Dv:.i- If s p fJr K K Cr m; itffrtw GERMANY FACES E RECKONING HOUR ?jd(ftrorn Sea to the Mouse, if& Enemy Cracks Under PMT . Total Battle PX Af ORAL. STRAIN CRUSHES fet '' , Teuton Retreat and Collapse jxcsuii oi iviiixiiiniiii , Pressure Exerted Hy C. H. FERRIS Special Cable to I'.vening Public Ledger CoutrfoM, I9IP. hit Xtf ork 7linel to. With the French Army In Champ.iRiie, Oct. 1. . Tlic hour of final rprlionln; and Creator world upproarln'M. Kor a long Mini' (iprman.v'K only hope lay In n partial battle. Now that a totnl battlo In delivered, her strength cracks on all sides With consummate art and a dramatic cumulation of power Koch, lights up the whole line fiom the i sea to the Meuse at the moment of Turkish and Utilitarian rollapse. The material strain upon the enemy H enhanced by the deadly moral strain, and In both the weight of pressure i la double by its shrewd direction. Alike In fnrtltkution nnd In num bers of men, th" Herman stuff hail given care to its center in l'raiic and especially to the Cambral, St. Quentln, St. Gobjln nnd Malmaison bastions. On each side of these the armies were lel.itlvely thin. Von Elnem, In Champagne, particularly, might well suppose his defenses to be Impregnable. Von (iallulu Holts I said the other day that the pollus I wrho were biting into the iron walls j of St. Quentln and Malmnison weie dolne on nssmttl-ii in.i nf ih.. niinin noing an issenti.n pait or tin; whole work. Slow as the results were. In, appearing, they appear todav. If Alanirln bin! nni U-..nt nn iriiiinn t... ward the Cheinin-dcs-Uames. there would have been no need for Von CJ.tlt vyitz to bolt from that bloodv and prodigious will on I'rld.iy night. The retreat Is n result of not only local heiolsm but of total piessure. The present strelngth of the Allies is not only in fact a battle of con Verging wings. The Belgians and British on the north strike eastward. tne .Americans nni! I-reneli between i mo .vicuso nnu tlie Mulpiie strike . northwest and north. If the axis of these movements should b" drawn they would meet In the elastic battle grounds of the S.imbre and Meuse triangle. Kvery gain they make Is it threat against the most protruded Ger man center. Knemy Karen Harder Times Today It Is the western of the Alsne heights that Is abandoned. Soon it will be the eastern half, with the fronts of the Vesle and the Aisue. t Such aro the fruits of sound, vigorous strategy and they are but beginning, for" If 'tho total battle can he tirelessly -i-'-malntalned, I.udendorff's dilemma will continue and will even become aggravated. Kvery retreat being dogged and har assed gives us thousands of prison ers. Jt cannot therefore, yield a saving of forces llk the voluntary Bhorten Ing' of fronts. The Herman losses of the last few days probably verv greatly exceeded thoe of the Allies and so In crease our superiority of means. The advance of Ueneral Oouraud's army In Champagne In the three davs ol its offensive varies from six miles rtlt the center, north of Tahure, to thiee miles on the right. In the Alsne Valley. Standing on any height overlooking the field or Champagne, a strong Im pression of tlie labyrinth of derenses raised during the last four years is at once obtalntd, because tlie leabt 'scratching of the meager grass of this poor region reveals the chalk subsoil. Thus the lands-cape consists of mile be- nmu inue or a shin ne whlio 1-. 1 1 .,. I ff. work of trenches, llie lnlr,.l..., r IV which are n.iti hew of .lift.. ...-i ..i.. ..i I with shell craters and "jittered with I wire and debris of old battles. The ' trenches ate no in-iv buccessiou of parallel lines, but a series of scientific j systems, with swltche". blockhouse", rilll. boxes, machine-gun posts by the nun-1 drd, places for the gathering of re- i serves, observatories. Immense dugouts cut thirty feet deep In solid chalk, and I elaborate telegraph and light railway I Connections Therv are no mountain of forest blocks like that of St. Hobaln or Argonne. no possibilities of inundation as lu Belgium, no large towns to ue I as supplementary fortifications; but for nld works pure and simple I should think those of ih- old front In Cham-, pagne. unerner on tne Krench or Her jnans side, are t tie most formidable that lrilUtary enifineriiig has ever created. Jt might well t.e mj The land lent Itself to thi- eiue' une. In the eenter of the f(on In l-'iarae. these sectors In either dlnct oo culled for special strength. A double array of obstacles led In turn i,i lung immobility after the Krench offenslte of 1I5, and this fmmobllits gave the armies leisure In which to dg themselves in still more firmly I S H.IF.R FRI.I.S TFN PF ANPC . mu l tun i untiLicj Douglas Cumplicll and Other! Aviator Ailil to Records ! With tlie Amrrldin rm, in Prune. Oct 1 (Uy 1 N Si It was ortldally confirmed todav that Douglas Campbell,1 of San Jose. Cat. shot down u itttrmun airplane In June He Is now credited wrrn downing len enemy planes. ' Kddm lllckenbacker yesterday at tacked a, Herman observation balloon be- i Ing brought up to the