The evening world. Newspaper, September 9, 1918, Page 1

ose eer TELEGRAPH AND MAIL SERVICE OF U. S. TO BE CONSOLIDATED 8 to 46 See Registration Details Evening World Today. YW mula PRICE | TWO CENTS. “Circulation Books Open to All.” Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World). NEW “YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, “Circulation Books Open to All.’ | 1918, 14 ce Fair To-Night; Tuesday Fair, Slightly Warmer, HAIG MOVING AGAINST ST. QUENTIN; FRENCH MENACE LA FERE AND LAON US. TELEGRAPA AND MAILSERUGE IS TOBE MERGED. Surveys Being Made for Con-| « solidation Which Will Be Un- | der Burleson’ 's Direc tion, : SAVE MAN POWER IS AIM.} Telegraph Messengers May De liver Special Letters and Mail Men Night Lettergrams. Borveys are being made golidation o* the nation’s mail and telegraph services under the direc- tion of the Postmaster General. Offices will be merged where it ts convenient, Telegraph messenger boys will deliver special delivery let ters in some cases, and in others let-| ter carriers will deliver night tele- graph letters. Instruct s from the Post Office De. partment say that in investigating the possibilities of consolidations in| { \the various cities only the cheapen- ‘ing and improvement of the service] 4 for the benefit of the public is to b conaidered, and that conflicting “pri- vate or corporate interests" are to bi ignored. The investigations are being throughout the country » tees composed of rep for a cole made commit- ntatives of the teelgraph companies and th local postmasters. he work for the companies is under the gene supervision of J. C. President and General Ma the Western Union, with J. I Nathan, general superintendent of | “ the company, in direct charge. Mr, Willever told an Evening World Teporter to-day that the surveys now being made will determine the details of the plan, which will then be submit. | ted for the approval of the Postmaster General. “Ever since the Government took over the telegraph and telephone sys- Willever, CLAIRE (drugged), BROOKLYN WOMAN WHO SLEW CHL newspaper somment en their busi- - neath (Continued om Ninth Page) eheulla bs avoided. n Call MRS. NIENSTADT | SENATE INQUIRY HINTED | INTO “GASLESS SUNDAY” on Fuel Adminis- ‘| Brooklyn Woman, Daughter She Slew and Child, _fo Whom, With Another, She Gave Chloroform WILMA (slain). BRITISH MINISTER URGES AMERICANS aged and not lcss- FRENCH ADVANCE WEAKENS GRIP OF GERMANS ON GOBAIN FOREST : U. S. ARTILLERY BOMBARDING | : STRONG GERMAN POSITION ON LINE BEFORE RHEIMS : Six-Inch Guns Smashing Trenches on La a Petite Montagne, Which Rises 250 : Feet in Height. sc | BAKER. HOW IN FRANCE, SEES TORPEDOED TRANSPORT WITH THE IN FRANCE, —American artillery has opened a ot Petite erfully fortified 0 feet at the | heavy bombar Le ment po elght which rises fontagne, a Cables Daniels Praising Morale of Mount Vernon’s Men and Heroism of Officers. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Secretary of War Baker, who has just arrived in| ance, has cabled Secretary Daniels that he visited the transport Mount Ver- | non when it arrived in port, damaged by a U boat torpedo. He paid a high tribute to the morale and efficient sea- manship of the sbip's cre The cablegram follor 1 th “I have just visited and viewed the os which comman Mount Vernon. ‘The high spirited morale *| batter Jot its men and the asterful seamanship is Rael has the f fficers make auch a| 2] mountain stronghold most unhealthy | >| for the German ba bomt point where the the Aisne and dips toward Rheim This height is the key position to the enemy front In that region, It ts furrowed with a strong trench sys- tem, and* its slopes and crest are >| defended with thick belts of barbed wire, American batteries, Jncluding many six-inch guns, are huriing hun- dreds of shells Ir » slopes and onto the up wire, searching out ¢ nted, wood ed ravines infested machine with each side captain and stirring story of heroism that I wish all the Germans Nation might know the splendid way n which that huge transport mot and «d the attempt to destroy it at sea. traditions