E3KSE (Flr-rv ?s fxT ffie&ger THE WEATHER uentng SPORTS EXTRA Washington, Sept. 14,-Fair tonight and Sunday; little change in tempera' ture; gentle variable tcinds. TEMrF.rfATtlRE AT EACH HOUR il 1 10 1 11 1 1 i ijJTrTjl THE EVENING TELEGRAPH 160 I fi2 I 63 I fg 68 68 I 73 7S I I VOL. V. NO. 1 Publlihed Dally Except Sunday. Subscription Price: 16 a Tear by MalL Copyrliht. 1918. by the Public: Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918 Entered Stcand f'laas Matter at the poatuS'e at Philadelphia. Pa. Under the Act of March 3. 187V. PRICE TWO CENTS FOCH BEGINS DRIVE ON LA ON; GAINS 2 MILES; U S. TROOPS MOP UP SALIENT, CAPTURE 15,000 Bublic and DEMOCRATS READ BONNIWELL OUT OF PARTY PALE State Committee Ignores Head of Ticket in In dorsing Candidates SUFFRAGE PLANK WINS Philadelphia Judge Termed Tool of Penrose and Cor rupt Liquor Interests Some Salient Features of Democratic Platform The platform ndopted by the Democratic State committee at Harrisburg this afternoon Includes the following salient features: Indorsement of President Wilson. Advocacy of minimum-wage com mission. Commendation of profit-sharing in production by labor. Extension of the Pennsylvania compensation law. Complete political enfranchise ment and equality for women. Establishment of public trade and occupational schools. Systematic organization and pro tection of the profession of public school teaching. Revision of the State Constltu ,tlon,4calllng for a convention. Home rule for cities. Bu a Staff Correspondent 1 Harrlaburr, Ta., Sept. 14. utJudgo Eugene C. Bonnlwell, the Denro cratlc nominee for Governor, was ofll- (dally repudiated this afternoon by the "Democratic 'State "Committee as the party candidate.- E jthe, meeting' was held In the Harrls bnrg BoaM of Trade rooms and was called to give Judge Bonnlwell an op portunity to answer the charges made ll!tithe 'meeting last week by A. Mitchell 'Palmer, Democratic National Commit teeman, that Judge Bonnlwell was j "planted" on the Democratic party by Senator Penrose and the liquor Inter ests. Judge Bonnlwell did not appear at I the meeting, having served notice that he would not, and few of his followers were present. The resolutions which "Indorse the other Democratic State candidates and Ignore Bonnlwell were adopted by ac climation. Only two votes were cast against them. . " Palmer Arraigns renroae. In 'upholding his charges and attack ing Judge Bonnlwell's answers, Mr. Pal mer arraigned severely tho "higher con spiracy" which he declared rules Penn sylvania politics. 'Senator Penrose was pictured by Mr. Palmer as the "fountalnhead of evil In lit .Pennsylvania." "Penrose," he charged, "Is the repre sentative of the triumvirate of inter ests 'which have Joined together to In struct him how to operate, not for the people's interest, but their own Inter acts.? "Ine protective tariff people, the ratr rnads and the liquor interests" were named by Palmer as the triumvirate. " "Senator Penrose is the real conduit through .which It operates," Palmer con tinued. He branded Judge Bonnlwell as "nam 'ed by Penrose, notified by SInnott, and 'financed by the liquor people without a nroner'leral accounting, and that, while ' he was in the Republican party, work ing fOC its, canuwate." "He 'denies," continued Palmer, "that Penrose, paid him. Penrose Is not the only Jtepubllcan -paymas'er." "My only interest In politics," con tinued Palmer, "is to tell the people of these Interests (railroads, tariff and liq uor); and to fight against them to my j dying day." " ' Predicts Liquor Bine's 'bemlee Declaring that the power of two, the . railroads and tariff, had been broken by the national Government, Palmer dra matlcally asked the committee: "Shall we let our party be sold out, -'when, the power of the two has been ?fcroken, by the last remnants of the tllird interest?" ' The third, interest, the liquor ring, he 5'-v"I admit they fooled me in 1010," 'Palmer confessed. He supported former -'Senator Webster Grim against 'William n . H Alan iliHaA.Anvnavail miha. i it erry m "" -" buwsi , natorlal contest that year. , "We will not permit ourselves to be ruled by the liquor Interests through 1 their