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‘tite edge of the town of Vailly on the Aisne. vy two miles on an eleven mile front. dn their attack south of the River Aisne the French Chemin-des-Dames and it also endangers Laon. costs. torily. SPS ce ; | Occupies Auchy-Lez-La Bassee 1 and Improves Positions on the ee St. Quentin Front. ment issued to-day by the British War Office. tions at Gouzeaucourt and Havrincourt were unsuccessful. were beaten off. ‘of Hesbeacourt and Jeancourt.” 500,000 MEN ENGAGED IN St. Mihiel Salient in Dash. By Lincoln Eyre. Copyright, 1918, sion newly arrived in the sector. ‘With our present front. erably under our barrages. ‘than have the people of any of the other French provinces. The City of Toul took a tary police. dented in all the annals of tankdom. with staiwart rearguards. ew trench lines. detende U.S. DRAFT REGISTRATION * MAY NOT BE AS FAR OVER 13,900,000 AS EXPECTED | |day to new exemption out. The days military service of the nile for all skilled Indications Are New York City Will Show Only About 96 Per Cent, of Advance Estimate, WASHINGTON, Sept, 14.—Returns from ‘more populous sections of the eountry recelved by the Provost Mar- g@hal General's office to-day indicate that the man-power — registration ‘Dhureday had not run so far above ‘the 13,000,000 estimatae as appeared promi yesterday, New York, on the basis of partial incomplete returns, wil show about 96 per cent. of the ad- estimated. Chicago and De- also are reporting fewer men on 8 to 21 and 82 to 45 year classes they were estimated to have. boards were instructed to-day | ¢0, mail out until Oct. 12 question- os Britain depots arranged where erly, ora LONDON, Sept. George, M4.— who suffered speech at Manchester, There hi the Premier's temperature, lows: OMcers—killed, 66: 1,699; missing, 103; total, The French advanced for a distance of between one and ‘The German counter-attacks against the French on the Allette River “front appeared to have been weak, although the front line was strongly held. The German prisoners say that they had orders to hold it at ali The attack of the French forces in the direction of the Forest of Coucy, at the southern end of the St. Gobain Massit, was progressing satistac- HAIG MAKES NEW ADVANCE; REPULSES GERMAN ATTACKS in Flanders! LONDON, Sept. 14.—Field Marshal Haig’s forces have occupied! Wuchy-Lez-La Basse jn the Lys sector, according to the official announce: | Several attempts made by the Germans to recover their former posi- “In the course of the night a strong bombing and liquid fire attack ‘was made on the British positions northwest of Gouzeaucourt. ‘This attack | temporarily forced a British advanced post to withdraw, but the Germans “As the result of the British progress yesterday in the district north. | west of St. Quentin, the British line has been established east of the villages | FIRST GREAT U. S. BATTLE Thousands of Prisoners Taken When Per- shing Closes Pincers on the Famous by The Préss Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) . ‘WITH THE AMERICAN 18T ARMY IN LORRAINE, Sept. Ast Army's operation for the obliteration of the St. Mibiel salient yester- day achieved a measure of success impossible to foresee or hope for. Our divisions attacking from the west early yesterday joined hands ‘with those pushing up from the south at Vigneulles, and as a result of this Maison Pershing’s pincers squeezed many thousands of German and Austro- German effectives in the territory lying between Vigneulles and St. Mibiel. The booty captured in guns and supplies bad not yet been officially estimated, but one division alone captured forty-three cannon. the prisoners is a Colonel! and his entire staff, and most of the men of the 419th Regiment of the 77ta Prussian Division were in the bag, the neck of which our troops firmly knotted. At Vigneulles we caught an entire divi- The enemy is rushing reserves to the Hindenburg line, running a couple of miles north and roughly parallel His only counter attack against Thiaucourt yesterday perished mis- In all the war, Lorraine has never known so tremendous a manifesta- tion of enthusiasm as has greeted the victory of the Americans, whom the Lorrainers have known long and intimately—ionger and more intimately iday this afternoon to watch the endless Procession of German prisoners file back under guard of American mili- The tanks played an especially brilliant role tn the battle. One small Ghariot of assault, manned by Lieut. Joseph Knowles of San Francisco and Sergt. Clyde Graham, a professor of the University of Maine, took the Villages of Essey and Pannes by storm, captured a battery of Krupp guns, twenty-two machine guns and seventy prisoners. It was a feat unprece- The tanks did gallant work on a ridge which the enomy was holding At one town, which was almost altogether a tank conquest, the chariots of assault laid a machine gun barrage on a pair of German flyers swooping