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“3a » i “If It Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World”’ oe oF TWO CENTS. Che “Circulation Books Open to All. Ad O18, by The Presa Pu The New York World) ing HAIG CAPTURES MT. KEMMEL: BIG RETREAT ON IN FLANDERS i SEPT. 12 DRAET ENROLLING DAY SET BY THE PRESIDENT: MAN POWER BILL SIGNED: Ve Wilson in Proclamation Asks §EVEN HURT IN SUBWAY Men Under the New Law Ages to Register. cee a B. R. T. Trains Meet in Collision— Police Reserves Called to Handle Crowd. HOPE TO GET 13,000,000 “We Solemnly Purpose a De-| Seven persons in a crowded subway isi Nic: ” Saye |train were injured at noon to-day in a cisive Vic tory of Arms, says |collision at the Times Square Station of the Nation’s Executive. the Broadway-Brooklyn line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. par egg The brakes failed on a nortbound lo- WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Thursday, | cal, which crashed into @ train standing Sept, 12, was set to-day by President in the stetion. The persons injured were in the incoming local Wilson as the Those removed to Bellevue Hospital date for registration of the army draft of all men in the were: Abraham Konder, No. 631 East 17th Street; Joseph Mangara, No. 133 netween the ages of Me Traine TEWeRN he OF Mth Street, Brooklyn; Vito Grico, No. 18 and 4, in registered lusive, who have not 4459 @th Street, Brooklyn, and Margaret Thomas, one of the train guards, No. Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn or who are not already now in the military or naval service The others, who weat home after first In a proclamation issued immedi- aid, were: Walter Reichard, No. 1 , e signed the new Man. 76th Street, Brooklyn; Albert Feinstein lk dat heediteedltcan! No. 67 Howard Avenue soklyn, and Power Bill this afternoon authorizing Ruth Schol, thirteen years old, No. 8843 Pitkin Avenue, Brooklyn Police reserves were called to preserve draft a extension om the younger és order in the congestion that resulted and older men to enroll on that day from the delay of trains. It took twen with local draft boards wt they t¥Y minutes to clear the tracks and re- sume service make their permanent homes “We solemnly purpose a deci- sive victory of arms,” said the | ————— |ANNA HELD LEFT $300,000, President, “and deliberately to Danghter Gets ©! num Street ark, N. J devote the larger part of the of Actress, Herman Glick, Cliff Street, Pater- military man-power of the Na- The will of Anna Held, the actress Pal ty 7 a tlen to the accomplishment of |who died at the Hotel Savoy on Aur, /80 74s Os xo aes iath street that purpose * ®* ie tthe day an estate valued | Columbus, Ga eall to duty to which every true | more than $300,000, bulk Duello M. Lilly, Los Angeles, Cal. man in the country will respond | Hoes to her day Hayden P. Roberts, Cleveland, O. - |Cerrera, who resided with h ‘ with pride and with the sone tat ne NEA Vee soa Aaa Samuel Schoppe, 281 Scholes sciousness that in doing so he | Vom ix beau athed $200,000, Street, Brooklyn, N. Y , as the realduary le plays his part in vindication of a great cause, at whose summons every true heart offers in su- | Mis Conn of preme service.” yh at The hours of registration will be “Moore of from 7 A. M. to 9 BP, M. and all[> ’ : Mato ene ince ; 3 AUSTRIAN ACES KILLED. on to make finmediate art ments | AN AVES hie 2 Of FeSO) gy Llentenants Also Brought piaces On tat Ca | by Italians, ALL MEN WITHIN THE AGES) pos, Aug. 31—During the past MUST REGISTER, |week the Austrian aces, Count Saly, All men within the new ages,| Barons Kutcher and Ebrfold, and whether citizens of the United States |Lieuts. Licuke and Hobr . have been St register, unless they are|}killed in air fights, All had bombec ae 2 consuls open Italian towns. | diplomatic representa tives of foreign nitions, In case of illnes: n the registra- ts for tardy ¢ OBEY SUNDAY AUTO BAN absent from their homes may r ter by mail, in that the registrat the board by S* sufficiently advance n record reache pt. 12, If a man 1 he