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-'v.yAA 'y- 'W'SHH -rr;p$r . riijffi raw !t,?rS'fe'iaiiMa , TPV vn; " .' u W, ', cmeoaer Mz THE WEATHER uentna Washington, Aug, 19. Fair nnrl 'continued! cool tonight; Tuciday, fair and slighty warmer; diminishing tvinds. TBAU'EnATIIItK AT BACn HOCK IJL l? LUlILI 13 I M. 2 1 3 I l S 1B4 I B6 68 I 70 I 72l71 I 73 I 73 t 74 I 74 t THE EVENING TELEGRAPH VOL. IV. NO. 289 l'uMls,ie,l Iialiv tr(M Sunday. 8ubcrlptlon Price: 0 a Year by Mall. 1 copyrliTht. 1018. by the rubllc Ledger Company. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1918 Entered as Second-Clam Matter at the rtntoHIre at Philadelphia, Pa, Under the Act of March 3. 1810. PRICE TWO CENTS 15 'm " ' vkJWAjBPm1 ' JMr i mrmWF pub it t frt : I K r.. K e, r- Xa . 10 FROM HERE GIVE LIVES ON BATTLEFIELD ' Eight ReDOrted WoUllded and Eleven Missing in Action CHESTER BOY KILLED, ANOTHER DISABLED Three Pliilndclphians Previ ously Unaccounted for Now Listed as Dead MEDIA MAN IS HIT Officer Dies as Result of Air plane Accident City's Honor Roll Grows Philadelphia Soldiers in Today's Death List Lieutenant Norman D. Hughes, 1525 North Twenty-ninth street. Corporal Arthur W. Matthew, 1419 Westmoreland street. Corporal Frank W. Kelnhart, 1201 Poplar street. Private Amon F. Flshburn. 1733 North KlnKRold street. Private Frank C. Gant. 3223 Sergeant street. Private Paul P. Zakroska, 3311 East Edgemont street. .Private John Fnclnscy, 2511 South Twenty-eighth street. Corporal Thomas P. Grinnan, 55115 Cellar avenue. Private Ernest II. Katifmati, 6522 Gesner sn-eet. Private Davhl Knapp, 1028 North Lelthgow street. Auguit 19, 1918. (The fnlt Hat of easualtlea announced Imlay by the War Department l printed mi Pate 4. Till. Hat f casualties. received llirnuxti the mails from fhe War Depart ment', la ptibllahed under an agreement wllli officials at Washington. No ma lias been made at this Information In ad vance of publication to obtain plrtnrca n r sketches of the soldier whoar name appear In the Hat. The names of ten more Phlladel phlans have been added to the city's honor roll. General Pershing's casualty lift, made public within the last twenty four hours, also reports twelve soldiers from this city missing and nine wounded, j A soldier from Chester Is reported killed In action ; another-from Chester Is wounded; an enlisted man from Lans dale Is wounded, as Is also one from Media and an officer from Narberth. Three of the Phlladelphlans reported killed had previously been listed as mlss Inr. An officer was killed In an airplane accident, while a private died from the result of an accident. The Chester soldier killed was Private Harry Brust. Tho enlisted man reported missing In action is Private Herman V. Benson. - Today's casualty list contains 400 names. The total for yesterday and today Is 671. The list includes the fol lowing .Phlladelphlans wounded and missing: MISSING IN ACTION Private Joseph Buffo, 128 Mallory street. Private Harry F. Dryer, 2185 South Simpson street. private Louis Mogavero, 1113 Powell street. Private larael Goldstein, 2319 South Beulah street. Private Samuel Tanner, 22S South Third street. Private Harry Wllion, 323 North Seventh street. Private Edward G. Bmrtford, 404 East Brlnghurst street. ' Private Anthony Caverltta, 504 Ells worth street. Private George W. Roberta, 1105 East Chelten avenue. Private Salvatore Slmom, Federal street. Private Jamee B. Clark, 2428 Aspen street. Private Robert T. Hall, 1269 South Bucknell street. WOUNDED SEVERELY Captain Felix, H. Campiano, 0228 Spruce street. ' Sergeant Charles D, Keys, 2809 West Clearfield Btreet. Private Theodore Katr, 1639 South Eleventh street. Private Howard ShoUenberger, 2123 Brandywlne street. Private Andrew BerardloJ, 6002 Mar ket street Private John V. Barron, 2316 East Beuerle, 2401 East Clearfield street. ' Private John V. Gordon street WOUNDED, DEGREE UNDETER MINED Corporal Jacob I. Maylle, 422 North Sixty-first street. Private Frank T. Randall, 2159 Con lyn street. Casualties Prom Nearby Polnta Lieutenant George W. U. Martin. Nar berth, Pa., wounded; Private George Thompson, S20 Mt. .Vernon street, Cam den, N. J severely wounded; Private Alfred Rhodes, Media, Pa., severely