low with a fusillade into the infantry and brought one of them down in flames, At most points, however, the tanks were handicapped by the speed of the infantry’s advance. Our men hiked three miles in two hours, always exposed to shells and machine gun volleys, ‘and over ;round dog-eared by our bombardment and seamed with old and One brigade commander travelled so fast behind his troops that the ‘telephone Linemen, who are rapid voyagers themselves, couldn't keep up ‘with him. On the left of our southern front of attack the surprising ease ‘with which a certain town fell into our hands was the feature of the morning's battling. We had planned simply to surround it and starve its British and Canadians have 30 in which to enter their armies before becoming liable to the United States Following out its notice of yester- executives to ask ———- —_—_ deen @ favorable falling in | his week's pub- Mashed casualties totatied 21,756, as fol- 3 2,265, “killed (3612; wounded, 14.330; ieee f i 14.—The men, railroad administration ordered local union ficial and minor executives will as- sist in filling out questionnaires to present the exemption claims prop- jer @ chil, accom: panied by high temperature, after his Thursday, Progrem#ing satisfactorily, according to fn aimouncement made ‘this afternoon ‘Singes and the villages of Allemont and Sancy. The French also reached | free Fronts Where Allies Smashed Foe also made satis- factory progress and captured prisoners. The advance of the French Whreatens to turn the flank of the German defensive positions on the fe Pacer The map shows, by its shaded por- Among tions, the territory gained by the French, British and Americans in their offensives started July 17. In the Flanders sector the British have practically wiped out the Lys River salient and are astride the Hinden- bura line. the Picardy region, the All made their greatest gains. Further to the west, the Americans have ob- literated the St. Mihiel Friday and have reached the German frontior at Pagny. $1,385 IN PAPER BUNDLE IS STOLEN IN DAYLIGHT Money Was for Payroll and Em- ployer and Crowd in Chase Failed To Recover It. Raimondo Monarco of No. 183 Wil- loughby Street, Brooklyn, drew $1,385 last night from the bank, took it © and divided it in amounts to cover his payroll for sixty employees at No. 6 Tillary Street. He started downtown with it this morning, To camouflage the coin he wrapped it in 4 newspaper, which he carried under his arm. There was a tug at the he stepped on a Willoughby Street car and the money was gone. He Jumped from the car and rolled ove When he got on his feet well-built’ man running ad of him, He cried “murder” and “police” and a crowd Joined In the chase, but the well- bullt man with the well-filled news- paper disappeared up an alley and Wak seen no more ——<——___ TWO U. S. FLYERS INTERNED Alrmen Landed in Switrerian Says Geneva Despate PARIS, M4.—An American air plane has landed near Fahy, in Switzer: land, acconing to @ despatch to Lc Journal from Ge The two avi- ators were interned, OLD GLORY DEFIES FLAMES. Chie bundle ax in the dust he saw a ha block own the of- Sept, Lioyd Firemen Keep Fla, ing Over Dauilding, CHICAGO, Bept. 14.—Thow js of spectators ata fire in Wabash Avenue, | ne 14th Street, late last night red as they watched an Ameri- can flag waving above the flames. With the roof of the building ablaze and fiames shooting up about the flagstaff, the firemen succeeded saving the national emblem, when the fire was brought under control the fl was atill flying. acturing company, suttered Toss Rit, eee 68 res shipment were vi wou andes, A little further south, in) ector by their! dashing advance of Thursday and) in and FOE IS STEADILY RETIRING, BURNING STORES AS HE GOES, REPORT FROM GEN. PERSHING varices 12 Miles, Before Him t WASHI statement, covering y sterday’s oper: junction of our troops advancing salient to points twelve miles nort in the capture of many prisoners. of ten miles at the deepest point. of prisoners counted has risen to court and Vieville. Herbeuville-Thiliet, Hattonville, St. Benoit-Xammes, Jaulny, Thiau- LATEST OFFICIAL REPORTS Closes Up Entire St. Mihiel Salient and Ad- Driving Germans ‘0 the Moselle. GTON, Sept. 14.—The text of Gen, Pershing’s official ‘ations, says In the St. Mihiel sector we have achieved further successes. * The from the south of the sector with those advancing from the west has given us pcssession of the whole fneast of St. Mihiel and has resulted (This would indicate an advance ) Forced back by our steady advance, the enemy is retiring and destroying large quantities of material as he goes. The number 13,300. Our line now includes | FRENCH. PARIS, Sept. 14.