kaiser Gray and Stooped, Like Man in Great Sorrow' fly fie fjjoctafrrf Press Geneva, Sept. 4. Swiss who saw Emperor "Wllhelm anil King Ferdi nand qulto closely at their Nau helm conference, recently, accord ing to the Democrat, declare that tlio German ruler has greatly nged and that his hair Is snow whlto and his shoulders stooped. The Kmperor's eyes are feverish, his gestures abrupt and his face, which Is severely lined nnd tnnned, gives the general Impression of a man suffering a great sorrow. The Democrat learns that tho Kmperor's visit to King Ferdinand was for tho object of obtaining. Bulgarian' divisions for the western front In order to release German reserves similar to tho way Aus-tro-Hungarlan troops lire being used to All tho gnps caused by the heavy .losses during tho present retreat. In the meantime German recruits barely eighteen years old, have received orders to prepare to Join tho lighting forces on tho first of October. Foe in Retreat on Canal du Nord Franco-British operations August 8 no lc,s lnnn ninciy-scvon lunMn envisions hovo hecn engaged on the battle front. fly the United Pre London. Sept. 4, A British armor ed car Is reported to have entered Mnrquntn. according to a dispatch from the British front today. Mnrquoln Is on the main highway running from Arras to Cambral, three-fourths of the way between those two cities. fly the United Pren Inrls, Sept. 4. Cambral and Doual today are direct ly menaced by the advancing British. Canadians, English and Scotch nre within eight nilles of Camhrnl and Doual, while tho Drocourt-Queant switch line and Hlndenburg's line have I been smashed and left far behind If Von Buelow checks the Allies before' the . rench the , f t, t t ' . ,,, . . , " ., ,, ho must sacrifice a considerable num. i ber of his fast dwindling reserves. , Hvldenccs are piling up that the Get-- j mans nre retiring from AVytschaete I and Messinos ridges. (These ridges. In Flanders, between ' Ypres and Armentleres, were the scene i ot most desperate fighting In the uer man dilvo of last April.) I ,.,,. ,, ..,., TALK OF MACKENSEN RESERVE ARMY fly the Associated Preis .London, Sept 5 The progress of tre mendous events on the battle front In France Is being followed with almost I hieatliless eagerness by the whole Brit ish nation. The most significant feature l ot Tuesday's developments was that the expected German attempt to restore the position of the broken Wotan lino did i not materialize. The failure of the en emy to make nirh nn ntipmnt anpar- l eiitly is attributed to the speed and en ergy with which Field Marshal Halg's armies were able to press tho advance In pursuit of the retiring enemy In formed observers, however, continue to speculate on when and where the qte my will pull himself together. Disastrous as the blow already has ' been to German prestige nnd seriously ! aa tho German position Is endangered, i xperts here are not expressing anticlpa- tlon of nn early debacle, and admit the probability of some defenses being or- ' ganlred behind the enemy lines In an at tempt to check the Allied advance. Some f;. rmnn prisoners taken in the battle talk confidently of the Impending ar rival of a great reserve army under t General von Mackensen. who will turn the tables on the Allied foices, but . obviously it is impossible he "c to throw any light on surh reports Whatever the future may hold the actual situation Is rig.irned ns one or extraordinary promli for the Allies and containing the Possibility of the compulsorlly ahan- ,i0nment of the entire northern German front, including the Flanders coast. FOE ADMTTSLYSDEFEAT Berlin Tells of British Advance ' in Flanders By the Associated Press ' their way forward as for as the line of Wulverghem. Nlepne. Bac-St Maur, Laventle and Itlrhebourg-St VnaBt, ac cording to the statement Issued by the 1 German general staff 1 On both sides of Noyon French troops carried out strong attacks which I were especially directed e gainst the high ground between Campagne and liulisy PLEA IN RIVER' LAND SUIT Each Side Files Exceptions in Delaware Front Dispute Exceptions were filed today In Com mon I'leas Louri -o. a on oenair oi 1 both the plaintiffs and the defendant to tho Courts nnuings in tne case or I r,knlrn V Tllr,.lf nnrf Pranrli TT Ttnhlon 1 against the American International Cor- porauon. iniS 1H BU'l V" ,c.v,.i. io ,...