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me en eit rin es ee ee ee ee ee Se ee ee ee eee i By i : ter of time before the Germans will be forced to evacuate Lassigny— the second of the bulwarks of the present line to go. The withdrawal of the enemy north of Albert now extends to a front ‘of fifteen miles, or approximately from Albert to Ayette. This is one of the most extensive withdrawals since the inception of trench warfare and is duc principally to the Anglo-French successes In Picardy, in which | the Americans had a share. Messages from the Hague say Anstria has assented to Germany's @emand for fifteen divisions (of approximately 210,000 men) for service ‘on the west front. Austria gave her consent, It Is sald, on condition that Germany would accept Austria’s solution of the Polish question, make “a strong peace move, including the evacuation bat restoration of Belgiw AMERICAN AND FRENCH GUNS SHELL ENEMY POSITIONS ON THE VESLE AND AISNE Heavily Bombarded and Gassed by the German) Artillery in Liveliest Fighting for Several Days, Press).—Fighting along the Vesle River Friday was the liveliest in Several days. bombardment which continued for hours. They used more gas than at! them any time in more than a week. The big guns of the French and Ameri-| cans answered, shelling enemy positions from the heights just north of ‘the Vesle clear back to the Aisne. American airmen, who bombed many Aisne bridges effectively yes- | terday afternoon, continued their operations to-day in an effort to com- plete the destruction of the bridges. Traffic across the Aisne in the last few days has been much heavier! than usual, according to observers. trucks headed south and is accepted as indicflion of the enemy’s deter-| mination to hold present lines indefinitely. German bombing planes in great numbers tried to drop explosive on the French and Americans along the Vesle early yesterday, but were | driven off by anti-aircraft fire. They then stipped around the batteries! and visited the back areas, repeatedly attacking places where they believed| troops were quartered. Their aim was poor, however, owing to the fact] t that it was still dark. . Many German machine gun nests on the edge of the plateau west of | Fismette were destroyed by an American barrage. Observers reportea that thirteen machine guns were put out of commission and _ that all the f torpedoed by a German submarine Cape Hatteras last night, and accord- ing to reports reaching here to-day nine drowned, crew we have b > 5 ic ited | They said the torpedo struck the ves- WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 17 (United i Achbahing Gat CHEE DOOR Att ; ward the cargo of gasoline exploded, The Germans, shortly after midnight, opened with a| setting fire to the sbip and compelling marine when last seen was laying just off Hatteras. the scene in a short time and picked ‘up the survivors, Ali except nine men were accounted for. The surface of It consists largely of ammunition) ¢ | although not say go deiinitely. Dupetit Thourars, bulit in 1899, has been Tha BVsache WUbbY) wa cee TE ava wha, Avuvuet Li, a6 Ae eae aves Ais SOS { MERICANS IN BIG ARTILLERY BATILE ON VESLE RIVER FRONT } | SENATOR GALLINGER DEAD AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS; SENATOR JAMES | SUBMARINE SINKS BRITISH TANKER OFF HATTERAS Gasoline Cargo Explodes After! Torpedo Hits Ship—Nine of Crew Drowned. The was off BEAUFORT, N.C, Aug. 17 British tank steamship Mirlo members of her crew were All the other members of the Mirlo’s re saved by coast guards and n brought safely to shore. to jump for their lives. According to the survivors, the sub- As the Mirlo was torpedoed only a few miles off shore, the crew from ‘oast Guard Station No. 178 reached sea for miles sound was covered with burnin ¢ gasoline, It is presumed tbat the Mirlo sank, reports received here did - TN OM JAMES © om eonee French Crotser pedoed by t | Boat. New Hampshire Statesman Was PARIS, Aug. 17.—The French crutser Oldest Member of Upper Branch sunk by a German submarine. Thir- of Congress. een of the crew are missing. American] FRANKLIN, N. H., Aug. 17.