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ARMY HEALTH RATE BEST EVER KNOWN DEATHS FROM DISEASE REMARK. ABLY FEW, BOTH AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS. TWO NAVY HEROES ARE CITED Rowed Through Flames to Rescue Men From Burning Spanish Steam ship--Work of Children's Year Is Proving Very Effective. A health rate whclh as for as known h&s never heen surp sse't has been es tablished by Ihe Airit ' irmi es hith here and overset~;, ne,'tonling to re ports received by Siryeei (leneral Oorgn s. For at recent week the combnlined re ports of the Amterlcan expeditionary forcen rind of troops stationed In the Unitedl State4, show. an nitnnual dleath rate for disease of 1.0 per 1,000, leas than two men per I,0)0 per year. The annual death rote from disease of men of tmiitary age in civil life is 0.7 per 1,01)0. This new rate is based on nlpproxi rat I' sItrength of 2,500,000 tten. nil inchles mien living under abhnortulni eonditions. The overs('s' record wtas finade while Amerienn soldie'rs were partlclpating in the heavy Ittiing In the Matrte stillen t. when Ithe'y were compelled frelu'uently to sh't'' ind vat under the itt St prtuitive Couditions. That Ihis record Is Iruly" repreeelta tive of the getneral henl: ll IIt ' thIle t rols Is Shown byv tin' 1' ntohinled reiu11rtS wleh Indleute the figulre of 2.8 pe-r 1,000 5a.4 tihe :tveragt e (teath rt.3 1e frint disense lit tng the iast two otnths. An idii of Ihe progress Ieing nltde In millt nita liItion is giined by a1 Comiarison with the following: I )nring thes Mexiean warl the annual deathu rote from disetse wits lol pert 1,00)0. Ilur ing the Am erlcan ('I vil war the rate 1in 1'((12 w -10 per 1.111(0, w e 1 It' urJtg -863 the -1t114 'tlIhi t:e l to (Ir I ' 1,1 I). T e ilieilse, dlibt riire foir Ilhe .snili-lh. Atter(' tlt wr\i' wais 25 'per Iti A.-; far as :t viii ilble io rds sItiw 1Ith' liiiw est figure heretfore re-' -rhl wais 211 per ,009.-11foirintg It II ts .ii-inese W 'l t lit-..it ':iI'ti h i 'isI't,1 1i1,'1 I' ' Ihe? :\i' si i ml nlit' w\' I.IX il'sf the 11. $.S.Iiin' prov d th' I i IsIv it "ith e s :li 1 inIt c''Iit' l ii ith': fI i' tji1 to il' ' y I litn lels filt' iII 1'oi u iresl , 'll (f '1 1 i 1 iin the t riIgt a Stpli h 'st :eInn :hip lieran tes .11n1y 1:" Iasi. Tlo," y re' W1illi;1nn 1";. King, sen11man, :11n1 ('Inrn-set F. 1tead~y, t hia lt n! It's Itinn n, se t'I 1 l s , U. S. Ns. Ut. I,., ,I' I he 11. ,C. S. Isis. The Io ttlen tool the port ltinc of the sis to in side of the burting Ship andni rst-na-l fromn the hnirnling forveen I(' sleen ment who were hme od In by cltuts and who were too ILInI~e strieken to Jlunp 11:10 the wn1 ter. The o ane h's trip to the Sernites Wats nmde thirough an n% rea of butrning glie on the htresers tor i con-' Itaty nd' 'unninenii 'tpe i l. lTe .'ireIn atntnding ottie repos 'tat 'th~e aon tue~rti tof I K in a nledytding thrs prbalye t eir ow lvt t h I tscnpe lie ls oftos they reiSenedi it ott thr ther 'inttiastvin u tuler'stain ttl ig te re ters'. AddItitinl IinIs arei' beIng workediIOi Iu and il ~he l ut 11 Into ef fect. I tlinp I lflne'tiik, I t'gha, Is to be a lartgedl to :tet'tttitttate het wveen 55.11M10 ntl 1 s tmn $.1 The flh1rs'tranin 60,h(1 l aiw 'I lit'e li'tn t en ati his o to till hecit lioidntestfo in hwrrlcks -1111(IC sf0l'rIt~ slid lslt tist' a lt'eroi therei lit'is.e rleitittyod. ieile i weilocote thot W$s2,000.000. ,~itln t lii oen sdleled lato mak' (hiatu ioran Iinv hinnr reCpIntnnt ole'so toIIaCC5'.ut Isda between) lo.ale sad 60,000t men.1 o uT presn. n lyo tii a5I bet -('.'