-...'"' price on the Delaware River containing 54.91 acres. . . ' .". ...i..i,j h niainiifr. could not The American international corpora -. AlAAl-hAl..l nH I fflVe a Clear .Cgai HUB IU IIIC lauu. UO it nati oeeu jurnicu hi unv-mnj, i4c niutntifff pontemled the land was formed I naturally, that their title extended to ual accretions was Indisputable. WORK FOR DRAFT JURY j Special Prober Given Routine Cases to Keep Them Busy The special Federal Grand Jury Im paneled to investigate alleged abuses of the draft law considered routine matters today. It was decided that since the Grand Jury was In existence it would be bet ter to let it handle such criminal mat ters Vs had accumulated, rather than to leiveVthem for another body to dispose P-..JiTTnlt(!tat DUirinl .At. ONE U.S. DIVISION BEATS 4 OF FOE'S Americans Perform Task Set by Mangin on Sched ule Time , WIN ST. QUENTIN ROAD Doughboys Take Nearly 1000 Prisoners in Five Days' Bat tle Near Juvigny By CAMERON MarKENZIE Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger fnpvrlpht, JJM. t .Vein Vorfc rtmrs Co. Willi (he Amrrlrnn Army In I'rnnre, Sept. A. The first five days of arduous lighting noithwest of Solsons have Just come to nn end for a division of the American army, and as a result It Is possible to report a by no means Inconsiderable body of achievement In the chain of operations Just brought lo completion. The United States troops captured nearly 1000 pilsoners, nnd upon a two mile front drove the Germans back to a depth of four miles, forcing them out of Juvigny, off the Juvigny tableland, nnd then eventually In the engagement of Sunday and Sunday night pushing them across the highly Important Sols-sons-St. Quentin road. The task that was set for them to perform they per formed thoroughly on a set time and brill, anlly General Mangin used the American ttoops for work of crucial Importance In the scene of the entire operation The work was such as could be intrusted only to sold'ers of assured stamina, of surest quality In its essence tho task presented to them before the middle of last week was to gain possession of n strip of the Sofssons-St. Quentin road, nnd In par ticular of the elevation In tho highway nt the village of Terjiey-Sorny. Hence, It wns ns shock troops of the first order that the American division wns sent into the line, and it was as shock troops of tho first order that they gave account of themselves. Four different German divisions were opposed to the one American division in the course of the five-day battle. Orig inally the attuckers encountered the Seventh division, an enemy unit of proved worth. Tw o days of ceaseless com hat used that outfit up, and three fresh divisions were rushed forward to ease the pressure. These were the 227th, which was actually marched on foot from Metz, a distance of 140 miles: the 238th, which was brought from Bhelms. likewise on foot, and to complete the list the Twenty third, which was In reserve to the Seventh. Once the drive had started nnd the Germans, had perceived the vigor nnd determination with which tho Americans were pressing the business In hand. It Is likely that they fell Into something of a panic. At any rate, to match four divisions against one was a grim com pliment to the qualities of the new forces from overseas. In the course of the engagement the whole of this particular American unit dlKplaved much the same fighting char acteristics that other units earlier dls played great personal Initiative. In trepid courage, endurance and agility and skill with the rifle. If one strove especially to name some one new trait developed In the experi ences of Juvjgny and Terney-Sorny, one would probably declare that these dough boys, through days and nights of shell fire more savage than anything they had perhaps even guessed at, conducted themselves with almost uncanny cool ness. Veterans Praise State Fighters Continued from race One celebration, for they usually laughed as they fought. II was never necessary for an officer to tell them to