The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1918, Page 2

eee eration _ taining the city’s city’s offer. SOX SCORE TWO ~ OFF VAUGHN IN FOURTH INNING cord Crowd See Third Game of World Series rh BY #. C. HAMILTON Press Staff Correspondent. (1s PARK, Chicago, Sept greatest crowd of the 1918 . series so far was on hand " teday to sce the Cubs and Red Sox fm the third game. For the first time since the series started, t ‘was a line up of considerable im front of the ticket win- ‘The line, which got its start time before noon, was nearly Blocks long at 2 p. m ‘ast year's high mark in Comis- the most sanguine predic- @id not place today’s figures The was a appeared a few minutes later Went thru a batting practice. |nnouncement of the bat were: Boston, Mays ‘were no runs scored In the inning. As the second inning rain boxes but the rain cloud was passing. excellent ball up to the end of third. Sox landed on Vaughn hard the fourth, however, scoring two when Whiteman was hit by a hed ball, followed by a single to by McInnis, Schang singled to , scoring Whiternan. McInnis on an infield hit by Scott singled to right but Schang out at the plate. Mays lined out Paskert. ‘The score was 2 to 0 in favor of Red Sox at the end of the fourth MAN FLY IS HELD ON $1,000 BAIL NOW - Jack Williams, the “human fly,” @onled the outer wall of the L. building Wednesday, before audience that blocked Sec ave, has been again arrested, time on commissioner's warrant, in receipt of a telegram from idaho, charging him and his ing United States military offl- , Tom Calloway, with imper. | dams and his manager are held $1,000 bail each. When ar before United States Com Robt. W. McClelland Fri- morning, they declared their in of the charge. Hearing was for Sept. 14. If held, Williams Calloway will be sent to Boise trial, BRITISH LOSE, 19,980 "LONDON, Sept. 7—Pritish casual _ thes published during the week to # 8, ta 19,989, killed wounded and miss- and Vaughn were both pitch. | WAIT PRATT INDORSES PROPOSAL President A. W. Leonard of the traction company an- that the directors at Boston 0 offer of $15,000,000 for the Seattle traction had not yet arrived at its destination : “We sent three or four telegrams to individual directors asking them to meet in Boston and consider the cit wal which we described in a long telegram which was sent ly afterward. I have just now learned by wire that the) has been held up on the way thru congestion telegraph office. That explains the delay in answering ; | | lieth * AYS HOLDING CUBS | | | | | | | wage scale would drove spectators from | hy telegram sent to riday evening, con- pro- This latest development in Seat tle's traction situation, if it goes | thru, as indications point, will mean that Seattle will head the lst of all American cities in the» municipal ownership movement. Even the Skagit project, enti mated on the basis of a $5,000,000 development, is only one-third as large an undertaking as the city’s proposal take over and o} the traction system The city’s offer, made late Friday to orate Present to fotiowing an all-day conference on the traction problem, received the approval of F. 8. Pratt, chairman of the traction company's board of di rectors, and A. M. Taylor, transpor. WOULD ISSUE STATEMENTS It the city buys the car sys | | tem, a complete statement of | earnings and costs would be fur- nished to the citizens monthly Service would be furnished the public at cost. With the Skagit power site completed, both power and serv: lee would be at cost, and Seattle would possess one of the greatest municipally owned power and traction systems on the conti nent. These were points outlined by Mayor Hanson when the original plan of taking over the system * was formulated. | | "park was a crowd of 32,000. | tation chiet Of the shipping board’| enoush to do to win the war, who came to Seattle to settle the traction mix-up and provide better service for shipyard workers. Pratt at Friday's conference held out for a time for a purchase price of $15,000,000, but finally favored the smaller figure om the advice of weather | Taylor. the possibility of mots- The purchase pian will not have to be submitted to the voters as property as security. The council and mayor agreed that in event of purchase the city would ‘was received with a cheer, buy the power necessary to operate and | the system at 1 cent a kilowatt hour Chicago, Vaughn and Killi- Until the Skagit power is developed. Stands Agatast Increase Taylor's request during