—~The French War ‘Office announced to-day that there | | | | | BAN | was nothing new to report The above was evidently Issued be- fore the new French attack started this morning. GERMAN. BERLIN (via London), Sept. 14. Following 1s the report issued to-day by the War Office: “South of Ornes and also on the Verdun-Ktain road the enemy at- tempted to advance but was repulsed, (These points are portheast of Ver- dun.) ‘ “On the battlefront between the heights of Lorraine and the Moselle (St, Mihiel district) the day passed with moderate fighting activity. The enemy did not continue his attacks yesterday, East of Comb and northwest of Théiaucourt the enemy felt his way toward our lines. There were hoval engagements east of Thiaucourt.” acl U BOAT ATTACK ON SHIP ONLY TARGET PRACTICE Armed Guard of One Steamer Re- ports That It Fired at Spar and Other Vessel Took Alarm, WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—A report received by the Navy Department to- the armed guard of an day from American sbip apparently explained an earlier report, that a German sub- marine had been seen last Thuraday 200 miles off the Atlantic Coast in the act of shelling a vessel. ‘The armed guard reported that on the same date and at approximately the same point a teat of the ehitp's guns was being made with a floating spar as @ target, While the firing was in progress u steamer Was seen to pass and disappear in the distance Nav otficlals were careful to say, however, that they do not dismiss re- ports that German submarines are cruising some distance off the Ameri- | withdraw BRITISH. LONDON, Sept. 14.—Following is the text of to-day’e War Office re- por “At Havrineourt the enemy tacked yesterday morning at- in force | under cover of a heavy artillery fire He penetrated the eastern portion of the village, but after hard fighting the attacking infantry was driven out and our positions restored. “North of Havrincourt we advanced slightly between the village 1. and the In the evening the enemy at- | tacked east of Trescault and gained a footing in our trenches. driven out immediately, | number of dead. “A strong night bombing attac with liquid fire was made against our positions northwest of Gouzcaucourt. After forcing our advanced posts to| this attack was also suc- | ssfully beaten off. here was local fighting yesterday in the Moeuvres sector without ma- terial change. “At night the He was leaving a| = nemy attacked south | of Moeuvres but was repulsed. last “We established new posts ‘night on the bank of the Canal du} neighborhood of Sauchy- erger. we 00- the and opposite Oisy-le- La Bassee sector Nord in Cauchy “In the cupied Auchy-le9-La Bassee “Prisoners in the operations of the Third Army, which won a complete success in the Trescault-Havrincourt sector Sept. 12, now exceed 1,500, As @ result of progress made yesterday northwest of St, Quentin, our line has been established east of Bihecourt and Jeancourt.” GERMAN BATTERY CAPTURED BY TWO BRITISH AIRMEN Enemy Trying to Remove Fiekl Guns With Horses When Flyers Open Fire. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES ON BRITISH FRONT, Aug. 24 (Cor- respondent of , Associated Press.)—The eaptul of a German battery by two British airplanes was one of the unique incidents of the recent fighting m this area. e two airplanes, fighting scouts sent out to harry the German infantry in the course of an important “local action” undertaken by the British and American troops, had dispersed a bat- talion of German infantry marching up »ward the battla area, when they sighted @ quarter mile behind the ¢ man line, & susplelous group of ob- jects under trees, Near the objects were 40 or 60 horses, evidently being harnessed. The Germans were trying to remove a battery of fleld guns be- fore the British and American infantry appeared on the scene, Without horses this task would be impossible so the airmen decided that the horses must be either killed or stampeded, The airmen dived down until they were less than 100 fe from the gronud, Then they opened fire, aiming at the guns and the de- moraliaed = gunnera, Ant secking chiefly to frighten the horses as much as possible. ‘The drivers de- and the animals Then the airplanes wero ned toward the battery and the fields. int can coasts, jmach bit of information tebdin jocate enemy aerate vcoatiae lines ev! eed vo eer Kiake pee he guns and ed red and the the Gefence imly hi them verte the Brits confor, a ¢ !'rwo false alarms of German #ubma- |rines made | passengera on an American Uner which |to the coast when the alarms were re- | Steamer From West Indies Scurries ‘SAILOR UNIFORM GETS HIM » in AND GERMANS STILL SAY THEY CARRIED OUT MOVE “ACCORDING TO PLAN” Claim That Counter Attacks Neighborhood of —Thiaucourt Checked the Advance. MSTERDAM, Sept. 11.—A A semi-oMcial statement is- sued In Berlin regarding the St. Mihlel battle declares: emy attacks which gained ground jn the direction of Thiau- court until otr counter-attacks checked them were unable to prey vent the carrying out of our movements ac veording 10 8} to plan.” FALSE U BOAT AT ALARMS STIR SHIP PASSENGERS Close to Coast When Warn- ing Is Received. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. MW things interesting for the from scurried the in West close to-day vessel Indter. elved, Among the thirty-two passengers was Dr. Samuel Leikert, a Government ex- pert on sanitation, who has been eerv- ing for years in the Canal Zone. He is going into active service for the army now, Lat he made a tour of Cuba and he brings the word that Cuba’s participation in the war ts ex- pected to be much greater from now on. The ship also brought seven young Americans who have been working in Cuban sugar mills and who are about to enter military service. They said the sugar crop this year is expected to be 3,30,000 tons and probably 4,000,000 next year. FOOD AND BED TWO WEEKS Recognized on Street by Detective, Youth Admits He Had No Right to Clothes. Detective Woodle of the Hamburg Avenue Station, Brooklyn, took a sec- ond look at a youth In a sailor's unt- Then he thok a third look and form. arrested the wearer, who admitted he} was Charles Ortner, recently paroled | from the House of Refuge. | “I remembered him," said Woodle, “Decause a couple of years ago, when 1 arrested him on 4 bi charge, he pointed ont forty-eight houses that he said he had robbed.” had Ortner admitted he traded his ‘EXIT THE STRAW HAT! NEW YORK NOW FACES PROBLEM OF STYLES “Shall | Buy New Headgear or Let U. S. Do It?” Is Question for Many Men. XIT the straw bat—and then? ‘To-morrow, Sept. 15, New York's Inst day of grace for straws, will bring with it for @ majority of the male population an unprecedented question, to wit! “Shall I buy a new fall hat now or walt a while and let the Gov- ernment do it?” The same thing applies to suits and overcoats. Tweed or khaki? Why buy a new outfit now if the draft board is going to prescribe a different style next month? The tailors and the hatters say that trade is bound to be slack until the host of eighteen-to~ forty-fivers are classified and know where they are at. ———-_—> AMERICANS ON THE AISNE ADVANCE THEIR LINE of Improve Positions Southeast Villers-en-Prayeres and North- west of Revillon. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISNE FRONT, Thursday, Sept. 12 (Associated = Press).—-American fantrymen operating on this front ad- at vanced their line slightly several points southeast of Villers eres to the northwest of Revillon to-day, An American raiding party was sent nemy to the east of before daylight to- The party brought back a few ‘There was the usual amount day. prisoners. of artillery firing during the day. CAPTAIN OF BARK CLAIMS TO HAVE SUNK TWO U BOATS Havana El Mundo Prints Story Re- lated by Yankee Skipper Who Put in After Storm. HAVANA, Sept. 14.—Two enemy submarines which she encounterea when 200 miles out from its port of departure were sunk by an American bark, according to a story published in El Mundo to-day. The bark, with 129 board, bound from an Atlantic port of the United States for Central Amer. took refuge in a Cuban port this week from a storm, The Captain, ccorting to El Mundo, made @ rt in writing of the en- counter the submarines, which were sighted by the passengers. with in-! GNCNAAT POLE. STILL ON STRIKE; BOY SCOUTS SERVE. eataaded manne Home Guard Members Patrol | City While Force Remains Out for Second Day. j CINCINNATI, Sept. 4.—A small batch of bluecoated policemen and a large batch of drab-attired Home Guards watched over Cincinnati dur- ing the night, and this city awoke this morning to its second day of @ policemen’s strike. When a recapitulation was made by the Police Department its full quota numbered 621 men. Of these §3 men have been called to the colors | and not replaced, 39 sick or on vacations, 104 men have reported for duty while the remaining 395 men are on strike and automaticalfy stand suspended, Six hundred Home ¢ s reported promptly at 7 A. M. to-day and re. lieved the 600 that went on duty last night. This line of procedure will be followed out until the police force ts reorganized. Safety Director Holmes announced to-day that Boy Scouts would be pressed into service to regulate and guide tratlic at the principal corners. There was no disorder repo during t ignt and no prepondel ance of crime displayed itself above what is ordinarily reported. For several months the city potioe- men have been con aiming that fee were underpaid, considering the higl cost of living, and numerous requests for increases had been made. No in- timation that a strike was impending was given until yesterday morning, | when it was learned by Chief of Police Co that the policemen were @ secret m ng. He sent three detectives to the scene of the meeting, but these were denied Half an hour later a demand was presented to Safety Directcr Holmes for an increase from $1,260 a year to $1,500. A note accompanying the de- mand stated that unless it was met by 3 P. M. a strike would be declared. The Safety Director did not answer, and accordingly the second shift men failed to appear. Strikes