front on a motor truck with a semi-Inflated eas bin. Illchenbacl.cT machine-gunned the crw jind set llie to the truck. Frank l.uke h btought down two more observa tlon balloons. SHORE YOITII KILLED pj '- Frederick Iluchanan, Ju Civet Life lo. " A- : c Freedom Cause i city. Oct. 1 Frederick W. IfV 'ifVuchanan, Jr.. twenty years old, son of h, "."5' w Mr' F w- Buchanan, of this t. if itiy, was Kiueu in action wtnie ngnt- t iv mn Kitimnwy who me neauquarieis lr - J 'iMMtian v nt tlm llllli Inf.nl.w n t),... q-.,i; y n.u ...... ..,.w...., n, 4 ciiii- avlvanla unit, according to a brief mes. Mk received by his narents. " ' Buchanan enlisted early last snrlne l)VL Me trained at Camp Hancock and jWMeed the Atlantic with the Pennsyl vania regiment In May In his last lt.r written Jnlv . h tint I th. ,,,'JSJ! tbst he soon wpuld be In the front gTwtth a chance to show what was 1st Jilm. . . . .Unload L. S. buppliei Quickly Oct. 1 (In one day durlnv. Misek Americana discharged 36.917 Of cargo irom snips at an tne aring anomer nay. one par- r VMt, FOCH MOVES P CALAIS r-tZfr ? BRUSSELS V V I SI MM..I AW .t l .-. . BBW .Vt j? KjArmcnJiere b .L L U I DIXMUPE Str: I es HRoubaix . L p , ne.nrffcAft oMoB, ,W- ggMS-p Arras W MaubcuBc.) ) -- Xfr ., 1 I rAbbcvii.e y cg vT w AMIENS-"" LA -Hir.on V) -"V-TOWCOiNefl? j - - ' Mczierei! . Armenherei-.y , Cfe'5. Vouaer.fe eThionvil!c xj)'. r tv' ' p , , jb -. SJfi& McauxofijCliatcau- PARISH4 Co, The arru on I lie lurpcr map -how Imu the llrili-li and llt'laiini ofTeii'lM' in l'lnnilcr anil ill" Crrm-lt- nierieim drive in llie (niniiip.ij5ne anil Vrpnnne arc lliri-iili-iiinc to turn til entire (JeriiKin line in Pranre. The llrili'h .mil llel.siau urc ilrawinu elo-e In Riniler-. while the Ireiuli anil nierir.nu niriiare onzicrf, Jiotli iitiporturit lriiiij:licilil- -iiffgu.ii i in the (h-iiiiiiii- itul linei of inmiiiunioilinii Allies Tear Contlnufil fnim I'iiep On s.stem and the Anienrans liai found It to he literal lined with tunnels. iIiik outs and galleries which require a gieat deal of mopping up. Large numbers of Germans hale been killed, hut befoie thev wrie sllerevd the enetni masses worked their m.-ulilnw guui with the gT u,Ke An.erleans swept past the j southern end of the tunnel the Hermans leiiialneil In hiding until me Ainerteaiis I cot a ,,,,, w( ,M .,,, t)l(111 ,,,,, . singed up end plungetl Into the fight i The.v were emc.iged tlrst hy the Anier- i leans ami men nv ine .MiuaiMii. in tunnel mouth was I'hnl.ed with dead This lotion beg.ui late Suudas evening and continued until n i-loek Visteld.iy I morning with unabated Intensltv. Aineileati units now an- holding trenches in the llludenhurK line from mlileli the licriiinns have tried to foiee I theni Kverywhere there has been light- ng of the baidesi eharaeler. i Held to I.Ht, .Mini I Hep .its just lei-elved lildiiale thai I no-th of llilllcourt tluie was very hc.ivy tightlng and the Ampriejiis In ori-nxUM' niralnst them. spite uf great have held their positions. In tint n tew -nr In the hint iimn. They fell light ing rather than Kite up a single Inch of giouud to the desperately lighting- ISei nian. who seemed to have been burled against them learilless of the cost. As a lesult of the lighting the Anier h-aiis are holding lines fottujug a salient whleh Im'gis sllKhtl.v westward lietwten liouv and .loncourt. but this, at last ic ports, was heing graduallt eliminated. The general In command of one of Hie Aiiiein-nii divisions was warmly commended liy British oflicers for tho manner In w-hU-h he mau.igeu to proter tile tlanli between his eomiiinnd and ar other division n-.-nhwaid FRENCH HURLING GERMANS BACK ON TWO FRONTS Continue Atlvanci on Wslo and Capture Two Town- in Champagne Hy the Associated 're.tt Paris. Oct. 1. Kiench troops this morning weie pusliing ahead again on tlie ft nut be tween the Alsne and Vesle rivers, and are continuing their advance In the Champagne, according to toda.v 's War Otllco report. The drive along the Vole north west of Hhelms was opened yesterday, when Central 'Ifcrthelot's iirmv Joined In the chain of battle with a success equal to that of other group". He Is plunging ahead on u front of sven and one-half miles, (leneral Hertholet Is advancing to ward the eastern extremity of the Chemln-des-Dames and open land by which the great J-aon pivot point can be outflanked. In their advance In the Champagne the l-'iencli have scored Impoitant gains In the Alsne valley . Hlnarvllle and Conde-I.ez-Audry have been cap tured. The French have taken more than 13.000 prisoners on the front between the Suippe and the Argonne since Sep tember iti, and have captured mom than 300 guns In the same period. A great number of the guns were of heavy caliber. A statement Issued last night says: "In spite of enemy reslstanco we have captured Hevillun, Itouuiau and Montglny-sur-Ve-le. I'ush'.n,; turther north we reached the neighborhood south of Meurlval nnd Vcnteb-y. Six teen hundred prisoners were taken. The battle continues today along thu whole C'hanipaano front. I'ho enemy was ejected front Stc. Marle-l'y. We have passed hejond the village. We have taken A lire and also the , plateau and woods north of the vil- ..