hold a particu lar spot. They stood there until they fell They were more anxious to know how the fight turned out after being car ried off the field than they were about their own wounds. "And the men from tho other States also fought at a pace that made the bocho show his heels. It seems we were alwaj s going after them. When It camo to n stand-up fight, well, they were usually short nnd sweet, for that's Just what the American llovs seemed to rel ish " In his anxiety to give credit to others Lieutenant Johnson forgot to tell that he had received a French war cross for exceptional bravery. He was for merly u football star at Syracuse Uni versity By way of souvenirs of the little picnic around Chateau-Thierry he brought home a crushed Oerman helmet, a pair of German goggles and a belt, which the wearer almost fell through when he saw the boys from the United States going over the top. "You got to hand it to the men from I'ennsy." said Second Lieutenant Or lando Hills, of Company C. 102d In fant r "They went through like a knife Huough cheese. A fellow had to yell his lungs out to make them wait for the proper time and then It was like a reg ular race meet." i Oulrer U Tplral Yankee Lieutenant Hills Is from Hudson, New Hampshire, a typical Yankee with a fighting chin and arms to back It up. He, too, was commended for lierolo ac tion on the field. Towering above others passing through to the home fireside was Lieu tenant C L. Malaney, of Burlington, who was attached to the 101st Ammuni tion train. "Going through a hall of fire." he said, "got to be as ordinary as a spring shower and there was many a boche downed with his finger on the trigger, for tho Yank go In Just a little ahead of time." "You Ehould have to be over there," Bald Lieutenant James Thorpe, of the 102d Infantry, "to realize that there was nothing to It. The Helniea fight nccordlng to order, as if they thought Borne one was watching them. They Bhovv more speed going toward Berlin than they do on the down trip toward Paris." Those who passed through Philadel phia last night landed with several hundred officers from France at an At lantlo port yesteraay morning, with them was Captain Archie Iloosevelt, son of former President. AH the men who arrived had been In France for more than a year and they want to get back to be In at the finish. ' i TwoJJoys Killed by Trtin MrlrfuW-..Sept. ..ftwek, to . train- r1;.' . , luajr- ..r. Bi-y --. -fc" iiionv 'A.. !! WMI Oeortv r,, was HINDENBURG LINE 80,000 RUSSIANS AID URAL CZECHS Rush to Join Army of 120,- 000 Moving West From Ekaterinburg FRANCIS WIRES WORD Messenger From Asia Reports Czar's Body Burned in Coal Mine By the Associated Press Washington, Sept. 4. A Ciecho-Blovak officer has arrived at Archangel with word that 10,000 loyal flusslans nre operating with the 40,000 Ciocho-Slovajt forces moving westward along the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Ekaterinburg. The news reached the State Department today In a message from Ambassador Francis, dated Au gust 26. Slnco the officer left Ekaterinburg, more than a month ago, further ad vances by the Czechs have been an nounced by telegraph, hut his report Is regarded as important because of the light It throws upon the relations off tho Czechs with the people of the coun try through which they are moving. He' says the llusslans nre pleased with the1 overthrow of tho Bolshevik control and i that Bolshevik soldiers arc flocking to the support of the Czechs. Leaving Ekaterinburg, August 2, on ' orders from the commanding officer who had been asked by the Allied consuls to get a messenger to Archangel, the offi cer arrived at Vokigda August 13, and at Archangel August 21, after many vicissitudes. He said Ekaterinburg was ' captured July 25 by 200 Cossacks and that 800 Czechs arrived there on the fol-' lowing day Citizens supplied the Czechs with food, of which thero seemed to be plenty in that region. , According to this officer's story, for mer Emperor Nicholas vvns shot on July 16, but the BolBhevlk officials withheld the Information for two days. The dis position of the body was unknown, but It was rumored that it had been burned In a coal mine. The