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VOL. V. NO. 4
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Copyright, 1018, by the Publlo Ledger Company.
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1918
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800 CASES HERE
OF SPANISH GRIP;
NAVAL MEN SICK
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Suffering Marines and
Sailors Isolated to Pro
tect Others
DOCTORS PLAN ACTION
Kruscn Meet? Government
Authorities City Institutions
Will Care for Patients
Spanish Grip Symptoms;
How to Treat Disease
Surgeon General Blue, Publlo
Health Sen Ice, lias Issued tho fol
lowing statement on the sjmptoms
and treatment of Spanish Influenza:
"The disease Is characterized by
sudden onset,
"First there is a chill, then fever,
Tilth tcmperatine from 101 to 103,
headache, backache, reddening and
running of the eyes, pains and
aches and general prostration.
"Tieatment is simple but impott
ant, consisting priclpally of rest In
bed, fresh air, abundant food, with
Dover's powder for the relief of
pain.
'The salts of quinine and aspirin
have been most generally used dur
ing the acute attack, the aspirin
apparently with much success In
the relief of sjmptoms."
Eight hundred cases of Spanish In
fluenza have developed at tho Phila
delphia. Navy Yard and the Naval
Home, according to reports made to
tho Bureau of Health her.
Steps tow aid the strictest isolation
cf every case among the marines and
sailors as quickly as It Is dlscoveicd
In order to protect the civilian popu
lation of the Philadelphia dlstilct and
to prevent lay of war woik have
" been taken, tv and naval authorities
co-operating. Special cffoits to pie
vent the disease reaching the "0,000
cmplojes at Hog Island, just below
League Island, aic being made.
One hundred and fifty of the moio
severe cases will be tiansfcried today
to the City Hospital for Contagious
Diseases at Second, and Luzerno
streets. The Episcopal Hospital also
, wilt care for as many patients as It
can. accomodate In its isolation build
ing.' To relieve possible congestion in
naval hospitals, the Episcopal Hos
pltal will take over patients suffering
from diseases other than Spanish in
fluenza. Doctors in Conference
These steps and othcis were decided
upon today at a conference between
Dr. Plckeral, of the Naval Home, who
has charge of tho health of marines
and sailors in the district; Director
Krusen, of the Department of Health
and Charities, and Dr. A. A. Calms,
of the Bureau of Health.
The only difficulty In the treatment
of the disease at city hospitals Is ho
lack of nurses and attendants, and the
Navy Department has agreed to fur.
nlsh these.
Both Doctor Cairns and Director
Krusen said there was little of the
disease among citizens', which, aside
from a few Isolated cases, has been
confined to marines and sallois. Doc
tor Krusen said he did not anticipate
a general outbreak among civilians If
the Individual citizens take proper pre
cautions to avoid the contagion.
The disease Is believed to have been
brought direct to the navy yard from
Boston, where there has been an
epidemic.
It Is declared that sailors returning
on transports and war vessels brought
Jhe diseases from Europe. Citizens
are warned not to associate with any
sailor who has recently tome from the
other elde.
Research Br Doctors
Physicians at the Pennsylvania Hos.
, pltal are making exhaustive research to
discover the species, mode of attack and
general characteristics of the Spanish
Influenza bacillus.
Following the formal warning Issued
by the Surgeon General that the ailment
had gained a foothold In this country:
the admission during the last week ot
'six Bailors from the Fourth Naval Dis
trict who were suffering from Influenza,
' and the request yesterday from the Gov
ernment to mako Immediate preparations
for the reception of twenty-five mora
cases, the hospital authorities directed
the research work to begin at once.
Keaemble Grip Oerma
Cultures made of Infected sailors are
being subjected to close examination.
They are obtained by allowing small
colonies of the bacilli to form In test
tubes for the purpose of observing their
progress and rapidity of accumulation.
Physicians at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital say the germs have much tho effect
en the system as the ordinary jrrlp mi
crobe. The eyes become Inflamed, the
mucous linings or the nose, throat nnd
lungs are attacked body muscles become
sore and tho cntlie respiratory system Is
subjected to complete disorganization.
Observation also has been made that
with Spanish Influenza there Is a marked
genet a prostration out of all proportion
to the Infection.
Will Make Findings Publlo
Precautions have been taken to Iso
late all cases at the Pennsylvania Hos
pital suffering from the disease. The
Investigation of the bacilli will be com
pleted as soon as possible, and findings
,of the physicians made public.
In addition to Infected sailors nt this
hospital, fourteen nurses and Ave In
terne have been stricken with the
malady. All of these now are on the
road to recovery.
