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ell to the east of La Couture and Vielle Chapelle. tion. for a time the enemy intends to try to hold on to the east bank. nd in front of it. had left a salient so deep that it was dangerous to try to hold itt. O DRIVES ON FLANDERS FRONT. ig practically the whole Flanders front, Field Marshal Haig reported of nine miles and one of three. In the northern sector, Dranoutre, the Bailleul Railway Station and de Lille have been occupied. The British there are advancing the vicinity of Kemmel southward to near Neuf-Berquin, Vieille-Chapelle and Lestrem have been occupied in the other sector. The British nave captured a strong point, known as the St. Servins and the village of Eterpigny, north of the Arras Cambrai Road and of Arras. id Australian troops are attacking directly west of Peronne and are / ing the city along the north bank of the Somme, They have " Griven the Germans from positions east of Clery. 8 rap rere ees advancing along the Arras-Cambrai Road. An important strong pint eight miles southeast of Arras, known as St, Servin Farm, was The British have captured Mont St. Quentin and are now only a north of Peronne, it was learned this afiernoon. The city is thus tically surrounded. The British have also made satisfactory progress north of the Scarpe 4 in the past 24 hours. They firmly hold Plouvain and have occupied a "thousand yards of the German front line north of Arleux-en-Gohelle. PARIS, Aug. 31, 2 P. M. (United Press)—The British took 1,700 in the Bullecourt area yesterday, the Petit Parisien declared to- In the last four days the British have captured 3,695. The Echo de Paris says that in the Amiens region (western portion the Picardy front) the Allies took 220 guns, including those of the _Marges type; 2,800 machine guns and several hundred trench mortars and flammenwerfers. -ENCH NEARING GUISCARD. PARIS, Aug. 31, 10.10 A. M. (United Press).—French troops reported in the vicinity of Guiscard, tne important town lying about ‘midway between Noyon and Ham. They are approaching Chauny, the railway centre ten miles east of Noyon. North of Soissons, French and Americaa troops are striking both d and eastward. They are advancing obliquely upon Vregay ‘(four miles and a half northeast of Soissons and two miles north of the Aisne). ° The bridgehead at Champs (four miles northwest of Coucy-le- ~ Chateau) has been consolidated and the French are nearing Folembray ~ (two miles east of Champs). They are advancing northeastward and 7 half encircling Coucy-le-Chateau. They have approached to within half a mile of the city. North of Noyon, French troops are progressing along the Verse River (flowing southwestward through Guiscard). Further north, they _ hold the west bank of the Somme as far as Brie, where they converge with the British. yy Violent artillery fighting between the Ailette and the Aisne (where ' ‘Americans are fighting) and along the North Canal was reported by ‘the War Office to-day, _ GAINS AT BOTH ENDS OF LINE. PARIS Aug. B1 (Associated Press).—While the centre of the eighty- mille battle line was relatively quiet, enemy resistance increased yesterday on both wings. He was unable, however, to arrest the progress of the We Bi At the northern end Gen. Horne and Gen. Byng gained imporlant ound for future operations by taking Bullecourt, the most solid po- on in that sector. [Last night's British official statement admitted that the British troops had been forced to fall back to the western outskirts of Bulle- court.) ~ to the south and the Ailette to the north. x | of the Vesle but the three lines formed by the Aisne, the Chemin-des Dames and the Ailette. Gen. Ludendorff, in consequence, has thrown in the best divisions can muster. These are Alpine regiments, Prussian guards and picked and Saxon units. ST U. 5. TROOPS WITH FRENCH. ons, together with elite French and colonial troops, anything as yet scen during the war. ces have won half the plateau between the Scissons and Coucy-le-Cha threatened and the Germans are faced by the danger of the Frencl behind the Chemin-des-Dames, in thelr rear, Conservative milltary opinion here views the situation with grea faction, the Hindenburg line ts not yet ready, as It was when first made a year ago, when the works wer morale, op the oe Mille. The advancing British have also apparently reached points = Patrols are reported to be in Pranoutre, and on the Scherpenberg southwest of Ypres, enemy trenches have been crossed without] ¢ Enemy trenches running through Brie and extending both to the and south are strongly held by the Germans, indicating that at "Apparently the Germans in the Lys salient are headed for the old which runs in front of Armentieres, and are abandoning all the This movement has been more or less forced of the British advances in the south, the territory being evacu- LONDON, Aug. 31 (United Press).