—United destroyers rescued the others. The Du- | gtates Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of | petit. Thouars was co-operating with | Tnited States naval forces at protecting | New Hampshire died at a hospital here Laastndliendie dale early to-day at the age of eighty-one | Norway Protests Ship Sinktn; yea’ CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 17.—The Nor- Senator Gallinger was the oldest mem- gunners were killed, wegian Government has protested to] ber of the United States Senate both Germany against the torpedoing and} in years and in point of service. Ever LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS | FRENCH. PARIS, Aug. 17.—To-day’s War Office statement reads as follows: _ “In the region west. of Roye there was heavy artillery activity dur-| Ing the night. , — “South of the Avre French troops continued to make progress in the Bois des Loges-and reached the eastern outskirts of the wood. “Between the Matz and the Oise we repulsed two heavy enemy al- Wacks against Monolithe and Carnoy Farms and maintained our posi- 1 tions. Northwest of Rheims an enemy raid’ near La Neuvillette was without results.” BRITISH. LONDON, Aug. 17.-Following is the text of to-day’s British War Ott... statement: “The pressure of our troops north of the Roye Road and north of the Ancre continued, and progress has been made by us in both sectors. “In the neighberhood of Vieux Berquin our patrols had sharp fight-|1 ing yesterday, and further encounters took place during last night. Our|s troops made progress in this sector and in the neighborhood of Merris, |“ and have taken prisoners. “The hostile artillery has shown considerable activity about Mount} Rouge and Scherpznberg and in the vicinity of Zillebeke Lake.” \ AMERICA WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Gen, Pershing’s communique for Thursday merely says: There 1s nothing of importance to report {rom the sectors occupied by our troops. c GERMAN. BERLIN, Aug. 17.—The following statement was issued last night by jan General Headquarters: \ On both sides of the Avre strong enemy attacks failed with |) 1 : His mother had gone Into mour nd | AP: Laat, BA Lge. = 1 “Er heavy losses. ed, Gen, Murch said. He read @/her health was seriously impaired, Bot| “ae RY > <| SERGT. KILMER ‘KILLED, The day statement, dealing with the fighting of Thursday says: French divisional order paying high] after being severely wounded and then | Mt Mane, 2 ; There have been forefield engagements at Kemmel and near tribute to the valor and efficiency of | gassed, Bonz was in good enough spirits | Mitule fil 4 Poet as Well ldier and One of Vieux Berquin (Flanders). Strong enemy thrusts south of the Lys, | ‘he 24 Artillery Brigade of the 2d/to Joke about Itt few dans later, at see Hulapberecar Aen ae near Avette and north of the Ancre were repulsed. American Division, which aided the ae a etter written to hls father, on | News of the death of Sergt. Joye West of the Roye and southwest of Noyon there was a vigorous | \ s phe antanity . pre ae fa Ctl F cn reported killed, Bena said: ha waa 3 |isitn Infantry, reached New York to artillery engagement, which was followed by enemy attacks on bot co Aghting at Chateau-Thierry. |i, 4 base hospital temporarily out of g} He was kiile? in battle, Befor | sides of the Avre against Lassigny, and on the height be As to the location of other divisions, | commission, Five days later he wrate war he had made a name in litera: - i “DOUBLE i ghts west of the Olse. | Gen, March said the Sth Division, |a sister that he was having @ fine timo ture for himself, though he was not ee | P Gouth of Thiescourt the Attiche farm remained in the enemy's | Pennsylvania and Virginia troops,|im nn American hospitel some distance 2 {yet htreg years’ oid nhe he wae agazine SB ‘AGE ° Ps ail ' ROARS 7 killed. le 4 born at New rung. —_— bands, otherwiso we drove back bis attacks before our fighting posi!