Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—No. 220 AMERIGAN FIRST ARMY IN MOTION ON 20 MALE FRONT After Sixteen Months of Vast War Effort the American Army Has Entered the World War as an Independent Body— Metz is Believed to Be the Objective. (By The Associated Press.) The American First Army under ccmmand of General Pershing is in motion against the Germans on a twenty-mile front on the famous St. Mibiel salient in Lorraine, which had «tood a sharp wedge in the French ne southeast of Verdun since the mmencement of the war. In the preliminary thrust ground was gained on both sides of the tri- ngle and also at its apex at St. Mi- Liel, and at last accounts the Ameri- cans, with whom some French troops are brigaded, were fast sweeping cross the sailen: in an effort to close the mouth df the big pocket before the Germans can extricate themselves from the perilous position they are i as a result of the suddenness of the blow and the element of surprise it arried with it Although the advance of the Amer- ans was swift and sure and gains in excess of four miles on the southern w.de of battie area were made. the avalry far outstripped the tanks and ,tmen and was last reported operat- & along the railroad near Vigneulles, most in the center of the salient and some ten miles northeast of St. Mi- hiel, and also northwest of Pont-a- Viousson, through the forests and ong the raitwdy line running north- ard to Metz, the great German fort- southern outer fortifications are less than ten miles dis- Thiauconrt, Boulllonville, Pannes 1 several other towns in the south captured in the ° initial dash, hile on the west at the northern of the pocket the village of Com- 1-es was captured and the environs of ] 'onmartin 'a Montagne were reached o the south everywhere the Ameri- penetrated into the heizhts of the Meuse and the French fought their s a¥ into the outskirts of St. Mihiel. Tt i« unofficially reported that the town Yas been recaptured by the French. The fighting front at the commence- ment of the battle aggregated twenty miles—eight miles on the western side and twelve miles on the southern side. The fighting was preceded by an ex- tremely heavy artillery bombardmont and the troops and tanks advanced under barrage which was carried out vith mathematical precision. From the war maps it would seer a'most impossible for the Germans to evacuate the salient, as they appar- ently are trying to do, although they are offering resistance with machine guns and artilletry, without huze losses in men and material. The first roports show that the Ahericans took 700 prisoners in the first stages of the battle and had suffered remarkahly small casualties. The stratégy of Marshal Fohh in the present manoeuvre cannot be fore- seen, except that it has as the first objective the levelling of the St. Mi- hiel sector and the straightening of the allied line from the region of Verdun eastward. The obliteration of the salient would be necessary before a direct thrust toward German terri- tory from this region would be pos- sible. Whether Marshal Foch has in view a campaign up the Meuse vailc or Metz and the Moselle valley»in mind remains to be seen. In the north Field Marshal.Haig is still hard after the Germans in the region of Cambrai. Here he azain has advanced his front ioward the | much-desired German base; pene- trated into the old British defense line; crossed the Canal an Nord north of Havrincourt: taken Havrin- court and another section of the Hir denburg line ang sent a tiousan Germans into the British prisomer cages in the rear. The Germ= fought hard at Havrincourt to sy the British, but all their counter-at- tacks wete beaten off. Further advances for the British ai- so are reported in the region south of | La Bassee Canal and northwest of Armentieres. CONFIDENT OF PROWESS OF THE ALLIED NAVIES pre- New York, Sept. 12.—Confident on tha: a naval battle bet German sca forces and fleets would res in a Teutons was m: aughter ve Daniel Riordan upo s return to New York today after, » inspection of American naval ac-! ad i tion that is being afford- ! vessels and transports is i mprovinz by the hour.” he asserted., ™ oat was a peril Now it is| simply wn_annpvamge. Verv soon it} il be obliterateds - We wepe partic- ularl; ansians 1o get some of the | reception that has heen prepated for| t jerman navy should it happen to We saw the armor-plated tee from the deck of destroyer and it was a sight that Il live in my memory forever. Stretched about the point whence | German fiset must emerge was a mile cordon of allied arships— ™ British, Italian and American their men on their toes, steam » guns ready It took us to pass thie huge flotilia + was the most magnificent spec me o reception comm! seven - e world. The crews tha' man hese vessels are waiting, hoping, long- ng for t 1 don’t think they ever PRESIDENT POINCARE HAS | PAID VISIT TO THE FRONT Paris Se; Pr dent Poincare | has paid a v to e front to ol serve the condition of the troops in the zone newly liberated and particu- larly those regions where the egemy arried out systematic destruction be- e retiring. Accompanied by Gen- erals Fayolles and Humbert. ue in- spected Chauny, Noyon, Nesle, Guis- carq and Ham The country roads were found lit- tered with war material left behind by the ememy in his hurried retreat. Al the trehs bordering these roads and the fruit orchards had been cut down The towns and villages were in ruing farm houses blown up by dynamite and they burned. Everywhere church- s had been destroyed. The hospital at Ham and the ambulances had been burned. LABOR UNIONS TO PREPARE FOR RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD Boston, Sept. 12—To prepare for the reconstruction period - after the war, & conference of representatives of all the centrai labor unmions in Massachusetts will be held in _this city mot later than June 1, 1919. Plans for he conference were detailed in resolutions adopted today at the clos- ing session of the annual convention of the state branch of the Federation of Labor. “The purpose of the conference.’ said the resolution, is to_ determine what in its opinion, should be the pol- iey of labor after the war and so in- struct the delegates to the next an- nual convention of the American Fed- eratio mof Labor from this state branch.” JEWISH WELFARE BOARD IS TO PROVIDE KOSHER FOOD New York. Sept. 12.—Plans to pro- vide kosher food to visitors and sol- diers in army camps have met with the aj of the military morale wection of the war department, accord- ing to announcement tonight by the Jewish welfare board. The men must not be encouraged, however. to refuse to live on the food provided for them in_the army. The first kosher restaurant will be established immediately at Camp Up- tom, where the Jewish military popu- lation is larger tham in any other camp. FLETCHER THE FIRST TO REGISTER IN MEXICO CITY Washington, Sept. 12.—Ambassador Metcher was the first American in Mexico City to register today under the new man power act, the state de- partment was informed. The message sajd that virtually every American citizen in the Mexican capital, and within the new Amecican limits fol- lowed the example of the ambassa- dor. although such action was purely voluntary, 2s the law does not re- auire Americans In foreign countries 1o register. 1f they return to the Uni «d States, however, they must enroll TSin fve daan,, | the five thousand striking machinists up | For | th | tion INDICATIONS BRIDGEPORT STRIKE IS NEARING END Bridgeport, Corn., Sept. 12. — Al- though word was circulated among here late today that President Wilson | had addressed an appeal to them as patriotic citizens to return to work. no communication was received at the headquarters of the strike commit- tee up to 19 o'clock tonight, and the munitions plant situation remained unchanged, iel Lavit, business agent of the machinists’ an union, said that if such ppeal was received from the pres- | nt hewhelioved the men would call off the striffe for the present. Denial was made tonight by various officials of the published statemen; that Roy Scouts had been used to post placards advertising for women to work in the munitions plants. It was stated that although more women are being employed than ever before, they are not being used to replace the strikers, but as additional workers. There were many indications tonight that the strike was nearing an end. L K. Russell, a field representative cf National War Labor Roard, said that strike leaders had asked through the board for assurances tha: the mu- | chinists would be taken hack to tne pants in a body without discrimina- as old hands apd at the old rates The forty-eight hour time limit for the return of the strikers o their | work, which was set by William H. | Johnston, president of the Interna- tional Association of Machinists, ex- | pired at midnight tonight, but no fur- |ther word from the head of tho ma- chinists regarding the suspension of union members was ved. The strike committee anmounced that meeting of the striking machin: will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow. CALL FOR EXAMINATION OF Y. M. C. A. SECRETARIES Paris, Sept. 1 ‘The Young Men's Christian Association has issued a call to all its secretaries between the lages of 21 and 31 to present them- selves before the nearest medical offi- cer for examination. Such secretaries as are unwilling to submit to a phy- sical examination will be returned im- mediately to the United States. Those passing the satisfactory examination will be given thirty days in whica to enlist. After the thirty days they will be given thirty days in which to enlist. After the thirty days they will be returned to the United States if they have not enlisted. The order apples to clergymen as well as to laymen. Clergymen will be assisted in obtaining the rank of chap- lain If they desire it. Special measures’ are being taken with regard to secretaries between the ages of 31 and 45, and such men will be notified of the desires of the Y. M. C. A. at a later date. “NO COMPROMISE,” DECLARES PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE Manchester, England, Sept. 12— Speaking at’'a luncheon today after the presentation of the freedom of the city, Premier Lloyd George said “There are some men who say ‘Drop it and let us have peaca by negotia- tion’”, and added: “There is no com- promise between freedom and tyran- ny, no compromise between light and darkness. 1 know thac it is better to sacrifice one generation than to sac- rifice liberty forever. That is what we are fighting for, and heaven grant that we fight through to the end.” N. J. TO SEND ELECTION COMMISSIONERS ABROAD Trenton, N. J, Sept. 12.—Though federal authorities, according to Sec- cretary of State Martin, “did not en- courage the plan,” it was decided here today to send state election commis- sioners abroad to record votes of sol- diers and sailors in the coming elec- tion. The official announced that two democrats and a republican will leave soon as their departure can be ar- ranged, for the stations of New Jer- sey men in foreign service. ANNAPOLIS RADIO STATION TAKES MESSAGE FROM FRANCE Washington, Sept. 12—In a radio message today to Secretary Daniels congratulating the United States on the installation of the new high power wireless station at Annapolis, the Cabled Paragraphs % k;hirm- Recognizes Soviets. okio, Thursday, Sept. 5.=—(By The Associated Press.) A government statement formally recognizing tue Czecho-Slovaks co-belligerents against Germany and Austria-Hun- gary 'is expected to be issued shortly. Lloyd-George Suffering From Chill. Manchester, Epgland, Sept. 12.