Continued on Pate Two, Column Six ALSO TRUE OF HAY FEVER Monday's fair continues cool. Tuesday's fair proves slightly warmer. Van, the flirt, will, as a rule, for the latter shake the former. Ardorsvith the winds diminish. Frost will turelti see their finish. JERSEY MOTHER ' KILLS 3 BABIES; HIDES.IN WOODS! Drowns Twins nnd Shoots 2-Year- Old Near Pitman Grove After killing three of her four "sons i early today. It Is charged, Gertrude 'Powell, wife of Jacob Powell, a farmer living near Pitman Grove, X. J., fled Into woods and last .was seen going , toward Bunker Hill. I Taking her twin sons, Samuel and , Augustus, four months old, from their ' crib before other occupants of the house I were awake. It Is alleged, she drowned them In a vat of water behind the house. Then she carried the., bodies back Into the house and put each In a baby carriage. Her next move. It la said, was to take A.-Stewart Powell, two yearn old, Into a field near the house and shoot him Itf the left side with a shotgun. ' She also stabbed him In the abdomen, the authorities say. Mrs. Powell carried tho boy Into the house and put him on a couch. Plummer Powell, grandfather of the slain children, found tho bodies. The father of the children was In Philadelphia, having brought a load of produce here last night When he re turned today he said his wife had sev eral times threatened to kill the twins and herself. AUT0IST ESCAPES HIGHWAYMEN C. A. Johnson Threatened Near Ocean City by Gunmen C. A. Johnson, vice president of the Newton Coal Company, was held up by a masked highwayman on the outskirts of Ocean City Saturday night Mr John son speeded up his automobile and es caped. It Is reported that highwaymen, op erating In automobiles, held up four other automobile parties Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Mr. Johnson, who was driving his wife and three other women fiom Atlan tic City to Cape May, was accosted by the highwayman shortly after It o'clock at night. "1 noticed two cars in the road," said Mr. Johnson, "slowed down and passed them. Fifteen or twenty jnrds beyond the machines a big man wearing a white mask and holding a revolver in his right hand jumped from the bushes and yelled "Hands up! ''1 put on speed and made my escape. I heard two cars speeding after me. Heachlng a well-lighted section, 1 stopped my Mir nnd waited. Two cars passed, but I am not sure they con tained tho hold-up men." , U-BOAT SINKS NORSE BARK Nordhav Down 120 Miles Off Capes Crew Rescued By the Associated Preis Wnalilngton, Aug. 19. 'The Noiweglan bark Nordhav was sunk by a German submarine 120 miles southeast of Cape Henry Saturday. Her clew of twenty six escaped In small toats and have been brought Into an Atlantic port by an American warship. Advices to the Navy Department today announcing tho sinking did not say whether the bark was torpedoed or shelled. She was a vessel of 2623 net tons and sailed on June 15 from Iluenos Aires, Argentina. Captain Bemtsen was master ot the bark. PERSHING TELLS BIDDLE'S FEAT Victory Over German by Ameri can Airman Officially Reported By the Associated Press Wa.hlngton. Aug. 19.-Captaln Charles ' f3ehCa,d0nnlatnneda"to,rdebfer8 theirall J. Biddle, of Andalusia, Pa., was thelhe had Planned l0 defer their can American aviator wnu .Drougnt down a German airplane In the Ixrralne men tioned in General Pershing's otliclal coin munlquo August 17. Additional details are contained In Section B of the com munique for that day, made public to day. It follows: "Section B. The following details of the aerial combat referred to in Section A have been reported in Lorraine: "Captain Biddle broua-ht down a Bumpier machine northwest of Bouxl-1 eres-Aux-Dames at 5:40 o'clock In the, afternoon of August 16. The observer was killed and the pilot wcunded. but t,,u l..Ub,....u .M1IUVU lltiabli TIGERS SCORE EIGHT TALLIES ON TWO HITS Watson and Gregg Give Seven Passes, Allow Two Safeties ttnd Damage Is Done By ROBERT W. MAXWELL Shlbe Park, Aug. 19. The generosity of Watson and Gregg, uumuineu wun a timely single anad dou ble enabled the Tigers to tally eight runs In the sixth inning In the third game of the series here this afternoon game of the series here this