1 "firff"', 7r 'ffWsi 5 d.,.3? .iiK :??. - .,ri HVL, . fc , tK J puhlic ledger and 'JV'.fi l' iJy I Wit t. : '.ifvt. TBE WEATHER 4! m U- . S " MIGHT Washington, Sept. 13 Fair tonight and Saturday; sometvhat cooler tonight; general western winds. TEMPERATVKB AT KAtjn HOCB VM$ - CLOSING STOCK PRICES jPi4S III 9 IIP 111 IH I II H 1 3 I 4lil THE EVENING TELEGRAPH M 168 I 68 166 I 68 I 7 1171 I 74 75 I I M Mm VOL. IV. -NO,, 311 Published Daily Except Sunday. Subscription Prlcet 16 a Tear by MalL Copyright, 1018, by the Fublio Iedser Company ' , - . . , vm PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 Entered ai Second Claaa Matter at the FostoK'e at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 3. 1879. 1IJ 1 PRICE TWO CENTS jfe AMERICANS PLUNGE 8 MILES AND TAKE 9500 a m P-K - . .. i - ' CAPTIVES; SALIENT EVACUATED, SAYS BERLIN -& m 4fM 1'. mhmj tr, r- - .i b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bw r a. r v icOentng mmm- i .it-ami. ? ' i? K I WORK OR FIGHT,' WILSON DIRECTS MACHINISTS ON STRIKE AT i M usi Accept Award ror Be Barred From Employ- -ment One Year 90 PER CENT OF MEN AGREE TO DECISION President Points Out That Best Paid Workers Are Objectors .CALLS ACTION DISLOYAL ij, jLuiy io use urasuc nemeay l TT -r" . f- "1 With Lawless and Faith less Employes ' By the Associated Press Waolilnnton, Sept. 13. President Wilson took a hand today In the enforcement of Industrial peace and cont'nued war production. In ef fect, he gave notice to employers and employes alike that no Interruption of production, w 111 be- tolerated : that both the Government powers of commandeer t Ins and the work-or-fight grder will be applied rlgldlv where necessa-ry to deal With 1-frAlfltrnnta " I15" r r.tt T.AnuA. i , -... itiiucnn whiiiiiik was given 1 n tvuvr io union macnimsis ana oiner .striking, workmen nt Bridgeport, Conn , wno ieic- ineir Jobs in war-material tv mama oecause tney were dlssatlsfled T Vlth-an award by the m&r labor board, Vtovwhtch Wage demands had'been sub- .rmitfedft Thp, mem were told to bo -back. 'gndWiTK 'fin pain of ljelng.-barred from g tPloyment for a year and of' losing J? H -,c,alt to exemption .from military . service on occupational grounds. V .v f imhbi neHiirrt jigrermenift i kcuiiwit) uiiii me awaru or tne War A,l)bor board umpire In the Bridgeport fjffpntroversy- had been accepted by 90 i per cent of the men affected, the Presl iftdenf declared that If disregard of olemn adjudication of a tribunal, to nmuu uoin parties suDmttteu tneir i claims, ue temporized with "agreements t oecome mere scraps of Daner." i The President disclosed that the War Department with hli approal had taken over the plant and business of the Smith & Wesson Company at Spring field, Mass., because the company "re fused to accept the mediation of the W national war labor board and has Fa flaunted Its rules of decisions approved by presidential, proclamation, t The rrrnldrnt'a I.e(ler !, The letter was addressed to the .Bridgeport tusirict louge oi me interna tional Association of Machinists, "and bsother' sti iking workmen of Bridgeport, Conn." It follows: I !? "Qentjemcn: Uf A mil in ilvciiii. ui jum icouiuuuii wi v September 6 announcing that you have N begun a strike against your employers M Hi DnuiteiJui t, vuiiu, iuu are inciiiuvia SefbOf the Bridgeport branches of the Inter na national Union of Machinists. As such E s'and with the approval of the national jy1 officers of your union you signed an tTrcviiicui iu suuiuiL iiitj iiutraiiuns uh iu .. th lii.nio rf vaiip .mnlntntiffnl ir th. .' national war labor board and to abide jr the award which In accordance with the i.rule of procedure approved by me - .'