Champion, Boles Penrose," he de-- clared. After the applause subsided, follow " tng the remark, three cheers were given t for Palmer. . Th national committeeman 'declared ' Ms Indictment against the liquor 'ln tereets was aimed at the big brewers and distillers and not the "little fellows, r Cantlaed on Fae Three. Column On ( SUNDAY IS RICHT! To prepare us for Blue Monday, fair tonight and alio Sunday, Every cheerful man At Chance for comfort seet and r 9lzet. CtorfftAWfeBJe breeze ,JMJ MM Mttavoll wiatkJ THE NEW AMERICAN FRONT I BtilrWAJ O . a t ' - , Br.ey J f S XjT lYEtain rZeiSrnr XTH J vlRDUN"NFrEu9s jMStwnrjL a 'fc-,u, wvfo JT w TaucouT 2sv&$l:j ti5... . - ,. A NY 1 "Iia '. ,- m t - rurcy -y m mw Rupr ri 1 Vo.eulouarcrc W erooville f . AMERICAN -FRENCH LINE TODAY AMERICAN -FRENCH LINE WEDNESDAY THREE FROM HERE DEAD IN FRANCE Two Philadelphians and Camden Man Lose Lives in Action NINE RECEIVE WOUNDS Roll of Honor of City and Vicinity for Today KILLED rniVATK CIIABI.FJ J. KANE, Jr., SOS nnin nixuein itrreec. VATE ALFRED VOLPE. 1521 Mc- PRIVATE FREDERICK ELLIOTT, 6IS i.innoou iirrcec, uimai. WOUNDED MEtTTENANT J08EPH E. KERST, 3S80 Chmtnut 8trrt. LIF.l-TF.NANT HARRY A WELL- IIM'H, 211 DliMiond Mn-t. RIVATE (1EORGE H. (1ALLENA, J 100 ("lnirrli lane. PRIVATE WILLIAM I. TIIOSlrSON. 1110 .North (Iratz Mrrrt. PRIVATE LEO 4. DOl'UIIERTY, 2041 North Lambert street. nilOLER I". N. K. NCIIWENK, Jr., 1417 North Ilroiu utreet. PRIVATE WILLIAM A. HERRING. 430 Knrlhnm terrare. PRIVATE INERsnLL OUISTE.D, Jr.. 412 North Thlrty-IMrd atreet. PRIVATE JAMES F. RODGERS, 3004 Amber fttrpet, PRIVATE JAJiES D. I1ERRY. 48 Etldt Hprlnrer utreet. Mt. Airy. GASSED PRIVATE JAMES SCIIOFIELD. 60S orth Tenth Htreet. PRIVATE JAMES F. MARTTN. 060S cireenwur nvenue. PRIVATE K. P. TERRY, 1511 North Firtr-thlrd utreet. . PRIVATE CHARLES M. GALLENA. SIOA Phnrrh lanj.. CORPORAL EDWARD REYNOLDS. 028 Noiitn water utreet. CORPORAL JOSEPH IIAILEY, 511 rtoutn front Htreet. PBEVIOURLY REPORTED DE D. NOW nnruniui j-nmu.iEin PRIVATE ROY II. SIMPSON. 119 East liuval utreet. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSINO, JMJW IEI'UKTKU WUU.MIGU PRIVATE WILLIAM J. DAUER. no local aaarms oven tlanaaian nrmji, PRISONERS IN GERMANY LIEUTENANT A, L. MILDENDERG, 4430 North Twentieth utreet. , PRIVATE HARRY HIVITAK. 744 East Paelfle street. PRIVATE LOUIS SANDLER, 2211 South Mth Ntreet. PRIVATE CHARLES A. BUNTING. 649 North Thirty-fifth utreet. PRIVATE WILLIAM J, WRIGHT. cneftlnttl lllll. PRIVATE JAMES J. McCAFFFJlY. 3144 North Second utreet. PRIVATE ROIIEKT F. SPICER, 8018 Tlnlcum avenue. PRIVATE JAMES COFFEY, 3869 Fed eral street. FROM NEARBY POINTS SERGEANT PHILIP M, NORBECK. or i Colllnrdalei nonnded. I'RIVATE ALFRED STEVENSON, Tln iiaKH, nenr i nniicri Kinni. PRIVATE OWEN DOUGIIERTV. 1430 North Twelfth street. Eddratonei PRIVATE CHARLES W. TRESTON, of rnnenooa. i'n. ' September 14. 1918 The complete list of casualties an nounced today by the War Department la printed on page IS. Thirty soldiers from this section are listed today among the casualties in the American army overseas. Of the thirty, two Phlta'delphlans and a Camden man have given up their lives. Nine have been wounded and six have been" gassed, while nine soldiers frOm this city who were previously listed among the missing have been lo cated In prison camps in Germany. Among the captives appears the name cf one Philadelphia soldier who was previously reported killed In action. He has written that he was a prisoner of war. , The two casualty lists published today record a total of 258 casualties, includ ing eleven men 'from this State, In the list made public In the morning news papers, flye Pennsylvanlans are included among the names of 130 soldiers. In the afternoon newspaper list six Penn sylvanlans are reported among a total of 138 eoldler3. SfCETCHES OF HEROES Vint Lieutenant Joseph E. Kent, fprty-three years old, was wounded In action late In July while serving with Company A, 110th Infantry, according to a letter received from him today by Mrs. B. S. Qeldach. 