Allies to Get Enemy Can
By the Associated Press
FUUbnrgb. Sept. 18. Three hundred
steel coal cars, which secret service
'officials say were built by the Oren-
stein-Arthur Koppel Company for secret
. sptpment to uermany by way oi aiexico,
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b,wnt'to France JoFwUM In coal
IWIWtjOH
Ambassador Designate
Personal Friend of Wilson
Join? William Davis, selected bj
Piesldent Wilson to tho highly
Important post of American Am
bassador at the Court of St. .lames.
Is n medium tall, slender man
whose almost white lmlr sixes lilm
a distinctly distinguished appear
nnce.
Ho Is married, fortj-flvo yearn
old, and one of the lccognlzcd
or.itois of tlio Government.
He Is a strong pcison.il friend o.
Secretary of State Lansing, Presi
dent Wilson, Colonel House nnd
Lord Reading, British Ambassador,
and his training In handling Dig
business" cases for the Government
before tho Supremo Court glcs
him tho necessary foundation, it
is held, for handling the Intricate
International trade pioblems that
will arise In aftcr-the-war adjustments.
"OLD .WALNUT" NOT SOLD
Clarke Estate Heirs Stay Auction
ot Historic Theatre
The old Walnut Theatre. Ninth and
Walnut streets, did not go under the
hammer today.
Heirs ot the estate of the late John
Sleeper Clarke who owned the famous
old playhouse since tho late fifties have
witiiurnwn it riom the Hands of tlie auc
tioneers ,
No reason wan given for the decision
not to sell tho historic theatre.
The AVnlnut Street Theatre Is sched
uled to reopen next Monday under the
management of a new company known
as the Walnut Street Theatre Compuny.
Plavs and pictures will be exhibited
iNens that the "old Walnut" vvas to
go under the hammer brought a pang
of regret to thousands of old Phlladel
phlans It is the oldest theatre In the
clt) having been erected In 180D.
ITALY HAS LOST 1,350,000
Five Million Men Have Gone to
War, Official Announces
By the United Press
Home, Sept. 1 The losses In the
Italian armies since Italy entered the
war amount to 1,150,000 In killed nnd
permanently disabled, according to a
statement by Francesco Nlttl, Minister
of tho Trcnsur), here today in an Inter
v lew.
However, he declared: "After the war
Italy will be stronger than ever In men.
due to the cessation of emigration t)m
dllllcultles today are In the Inbor field,
for no fewer than 5,000,000 have been
called to arms sines1 the beginning of
the war."
MAJOR SIMPSON IN FRANCE
Philadclpliiaii Goes Over With
Pioneer Infantry Regiment
Mijor D B. Simpson, for manv jens
eniplojed In the money order division
nt the ccntial postofllce, has arrived
afely ovcisea,-, according to postcards
icceivcd by friends. Major Simpson Mad
been Serving at Camp Wadsworth. nnd
he went over with a pioneer Infantry
regiment.
Major Simpson was connected with
the National Ouaul nail) twenty jears
Ho went to VA Paso, Texas, during the
Mexican trouble as a captain in charge
of the commissary. Later he was placed
In ""rarcc of the machlre gun comptnj
of tne oiu I'll st ugiment.
638,500 AT CITY CONCERTS
Municipal Band Attendance Has
Averaged 7095 Nightly
AH records for attendance at the con
certs of tho Municipal Band were broken
during the summer Just closed
There were eighty-seven'' concerts
given In different sections of the lit)
The average attendance at each conceit
was 7095. tho total attendance was
638,500 The dancing, which Is a feature
of each of the concerts, iipparenti) was
also attractive A total of l.',310 couples
enjoved this feature
J
riier Burned to Death in Airplane
By the Associated Press
Toronto, Ont Sept IS When his
machine caught fire while flving more
than 10.000 feet In the iir near Lea&lde
Camp late estrday. Cadet Henry C".
S-iunders, of Krin, Out , was burned to
death.
CLASS EXEMPTION
REFUSED R.R. MEN
Crowdcr Rules Employes
Must Prove Present
Work Essential
McADOO PLANS CONTEST
There will be no class exemption for
railroad employes and every individual
In order to obtain deferred classification
under the new man-power bill on Indus-,
trial grounds must prove his retention
at his present occupation is essential
to the best interest of the nation
This announcement, which affects
thousands In Philadelphia, was made In
Washington today by Provost Marshal
Generab Crowder. It stilled all reports
that railroad employes were to be given
deferred classification In a body.
The Provost Marshal ruled that there
can be no blanket class exemption of
any kind, Director General McAdoo,
who sought such blanket exemption. Im
mediately notified the regional chiefs of
Vill railroads to ask deferred classlncn-'
tloh for every employe.
In accordance w ith this order," de
ferred clisslncatlon on Industrial
grounds will be asked for thousands of
railroad eniplojes In this city and
vicinity.