.might be made. Beet Paid Men Object lie 'The members of the board were not S; able to reacn a unanimous conclusion on (i.airxne issues presenieu ana as proviaea Kin Its institution thfl nuestlonn llnon 'which thev did not scree were carried IlL'before an arbitrator, the unanimous JtrTeholce of the members of the boaTd. & ".The arbitrator thus chosen'has made c, an award which more than 90 per cent f"?hn workers affected accent. You. ix4fwhi. constitute leia than 10 per cent, iCrefBM to abide the bwvu althoadi yon . v) tb beet uald of the whol bodv of ,' workera affected and are, therefore, least ' entitled to press a further Increaie of wagea became of the hlrh coat of Jlv- ."i ' V IP? "But whatever the merits of the Issue Ja If is closed by the award. Your strlj Kf-aramst it is a Dreacn or laun caicu- llated to reneci on tne sincerity ioi na tional organized' ktbor In proclaiming avMta acceDtance of the principles and Rpnaclnery of the national war labor knoara. , "If such disregard of the solemn ad- rJUQtCatlon ot a' iriuuimi o wiui;ii uutu -parties submitted their claims be tem porjed with, agreements become mere, fcraps' of paper. If errors creep Into awards the proper remedy is submission Etoythe award with an application for 'rehearing to tne tnouimi. uui io nrwe last the awaru is uieioyaiiy anu uia- or. ii Smith c vveeion uaie vftt The Smith & Wesson Company, ol frlngfleld, Mass , engaged In Govern- H luent WOTK, niu reiupeu iv uwucjji mw remediation of the national war labor '' 'board andhas flaunted its rules of de- AMIOn approveu Ujr 1hvoiucihii jjiwih- tation. Tfitp fi'y v"Bi i" .ii c arfment has taken over the plant and aiwuinenn of the company to Becure'con' fcUnUlty In production and to prevent In 'Austria! aisturoance. ? "It is of the highest Importance to sT mnd procedure Sand procedure for the settlement of In- vv Centiuued on Faie Tuo, Column Heien $ FOR WEEK-ENDERS neetaH rap and tatier day, ' falr'onfifAt and Baturday. f jtdrral western winds may blow. BRIDGEPORT South Bethlcheni Steel Workers Will Not Strike Washington, Sept. 13. (By I.(N. S.)? There will be no strko at the Soutli Bethlehem Steel Company. This was the assurance elven this afternoon at the offices of the war labor board. It was said that the differences between the com pany and the board over the recent award of the board favoring the workers would be smoothed out satisfactorily. y Eugene It. Grace, president of the company, was In Washington today prepared to go before the board, at his own request. The Bethlehem company, lie told press representatives, stood ready to do all i( Its power "for the benefit of Us employes o,s well aa of the nation." OCTOBER 7 DRAFT NOT FOR NEW MEN Those Registered Yesterday May Go Later in Month, However 11,467 MORE SUMMONED Men of , draft age who , could Jnot reglater yesterday are adrlaed by Ma jor W. O. Mnrdork, State draft officer, to CO today to their local boards and enroll. t New registrants eighteen to forty five will not- bo Included In the first October calls for men to be sent from Pennsylvania to army camps. That announcement was made this afternoon at the State draft headquar ters in Harrisburg, where Major W. G. Murdock, disbursing officer, and his clerks began arranging quotas for the local boards. Nine thousand ellgibles qualified for general military service will entrain for Camp Lee and 2467 will be sent to Camp Humphreys during a five-day movement commencing October". This upset tho general belief that the new ellgibles, those In the nlneteen-to-twenty-ono and thlrty-two-to thirty-six years, were to be Induoted at once. It Is possible, however, that many of these may bo included In the later calls for next month. Two Philadelphia draft boards broke all records In yesterday's registration by making first complete returns of their districts to Washington. Phlladelplilans See Crowder When Provost Marshal General Crow der arrived at his office at 7 o'clock this morning he was greeted bx S..J, Buck, chairman of Local Board No. 40. Fourth street and Snyder avenue, and Alfred") Heyman, secretary of Local Board No. 39, who presented their returns and an nounced they had accomplished the task of fixing serial numbers for all their reglRtraTnts. ' Chairman Buck's list contained the names of 5425 