is to | Self-Interest of Motorists as Well a has no permanent residence he Is to | 9¢r pears fo register at the place he is on Patriotism Demands Compli- 12 and those out of cou | ance, Says Hawes that day are req or Fae cise Soe am aye aU eRrat 0 w 5 | World to-day Capt. W. Gera meas es : Haw No s & way themselve abjec wit af pao aperslne service ur r the . f ast inancat AE i : ge i , as their patriotism 1d prompt without dependents, i jee ee a San) Ang. other 9 Liven ’ b 8 ; ; + with the request of Dr. Garfield Guby of oldien lf eee") tor conservation of gasolene by frat, 2 Ff | sacrificing pleasure rides on Sun- Youths in their cighteenth year) 4.) will be placed in a separate group, | The alternative, aa Capt. Haven $60 ‘War Deparment anpor “| points out, “may be a general cur- Be, mubioot to & specin ng : an ment of motor driving on all programme, and will not be called| days hereafter.” until the supply of other available | 4 selfish few refuse the vol- untary sacrifice on one day out of seven it may mean a greater and involuntary sacrifice on seven days a week, sayYs Capt. Hawes, for the Government's need of gaso- lene will be met, no matter how drastic may become the necessary maoasures to get iL men in the new classes is exhausted This does not mean that their call- ing ‘will be long deferred {nasmuch as it has been announced however, Page.) ee A Det ey Nona sass exe tt GRASH AT TIMES SQUARE: 98} TO GUT USE OF GASOLINE) U BOATS TORPEDO AMERICAN SHIP; 03 ARE RE MISIG ixteen fhescukl i After Joseph| Cudahy Is Sunk Off Ceast of England. | WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. — The United States Cudahy 700 miles from the English coast Aug. 7 the Sixteen cargo steamship Joseph was torpedoed at sea about members of sing. and fifty-three crew are reported mis: | were rescued. | Two submarines made the attaci | and two torpedoes struck the ship, the first striking the fuel tank and | the second the engine room. The Captain of the Cudahy reported that | he was taken aboard one of the U bouts and questioned Of the missing, twenty-two wee members of the Naval Armed Guard, only two of the guard being reported rescued, Following are the armed naval guard: Edwin F, Brezisski, No. 4 Avenue, Necnah, Wis. | | | if missing of the 507 Colum- Stephen Cerestvik, No. 95 Darcey | Street, Newark, N. J | Gosgard J. Clarke, No, 1735 Winne Avenue, Helena, Mont Herbe Doie, No, 1537 St, Charles Street, Alameda, Cal Herman Fiedler, No, 468 Union Ave- nue, Paterson, N. J William C. Haack, No. 195 Holla day Avenue? San Francisco, Mdward Hahnemann, No. 98 Bar- Harris B, Serolef, Los Claude M. Stark, N Appleton, Wi | Street Anton M, Szudera, No. 720 Kast 3d Street, Winona, Minn William Kk k od, Edward ¢ n No. 866 | Pleasant , Paul, Mian, Sydney L. Munro, No, 1025 47th Street, Oakland, Ca Elmer F. Nelson, No, 166 Hyland | Avenue, San Francisco, Frank H. O'Dell, Oakland, Cal | Miguel B, Pralta, No. 3112 Hum | bolt Street, Los Angeles, Cal William L. Pyne, 210s Vaiiejo Street, San Francisco. | plait SUBMARINE ATTACKS TUG | OFF ATLANTIC COAST PORT AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. UNDER PERSHING, SAYS GEN. MARCH — Troops Taken From British and French Forces in First U. S. Field Army, WASHINGTON, Aug: 31.—Ameri- can troops brigaded with the British }and French forces are being with- drawn as rapidly as possible to join the First Amerivan Field Army under Gen. Pershing, Gen. March said to- day in his weekly conference with members of the Senate Military Com- mittee, The Chief of Staff threw no new light on the part Americans are play- ing in the present offensive, but the impression was given that the pro- gramme of concentrating the army for action under Gen, Pershing was go- ing f-rward satisfactorily. Shipments of De Haviland air- Planes, which were temporarily held up on the order of\ Secretary Baker, so certain changes could be made in them, Gen. March said, were resumed this week Reports received up to to-day by the War Department show that 1,003 De Haviland planes had been com- pleted