the con- ference that the city agree to an in crease in fares was denounced by | the mayor, who said, “I'll arrest any body who attempts to charge a 6 cent fare in Seattle, as it is illegal The state law is plain and I refuse to violate the law.” The city has agreed to deal with the traction employes on the basis of 50, 55 and 60 cents an hour, ac cording to length of employment, should the purchase be made. This be made retro active from August 1 Congratulate Hanson Representatives of Seattle's ship- butiding industry went personally to | Mayor Hanson's office at noon Sat- urday and there extended their in- dorsement and gratitude to the city for its off ot purchase and oper- ate the traction company David Rodgers, general manager, and H. G. Seaborn, vier president of the Skinner & Eddy corporation C. W. Wiley, president of the Todd Shipbuilding Co, and J. FB. Sheedy, of the Seattle North Pacific Co made up the party. SENATE PASSES DRY LAW BILL WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—The emergency agricultural appropria- tion bill, with the national prohibi- tion amendment, has been passed by the senate by « vote of 45 to 6. The bill now goes to the house, and will probably go to conference Prohibition leaders expect to see the dry amendment calling for ces- sation of liquor manufacture De- cember 1, approved by the house. NONE LOST ON TRANSPORT WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—In the absence of any word up to early to day, the navy department doubted that casualties occurred in the tor. pedoing of the transport Mount Ver- non. The fact that the former Ger. man liner made 14 knots back to Frnech port indicated that the Teu ton marksmanship had been poor or the quality of torpedoes inferior. More Homes Now is the opportune time to take the first step toward owning your own home. Buy a lot and build, or buy a piece of ground with a house onit. The classified sec- tion of today’s Star con- tains particulars of just what you want. Look for it on pages 9, 10 and 11, | minutes ' Flash TEE OE Seattle's councilmen a payor made $3,000,000 for the city in ten in the Friday conference, when they persuaded F. 8, Pratt to reduce his price for the traction sys tem from $18,000,000 to $16,000,000 —that is, of course, if the 1 ie finally consummated “We're not going to stop at the purchase of the Puget Sound Trac tion, LAght & Power Co.,” said Coun cilman Moore Saturday morning “We intend also to acquire the Rai- nier valley lines,” ‘Traction employes registered a tie IN PERIL “WORD ON CITY THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1918. ; Outright purchase of system in Seattle is the s problem. If the mayor, the cou of public utilities feel sati be satisfied. Acquisition of the trac | ) Fran ) 8. Not only will shipbuilding, and all theo ther w industries be speeded up by adequate source of continuous friction between a ployes, but the powerful corporation and t been removed. To bring about better has been a gigantic task. of Public Utilities Murphi board. 5 $ ) ) ) ) } The following statement wan i sued by Mayor Hanson | “The government representative, | A. M. Taylor, of Philadelphia, came there to get service from the trac ion company The company said "We cannot give nervice unless we have « raiso in fares and other con aiderations’ ‘The law prohibits the mayor and council from granting thin release even if they had been agreeable, which they were not “The company refused the city's | lease “The government In taking the line would have to guarar the company § per cent and heavy dam ages. The government does not want to commandesr any line, It has “The company made no propost tion of mile, The cost value of its assets were taken as a basis for the city’s offer, The increased cost of everything since the war waa not taken into consideration. The other in absolute cont. It includes every thing pertaining to street rallwayn, car barns, real estate, ete. “The bonds are a lien only on a pay: , ; Cubs were out early and took | ment would be made in utility bonds | property purchase. We pay no cash The Red bearing 5 per cent interest with the down. The fare will not be rained {until we have run the road for a time and know if such a raise is necessary. If found necessary the fare will be rained in order that serv Far we. Near News by Telegraph and Telephone e POCCCC SOLOS OOOOOOOOOEE The demonstration on inexpensive desserts at the Yesler branch library, which was announced for Tuesday, til