- | was training with the British in Flan- | removed from the front. | Q] wick, nod. and educated at Cohimbla | IN FOUR tions, partly by counterattacks, ders, that the &&th, North Dakota, —— | | RiuNeente eee aoa iia ink end ae | | COLORS © The enemy suffered heavy losses in the fighting for Lassigny, | Minnesota, Iowa and Iiinois t.oops, 1 | | most eloquent” ta. denotince the | o-Morrow = Here he vainly stormed our line six time: and, after ten hours of |W In process of embarkation, wna! THREE CHILDREN KILLED $1 li ote ine be 1 high dng marie bitter fighting was driven back into the positions from which he started, | ‘hat the S2d, Alabama, Georgia sad FIRE ESC, PE 3| front. end four chil On the Vesle the artillery activity increased during the evening | Tennesee troops, were in line north BY i Al FALLS! } | dren survive bi Ls a and remained lively throughout the night. of Toul, where they arrived early ia Serre 8) SARATOGA 3A ENTRIES. ap oO ew lor ‘The official report dealing with aviation says: July. Reports do not show that the| ‘Three children are dead to-day as Yesterday we shot down twenty-four enemy airplanes, S2d Division, he said, has yct been] the result of falis from west side fire i - $150 STOLEN FROM GIRL {eee OOb, HEAYEY TOLHEAD Mibir| MeLs Fee Arp zeate cih Wee plays apl ransh WES em wi a billy, so that she dropped the TARY BUREAU ar Gow. oO me be cape " ic e = her parents’ home at No. 3 West 634 FOUND UNDER MATTRESS rei hee oe ares pee tne}, AnnoURcement Was Made also that Sire lak Might. The Got te ane Every Subway and Elevated Line ‘ belle ©] Col, John W. Heavey had been ap-|the child, reaching after it, lost her ; Fj * fugitive ran through open doo Ste \ ais nsscecaale PaauniaA th tee! sane Peas potest | pointed to head the Military Bureau, | balance, She tumbied five stories, and Station in the City—Key and ‘elas followed, crosse . COR “ Gen, 7 Mel. ‘The mother of William Schmeler, two] points, iy Itease Follows Robbery in Street | Weiss fellowes. cromed the root to an-| succeeding Major Gen, Jome Mol ih Buk hits on the tire abana, at —_——_ Explanatory Reading Matter / other open scuttle, and went down to| Carter, who has taken command of |¥?aré old p 5 EES SON. AFTER 31 YEARS. “ 4 and Fugitive Is Pulled From the Epstein apurtinent, where a scared| tho new division being formed at| NO. 018 vest {0th Aivenk. Mille she s any wale Tavite, VET Stag Make [t a Complete, Acc urate, little girl told hi had ., ead f : nner yesterday eve . : m0 (unp.), dite Beneath Bed, pegneredgad murs im Tun in] Camp Meade, Md, A lst of new! rolled off the mattress and fell four| Mother, Greeted by Army Sergeant, |, ey wire aa 2 Up-to-Date (hinted with ‘ee ntoneg to kill her Major and Brigadier Generals 1s| stories, Falis to Recognise Him, a the A pproval and Advi € f th @ roll of paper money clu could not about ready for transmission to the| Ida Graham, eleven years old, sipped] Sorgt. Thomas Casey, U. 8 sta- Vera Ledge ce o e 4p her hand, Mrs. Kate Epstein, No. 262 | r the mattress ¢ Ganate, Ga een : ie MERnAR, ales) , #4 ht i hg Bn ee beet aiaticn Ghia moenine later found it | the other division commanders will | her home, No, 670 Seventh Avenue, and} north with @ p " h oN iu i aes relive Biation this morning, Wee leeueund incthae tise fell three stories, Her skull was frace| tined for Camp Merritt, and concluded the New Lines, Al! the Old Lines, ad so a ener fm | ° g to the tured, and she died later in Belle hat he would call on his mother, Mra. | pi ¢ fife,” she sald. “I found it under the| DEATH MYSTERY UNSOLVED] Reverting to the question of treat. Hospital D eyNe rire Casny ef MG 48 Ageh Biraeh, fod; Wyong, ite and All Connecting Points—A mattress—$150. beareenemed | ment of prisoners, Gen, March said | HO?! pal Alby Panaman tum.) 108; U N ‘This evidence ts expected to be tm- | @Serrel Insists He Can't Explain) that the United States and German adn ttie ” . For threes nique fap That Will Give Real vb th who describ How Wife Met eer y ¥| ment in the shipping situation also My stars, but haven't you grown | a Binety Bertant when « youth who describes} , Haw wire moe ue would enter into a new cohvention| Vo. siven the Senators According to |0ld!” he eJaculated yesterday when | fone, GA) Lien, Service—Save It. “ himself as Smuc! Yangerman, No. 208 The death of Mrs, an ne Quarrel, covering this whole subject