afternoon and take the lead over the Mackmen. With one dow nln the sixth Watson walked the next four men. Gregg then went to the hill and the first man to face him singled. Then the next three men walked, another filed out, and with the bases jammed. Bush tripled and eight runs were In. Adams then re lieved Gregg. Previous to the disastrous sixth the Macks enjoyed a 2 to 0 lead The Ath letics put over three runs tn their half of' the sixth, forcing C. Jones out of the game. Kalllo went to Jones's rescue. When Asosta batted for Adams I n the sixth, Jamleson was called In from the outfield to do the twirling. Acosta then went tn right field. ' FIRST INNINtl Dugan ran over back of second and threw 'out Bush. B. Jones grounded to Burns. Cobb filed to Dykes. No runs, no hits, no errors. Jamleson singled to centre. Kopp fouled to R. Jones. .Walker filed to Veach. C. Jones threw out Burns. No runs, one hit, no errors. SECOND IN'NINO Dugan threw out Veach. Griggs walked. Harper fanned. Griggs was doubled up stealing. McAvoy to Dykes, No runs, no hits, no errors. R. Jones threw out Gardner. C. Jones tossed out McAvoy, Bush fum bled Dykes' roller, Dugan singled to left. Watson singled to left, scoring Caatlaii sa P ? Celuaa SENATE TAKES UP DRAFT BILL ON THURSDAY Chamberlain Hopeful of Its Enactment Before End . of Week LEAVES NO LOOPHOLES FOR WEDDED SLACKERS Baker Tells Committee Young est Selectivcs Will Go Last 'VICTORY NEXT YEAR!" March Outlines His Plans to Bring Enemy to Knees Early in 1919 By the Associated Prci Washington, Aug. 19. Consideration of tho new man-power bill extending the draft ages will begin In the Senate next Thursday. With a quorum present to day, the Senate set aside the agreement for a vacation recess until AugUBt 21, and cleared the way for taking up the draft measure without further delay. Fifty-seven Senators twenty-nine Re publicans and twenty-eight Democrats answeied today's roll-call. As soon as It was found that a quorum was pres ent Senator Chamberlain asked that the recess agreement be vacated. There was no opposition. He then announced that he would bring up the man-power bill Thursday. Upon the motion of Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, the ranking lie publican present, the Senate nt once ad journed out of respect to the late Sen ator Clalllngor. Senator Chamberlain said today he hoped to dispose of the hill by the last of this week. Recently Married Men Liable No general exemption of married men, simply because of their married stntus, Is contemplated by the War Depart ment In pieparing for the proposed ex tension of draft ages. Secretary Baker declared today In a statement before the House Military Committee on the new draft bill. Mr. Baiter said his previous reinaiks on this subjijct' had .been-'mlsconirtruert, and that married men who do not sup port their families and who are pot en gaged In useful occupations will continue to be called. "There are mAny married men In the country who ought to go and fight as freely as single men," he added. Mint llaaten Victory "Thereftire two ways of prosecuting this war," Mr. Baker said. "One way Is to make eery possible effort to do It now, and the other Is to proceed some what more leisurely and do it late. The obvious advantage from every stand point, social, military. Industrial and economic, Is to put forth every effort In this country and win the war as soon as possible." Leaving an explanation of the man power situation to General Crowder, the Secretary announced that, because of eignteen, as Continued un Pace Two. Column Two BUIirrT'S DEATH IN WAR DOUBTED T pttPl'S From Lieutenant Indicate Casualty Report Was Error . FATHER ASKS INQUIRY Although Second Lieutenant Richard I Stockton Bullitt, of the 110th Infantry,. was officially reported last Thursday as havlng been killed in action miring um big drive on July 19. relatives of the Philadelphia officer believe he may be alive. To substantiate this belief they point to 'the case of Second Lieutenant Leon L. officially reported as killed oti fHe " T, , ,. ,r,ived by his July 19, but a letter receded by nis F. Roemer, 1719 .xonn .ewn.i ...