—British troops are advancing ly. They have progressed from one to two miles on two fronts— In the Arras region English troops have occupied Eterpigny and| Gen. Mangin attacked the southern end of the line. The region in! » which he is fighting forms an elbow where she line running from Dun- kirk to Noyon meets a line running at right angles across France to © Nancy. This “hinge” position is exceptionally strong, since it is based “orth of Soissons on a high plateau overlooking the valley of the Aisne There are wooded ranges of hills in this St. Gobain country which © dominate Leon, and a serious defeat-here would oblige the enemy to "make a precipitate retreat and force him to abandon not only the line Gen, Mangin has in his command some of the finest American di- The fighting during the past forty-eight hours has equalled in fe- Nevertheless the enemy had to give way and the Franco-American The Solssons-Coucy and the Soissons-Anizy-Le-Chateau Roads ti It Is felt that the Germans delayed thelr retreat too long } that they are fighting so hard and sacrificing men to gain time be- © In any case, that famous position Is not belleved to be such a solid d well kept up and were garrisoned by solld troops with unim- They are now a formidable obstacle, but everything ' of condltioa they are in and also the state of the. troops. THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1918,' ~NEW BLOWS BY BRITISH 9 9404444660464466 920 O 944 DOR? \ 154854 @ | Lenine, ® | Moscow ® & | from th 3/90. Len 4 3 Sever: against became BO-D-D2OOOOO8OS99-995.9599 2B GORIS ODARI-TT7 ADIDAS IOS OEOOG BO DIHROROHS. lowing imperia made t grad | Smoiny Several life on young entered at the | TINT SHOws. WASE esr WRST O GERMANS. BLACK LINE SHOWws ALLIED LING TODAY and Y. private DODDS 2-99-9-9-5-9-9-095.90-0-9-9F-2599H 0008 20292 sulate. With jan Mili This through = BEL9H9O-9-9-9-9-9O+ @ |cow and 2-8 DH -TO-OSOO-2 os as port to leagues, LAND OF RUIN IN THE WAKE OF RETREATING GERMAN ARMIES Little New Devastation Wrought, However, Since the Last Fall-Back. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 30, night (United Press),—Tho ground over which the British are now fighting shows little new devastation since it was last occupied by them. The havoc wrought by the Germans in their previous retirement was so complete there is tle left to destroy. It is even doubtful, should the war last another four years, that these barren fields could be made a more complete waste than they are now. The rapidity of the British advance, however, is testified to by the fact there are few signs of the recent fighting. The chief landmarks are the same rusty wrecko of tanks and the same enormous mine craters of a year ago. A huge black wooden cross, a monument to the men lost by the Australian divisions at Pozieres ridge, still stands, not far from a new German cemetery. The cross is not harmed, except for a few shrapnel VLAD! control that it shevik | is forces, ance to they mu shevik F front an forces, Health Health townsite. LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS =: LONDON, Aug. 31.—The British War Office statement to-day reads: “During the night Australian troops drove the enemy from positions east of Clery-surSomme, capturing many prisoners and @ number of ma- chine guns, The advance in this locality is continuing. tion Co! “Yesterday afternoon English troops carried out a successful operation oreene north of the Arras-Cambral Road, capturing a strong point known as the St. Servins Farm and the village of Eterpigny, north of the Sensee River. “On the Lys front our troops hold La Couture and the line of the Lawe Uulity . t fi 5 CC River from Vielle Chapelle to Lestrem, both of which villages are in our Amboy, Bayreville, Middletown, a ¢ bands. pork, Atlantic Highlands and Mata- “We are approaching Doulleu and have gained Bailleul Station and the hill to the east of it known as Lille Mountain. “Our troops have entered Dronoutre and have gained ground north of WASHINGTON, Aug. 31,—Proposal: 4 Mount Kemmel.” caiman octnead nienicen ; run down and killed by an automobie 1] Publishes al : 1, divisic t 2 FRENCH. heats: aR orinfongents, master ier a |mell, of No, 235 Nassau Avenue, Brook- Series of PARIS, Aug, 31.