- ....-. ..,.. ...... " " laee. We t-anturetl Marvaux and oui llnes have been extended bejond Moti- "He rapture of .Montfaucon by Ivnnsyl thols vanian and Virginian irnnpi of Kngllsli ,.,. ,. .. ., ( alvlnist and Hutch rneichant stock. "Italian units operating uoith of thoi Tlie emliieine. capped bv Hie flattened Alsno have carried Soupir. Hetweeu nnd sliell-ehuined ruins of the village. the Alsne and the Vesle our troops this morning continued their attack, making decided progress on u. fiont Of twelve kilometers." lly the I uiteil Press Paris, Oct. 1. -The Hermans are re ported to lie withdrawing between the Vesle and the Alsne west uf Hhelms, wheie Ceneral Uertholcfs left wing Is In action. General (louraud's army, attacking In the Champagne on IlertholefH right, is progressing satisfactorily und Is expected to .each all Its objectives by tonlglll. BELGIANS REACH ROULERS; BRITISH THREATEN MENIN I " on i I A li;.. llelvn l'n..t..v Jliw.L- im Whole Rclgiau Front. Towns Captured Uy the Associated Press Havre. Oct. I " '" '"" '" ! Havre. Oct. 1. Helglan and Urltl.l. forces r under command of King Albert continued to ninkn uood nroirress ulong the whole 'front In Uelglurn. Tho Hdglans have reached the environs of Houlern and crossed the Houlers-.Menln high road. 1 ne ueigittiiH urn cum uiiiii; jiouiers, und rapidly extending the wedge be tween Uile fortress and the U-boat bases of Ostend andeebrugge. 'NMrtalsHrt odMUl stfitnunt of the EVENING PUBLIC TO OUTFLANK WHOLE GERMAN LINE vnaions i x Ji;v i merry tlommicrs Jf yommcrcyx X"N C r , o, NATVv '- Big Holes in Teuton Lines ll-'lgiau War 1)111. -. v,iim tlin I the llrit lh forces have iv.u Ins! tho Iliver I.ys on a live-mile front fiom Warneton to Vcrviei, Anierswelil and Uiinstnluuw keihe liave lieen carried. Stildcrselt also lias been occupied. Thi'j number of prl-oners was fur 'her lnireased, but it lias not been pos sible to count them. (leneral Plumei's Itrltlsh forces nienai-e .Menln. wlilcli is an important railway .iunctioii. Tlieie Is no olllii.il eoiitirmation of the leport that Holder- has been cap-j Hired. Holders is thliteen miles north east of Ypies and Is the most linpor tn lit rallwav supply center for the (ieriuan urliiies north of l.llle. I'leneh troops lire co operating with the Jti-ltlili and lidgians. As the Allies aiv pushing Into the heart of the network of Herman rail roads in the l.llle-.ihent-IJrilges tri angle, the earl.v capture of these rail roads Is txpected The -elzuio of the railroads would force t lie evacuation of Intend and Zeebtuirge. U. S. GVNNERS SCORE MA V DIRECT HITS ll tin' ivvoWafdi 'rcn With the Anivrlriin rnij Vorthwet uf Verdun, Uet I. lleports of the ex- ",eellcnt nun of the Franco-American ar . tillerlst-i In the Slcuu-Aigonnc drive jte i lining In. I'pon a hill used by the 1 .ei 1111111- as an ooservaiion posi, vvni'-u liee.ime a target lor the American gun nel s. Aiiici'h-.in rei'onnoitering paints found two dead Herman oflicers sitting near petp holes In a dugout, llolh had been UilliM hy the i)iucuslon of a shell which "truil. close l Their observa tion glasses weie not damaged. lu another Inslame the Kranco-Amell-i an uiiniicrs scored a hit between two Herman i.oi-uiiiumeit r pieces. tsoui i gun were put out of commission and i thiee of the gunners were ; killed.. Near- n.v a oneci mi was svuieu on u .it tun, Herman trenches Hermans weie found who hail been kllltd while endtaiorlng to reach dugouts. Their comrades who succeeded in leaching Hie dugouts re mained theie until the Americans came up and then suriendercd. U. S. TROOPS FIRMLY HOLD NEW POSITIONS lly the Associated Ve.tt W iishiiuclnii, Oct. ! Ainiricau troops have maintained and consolidated tlilr newly captured positions (rom the Meuse to the Alsne In the face of counter attacks and heuv) artillery bombard ment. Heneral I'ershiiig lepoits ill his communliiue for yesterday The stiiteineut follows. "Section A From tlie Meue to the Alsne our troops have maintained and consolidated their newly raptured posl rinns in tlie face of counter-attacks and heavy gas and artillery hoinbaidnient." MONTFAUCON JTON P.Y REPEATED BLOWS Ilv CA.MI'.RON MacKi:..li: Special Cubic to Evening Public Ledger I JW. 'US. hn .Wit foil line Co. With (he Amerlfitn Arm In I'rnnre, ct. 1 A great battle, whnli is lom parable with nothing wliicli the Ameri can army has utnadv develoned. has begun upon the fronts between the Alsne and the Meuse. The Initial otl tbe enemy hai-K nearly seven , rusn iirnio miles upon a iwen v-mile i, e , A creai niem u.