—It was officially’ announced late tonight that Premier Lloyd George is suffer- ing from a chill. He has a high tem- perature and may be prevented rrom fulfilling all his engagements in his present tour of Lancashire, the state- ment adds. TWO ARMY CASUALTY LISTS HAVE 512 NAMES Washington, Sept. 12.—The follow- ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri- can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 28; missing in ac- tion 21; wounded severely 87; died of wounds 20; died from accident and other causes §; died of disease 6; wonded, degree undetermined 3; pris- oners 1; total 174. New England men are Killed in Action. Corporals—John Francis Holland, 18 Hanover St,, Boston, Mass; Alfreed G. Champagne, 5 Wartwill St, Chicopee, Mass. Died of Wounds. Private Leonard I. Burns, 147 Pratt | st,, Winsted, Conn. Died of Accident and Other Causes. Privates—Arthur Laferriere, Mill st Anthony, R. L; John C. Welch, Ash- land Road, Southboro, Mass. Wounded Severely. Corporals— John Carl, Elmwood, Conn.; mechanic Charles D. Kirk- ham, 217 Kimberly Ave, New Haven, Conn. Privates — Claude 1. Blenus, 28 Loveland St., Middletown, Conn.; Al- exander Cowalski, Tariffville, Conn. Frank W. Fournier, 213 Chapman St., Greenfield, Mass.; Arthur W. Green, 26 Lowell St, Lawrence, Mass.; Norgian J. Spencer, Middlefield, Conn.; Francis J. Synnod, ° Jr, oy N. Riversidc Ave., Waterbury, Conn.; Anthony J. Yechu Hancock St Bangor, Mass. . Lyncu, Ells- worth Foud, Gregory Patrohilos, 101 Thomp- sonville, Conn. Wounded in Action (Degree termined): ¢ Corporal Harry Warren Marchbank 299 East Ave., Bridgeport, Conn. Missing in Action. Privates—Andrew Bove, 238 Wooster Pleanant St Unde- St, New Haven Conn.; Harold J Jenson, 459 Massachusetts Ave., Bos ton, Mass. THURSDAY AFTERNOON’S LIST. Died’ of disease 5; killed in action ) ssing in_action 111; wounded 175; died from accideent and other causes 1; died of wounds 12; wounded, degree undetermined 5; to- tal 338. Killed in Action. Sergeant Carl S. Carlson, 163 Good- win St Uristol, Conn. Corporals — William F Ferry Road 6, Mancheste Privates—Adolph Coolac] St., Providence, R. L; John Bmerald St Conrad _Schleiger. New Britain, Conn.; 46 Meadow St. Fitchburg, Died of Wounds. Private Macj Kowalski, 103 Canot St., Chicopee, Wounded Severely in Action. Strgeant Eldon B. Coykendall, Huger, Berkeley Co., Fontaine, N. H . 69 Juslin Benedik Wicha, Mass. 69 S, Corporals—Orlando R. Achorn, 104 F. St, South Boston, Mass.; Winslow B. Weston, 285 Newport Ave., Wollas- ton, Mass. Privates—Jjames Bracken, 177 Put nam Ave, Whitneyville, Conn.; F. W Petrello, 4 Allen Ave,, Meriden, Conn. William M. Lyons, 615 Hampden St Holyoke, M Wiiiam H. Murray, Raymond Hartford, Conn.; James Salafia, 9 Portland St, Middletown, Conn.; ' Vincenzo Tarazo, 58 High St., Waterbury, Conn.; James J. Tumilty, 3 Smith™ St, Roxbury, Mass.; Joseph affy, 4 Gilbert St, Derby, Conn.; David C. Griggs, East Hampton, Conn; Carl L. Houghton Chap- t, Greenfield, Mass.; John A. Summer St, New Haven, Conn; Joseph D. Leary 640 Orange | St, New Haven, Conn.; James V. Marlow, 396 Blatchley Ave, New Haven, Conn.: Aibert Mozetta, 8 Flor ence 'St, Putnam, Conn.; Pat: Pedicine, 265 Pearl St, Middletown, Conn.; Albert Price, 13 Ames St Greenfield, Mass.; Clinton D. Prov encher, 62 “A” §t, Gardner Worcester, Andrew Rari, 5 Foode Si Hen-y A. St. Savior, Newing- 9 Mass ton, Conn. Missing in Action. Corporal John J. Dalton, 143 W. 6th St, South Beston, Mass. Bugler James Lynch, 1345 State St., New Haven ,Conn. Privates—Frank Culleen, 202 Broow St., New Bedford, Mass.; Joseph C. Durse, 369 Western Ave., Cambridge, Mass.; John Fraso, 143 Liberty St, Southington, Conn.; Henry L. Beauchesne, 2 Endicott St., Lowell, Mass.; John J. Collins, 58 Dickerman St., New Haven, Conn.; Stephen Jona, Jr, 185 Brown St. Hartford, Conn.; Bichale Martone; 377 East St, New Haven, Conn.; Frank Maturas, Gen Del. Tariffville, Conn.; Thomas O'Dea, 826 Albany St, Boston, Mass.; John Rici, Walnut Beach, Milford, Conn.; Charles F. Sizer, Deep River, Conn.; Thomas White, Jr., 179 Filmore St, New Haven, Conn.; David Rittenburg, 24 Canterburg St., Dorchester, Mass. DISOBEDIENT PRIVATE GETS FIFTEEN YEAR SENTENCE Ayer, Mass, Sept. 12.—A sentence of fifteen years at hard labor at Fort Jay, N. Y. and dishonorable discharge from the army has been imposed by a court martial upon Joseph H. Quinn of Boston, a private in the Depot Brigade at Camp Degens. for refusal to obev an order of his superior of- ficer. The sentence has been approv- ed byy the judge advocate at Wash- ington. Quinn claimed to be a_conscien- tious objector, but was able to pro- duce no proof that he was a mem- ber of any recognized stct opposing war. He refused to shoulder a rifle and undergo instructions in guard duty. This is the first case of its kind at Camp Devens. GERMAN NAVAL BASE IN VIRGIN ISLANDS SEIZED Washington, Sept. 12.—A potential German naval base in the Virgin Is- lands has been seized by the alien property custodian and will be used for the needs of the American navy and customs department. The base congists of land, buildings, docks warehouses, large water tanks anad jfen and Y4 3 Mioene V. Debs Has E Been [0und Guilty mum Penalty, 20 Years and | a Fine of $10,000. { i Cleveland, O, ‘Sept. 12.—Eugene V-l pionage act, was found guilty by a federal jury today. Talking to newspaper men after the verdict, Debs sait “It is all night. n D God &) zood time” the original ten counts of the in- P ired to consider the evidence. | ict found him guilty of three: not guilty of one. He was foun: guilty of attempting to incite in- if! subordination disloyalt R and naval forces: attempting S recruiting, and uttering langzuzge tending to incite, provoke !’ and encourake resistunce to the Un ed States and to promote the caus of the cnemy. 