—The French War Office statement to-day reads: SBN, ialerecdiary wrimase ett ee lyn as Mesprole snd’ Manhatten Ay series 0: “During the night there was heavy artillery fighting in the region of |fers. are junder consideration. by “the m 909 <4 nues, last night. the Can Rallway Administration, ‘The general Paeert 48) pho little girl was out for a walk e al du Nord, north of Noyon and between the Ailette and the Aisne | wage increase a not attest Salaries % Yon | with her father. He gave her money Rivers. of more than $2! a month and gave FY "4 Rito buy an ice cream cone, d hittle additional pay to men making | {if} ated B20 Bey Manhattan “Avenue to” get “ie a is i ' ¢ a a got it. ‘German raids in the Champagne were unsuccessful. above $175. ay 1 | Neturning she was by the auto, A - a . AMERICAN, Col loosing at % is Cochran Buys $1,000,000 Estate. N ASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Gen. Persbing’s communique of last night ‘on are Mratterece’ ia 48 ha 2 ort Alexander Smith Cochran of Yonkers, h follows: Pie teesaat pny oud opener pS. td ny + \% | Roted yachtsman and now ac In the Vosges a strong raiding party advanced under cover of artillery | jescing from his recent \llness. He |} * fy i | ne ee Have a8 2Be 7m : fire to our lines and was driven back without securing any results, Aside |!» accompanied by Mrs. Watterson me aM t 3 Main, bboy P etoen Genitrias or Bri 7 z {| from artillory fighting in this region, there Js nothing else to report. snd two arandeome Cok Watareon | i at + ,B lacre estate near Colorado Sprin rhe Kind of Puzzles “During the day the railroad yards at Berricourt and Conflans were |/am, has just retired from the active ie Be BS yt (8 despateh from Mere announces, the he Soldiers i A effectively bombed by our aviators, All of our machines have returned.” | f4\iprahip of the Courier-Journal of IY Oe WAS TB |to $1,000,000. | the Soldiers in the AUSTRIAN RADIO MEN HELD. >" eevee on tay ie t A Seek Body of River Victim, | TrenchesAre Solving ,|fficers In New York to-day, Patriek Prendergast, a retired con- s we The police are seeking for the body i Spe eee It ip alleged the pair reached America | :.actur and builder, aixty-cight yeare | ¥ et if of an unidentified man about ‘arty-einic fy 2 Spare Moments. in| mwas Oteleet ond fation Gaié te at the beginning of the war, in 1914, Of way found dead to-day in hia| 4 ssf + Bl years old, who was drowned last night Kaew 7 Code. a at since America entered the war Jooiement at No. 145 West 84th X HQ — Zl while bathing in the East River at the | Another Se t George Forgain, an Austrian mavai|they have received their pay from cireet, whore he had lived alone since foot of 924 Street, His clothes, found e fioer, and Guido Cassa, who says ho|Avetria through the Transatlantic Trust was discharged from the Austeian Com! deeyy Ts 2303, Doth wireless operaters, |°") y arrested by Navy Intelligence | Aust trian while he was shot from a revolver at Lenine, bullet did not take effect, five Americans, sular officers except Consul General Poole. the personnel of the Y. M. C. A.| news, not confirm recent reports from Ger- man sources that the iast of the n- tente representatives had left Mos- and French consular officers probably »jare detained, . In belated despatches received to- © | day from Mr, Poole himself, the Con- sul General reiterated his intention io remain in Moscow to give moral sup- ernment. (Associated Press).—The recent at- tempt of Lieut, Gen. Horvath to gain forces in Siberia was such a failure troops which sided with him subsequently were disarmed will join the army of Gen, Semenoff, anti-Bol- co-operating with Entente Allied forces and Czecho- Slovak troops have attacked the Bol- fifteen miles, and booty was captured by the Allied OYSTERS R CLEAN NOW. aced the oyster season, which will be- gin to-morrow, yesterday that splinters in spot may have every cantidence thay the . , Posleres itself, like Courcelette and other villages featured daily in ome, Dre D ‘land 1) neces il American newspapers, is as barren of houses as a new Western boom|o Mile oysters are recomnized as one of the sources of t, sult of the supervis| has been so good that no case has traced to oysters during 1918." Copeland explained that not only the oysters but beds from which they whether from outside or inside dealers who lack curtificates be reported to him at once, Six Cent Tr TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 31.