-.... mother on July 38 stated ne nao ..,. wounded and was confined in a French base hospital. Later this message was substaniated by an official announce ment from the War Department. Death Meatage to Father Last Thursday night Logan M. Bullitt, father of the officer, received a telegram from the War Department that his son had been killed In notion on July 19. This Information was communicated to the newspapers and immediately the name of Richard Stockton Bullitt was added to the cltya list of war heroes. Saturday morning relatives of the lieu tenant received a letter from him which ws dated July 19. In that letter the officer mentioned the fighting and as serted that he was eager to keep In the big drive. In the afternoon two more letters were received, one dated July 20 and the second July23. In the letters Lieutenant Bullitt said he was well and hlB regiment was win nlng glory for Pennsylvania. ' Bed Cross Inveatlgstea Despite the official communication from the War Department, members of the family are convinced that an error has been made, and to ascertain the whereabouts of .the officer requested the War Department to investigate. A wire to the family this afternoon from the Caotlauad n rase Two, Cehuua fear VICTORY IN 1919, MARCH PROMISES By the United Press Washington, Aug. 19. Eighty divisions of American troops In France under the new man-power bill can end tho war successfully In 1919, Chief of Staff March told the House Military Committee. March's statement was the result of questions by members. He declared that the large American force could break the German lines wherever they wished. He emphasized, however, that tho program outlined by tho War Department calling for eighty divisions In France nnd eighteen In this country by Juno was absolutely necessary to n successful prosecution of the war. March nlso said that the American nnny In Franco and hero at the present time numbers 3,012,122, Including 27,004 drafted men tn bo called during August. The total In tho nrmy under the new man-power bill will be about 4,800,000 men, March said. TEUTONS OCCUPY 2 RUSSIAN CITIES Soviets' Permit German Army to Take Smolensk and Vitebsk BOMB FOR POLICE HEAD Bv the United Press Zurich. Aug. 19. A Cerinan armv is occupying Vitebsk and Smolensk, with the approval of tho Bolshevlki,, a Warsaw dispatch de clared today Smolensk is on the Dnelper Klvor 250 miles west and south of Moscow. Vitebsk 1h seventy-five miles west and north of Smolensk, on the Dunu Illvcr. Both are important cities. A bomb w.is thrown ut the chief or the German secret police in Warsaw, hnt the. nttemot failed, according to n , dispatch from that city received today , A Clcrmnn patrol killed two of the assassins, but the rest escaped. Infantry und cavalry are patroling j the streets. Many Bi-rrsia nuvr uw made In the vicinity of the attack. Washington, Aug 1 Petrogind's reign of terror is le ported raging unchecked In un olllrlal dispatch today from Stockholm. It is estimated that 30.000 nrrests have been mado since the beginning of August among nrmy olllcers and middle-class citizens. The Bolshevik chiefs are said to be on board tho warship Aurora, In tho roadstead of Kronstadt, prepared to sail for Germany In ca.so of a success ful uprising against them. KAISER TO RECOGNIZE ' NEW RULE AT MOSCOW By the United Pres Waalilngttiii. Aug. 19. Three, special trains carrying 800 German soldiers, wearing Russian uniforms, and the Ger man embassy staff, have left Moscow for Petrograd, according to cables' reaching the State Department today. The Germans left ?ios.-ow August 9, and on the same day unusual military and police measures were tnken In Petro grad In preparation for their arrival. Trotsky and Lenlne arrived In Pctrrurrnd on the same day. and Immediate)) ex traordinary police measures were taken at Kronstadt, the supposition being that the Bolshevik leaders, together with the Germans, would go on lo the strongly fortified city. Strenuous efforts are being made to get refugees out of Russia, according to the cables. The Swedish ice consul at Moscow has requested the SivedMiGov ernment to send a number of ships to Petrograd to take a party of 200 out of Russia. These are belle, ed lo be refugees of Entente nations. In case this step falls arrangements