Empress and the Czarevitch were said to have been taken by the Bolshevlkt from Ekaterinburg to an unknown destination. A merican-French Troops Press On Continued from rte One by the American artillerists upon the enemy. The big guns were In perfect working order, and al( the AmerlcansH had to do was 10 swucn ineir muzzies In the opposite direction to which they had been pointing. A great supply of ammunition for the guns also was taken, and soon after their capture the 106s were roaring against their former .own ers. Many German machine guns also are being turned upon the enemy, the Amer icans operating them haying been given a special course oi training pnur id tho battle, practicing with guns and am munition captured north of the Marne. The usual artillery acuvjiy aiong ine Vesle Is being carried out. with the Ger mans paying particular attention to the town of Flsmes, which is held by the Americans. ti.-o oa ctnnrteri in h&va tieen seen all during the night south of the Alsne in the regions of Dhuuei, iiarDonvai ana r ..,..( (at.ilt,t-v In thn hands of the enemy. Late yesterday scout avia tors reported additional fires. One German machine Is reported to havo been downed by Allied airmen. Just beyond Juvigny the Americans captured a German dressing station and .1 ,HiiHjla(f flApmftnn AtA renpiterf two wounded Americans. The rescued Americans naa naa nine rooa xor two days and virtually no auenwon. ine ..(nana AA nn rnmnlaln. however, as the German wounded were not given much attention euner. In this dressing station were found i,i- nt T7Anh.1nrA curtains, which had ben cut into strips for bandages and also crepe paper, useu ur mc cum purpose. The lace was Bteruizea ana oirtei1 and. was rolled, as regular bandage material. AMERICANS REPULSE ' RAIDERS IN VOSGES Bv the Associated Press With the Amerlean Troops In France, Sept. t. There was considerable patrol activity on the American front In the Vosges region last night. An enemy raiding party of fifty approached the, American trenches at one point. The raiders were driven off by rifle fire. The artillery was active on both sides in this sector, the enemy using tear and neexe a; balls., j -. . . In the Woevre district' an' American patrol penetrated tHMluy Mn., after l... --i-ij I "xT""" U ' "tjfcjr-'f. . . t . mi (ALBERT flComfple. J9 J . JCHAirfljES tFf t NESLEOsJfin . cN0NTD1D1ER I .yAE S ftibeccmHCoucy-lc-Chii njnr-U'ChtenU i n 1tUet V j$for JjV SolSonATg NOW TOTTERING BANKERS LIKELY TO ESCAPE DRAFT Men Engaged in Necessary Commercial Callings ( May Be Exempt NEW RULES LESS DRASTIC Crowder at Work Perfecting Regulations Governing the 18-to45 Call By the Associated Press Washington, Sept. 4. Much broader grounds for the estab lishment of claims for exemption from military service are provided -In new regulations now being worked out by Provost Marshal General Crowder to govern tho classification of men between eighteen and forty-five who will regis ter on September 12. Important modifi cations arc 'based upon the change of a few words In the original draft law tn passing thq new man-power act. The term 'Industrial occupation" Is eliminated, and the law now provides persons may bo given deferred classifi cation when engaged "in occupation or employment, Including agriculture, which can be established as necessary to the military establishment or tho mainte nance of tho national Interest." i Banners Mny Escape This section, ofllclnls pointed pointed out today, with the regulations constru ing It, will definitely allow district ex- .'.,. . k i ,'nnd that there are to be four American emptlon boards to exempt bankers and , nrmv .. and ...., dlvlBon. essential bank employes, men engaged In j "The military horizon of the Amer reccssary commercial enterprises and ican soldier has not reached far beyond necessary workers for lied Cross and kindred organisations. The regulations will not attempt specifically to define the status of registrants who shall be enti tled to exemption, but will allow tho hnaids to woik out the details, after the authorization has been given them. ,a .h? .tf." ,.te,ri.fin? uT. "" . t',iTS?a"0,S,.TS?" It was straighten out completely a situation arising