and made ready to turn over to the Government in the week, and 65 had been shipped or were already te overseas, General reiterated that the fighting on the western front is going satisfactorily to the Allies. He also said the last figures of men actually landed abroad showed 1,220,000 in France on Aug. 7. Several hundred thousand have been lunded since then, however. Last week Gen March announced that the number embarked had passed 1,500,000, The Senators questioned Gen March regarding reported plans of the War Department t take over some four hundred educational stitutions throughout the country snd "lto educate boys between eighteen unt twenty years of age pe the ul into active military servi The Chief Get Btaft ex plained the plans unde echt drafted wh ow a de att nical ¢ ation w furlourhe! sfler being ed for the purpose attending college, He aid regu. carry out the programme have 4 been promu ndicated th there wa n undertake education of ouths | SAYS HE SAW P PERISCOPE [ atest Forces Within Sight ol _NEW YORK, 8 SATURDAY, AvGUST 31, aps Advances Bring Laon Cathedral. “Circulation Books Open to All.” 10 PAGES 1918. ENARGNG ARN AMERICANS GAIN ON NEW FRONT; BRITISH S AMERIGANS IN NEW BATTLE. GAIN EAST OF THE AILETTE; NEARING CHEMIN DES DAME: S. SOLF TO BE CHANCELLOR, SAYS A BERLIN REPORT Von Hertling to Reti to Retire Shortly Be- WEATHER—Showers to-night; fair Sundays URROUND PERONNE. ——__—__++ | Haig’s Troops Strike on Double Front in North and Gain One to Two. Miles—Push Ahead on Arras- Cambrai Road—French Advance on Ailette. | | | _ LONDON, Aug. 31, 1.10 P. M. (Associated PressJe. |—Mont Kemmel, the famous stronghold southwest of Ypres, which was the scene of terrific fighting during the | German offensive in Flanders late in April, has been cape tured by the British, according to reports from the front, Mont St. Quentin, a mile and a half north of Peronne, SL ora ae (united) “cause of His Advanced Age, the has been taken by Field Marshal Haig’s forces, who are ad« Bieta Rives ln petbeoting es SM a m vancing on Dussu, about two miles northeast of Peronne, enemy ix unable to revist th NA laeaeraiie tas RaGustayan from The British have progressed a mile and a half east of aie en mation tna [Amsterdam to the wntral Mews Bailleul. American troops are fighting in [shortly will retire owing to his ad French troops made a small advance on the Ailette th er ie a m sa Malate Gh gates River and in that neighborhood, occupying the southern dviva avi orusend deni Gar le ee wa outskirts of the wood 500 yards southwest of Coucy-le- uthward.] | Chateau. ARIE, Aug. 3 (Anna Prem STRIKE ig SETTLED GERMANS RETREAT ON 20-MILE FRONT. “ American’ forces. port Ou! WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE, Soissons, La Liberte points out, 81%") Announcement Made Following a Aug. 31, noon (Associated Press).—British successes on pale fin srt en) meee) Conference of “Bobbies" With |the Lys salient sector of the battlefront have caused the nee the towers of the Lan athedral ue i fi o si eee | Germans to start a retreat from the neighborhood of Kem. WITH THI AMEE N ‘ i 3 ve strike i IN PRANCH. Aug. $1 (Itwuters).—Le- | London police foree has been so:tied, MEL to Opposite Bethune. The withdrawal is progressing tween the Ailette and the Aisne and |according to an onnouncement made| rapidly, far to the southeastward a the | this evening by the Excha felegraph | line of the Ve the batt! ites 18} Company a | [This front is approximately twenty miles in length.) me vast panor of fire. Here at| oy pour ¢ the strike! loa deck alae th ee Ee oes {The snnaurioamiant Of th ae ke Field Marshal Haig’s men to-day are attacking near ng the most resistances of the strikers held canteroiiow with Marrienes Wood, between Bapaume and the River Somme, Eravans crass / un any-| Th metropolita .