when the| WA 5 rang vag NG tO) hc responded to his knock at the yet i Mb Bireet, is arraigned in the Essex | Whose body was found in a lot in West] conference in Switzerland, tables of the War Council, the “turn. | New York, N. J, land, to begin still Is @ mystery to the police’ of Hudson County, Frank Quarrel, although put through a severe grilling by the detectives, insisted that he could not account for his wifo's ‘Market Court on a charge of highway Yesterday afternoon Miss Hattie Or- hacker, bookkeeper for Flohr & Harris, No. 248 Lafayette Street, came out of the Public National Bank with $150 in bills in @ bank book. Three yduths pvertook her, One struck her wrist ce aro investigating rumors that the woman might have died from | the effects of alcholic poisoning. ' She} bad tuberculosis, sinking of Fire Island on the missing. U.S. ARMY 15 NOW home for a rest. case of the 110th Regiment (Pennsylvania vision, division had been engaged. no figures but pointed out that Twenty-eighth Division had held the American centre along the V fighting h the large Government argo steamer Sommerstadt on Aug. 3, twenty-five miles southeast of morning of Aug. the crow are reported since 1891 he had consple- uous in thé Senate, ranking as a dom- {nating figure in its leadership and In the counsels of the Republican Par As minority leader the Sen had been active until recently. When tor Gallinger returned from Washington to his summer home at Salisbury Heights, near here, in July he was in poor health. Death was attributed to arterir.| The funeral will be held at Con- cord Wednesday, , been 2. Ten of ator a 3,000,000, GEN. MARCH TELLS THE SENATORS (Continued From First Page) Senator James Near Death. BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.—The son-| dition of Senator Ollie M. James, | who has been ill here, has undergone a change, His ph ans have noti- fied his family and friends to be pared for the worst. Gen. March said the wag typical and showed the tre- mendous strain under which botb| The condition of the Senator early fficers and men work at the front, |t0-day was so critical that death {oe indicated that a number of cases | W¥4 expected at any time, peeled ae Imilar to that of Gen. ‘ollow Gen Duncan would GRIEVED FOR THEIR SON WHO NOW PROVES ALIVE Parents Get Jolly Letters Edward Benz, Reported Killed in Battle. IZABETH, N. J, Aug. voice from the dead cam» yesterday from Edward J. Benz to his parents, who live at No. 220 Caspian Str They had been informed that thei rson lost his life in the drive| which started the middle of last month. March further said the losses roops) ot the Twenty-elghth Di- probably were proportionate o the heavy fighting in which that Ho gave the during the crossing| of the Oureq and was again in line sle where further sharp 1 occurred On the Vesle front, where tho Amer- can troops are in line, only artil- ery fire and raids have been report 17, three letters next month, concluded its work. sround, In Announcing the num woman exclaimed, drawing away. But * t umber Of) 19 days, although the average, it was |In a moment her face cleared and troops embarked, Gen, March said] tows ie about a8 dave i as | thewried: vit ism Tom, is it? | figures hereafter given would include | eye vntaround’ haw tees ee | pit a non com! who ft all expeditionary forces, wherever | {UPS the “urniround’ has been re- | Pas. : sent from the United States, - Information showing an improve- erably greater than that, | zon, From} | or round trip of transports, | has in some instances been reduced to | duced to & minimum of 29 days, al- | though the general average is consid- | (GERMANS SEE (NEW POLAND KING |ARONSTADT, REPORT| 10 BE ARCHDUKE : FROM FINLAND FROM A AUSTRIA) “Russian N Javal Base Said to Be! Held by Teutons—Poole | io Stay in Moscow. PARIS, Aug. 17 (Havas).—Reports | in Finland that the | seized the Russfan | naval port of Kronstadt, according to @ Stockholm despatch to Le Matin. } Kronstadt is twenty miles west of jare circulated Germans have Petrograd, at the eastern extremity j of the Gulf of Finland, it was the principal fortress of Russia. Reports | received through Germany early in| the week said that Premier Lenine | and War Minister Trotzky had fled to Kronstadt from Moscow. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—American ‘Consul General Poole at Moscow, who| jrecently burned his code book and turned the’ Consulate over to th Swedish Consul, notified the State De- partment to-day that he intended to ‘remain in Moscow to assist the British and French Consular officers there who are in great personal danger.| He reported tuat with the aid of the) ) Swedish resentative he bad ob-} ied the releabe of several hundred aa Archduke KARL STEPHAN nte citly cuwefly British and! Berlin Despatch—Germany I who were arrested by the | 2% 7 oisheviki and held a hostages for Grants Concession. se t memvgrs inprisoned in the Capture of Irkutsk, the important) THE HAGUE, Aug. ~Germany Lake Baikal port of the trans-Siberian Railroad, by the Caccho-Slovaks, ald has approved the suggestion mado by ed by the Siberian peoples army, of) Austria that an Ausirian Archduke July 7, is announced in a despatch} ” from American Consul Harris at ir-|be made King of Poland, the Lokal husk ted July 2 sige! f i says it ir e PRATERDAM, AGd) 1f—-Oul Ot] ee eel 1,000 ificers ariested at Moscow and| stands, Archduke Karl Stepban, {tj of counter revulu- | says, probably will be named. cies 246 h fave been sum y ade Kreuz weity of Berlin, bombarding Ka echo-Slovaks, a LONDON, Aug. 17.—Germany has made concessions to Austria on the Polish question in consequence of the vices to the Soviet forces are held by the C: M 4 s o strong stand taken by Pmperor Moscow despatch says. { Another Soviet army, advancing|Charles and the Austro-Hungarian toward Onega, where @ new Allied ex-, Government, according to tnforma- ition has landed in Northern Rus-| tion rec by the correspondent of sia, has occ Ee Kirillovka. the Daily Mail at The Hague. It is possible there will be no per- | sonal union of the crowns of Poland and Austria, but the King of Poland lis certain to be an Austrian Arch- duke, says the corresnondent, who dds that the discussion at German main headquarters had the following basis: _| | ‘The Germans demanded that Aus- tria send to the western front from $2-\ ten to fifteen divisions of picked | troops, confining themselves to the net op-| defensive on the Italinn front. for six! Emperor Charles and his advisers made the counter-demand that Ger- y make further declarations re- garding Belgium, jaranteeing evac- uation, restoration and an indemnity, xer_| make a powerful movement in the % | direction of peace, and that the Polish question be solved in a manner fa- vorable to Austrian wishes, WALL STREET STREET GOSSIP New York Transit iat eenoanee lar quarterly dividend of #1 a share payable Oct, 15 to stock record Sept. 2 Delaware and Hudson Railroad port net operating deficit . (six montns, an increase 363, CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. With net changes from previous clove. Low. Am Am, Ain Rewt Sugar. Cakes ser am. Am Tho advisers of the Austrian Em- Am: 5 Xin of Austrian military and public| poe opinion to the transfer of troops to was universal, This be quicted tf the western front opposition could only the Government was assured of ‘Polish support, which could be ob- 1 2) tained by obtaining from Germany % concessions on the account of Poland | and if the public could be shown the \ | peror emphasized (hat the opposition | | Titles | 470) German Government bad been in- cs fluenced in the direction of another | — 3| strong effort to obtain peace. Short + &! of this, Austria would not send troops 13| to the wester! SOB Henn’ 31 4c door, “sir, who are the your" startled distri ip nm ify il rats my for more Bit wae exp May Be Karl Stephan, Says| POUMANIA'S DEATH TOLL IN THE WAR ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 800,000 rtality Rate of 11 Per ‘Higher Than in Any Other Country of the Same Size. ARIS, Aug. 6 (Correspondence of Associated Prevs).