are already under wnv to permit passage through Finland of the party. German representatives In Stockholm explain the departure of their country men from Moscow on the theory that the Bolshevlki are about to fall. The new government at Moscow probably will be headed by Chernoff and the social roo lutionarles. This government Is expected to summon a constituent assembly nt once. Germany would recognize this Government, the Stockholm agents said "SQUEAL" THREAT IN BRIBE SCANDAL T l; All XT1.1 :., i "During this time the French had rOIlCemail Alien rlehl inlndvance(i on the right and debouched T-i-r i xvr l - t- .tilth Ward Case JJe-4 mands Bail R E S T L E S S IN JAIL Bv a Staff Correspondent We.t Cheater, P Aug 19 j The Chester f'ounty Court today le- fused to teduce the $5000 ball in which Charles W. Allen, a Philadelphia police-1 TxecuHn,ndrfiJnry.,a,TPerlns,,sl,eld;'Slar Second Baseman Quits Execution of Allen a threat to tell all x he knows of the affair was temporarily! in.utru mis aiiernoon, wnen his wife and three-year-old daughter, Edna, vis ited him In the county Jail. Mrs. Allen assured her husband he would be freed on ball tomorrow, and that he could Join her in Gloucester, X. J., where she went after visiting her husband. District Attorney Truman D. Wade expressed strong confidence that tho u,.. cused policeman will not receive ball Attorney Wade nlso declared Allen villi, be put on trial next week, and nnt in Septeinbei, as defense counsel tried tot arrange. , Mr. Wade made these statements after lie rend thipcnnp-o catinc ?.....,. .... tective employed by a Philadelphia nrl-1 Unheralded and in his accustomed vate agency. This agent has been In-1 modest "W Eddle strolled Into the vestlgatlng the alleged attempt to bribe marines office at 3 o'clock. He wore Juror William P. Weaver, who sat in u nlft' Norfolk suit, which he soon will the Fifth Ward trial panel. ' change for the olive drab of Uncle Sain'a After a visit to the county Jail, Mr. "Flrst-to-Flght." Eddie will leave Phlla Wade said Allen would make no state-1 delplila within the next tew days for ment to him. I Paris Island, S. C, where all of the President Judge Butler and Aseoclale 'Private hi the marines are sent to get Judge Hause. In chambers, this morning tbelr I,)relnary ' tary 1a,n,n heard arguments of Allen's coiina.i rJt ' While Eddie Is fighting with the Devil .. ' .--.. " " """' " tne reduction. The arguments w ere based on a writ of habeas cornus oh talned by W, W. McEIree and John X. Guss, attprneys for the policeman. Be Is accused of attempted Jury fixing In connection with the Fifth Warri u drawing Bestleaa Allen remained in the Chester County Jail while his counsel fought vainly for lowered ball. He Is growing restless from Imprisonment. Attorney. Ouas said today after the habeas corpus proceed ings that his client may make a state ment this afternoon, Allen's wife will visit the policeman today In his cell. The attorney declared If Allen decides to Ceatlnu en Fas Tiro, Colusa ! FRENCH PRAISE AMERICANS' SKILL Report Tells of Fine Initia tive and Imagination in Fismes Figln COULDN'T BE STOPPED By EDWIN L. JAMES I Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Vopirtohi, 1911. bv .Vu l'orfc Tlmca Co. With tho American Army in France, Aug. 19. The achievement of the American di visions which, after driving the Ger mans back twelve miles, captured Fismes, him been made the subject of a report to the French quaitler gen eial by the French aimy In which tho 'iiiii-rii-iiuH ioiiRiu The censor does "ot permit mo to name this division, although UJ. thi.s time Its identity doubtless is well known' In America and certainly Is known to the der-' iimra, ine lepoit said: "Compelled to make a rmoi-ni . iieai us h result or our counter-ofTen- bivo on July IS. tho Germans at- ' positions on tho ! tempted to take Ourcq and fought stubbornly on the iieiKiiiH uominaiing this river. Thev were compelled, however, to give way under the repeated blows of the Allies nnd then, from July 30 on, the enemy commenced a new tetreat in the direc tion of tho Vcsle. Definitely dislodged fiom the heights of Scringes and Hill 220, northeast of Sergy. he had met a strong advance on the part of