since district boards'ln various localities have ruled, under the old law, that railroads and banks are not in dustries, and that an Importer of neces sary war materials and his staff are not engaged in Industry. Since the re qulicment that a man exempted because of his occupation must be -of such lm paitnnce aa to threaaten the continuance ot the enterprise to which he la at tached, has been retained, however, the sum total of exemption Is not expected seriously to affect the net man-power which will Pnally be placed In cIosb one. District boards, In applying occupa tional exemption regulations, will have the assistance of three advisers, Indus trial, commercial and agricultural, who are now being nominated In every dis trict. Minor Change In Questionnaire Only minor changes are Incorporated In the revised questionnaire which the registrants of September 12 will be re quired to All out. It strikes out the requirement that city police and firemen be In service three years before being entitled to deferred classification, and allows them to be placed In Class 3 without regard to their length of serv ice. It establishes also three new di visions tn Class S, exempting automata cally persons discharged from military jf alien- , I. It," per- or naval service "upon ground o age or upon diplomatic request," per sons who are citizens of countries co belligerent with the United States who come under treaty arrangements entail ing their services at home, and citizens of neutral countries who have with drawn declarations of their Intention to become citizens. The questionnaire st(ll requires each registrant who desires exemption Jo make formal claim and present detailed facts substantiating It. 1.0. OF A. ENDS SESSION TOQAY Service Flag in Parade Honored 2591 Members The State convention of the Indepen dent Order of Americans, being held in this city, will close today. Five thousand members of the order marched In Broad street last night In a parade featured by a service flag hon oring 269f members who have gone Into the country' service, ' The parade was headed by mounted police and a band. Two hundred and fifty-three, 'councils were represented. Walter Seavllle, past councilor of the Est at Council, of this city, was grand marshal. . . The following officers ,wero elected; Stat councilor, William V, Stowart, McKeesport: ' V councilor. fhirlu n. warner. ncaainjzi mate sec- rotary. WUHamj -.fwt MANY AUSTRIANS TAKEN BY MANGIN'S SOLDIERS ' ' ' i Paris Focuses Eyes on "Wings of Great Battle as De- vcloping Foch's Plans France -Honors General Fayolle Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrleht, lots, bv Sew 1'erfc Ttmrs Co. Paris, 8cpt. 4. Satisfied ns Paris is with tho return of I'cronne to French possession, nil eyes hero oro focused eagerly on tho wings of tho great battle rather than on tho center. It Is felt that tho con tinued progress of Plumcr toward Lens and Mangin In the direction of Courcy presage a striking development of Foch's plan In tho immediate fu ture, as to tho nature of which It is not advisable to hint more plainly at the projsent moment. As I cabled n day or so ago, tho sit uation between Mungln's positions on tho Solssons plateau Is being watched with Intense Interest hero. Tho fight ing north of Solssons now centers around a ttttlo plateau, loss than a mile long, upon which stands the village of Torny, nnd over which passes tne road from Solssons to Coucy-Chateau. This road Is the last remaining link between the Germans around Solssons and the region of Coucy. It touches the Hivcr Allotto nt Clyemont, tho capturo of which place by Mangln's troops ren ders It difficult for tho enemy to de bouch on the river. According to news which has reached Paris, Franco-American troops under Mangin continuo to tako sub stantial numbers of Austrian prison ers as they are pressing forward to ward. Coucy. Humbert's army between Noyon and tho Allette apparently Is more or less marking time while awaiting expected developments elsewhere- British Aimed ut Cumbral Looking further north, opinion hero regnrds tho position of tho Germans tn the region of Queant ns lllsely at any moment to becomo critical in view of tho fnct