MeArioo'a InMructlom
Director McAdoo, In his Instructions
to the various regional chiefs, said:
"Please state to the district board
with my full authority that after eight
and a half months of a thorough study
of this subject, being constantly In touch
with employes of railroad labor, the
representatives of the railroad employes
and the representatives of the labor
situation generally, for the whole coun
try, there Is no surplus supply of labor
from which new employes can be drawn
to replace those who may be taken for
military service." .
He declared hundreds of miles of
military railroad In France are being
operated by men drawn from tho rall
road service In this country and said
tralnlhr 5Jtnvy employes at this Ime
JOHN W. DAVIS
SUCCEEDS PAGE
AS AMBASSADOR
Solicitor General Named to
Represent United States
at London
RANKS HIGH AT CAPITAL
His Post in England Will
Strongly Resemble Lord
Reading's in America
By the United Press
Washington, Scjl IS
John W Davis, solicitor genenl of
the United .States, has been selected bv
President Wilson as Ametlcnn Am
bassador to Ureal Biltnln, It was nlll
eially announced todn.
In making announcement of Daviss
choice tho Mate Department Issued the
following statement:
Iho Secrctaiy of Slate announces the
selection of John William Davis as Am
bassador to Great Britain "
Mr. Davis, who is now en loule to
Berne, Swltzcrlind, to confer nn -ei-tember
J3 with German icprescntatlvcs
on questions involving disposition and
exchange of prisoners, Is one oi tne less
widely known but most popular ofllclais
of tho Government.
In many wajs Mr. Davis's posi
tion as United States Ambassador to
England will not be unlike that of Loirt
Heading, British Amunssaoor 10 inc
United States. Both men are irgu
minds of wido lepute, Davis lclns
recognized es one ot the most able
solicitors general the Government ever
has had Both Davis and Heading are
of tho so-called "liberal" clement in
world politics and both are of chaimlng
personality.
In view of the dflicitc prtilili m i which
arc hound to come out of tho wni and
the need fcr "tudlous handling t the-,
situations belv ecn the United Stales ..ml
Great Biltaln. Mr Davis's (.election
would carr with it the knowledge that
ho Is regarded in extrun-l high esteem
Lj President Wilson. Many times ho
has been mentioned for important Cab
inet posts, but at the time vvheir his
election was deemed likely he was In
volved In Important Government cases
hcfoie the United States Hupieme Court
Ills selection foi an ambassadorship
low is regarded as timely, because the
Supremo Comt has decided to diop titist
prosecutions for the war pciiod, and
Davis's duties as solicitor general have
been lightened.
John William Davis was born it
Clarksburg. W. Va , April 13, 1873. He
graduated from Washington and Lee
Law School and later was assistant pio
fessor of law In tho Institution. He has
been prominent In Democratic politics
all his life, being a former member of
the Wr-t Virginia House of 'Metrites,
delegate to Democratic na'lnnul conven
tions and membei of the Slt) -second
and SIM -third Congresses, fiom which
he resigned August 30, 1013, to become
i-ollcltnr gmernl at the request of Presi
dent Wilson Hij is a thlrtv-econd de
gree Mason, an Elk and a prominent
clubman
Mr. Davis Is married Ho his one
daughter.
SENDS HOME GERMAN HELMET
Bugler Carl F. Schmulze Writes
of His Epcricnccs
Bugler Carl V. Schmalze, 1812 N'ortn
Tanev street, has sent homo a Prussian
helmet with a letter telling of his ex
periences at tho fiont with the 103d
Trench Mortar Battery. ' Go boy, get
the Huns," was the cry of the American
soldiers as they went over the top nt
the point where he was stationed wail
ing for orders to move Into tho front
lines
"If tho Germans ever had an Idea
the) were the most wonderful flghteis in
the world thej must have had a sudden
change of iplnd after they met tho
Americans" he sajs in his letter.
REDFIELD FAVORS
CANAL PURCHASE
Sea Level Waterway Across
New Jersey Also
Recommended
PLAN ADVOCATED HERE
Permanent acquisition by the I'cderal
Government of tho Chesapeake, Dela
ware and Cape Cod Canals, together with
early construction across New Jersey of
a sea level canal, Is recommended by
Secretary P.edfleld. In a report to the
Senate today, as part of a sjstem of
Government-owned deep sea level canals
extending from Massachusetts to the
South Atlantic States
This plan Is virtually the same as had
been advocated by shipping men In this
city and by members of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterwa)s Association for )ears.
It would virtually connect Maine with
Florida and would, make nn inland
waterway of great commercial nnd mili
tary value in times of war, and peace,
making ships In the coastwise trade Im
mune from submarine attacks and ex
pediting the shipment of munitions to
coast points
Greater agitation for this waterways
system started when German U-boats ap
peared off the coast several months ago.