Tuesday, September 17 Women of the Minute association, who were to report to the divisional warehouse of the Red Cross on Wed nesdays and are request ed to go to the Seattle chapter head quarters to pick over moss, as the department at the warehouse Is clos ed on those days | Children’s clinic for weighing and measuring 3 to6-month-old babies is scheduled for Saturday morning, at the Central school, from 9.50 to 10:30. State Game Commissioner L. Darwin granted King county game commission permission to declare a year’s closed season on Chinese pheasarita, Dietrich Hamm, of the Hamm & Sehmitz Land Co., died at his South Park home Friday, after a month's illness. He was instrumental in the construction of the Duwamish water- | way | Maj. Henry B. Sanborn, formerly a captain in the Canadian army, twice wounded, once gassed and now inva lided home, is in the city, with his wife, formerly Miss Maud Rankin, Company C, Third Washington Na- tional Guard, {* after recruits to re place men who have enlisted or been drafted for national service. | Kighth grade and high school girls, |with their mothers, will be admitted a lecture by Dr. Caroline ®, On “Social Hygiene,” at Clemmer theatre, Saturday, Sep. tember 14, at 11:30 a m. | A lot on 21st ave., between Roy Jand Aloha sts, clear of taxes and Assessments, has been donated to the | White Elephant shop by a Seattle business man with two sons in the service Mrs. B.C. Beck addressed the Con- |sumers’ league Friday afternoon, at the home of Mrs, Clyde W. Aiken, Seattle chapter, Red Cross, is ask- es and Sidelights on Big Traction Deal vote inn on the que tion of leaving thelr barns thru fail- ure to settle the ting Friday, street car muddle, Business Agent J ed them the news of the city’s offer soon as it was made public at the city hall, and the men agreed to stay on the job until the reply ‘from the traction company's directors was re ceived. “Our organization stands for mu nicipal ownership. We are tickled to death,” said Stevenson, Saturday | morning. A. Stevenson rush- Some doubt existed at the city hall THE CARLINE SOLUTION fair and jyst price, the vast majority of Seattle will in the front rank of great cities on this continent own- ing and operating street cars system will be more extensive than Cleveland's and San deal of credit for hastening the final solution. also owes its thanks to A. M. Taylor, housing and transportation chief of the United States shipping | MAYOR'S STATEMENT September 10, has been postponed un- | the Stone-Webster traction olution offered for our car BOCHE ATTEMPT AT RESISTANCE Teutons Attempt to Stiffen Line on Vesle and Aisne 12 VILLAGES ARE TAKEN BY FRED 8, FERGUSO (United Press Correspondent) WITH THE AMERICANS ON [Tur Al sept T—Heavy emoke linthe the plateau between the | » and the Aisne, and the increas oime of the guns, gave evidence ning German resistance The eneny in Nehting hard at cer tain spots, expecially along the right where the Americans have neil and the superintendent sfied that $15,000,000 is a ttle tion system will put The Seattle municipal service for em- he city's officials will have service and traction peace Mayor Hanson and Supt. a » © rey { Overcoming the boche attempts to grt se entitled to a great { make stand, the Americans and Seattle {French are pushing on toward the } | Aisne. § A doen villages are now in our hands, including Piamette, Bazoches, { Haslioux, Vauxecere, Blangy, Longue \| val, Revillon, Merval, 1, Rarbon | val, Villers-onDrayeres and Glennes | After the Americans took these towns, they pushed on. In each case enemy machine gun squads attempt {, ed to hold up our troops, but these (| were cleaned up by the Infantry, with {| the artillery closely following to shell ony strongholds the bochea might feo may be maintained. We have) 10. honing legal right to charge sufficient fare YA ertaan barrage was to carry on our business “The tAxpayer must never pay a cent toward this road. The paasen gers and freight must carry the | Sattiore eaiahianal aiaalt Ail members of the city government | ‘ Hindenburg © > hold, as whe are agreed on that. We will carry | (i naen™ any tiers Aen municipal cor Mme | iiq gown east of Glennes Friday And the Yankees attacked to speed up the withdrawal Apparently the enemy is getting the line on ees on oa Wcosts. ‘That ty! nachine gun nests also guard the ‘The completion of the Skagit! line of the canal which outs across plant will give us abundant power to | terrain between the Aisne and run the line