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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(
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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
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?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.)
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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.
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TwoJJoys Killed by Trtin
MrlrfuW-..Sept. ..ftwek, to .
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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
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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.
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MANY AUSTRIANS TAKEN
BY MANGIN'S SOLDIERS
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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.
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U.S. FLIERS IN NORTH SEA
British Admiralty1 Report Com ',1
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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 "
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llAHKKrt, daughter of Isaac and the lata
bmma J. Hartman. Itelatlrea and frlehda
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