-i ti,. nm.i ,,,i ,iofl- stands 37 vatds above sea level and Is one of the gieat observatories of the entire western front From It In 1916 the Cerinmi tire upon Verdun was large ly directed. To the northward and northwestwanl it commands. In easy view, the vital lines of the enemy's com munications and also the town of Ilu zancy, which is a most important mili tary railhead Tor the Hermans. Its pos session uflords tlie American artillery the tares! opportunity. In tlie tlrst day or the attack that Is j "n Thursday .Montfaucon was heavily fought for. Contingent! uf Americans "0.u, '! "'.'"; ho heights, cling there for y" dolibov STeVe Plngln shellholes In a semicircle around the slope about 2(iil yards from the village at the top. At 6 o'clock they attacked, but Hie enemy was there witli hank on tiank of machine guns and light artillery. At noon. wt!h super-stubbornness, the selfsame American troops stormed again behind a deep barrage Ity a little after '1 o'clock the prize was thelis, and they took possession lu force In lhe course of the day. The important lateral po- . sllions or llpliionville, Ivolry and Dan- nevoux were also won, It was the en- I erny guard divisions that defended Mont- , faucon. A few prisoners were taken, but not many. Most of the defenders I Vied on the hilltop, which they had been ordered lo hold regardless of sac- ( rlflres, - Westward of Jlontraucon tliere was S ffi 5,'.", oaTb'w eef, lfKI! r? , aml . ..monvllle. It was another Ouardu i .nvi.i,,,, n,:.i hn,i heeo inKiaii..ri u-iihtn ' Charpentry, and it endeavored ro make Its stand upon lhe slope studded with heavy and light, machine guns about SOU tarda south and southwest of the Under the elevation of solidly built Frencn macadam the Hermans found a splendid defense line uciween vnarpen try ana tpiuouviut. uuum win m of which vlitually nothing was left but bcl.s r thp cnemy, ..hllglng them to with. Hie barrel. ,,,,.,.,. , ,,,, draw, their advanced line slightly to The American Infantrymen also found ell..' tl, ... t inrv to in- down -i ten-. three machine-gun nesls where heavy 'SI1'."6 "" "lllltr- to la ,)OA" ' '.- ,,!'Tiiir.Mf!tU.k.,v!m".;!-',,,lnir "" SU,,S ''lh mean! line, the l'rsylvaulan. VI v-.Hoiis luces i the vklnllv of ''"nkhig the Hermaus from the right. Al various places in tne vicinuv or. ,,,,,,i.,i ..,., .,P.i i,,ni,.n,, ,.,.,.. i,,u.. LEDGER-PHIL ADELPHIA; TUESDAY, y hi v. J ........ w . . i they had established tin insclves there in strong four, and the inci leans had made shell rs from wlmh to operate lu a parallel line a little dlsl.iiue below the road. The artillery had gr--at dltliculty In getting at the Human dugouts, but the doughho.vs. storming In a long, fllnililng wave, mounted the load simply burled '.hunxelw" upon Oiiardsnien. It I" leportid there some hand-to-hand nghung of the hitler son here. un and the was old, PERSIII;G'S ME RAID FOE'S LORR UNE LINE With Hie American Ann! lu Lorraine, t ii-i. I i Hy I. X. S- Xmeilcati raid ing patth- hne In en u.iusu.illy busy ever where along the l.ii" between the .Moselle and Meuse nvtis and have brought si-oi-.s of Hi 1 m. in prisoners hack with them (me Vnn-rlcan pattol. i ast of Hie .Moselle liner, advanced char bevund tin- l.es n."nils-l,ouvlgny road. The) were flnall forced to retire In the lace of a heav i bombardment. Ten Americans lemalin-il for twenty four houis In the I'lelniill wood, lifter the Hermans had tak.n up their old position. Then the Americans circled the Heinr.ut pcslllons .mil slipped bad? lo Hied- own lines, taking prisoners with them The Hermans attempted a raid east of Hirarder, but lh wire driven olf. leaving a prisoner in the American'"' hands. PENNSYLVANIA MEN OUTFIGHT GERMANS I lly the I nited I'rvm Willi Hie Ainerleau Arni.v tin Hie Ar gnnne I'miil, Oct, 1 MI"souil and I'enn i slvanla troops neouuteied stiff righting 'shortly after noon jesteidav- The Her , leans threw in a flesh division fiom the Su-tz region, In addition to the usual te- ikllll, The .Mlsnmrlans. who were pushing vcl. lhe 11(gl of ,,,,. )lllN ,,, f l-x-rniniil. nm Into 01 ei-w helmlin? nun a k on tile bodies. Tlie Mls.-ourlans and some Kansai" iroops. co-operating, at tacked again. Tlie battle tageil unt'j i! p. in, when the Americans regained their original pisltlnns Hombing siiuadrons aitai-I.ed Hratid Pre nnd Matey successfully duimg tlie afternoon BRITISH APPROACH CITY OF DAMASCUS lly the United Press l'arl. Oct. 1 Uiltish troops are with in four kilometers (two und a half miles) of Ibunascus, and the fall of the city Is expected nionientatil, the Kcho tie Paris declared today. At tlie same time, French cavalry Is advancing on Meirut. Damascus, the principal railway ami commercial center In Palestine. i sixty miles northeast of the Sea of Halllee. Hrltlsh forces weie last lepoited at Ti berias, on the west shoie of that body or water Arab Hoops, howevei. seized Herat, the impoitant railway junction thirty miles east t.f the Sea or Halllee, uirly In the Hrltlsh offensive. Damascus Is only ISO miles south and west of Aleppo, whete. it Is believed Heneral Alleuby's and Heneial Maishall's troops may form a Junction. The existence of Damascus as a city dales back to tho dawn of hlstoiy. It was the governmental seat of a king dom which leu, lied lhe height or Its power In the ninth century. I!. C. It Is one of the four tertestrinl p.nadlses of the Mohammedans. GERMANS PREPARED FOR FURTHER RETREAT lly tlie