5330 Chestnut kstreet,, at which address the soldier lived in llHB'lftwW",w,,t evw 4inq uvm Mm Mtvy rar aWMUarMrs. and I I EUGENE V. DEBS GETS TEN YEARS Sentenced for' Violation of Espionage Act on Three Counts BAIL FIXED AT $10,000 Uy the Associated Press Cleveland, O., Sept. 14. Eugene V. Debs, charged with violation of the es pionage act, was sentenced to ten years In the Moundsville, W. Va., penitentiary on each"of three counts of the indict ment by Federal Judge D. C. Wcsten haver here today. The sentences will run concurrently. In Imposing sentence Judge Westen haver said: "I do not regard the idealism of the defendant as expressed by himself as any higher, purer, nobler than the Ideal isms of thousands of young men I have seen marching down the streets of Cleveland to defend our country. "I cannot accept the attitude of mind of any one who clafms any right to dis pense anybody from observing the laws of our land for the protection and peace and safety while thousands of young men are defending the country against the common enemy. "Any one who strikes tho Bword from the hand of those young men -or causes another young man to refuse to do his duty when called to serve by their side, or any one who obstructs the recruiting service, doe3 Just as much injury and wrong to our country as if he were a soldier In the ranks of the German army." Auks for No Mercy - Following the motion for a new trial and the court's refusal, Judge Westen haver asked Debs If he ' had any thing to say why sentence should not be Imposed upon him. Debs spoke for thirty minutes. Ho asked for no mercy and said he had no fault to find with the conduct of the trial. Ho resented ths manner In which the names of Hose Pastor. Stokes and Kate Richard O'Hare had been handled during the trial. He stated he had devoted his life to the cause of the downtrodden and Is op posed to, the form of our present gov ernment and our social system and be lieves in a, change In both by peaceable and orderly means. Motion for a new trial was overruled and an exception on behalf of the de fendant was allowed. A motion for ar rest of the sentence was also over ruled. A writ of error was granted to the United States Supreme Court. Must Obserye Law While Free On application of counsel ball was granted In the sum of S10.000 upon con dition that Mr. Debs would keep and observe the law while at large and would not depart from the Jurisdiction of the court without leave. Permission was granted Mr. Debs only to go to and remain at his home. Debs was found guilty .of attempting to .Incite Insubordination, disloyalty, etc.. In the military and naval forces; ob structing and attempting to obstruct recruiting and uttering language in tendtd to Incite, provoke and encourage resistance to the United States and to promote the cause of the enemy. In an address delivered at the Ohio Socialist convention at Canton, June 16. Tho Jufy found hlin not guilty on one count, that of opposing the cause of the United States. The maximum penalty on each count is twenty years' Imprisonment and a fine of 110.000. GIRL COUNTERFEITER SOUGHT Young Woinan .Mulcts Stores by "Rnising" Small Bills . Secret Service operatives and the po lice are searching the city for a young woman who. by painting genuine bank, notes of small denomination to look like notes of much larger denomination. Is said' to have mulcted stores of large sums. The Identity of the woman has not been learned. .. j., ., . Attention of the authorities was di rected to the fraud today when a cashier nf laram store discovered a five-dollar .banknote that had been "raised" to a twenty-aouar noitr, ........ Investigation disclosed .that the bogua .,.I...!lr hill was received front a wn.iiriw '.touw.