Secretaiv Itedneld, In a letter accom
panying the recommendation, touched
upon the value of the waterwa)s s)s
tern from both a military and commer
cial standpoint. He added:
"In the opinion of the department,
time for action has come."
The report urges Improvement of the
Chesapeake nnd Delaware and the Cape
Cod canals at once and urgis a mini
mum depth -of twcnt)-no feet for the
proposed New Jersey sea level canal.
It was submitted In response to a. Senate
resolutlni of last July.
The Senate resolution sought Informa
tion relative to the advantages, commer
cial and. military, of a detp sca-Icvel
canal system connecting Massachusetts
Bay and HlMMtard's Bay, New Tk Bay
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9 CITY SOLDIERS
FALL IN BATTLE
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I hrCC JHore PlllladelpllianS
Reported Killed, One Un
officially SIX ARE WOUNDED
Roll of Honor of City
and Vicinity for Today
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Delhi ftrcrt
rim vi i: uivRitx i,i:rcM. -ms-,
I. Kingston street
pimATr. ri.irTnv viwnrii,
CM.V. 317 Wist l.ouan street (un
oiriclil) not'Mihn
C.M'I'MN KIIKWIl '. Ill ISI.I I!. 1111
c heMmit street
I.II'.I'TI'.N VNT III Rill 111 l HINT.
"UK Wiilnut streel
HFlWIiWT .iwim 1'. I'VIU.KV. 20S0
V-H l.lpplmott street
ccmrnit vt, ivvu.s ti. t.itu i mi. 1.022
l'i dar hi nue
rimrK miii.iwi iiirrnNTEKi.,
"ilj I mt VVMmrl street
rniviTH (livings p. MrioNin.
Suffolk nnd I.iurel nvenuen.
I'RIVAIt: MRTIV II. VVI.Iin. 2030
Chestnut street (Mnrlne corp)
rniVATK tiiovivs ,. coki.k, 1210
Houth Hanson htreet,
I'MVVri; 1.1'HSO AIKI.I.O tlncorrect ad-
i1res Blven)
I-RIVATIJ Wtl.THl RICHMOND. 5828
1rlnlt place
rnisovhRs
I'RIV VTK ARTHUR IKLIIKRIC K. 0JO7
Jtlles street
I'RIWTi: MIII.IWI CI.I.I1N. 23U
outh c'nrllsle stnei,
1'rovi .r.Riiv rniNTd
I ll'.l'TILN T JIIIIN SPARKS M nil.I .
of Cnyd uounried
PR1VXTE JOSI.I-H (,I,I,V(.III.rt, 5T1
Apple street. West Conshohocken:
killed In action
rim vtk itv.r. 1.1:1011. of cntton
UelKhts; wounded
I'R1ATK FRVXISCO hl'ARVOUK. of
Ambler, wounded
Srjitnnlier . Itis
The forrontna Hit it romiitlril from the
official lasnaltv lecoicii anil from uu
official nvorln leeched by ulalii.cn and
Jncnils of men uictscas.
The' complete lint of rnsunltlrn nttJ
noiimcil tndav lo the VVr Driinrtment
ii printed un Iagr 1.1.
rifteen more rhlladelplil i soldiers
have been added to 'he clt)'s roll ot
honor
Two of the men from heio listed to
day among the over-eas casualties are
reported to have lost tlielr lives in ac
tion The leport of the death of a
thhd rhlladelphlan Is teported unoffi
cially. Ten are listed ns wounded ana
two nro reported missing. A captain
and a lieutenant are among tin
wounded.
A West Conshohocken foldler has been
killed In action, nnd a man from Clif
ton Heights and another fiom .Ambler
ore reported wounded.
A lieutenant whose homo Is In C)n
w)d has been wounded
In the ofllclal lists made public today
bv the War Department the names ot
two rhlladelphians who have been re
ported casualties before, appear They
are Mechanic James Thomas Costlgan,
3861 Coral street, whoso death In action
was reported here five days ago, and
Sergeant Andrew Itlchard Kane, 2023
North Twelfth street, of whose wound
ing unofficial word reached this city on
Monday.