as well as taking care pond Vesta, along which ti eee ro of other great industries.” — ee ne Kailow Up Ships in HUN STATEMEN * A Blow Up Ships in | : Harbors of Spain SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Sept. 7. | Resarding the rumor that the Ger) neniin via London, Sept 7— | Mane intended to blow up ships in| withdrawals in Picardy were report terned rather than let Spain confls- | ed by the war office today. An Amer- | cate them, it was learned today that lean attack northeast of — was repulsed, it wan &nnounce this report emanated from & Teapot | "Tne statement follows: {sible source. “Northwest of Langemarck, during A telegram was discovered, nent by | a local thrust, we took 100 prisoners. the German consul to the German | South of Ypres we repulsed several embaery in Madrid, asking instruc | English attacks \tlons “regarding complete destruc | "On the battle fronts there were Hon.” It was presumed he meant vigorous engagements. | destruction of veasels. fields of our positions along the ‘ — - Fins, Leiramont, Longavesnes line Help! Big Theft at Police Station The disappearance of $500 bail money, from @ safety deposit box at the central station booking office, is causing & concerted In- vestigation by department heads, under Acting Chief Bannick. The —~;|(north of Parone), our rear «uards compelled the enemy to develop a tacks, provoking heavy enemy lonses. “Our aviators successfully attack- ed enemy columns croasing the Sommne near Brie and St. Christ, The enemy followed un to Ham and Chauny “In the evening there waa fighting with our rear guards along the Av blgny-Villerquier-Aumont line } , i se ggg alge lave. “Between the Olve and the Aisne thru which dozens of policemen {| |, Pragy or eas and others pass daily, which witi |) here were lively forefield engage menta, ‘Astride Vauxaillon strong enemy jattacks were repulaed. “Bastward of Vailly we are in fighting contact with the enemy.” |URGE BOOST OF WAR | PROFITS, INCOME TAX WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. —While Chairman Kitchin, of the ways and macans committee, was defending the excoss profits levies of the revenue the make the task of locating the xuilty party an extremely diffi cult one, according to Captain of Detectives Charles Tennant, who has been detailed to give hia en, tire time to the case. | | County Treasurer Indorses McBreen County Treasurer John A. Bennett in an open letter endorses the candi dacy of A. B. McHreen, at present chief deputy to succeed Bennett ax treasurer, Mefireen's record and experience an cashier and deputy in the county treasurer's office makes him the best qualified candidate for the office, Bennett says. {- senate finance | being urged to and income rates. per cont excess profit rates put Into the bill by the house com- mittee are expected to form the principal object of the 10-dayr’ de- |bate on the new tax measure. committee was boost war profits The 38 to to Labor Day Parade Featured in New Star-Liberty Film The Star-Liberty weekly start ing Sunday at the Liberty theatre shows the Labor day parade aa it marched down Third ave, and up Second. Mayor Hanson is shown reviewing the parade after he marched at its head. Jack Wil lamas, the “Human Fly,” is seen scaling the L. C. Smith building, dancing a Sig on the facade at the 20th floor, and again as he ed to furnish 200 feather pillows, 26 by inches. Feathers should be steamed, and the ticking, if second | hand, should be plunged into boiling | water before being made up, The feathers should be well dried, and as | the pillows are finished, they should be turned in at 315 University st, be fore November 1. | Dr. Thomas BR. Loer, 817 Cobb building, found guilty of the charge jof unlawful issuance of prescription ‘for liquor Friday afternoon, before Presiding Judge Calvin 8. Hall. He was fined $200 Mrs, Flora Tourell, Kingston, box 9, is anxious to locate her son, Otto “ Tourel!, whom she has not seen for || tops the Pevagtin, # staff on the er saan peak of the building. ‘The quota of seven hundredd raft men leav. ing Seattle Friday is also shown. OPEN EMPLOYMENT OFFICE | Free omployment service for sten ographers, bookkeepers and other CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Jas. A. Pat specialized office workers will be| ten, wheat operator, was a patient opened Monday in the Crary building | at the Presbyterian’ hospital, Pat by the Success Shorthand school.