among the guardians of the public have been spreading since the London Hobbies went out two ae. ‘The helmetted guardians ofthe won their strike in a day. Perhe firemen, of Pittsburich followed with a strike for more pay and got it after being out half a day. Then the firemen of Boston threatened to strike unless more was granted tothem They won o & going out at all. es civfian clothes for the uniform and had gone to the City Park barracks in Brooklyn, where he had eaten, slept and drilled for two weeks, passing in spection easily He was arraigned In the Gates Ave- nue Court to-day and held in $500 bait each on charges of larceny and carry- ing a concealed weapon. FIGHT IN UNDERGROUND AIR CHAMBER PERILS 2° Rough and Tumble Battle Between Two Subway Workers Stopped by Policeman. A rough and tumble fight between two subway workers in @ compressed air chamber 200 feet underground early to-day threw thirty of their fellow workers into a panic and jeop- ardized the lives of all for half hour before Peter Dalton, a police- man of the Bedford Avenue, Brook~ lyn, station, descended and used strong-arm methods to quell the dis: turbance, Shortly after men went down into the air caisson in the subway at the North Seventh Street station, Brook lyn, the foreman above received distress signal, He summoned Matrol- man Dalt who lowered himself in a wire cage 4 found Thomas O'Mal- ley, thirty-eight, of No. 230 Smith Street, and Andrew Peransky, thirty- seven, of No. 109 North Ninth B&treet, fighting furiously while their com- panions looked on terrified in fear they would injure the caisson, Dalton separated O'Malley and Per- ansky, took them to the surface and then to the Williamsburg Hospital, where both were attended for bruises of the face and body, pee FRENCH HONOR GEN.DEBENEY Made Grand OMcer of the Lei of Honor, PARIS, Sept. 14.—General Debeny has been raised to the dignity of Grand OMcer of the Legion of Honor. The citation was made in recognition of pon ai pelliensayr Per aes Mis 0 Rey ey nee HEADS OF ORGANIZED LABOR APPROVE STAND OF WILSON; WAR BOARD DECISIONS “GO” Union Chiefs as Well as Political Leaders at Capital Are Solidly Behind President. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Labor and political leaders alike Ined up to-day behind President Wilson in his message to the Bridgeport machinists’ organization. Incidentally members of the National War Labor Board are happy, because they know from the President's letter that what the Board decides “g00 The machinists had defied the de- cision of the War Labor Board, and he President's message was in eff game or get into uniforn Labor Board has had hard sdding, because it has had to make decisions of great importance to both sides, with no way to enforce them, There was the certainty of displeas- ing one side, and often both sides, KAISER GETTING LIBERAL. Raises Pay of So re to Twenty- five Cents a Day. PARIS, Sept. 14.—The Kaiser, in a te’ 1 to Field Marshal von Hinden burg, announces that he has raised the pay of German private soldiers in the fickt from 70 pfennig per day to a whole mark (almast cents under normal exchange.) Pay books of recently captured sol- @iers indicate that an increase on the gaine scale has been made non-commis sioned officers. Aute Crank Breaks Arm of Men, jorham Brook, LENOX, Mass, Sept. 1. — \nite cranking an automobile Mrs, Gorham Brooks of Boston, daughter o? Mra, brilliant services in stopping the Ger- man drive (oward Amiens last March and the recapture of Montdidier with 12,000 prisoners in August. , Richard C. Dixey, broke ber arm just ‘above the wrist and will have to carry tt in @ sling for several weeks. She ds the autumn et FREDERIC CROWNIXSHIELO, ARTIST AND POET, DEAD : Former Director of Amer emy in Rome Lived in York and Boston, 1, noted arttet ‘ died Frederic Crowninsbi and poet of this city and Boston, yesterday of pneumonia at Capri, Italy, according to despatches received toe day. Mr. Crowninshicld was formerty. director of the American Academy in! Rome, He was borain Boston, Nov 1845, | and studied at Farvard, where he ree ved the bachelor ar arts degree im Later he studied art tn nd Italy, His best known artistic work consists of mural paintings and stained. glass windows, Le also did notable landscape paintings in oll and water 1879 to 1885 he was an Instructor wing and painting at the Museum ton. He became / American Academy in Sy Rome in 1909, and held this position un» / th 1911, From 1900 to 1909 he was President of the Fine Arts Federation of New York. His best known poctic works are “Phe-d! toria Carmina,” "A Painter's Moodg,* “Tales in Metre and Other Poems” yr the Laurel” and “Villa Mire. flore. His New York address was No,” 7 West 43d Street BELISIONS NOTICES, DIED. BYRNE—0n § 12, 1918, PRANOES Vv. BYRNE. ved daughter of Maw, and the inte Jamey Ryrne, iy Fe Funeral from late residence, 252 meat 35th mt. Sunday at 2 P, Salva. M. Interment