—Rou- mania’s toll of deaths since her entrance into the war in Aug- ust, 1916, has been more than $00,- 000, or about 11 per cent. of the total population. ‘This probably is a higher percentage of mortal- ity than in any other country of like size. War, famine, disease and starva- tion claimed the largest number of victims, while a number of the deaths were those of piisoners of war, who died in ca:nps in Bul- garia, Turkey, Austria and Ger- many. In Bulgaria more than 20,000 Roumanian prisoners of war were deliberately put to death. These facts have been brought to Paris by Col. R. Rossetti of the Rou- manian Army. oveeanenenaalipamanietenns JAPAN SENDING TROOPS TO MANCHURIA BORDER TOKIO, Aug. 13. (Associate! Press) The Government has announced tliat, under the agreement with China, in view of the danger threatening t border of Manchuria, Japan was les- patching troops thence from Man- churia, -_——— TO OPEN CHILD'S GRAVE. Father Dow Into Custody Aiftic mestic reme grave of thelr bo t she had begun for s because she had order of the court. In September, was denied p 1913, Mrs. ssion of t Copeland ne boy a his custody tn following 3 4 The grave Vanished on je Prow tecting Observing Plan AMERICAN Ak g. 16 (Associated Pross).— Muclure of Newton, ssing since July 15.— nachine in He was operating a pursuit with planes, his others, when prot he be: squadron company erving tached ished. from oklyn Mon: —Pope Benedi mil & ns Porticl 10 R ¢ Los Angele t 1 i borlaing, with the Gui __AMUSEMENTS. ___ Let Her “OVER THERE” Bac! A Real Circus and Ant The Good “Silver Glades” Dream at the i: Cent. disregarded a former and van- Luna—Coney Island Order a Copy of Next Sunday World in Advance From Your Newsdealer EDITION LIMITED TO ADVANCE DEMAND UNEARNED INCOMES TAXED MORE THAN THOSE EARNED Revenue Makers Adopt McAdoo's Suggestion and Make Ditference of 3 Per Cent. WASHINGTON 17 ~The Ways and Means Com ared to-day to take up t feature of the new $8,000,000,000 War Revenue bill, This feature has been the chief cause of difference between the Treasury De- pertment and the committee, Secretary McAdoo favors an 80 percent, tax on war profits, leaving excess profits levies 44 they are, while the committee favors large increases in the excess profits payments, ‘The income tax® provisions and the fuxury taxes have been practically com- pleted. The new Income tax, in some cases, represents double the amount as+ sessed under the present law, and pro- vides also that ucearned incomes must pay three per cent. more In taxes than earned ones. ‘This feature was adopted at the suggestion of Secretary McAdoo. ee URGED DESERTION, CHARGE. Clirro Luceht Accused of Treacher- ous Work at Camp Di Cirro Lucchi of No. 1250 ¢ nue, Brooklyn, said to be an rr Ave- Austrian subject, Was arrested in Pittsburgh laet night and will be brought to New York. He ts ac 1 of having obtained @ certificate of Italian citizenship from the Itatlan Consulat false representat a gained access to Camp Dix, There he is alleged toh told soldieks of Italian and A -Hingarian descent | that they were foolish to fight for the United States, and to have urged at least five of them to Luceht is also al to have told the soldiers that if they would leave the Untied States service they could go to No. 430 61st Street, Brooklyn, and at the home of Arthur Sachcr secure money and clothes. Sacher, who has been employed clerk by Frank Zott, editor of Croatian newspaper, has been taken into custod Fi — a | SETTLE MEXICO OIL DISPUTE Averted by Carranza WASHING | Crate Modification of Decree, ‘ with the Entente A‘) sand the U: States apparently has been av & modification of the new Mexican oil | te e by Pi t Carranza. * learned (hat on 12 ar n effect cancelled ons of the decre under which undeveloped t be seized by the x t upon fail- ure of and sub excessive dec taxation. a SHOOT AT URUGUAY RULER. Attempt Made to & deut Daring it MONTEVIDEO, Uru Sfmt pt was mado to assassinate President Viera of Mruguay on Tuesday Afternoon dusing rioting growing out of A newsp ay Tae President. it says, WAS st a bale ay when fired ate | —_ 1. W. W, Case Goes to Jory, CHICAGO, Au The 1. W. W. hich has lasted more than three jury to-day the defense made no AMUSEMENTS. Slide On f the Lines in Picardy mal Show Under Canvas Old Chutes Summer Ice Skating fula-Hula” Theatre