Associated Press Willi the American Army North of Verdun, Oct 1 - Although the Hermans are giving every evidence that they In tend to bold desperately to the present line against the Americans northwest of Verdun Instead of retreating, they have overlooked no details which will facilitate a retirement, should it become necesaiy Thelr divisions are not entirely ftvsn, o- hnir-fresh troops, hut cons'st in part of regiments secured by dissolving divi sions already lu line which were split up to help out elsewhere. The following order, which was cap tiled on a t'ermnn officer, shows that tlie enemy Is overlooking no chances: "All lines of r.etrtat must be accurate ly ascertained by ull companies and whenever possible all platoon loinmand ers should go back over them as soon us possible to the Hist line Soldiers also should amualnt themselves with tne numes of the lines of retirement " In a pocket or a prisoner captured re cently theie was round American propa-1 ganda literature dropped by alrplauesa. The Hermans express themselves us be ing Interested In this literature. TWO FOE DIVISIONS TRAPPED IN ARGONNE I'.rli, Oct. I (Hy I, X. S.).The annihilation or capture of two complete Herman divisions in the Argonne Forest seemed u certainty today The two dl vlsloiiB Bre trapped In the forest, which has been virtually surrounded by Gen eral (lourHiiiPs French army on the west und the American in my on the east. . The two Hied forces are re ported to have effected a junction In the valley of the Aire on the north of the forest. If they have, the last means of retreat for the Hermans from the forest has been cur off. Oeneral Opuraud's army Is today nrarltig .Menthol, and tin fall of that nitiiirtHNl city Is ln-lleveil near GERMANS POCKETED IN THE ARGONNE l.niiilnn. (U-f 1 1 1 1. 1 r ,tf i !,...,. it... I-.1- i. r.: :-.;. .' ' --.v. , I '""r '""" ""ii'ii me eiRiny m retiring.! ' lias been caplureil li the Kieneh. I'uli-1 ing me iiennntiH Hani on the front ninth r ilie Aljne, the Krench hao rem-hi-d nr lilM'Alsnp Camil, tepmls from the liiutlefioii! show. They are pingressliiB along tlie I'heinlii.des. Dames Inward tlin I'lisl and Hie- enemy Is retteatltig behind the Allelic. Iletueen the Alsne and the Vesle 111 v. ers l-reneli lioois made hiipnitaut pnig-ti-ss on n fiont of about seven and a half miles. Italian nulls operating north of (I,,- Alsne entiled Vouplr. I'nrl. net. 1. lienernl tmiirnuirs Miiops lighting in f liantp.igne yesterdiiy noon, were only limu yards ninth of .Monthols, wlieie they i-omtuand a lev if the alley of the Alio t-.istwaid to ward nrand IMe. The ndvanee of the Kicnch and Anier loans on both Hides of the Alumina forest appeared to hae put the Her mans into another pocket, from whleh the Valley of Aire Is the only tuenue of escape, (irnntl Pre and Voii.lirseai-h Is dlstiint only about seven miles from Monthols. The lii-ruiuns lire iiieuniillatlng oh stneles on the rlilge north or lllvt-l l', wlieie the struggle Is uv Intense. The Ki elicit triMipi haxe nnitivrcd soino liosltluiiH alound die H1:il'i- i which gives them a stronger hold on th Western aiiiroaches to the defile of the Ai-gonne in the Valley of Hie Alie b way of (liand Pie. Willi Hie I'remh Army mi Hie !. Iluinlln rrioil. net. I. -Kleneh foreiM ntt.iiked and captured the culminating tiolnt lu the Umnati line of reslstenee between Si. CJiieiitin nnd the I Use Itlver Sunday This line follows along the rlilge parallel to and Immediately In front of the lllndenliiirg Hue I'rvilhTs wni lis sirongesi point. V rom tliere tlie hue ran over Hill 2n to the -,..,i, 'Clilu ii-:i ... iittiir.Ml h- llHSIllllt. I The vlllag- f iVilr-v iiKi vvas taken and the Krem S Hoops ailviinceu in uiu wood between rrvillers and l rruy Then I'rvlllers f -II. Uv the enpture or Hd vital rreinr. pspo'elallv rrvillers. the Investing line alound S.t- Queiitli! advanced tin Iniper' nnt step. It now U ruis a senilclteie nroiiiHl the vvertern and southern side or tho city. Official War Reports mtniMi l.iiiidnii, Oct. I. Our iiltacl. north of St. IJueiitin nut lulled .vest rday afternoon. vv e cuptiiiid I.evcrgles after shaip (Uht Ing In the neighborhood ttr the village Farther north we progress! d tnvvi id .Inncoint and gained possesion of Vendhulle. Knglish and Canadian liooH (lie closing In upon Cimbi.il and yesttrd.iy captured I'lovllle nnd Tillny III tlie face of strong resManc- Cambial baa been set on fire by the t neiny. Tins morning lighting begun again north of St. Quentln, and In the Cam bial s'ctor. ItCI.I.IAN Havre. Sept 30 (ilelnvcdl The Allied and lie'glan troops under the command ol King Albert i ont limed their brilliant attacks and made further progress In spite of at tempts to chech them Throughout the ihiv of September 30 the Allied foices In Flanders added further to their successes along the fiont of tin llelgliin hi my and the front of the lliltlsli arniv. , The Ildglan army, supported b. French forces, pushi d their line foi watd two Ullnnietci's east of Zntrrii. captured St.idenselt, icnehed the np-proai-lies to