registrants while that furnished by Heyman totaled 3748 registrants. General Crowder thanked the men heartily, saying speed in the task of the exemption oards was the greatest es sential nw. t Mall Brings tireen Cards ' Thousands of registration- cards from Phlladelphlans, now out of the city, are being received In every mall at the various local boards In addition, many of the boards are listing hundreds of elghteen-to-forty five ellgibles who failed to register yes terday. ' Because of these facts, no official count of the registration in this city has heen tabulated. Many boards are falling below their estimated quota, but the losses are made up by big enrollments In other dis tricts. A marked falling off In registration during the evening hdaira yesterday shattered the possibility of exceeding TlV.1 tniln1nhlaa AVnantofl tntnl n v.tnn .TtlllsAU'Stlr-tMca. u vjvnv lUiai,A9 V(. Indicated by the heavy enrollment earlier In the day, Local Board No. 1 and No. 2, embrac ing the First and Second Wards, showed the largest gain.' The first exceedea the estimated enrollment by 2703, while the later listed 1620.reglstrants more than was expected. Itiwas fitting that General Pershing's first neia army went pvectne top-' In a gigantic step 1 KJwnra me itmne war plants at the same time as America's "elghteen.to.forty-nve'army" went "over the top" In the country1? fourth regis tration. Not a hitch tnaired Philadelphia's reg Is'tratlon; not a sign of disorder could be found. And when the fifty-one local boards closed their places of enrollment last nlsht the registrars and volunteer helpers, hollow-eyed from their long hours of continuous toll, agreed that In Phlla. dclplua tnere are lew uacKers Piovpst Marshal Crowder, urging a speed-up plan at each draft board, lias signified that, he, expects the draft draw, tngs to 'take Place in Washington not later than October 8. ay M .sv BERLIN WAR OFFICE ADMITS DEFEAT By the Associated Press Berlin, Sept. 13. "During the night," today's official statement says, "the evacuation of the St. Mlhlcl salient, which was liable to encirclement, and which had been under consideration for some years, was completed wiinout lntcnerence. m "In anticipation of tho attack of the French and Americans on the St. Mlhlih salient wo began evacuating this salient a few das ago. "British attacks between Ypres and Armentleres, northwest of IIul luch and on tho Arras, Peronne and Cambral roads, were repulsed. Ilavln (court Is In the hands of the enemy." The Immediate object of tho American drive In Lorraine was the elim inating ct tho St. Mirriel salient. Todaj's German offlcial statement, there foic, Is an admission of defeat. 4 CITY SOLDIERS KILLED, 1 GASSED Eleven Wounded, Philadel phia Lieutenant Is 'Kill ed in Action BROTHERS ARE HURT Roll of Honor of City and Vicinity for Today KILLED Lieutenant William B. Small, 2339 Christian street." Corporal Charles Ken worthy, 167 Gay street, Manayunk. Mechanic James Thomas Cost! gun, 3861 Coral street. Private Peter T. Madsen, 3040 B street. ' WOUNDED Sergeant William A. Kay, 3133 South Iscminger street. Sergeant Harry V. Collins, 3163 Belgrade avenue. Bugler Walter F. Trout, 368 North Sickles street. Private Edward Kay, 3123 Soutli Iscinlngej- street.' Private Charles Coyne, (204 Jackson street. Private Thomas-O. Rabbitt, 3535 New, Queen street. Private Russell Tomlinson, 3063 Tasker street. Private Spry Arthur Sparks, 5119 Thompson street. Private Carnegie Young, 6224 Westminster avenue. Private W. McCallum, no local ad dress given. (Canadian army.) SHELL SHOCK Lieutenant William Edward Myers, 916 Keyser street, German town. Private Harry E. Burger, 2044 Estuugh street. f WOUNDBD PRISONER Private Andrew J. Chester, 6311 Dicks avenue. GASSED' Private Oliver K. Jamison, 5536 Market street. FROM NEARBY POINTS Corporal Agostino Conicelto, 124 West Elms street, Conshohocken; killed in nction.' Private Nathan Pride, of Chester; died of wounds. Private George M. Weaver, of