- msekVKLsams, miry Howfi xjpi "JtS" iH",. WgL, ON TO GERMANY, WARCRYOFU.S, SAYS GEN. MARCH "America Is Going Through,' Bodly De- uarcs uuei ot atait i RAPS PROPAGANDA lin , . rl., ., rrcposterous in Lalsity, He nve rif SiinrToctiniic Tnat ' wJD ..toi.wio ., i U. S. Would Slow Down By CLINTON W. CILBERT Staff Cormpondrnt Kvmtna Public l.cdocr Copyright, 1918, lu Public Ledger Co, Washington, Sept. 14. General March, In his talk to the newspaper conespondents today, sum med up the value of the American wiping out of the St. Mihiel salient as restoring to tho French railroad com munication between Verdun and Toul and us Improving the base for a future offensive operation In that region. Thus he virtually confirmed the view that the American drive had a limited aim and that It was preparatory to a future and much larger operation. Discussing this future, members of the General Staff told members of the Military Affairs Committee of tho House last night that 'if the Americans could reach Longwy, ten miles north of Metz, they would control 80 per cent of the Iron supply of Germany. Amer ica's tnsk, as said In these columns yesterday, is to make the ore deposits from which Germany's war munitions are made one of the big objectives of the war. No Let-Up on Germany Besides summing up the St. Mihiel operation, General March took occa sion to stamp -Hard upon the peace propaganda which Is appearing in the newspapers. The General made no reference to tho Burian and Hertling speeches, but he declared unequivo cally that It was America's purpose to go through with the war. Suggestions now appearing In the press to the contrary effect, the' General declared, to be "prepsoterous in their falsity." Now that the army had asked Con gress for a large number of men and vast sums of money for equipment, It was inci edible, the General Bald, that such propaganda should be considered seriously. "America Is Oolng Through" This Is the reply of the American army to the German and Austrian plea that the war be stopped because a mil itary victory la Impossible and an effort to obtain one will only waste millions of lives. Tho American army view Is that the war can be won, and won by tho Allies. General March and General Pershing have both predicted that It can be won next year. It will not be their fault if the world is misled by the German cry that there is a deadlock which cannot bo broken. The American army view Is that it can be broken and that It will be broken. And America will go through with the war. rroud of Great Work Showing what America is doing now and how It has become posslblo for her to bring all her vast powers to bear against Gerrriany, General March read a dlsnatch from France which told how on that day 33,000 American troops had been landed In France and 11,000 more would be. landed before noon on the fol lowing day. That large number of men could now bo got ashore and the ships carrying them could now turn around In a day. On such achievements as these and on such 'fighting as the Americans have done in St. Mihiel. pointed the .statement that the war can be -won next year and that America is going thorugh with It. , The general said what he had to say of St. Mihiel with obvious satisfaction, though his manner Is as restrained as an otHclal communique. He emphasized the fact that the eallent had been taken Contluued on Tate Two. Column Seren HERTLING SEES PEACE NEARER German Rulers and Army Seek Understanding, Says Chancellor London, Sept. 14. Notwithstanding the declination of Germany's peace offer. Count von Hertling, Imperial Ger man chancellor, is convinced peace is nearer than is generally supposed, ac cording to an address made by the Chan cellor before the trade unionist leaders In Germany, says a dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph from Copenhagen. The Chancellor declared that both the German Government and army leaders desired an understanding and peace. He said the Government and the army lead ers were against all conquests. As soon as he was convinced of the im possibility of an agreement with the upper house on the suffrage question, the Chancellor said he would dissolve the lower house. MOONEY MAKES NEW PLEA Asks Writ Removing Case to U.S. Supreme Court Ry the Associated Press Han FrancUco, Sept. 14. A writ of error, allowing the case of Thomas J. Mooney, convlctetd of murder In con nection with the Preparedness Pay ex plosions here, to be taken to the United ai.t.i Kiinrpme Court for review, was sought in un, application filed here today in the ualirinim supreme tourt- .. 