of your service are s of country in /riched by their conduct in this emer- |weney.” “BRITISH FLYERS DESTROY EIGHT MORE FOE AIRPLANES Captive Balloon Also Put Out of ries behind the Aisne . Fismes and the h explosives |T replied, back are * |haphazard ove their search for Simultaneous: lery with w our gun positions the American art erful ac was + | smashing the Aisne bridges behind the Germans who are still on the southern | bank of the river. Five bridges had been forn up. ‘The enemy line from the Aisne south- uracy eastward a athe Sta Ee ne Commission Saturday—Three teaus toward theime much fC a : ? = same ag it was § The Ger- Machines Missing. mans early to-day w Iding with LONDON, Sept. 9.—Eight enemy alr- of the table. British Troops Are Attacking Gou- zeaucourt on the Hindenburg Line and Their Patrols Are Said to Have Passed Through Epehy- LONDON, Sept. 9.—Despatches from the battlefronts in’ France show that Allied troops are keeping up their hard blows on this, the fifty-third, day of the offensive, and are making steady headway at many points on the line. Officially Gen. Haig reported only artillery engagements and the repulse of an enemy attack last night, but press reports say the British troops pressed ahead to-day on the front between Peronne and St. Quentin. British patrols have occupied the towns of Vermand, five and a half miles northwest of St. Quentin and Vendelles, two miles north of Vermand. The French are now only four miles from St. Quentin and cavalry patrols are close to La Fere. The French now hold the Crozat Canal on practically its whole length. The British this morning attacked Gouzeaucourt, south- east of Havrincourt Wood. They are on the western and north- |ern edges of Epehy, within 2% miles of the Hindenburg line op” posite Le Catelet, and their patrols are reported to have passed through the village. Practically all the ground taken by the Germans in the offensive which began on March 21 is now in the hands of the Allies. FRENCH AT GATES OF LA FERE PARIS, Sept. 9.—French forces during the night advanced toward’ + Quentin from the south and also gained in their thrust against La Fere from the north, according to to-day's War Office communique, St. Gobain in the wooded hill country centering in Le Fere is tenable only with difficulty, (The St. Gobain forest is ore of the strongest defenses of Laon.) The French can attack via Servais at the north, via Fresnes at the south and via Barisis and Aulers, {La Fere is one of the principal Allied objectives, It {s behind the Hindenburg line, 12 miles south of St, Quentin. The town is one of the strongest points in the Hindenburg defense system and is of the highest strategic importance.] ,_ French troops have crossed the Crozat Canal, opposite Liez, three iniles southwest of Vendeuil. St Two strong German counter-attacks were repulsed by the French in the Laraux region northeast of Soissons. The French took eighty pris- mers belonging to five different regiments, BRITISH FORCES PRESS ON, WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, ress).—Field Marshal Haig's forces this Cept. 9 (Associated morning advanced ii the area vest and northwest of St. Quentin and are now five miles from the Hin- They The formidable thrust north of the Arras-Cambrai Road. (The Arras-Cambral road crosse denburg line are still pressing forward, British also snade a § the Canal du Nord six miles from Cambral.) ad and Roisel is British forces have anced to the east of Roisel, about seven miles of Peronne, now under heavy fire from the Cerman mg range guns. The enemy is reported to be leaving Heudecourt, soutli- vest of Gouzeaucourt, in response to continuous pressure. The crowded determination to the tops [planes and one captive balloon were de- Pema” he gaits, “ly Bas beep. obvious n for Facts on Gasoline lands, It is mainly the strength Of|stroyed by British airmen on Sept 7, that such changes and consolidations Le Petite Montagne—now being bat- [er aint would be made as would make for Supply. parediwhioh ike Lup the Ameri-| _ sx | in the air on Sept. 7, but a good deal power. | right