2 The count on which he was judsed | innocent charged that he opposed the | ause of the United States. {5y Coursel for both sides said they |{ considered Justice Westenhaver's| instructions fair, They were exhaus- | tive and couched in simple \anguage! nd delivered in a kindly manner, re- . quired one and one half hours, He |} made no comment on the evidence which, presented by the zovernment. i was affirmed by the defendant, but | ured the jury that the espionagy ct_was whoily valid. _ The jury was out five and a half hours. mostly_spending in assimilat- inz* the fine distinctions teiVeen the four counts. When jury was ready Pastor Stokes, t was announced_that _the to report Mrs. Pgse herself under cony tion on a similar charge, came inside the railing for the first time. Pre; ously at Debs’ request she had re- mained hidden in the body of the au- dience. She drew her chair beside his and into her hands he slinped one of his where it remained while the clerk was eading the verdict and polling thei i She d expected an adverse ict from the first, admitting it to her friends. Nor was it a_surprise to Debs. In his address to the jury he said he had not one word to retract and rather went out of his way to ac- ¢ont fhe damaging St. Louis anti-war platform. ihe maximum penalty is imprisonment and a fine 0 t i i T ! twenty. of Westenhaver stated that he would hear counsel on 2 motion for a new trial next Saturd: morning. Debs until then will remain at liberty under the trial bond. OUTBREAK OF PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE HOUSE Washington, Sept. 12.—Partisan po- litical discussion,. which _ continued through most of the day, prevented the house from closing general debate on the war revenue bill today and since leaders plan to take up tomor- dispose of the new admin- bill to facilitate Liberty, ond sales, consideration of the tax| measure for amendment may not be- gin before Saturday. This delay, how- ever, is not expected to prevent the passage of the bill next week. Representative Heflin of Alabama, democral. opened the day's partisan debate after members who had plan- ned speeches refused to deliver them becanse of the small attendance. Rep- i eflin charged republican h “seeking to destroy Pres ilson at home.” His attacl was delivered principally a:fuinst Representatives Rodenberg and Prit- Senator Sherman of Illinois, as well as Chairman Hays, of the re- publican national committee. The Alabama member frequently was interrupted by derisive cries from | the republicans and applause from | the democratic side of the house. He| refused to vield to republican mem- bers who sought to ask questions and when he had concluded no reply was | made by the minori After Representative Pou, of North Carolina, democrat, had charged re- pubiicans with attempting to “check the administration,” with the conceal- ed purpose of embarrassing it, a fresh and heated controversy develop- ed from an address by Representative iller of Minnesota, republican. who assailéd Postmaster General Mr. Miller said the. post- master general is “the arch-politician | of the times” and charged that he| as remoralized the postal service.” | A SPECIAL CORPS IS TO ROUND UP SLACKERS Washington, Sept. 12.—A nation- wide effort to round up men who fail- ed to register for the draft today will be started immediately by a specially organized corps of department of jus- | tice agents. s corps, it was learned today. has been in process of organiza tion for some time, and will work quietly, without making general raids like those in New York which caused adverse criticism. Methods have been developed for gathering information from hundreds of sources on men within the new draft ages who failed to respond and this will be used to prevent evasion.| Many volunteers of the American Pro- | tective league, a citizens’ organiza- | tion, are understood to have enlisted | in the new campaign against draft- | dodgers, and the system is said to be ' so thorough that it will be virtually impossible for slackers to evade ar-| rest. MEXICAN LABORERS | FEARED BEING DRAFTED El Paso, Tex., Sept. 12.——The exodus of Mexican laborers to Mexico for fear | they would be inducted into the American army was checked by the proclamation issued in _Spanish by Brigadier General J. J. Hornbrook, | district commander, who assured all eMxican citizens ahe act of reglsteringl would not induct them into the army. At the eMxican comsulate today it was stated but four applications for pass- ports had been made today, alttough| more than 1,000 were issued during| the past ten days. i NEWARK MACHINISTS wouLp | AID BRIDGEPORT STRIKERS Newark, , Sept. 12—*If ma-| chinists of Bridgeport need any help | from Newark, they will get it," de-. clared C. P. Gibson, business agent of "District 'No. 45 of the Internatioral Association of Machinists, tod: He also announced that the N¢wark machinists will appeal from the.award | made by the industrial Telations board | of the war and navy departments re- | zarding wages and hours of work. | Freneh minister cf marine said he was glad his first message was one of vic- tory. cisterns, lighters, loading parapherna- lia and coaling facilities formerly own- 'by the Hamburg Americann line, Theories cause more worry s cau than ' facts. Central Powers are EagerFor Armistice? Jury Out 51, Houn—Ma.xi-i Believe Reje;:fion of Proposal: Debs, charged ‘with Violating the es- |Paiches today from France say that the general campaign and peace ma- Emperor W T have no complaint | countri to make. It will come out all right in SUPP P mation on the subject to the newspa- dictment but four remained when the |lind. the Scandinavian countries anl Lthe despatches note that the 4 | conservative leader Erzverger, identi- | etc, in the ! PiOvements, ¢ jpacifist Troelsiras nas_inciu many ago that there might be opportuniti sort operatiens pese an armistice instead of a st peace conl B proposal not only and indemnify her but also to di even problem in a might