the Ameilcan units, who were fresh nnd onnnretlr. anil whn warn ,.,.nnnH.i 1 descend the slopes of Ronchercs, while ! on their light tho French were ad vancing tnrougli Aluenlere Woods. What the Americans Did "It was the movement of the Amer ican division, which advanced from Koncheres to Fismes, progressing nearly parallel to the route which runs through Colougnes, Cohans, Lon guevllle Fatm and Saint allies, that we will follow, beginning July 30; the dale Of this division's entry Into the sector, until August 5, when It en tered Fismes. "An Interesting point Is that this di vision was made up of a great many men of German origin, who, thus shed ding their blood for tho United States, gloriously showed their loyalty. "On July 30 the Americans attacked Grlmpeos Woods after a short artillery preparation and reached the south eastern corner of the wood, but the German resistance at this point was ery strong. They counter-attacked and threw back the advance troops of the division. The fighting was ex tremely severe, nnd theie were many hand-to-hand combats. "On the next day, July 31, the entire woods fell Into the hands of the Americans. Machine-gun nests which held up their advance on Clerges had been crushed or captui " and the way was clear. Intrenched i.ow in Jom- blets Woods the enemy, by a strong fire, attempted holding up tho Amer ican advance. Clerges Is situated In a hollow, so that the Germans, after having evacuated the village under the American pursuit, bombarded It heavily with gas. The Americans did not stop In Clerges Itself. They went around It In a magnificent dash and stormed the northern slopes. Then after a short rest they captui ed part of Jomblets Woods. New Obstacles Quickly Overcome I i from Muenlere Woods, which had been j cleared out thoroughly. new heries of obstacles ahead of them, the most important being Reddy farm and Hill 230. During the previous I cmimied n i-We t, coiunTnTiT; EDDIE COLLINS NOW IN U.S. MARINE CORPS 5J5,UUU-Ycar Job for $30 Per Month, By SPICK HALL Eddie Collins Is now a Teufel Hund. The world's premier second sacker, member of the champion Chicago White Sox and erstwhile Mackmun, was ex-1 amlned, passed and signed Into the 1 United States marines, this afternoon, J , , I Area btreet. at the recruiting headquarters, 1409 . .-. m rv.111.,.. on 11,. . ""f 1 ""r.:r""","" . V.T., "V ",a." Colllns's will remain at their home in Lansdowne. Some time ago Eddie had a chance to go overseas as a Y, M. C. A. secretary, 1 but he couldn't Bee that He wanted to get llliu inure uuuvc uit-iiuii vl tne service, hence he chose the one which Is most alluring to those who want to see service In the dirt and mud of the battle front. Giving up a (15,000 Job for one which pays 130 a month would be a severe blow to many persons, but not to Eddie Collins. He not only gave up his base ball career, but did It cheerfully. Eddie closed his basebal) career un- Ceatlaued !' Tea, Celuma Tare, FRENCH DRIVE ENEMY BACK ON TEN-MILE BETWEEN OISE PERSECUTED RUSSIANS FLOCK TO MURMANSK First Story of New Regime, Tells of Bolshevik Cruelties. Allied Troops Speed to Siberia By ARTHUR Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copvrioht. 1318, bu ttno Vorfc Tirnrs Co. Murmansk, Aug. G (delayed). At this war-made "open" northern port, where tho sun goes on shining and flowers go on growing and birds go on singing all night long, we are in a protected zone of order and safe ty and know of the Russian 1 evolution only by hearsay. Yet we know and hear of nothtng else. For this Is the haven whither coma Russian refugees and refugees of half a dozen other nationalities. There are truckloads and tralnloads of them oc cuplng railway sidings for days and weeks, nnd the outstanding word in their vocabularly Is Bolshevik, thiev ing Bolshevik. Also nro there large wooden houses full of refugees, houses specially built with giouped tiers of bhelves for beds. Some have been for three months and moro painfully working their way by short stages and with countless long delays from mid or southern Rus- " " BRITTSH STEAMER SINKS SUB OFF !." NTUCKET AN ATLANTIC TORT, Aug. 19. Memfccic of the ciew or a -Oritisli steamship which arrived here today believe they gave a U-bcr.t its death woundw in a battle about three hundred miles noitl -a t of Nantucket. The submarine fired two tcipsdces at the Ercr.mship, but both missed. Then twenty shots we fiied from the steamship. One is thought to have scored a clean hit. as flames were seen bursting from the pott side of the U-boat and it submerged suddenly a few minutes afterwnid. FRENCH CAPTURE CARLEPONT HEIGHTS 'AND TOWN Willi THE FRENCH AltMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 10. The TcSllli Flench Avmy yesterday took th. height" dom.niuncr Caile pat pii.il, to the so-Jtfc of Noyon'. They also cr.ptuitu rhe tovrn -.