llouleis und cros-ed the lloulers-.Menln high road. Tho army of Ueneiiil i'lumer, In spite of heavy counter-attacks liv tin enemy 111 the region of Hheluwe, threatens .Menln and has reached the Itlver I.ys on a line from Waineton. through Cnuilnes to Wervlcn (a front of lhe miles). . n , ,t , ,i i Additional prisoners and more cannon were captuteil. but it has nut been possible to count .them. I'ltHM'll Paris, Oi t. I our" progress was resumed thlt punning between the Alsne and the Vesle. In the Champagne the French troops eontliiUfd llielr attack, and eomplcttd tin Ir success yesterday morning, on the right they renllztd an Impoitant advance In tlie valley ot the Alsne, rapturing UlnarvllU' nnd Comle-l.e,-Autry, Numerous prisoners weie taken nnd considerable material captimd, notably more than lion cars of sixty gauge and numerous cars of standanl gauge. Since .September ".0 more llian lit. nun ..I I..... l... I I prlsoneis have been c.iptttiid httw the Stllppc and thu Atgoune lu the same period mote than l.nu guns, or which a great number were uf heavy caliber, fell into our possession LOAN SALES BOOMING , Treasury ails for Definite Fig ures llcfore Totalling Sub scriptions ..Washington, Oct I. lleports of lit progress of tlie roiiith Liberty Loan re ceived toda.v at the Treasury vine en couraging. Inn were not supported In definite sales figures, ofllclals said It would be about two days before ollldal totals are available fiom nny Federal reserve districts, n ror the entire coun try. Appatently the Hood or subscrip tions In the first two days came mainly from big business Interests in large cities, and better showing. Is expected later In the week as a result of smallei IMpular pledges. From Haltlmoio came word Hint more than StO.iMin.uOa had been subscribed or more than was. raised dining t.ie whole Ihltd loan. The stcoiid dav -business in New Voik was good, but pledges supported hy the, initial p.n nients leprcsented on'y a small pan or the gule-ciiptlous actually gathered in There, as elsewheie, ollldal cognizance will ho taken or subscription), only after 10 per cent has been paid into a haul, and reported to Federal leserve dis tt let headquarters. MICHELC VI AND Mil EXHIBIT Oct. 1st to 3rd Come and sec what the War Gardens of Philadcl- phia and suburbs produce. Get our catalog. ADMISSION FREE T mm HOI OCTOBER 1, 1018' LETRUPPEITALIANE sempre vihoriose; Gl Austrian Rcspinli uellaj ' " It; Ciudiearia Coutinua Avanzala in Macedonia rubtlkhM sml ni'hlhiitfil UnJjr . . I'Klt.MtT N.i. 31! .iithorlil hv ihn ssl ef OclnMr H. 11)17 'on (lie at tho I'ottcmcs of 1'hlU df'nhla. Pa. Hy ordtr of the rrli1tnf. A H. nurtT.KPOV. Pontir.aBter Ofnrral. Itmnn, 1 ottobre. II Mhilsteto ilvllii (Inert a. nel liomerlg gio ill Icrl. ha publillcato un coinunlcalo dal ipiale si illevn die numerosl ills taccanicntl ill tmppe austrlaclic lianiio teiitnto, durnnto la nolle ill sabnllo scorto, i", nttaecare I post I avanzntl Itall.inl nella Valle Hludlcaria. ad oc cldente ie l.ago ill Hatda. I.'atlncco falir completamelitc rotto II fuocii di-irattlgllerla Itallana ed II neiulco fu icsplnto'al dl al' del Hume Chiese. Hue acroplanl iiemtel furono all liattiitl. I'lrc.i It operajiionl In .Macedonia e" statu urriclalniente comutilcato die le tiuppe Itallane. opetantl sulPala occi ilentale della lima dl avnnata digll Alleatl, dur.iiilo la glnrnnta ill domenlca lianiio contlnuato ad InseKiiIre Ic tiuppe biilgaie die pieelpltosamcnte si llthano nttraverso l'l'skuh e lungo II Hume Tetovo. fn dlspacclo glunto oggl lu Vatlcnno da Vienna scgnnla die II Up Ker- diu.imlo dl llulgaila ahdlchera' lu I'rlnelpc Hot Is, fa vole dl silo tigllo, die attolko. I. 'Ala, 1 ottolire. II corrlspundeiite dell'CviSMSfl I'chi.ic iiKtmcii lin appieso da fronte nutore vollsshna die II govcrno tunto c' pronto per domanilare un nrmlstlzlo. I.tindrn, 311 seltcmbre. l.'armstlzlo cousluso ilagll Allettl con la llulgaila e" puraniente una con vcnziotie mllllnri' e non eontlenc dls pnsizlnnl dl carattere politico. I. a Ilulgarla h.i romenuto dl evaciiare tutto II terrltorlii da essa occupato. In Hrccla etl hi Serbia, la stnobllitaslone del sun eseercltn e la lesa ag:i Alleatl dl ttittl I inezzi dl trasporto. I.a Hul garla doM-.r ledere le sue Imbareazloiil ed II colli rollo della navlgazlone del Hanuhlo coneeiidendo Innltre II llhero p.issngglo iiK Alleatl attraveiso la Hul. fiirl.i. per lo tlluppu dellc operazlonl mllltarla. Tutte le .li ml e le munlzlonl del bill-I'-ii'l doMimnn tsseie Inimag.izzlnale solto II contiollo dcgll Alleatl, ill Uail e' concessu II dirllto tlelln occiipazlone dl tmtl gl Impfiitatiil puntl sttategid l.'Assoclateil I'res npprende die roccu li.izlone mllltnie della Ilulgarla dovra' fssero effetiu.it it d.i forze Inglesl. fran cesl ed Italian", e la porzlone evacuata in Hreela ed In Serbia rispcttrfaniente dn truppe gieche . serhe. MAY BLACKLIST PROMOTERS I. S. I'rohfS oOO SlMiiPi-li'd f I .