consent to revise the Brest-Li be_greatly vice eration of the | creasing burden for us. however, forget th: now appear by hundreds cf tiousands 2 the front we h licns of Russians, Serbians and Ru- manians out of action. tente will not succeed in winning them back for their own purposes.” COMPLETE REPORTS ON Washi) Sept.. 1. {iion men. prabably from which will come the reserves to win the w the second great mobilization of the nation’s man’ power. ci try to add their names to the roll of the 11,000.000 who had registered be- fore, the nation's fighting army over- seas enemy in the fir; offensive front. where marked the registration. Long before the appointed registrars of citizens were waiting to enroll. All day and until well into the night men is confident th: in th office there was no suzgestion of any ed, | tion today are not expected by i cards with them at all time: | two vears' contract, coal at the gov- | mines Would Strengthen Moral | Position of Germany. i Washington, Sept. 12 —Official des- | oeuvre, of which the speech today of | 5 liam is regarded as a is being extended into neutral German press s are lying special artieles and ‘infor- art, a s crs of German proclivities in Hol witzerland. And in this connection serman | by ed in the past w oiher peace | had turned up in Copen- igen, where a Scandinavian inter- liamentary conference iz to take ce. and that the Dutch socialist Ger- in his return trip to Hoilind rom northern Iurope. According io the same despatches. ¢me light is thrown nupon the veiled of Couni Rurian a few days tw tteranc t or “a calm exchanze of Views—some of direc: informative icn * * * which will be far 1 ng peace negotiation: i egarded as an inspired articie i Jutch press, which the Gi horities have taken pain ish in i to re-pud- le savs that the two em- their recent conference, time would ‘be rip2, of winter when all wur vould be paralyzed, to pro- Le beginni nce an a of was ready to he evacuation of northern France and e restitution of German colonies and to settle the Alsace-Lorraine v to save French fee! Finally on condition of certai rdemnities and concession; treaty. If this proposal for on armistice is cjected, the ‘Duich paper holds that he moral position of Germany would strengthened. With rezard to the appearance of he American troops in the war, the} chancellor said Nobody will den) Amer! a heavy that the co-op- an troops on the and ever-i Our ene: if the Americans ont means e aiready put mil And the en- REGISTRATION SATURDAY 2~ Thirteen mil- morc, the force | r, were registered today in As these men were moving in every v, town and hamlet over the coun- was hurling itself against the distinctly American operation on the western Demonstrations of patriotism every- me for the to begin their work, lines assed through the registration places, nd Provost Marshal General Crowder when the returns are ¢ will show that there were few who sought to evade their du In all the reports of the progress of the registration received during the day at_the provost marshal general's order. And none had been expect- or officials had been confident that the deeds of the fighting men overseas hag stirred the nation to the highest pitch of patriotism and determination. With registration day now history the next move of the draft machinery will be in the numbering_serially of the registration cards. Until that work is complered by the local boards | the drawing of the order numbers, which will determine in a measure the relative standing of the regis- trants, cannot be held. In the meantime, however. qpestion- naires will go forward to men between 19 and 21 and 32 and 36, so that they may be classified and some of them thus made ready for call in October | after the national drawing is held Complete reports from the registra- | Pro- | vost Marshal General Crowder before | Saturday. These will show the total | number of men registered as well as | the proportion of this number to the} estimate in each district and ma; form the basis gor activity by the de- partment of justice in roundinz up those who have evaded the law. In this connection, officials today | again calleq the attention of regi trants to the fact that the law requires that they carry their registration so that upon demand of an authorized police official they can produce it. FINED $25000 FOR ALLEGED PROFITEERING | Philadelphia, Sept. 12.—Announce- ment was made today that the Logan Coal company of this city has been rected by the fuel administration to pay $25,000 to the Red Cross as a fine for allezed profiteering. In_addition, the company is required to give to the Red Cross all its profits between Sept. 15 and Oct. 1, refund to all purchasers of Smithing coal the difference be- tween the government price and the prices which it charged, and deliver to a state institution, with which it madé ernment price set prior to its convie- tion by the fuel administration for profiteering, regardless of any increase m price that may come during the life of the contract. The - company owns a number in _central does a b of | Pennsylvania and | rokerage business here, $5000 FINE FOR HOADING FIVE TONS OF SUGAR! Yew York, Sept. 12—Upon a plea of guilty in federal court today the Ger- ! mania Catering company, charged with hoarding five tons of sugar., was fined $5,000, Ji operates the New York Cafe and adtkeller.” The 5 against Rudoiph Oels- ner, ckholder of the ca- tering comnan 2med as a co-de- ported very grave. napolis is in operation. more, will abandon winter sports. | Thrift Stamps in New York amounts to $26,634.066. | Washington, ‘Sept. ‘12. — Sixteen Engineers and officers trained' for| months of vast war effort by the jthe merchant marine service number | Gnited States reached its first goal more than 10,000. ped by the government. port in search of new lands. ada is suggested by High-Cost-of-Living