—The ap- plication of the Jersey Central Trac- denied by the State Board of Public board decided, however, that ¢ pany could charge 6 cents with free May Raise Rail Supervi wi re en # Fo a 01 PR eA Pee LONDON, Aug. 31.—Criminal ft- tempts have been made on the life of the Bolshevik Premier, at , according to a Russian wire- \less message received here to-day! katerinburg on July 26. e Russian capital dated Aug. ine was wounded. IN, ‘al attempts have been made the life of Lenine since he Premier of the Bolshevik Government in November, 1817, fol- the overthrow of the Russian 1 dynasty. On Jan. 16, 1918, an attempt was © assassinate him at Petro- going to the Institute in an automobile. shots were fired at Lenine's car, but he was uninjured, Another attempt was made on his the night of Jan, 31, when a man in a student's uniform the Bolshevik headquarters Smoiny Institute and fired a The INGTON, Aug. 31.—Ninety- including all Con- W. C. A., representatives of| for| the American Bank and a number of citizens left Moscow Petrograd on a special train Aug. 26. American been turned over to the Swedish Con- interests previously had| the Americana were the Ital- tary Mission of seventy-oae. transmitted to-day the Swedish Government, did it is thought that the British his British and French col- held by the Bolsheviki Gov- LVOSTOK, Monday, Aug. 26 of the Russian military} is probable the 400 Zomstvo and jeader in Transbaikalia, who the Entente The troops offered no resist- the decision of the Allies that st lay down their arms. Red Guard on the Usuri River d have driven the enemy back Prisoners were taken _ Chief Says So on Eve of Season's Opening. Commissioner Copeland pref- with an announcement residents of this city pnoid fever, the re= on of thi 4 if city supply eon, mits, are inspected and that are certified. He asked that ley Fares tn Jersey. mpany for permission to in- ts fares from 5 to 7 cents and 3 cents for each transfer was Commissioners to-da: The om= he o ALLIED ADVANCE IMPERILS GERMANS IN NOYON SALIENT LENNE WOUNDED BODY OFTHECZAR SEPT. 12 DRAF (VIN AN ATTEN | HURLED TOBOTTOM) ENROLLING DY, TO TAKE HS LE Bolshevik Premier Reported in Danger at Moscow—Amer- icans Go to Petrograd. OFDEEPOAL ME Czecho-Slav Officer Brings Details of Death of Nicholas to U. S. Ambassador, ARCHANGEL, Friday, Aug. 16 (By the Associated Press).—No trace was found of the body of the former Em- peror Nicholas of Russia when Czecho-Slovak forces captured Ye- ‘This infor- mation was brought to David R. Francis, the American Ambassador, by a Crecho-Slovak army officer, | Who has arrived at ‘Archangel with despatches from the American Con- sul at Yekaterinburg after a long and perilous trip through two lines of hostile Bolshevik troops. The officer said he had no definite information as to the disposition of | the body of the ex-Emperor, but the | most credited report was that it had | been taken to the deepest pit in the | Yekaterinburg coal mine and there destroyed. The officer was unable to learn the whereabouts of the deposed ‘uler's family except that he knew | they had been spirited away from Yekaterinburg. The execution of the former Em- peror took place on July 16. So far as the officer was able to learn the Commandant of the Yekaterinburg Soviets, who was reported to be a sailor, killed Nicholas with a revolver, Red Guards who were commanded to kill their former Emperor refused, as also did a Lettish firing party: Cossacks entered the city on July 26, the main body of Czecho-Slovak forces arriving two days later. The Bolshevik troops in their flight car- ried away with them a large quantity of gold and platinum. The officer declared that the Czecho-Slovak, Pole and Cossack of- ficers and volunteers formed a great united army which was making steady progress and winning battles. He termed the Bolshevik communi- cations to the contrary as untrue, The people of the villages and towns, he added, welcomed the Czecho- Slovak forces with food and flowers, pli Hencinlie OPPRESS ESTHONIA, Schools Cloned Newspapers Censored, and Food Rations Cat. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 31—An official Esthonian courier bound for France who has arrived here states that the Germans are suppressing the Esthonian national life and culture in every way, Newspapera are censored, he said, and schools are closed or are being Ger- manized, while Esthonian music is for- bidden, Food requisitioning has been instituted and the bread ration has been fixed at a quarter of a kilogram. dally and the meat ration at a quarter of a kilogram weekly, The courier stated that Ger- man oppression was strengthening the national spirit and increasing the pas ve resistance. ietandinesiniiduits THREE TAKEN FOR MURDER. Jersey City Men Accused of Kiting Driver of Silk Track, Three men living in Jersey City were arrested there to-day on a charge of murdering Charles Hilbert, driver of a silk truck, on the afternoon of Aug. 21, near Somervile, N. J. They were: Patrick Cutone, twenty, No. 136 Broadway; George Gardner, twenty, No. 20 Stagg Street, and Thomas Hines, nineteen, No. 16 Berkley Place, ‘There is no evidence to connect them with the murders of A. L, Kupfer and idith Janny in Rahway, according he Jersey City police.’ The last ice theory had been that the slayers e truck driver Killed Kupfer and Miss Janny to get Kupfer’s automobile for thelr escape el eubieneneen CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS. With net changes from previous close, cers’ Pay. natructed hun- nm the upper nes oe Reet Ftttet lett lteee letiet +] teeet [ttetett RUSE OF FRENCH AGE BRINGS DOWN FOE PLANES Sends Machine Gun Bullets at ; Enemy While Apparently Fix. | ing Engine. PARIS, Avg. 22 Correspondence of the Associated Press).—With forty-one official victories to his credit, which in a the French service signifies that he has (Cominued from First Page.) brought down p bly double that number, D don, the second that all men in the now registration | French ace to have the most accepted for general service will be) unique tac r adroit manoeuv- under arma by Sune 20, 1918. ting is said to be second only to the ck, nal holidays far NO SPECIFIC PROVISION FOR) first French ace, Rene We SEPARATE CLASSIFICATION. Maddon takes occ The Man Power Bill mak no over the German lines. His particular specific provision for separate classi |hobby is to settle near some enemy fication of eighteen-year-old bo} airdrome and to play around it until he and War Department plans for their|has aroused his boche adversaries. treatment have been made on execu-|They start after him, thinking that he tive initiative, Although the “work;has been brought there by engine or fight” clause, which would lave) trouble, and just at the moment when affected striking workmen, was (aken| they are ready to pounce upon him he out of the bill before pa yes- | showers them with a load of incendiary terday. Provost Marshal neral/ bullets from his machine guns. Crowder has planned to apply vig-| ‘This method forces the boche avi- orously existing regulations relating | ators to earth, either willingly or by to idle men or those engaged in non- Feeehe newly | orce Of Rravitation, It is said that hia | |record of forty-one victories was made possible largely by these tactics, essential employment registered men. ‘The Man-Power Bill was signed to- day by presiding officers of the House and Senate and sent to the White House for the President's signature, which made the measure law, The President at once signed and issued the proclamation carrying the new draft provisions into action, After citing the law and staiing the regulations for registration, tho President's proclamation read as fol- lows: “Fifteen months ago the men cf the country from twenty-one to thir- To Arrest Gamble ings 8 As the result of complaints that gambling devices were being used to jsell War Savings Stamps, District At- jtorney Swann to-day called for the arrest on sight of persons found dis- posing of stamps in that way, in War Sav- — Socialist Conference Dincredited. ty years of age registered. Threo LONDON, Aug. — 31.