Wajne, Pa.j wounded. S Private It. A. Helnemann, of Wil low Grove, Pa.; wounded (Canadian army). September IS. 1B18. The complete list of casualties an nounced today by the War Department Is printed on page 13. Eighteen Phlladelphlans are listed to day among the overseas casualties. Four of them have given up their lives for the nation, repcrts of the death of two of them having reached relatives In this city previous to the publication today of their names In the official casualty list. Eleven of the Philadelphia soldiers among ,the day's casualties have been wounded, and one of the eleven is re ported a prisoner In a camp In Ger many. He was previously reported miss ing In action.. Two are brothers. A' lieutenant from this city has been killed and another Is In a hospital suf- fering from shell shock. Several days ago it was reported that the shell-shock victim had been severely wounded In action. Another Phlla'delphlan has been gassed. A Conshohocken soldier a corporal gave up his life In action, according to thd offlcial list, and a Chester man has died from wounds recejved In the front line trenches. The, two casualty lists made public today by the War Department give a total of 359 names. Forty-four of the total number of casualties are Penn sdvanlans, twenty-eight of whom were killed. The offlcial list published In the Continned on Tar Two. Column Tore Arson Suspect Again Held The police have failed to obtain definite evidence against Louis Engle, charged with suspicion of aruon In connection with n Am In his factory at Broad and Catherine -streets, but Magistrate Pen-fak-t held ; le today, for v further MHM,. ,i vHV . - " VJ HINDENBURG FIST BATTERED DOWN Washington Regards Saint Mihiel Salient as Plainly Wippd Out VITAL SPOTS COME NEXT By CLINTON W. GILBERT ttaff Correspondent Evenlna rulttc Lcdacr Copyright, lsis, 1U Public Ledger Co. Washington, Sept. 13. The Capitol is full of satisfaction over tho success of Geneial Peishlng at St. Mihiel. The salient is regarded as plainly wiped out. That much is clear from the report of Pershing's further advance. Whether the Ger mans In it have been pocketed and will be captured, whether the confusion of the Germans has cicated a "soft spot" which will enable the American com; mander to advance toward Metz, re' mains to be seen. But this is the first big American smash at Germans, the French troops co-operating, being under the command of the American general, as in all previous1 offensives the Amcilcan troops have been under the command of British or French generals. .It1, was aimed at established I'uamuiis mat naa oeen neia four years, .7 bwcih over mem as oyer a child s fortification of blocks. For the big drive that is to Jostle Hlndenburg . r """' '"" """" aeienscs the work of the last two dajs augurs well. For It is not thought here that this s the big offensive. The purpose of " " auppusea to nave been picpara tory to that drive. It aimed to abolish the St. Mihiel salient, and It has al- rcuuy uone so. Big; Fist Battered Down That salient stuck out Into France ike the fist of a pugilist wjth which he guarded his adversary from closing In on his vitals. Back behind that fist, In Lorraine, dominated by Metz, are the vitals of Germany, tho Iron mines which she seized from France. To strike' at these vitals the Allies must set by tho fist, to tho west at Verdun or to the east up the valley of tho Moselle. A drive toward Metz either side of tho St. Mihiel fist would have had a badly exposed flank and must have had a limited front. Pershing has bat tered down the Hindenburg's guard; closing in upon Hlndenburg presum ably will be another operation, unless the rush that has battered down the guard carries Impetuously forwaid un til the fight for Metz and the Lorraine iron fields begins. The situation on the west front is now exactly the reverse of what It was at the height of the great Gernjan offen sle of last summer. The Allies then had two vital spots, the Channel and Paris. Both