'TM nnanwnn- ipgfcyyp"1'" . wt , j , tWj-1 "TSS- ' '" ff MUMl MaaIM a r aa aMTTmalaaM" aaaa VI 1 ALLIES STRIKE FURIOUS BLOWS AT FOEJS ARMIES ON TWO BATTLEFRONTS French and Amer- icans Advance on Ailette and Aisne rt n i T.mTTTnn lOUU L. Af 1 1 V US . SOON SEIZED; Petain Threatens to Out flank Chemin-des-Dames in Big Offensive HURLS GERMANS BACK ON FRONT OF 11 MILES Several Towns Fall and Men ace to St. Gobain Increases NEW PUSH ABOVE VESLEI British Capture Auchy, Near La Bassee, in Flanders By the Asibcialcd Press London, Sept. 14. French troops began a new attack at dawn this morning on both sides of tho Ailette River and betweeen the Aisne River and tho Veslo River. (American troops have been fighting alongside the French on these fronts.) The French advanced for a distance of between ono and two miles on an eleven-mile front between tho Ailette and Aisne Rivers. The drive Is aimed at Laon. The at tack was launched at 5 o'clock. Ono division at an early hour had taken 1000 prisoners, making a total of 1800 Germans Raptured on the Ailette front alone. Capture Three Villages South of the Ailette River the French captured Mont Des Singes and the villages of Allemont and Sancy (Allemont Is ten miles southwest of Laon and nine miles northwest of Solssons. Sancy Is two miles south east of Allemont and two miles north of the Aisne.) The French also reached the edge of the town of Vallly on the Aisne. The German counter-attack against tho French advancing on tho Ailette Rler front appeared to have been weak, although the front line was strongly held. The German prisoners say they had orders to hold at all costs. Push on St. Gobain The attack of the French forces in the direction of the Forest of, Coucy at the southern end of the St. Gobain massif, was progressing satisfactorily this morning. It Is pointed out that any advance made by the French to the north of the Ailette River will seriously affect the St. Gobain massif, probably the Immediate objective of the present HrlvA on Laon. In their attack south of the River Aisne (north of the vesie) tno 1'Tencn and Americans also made satisfactory progress and captured prisoners, but details aro lacking. The advance of the French threatens to turn the flank of the German defensive positions on the Chemln-des-uames, ana it also en dangers Lapn' By the Associated Press With the American Army on the. Aisne Front, Sept. 13. American in fantryment operating on this front have advanced their line slightly at several points soutneast ot vaners-en-Prayeres, to tho northwest of Revll Ion. An American raiding party was sent out against the enemy to the east of Vlllers-en-Prayeres before daylight, yesterday. The party brought back a few nrlsoners. There has been the kjsual amount of artillery firing. Long-range American guns are snei- Centlnned on Tate Two. Column SU SAYS HE SANK TWO U-BOATS Cuban .Paper Prints Statement Credited to American Captain By the Associated Press Havana, Sept, 14. Two enemy sub marines were sunk by an American bark when she encountered them 200 miles out from her port of departure, accord ing to a story published in the news paper Kl Mundo today. No details of the encounter are given. The bark, with 129 passengers on board, bound front an Atlantic port of the United fctates for Central America, took refuge in a. uumi pou inn weeK A aior.ii tuai va ewjiifia; acres a.- TB..caHia)q.sfVewamg t4U.- I.LU. autBMaf '1-n.A r pidihiti : m i aaaaua F" l I mUW TT TfalaaM 'TT- . . ' . "t- V ' - w 7..- " ' IK I I U ' -V GERMAN INHABITANTS MADLY ALARMED BY U. S. OFFENSIVE liy the Asociated Pre Washington, Sept. 14. The American offensive at their very doors and stories of a long-range gun about to be turned loose upon their towns ore giving the war a new aspect to the Germans. An official dispatch from France today says there arc evidences of excitement everywhere across the German border, and quotes tho following from the Muhlhausen Tage blatt: "The American offensive In upper Alsace and the long-range gun supposed to be Intended to reduce to ashes the towns In this country aro madly nlarmlng the Inhabitants. Even people or a high rank tremble at the news like little children listening to ghost stories. Of course, the evacuation of Muhlhausen and the whole of Alsace Is again in question, and It Is said that all measures for the actual evacuation of the Grand Duchy