tint Home's armies, after crossing the Scnsce, aio now pointing In the direction ot Cambral. while Uyng, further south, Is advancing In the sume direction on the road from Dapaumc. More to the north again the loss of Mont Kemmeriins rendered tho whole Yscr plain virtually untenable for tho enemy, and the northern French coal field Is now largely, If not entirely, disengaged. Franco Is uniting today to honor General Fayolle, commander of the French northern group of armies, which. Includes those of Humbert nnd Debeny. To Fnyolle's wlso planning GERMANS ARE STILL PUZZLING OVER AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE Newspapers Continue to Spread Misinformation About Its Strength -and Personnel Doubt That Pershing Has Built Up Complete Organization Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvriolit, 101S. lu .Vciu Vorfc Times Co. The Hague, Sept. 4. The Frankfurter Zeltung's war cor respondent, Karl Schmidt, writing from the front, says that Pershing has not built up a complete American army, and that thU can be seen from the manner In which the American vnrmy' Is being used on different sections of tho front. The writer, however, ndmlts that, after the way In which 'the Americans were grouped nt the Vesle and Flsmes. "whero they were recently defeated," It Is evi dent that the army soon will be ready, and that prisoners already speak of tho First American army. Schmidt says that the Americans are to have their ovn artillery staff, etc. his company," the writer continues, "He knows ho Jias a captain and four lieutenants over him. but not much more." Tnlka With U. 8. Prisoners The nnner nlao declares that of thirty Prisoners taken nt Flsmes the men were a" recruits of twenty-one to thlrty-one years old, having mostly haa seven months' training before .leaving for th? front. Five per cent of these. It says. were so-called rOhou,t men. who are called fit for service after a month and a half. The paper says these prisoners claim that there are 1, BOO, 000 men in France, although the neutral press claims less. The writer a'so Informs his readers that "the loss of men through torpedoing has been at a minimum, be cause when a ship Is Bunk every one Is saved by tho escorting ships." STAFFORD RECEIVERS NAMED I Hotel Man's Liabilities Put at $1,500,000 Assets $1,000,000 Judge Dickinson, In the Federal Court today., appointed 'Webster K. Wetherlll. president of the Aldlne Trust Company, and David E. Dallam, a real estate deal er, receivers In bankruptcy of John Staf ford, builder nnd hotelman. The re ceivers' bond was fixed at J25.000. It was estimated Mr. Stafford s lia bilities are approximately J1.BOO.000 and his assets $1,000,000. Mr. Stafford in vested millions In real estate, according to counsel for creditors, and, with some of his operations uncompleted, he was obliged to stop work because of lack of ..nalitnn. on Ylltnl Mr. Stafford owns all the capital stock of the Bt. James Hotel Company. Thlr- teenth and Walnut streets, and a re- Vrf't."1 "" 1IH fnr II, o hntol hint week. Mr. Stafford was also a large stockholder In the Lexon Apartments, Twelfth and Spruce streets, and the Mt. Vernon and St. James Hotels. Atlantic City A receiver for Green's Hotel was alsoappolnted laBt week as a result of rdlnhlTofoO WILL BRING BACK U.S. DEAD War Department Plans to Return Bodies of Identified Heroes By the Associated Press Washington, Sept. 4. Americans who .. " A.",. uea In the war abroad will h.. imried there only temporarily. Where Idenuncat on ?s possible the bodies will be 'id ced I In marked graves, to be taken up when he war Is over and brought UUiur. m ,. rtaniftmiint urna dlil.mt5d.yb? the'publicat on of "af. tides of agreement between the army and".avy fegardlng the transportation of sick mid wounded from overseas. A sec "Vhe'l-'e'mXrofUmcers enlisted burled In fronce until the end of the war when tie remains shall be brought bkek to the United States for final Inter- m'..n,t'. -i .ii apllltlei as the army mvraKdlii franca shall be largely is due. tho unqualified success which has attended French arms sines July 16. Fayolle occupies tho same position under the French comman-dcr-ln-chlef Petaln in regard