| ten today answered telephone enlla Mra H, Sheppard will be in| to his room, declaring that his con charge | dition was no’ | t serious, Saturday as to whet company's big office r the traction butlding at} eon system purchase, Seventh and Olive was included in : retry Thee fhe uullity bonds ie alta cid nat they were not gettin, the city's offer of $16,000,000 for| their earnings they od0Id resem we the traction system, the courts to have the fare raised I think it is," said the mayor,| above 6 cents,” he maid, “The bond. holders would have thoro protection.” put we'll have to check back and wee if the cost of the building was included in the cost figures on which we based our offer.” Car barns and valuable real estate holdings are included in the a | ment Taylor, shipping board transporta. tion chief, was intensely pro-traction company when he entered the ~| ference with the city FF the councilmen say—and was pro-city when he left. “He wanted us to give the traction company the earth at first,” said one councilman, Corporation Counsel Hugh Cald well suid Saturday that there were In the fore: | no legal obstacles in the roud of tho | on. | i YANKEES CRUSH FRENCH TROOPS CUT RAIL LINE INTO LAON POST LaFere, St. Quentin, Chemin Des Dames and Other Places Threatened GAIN ALON Poy United Press Leased Wiel ] Direct to The Star — nade —* LONDON, Sept, 7—41 p. m.)>— The French have occupied the railway junction at Tergnier without opposition, cutting the German line of communication between St. Quentin and Laon, it was learned authoritatively, So far, the French have ad- vanced an average of two miles on a 20-mile front, but at places they have gone forward more than four miles. St. Quentin, La Fere, Laon and the Chemin des Damen are in the path of allied attacks, which, according t official night statements, are making rapid progreas everywhere, Before St Quentin, the British crowed the Somme and plunged abead in some places #even miles in a day. On th the French swept forward, capturing Ham and Chauny and penetrating Coucy forest, one of the cnost impor tant defenses of Laon. Still farther south the French, en croaching on the Chemin des Dames | from ite flank, pushed to Laffaux farm. From this point the line drop: lown below the Ai where the Americans are fighting. Paria reported the American troops progrensing in the region of Villerw on Prayeres and Revitton, to the right of the front on which they | reached the Aisne. Hancourt has been taken by the Rritish in their advance toward St Quentin, Pield Marshal Haig reports (Hancourt ts nearly seven miles east of the Somme, where the pres ent British offensive started Thurs | day) The official rtatement showed prognees along the St. Quentin front. The following ix Haig’s report “Yesterday evening and last night, eastward and northeastward of Per. onne, we made progress, capturing Hancourt, Zorel-Le-Grand, Metzen- Cauture, and, northward of Metzen- Cauture, we penetrated the western portions of Havrincourt woods, oap turing a number of prisoners.” Progress on practically the whole front, from Havrincourt wood to the Aine, continued this morning more rapidly than expected, it was learned. A@views sald the British now oceu DY practically half of Havrincourt wood. It was learned the line now Pins from Havrincourt wood thru Met enCauture, Fins, Lieramont, Long avesnes, Tincourt, Boucly, Hancourt, Tertry, Lanchy, Aubigny, Dury, Ol- lexy, southward to La Frieres-Fail louet, then to Tergnier and west of |Amigny thru Petit-Rarisis, Bassole and Holers, westward of Mont De Singes and Laffaux mill, and west- ward of Sanchy to Celle-Sur-Aisne. Americans Wiping Out Machine Gun | Nests; Advancing WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE AISNE, Sept. T.—(Noon.)—The | Americans om the right of the line are continuing to advance toward the Alene at some points. At other Places heavy machine gun fighting is in progress. Between Glennes and Romaine now | (where the line runs north and south | biMtt. to withdraw behind the line of bill in the house today,| from the Aisne to the Vesle) the |M&teh 21, on account of the coming Americans are methodically out machine gun nests. Forty-one prisoners, Including two officers, were taken. There in considerable German artillery fire on the right and against American positions on | the plateau, wiping \Meier to Succeed Counsel Caldwell | Hugh M. Caldwell, corporation | counsel, who has retired to accept a | captaincy in the army, will be sue ceeded by Walter F. Meier, assistant counsel The city council Friday agreed