(. 0 ; ol: L' oai... , BASEBALL TROIT.. .Tiy'TICS. 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 10 3 0 C. Jones-Spencer; 'Watton-Ovegg-Adamc-McAvoy, i'HILLIES.. 0 0 2 ST. LOUIS.. 0 0 0 iitndergait-Adams; Ames-Brock. CHICAGO, A. L 00100 0 12 NEW YORK, A. L... 00000 0 00 Qutnn-Schalk; Caldwell-Walters. CI.EV'LAND, A. L... 0 0 0 0 0 0 BOSTON, A. L 0 0 10 0 0 Coveleskle-O'NeiU; Jones-Agnew. ""l.iC'JIS.A.l 0 10 0 10 v'a?:ito;..' l.. oooioi P.-j;ei'-F,,"vcreid; Johnson-Alnnmlth. ::"".r.,?;L... coiooo. ooo 102 I'liK.,1. L. (1st k.).. 010 1330CXS1SG C '..sv-r.i'Mc..; Comstock-Schmidt. NjrvVYor.i',.i .. 1 0 0 0 - PRH N. L. d E.) . . . 0 C 0 0 Tcney-Itr.rlden; Cooper-Smith. ri.COKLVN.N.L... 10 10 0 u. :..'.: ,. . c 0 ( " la.irquard-Archer; Schuelder-Wingo. BOSTON, JS.t, 0 0 f ) , .:.... o o o o o ' . a... .iMoou; Maitin-O'i'arreU. SIX GERMANS CAUGHT IN RAID Five Men and Wonian Suspected of Signuling U-Boata xw York, Aug. 19. Five men and a I woman were to be arraigned In the Brookl)n Federal District Court toda following their arrest In a house near the 'Hempstead aviation fields in a raid by United States secret service men Although officials had little to say regarding the arrests. It Is believed the six are suspected of signalling to Oerman submarines operating off the Atlantic coast. The house where they were taken la only fifty miles from Fire Island, near where the United States cruiser San Diego went down and where the Nor wegian sUnmahlp Somerstad was sunk. in mc nuuac were xounu a uerman flag and a picture ot the Kaiser, E. COPPING sin. In their ranks babies aif born and old men die, and still they drift across the blurred geography of a stricken world. Tf God be willing and the Allies continued kind, and the last skirt or pair of trousers still holds out, thev Intend some day to reach eastern Europe. Meanwhile their talk Is of the Bolshevlki, the murderous Bolshevlki. I'etrograd Professor's Tale in on group nn ex-proiessor on I'etrograd University, who In his at-1 tire would not be denied admission to I In one group an ex-professor Of I the East End casual ward, was re- viewing 1110 uarK cnapiers in nussias iiiiiury riimu iivi reriH wt-r uuewueu, the secret police, the Nihilist, the war. Rasputln. and now the darkest chap ter of all, the Bolshevik!, the awful, absurd Bolshevlki. His boy came up to borrow a pencil. "My son," sa ne.XdPa0fp7a,?maTeb"!Sraa911 dcVS Counter-AM tho lad was gone, I'etrograd and they were together in tho stroot. Tho other lad was doing -nothing, but he wore some sort of a Cnntlnaed on Pate Four. Column Four O , . fn.lUl.-J' "', Iw'jtU SCORES 0 0 0- s 0 0 G 9 0 0 0-0 0 X- fi 2 1 11 0 CALL 669 STATE SELECTIVES it.. wr:.i. n C-l I f.l.. men win. iair "" "- CUIlUil .. ,i.u.i ..a ,,.IUJ Six hundred and sixty-nine Pennsyl vania drafted men with grammar school educations and qualified for general mll- tary service have been called for special mechanical training. Spring Gerden In- stltute will get 267 : Cambridge Springs School, 208. and Delaware college, New. ark, Del.. 206. The men are to be en trained September 1. This is the third call for drafted men with grammar school educations to be made In two months. The bulk of the others were sent to the University of Pittsburgh; Whan TOU think of wrltliuj. Ikkrk ( WH.iniO.--iw. LINE FRONT AND AISN& wW Gain 1 to 2 Miles ancLS Take 1700 Prisoners ' VfJ LINK PICARDY .Xt TIM -' . ur w 1 1 1-1 v-hu Occupy Nampcel Plateau nrirl n,,;nU T U All t'? Ji Objectives VILLAGE IS ENTERED IN LASSIGNY REGION . fjsva Two More Towns Near Rove 'H$I . ' wj taken, Despite German , Re.enfnreempnk ;m-"" :m BRITISH STILL GAINING f7&jr tack and Make 500 Ger mans Captives By the Associated Pres i Paris, Aug. 19. i Between the Oiso and the Alsn i r. .. . .... . ..