o! Jin nore prison ‘| “I cannot tell exactly what changes | | la za Iuding five [% #ftilery observation was carried out, will be made hore, but I predict that | e| _ ery erisee tN Pe APT Pa ~ [pat Hos boabines nies 618 contac ‘Where it is convenient tho post office! jing at Cot in Detroit to Get sary to Continue Present En- ompanied by a trained enger missing take over the telegraph quarters, ; ‘ avn | a A dor ns wore dropped Mea thomas canen tho companies |; Nits. Nignstadt’s Story, ergy in Order to Win, aon ae = ay Ga QUHhie the tear trsteur holier bi offices will be used, It will all _ - PRISONERS night bombing machines all returned pend on the cost, and the promotion} Heside a cot in a hospital at D LONDON, Sept. 9 oz the} HUNGRY U.S, ately." of efficiency and the conservation of} trait Mich. Mrs. ern + lll WURREDLY ADOPTS Al Pe anti greets WORK AT BAYONET POINT >_> Me, Willever eald he could not telt| *t%dt No, S51 Gates Ave SENATE DRY ZONE PLAN! : Bale. renee teer9) Mliney, pleted or what would be the nature of | « pr-in-law, Mr n } an inquiry to-d the f Site the report to the Postmaster General a 4 Italy Prote to U. S. Against Wine | letter to the 8 Cor ay | | ish | ean whether provision was tale Peau iea terday| Inport Feature of Prohibl. tm New York Man Said to Have Tried Made for the dinentangling shot her seven-year-old daughter, | tion Bill n toa Uplked Blatoe the view la curs|. 7am HAQUS to Intl wervices after the war, he de ed | | 4 ' 4 that nothing was being considered] Wilma, and began to chloroform her| WASHINGTON 9.—Without aj rent that our recent successes on tt an , now except economy of service and] other two — children amin, |disser gia ie tonday paanad | front pave f RECE t J Usosk ed conservation of man-power, and that| twelve, and Cla nin old. a few i i th $ urgent of hu rAm pee ‘ js | the reconstruction problem would/It is believed she planned suicide, |S°0te h prohibition zon Meese Bai ay r A have to take care of itself when it] too. lacing. @ fact peininas “green \ “ Hite nes 4 fi . ‘ comes up. rhe full th aged pya 1 production ; A bade pees M 4 1. f M ('mhe joint reports of the commit which Was almost quadruy h a om view 5 ‘ he 90,000 ba throughout the country are to b tory that the elder Mrs, N adt,| Ay ’ rn Me : iise \ A , | warded to the Postmaste General, th: . en, | w tim n Bi LJ e . ‘ bd . of ad dhe paid ree and when the members disagrec an ie ono | ‘ on { loca] Postmaster will send a separa h 1 | : Alle : a ney ; ye ; report direct to Mr, Burleson, All 8 Fae Di Cellere, | Tul ak te oe : . tors relating to costs and the releas | Nie n ge ps 5 M1 4 a 4 : ing of men for war work will be gon | dune ago, wa I , 1 when a men |,, r 1 day | y sasuredly we w s _— w ra into thoroughly. she had expecte n married | py ! f we get t . ' App Postmaster Patton was in conference | anc r I A ‘ . SENATE HITS AT DISLOYAL. ‘ 4 all morning, but it was said at his| M cht t 1 et Ave Pentre i ee eh nee ei wdee h office that the plan was being consid- | Lie M pa ¥ Tanlacate wine te . ; ered and that practical details a} t N ana ys heat ; ‘ety! ‘ be discussed at a meeting this atter- | 199 pre ' i oon. Instructions to local postimas ’ ‘ ters are said to provi hat “the su- | ¢ rt > . perintendents will exercice care not 1 f THE WOKLD TRAVEL BUREAU, to let their conclusions be known lo lren 4 An Seaid) Ws cally and avoid, as far as possible, | cider Nienstadts, A wee and | a ne measu er dl 400 |e 1 h birele apes dag end aod Uraveiim checks Cor , ibid babes GANS) Gd BAVA) BUGCUNS, ealebdete y trenches at Oppy, east of Arras, are being heavily gassed, Fires the last few hours fires have beeis within @ at sor bserved at Douai. In Flander ed another 1,500 yards to the west s learned that the Germans of the River | ys to April offensive, nly old or capt y to the east ured guns TORY FROM BERL ) (via London).—Ente Allied attacks north of fe \ epulsed by the Germans, who ul ued to-day by the Germen Setween the Ailette and Aisne Rivers, the statement adds, the French were rgpulsed along the whole front with sanguingsy losses, : ‘ | 4