Two army casualty lists and one ma
rlne ljst made public, today are made
up of a total of J95 names Forty-two
of the men listed are Pennsylvanlans of
whom twenty-live met death, Including
Captain Frederick P. Moore, Jr, of
Bcllevue, Pa
The list published in the morning
newspapers contains 117 names and the
afternoon newspaper list is made up of
l.'G names
SKETCHES OF THE HEROES
Private Clifton Maxwell Caity Is un-
ofTIcialy reported to have given up his!
life In France. Ills father, George K. j
Casey, 317 West Logan street, German-i
tbwn, is hoping that the letters he has
received from Franco are In error and ci. ,,,;.. Viiirlnr C iusp Pirtiil
that Private Casey was not killed, as Shouting entlora laiuc 1 artiai
they relate. About eight letters telling Closing of Curb Market
of his death have been received In the Persistence of hucksters who continu
clty. The )oung man gave as his emer- nny shouted their prices caused the food
gency address the residence of a sister, administration to close the lower end of
at 6011 Glenwood avenue, and no official
notification has been received there. The
fnther has telegraphed to Washington
for Information,
Case)'a nineteenth birthday anniver
sary Is next Filda) He was boin In'
this city nnd attended the Germantowu
High School. When the trouble develop
ed with Mexico the )oung man Joined I
the old Sixth Kegiment and served on
tho border. After returning he was sent
to Camp Hancock, and balled for France
in April
The last litter received from him was
written under date of August 3, and
Continued on 1'aie Tmo. Column 8U
I; When "you think 'of 'writing.
FRENCH PREMIER
FIRMLY STANDS
ON WILSON'S 'NO'
Can Be No Compromise Be
tween Crime and Right,
He Declares
BATTLES MUST CONTINU
Clcnicnecan Urges Liberation
From the Last Fury of Ger
many's Foul Force
B) the Lnitcd Vrc
r.irls. Sept. IS.
Piomler Clemenccau, speaking In
the Senate Hst night deilirctl that
the Allies must keep m lighting until
(iernian.V understands there t.in he tin
compromise between irime anil right.
I'inncc dcsiics the honor of cxpios
sing her giatltude to the splendid sol
dleis of tho I'nlcnte whoso offoits nie
about to fice the populations from the
subjugation of bnibuKm the Piemier
I said.
rtefciilng to tiFimin .itioclties he
said:
"There will he nn viitnr.v until such
,rimlal, ro made to pav in full."
'A revel sal of fortune his brought
about a falling back of the Kaisct's
.iitnies before the peoples of free con
sclenao," ho continued "What do
they want and what do vuu want.'
You must keep on lighting until the
moment when the enemy can under
stand theie can be no compromise
between cilmc and light.
"I have heard it slid that peace
cannot bo brought about bv a militiiv
I decision. That was not vvhnt Ger
many said when she let loose the war
with nil Its honors Thciefore, let it
be as Herman v has willed nnd as Gci
many has done?
i "Wo only heck peaic so Hint future
1 generations ma bo spared the aboini
I nations of tho past.
1 "Porwnrd, then, to tho llbciatlon of
'people fiom the Inst fuiy of foul
Ifoicc! Korwaid to vlctorj! The
whole of Kiance nnd all of thinking
humanity arc with .jou!"
BELGIUM REJECTS
GERMANY'S OFFER
II) the United Pren
Paris. Sept. 18 Belgium, after con
sultation with the Allies, has decided to
t eject absolutcl) German) 's offer of a
separate peace, the Petit ParWen an
nounced todu)
The offer was transmitted to King
Albert thiough .i German pi luce who is
,i lclatlv of Queen Kllzabeth of Bel
lm,, 1,'hn- Mhnil iinmediatelv trans-
'mltted the iroposal to the Allie".
PEACE DEMONSTRATION
EXPECTED IN BERLIN
By the Associated Prcts
Inndnn, faept 18 li Is unnoted in
rjerlln that when tho Reichstag meets
there will be another peace dt munstra
tlon similar to that of July, in 1 7. ac
cording to an Ainsteidani di"uteh to
tlie Hxchange Telegraph romp in) It
Is said that tho terms of a peace resolu
tion are being drafted by the majority
leaders hi consultation with the im
perial Chancellor
The Itelchstag will convene No
vember 5
GERMANS HOPE ALLIES
WILL MAKE MILD REPLY
By the Associated Prus
Amsterdam, Sept 18 Washington
dispatches. Indicating th attitude of the
American Government ns to the Au
trian peace offer, are prominently dis
played in all German newt papers
'This precipitate rejection of the
Vienna proposal does not surprise us,"
6a)8 the semiofllclal Norddeutsche Alge
melne Zeitung 'Tho Americans want
to take the lead Now, as before, they
preach force which Is to lay lairope in
ruins
"We shall lnve to wait to see whelhei
America's allies will allow themselves
to become intoxicated with this doctrine
of force oi whether there will be recog
nition of the fact that an lntermlnabl)
protiactcd war will lead Kurope to itiln
and leave onl) one claimant to the bank
rupt estate" ...
