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SCENE OF NEW ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN CHAMPAGNE
Anxiety
REALIZE TURN OF TIDE
Ludcndorff Order Prcsscribcs
: Measures to Conserve Sup
plies in Next Retreat
This dUoaieh u'n filed prior to the'.
Opening of the Franco-Amrrirnn cam-i
paipn, officially reportca loaay.
By G. 11. TERMS
Special Cable to Eveninp Piihlic Ledger
Copurloht. I'M. bu .Ve York Times Cn.
With the French Arinlc-. Sfpt. UG.
To a superficial observer calm seem
to have fallen upon thp opposed hosts
In the west upon both equally sae
here around St. Qucntln the Allies are
nlbbllnB at the Hlndenbum system of
fleld works, or In the sectors further
east, where raids and patrol arouse
H spasmodic desree of local activity.
The Herman press shows ctearl that
neither the psople nor the army com
mand of the Central Umpires are de
ceived by this appearance Indeed, the
feverish anxiety as to the next act of
the tracedy marks the ceneral con
sciousness that the eclipse of Herman
foitunes has becun. I.udendorff and his
fellows hao a couple of millions of
armed men at their comtn.md. jet for
two months they have not made a
slnsle attempt In any field "f in.tiative
Foch Is spoken of with bated breath
as the natural director of th war.
and It is assumed that the only hop? rt
malnlnR of these vast armies lies (n
their successive lines of trenches. The
proud Berlin school of strateKy is
moribund.
Two orders of I.udendorff, datinB
from August and since taken on the
battlefield, He before me.
The first confesses to the Increasing
difficulty of transport and manufacture
and prescribes measures to be taken
so that when the troops have to re
treat large quantities nf munitions and
material may not be lost.
News gathfrcd on the fiprmi...
frontiers pictures the increif-lnc restless
ness, discontent and rebelliousness, not
onjy among the civil population, but
also among the troops. There are In
stances of the latter refusing to fir
upon the strikers and demonstrators and
other novel symptoms of a breaking
down of the old regime
The decay of military talent and spirit
on the front and in the staffs Is les-
sensationally, but more surely, attested
The Prussian morale, that once fear
some product, Is falling not only on the
circumference of affairs, but at the
center.
Knowing Instinctively that this
moment of rot must Inevitably come I
one of the reasons why French soldiers
aunnort with so wonderful endurance
the hardships of what can properly be
called siege warfare on the Malmalson
Dlateau and before St. Qucntln. They
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I General Torh has launrheil a new blow at the liaribprrsscil Germans this lime in llie Champagne, arronlinp to
the official report toda). Little information as to the cxlrnt of llie otlark is Riven, although the American are
mentioned a- co-operating on the right flanV
U. S. and French Open
Drive in Champagne
fnntlnunl from l'ase One
eral Torsliing' drive in t.orrnlne.
which has been halted for several days.
advices reaching l'rln. (A lirltlsh olll
c.al statement V. dnesday reported
lo.nnn Turks and 2U5 guns had been
captured.)
The llrltlsh forces operating east of
the Jordan apparently ate m a favorable
position to cut orf tne Turks retreating
north along the lledjaz Hallway The
llrltlsh are now approaching Amman on
that railway.
LAMONTE LAGS IN RACE
Amsterdam, Sept. 2f. "It Is an
nounced that, owing to the long-
range bombardment of Metz ami other If , ,,. n .1 1 1
places, preparations me maklns for ' Hciincsxy and Simpson Hotli Lead
the expeditious evacuation of civil-1 Him ill SlMltltC Vote
lans and movable property from places , , N . ., . ,,,,...,. from
within range of such guns when the .'V $, JuiZ
evacuation becomes ncces-arj, fc.tjs . Kmtc .lth few uistiuls missing, up
a dispatch received here from Berlin. tn noon today showed t'barles O'Connor
Hennessj. former Stnte Senatot. to have
a slight lead over his opponents for the
Demociatlc nomination for the long
term for I'nlted States Senator, llen
iifss's vote Is ln.sriH Charles H La
Monte, foi tner State Hanking Commis
sioner, so far has polled 13 X-? voles,
and Alexander Simpson, of .leisev City,
15.4.11
Democratic State Chairman McDonald
after getting in touch with various sec
tions of the State, c'nlmed, nevertheless,
thai La.Monte would win the nomination
h at least Linn plmull'v lie placed
do not ask to stand in the limelight of
aome dramatic victory.
They also know that In Foch's good
time the superior power which the
Entente has laboriously gathered will be
cast Into channels where it will yield
.larger results than fall to their humble,
but necessary, snapping and mining.