had to be protected at whatever cost. Germatty could strike alternate blows at either one. May Strike at, Vitals Now Germany has two vital spots, the lion mines cf Lorraine and the coal mines, of which Lille Is the center. Her strategy when she entered France was to seize both, paralyze France Indus trially and Increase her own supplies of raw materials. Both the coal cf northern France and the steel of Lor raine are vital to her now, v Ital as were the Channel ports and Paris to the Al lies last summer. Her whole system on the northern front plots on Lille ' and Metz. The Allied strategy is clearly the reverse of the German strategy on entering tne war, namely, to take both these regions out of the hands of the foe. Foch may strike alternate blows for the coal fields at one end of the line and for the Iron fields at the other and Germany must stand always pre pared to defend both with her life. Focll's III- Task Foch's big offensive is likely to come at one end of the line or the other, rather than In the center, because the advantage Is with the Germans In the center. After tho Germans had made thelr bIe dent lnto tne A"lfd center towara Amiens, tney strucit out Deyond the .lines of their pievlous success, near rnntln-tr.1 o- l 'Ir1 f f",,"mw SOLDIER KILLED BY FALL Tumbles From Troop Train Pass ing Through City PrU ate. John S. Schultz, quartermaster corps, died in the Jewish Hospital to day. He was either pushed or .fell from a troop train on the Reading Hallway at Eighteenth street and BelfielU avenue yesterday. Schultz suffered a fractured skull, Jaw and right arm. He was twenty-three years old. . . WOULD HONOR GUN INVENTOR Asks Medal and Thanks of Con gress for John M. Browning By the Upttcd Press VVai.ll.-i(ton. FfPt- 13 While Amerl ian troops were driving forward In France today. Senator Smoot Introduced a resolution conferring a gold medal and the thanks, ot Congress upon 'John M. Brownlnjr.vW Ofden,-Vrfah,lnvBtorof U.S. TROOPS WERE WELL PREPARED FOR GREAT DRIVE General Pershing Had Plenty of Men, Guns and Ammunition x SUPREMACY IN AIR ALSO First Real American Battle of War Described as Grand Show By EDWIN L. JAMES Special Cable to r.icning Public Ledger Copvrtoht, lots, by Xew York Times Co. With the American Army In Franco, Sept. 13. The Flist American Army has at tacked tho St. Mihiel salient from all sides. Following four hours' Intense artil lery preparation, w,o took the offensive between the Moselle and the Meuse at 5 o'clock, and an hour later tho whole movement was In progress over a front of nearly fifty Kilometers (thirty miles). The American troops have taken possession of Apremont, Rlchccouit, Lahyvllle, St. Bussant, the Boisde- Mortmare, and tho southern part of tho forest of Venchercs. The advance continues on the whole salient. On the west side our tioops have made good progress. From Pont-a-Mousson on the cast to Fresncs, east of Verdun, on the west ern end, we havo been everywhere successful. General Pershing is In personal command of tho operations. Within tho last twenty-four hours tho St. Mihiel salient has been writ ten into American history and has glven new" paragraphs to Jworld his tory, for against it has been launched the first serious military effort ot the the United States in this war. This operation far and away transcends anything that our troops have previously attempted. Having made good with a vengeance in aiding the French to keep Paris safe, Amer ican military effort has been turned to J our own salient with a glorious initial success. Thorn in France's Side . Every one knows the history of the St. Mihiel salient. A natural fortress, but pressed by tho lofty Mont Sec, St. Mihiel was seized by the Invading Germans in 1914, 'and has been held ever since. Tho desperate efforts of the French in 1915 failed to oust the enemy from his strongly made posi tions, and tho salient has stuck there for four years, n thorn In the side of France. For four jears the enemy has been making it