Doctor Wekerle. the Hungarian Pre
miei, arrived at Vienna Sunday, and re
ported to the lhnperor upon the political
situation In Hungaiy, which, according
to the I-olal- vnzelgcr's Budapest corre
spondent, has rec ntly become very cilt-
Contlnucd on Fnxe Mi, olumn One
SURVIVORS OF DORA LAND
100 Fiom ToiiJCilocrf U. S. Ship
Arrive at Irish Port
By the United Press
n IrUli Port, Sept 18 One hundred
survivors of the torpedoed American
steamship Dora have arrived here
uboaid an American stoie ship
The Dora was a steel screw steamship
of 7037 ions built In 1913 In Italv She
was one of the shipping board fleet
NOISY HUCKSTERS PUNISHED
the curb market on College avenue west
of IllUge avenue,
A space of about 200 feet has been left
open, and from that point on only
farmers will be permitted.
MOIST! EH, WHAT?
liana on to umhrcllas:, lie fellows
hloh-mettlcd.
The Clerk of the Weather deilarcs
It's unsettled.
Let ocntlc ulnds 67ote from all
points of the compaia,
M'e know what tce'te got and we're
raising a rumpus.
AMERICANS SEIZE
STRONG POSITIONS:
NEW
HAIG LAUNCHES '
FRESH ATTACK'
British Strike Big Blow at
Enemy Northwest of ported hy Fliers Behind
St. Qucntin Hindenburg Line
HOLNON ' VILLAGE WONInew DEFENSES IN REAR I
ll the Awocwted l'rci
Tlritish Armies in Prance. Sept. 18.
Field Marshal Ilnip's forces this
morning attacked the German po-
silions on a considerable front north-
wcstofSt.Quentin. Simultaneous. I
French troops carried out an opera
tion on the right. Successful prog
ress was made on both fronts.
By the Anociatcd Press
London, Kept IS?
niltish foites .ittiirkcd this moi n
tin; noithwcst of St Uuentln, nccoid
Inp to nn olllclal icpoit from Field
Jlnishnl llnlg uccived nt the Wni
Ollice this .lftci noon
The vlllTRe of llolnon, tin ee miles
northwest of St Qmntln. was cap
tut ed esterdav
A Geim.ui attack last eveninc at
Moeuvres (si miles west of Cambrni)
tinder heavy aitllieiy protection re
sulted In the Riltish bclnp; pushed
back to the western outskirts of the
vlllnec.
The Ilritish
Usf nlht In n lneil
operation advanced tlielr line sllghtlv I
immediate)) south of the I-a. Hasve
Canal
Mho Ilrltish iltaek northwest of St
Quentln majks ..n 'attempt to outllank
that bistion of Hi Hindenburg lino
llolnon t i n a hill .is Is Mnlssemv. cap
tuicd lit' l niiioa These hill posi
tions dominate tin teirain north of St
Qui nt Iti and tlu i jad connecting the cit)
with '. imlil.il 1 Kim theso favorable
"Juivp'ng (IT points Hie Hiltilt aic
moving In tow ird the iltv
With the llritish Armv on the
I'l.mileis Itatllcfronl. fecpt. 18.
(Itv 1. N S)
The IhltUh launched another dilve
ngaiu't the lie i minis on the Pic.udv
fiont todrtv
Tin- assault I israii at 5 "0 this moi n
inp over i fiont or 21 (ion vanN (ovei
fom teen mile-1
The vum' of t k new tliiust extends
fiom Ju-t south of GoU7eaucoui t to
llolnon wool tluce miles noithvvest
of bt. cjucntii'
On the southern end the attack Is
dliccted against ground dominating
tho old Hindenburg line.
HOUSE ADOPTS PLAN TO TAX PROFITS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. With less than nn hour's dis
cussion and without amendment, the House today adopted the
geneinl plan and lates in the war revenue bill for taxation of
war and excess profits, estimated to yield ?300,000,000 in
revenue. "
'ACCUSES PACKERS OF TRYING TO INFLUENCE PRESS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. Chicago packeis weie accused
of atempting to influence newspapers in their favor through the
expendltuie of millions of dollais in advertising by Senator
Nouis, of Neuiaska, bcfoie the Senate Agiicultuial Committee
this afternoon.
Metz Not Impregnable,
Declares Gen. Maurice
American Victory at St. M Uriel Changes
Character of Front and Gives Foch Op
portunity to Take Fortress at Will
llv M J. GKN. SIR FREDERICK II. M URICE
Him r lllii lor of Operations of the llrl tlnli Vrm
Spinal t.ahle to hiening Public Ledger , the same wa) as would couespond
loiwio'il 1J18, hu Vcu, loi;. Times Co.
' Loudon, Sept IS
AVo can now begin to total up the
lesulls of Genetrfl, I'ei shine's victoiy
The Amciican ccmiminlqucs have
been moi e modest and laconic than
oui own, nnd give onh the veiy bat est
summaiy of what has been achieved.