on Meier's promotion, which was unant mous with the seven councilmen voting Meier has announced that he will appoint City Attorney T. J. L. Ken nedy to the post of assistant cor poration counsel. Courts to Rest on Registration Day Registration day, September 12, will be declared a court vacation in King county, it was decided by su. perior Judges Friday Many attor « have offered services at regis jon boards, and would be unable to attend court sessions, YOU ARE TAIN TO GET WHAT YOU WANT IF YOU MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN TO THE GREATEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE. IN SEATTLE THE STAR CAN TALK FOR YOU TO THE LARGEST AUDIENCE. || PHONE YOUR WANT AT TO MAIN 600 OR LEAVE YOUR COPY AT BARTELL’E, 610 SEC- OND AVE. ir their southern flank | FROM VERDUN TO SE os 5 # (By United Press Leased OFFER TO BUY LINES ERMANS FACE RUIN IN WEST. DISPATCH FROM WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Wire, Direct to The Btar) : by 20 MILES PARIS, Sept. 7.—With the advance of the American$ and French toward La Fere and the St. Gobain hills, Laon and positions north of the Aisne, in the very center of the German defense system from the sea to Verdun are im- | periled. | Conse: | rvative military eri bilit tics now mention the possf- y of seeing Hindenburg pounded out of his famous line into a new one, just inside the French frontier, before win- ter begins. It is too early, ™ the air. Unless all signs desperate fighting must com Nevertheless, today Ludendorff is in @ Ught box Not only are Camm | brai and Doual threatened by the Briti«#h, who are at the very gates, but the ¢erown prince ix facing the posalbility of retreating farther than the positions along the Chemin des Dames Humber and Mangin have found their way into the St. Gobain hill country, and unless soon stopped they m inevitably cause @ wide retirement. Likewise, the French are pushing on eaxtward in the region of Vaux aillon and Pincon toward the west- ern end of the Chemin des Dames, |toward which the crown prince is hurrying, in the hope of finding se- curity there. A buge deception may await him, for with allied guns infilading the po- sitions the west, he obviously mist continue his retreat northward, after which only solid maaves of men can halt the Americans and French who are now hot on his heels. A similar situation already pre- vaile in the region of Cacobrai and |Doual, Ludendorff is face to face | with « painful quandary, With boundless rage, the Hun hordes are systematically pillaging first, then burning and dynamiting | | on all cities and towns as they re- treat. Allied troops have only two words: “Vengeance” and “Repris- als” Military experts today are con- vineed that the Germans will be forced to give up the St. Gobain | highlands, the key to that region, as well as the Chemin des Damea The {concerted advance of the Franco- | British forces toward Cambrai and St. Quentin ts now distinctly menacing to St Quentin. | ENEMY DIGGING NEW DEFENSES “150 MILES BACK AMSTERDAM, Sept.7—On the | Beigian-Dutch frontier, the Ger- man members of the landsturm corps today are building a new line of defense, It is believed the German com- mand purposes to make this con- form to the Meuse line, in the event that a retreat to it is nec. | canary before winter. j (The Belgian-Dutoh frontier runs | from 28 to 150 miles behind the pres- | ent fighting line in France and Bel sium.) however, to throw our hats fail, an immense amount of before Germany is beaten. | CROSS FIRE 1S RIPPING HOLES | _ IN FOE’S FRO Enemy Occupation of St Gobain Forest Positions | in Danger SWEEP ON BEYOND HAM By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star j PARIS, Sept. 73:50 p. m)— The Chemin des Dames is under ® crossfire from allied troops south of the Aisne and to the occupation cording to battle dispa Gen. Mangin's troops are filtering on thru the wooded, hilly country toward Ainzy-Le-Chateau, 7% southwest of Laon. The French are reported to have reached the southern extremity of Crozat canal, which places them at the gates of St Simon, on the road to St. Quentin. Further norths ward, the allied forces are march- ing upon Vermand, six miles west of St. Quentin. ; On the Aisne the French and? Americans are near Vailly. Hun-~ | dreds of thousands of German shells lin captured dumps have already been listed by the French. Destroys Everything Acting under orders, the retreat- J ing Germans are demolishing jeverything. All villages the