-. . ,. it'.i i -i ' , l.v ndpilts that tho liulgirlans arc Jus. ItOlllpt'liiii; HI) Liberty Loan ItlHed In ftdlng war-tired mid thinks , lly the Associated Press , the Hulgarlan people will stand with 1 Wnsliliiglnn, Oct I More than .'no l Premier .Mallnoff. Finally, the Frank .promoters or iiuesinmable enterprises I furter Zeitung begs the Hovernment to who are selling securities In cnmnetltloti With the fourth l.iheitv I.tiiin nni! In r . ... . . . . defiance of the (internment's capital Is sues committee nn. under Investigation I by thai committee and steps to black list them publicly may he taken soon. Thlii was learned toda.v from a prelim inary report of the enforcemenl see. 'tlon of the capllal Issues committee. I which for weeks has been gathering t-vl- deuce on the activities of wildcat promo tion schemes Involving the trading or I Liberty Honds for speculative stocks, .and thu ron-eiiuent nhsnrjit.on ot capi tal for iioiiitn" purport. i WILSON APPEALS TO SEAMEN I Uracil to Enter Merchant Marine1 I Service Wlicn iVccdcd j I WhsIi1iikIi.ii. Oct. 1 - (Hy I. N S ) - i All men who have had any experience In I seafaring life were called upon, lu a personal appeal by Piesident Wilson to day, to submit with their questionnaires a detailed account of such experience , n, ti,at the Hovernineiit mav know where t.. ..I....1.. K.... il..l I.,. .. in) oiiiam seamen wnen ineir servicts j ere required ror tlie merchant marine. I The woik or the seaman lsft-o vitally I le-sentlal. tlin 'resident points out. that ' i they have been given derened classl- lication in the draft. lCvery seaman and former seaman should not hesitate to accept deferred classification, he scys. J iu oniuer now eager no may ue lo join the fighting forces on land or sea. IIUGK WHISKY SMUGGLING Michigan (.ang in Tour Weeks Handle CooiN Valued at $168,192 lirtrnll, Oct. 1. Ortie and Sherman : Hilllngsley. arrested near the (Jhln .Mlchigan boundary line Saturday night , by State police while attempting lo i smuggle Into Michigan a large quantity j i of liquor have been biouglit here for ar- rulgnment. j Colonel Hoy C. Vandercrook. of the State police, alleges Sherman Hirings- ley Is the lender of a gang that has been i smuggling liquor Into Michigan on a large scale, having made twenty-six I such expeditions since the State went I dry. Since August 22. according to I figured given by the Hllllngsleys, they have smuggled Into Michigan and I)e- tiolt whisky vnlucd at $1C8.19I. EVIDENCE aTl IncViiicW? ' oude X Excellent Opportunity . . " Reiponvlble mnotclorIni eonterna ean obtain on altrae ttre trrrna thorougblr modern accominodatUna for any nambar of plsnta and employes' bouilnf, to a hit b-irade Induitrlal eoa laiunltr noir dneloploa within 10 mllea ot 1'btladelpbla. Mueh ckeaper "onrbeud" coda tliao praMut contented utlropoUtaa icklcra aeord. PREPARE NOW FOR THE FUTURE and atold frfliht delays ao frequent In (arte rommertlal tfftlont bj loeutinf In tbla new Tlclnltjr with Una train and roller aertlra. lempltta ahopplnc fatllltlaa and aaoeral wellara ttaturca far albxear amutcmant, aa tract eontaiaa Una craafc aad baaullfully wooded roa now bains daUad (vr park pur- iwnr ' - Hr 1M H mmmm VjjjjmL Jlm- jj I W lv I jNNl. ' I J V ' I I - s 1 It S IIIC IIOM) sai.i: Mif. Kilillr M. Marcus. 1B03 Krje avenue, who ili-poseil of $ 13.550 worth of Liberty DoiuU tlic first day of the pre-cut campaign. She. is sclliiiB for tlic (Irovcr Cleveland Public School German Mob Cheers . . . I I '"li H I ,.I ,1-1 1 II I M-.1 til lit Ot, 1 1 II 1,1111.1-tl. I I," filll riflVimi I iPriflt.mil inlaim brought ro-th the Instnnt demand aiuyui iuu jvcfut-tuit) t)iat ..,, hp ,ionp,.. A dispatch to the Dally Unit from Ciiiillniietl from 1'aee One tho people's trust shall n u wide extent keep In the rights und duties of government. I beg of you to terminate your work by continuing to conduct the tJovernmenfn busl niss and preparing the way of meas ures desired by mo until I havo found n successor for sou. Opening Their Ivyes The Herman nress Is hysterically em phasizing that the need for cool heads never was greater than now. The possi bility, never before entertained or vis ualized. Is beginning to dawn on the people that Hermany may lose the war, and tho suddenness of this teallzatlon has had n bewildering effect on them. The Xeltung am Mlttag entirely ap proves, as wholly appropriate to the occasion, the sensational editorial print ed In Vorwaerts last week dealing with 1 what would happen should an enemy succeed In Invading the Fatherland. It makes an assertion remarkable ror this newspaper saving: "Our Hoi eminent throughout this ter rible war has sedu'oiisly avoided hinting at this,' and the other possibility, namely, tlirt the war may be lost ir everybody and everthing are not united In the ut most effort." "The (Internment has thus Itsen con tributed to veiling the teal gravity or our position dining these four J ears of war." tho newspaper continues. "It has prefer! ed to lead the nation In blinkers, past tlie abyss of danger to our na tional life." The Ithenlsli Westphalian Hazette shudderlngly contemplates the Bulgarian situation, "tlie last and highest wave," and suspects that the Hulgarl.ins. after having got the Dobritdja legion ot Itu manla, have no ruitlier use ror Her many. The Frankfurter Zeituug expresses re gret that Hie (iineriimcnt failed lo Im press on friend nnd roe the "truth" that Hesmniiy did not go Into the war out or lust r.ir power. Tills newspaper Tree- make for ponce, "unequivocally and sin- .. cerely The Duseldorf Naclnichten bewails Various shapes and sizes 10c straight to 2 for 25c That Production Mild Havana Filler sMIW Connecticut Shade jPwrP Grown Leaf ,4&fSt&$sWsr Skilled Workmanship jxSa iK- J'ji'",,."i:iiKBar Demand Increased Facilities Current News Items p,a'o it-f,.... Irirt... lit-,,.