Yet, not only have eight German and
one Austtlan division been defeated,
15,000 prisoneis, 200 guns and a great
quantltly of mateiial have been cap
tured, but tho whole character of the
eastern front In Fiance has been
changed.
Pi lor to the attuck of the first Amei
lcan aim) the line from tlie east of
Veidun to the Swiss fiontler had been
compatattvely quiet for a veiy long
time, and had been lightl) held by both
sides. It was not one to benefit elthei
the Allies or the Geimans to undeituke
gieat entetpilscs From the enemy's
point of view It led Into a difficult de
fensible country, traversed by the
Mcusc and ttie Moselle und against the
o7u,eF.h',
dun, Tou), Epinal and Belfort: while
even If these obstacles were sur.
mounted .in advance 'westward would
3T'not Uwattn. tbe fawtFranee in"-.
FRENCH DRIVM
ENEMY RESERVES
REACH U. S. FRONT
Heavy Rc-cnforceinents Re-j
Ilv EDWIN E. JAMES
Spei in Ca6e to Ei cntng Publit Ledger '
topurmUt llll.bu Xcu lork Timet rn.
Witt. it. - t t. .. a ...
.in iiiu .iMicrii.ni ,inn iii I'rntirp,
Sept. is
A til nrtpfin m lilm., ....! ii... .
Gpiinall, .ZZi'Zlu"::
enfoicements behind tho llindenbuis
line, running louKhly from north of
riesnes to south of Clininplev, and ate
busy dlgglnp stionjr liosltions nlonit
that line. It appears tint they are
expecting another Ameilcan attack in
this sector, but evident!) aio not In
tcndhiK to trv nn) thing on their own
Inltintlve
Om new line Is being built tills side
j of the IlindenbuiB line with a intlicr
wiue .No.M.ins land. In which thc.Gei
nnns nie keeping weak patiols ,i dis.
tince of ,i kilometer oi moic fiom the
Hindenburg main fiont: vve also h.tve
patiols In the Intermedlato spice
The patrols clashed a number of
times last night and the night before
with no impoitant results on elthei
side, except keeping each othei In
contact
The Gcimans give us fitful spells of
Mielllnir. heiuliiiir mm tli. 0 i, ... i.. .
rages in the last twentv four hours. '
which were not followed bv an attacl
Aeiial photogiaphs show largo nuni
beis of Germans digging in back of
the Hlndenbuig front, evidently pre
luting a second line should tho Amer
icins hit and bie.ik the 'Invulnerable'
fiont.
Not mil) is the rnemv showlne crest
uneasiness In the St. Mlhlel sector, but
also In the Vosges and Alsace, ovci
which he has large numbers of air
patiols, nnd where he keeps up a ha
insslng Infantry fire. His nctlvltv
might mean either that he expects
another American effort soon or that
he plans a show of his own. Most
llkel) It Is the former, as captured
Get man documents show ne-v steps
nie being taken tu comb out the seiv
ice of the real to get men for the front.
A recent call was sent out for 5000
women to leplace rail load workers
who me to be Kent to the fighting
fiont Ho)s of fifteen )ears of age
have been mobilized to some extent to
ii pi ice In the back aica men of fight
ing age.
HNamlnatlon of Austrian prlsoneis
Continued on race Kitten. Column Two
lug piugiess fuithei north
Fiom the Allied point of view the
salient of M. Mlhlel stood in the way
of olfenslve piojects. To attack south
of the salient Into Lorraine would
create n long Hank, exposed to the
foiticss of Met?, with all Its facilities
for a hostile countci attack, while
thete was no loom to develop a gieat
attack between the noithern flank of
the salient and the point where the
line bends westward, north of Verdun,
even if the conditions of giound did
not put such a plan out of coutt.
Front Now Straight Line
While they held on to St Mlhlel the
Germans were. In fact, effectively de
fending the Woevre and Lorraine.
T(he latest news shows that the Amer
icans, after their forces, attacking
fiom the iuuth and south had Joined
hands, have pushed well be)ond the
base of the salient, while the French,
coopeiating on the left of the Amer
icans, liav e made considerable progress
In the direction of Etaln. The lesult
of this is that the fiont now runs al
most iii a stiaiglu line for about 100
miles in a southeasterly direction fim
noith of Verdun to be)ond Lunevllle,
The conditions which prevented an
can make from this new front an of'
tensive wherever he chooses to do so,
and he has recovered the Verdun-ToulJ
hi
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m
Jl'm
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Km
TV.&1
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U. S. Troops Push oij i
Toward German
Frontier
.1 i
SMASH ATTACK
gy TEUTONS
Fortress at Metz Furiouslt
Shelled by Allied ., x
Guns
POILUS DASH 2 MILES
IN PUSH NEAR VERDUlf
Focli Hurls Kaiser's
Back on 11-Milc
Front
Lint
PETAIN HOLDS ON AISN1
,
Crushes Heavy Hostile Blowj
Near Cheniin-des- , a
Dames
I B) the United Press
I Paris Sept. IS.,
American forces, striking northeaq
,,lu -""K me vane) 'or tlie KUnt rti
JI,ul in t,lp dhectlon of Gorze ani
lUiamble), have captured a series oi
important fortified positions, Lf
Liberie announced today.