"Lucky Thursday" Dates
in the Allies' Calendar
Thor, god of battles, dominates
the chief figures and events in the
world war.
Thursday (Thor's day) saw the
start of the Ill-starred tlerman
amash In Picardy, with Paris as
its objective, March 21.
Thursday. July IS. the Franco
American counter-offensive, which
drove the Kaiser's Invading legions
back to the Htndenburs line, was
launched on the Marne.
The "All-American" offensive,
which wiped out the St. Mihiel
salient In twenty-seven hours, be
gan Thursday, September 12.
Today. Thursday-, September 26,
American and French forces open a
new offensive on the Champagne
front.
For the genesis of these "Thurs
day triumphs" for the Allies. It
may he suggested that General
John J. Pershing, the American
commander, was born September
13. 1860, which date the calendar
bhovvs. was also Thursday.
BRITISH CAPTURE
STRONG POINTS IN
ST. QUENTIN AREA
Repulse German Counter-Attacks.
Haig's Line Advanced
in Flanders
Zlv the Associated Prcn
l.omlnn, i-cpt. :G.
Northwes" 'f St. Qucntln Hrltlsh
troops continued their pressure against
the German defenses and have captured
enemy strong points in the neighbor
hood of Selencv and Cricuurt, Field Mar
shnl Jlalg reported today
In Flanders the llrltlsh line haB like
wise bten advanc-d, progress having
been made In the sector north of La
Bas-see.
FREXCII SMASH ALL
COUNTER-ATTACKS
?y the Associated Press
Paris. Sept. 26. The text of the offl- j
clal statement Issued at the war otllce ,
last night reads':
"In the region of St. Quentin the
ncmy made an attempt jestcrday after-
noon to drive our forces from L'Kplne de
D.Vlon. All his assaults were repulsed. ;
"Between the Allette and the AlMie f
the day was marked by violent reac- f
tlons by tne enemy upon me piaieau ui
Molsy farm and In the region north of,
Allemant, where violent combats took
place during the entire day. The enemy
was not able tn recover the ground
gained by us during preceding days He
suffered heavy lobses and left prisoners
in our hands."
PLAN PROTECTORATE
FOR PALESTIAE
liv the Associated Press
I'arli. Sent 2fi (Ilavas). Liberated I
territory in Palestine will be admlnls-,
1 tered under the ngreement reached lie-
tu-pen Mia Mr tlsh. Krpnrh -inn Kuss an '
ilovernments in lDlfi, it Is learned here. I
Hncland and France will carry out the '
agreement under which France Is charg
ed wlh the preparation of a scheme of !
self-government for the people of Pales-'
tine This work will be the ohject of '
conversations which will take plate
shortly.
When the Bolshevik authorities took
control in Itussia thev published a num
her of secret diplomatic documents found
'n the archives in retrograd. Among
them was a convention negotiated be-
-.."n i:iiM.la, France and (.real Britain
iimlT which Alexandretta. In Asiatic
Turkey, was to be a free port, and
Palestine was to be a protectorate under
the three Governments.
42,000 TURKS TAKEN
IN PALESTINE DRIVE
Think twice' One Letter tli.it Rivet
nffens", falls to rieur up u rnlcvunder
Rlandinfr. or falti. down In luml'ng a
cood order, may tauso ou heavy lam.
TIMIN Vl)flf.r.l.r to ivrltr lottor
th.it luiil't up business fnr cur firm end
thc-rc-hv Inrfjcif, vein- own vlu- You
r.in develop surh ;ibl!it onlv thrnuiyh
t,or-'i.il train. UK undcer t'Mtprt puitl.mre.
ne.clliitf Imciks and plrklni; up atray
Id-us v III do you little eo.d
The rourso nf trw nine n'tu- nprn to
you will he nmblc-'tert with tho i-n.npfra-ttnn
of the ltiinuiec,' Tralnln-r Cnrpora
tlnn of New York, which Ini-iuda -.nmc
nf th feremoRt speri.ilists In this field
Th IVr-etnr nf thp Course Is (Jciirijc
JJurton Hntehklss. head of tho rp-irt-ment
of Ituslnehs Lncll&h In N'cw York
University.
The rlass ceions vlll he h'd on
v.WdnKcl i e-'nlnif of ,u-h wpok. he.
clrnlnp fVft -M, durlnor the- tvxelve wpks
of the Coure The fpe is easily within
the n-nr' of lin-nn" veh hnpphtlv wlolirs
to develop bin own ability In this field
Phone write or eall at nnr oTlprt (nr
further Information ACT TODAVi the
plze of thp cShsk Is limited.