stronger. .Now the Americans have attacked It as their first real effort of the war. It must lemaln for the official com munique to give the exact progress, but I may say that there is considera bly less of that salient now left than there was twenty-four hours ago. It should be stated here that in the First American Army are fighting units of famous French shock troops, that French tanks are aiding us and French airplanes are helping our ef fort. But the great majority of tho soldieisaunder the First Army aro Americans. We are using our available air serv ice and have complete supremacy of the air. Not one German plane, so far as I can find out, has stuck its nose over our line today. We havo plenty of guns, ammunl- Contlnued on Tare Seventeen Colnnui One WENT OVER, THE' TOP SINGING "Where Do We Go From Here, Boys," Americans Battle Hymn By the Associated Press Tilth the American Army In Lorraine, Sept. 13t After the American artillery had reached a drumfire Intensity pre ceding yesterday morning's attack, tho American soldiers went over the top behind a barrage singing loudly, "Where Do We Go From Here, Boys?" The American attack was developed by a succession of surprise attacks at a great number of points, In which the enemy's lines were penetrated. Those elements which reached the secnd German line of defense met with little resistance. The Americans blew up. a number cf blockhouses, machlne-gurt-plts and munition depots. The German artillery Are at first was violent, but It fell off rapidly. rWEU WIN IN 1919" Pershing Sends Promise if Men, Guns and Supplies Come Quickly By the United Press Waslilntnn.Sept. 13. "Send us men guns and supplies quickly and we'll win 'this war In 119.' This is the message General Pershing Pent !o the American people through Congressman John Tillman (Ark.), who headed a congressional delegation that was entertained at American field head quarters recently. . ,frin.n was to see President Wilson ,,-"- .----- ti- I-!- . ' 1 SWEEPING VICTOR Y WON BY PERSHING IN LORRAINE DRIVE one killed; anotuer hurt in collision of planes TORT WORTH, Tex., Sept. 13. Lieutenant Charles Ray mond James, of. Chicago,' assistant flying instructor at Car ruthers Held, was killed, and Private Fred Lautz, Oil City, Pa., official field timekeeper, was probably fatally injured here today jv'hen. their planes collided. WHOLESALE MASSACRES BY KURDS IN PERSIA ROME, Sept. 13. News reached the Vatican today of wholesale massacres in Persia by the Kurds. A vicar at Teheran and many French priests were reported slaiu. BRITISH CARRY ON DESPITE STORM Haig's Men Unheedful of Discomforts of Rain and Cold WOMEN CLING TO HOMES B PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Eicning Public Ledger CovurwM, taif. j .Veil) l'orfc Times Co. Willi tile Ilrltlslt Armies, Sept. 13. A number of minor actions, outpost skhmishes, raids and local counter, attacks havo taken place along the fronts 'of tho British first, third and fourth armies, between LaEassee and tho country east of Peronne; that Is to say, on a line of nearly forty-four miles. The weather conditions weie bad for the men. After a cold, wet night, when the soldieis ljing out in tho open were drenched to the skin and felt the wind like a knife-blade, there was a violent thundeistoim in tho moinlng followed by slashing rain which lasted for hours. The stoim began suddenly with a vivid flash of lightning, which rent the clouds, and a tremenJous crash of thunder, so staitllng that it seemed like the beginning of a big bombard ment. I went up Into the area of the first army among the mining villages on the British side of Lens below Bfithuue, the giimlest and most squalid pait of the Biltlsh front, which has hardly altered its line during four yeais of war, and where now in places like Vermelles and Maroc and Bully, Grenay and Philo sophe and Lerutdlro farm namt which have a sinister meaning to thousands of British soldiers there Is the same old harassing fire as made men watch