to the nrmlos of tho north as Malstro holds In relation to the nrmles In tho center. He Is one of a group of purely sci entific soldiers In Vvhlch Franco is ho rich. Like Foch, hoTiad been or some years, until tho outbreak of tho war, one of the ablest professors at the French Kcole do Guerre, nnd, like his great superior officer, he helped form many of the generals who so splen didly nro distinguishing themselves to day. He camo Into prominence In tho first month of tho- war In tho buttle or Grand Couronnc, which saved Nancy during tho first onrush of the boche. After Norhange, serving under Cas tclnau, ho employed the audacious tac tics of sending tho guns of his division Into battlo In front of tho infantry and thereby stopping tho enemy. This bril liantly daring stroke won the splendid French victory ,of Grand Couronne, wnere tne enemy, unuer inu cjct their supreme wnr lArd, were not only definitely stopped, but Indisputably beaten in tho field. Held .Many Important Posts With Maud-Huy, he soon took part In the famous race to the sea. (succes sively he was commander of the Thirty third Army Corps and then commander of the French fourth nrmy. Ho tooK a leading part in tho great Angld French offenslvo on tho Somme. He was commander of tho first nrmy In tho battlo of the Alsno, nnd command ed tho French aVmles In tho center during the hottest fighting In 'he Champagne. , . Afterward he commanded the French army In Italy, and camo back to this country last March, nnd was intrusted with the group of armies who had tho duty of stopping the great simultaneous German drive on Paris and Amiens. Ills work with the ma terial available was almost Impossible. The armies of Humbert and 'Debeney, on whom fell this overwhelming task, wero at that time by no means the magnificently effective weapons thoy have since proved to be, and Fayolle, as ho put It, had constantly to look two ways at once, with one eyo at Amiens and the other on Paris. All tho world knows the result. By dint of sheer hard organization, ho brought theso long odds down to even money, and today It is Fayolle'a boast, ns ho told Polncaro recently, that the enemy price Is going down to 100 to 1 against, with no takers. The Frankfurter Zeitung correspond ent declares the men arc shut up In their own area and are not allowed to receive visits from other tropps, that the letter censorship Is very strict, and that besides, a company officer there also Is u postal superfiser. "Leave," ho writes, "will be granted after six months' service, but then only In France or England." The writer also argues that It Is extraordinary how few Americans there were In tho army, and declares that out of twenty-six pris oners only twelve arc American born, there being three Germans, three Rus sians, two Irish, two Italians, one Eng lishman, a Pole and a Greek. Careers ot Officers "The prisoners," he goes on. "are mostly convinced that they are defend ing America against German attack. The career of some of these officers is Interesting. Ono lieutenant of forty-one years was In the war In Cuba as a sol dier. Ho was a corporal until 1901 and a farmer until J304. He was a spldler again until 1007 and then a commercial traveler until tho beginning of the war, when he Joined up. But In 1917 ho got a commission as lieutenant. Another corporal becamo a captain after a three months' course, arid a month later be came a major. Another paper speaks of a serious French-American defeat on the Allette. The papers are again bringing up stories about foreigners being forced Into the American army and maltreated. The papers quote a letter ot a Swede in America1, which Ms published In the Swedish Aftenblad, to prove this. The Frankfurter Zeitung admits that Foch's strength has been underestimat ed, and that his reserves been forgotten, but it contends that these are not all Americans because there are only three quarters of a million ot them actually at the front, , SHOOT STRAIGHT, TONY! Lad Stole to Buy Gun to Kill the Kaiser "But Mister Judge, I went and did it so's I could kill that there Kaiser. I had to buy a gun." Tony Benzel, Jr., who Is twelve years old, and lives in South Tenth street, Camden, shifted uneasily from one foot to the other as he offered this explana tion to Recorder Stackhouse this after noon. Tony, It seems, had stolen tile savings bank of Charles Kalaslnc. that he might buy the gun to polish oft Wllhelm. "All right, Tony," observed the Re corder. "Vour explanation's good. Beat It." "Thanks, Mister," said Tony, and forthwith he vanished. NAMED AS DELEGATES Governor Appoints Mer to Conference and Convention Governor Brumbaugh In Harrlsburg, made the following appointments today: Delegates to the conference ot the American Academy of Political and So cial Science, in Philadelphia, September 20-11. 