| which Position is strongly held by the enemy. TREES Aine ROHR HIE YD iM Fandlie Higher wane ah in{ Advances have been made here and there by British forces alone Mi a Ge ; rt ant on l het nwa | the t tlle front, but they generally have a slight. The night was : canis ‘ ah A ai < : " Ati quiet throughout the zone, but lighting again beeure lon ¢ ‘ , and st b displ eay after dawn this m ning rtant t — The enemy has delivered vicious counter attacks with powerful pola a ANOTHER SPANISH SHIP lorees south of the Arras-Cambrai Road. As the result of one of these a atoyan ; Mt ie TORPEDOED BY GERMANS | blows the British withdrew to the edge of Riencourt-les-Cagni- Rc peiiaalahe n be poe ; |BRITISH ATTACK NEAR BULLECOURT. eghr ieee them, | Alexandrine Second to Be Sunk in The tanglen OF ‘SUB’ AT MONTAUK POINT MISS ROSENTHAL CAPTURES Report of Submarine’s Brought to New London a ye by Ship Captain. The crew of the tug Triton to-day reported having been fired upon by| NEW LOD An enemy submarine off Boone Island jit wa y te ut the time, Th Jfor suf t Phe submarine fired only one sb ured t ind soon submerged. At 1 weet F and 1 an A ' ner appeared ‘ und i u toned’ tras by th fog as they, American subrarine made he to reach the nea harbor CARDINAL IS RECOVERING Sixteen Sarvivors hy) Sits Up for Firs B and Re AN AT Aug. 21.—A] MAMARC British fre ar- (treating Cardinal rived here 1 an European his summer hom| ‘ port brought sixteen members of the with his progress toward recovery, Mgr American steamship Joseph Cudahy, Carroll, his secretary, said to-day torpedoed by U boats “The Cardinal slept well," Mgr. Car The Joseph Cudahy was tank | roll. stated. "He sat up for an hour yes steamship of 3,302 tons under |ferday, the first time since. he became command of Capt. Hillgrove. She war| A bulletin probably will be issued by | owned by the Sinclair Gulf Corpora- the physicians when Cardinal Farley is| tion, was built in Baltimore in 1917 heiied (ivus Vuluwagvon, Le. Senne consider Duty of Presence | WESTERN GOLF TITLE HICAGO, Aug. 31—M Elaine | Rosentha Ravisloe & Club ng M Pra Ht 1 of the ap and ' 1 FIVE ~~ KILLED AS BUS FALLS Week—May Precipitate | a Crisis, PARIS, Aug. 31.—Another Spanish |ship, the Alexandrine, has b t doed, according to a Madrid di 1 the Journa BEGINNING OF THE END FOR GERMAN MILITARISM, , LLOYD GEORGE DECLARES 4 Premi Orland Ita New York Vehicle Huns Over Ban Innes He Hts orgh Foch, Allied Generals a 0 ONY } Troops Have Tu | ng twenty-five pa from Premier ' _ it Br r success NEW SICKNESS IN BELGIUM, Ee Fran Malady, Helleved to Be Chotern,| t ‘ 4 Thirty Deaths, nsformat AMSTERDAM, Aug The Te Thanks ¢ ness. pr bebiy olera, ' Out! the Germans are now in retreat nang aye trying to localiae the dis-' beginning of the end of domin- “an » nee of German militarism,” Germans also are in some strength south of the railway below sullecourt and they are now being attacked by the British. The out. ts of Ecoust-St. Mein, from where the British also retired late yes- erday, again are being attacked On both sides’ of the River Scarpe, on the Arras front, there have er attacks, delivered apparently by fresh troops. Here, the British have maint@ned their gains only by retiring i few yards are not as valuable as lives, and where the flered to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy, kir ides been heav is elsev pr In all Plices many Germans were killed and wounded and lost a iderable number of prisoners, } iin, ont 1h bank of the Scarpe, has now been completely 1 t the 1 South ot the river ground has been gained in the direction of Eter- iblin-les-Pres Bapaume hard fighting continues and more ground has ed by the British between Bapaume and the Somme, USE TORCH IN RETREAT, In the north the recent British successes have apparently caused the tart a withdrawal extending roughly from the neighbor. od of Kemmel through the region of Bethune, and this morning the | British lines appeared to be progressing rapidly on the heels of the enemy, While the salient here is gradually becoming more shallow, the enemy is retiring only after applying the torch to,his stores and) des molishing what remains of the houses. saa Bailleul now is completely in British hands and patrols are on t ‘ Germans to

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