School of Commerce & Accounts
Centr.il Y. M. C. A.
1421 Arch St.
Heiinessy second and Simpson a close
third.
Governor lCdge won the Republican
nomination by a majority estimated at
(1(1,000 to "0,000. He carried every
county in the State.
i Official War Reports
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London, Sept. 21!
Local operations were continued
successfully yesterday nfternoon and
during the niftht northwest of St.
Quentin. English trcjops progressed
and captured certain strongly defended
localities In the neighborhood nf
Selency and Orlcourt, together with a
number of prisoners.
In addition to the counter-attacks
already reportcJ, which were launch
ed by the enemy yesterday northeast
of Fayet, his troops twice nttacked the
positions north of Or'court. These at
tacks were unsuccessful
A successful minor operation was
carried out yesterday b Kngllsh
troops northwest of La Bassee, as the
result pf which the line was advnnccd
and otfer 100 prisoners were taken. A
counter-attack launched by the enemy
In this locality durlngthe night was
repulsed and several prisoners were
left In our hands.
We Improved our positions slightly
yesterday and during the night north
west of Armentleres. In patrol en
counters and raids between Armen
tleres and Ypres we captured wvcral
prisoners.
FRIlNril
Paris, Sept. 26
Between the Allette and the Aisne
the cfJermans renewed their attacks
last evening In the region of Alle
mant and Mnulln-l-nrtni. The ene
my succeeded at the latter point In
penetrating the French lines, but an
energetic counter-attack by the
French re-established the situation.
Farther south the French have en
larged tnelr gains east of Sancy and
liavo taken prisoners.
Tills morning at 5 o'clock French
troops attacked on the Champagne
front In co-operation with the Amer
ican army operating farther to the
east.
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Regulation" has a twofold ap-
Soldier's Mother Tries Suicide ,
Mount Holly, tf, 4., Sept. 26. BelnR
melancholy for some time Mrs. James
Caldwell, of Paxson street, cut her
throat at her home last night. In Vn at
tempt at suicide. After an' almost ec
ord-breaklng trip with an ambulance her
life was saved at the Burlington County
Hospital. She has not made any state.
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Ham, now In.'Frnnce Vlth the Twenty",
ninth division, and. It Is. thought, that
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It takes the repair man almost
as much time and trouble to put
on old-style, rubber heels as for a
little girl to get ready for a party.
He can put on a pair of "Usco"
rubber heels in about as little time
as it takes brother "Reddy" to get
into the old swimmin hole.
The old-style, flat rubber heel
is set on with rubber-cement and
nails. It soon gaps around the
edges, and gets frazzled and floppy.
The "Usco" rubber heel
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agBreRatfs 42.000. according to the latest
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Steinway tone is the greater inspirational help. Its
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HE total exports from Philadelphia for the
four-year period, ending1 , June, 1914,
amounted to 5280,000,000, and for the four-
3'ear period ending June, 1918. the totals were
$1,195,000,000, an increase of 307, while the ave
rage increase for the whole United States was
117. ......
The two hundred millions of dollars to be in
vested in shipbuilding at Hog Island this year is
small in comparison with the regular business of
this City, totaling in manufactured goods alone-
over $1,000,000,000 a year.
Hog Island has two miles of water front, and
the seven piers just completed are capable of load
ing, at one time, thirty ocean-going steamships.
Within the City limits there arc thirty-seven
miles of water front, with 170 piers, forty of which
are rated as modern. Before the War the City and
the railroads centering, here had planned, in addi
tion to the many piers already built, great develop
ment of piers and railrpad terminals in the South
ern section of the City. One Municipal pier has
been completed there, at a cost of $2,000,000. and
nine more arc proposed, for which $13,000,000 has
already been appropriated by the City for this
purpose.
The railroads also had planned, before the
War, building ten modern piers connecting with
their, new terminals covering four hundred acres.
Wc are proud of Hog Island proud of what
it has done and will do to help towards victory, and
we hilly appreciate what the Hog Island Piers, and
railroad connection will do for the Port after, the
.War.
We are also proud of Cramps and the New
York Shipbuilding, of the Merchants and the Sun
Shipbuilding, and what they are doing.
In our great interests in the new workmen who
arc coming into the city by the tens of thousands
let us not lose sight of our old army of regular
workers, numbering 600,000 strong, living in our
378,000 separate homes. Most of them are engaged
in producing in over ten thousand separate manu
facturing plants goods needed abroad now and in
the reconstruction period.
Let us boost Hog Island all we can. It is the
marvel of the century, but let us also appreciate
the greatness of the every-day production of the
"Workshop of the World."
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