.d. Thes t eren teion and changs nesry w ll he theren holsbetn removed.ihusdI belt liete atiiji West P(oitiy. Camp 'Ilose hl have tscred aCt' ofl those les,)J . IThe plannedtto oate oi Abrigndesit ftevileste atnds 1oinIui teands our lit Jacksiy on. 111 Ift hsb deptnetidedI ait'lo to ec ped ronenti uiitspp' for fiers' esiine hos at pre))nitsemtiin housed (in tn athrCam'ps te Godontand It'Ise Thes e schools hav as capat'es o boute o00 mnd OTbe esiaed itst of esen o throeent i-aus willut $0,00 tolds atreuy of the sigmedatoen ststnmens forthyat' raain clse t ,0 usetanngisiu .The work of children's year Is prov ing to be an effective Americanization measure. The children's bureau of the labor department has as its goal.100, 000 baby lives saved this year. Ac cording to reports received, forejgn mothers. are as eager as 1te native mothers, if not more so, to learn all they can about the proper care of their children. The Japanese women of Seattle are asking'for pamphlets on prenatal care, the Italian woimen of Wallace, Idaho, 1,500 strong, have arranged to study a stantlard book on the care and feed ing of children, with the aid of an in terpreter. The foreign mothers of the remuote lumbering regions of Vashing ton and of the manufacturing cities of New England are united by the coin 1n11n desire to learn everything pos silble about safeguarding the health of their children. 'This desire is resulting in the break ing down of the barriers of alien ian guage and old-world superstition that have long stood in the way of the health of little Americans horn of for eign parents. It has been necessary in niany cities to employ interpreters at the weighing and measuring centers to answer the questions of mot hers who do not speak English. Classes in the care of baby being conducted in Se attle and Pittshurg are made a mean.s of teaching iniothers to speak and reat English. Perh11ps lie most important eduen tional treasure that has been n{Iopteda Is the provision (1f public health nurses wluons' function,1 it is not only to give enre and service to the sick but to alvise 1tilihers how to keep their child ren well. A~s at result of ChIil dren's y'ear . Ietivities n11iny commlruni ties have u-cceedl' in olaining p1ub li( or 1 r0i '' te fIuls for pubili hea th n'rin W1 .\isconsin has adopt1edI thel sloga;n, "A1 'l'abile Ileith Nurse for ('111ry Co ny," n111( Iin Washingle1n slate :1n1netiv"e (Iipaign for schkool nurses Is berng calrried on. 'i'he Work of the state onnells of de 'ense lhas been s vo lulolil to the 4,4 tr111111y I ha tI t ih, 11,1!nw I 1'ub1ie ('0111 iendation l rorie rot esilllnt Wilsn wvith an ne ompail I n1 ing sui ggt st(l ion thlao t its unkptii .I- id w id t'spre: Ii ors(alnization1 be tii) sil by\' tll e t- rn e t e l '(: x a ents a al e stti os l tar as IractietLai-y Iertry. inkace-r, yr of thle Counn il of niltional d1''es ', wh"Iich brilight lthe state countt ls into exist e114-4 , r*eportled to fill- presh'ienit: "II is ifiitl t to esti mtl t e the l POrtalnce of Mi- e . .nic' 1u1( 1r r'pii t X I (11 ll -e r dto : 1in e w r.(' y' to h ' state co-(lile.l tir i 11111 un outcils tnd ti' tltheit hle of woIsrkler h:ily ' ' toge'ther u1t 'r 1111-t , hoii m w' e estin tite o fut her 11t lenst Sib t(rsmillion. I feel u vre that y lo, .lr. 