French | occupied have been found complete- |ly destroyed. Even the cellars were dynamited. Huge bonfires of fur niture were found blazing in the streets, All important buildings were blown up with mines French Take Nine Towns Fresh progress toward St. Quen- tin, LaFere and Laon was an- nounced by the French war of today. Nine more towns have been taken. Having taken and passed thra Ham, the French are nearing St Simon, eight miles from St. Quene tin. They have fought their way. into Ternter, three miles west of | COPENHAGEN, Sept. 7—German Jarmy leaders are urged by Gen. Ar-| | denne, writing in the Berlin Tage-| Junavoidable winter campaign. | In addition to this, information re. ports from Germany indicate the growing nervousness on account of the bad news from the front. In many towns the military command- ers have issued orders prohibiting | the spreading of rumors. i In the Altona district an official proclamation warns people aaginst damaging railway lines and exposing cnilitary transports to danger. Vio- lation of this order is punishable by death, | The Vorwnerts editorially demands the uncensored truth about the fight ing situation, so that if there ds rea- | json to despair, the government can | |summon the reichatag and make ef fective the Prussian electorate re form to stimulate the soldiers. a | |Pershing Grooms Men for Big Work } on Western Front) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Ninety- |three per cent of the American \troops in France are under the di-| rect command of Gen. Pershing, senatora at their War department conference téday said they had been | informed. | They took this to mean that this| distinctive American force ts about to be used for some big purpose, tho they said specifically they had | received no Mtimation of the staff's | plans. Some of the senators were inclined to think that a big drive might be staged with this enormous Americ n |force, They say they had been in- formed at the conference that 1,200 |De Haviland plane deliveries had been made, and that the shipments | overseas were slightly over 800. | News of the size of Pershing's | present command was taken as fur- ther proof that the system of brigad- ing Americans with French and Brit- ish has been virtually eliminated The senators declared that ‘i March was piqued at @ story pur-| porting to have come from him thru | representatives yesterday, regarding the airplane situation with the Amer- ican army abroad, An official do- wel ks. Barewe that March said any- ing whatever along the lines cred- ited to him. . | some, LaFere. The whole Coucy low for est has been setzed and Barisis, seven miles weet of Laon, has been captured. “From the we continued Somme to the Oise to make progress all night, breaking local German fe- sistance from rear guards on both sides of the Somme,” the statement said. “We occupied Pithon, Som- ette-Eaucourt, Dury and Olleay. (These towns are east and north: east of Ham, toward St. Simon). “Further south, we are holding Cugny and have reached the weste ern bords of Genlls woods. ‘orth of the Oise we entered Tergnier (three miles west of LaFere) and our lines are border- ing along the railroad and canal eastward of the town “North of the Ailette we cap. tured the whole Coucy low foi and te Barisis, west of Laon, despite fiercest German rosist. ance, North of Quincy-Basse we passed out of Aulers and Rasso-Les-Aulera, “To the south of tho Allette wo took Nantheull-La-Posse, Fort de |Conde and Conde-Sur-Alsne, “North of the Veslo the situation is unchanged.” War Office Will List 20,000 Minor U.:S. Casualties WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Twenty thousand slight American casualties had not been reported to the war de- partment up to August ing to information from ( today. Adding these 20,000 casualties to those published to date, the total American sualties have reached 46,930, a great percentage of whieh were suffered during the great Amer+ {ean smash at the Marne. ‘These cases are all listed on medi cal records as Heht and not worfi- Gen, Pershing has been asked to forward them by courier and hereafter the war department sive full information about all cas- ualties, Heretofore Pershing has had per mission to withhold the minor cas: ualties. The theory behind this was that publication would tend to ene ate unWarranted anxiety The telogram inquired concerning the desirability of giving chief engh neers necessary orders, and recom mended “explosive bombs with work, poe « ae | |