from linden to Freiburg have already been taken." The German papers remind the public who spread such rumors of the punishment they may incur, and say there is not tne slight est reason for anxiety, but at the same time continue to publish the reports. TELEPH0NE GIRL PREVENTS BANK ROBBERY DIXON, 111., Sept. 14. Miss Tloicnce 'Weaver, night tele phone operator, early today prevented five automobile bandits from looting the vault of the Citizens' State Bank at Mount Morris, 111., near here. Her office is in the bank huililing, and when she heart! the bandits at work on the snfe she notified the authorities. DUNB0YNE CAPTURES RICH BELMONT FUTURITY Duuboyne .was the winner of the rich Belmont Futurity, valued at 30,000, here this afternoon. Sir Barton finished second and Pur clmte third. ., ltiSBMBUIMk'. . BASEBALL SCORES r . -, STANDARD HARLAN.. 0 0 ..Z-. FOURTH NAVAL .... 4 STETSON 0 BRITISH CAPTURE PART OF OLD LINE Haig's Men Regain Area Held Before Cambrai ; Altack Last Year PIGHT AT HAVRINCOURT, I I5y PHILIP GIBBS Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger CovjrloM, run. bu Sew York Times Co, With the HrllMi Army, Sept. 14. Fighting continual throughout ThuiMlay and into the night for the possession of Huvilneourt Village, Trescault, Jloeuvies and the neighbor ing ground, taken by the gallant and skillful fighting of Lancashire troops and Yorkshire troops of the Sixty second Division, and some troops of the Rifle Brigade and Sixtieth Rifles and New Zealanders. t It developed into a much bigger suc cess than I knew, as 1 discovered when I went up Into that area and found that tho number of prisoners had reached a total of eleven officers and 1018 men those I have seen are a, stui dy lo and that the day's ac tion had resulted in a line, complete success, tho taking acioss of another section of the Hindenburg line at Hav rlncourt and south of that back into the old lines which the British held before the attack In the Cambrai sail eni last ear. The h.ndest task lay In front of the riflemen, who b.:id Trescault and its neighborhood as their goal. They, to gether with Uoops of English county regiments, have been woiklng along side New Zeulauderx since the be ginning of the offensive in August, They had nlready been nine weeks In line before that, starting somewhere by Bucquoy, smashing their way across a deep cutting outside Achlet-le-Grand, where they captured 400 ma chine guns, fighting a hard battle at Blhucourt, and pushing on to Blen vlllers and following up the enemy, of whom they had taken over 2000, to the edge of Havrlncourt Wood. He evidently Intended to defend this serious position. On the edge of it he had dug new rifle pits In double rows and he held thcise wh strong bodies of markbtnen with machine guns. But English battalions In a quick dash at the end of thejr day's advance swept through the northwest corner ot the wood, the only part' not defended In much strength, while the Ifew; Ze tHHHieu - wni,.Bwir mv t:Ai..j.:. iiAas.'i. O 0 0 Q GERMANS EASILY MADE PRISONERS Officers and Men Readily Surrender to Americans in St. Mihiel Salient MACHINE GUNS FLANKED By EDWIN L. JAMES I Speelal Cable Dhpateh I Corutloht, lt91fi, bu Xew York Times Co, Willi the American Army in France. i Sept. 14. 1 The Americans have smashed the St. I Mihiel salient, which Thursday morn ing swept southward from the vicinity of Fresnes, around St. Mihiel and east- ', wuru norm ot urey to a point Just .,. filx m,es northwMt beyond ront-a-Monssnn Twmtv.fniip..L. l rtesnes. hours after the First Amerlenn Armv ' hit it, the salient looked like a half-' the salient looked like a half- filled bag. We have knocked It in a little from one side, some from the end, and severely punched It from the south side. The Germans give evidence of withdrawing with all expedition. Some SOOO of them came out at the wrong end of the salient Into our hands, and this number of prisoners may be In creased when all are counted. A surprising thing about this great American military success in France is tnat tne enemy did not fight. The Germans had expected an attack by1 the Americans In this sector and had read speculations In their newspapers about