-" '"we . .'" ro'.retu,-: l i . frfcH t!,l. Aoju'r guJr'wo ,'' teP; ""for,. i ' . K the fact that troop will hive to b sent to Macedonia from the west front, 'whero they are so bitterly needed." Its sister publication, the Kssen Allge tnelnc Zcllung, speaks of "bad new com ing title h nnd fasti" and repent t pre vious assertion that the Herman must be strong. Later on In Its editorial the Ks.trn Journal fall Into bitter abuse, "blaspheming Wilson and his mob of lynchers." Amitrr.lnin, Oct. 1. (Hy Central I Xews,) Hermntt llclchstng Sbclallsts 'l.nt.M I...... ..l.l..ll.. I.. .1 kn rlMe- iinu- I'rni uiiiuiHiiy iinuiiiirii iiihi wvi- niany will, inaku another peace offer in the Allies as a result of the action of lliilgarla, according to the newspaper Tjd, It Is said that the new otter will be of a decisive nature. tniiitnu, Oct. I, By I. X, S ) Presi dent . Fchrenbach, of the Ilclchstag, will succeed Count von llerlllng as imperial Chancellor, according to a vvlrtlcss press report received here today. I BULGAR CRISIS RENDS GERMAN PARLIAMENT l.nntlnn, Oct. I. There Is the greatest excitement In Hermany over tlic dele tion of Ilulgarla, fudging from special dlspatche" received here from Holland. On Saturday excitement amounted to a panic. According to some reports, tho panic particularly affected tlie Ilerlln Hoarse, whetc war Industry stocks, It Is said, slumped violently. Panic also struck Parliament and ., A...ul... ..am ..I...I.... ..H.I ...it. II.. nffln.. tPt... The Hague says the demand is for some 1 body possessing the confidence of the i Hermans and their allies to replace the present military ol'garchy. but opinions clash tegai ding who this vague perso nality might be. All leports Indicate a decided cleav nge between the Junker and conserva tive classes nnd the class represented bv the Socialists and radicals, who on tills occasion have the sunoort of some , Centrists and even National Liberals, llinnernr William's belated unxletv for the people to co-operate In tlie Oovern ment evidential will be distasteful to the Junkers, one or whose foremost news papers, the Kreuz Zeltung, declares that a dictatorship Is the nly possible alter native. On the other hand, the demand of the popular parties Is for n irapularly elective cabinet. The effect of the resignations of Chan cellor von Hertllng and Foreign Secre tary von Hlntze on the public agitation Is not jet reported. Nothing Is known ns to how the terms of the Hulgarlan surrender have affected the Herman peo ple. If they have been permitted to knew the terms. CANNOT USE HIGHWAY FUND Federal Council 56,000.000 in X. Hill ill"; Holds J. Treasury Trenton, Oct. ! Two yeats' collec tions of the special good roads tax of one mill on the dollar, under the Kdge Inw of .1917, will be available by Janu ary I next, but It is agreed by State olTHrJals that tho money cannot be used. As It will amount to $0,000,000. the sug gestion has been made that It be In vested nt once In Liberty Honds to await the time It enn be used for tho purpose ror which It was gathered. It also has been suggested that the special tax be suspended fro- the period of tho war. but that cannot he done without an act of the Legislature. Another sug gestion calls for diversion of the road money to the Camden-Philadelphia hi Idgo and lludsoil Hlver tunnel con strucilon as war measures, likewise re tiui'ing legislative action. Tlie peculiar situation Is due to the decision of the t'nlted States Highway Council that all opciotlons upon road construction shall be confined In all the States to such roads as may be essen tial to the efficient conduct of the army cantonments and plants engaged In the production of war material. Favorita a JO cent thapm actual The blending of the fin ed tobaccos the careful making of each cigar thete are the reaiont for the hearty enjoyment' that'iin every El Producto EL PRODUCTO Mad by Tho C. H. P. Clt ar Ce. Phll.d.lphla Requirements nri T -i - tar.?.,HuuaSntf' v"iriMt ''-wnff M . 'i p mm. "Mfpr "ufi r i. ' iii : . TVhrt tcrf'eco,.??'':, "waiHr A. rr !m ""'ci ,1j,.".,obJ,v"; PrfD, it. . oi . '". Wii.'-s. I-a fsWWw Call;:."1" ",..-- "ccciej , "'0 .' ini.t.' "" "HtnuZ" reel. '" cllih, M a Ma... "-'VU fJ 'no cron". ,W"'b fn '. ' ItWWW .: '" ftw M. m tiir. 'Hal. . m Emergency, Industrial Development Co. 129 S. 6th St.. 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