fill out the term of the late pre Dr. Ramon M. will be opened Monday. The road con- | nects Seward and Anchorage. Boston fish committee appointed Wilson will 4 o days. Fleet sel of 8,800 tons, was launched at B) tol; Pa. The ship is about 80 per cent. complete. all parts of the country the efirst Ger- man war mater can troops the world will United States under rangement of the Allies. sion granted the Aurora, Elgin & Chi- cago Railroad crease of 25 per cent. the railroads there w age of food and coal because of rail- road congestion. gentine Ministry of Agriculture able for export. sented to Cardinal Gibbons on the oc- casion of the goldeen jubilee of consecration as bishop indemnity Saturday from Moscow been authorized by the War Depart- meent to organize units of army training corps in October nounces that relief organizations will continue to receive their supply of knitting yarn for garments for sol- | diers and’ sailors. an American naval vessel sunk a sub- marine off the Atlantic coast. Navy has no knowledge of the sinking. ment camps and central offi ing schools at C: ‘Ga., Pake, Ark Grant, TiI. Texas, yesterday, when tHeir airpl ccllided 200 feet in the ed to earth TSCHAIKOVSKY REIGN | downfall and the Archanzel was received today by the seate sia members of the government were ov- { Tschaiko | Harbo Fairfield, Maine. Il Condensed Telegrams The food outlook: for Holland is re- The new nava! radio station at An- Johns Hopkins UnbNersity, The American Congressional party mous St. Mihiel Salient in isiting Italy left for Paris. 1 man TW Who Areina The total sale of War Savings and | today when General Pershing's forces struck their' first_independent blow in France against (he German army. Reports tonight show that succees was meeting the American command- er's effort to fling the ememy out of the sharp salient thrust in behind the fortress of Verdun in the first year of the war. But of even greater signifi- mce to government officials was the fact that the ali-American attack meant that the months of ceaseless t0il and effort now have brought forth | la third great orzanized army, bycked by its own supplies, and millions more if needed, which has taken its place be: armies and is striking for decis tory for democratic ideals. Up to a late ‘hour no oficial report General Pershing had L‘omp.} 1 March, chief of staff, and his | officers were zathered about the great | war maps. however, tracing out the lines of the conflict from press ac- counts as they were received. Presi- dent Wilson himself visited Acting | Secretary Croweil during the after-| noon, and there is no doubt that he was then told just what General Per- had accomplished and what might be expected to develop from this. blow. “irst reports were told merely that the A had launc] Reports from London declare the trike of cotton spinners will be stop- The American Embassy in London enied the reports that Prdsident Wil- on is to visit Europe. A party of five men of the Stefan- on expedition have left an Alaskan A mob armed with revoivers and u! . robbed and sacked a number o utcher shops at Willach. Aust A fixed price for gasoline in R J. Commi: Gen. Pedro A. Diaz was chosen to ! ideent | Valdes. of Panama. | The Governmeent's Alaska railroad e vic- | Nov. 18 was set for the trial of 411 dealers who are alleged | o_comprise the so-calleed fish trust.| The airplane report of the speciifl" by President be made within a few An order for 15,000 tons .{ reinforc- | 2 bars was let by the Emergen Corporation to various maker The Wathena, @ carge-carrier .ves- vague. They merican army ed an attack around the St. Mibiel salient, the only sharp thrust towards the heart of France that re- mained to-the German leaders to show for the; offens! efforts war began. It scemed po: the objective of the attack was Metz, just bevond the German border on the Moselle river. Later accounts made it clear, how- ! ever, that for his first blow General Pershing had determined to employ the pincer tactics Marshal Foch has used { with repeated success in hurling the foe back from the Marne and out of the Picardy and Flanders salients. The chance lay ready to the American leader’s hand. Almost due south of the war-wreck- { ed fortress of Verdun, which has defied every German effort, the town of St. Mihiel stood at the apex of a_great enemy wedge driven into the French | lines ‘and which all but cut Verd:in off in the first German rush toward Paris. Along the eastern curve of this salient Amerjcan troops have stood for months, holding the lines. Americans also were on the line between Verdun and St Mihiel, but St. Mihiel itself was held by the Irench, for the fate Liberty Loan officials will exhibit in 1 captured by Ameri- Two-thirds of the be ig tin supply of shipped (~ the a pooling ar- The Interstate Commerce Commis- a passenger fare in- According to Director McAdoo, at be no shot- Announcement was made by the Ar- that 2,006,060 tons of wheat are still avail- A $50,000 Liberty Bond wiil be pre- | his The first part of the Russian war to Germany was sent on| It amounted | 00000,000 rubl Twenty-two additional colleges have | students’ PERSHNG'S FIRST BLOW SUCE | Glnetal Pesshitig’s Forces Are SweepingForward il B PRICE TWO CENTS - an Effort to Pocket the Ger™ Perilous Position. H of Verdun rested upon that line. _Surging forward on a twelve mile front to the east of St, Mihiel, Per- shing’s men have rolled over the com= plicated defenses of the, enemy all along the line and thrust a steel jaw out into the territory behind the enemy forces that T From the other thrust has carried the lines forw:el to meet the bulge from the east and a grim trap is being drawn about the enemy forces that remain in the sali- ent. the mouth of the pocket and the re- ports been closed in to less miles, shod hold the * towm. ide. another American It was only twenty miles