t. but when the Americans struck the line only one flist-class division was in front of them, and it had. been roughly dealt with 'by our artillery fire, which was amomr the. fiercest exhibitions of shelllnr Been in tins region. Our men met real rcs:?t.nce only In spots, and then It was no of a deter mined nature. It was In no sense comparable to the rearguard actions fought by the Germans In getting out of the Marne salient. That the, Germans surrendered read ily Is shown by the fact that up to 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon one Amer. lean division had captured 3000 pris oners. These men said they did not care to fight any more. -Many Officers Taken A surprisingly strange thing is the large number of officers that have been captured. In taking one town the Americana rounded up 18)0 men and eighty officers. What puzzlj one Is why the Ger man commai.d'dld not put good di" slops into the salient. One knows that c- '- d(vIs:-,nB are at Hlnden burg'a dlspojal. - Perhaps, he bu'other uses for them, but the ease' of the American 'advance was i ' great sur prise to our men, wbo were rtachr to S,K.br.,w m9v Americans Complete ly Clear Up St. Mihiel Pocket ' FORTS OF METZ ARE IN RANGE New German Retreat on Seven-Mile Front Near Verdun , TEUTONS FALL BACK ' TO TWO-MILE DEPTH 70 Villages Won by Pershing. 200 Square Miles Re covered 13-MILE GAIN MADE Hindenburg Line Under Con- stant Shelling by Allied Guns Enemy Troops Reported Retreating to' Germany t -. With the American Artnyfon the Lorraine Front, Sept. 14. By I. N S.). German troops are retreating from Chambley and Mars-La-Tour toward Amanvlllers (within the' German border, northwest of Metz) 'and from Harvllle toward Conflans, air observers report. This movement is considered unusually important and significant because Conflans and Amanvlllers both are behind the prepared lines where the Germans might be ex pected to make a stand. American expolitation patrols are' Infiltrating northward into the Bota Dampsltoux (northeast of Vigneul les), the Boise Le Chaufour, the Boise Le- Bonvaux. the Forest Devoncheres and the Foret du Bols Le Pretre (north of Pont-a. Mousson.) By the Associated Press London, Sept. 14. General Pershing's troops in their operations In the St. Mihiel sector have Increased the number of Ger mans captured to 16,000. In addition to these more nrisnner ; are coming in. North of the old St. Mihiel salient the Germans are rp.iiHi,0n .i...i unea. In the neighborhood nf ,Ph. ..y .'8 . retl.rinr. an1 F r. u... . . hlm- The "",,m"3 "o gone DacK for a dlfe- i tanco of one to two miles at this point. (Chatillon is tne sector southeast of Verdun.) By the United Press ' Willi the Americans on the Met. Sept. 14. The Hindenburg line Is under continuous shelling from heavy and light American guns. The St. Mihiel salient has now been ' monned UP- bt the number o prl- ners ana guns is not yet known. It is now permissible to state that the task of winlne out th .,ii.i hlPh hn- .iU.l f e ' whlch..has exltl 'or ur years. 'was actually accomplished In twenty-seven. uuurs. ina uerman aetense was so caved in that the Americans advanced hours ahead of the timetable "every where. The Allies retain supremacy of the air, completely preventing German at tempts to attack with machine 'gun and bombs the roads which are heavy with traffic. - At some points tanks were dlstln- i guishable, often leading the Infantry' smoothing out wires and pushing through defenses, but apparently not ' encountering strong German positions after the barrage had swept the teiv rain. Into the sky half a dozen Amarlmi . balloons shot up almost directly ahov4 the front-line trenches. lTieyhtL i been moved forward in the niikt tn carry out battlefield observaUoUw-di.- I rect tne artillery ana -'&tch Denna. 1 movements. fj ( .-JS...1W una American aia "v vtrvtM vllle.eo. cloaeiy DOiin tht:!twa. eo. ,WKhf wrnkw i-srun WW f.y. m 8i !1 SI l & 11 ,JM 'a 'Vfi Vi m. V -Vi - vl X laHtaMb " WkmWkWr- - t r, il i -yr' ., -- ,M ,, -. . v.jfaMf tnj ..-.. - .jM.:s:HUTkk? aaaMlaBsaBnHaJtV.,waflBaammmBammmmaaftar, mtBtstimtmkiasmtmmmatiaxtiiLittt. 4 t
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