their steps this way four winters ago, and have done so ever since. I have descilbed the country often, with its black conical slag heaps, and pitheads and miners' cottages, with red-tiled roofs, (where any tiles or roofs are left). And on such a day as this they look their ugliest, with the rain beatlng-on the cobblestones and pom ing through the holes and broken timber ot shelledAhouses and washing coal dust in gullies down the slag heaps, ami spreading a wet blanket of mist over the smoke Using thickly from factory chimneys on tn edge of the fighting zon?. Nests of Machine tin ns in Lens Savage-looking rain clouds lay low on the heights of Notre Dame de Lorette and VImy Hidge, dark bar riers on our side of Lens, where the enemy Is still in strength with nests of machine guns, and between the Continued on I'uEc l.lclil. Column Two DEAD' HERO VERY MUCH ALIVE Soldier Writes He Expects to Eat Christmas Dinner in Berlin Mahanoy City, I'a., Sept. 13, Mrs. James Love, of Glrardville. was over Iava1 tnriuv when she received a m.s. sage from Svashlngton. stating that her son, Jamec who was reported killed In action "over there, -. Jul, there,", July IB, Is alive and well. A letter received today fron,i .the sol dier by ma moiner siaiea mm ne ieeis certain the American soldiers will eat ..i. nu -IsttnnR dinner in Berlin. -. . VONPAYER DEFIES ENTENTE POWERS Vice Chancellor Jeers at wM. ai.jji:m" in 1 Eastern Affairs WILL RESTORE BELGIUM Amnterdani, Sept. 1-3. Speaking at a public gathering In Stuttgart, German Vice Chancellor von Payer expressed the belief that Belgium can be restored without any restrictions! dispatches reaching here today said. "Tlie real ground for our depression," he said referring to recent reports of unrest In Germany, "Is our belief that prospects of peace are being Increasingly postponed and that the .possibility of war through another winter must be faced by all belligerents. "I believe Belgium can be restored without indemnities and without re stilction. "Who would deny that the co-operation by the Americans against us means a heavy Increasing burden?" asked the Vice Chancellor. "But our enemies still are unable to make good their ship ping losses. Tho moro Americans that are sent the greater will be tho need for ships to supply them. Our task today Is to see that tho war continues to be waged In foreign countries. Will Not Return Poland "We cannot return Poland to Russia," the Vice Chancellor continued "We cannot assist Russia in a reacquisltlon of Finland We cannot allow the Rus sian Baltic and border States to be again subjected tc Russian Czarism or to be thrown Into the perils of civil war and anarchy. We never will permit any one to meddle in this matter. We will not submit to the Bntente for Its Gracious approval ur uuerauun or t Ukraine, Russian and Rumanian treat- I ies. "We have peace in the east, whether or not It pleases our western neigh bors. As for the remainder of terri torial possessions existing befcre the war, they can everywhere be restored." nillbely Waives Compensation The Vice Chancellor said there still was the question of war indemnities from one or the other party, and had Germany "been allowed to pursue her work in peace there would have been no war or injury." "There can be no question, therefore, of our paling," Von Payer said, "but only whether we should receive compen sation for the Injuries inflicted on us. We are deeply convinced that, as the Innocent and attacked party, we have a right to indemnification To go on prosecuting the war, however, to that point would cost us such heavy sacri fices, irreparable by money, that wo pre fer, on calm reflection, and even with our favorable military situation, to abandon this Idea, quite apart from the question of Jeopardizing a future peace which would be inevitable If compensa tion were forcibly urged ftJVlll Not .k Merc "UmeatUable conditions of peace, of pnnrse. snoum 1101 u laiu uuwi iuj- jour participation in the peace negotia