across tonight showed that this had than fiftecn Through that narrowinz gap the German forces in the depth of * the e the Irench and Briush|s salient must escape: and to withdraw without confusion thai might turn the retreat into a rout, they must shake ‘of( the French forces which are bat- tering them all alon the St. “ihiel front. On the face of tonight’s reports, of- ficers here beiieved there was Zeood promise that General Pershing might ucceed in closing the neck of the bag nd * trapping a considerable force. The fact that the cnemy was still of- fering stubborn resistance in St Mihiel showed there was a_consider- able German force still in the depths of the trap The Ancerican altack as it now shapes up, is a major action, it is said, and there is no douht tiat the strongest American forces yet employ- ed are enzaged. Possibly a quarter of a millign American troops either are in_action or in close reserve. x The advance of the / eastern jaw. rests on a wide base. Reports indi- cate that it had broken throwgh at the first rush until General Pershing could fling out cavairy screens on both sides to prevent counter-attacks on his flanks. ‘The very width of his Dattle line, however, tends to protect him and aiso to give his initial thrust the powe that will carry it across the road that is the only line of retreat for. the Germans in St. Mihiel. To many officers the action started today is but the forerunner of greater blows to_come. They anticipate that General Pershing will follow up with- out delay the clearing out of the St. Mihiel salient with actions of greater scope, probably directed toward the capture of Metz. With such an ad- vance. it is said, a French thrust from Verdun and along the front between Verdun apd Rheims would go nat- urally and the great movement to.force the enemy out of all northern France ang much of Belgium would be well under way. The War Industries Board an- MEASURE TO STABILIZE LIBERTY BOND MARKET Washington, Sept. The admin- istration measure dasizned to stabil- ize the Liberty bond. market. by mak- ing larger amounts held by individ- vals and corporations exempt from income surtaxes, wus ordered report- ed favorably today by the house ways and means committee. Chairman Kitchin said he would 1l the measure up tomorrow for con- i immediate passage. It the senate would not so that the bill would e before the opening of the loan campaign Sep- Rumors in Washington had it that The Plans for enlarging infantry replace- Cadets F. J. Oliver of Siou: Towa, and I, P. Slater of Trentor were Kilied at Rich F without delay he effect fourth tember 28 arly action on the measure was d ‘before the house committee to- by Acting Secretary of the Treas- at r and crash- AT ARCHANGEL CONTINUES| Washington, Sept. 12.—A report of | ubsequent reseating of | Tschaikov government at the investing public was anxious to know the tax status of the forthcom- ing issue. The bill, he said, not only afiects the domestic bond market, but also permits flexibilty of treasury o eration in stabilizing foreign ex change. The partial exemotion of income of Liberty bonds was ragarded by the house committee as the ‘hest means of stabilizing their market price with- ng the interest rate. Exemp- tion of the interest on the 330.000 of ke fourth Liberty issue, and of $45 0 of the first three issues from the income surtax, and excess and g profits taxes is provided for. land off Archangel. This was done, it! Provision also is made for floating was believed here, more to keep them |the 1919 series of war savings stam out of the way than to do them per-|an additional issue of $2,000,000,0u0 sonal injury for this remnant of the|bcing authorized. Soviet governnfent is regarded as en-! The secretary of the treasury isau- tireiy innocuous. {thorized to arrange with forelgn After fhe arrests a report was made |countries to stabilize foreizn exchange to the representatives of the entente;Where it now is adverse to the United nations at Archangel. The vietors|States and the president empowered of this political skirmish, it is under- to prohibit transactions in foreizn ex- stood here were not hostile to the en- |change and the export. hoardine, melt- tente or to Russia’s welfare, but sim-|ing or earmarking of zold. coin, hul- ply wanted control of- the government. (lion or currency. re 3 3 a a -Bol- e e G A Al B | FOR. DISPOBAL, OF ENEMY. ion of Russia. INSURANCE COMPANIES es of the allies at| Washington, Sept. 12—Tio advisory ing, however, that|ccmmittees to consider matters relat- government was theling to the liquidation or sale of cne- and organized to aid in|my insurance compamies werc ap- f Ru demanded that|pointed today by Alien: Property. Cus- d d _his colleagues belrcdian -Palmer, The committee -fox restored fo power. As this has been|fir. and marine insurance matters done the incident is regarded as clos- | cansists of Jesse S. Phillips, super- ed. intendent of insurance, New York: R. e <= M. Bissell, president Hartford Fire In- AMERICAN TROOPS TOOK {surance Company; Benjamin Rus, 8,000 PRISONERS YESTERDAY | president Insurance Company of Washington, Sept. American | America: Otho E. Lane, president ) troops operating in the St. Mihiel sec- |2ara Insurance Company, and Alle tor made considerable gains today, {cCulloh. General Pershing reported in his com-| The committee for munique to the war department late | comprises Thomas vA. tonight. Already £,000 prisoners have | President New York Life: 1 been counted and the movement still | H. Ecker, treasurer New York Life is in progress. and Lincoln K. Passmore, vice pre lows: dent Penn Mutual Life. “Headquarters, American Ixpedi-|\ o\ ¢500000000 BLOCK OF tionary Forces, Sept. 12, 1918: Section A: This morning our troops, operating TREASURY CERTIFICATES Washington, Sept. 12 Another department. Officials here said that until the government of all Rus- is established such events were to be expected as the people are ar- dent politicians, with different fac- tions secking control. Tschaikovsky and five or six other erthrown by a rival factien at Arch- angel on September 8. They were turn- | ed over to a group of the late Soviet members are occupying an the Tscha!! best equ the savine The statement fol- in the St. Mihiel sector, made consid- erable gains. Assisted by French uni 10,000,000 biock of treasury certifi- they broke the enemy’s resistance an, of indebtedness, the sixth . bi advanced at some points to a depth of issue, was announced today five’ miles. 