-- .r i rrencn troops nttackca at 6 qVcIockt . 'jM last nlcht over n front nt nenHr ton ' 7?ti miles between Carlepont, about four' '51 i miles east of Rlbecourt, and Fontenov.. J?1 nnnroTlmntelv sl-r mllpa -u-oct rt SnU. fJ . .. .- -. -.,. m sons. j.noy auvancea nn nverage cu '?SJ tance of one and a third miles over th 2m wnoie ironi, accoraing to me omclal statement issued by the War Office to-s. day. The French have occupied the pl- fAii nvak ml .nuti't:!, uuuub BOQR Li34 miles northwest of Fontenoy, and the t edge of the ravine south of Audlgni- .. . .... l ... ...j. - .:.. ., i.,i-.s.i court, iwo mues ana a nan east or, Nampcel, according to the statements Nouvron-Vlngre was" captured. Biii enteeh hundred prisoners, Including -- two battalion commanders, were takenVl In the operation. jl Links Two Fronts The drive links up the PIcardy and , Aisne-Vesle fronts and naces the, 1 r.2 .. -; German lines to tne e-si-u.ona; id,i i-r-l Atsne. Thara yi-a-a Y!M.wit artlllarv nnirTm ...e.u ,,-. ..w.v.... w.j " -ikM north anu souin ot tne Avre ttiyer during the night. Eight hundred more n.i,nn.ra w,m tnlcen in that region. T the "War Office statement addsv, - Vl DIsnatches from the front state that 4 the French Tenth Army mado theai-1 ,. I.... . , I, n 1Mb. or.'t 41,A A InM. J 'b ItlUll UPlCCll IltD UIOC 41U fc.lO AIOUV tf and have penetrated to an extreme 3 denth of nearly two miles. " Jh3 nn--i. nntiuill..iu n,tf,t., t'rl ivcutll uwjcvu.ra ifuiinv .a. During tho righting last night and J&Z today the principal trouble encoun- M tered by the French was from the des perate resistance of German machine gunners and from aviators, who hava ' shown far more spirit and determina tion than any other German service. branch of thl All nlnnir tho u hnla frnnt nt loaf .? .... ...- ,.. nlcht's attack the French reached I their objectives in the short time aViffl lotted to the advance. . 1 The gains made by he French In tht'iS&j last twenty-four hours are regarded -.'fciS here as important from the viewpoint of future operations. The French won valuable high ground and are In a. ' position 10 give me uennuns in ijV greatest anxiety both east and west of -4&H Solssons Tho French now hold the rldares' ...l.iiMni. , 1, a moA i.nll.ir rn L.,,1. .7 J I I v-j, .-,' norm uliu buumi, nuu mio uutuwjlTr German troops stationed along the llttte river are in a position wnere they are vaa -.-,lnall trtnnar-ofl fa'.tm T.ntH Iha JkKmi north and south by a movement which "351 ..1.9 nt.nl, tV,Am oaua..!,, .. 1JJ wuum ,,,... v,.. Ru.v.tj. . izvm French Hold High Ground The new French line runs fromvv Fontenoy to the rfdge south ot Audi-', nlcourt. From there it runs to Namp-i? eel, which the French have uiyJ rounueu, uiiu caichus iu um vugs , the Montagno Forest. It passes about w IKOft motorn nnnth nt Cnrlenhnt annl 33 finally joined the old line north oC '13 Tracy-le-Val. The French now hold " A lather important high ground to th south of Audlgnlcourt. $M Correspondents telegraph t h it tr i Frencli troops penetrated into the Yjl-rwi Iage of Le Hamel, on the hills west ot S3 the Oise and one and a quarter mites 'i llllliunco, wi AMMv,Mfc, ,uunj, XU1US4 the fighting today tne Tench were i the aggressive and made some alii headway against the determined Qa man resistance between Lassigny ai the Olse. St Mard-Ies-Trlot, a little more th la mile southwest of Roye. was tal by the French yesterday, acoorduw 1 . ... , .. fw,m ,Via linlnrnn, ftM.. IU ICiuua .... w vM..cw.fc. ..cni.j ,- t. l.n ,Ont,,..4 ,V.n .an -T" A rieiiuil ou ..ju,i .1,0 ivnii H Beuvralgnes, two and three-quart! miles souin or oi. .uuru, uccoruing I tne aispaiciieo. By the United Press Paris. Auir.'ll The French are In the' suburb Roye. Tho Brltlsh'are carrying . flanking movement north of the i Extraordinary artillery fight under way In the whole Roye The Germans. In a desperate t hold the town, are, pouring In divisions which raw oeen wju CanUaua- '. rvJ 1 ,T3 M i - i l ,V cjj: BtaUteJ&V v. ... -. . . ' t 5 !." '?' !!' sr ,!., J t -.ulflj l