tions We laugn ai me mea mai we should first penitently ask for mercy before we are admitted. We laugh at the fools who babble of revenge. "We place the responsibility for the blood whicli will yet fall on the Bhoul ders of our enemies. Germany's strength, capacity, courage and self sacrlflce must teach our enemies that it has become hopeless for them to continue to wage this baneful war." Mate nebts Mount s , "Our state debts," the vice chancel lor said, "are everywhere reaching fan tastic heights and everywhere we struggle against the encroachments on our personal liberty. All of the belllg erants of Europe must adnftt. If they are not blind, that the longer the Euro pean peoples lacerate each other the more certainly will the historical and paramount position of vvetkened and Im. poverlsbed Kurope be lost In favor of cleverer and more calculating peoples." Herr von Payer reminded jila hearers , j 26,000 Germans May Be Trapped in Pocket SPEEDY PUSH IS CONTINUED Germany and Austria Ad mit Retreat at St. Mihiel TEUTONS BLOWING UP TVIUNITIONS AND STORES Sixty Guns and Rich Booty Wrested From Bodies haig and petain gain British and French Close in on St. Quentin Strong hold London, Sept. 13. The Americans are sweenincr on W ffi Lorraine and have pTunged,'to ijMl aeptn ot eijht miles, capturing na-5 merous towns, 9600 prisoners ad sixty guns. ' , S Tha Ra-T)n Tir SVJtt.... 1 it" i-Hw ..o .ucsiiu i- unite says me ts Germans, "without interference,' J$M have completed the evacuation of the r &Wi St. Mihiel salient which wno KL . Mti ,... '"?' - "v v WH The British and French have made fresh gains near St. Quentin. By the Associated Press London, Sept. 13. General Pershing's forces in their attack on the southern side of the St. Mihiel salient have advanced for a distance of eight'miles. The as sault was made on a front of four teen miles. The Americans this morning were making rapid progress in their con- uuuauuii oi ineir anve. ,Zf General Pershing's troops so far- nave captured H50U prisoners and have taken sixty German guns. Four Towns Captured The Americans are reported to have captured Vigneulles, seven and one-half miles north of Xivray, through which the former line ran. They also are said to have captured n it i- l . . Beney, Heudlcourt and the Bois de Thiaucourt. If these places really have been captured, the neck of the St. Mihiel salient has been narrowed to less than six miles; and if the two Ger man divisions (26,000 men) reported last night to be in the salient still are there, it is decidedly improbable that they will be able to get away. Gain on West Side On the west side of the St. Mihiel salient where the country is much more difficult and where the German tesistance has been more determined, the Americans have made an 'ad vance of three miles on a twelve mile front. The Germans are blowing up the ammunition dumps at Hattonville and Domboux. German prisoners say the Ameri can attack was expected, but that it was delivered so roni'dlv tkof ti.. had no time to put up a stubborn? ?4 resistance when they were ordered VlSj to. rannes, which was energetically i"?. defended bv the Germnna wno . n.pss captured by the Americans. ! v .., .. Hu W,W .? , yrr,'3 By the Associated Press ' "' With Uie American Anny In Itsji ralne, Sept. 13. General Pershing's, troops continued their steady advance , against the St. Mihiel salient througaV " uui me niguu .iney reacnea ana evstv "s2 nnimprl thf nlilprtlvpa o.l e.-.. .mti m Prlonnr .-nntlnllAri in tim Im . , . Reports Indicate that thejVtnerhMn& i.i . j... f -'a uru iiiaivine, piugices uccoraing;! schedule, no unexpected develop are occurring. ;. Large quantities of German bub and material haye been .secuVsd. there has been no time to shack i i?.. K. V ., 1 - 1 TL. " ' SS. j??'i . N. ' Ji'wi :Hl xfe c4i i ii( T -"I-TT "7'SZS "T" ,i ' ' .- . ttWr- & J2. .... U.A '. y. .- JLu. SfwJ?i54Si.lSaS -? i c . . iy ,'- v!' .-3"a wv a
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