1918, B. Franklin Uoyer, Com missioner Lew It. Palmer and General Frank D. Beary. . , Delegates to the twentieth annual con ventlon of the American Hospital As. soctatlon. Atlantic City, September 24-28, 1918: Dr. Daniel D. Test, Bromley Wharton. Dr. Wllmer Krusen. Dr. J. Ikf Baldy, William J. McGarry, Louis Wolf and Major Norman MacLeod, Philadel phia, 'and Isaac Johnson, Media. THE CAR OF INDIVIDUALITY FIAT Thm Jfafosfarr Car . . ...... u v.. i j.,,fr,,mf'.wj,.,,J, U.S. FLIERS IN NORTH SEA British Admiralty1 Report Com ',1 ttlllllfla T., tarn. "..11.. ' I ,iwiuo xnu tut vruiituiiiy tondon, Sept. 4. (By I. N. S.) United States naval seaplanes have be gun operations In the ICorth Sea, the British Admiralty announced today. Two American fliers are commended for gal lantry In the Admiralty report. J. J. Schleffetln. pilot of a United druggist. Is commended for discovering l a uerman u-toat ana directing a ae- j stroyer to It. The destroyer succeeded In damaging the submarine. Ensign O. H. Ludlow Is praised for action In a seaplane raid on Pola. Lud. low met Ave hostile machines and sue ceeded In damaging one before he him- . self was forced down. The American ensign's machine was destroyed, but he was rescued bf another American pilot " nnATBs 11 A It K EH. Kept. 2. Mrs; BVA B. llAHKKrt, daughter of Isaac and the lata bmma J. Hartman. Itelatlrea and frlehda Invited tn funeral services, Frl., 1! p. m. at U'1'0 N. Sartaln at. ,J',?JIS Het)t- 4-e' M- ""I'y. N. J.. rtEllECCA 11., widow of Franklin h. Lavla, aired Ml, Funeral Fri...a v. in.. from-43s -.... ,., .j,,, - iiuwy, .. j, jni, private, ,u Train leavra Market Ht. Ferries at 12:80 j, FOV. Sent. 3 at y-lr-aM irraa-etr WIt,t. FOX. Servlcea'and Int. at Foxburc. CI.UNN. Sept. 3. 1018. SAP.AH .A., duuaiitci' or David S. and the late Sarah A, Llunn, nt her late residence. 4(11 E. Glrard ave. Due notice of funeral will be liven.' nJSJy15' 8ept 8 at Atlantic City, N. J., nOHfcllT J., husband ot Margaret U. Moore. Relatives and frlenda, alao members of the Leeds Club, Tenrose Republican Club, Turf Club and all other organizations of which he was u member, and employes ot the City Commissioner's ofTlce, Invited to funeral services. Frl.. p. m at the Oliver H IJalr llldg., 1820 Chestnut St., Phlla. Int. private. Friends may call at 1820 Chestnut' st. Thurs. evening. , IIKt.P WANTKIr FKMA1.K UIULH,- not over 111 years, not returning to school, for lUht work In newspaper office. "priy L-uy r.auor, lourin noor, uuu Uhest- TUB R. M. HOLL1NOSHEAD CO. need jUirtLS FOR ALL KINDS of IMPORTANT QOVCRXMENT v6RK Back up the boys ho have gone away. The more you help, the sooner you'll see them again. APPLY TODAY! AT ONCBI THE R. M. HOLLlNdSHEAt) CO. Oth and Market Sts. Camden, N. J. or Nearest U. S. Employment Oftica CHU.DNUHMn. experienced, with reference, for Overbrook. Phone Ovcrbrook 4378. Pnrfare paid. CHAMlinitMAID and waitress, experienced, with reference. Phone Overbrook 4578. HK1.P WAXTEO MAf.lB CAN SHOP JIEN- -ATTIENTtONt If "backing up" the men at the gun ' Is yuur Intention, put on your hat and , come see ua. We need soi.nEnnitB nippnits DOUDI.K SEAMERS and men with ether kinds of can shoo J experlenco N THE R. M. HOLI.INOSItBAD CO, Oth and Market Rts. Camden. N. J. " Apply s Nearest U. S. Employment OfTlce UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE LABORERS WANTED TOR WAR WORK AT GOVERNMENT YARD FOR SHIP AND YARD CONSTRUC TION IN SOUTHWESTERN PART OF CITY. FOR PARTICULARS PRESENT THIS AD AT NEAREST U. "S. 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