(Gor?e is seven mjles southwest "o( 3
Xlpt7 m.fl n. mtln .. 111,1. 1.A nK. .i VJ3
--..-... ....u .....w ...tu,,. n,c u3i jjiun
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' ironiier. unnmninv is tier, miiea w4 xi
of Gorze 1 "j i. la
At the same time the Trench, on. v
orntinir In the Wnpvrr, 9r1vr...,Ar1 twf eV
to three kilometers (a milo and'-pfef
quarter to a mile and three-quaxter4j
on a iront oi cigiueen Kiiomeierr "ji
(moie than eleven miles). -ThiiflfK
reached a line east ot "WatronvlK
Hautecourt, Dieppe and Moranvllle.i lk
was reported. $.
The French drove a sharp sallehl fi
Into tho German lines In the direction !J
of Ktain, which Is one of the bastion gg.
of the new Hindenburg line In tmf m
Woevre legion. The French are re ,
potted to be within three miles oj i5S
r- ,!
(Pleppe is six miles northeast o,
Verdun, iiauieooun is mree mueg a
southeast of Dieppe. Moranvllle is it
mile south of Hautecourt. TVatrn
vllle is three miles south of Moran. 1
vllle. The French operation shows a ta
slx-mlle extension to the northwessj3
of the American and Frencn ariyt M
which cleareu at. Aiiniei bauencj c!jy
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Special Cable to Biening Public Ledges,
Copyright, 191$. lu Xcw York. Time Co,
Paris, Sept. 18.
,P1.. lnMn r.e VI,", 1 0 n MW.. IITIIm.
colng. tenlfic bombardment frort'Jy
Frencli heavy guns. Experts hert(
nA .-.r IIia nnlnlnn .tl.nt tllpQi. fnvtm
uio ui ... w.....w. ... .v.. .
will prove no more aoie to resist. iat'.&
the of modern high explosives thabV
did those ot Liege, Douaumont and
Vaux, and that it Is only a question ot W
time before this formidable pillar al
the gatevvav of Germany itself will '-
be demolished.
Hindenburg is known to have been J
at Metz a few da) s ago superintends
ing the organization of the defense, Jn',
view of the recent turn of events.
however, Paris is. expecting hourly. tdJM
hear an ofllclal denial of this fact. 5m
By the Associated Press S
With the American Army in Ler.
ruitie, Sept. 18 German Infantry ats
tempted to attack the American lines
west of the Moselle Tuesday evening.
but the enemy troops were driven bach
1 bv the lire of the American artillery!'' 3!
When observ era teported that alight jm
line of German Infantrymen was ap, ,y
J J UUCillilK, lliv nuiciii.au w.A fc. "S i-5i
threw a terrific ban age Into that area,1w
Them weie no fuither movements by-isg
I the enemy. -a -W3
Obset v era reported this moi ning thalf(l" ;
tliete were no living uermans in vim.
legion where they were sighted last
nlght. Quite a number of dead, hojr S
G.ll, ,,:. CV,,. -f ,
Amoi-lnni. nvlalnra rwinrl ittt An.,
TnooH.v iniai lf.in frnnnArtf nr-ni'Art THS
dhect hit on a big German gun lntiw$j
gun. Other hits nearby destroyed tp$0
numuei ot gun empiacemenis ana irai
shell struck the dugouts where tMa
Gei man gunners bad taken cover, JM
uy me sisjuciuicu x rc3 .e
, rarU, Sept. 18 German troopss(ri
nigut launcnea violent counier-uicao
against the lrench positions on,'!
plateau northeast of sancy, two
north of the Aisne and seven
noitheast of Solssous. The. Fr
War Ofllce statement Issued today i
that the German attacks were unstj
cessful and that the French tr
n.alntalneil tliplr Ellnn. V-
With the American Army lnUip
ralne, Sept. 18 (By I. N. 8.). Aljjpft
a driving rainstorm a neavy anm
duel laged this morning along,-
H ndenburg line In fiont of Met.
weather Is Interfering with aertol
tlvitv. Everywhere along this
the Germans have fallen back to
fortified nosltlons known as the
Hindenburg line. A
Vandleres village, on the .Ml
Itlver south of Mete wnicn
fured by the Americans Jn t
attack on bunoay smernooa, i
lost, but was reosvarMl on
Vandlerr lies .' jtist Ub(
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