—Hjzalmar months ago and again last month|Pranting, the Swedish Socialist leader, those who had just reached the ag? |qiscredits reports of an international of twenty-one were added. It NOW| gocjalist conference at Interlaken, remains to include all men between | Switzerland, according to a Copen: the ages of eighteen and forty-five.” |hagen despatch to the Exchange Tele- graph Company ays that it may “This is not a new policy. A ) tury and a quarter ago it was ¢ liberately ordained by those who were then responsible for the safety and defense of the nation that th that Austrian and onferring, but mpottance. if s are «18 of no duty of military service show a rea ttle Girl upon all ablesbodied men between the ¥ i ages of eighteen and forty-five. We MR ning 31, Jennie now accept and fulfill the obligation |Tobla, nine years old, of No. 67 Sumner which they established, an obligation |Avenu®, while playing on the roof of an expressed in our national statute4|hight, fell over the Hit Roe eee from that time until now. WelShe Was instantly ki solemnly purpose a decisive victory of arms and deliberately to devote the larger part of the mi itary man power of the nation to the accomplishment of that purpose. “The younger men have from the first ‘been ready to go, They have furnished voluntary enlistments out of all proportion to their numbers. Our military authorities regard them Spend Labor Da at Manhattan Beach st Baths as having. the highest combatant Now GaSe qualities, ‘Their youthful enthusiasm, eA Cen Sereres) their virile eagerness, their gallant pe OT spirit of daring make them the ad- Mins wero Tie Miration of all who see them in ac- ri tion. They covet not only the dis- Week, Dag ‘| tinction of serving in this great war, but also the inspiring memories which hundreds of thousands of them will cherish through the years to come, of a great day and a great service for their country and for mankind. “By the men of the older group now called on the opportunity now opened to them will be accepted with the calm resolution of those who re- alize to the full the deep and solemn significance of what they do. Hav ing made a place for themselves in their respective communities, having ‘Sundays and Molidays Week Days. Shannon's Band. assumed at home the graver respon- a New Hath sibilities of life in many spheres, look- —s fare Set, ing back upon honorable records in ~ Han ball Conrts, vi if Medicine Rall, Bassball, Lanch | Koo, civil and industrial life, they will real- ize as perhaps no others could how | entirely their own fortunes and the) fortunes of all whom they love are} put at stake in this war for right | and will know that the very records they have made under this new duty, the commanding duty of their lives They know how surely this is the nation’s war, how imperatively it de- mands the mobilization and massing of all our resources of every kind, They will regard this call ag the su- prome call of their day and will an- swer it accordingly. “Only a portion of those who regis- ter will be called upon to bear arms. ‘Those who are not physically fit will be excused, those exempted by alien allegiance. those who should not be relieved of their present responsi- bilities; above all, those who cannot be spared from the civilian and in- dustrial tasks at home upon which the success of our armies depend as much as upon the fighting at the front. | “But all must be registered in or-/| der that the selection for miltiary service may be made intelligently and with full information. This will be our final demonstration of loyadty, democracy and the will to win, our solemn notice to all the world that we stand absolutely together in a common resolution and purpose, It is the call to duty which ery true man in the country will respond with pride and with the consciousness that in doing so he plays his part in vindication of a great cause at whose summons every true heart of- fers its supreme service. ———— GIRL KILLED BY AUTO. Ran Down as She Crossed Street. With Ice Cream Cone, Anna Hallinan, six years old, of No. 757 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, wes Go there by Brighton Beach BR. R! Traina from Brooklyn Bridge to} ad Bay Station and change} Manhattan Reach Car. Commencing Sunday, Sept. 1 The Sunday World Magazine DIVIDENDS DECLARED, Ee amet onG WE SRT atts on the plier, consisted of a black coat and trousers, straw hat, red dotted necktie and @ white shirt, with the pame “H. Dow” on the collar band, on Sept. 8.