'We have counted 5,000 by, the treasury department. . These prisoners up to the present. The op-|certificates will be dated September eration is still in progress.’ 17, subscriptions will be received un to September 14, and will be payable January 16 at 4, 1-2 per cent. interest with other terms similar to loan cer- tificates in the TWO MILITARY AVIATORS FELL MILE AND A HALF Dallas, Texas, Sept. 12 Parker Bruce of Chica tenant Anthony A. Sego of Kentland, Ind, were instantly killed here to- day when an girplane fell one and one half miles north of Love Field. Lieu- SR tenant Bruce was an instructor while GERMAN DESERTERS SHOT | Iieutenant Sego was a flying cadet. IN THE STREETS OF COLOGNE Amsterdam, Sept. 12—"“Fleeing de- { OBITUARY serters have been repeatedly shot at in the busy streets of C'ologne” said HeDrr Oeerfeld, a member of the reichstag, in a message addressed to | Bl the German imperial chanceilor asking |#tor from Kentuckv and in recent AMERICAN NAMES IN CANADIAN CASUALTY LIST Ottawa, Sept. 12—The following. American names - appear in today's | ovarseas casualty list: Killed in ac: tion: G. Pilkinzton, New Bedford, Mass.; L. B. Achorn, Fort Fairfield, Maine; J. H. Morrison, Bridgeport, Conn. Died of wounds: 1. Aolis, Bar Maine. Wounded: L. Pooler, R. H. Lawrence, Haverhill, Mas: Former U, S. Senator Blackburn. Washington, Sept. 12.—Joseph S. C. cburn, former TUnited -States sen- ury Leffingwell, who emphasized that | ; GRAFT IS RAMPANT IN RUSSIAN OFFICIAL LIFE Stockholm, Wednesday, Sept. 11. (By The Asociated Press.)—Graft al- ways has been the bane of Russian of- ficial 1if= and Dolshevik rule has not Dbeen able to cure this evil. On_the contrary. say observers of the Rus- sian political situation who have ar- rived here from Moscow, the Bolshe- viki unwittingly have encouraged” corruption among the offipials by pay= ing salaries insufficient to cover bare living expenses. They do that not only to save money for the depleted nation- al treasury, but on the theory that the " Bolsheviki " do not merely work for morey but for the love of ‘their ideal. While such a theory may hold good with the Bolsheviki of the ideal tpys —and there are few such—a great ma- v of the officials are of the Bol- sheviki only to the extent of the ben- ofit which can be derived from pro- testing lovalty to the cause. To these the monthly salary of 600 or 500 rubles usuaily paid to officials of the second and third classes—national commissars getting one hupdr/i1 - bles additional for cach child—is in- sufficient to buy bread for a family. It is small wonder that such offi- cials are no: narticular regarding the ways of earning more on the _side which sometimes amounts to many es their salary. It is true the gov- errment punishes such offenders se- verely and cven executes officials for looting the public funds or taking bribes but their number is so large anl the government has so many weizhtier problems that corruption and speculation reign supreme in all the government departments. GERMANY “MIGHT" RESTORE BELGIUM CONDITIONALLY Copenhagen, Sept. 12. — That Ger- mary reght restore Belgium, without conditions or indemnities, in case no other country would he better situat- ed as regards Belgium than Germany was the belief expressed todav by Friedrich von Paver, the imperial vies chancellor of Germany, in a speech de- livered at Stuttgart. Ierr von Payer was speaking on the depression feit in Germany and allied countries whick he attributed not to recent milif events, but to the prospect of a fifth war winter. “If we could be sure that no other country would be hetter situated -as regards Belgium than ouselves.” said Herr von Payer. “I believe I-could ven- ture to say that Belgium could be re- stored without conditions and’ with- cut indemnities, CHARGED WITH VICLATING THE SABOTAGE ACT Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 12 mer employes of the Cut and Motor Corporation today on charges. of violating the sabotage act. They are Richard S. | Eastman and Frank Ernewein. They ! will be arraigned in federal court on | Saturday. A third man, sajd to have | been indicted with them, has not been ' found. ¢ John W. Rvan, special prosecutor f| sabotage cases, would not disclose the rature of the charges against the men, | tut-it is known they were employed in the plant where airplane propeller blades are made. s Airplane | re arrésted FRANCIS ‘REVIEWED U. §. TROOPS AT ARCHANGEL Archangel, Friday, Sept. 6.—(By The | A P). The American iroops were reviewed by David R. Franeis, the:l American ‘ambassador and the coi manders of the, alliel forces today. They were enthusiastically cheered as they marched throuzh th~ streets of Archangel for the first time. BERLIN IS SILENT ON . THE AMERICAN DRIVE Berlin,” via London, Sept. 24—The German high command has little to say of the American drive in the St. Mihiel sector, merely mentioning the the chancellor to “take measures to|vears resident commissioner of the fendart, was dismissed upon his agree- ment to pay the fine. prevent this danzer to civilians,” says |Lincoln Memorial Commission, died the Cologne Voiks Zeitung. today at his home here, attack in its official communication tonight and the fact that fighting is still going on. » b