'resident, as 111ele (othnider in chief. w\Ill b e p1roud1 of their tinhi e contIibution lin thet, war 111t will us y(lir aut Ihrllty to broalden the s(ope' of their netivities a s co ll lions p ruilt sO illit they t fly go on to still greater nb( evit i nients." TI'he state counils, siy's Secretary Ibiker, have acives county, or equivta lent, coutneill of defense tunder themn, whilje in nearly every state the organ atiilon of co nu11nity Counells in the school distrels, bringing thlover oCn 0tent to the people and the people to the governn ent, is progressing rapid ly. The' pes.et rip le "1 shall he id o, havI~ile yorueres to theitat cels ity apprte caont of the serl pog 01teyhvesoueftyi.need aitvi i piirt(ily tut alya te vlue of extndit'gii ur efnser srganztion 0't to b the ' snuiifs ommltit irees nd by tok11)ii'n tcut i rth itiret of ecooi n 111y Andetlcinc suchl it nneh1 lydt inlla thatb for teigex ul fmayk.uso wa workL1 shoild ho e utiie pls fari as ainysiberviy fderalt' d -epartiet and1 lll adiisgtatilt's.Oll - nl - 1ut i It re'4icnt'3 prcUattilo tby Prt'hint t si10pig nt uinite inofssibet for foigni ieestsyo tost cball in to toh(1rntti 11)witd N. leWll'rey of t'he '1eshipping bo parnd ha alted n vesae provie bi<ring warro ri na terUied ste to revntr witot trl~ o'f a sis otnurndoe oafr Kl.. SS r r: . 1--Iteinarkable photograph "h dedication of the new Wilson brlde Iiuns have been using as at site forI NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Advances of Allies Threaten the Whole German Line From Ypres to Reims. FRENCH CAPTURE LASSIGNY Fall of Noyon Made Certain by Vic. tories of Humbert and Mangin Haig's Forces Give Huns Sev eral Hard Blows North of the Somme. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Illow after b1lo4w was delivered at lilt ct:iaiins last week along til' 120 otule lrn'tt het Ieenia S'is.onas ainel Ypres, and with eaichi luiw\ their I tsstnee grew ' wei-ar and I li-ir definite retire tiltent in P'icardly iure certain. At nio p~oint <dial the aillie"s gain ainy great exeInse of territcry, IIItt everywhere Ithey struck they grainedl groun d that was of Vital iituiort:iane to Ilte ilefen sive systemn of the l iuns. When the week l4se IIt appteareal likely that the eneiny iast withiIraw fri'om the ent:re Picartly salient hanl that he probably woul he foretd hack to the (hemin ies atuaes before long. Mar shial Foch was not only "paicking the pockets" of the llun, but he was turn Ing thein insble out. More than Ihat he was forcinag tie (erinans to tight where nail whein he (h5e instead of awailting their uitac-ks in sectors of their seIeition. ''tis lie tacde it al tuost Impossible faor theta to reorgaa Ize theira batteredl dlvisions atnl pre pare for it counteritroke that mighl be et'etitve. The seveest bloiw suastalined by tha enierny~i laring the week was the cap tatrae of Lacssigay, one' of the key point: of his <1afeansl'I lne. The town, whiel hais long been butt a muass of ruints was taik en by Genecral Hutnabert' F~reanch arrn Weaiv ln'rsialay. Ina thle sani aitttack ('lairy-Oursanap was enteredl gareale a ndl hayoanet at aal thle plaitent : that dclaninate'd thei vailley of th< 1D)vette w1as4 ccup'lied. Duaring th< suicceedinag night IIluttnhert's muin dr aova forwavrd i bet weena thet Mtz/ andia tha Oluse talttIl t hey hadl reached thbe Allettec llinnhialeat '" t roiiops acied oih le hceigha oaf Pileont ait 'Thutrdy iatil thea the a'oaittnest aof the hills caotttaaisinat thbe 'Thl i'scour at tass551if. 'lThis, ini thle oiionla act cometentat aoh se'ares, titica ('etraaiI t' early3 fail acf Noyon Toi l ake aortssur'tance' duibi: Frienchl atrmiy wats st adllly foarcing bI. way up tae left hank act t lie Olse', no (otly hlpjing tac suatrrcataal Noyoni hui eialhigeraing tihe Gernanta lines' noarlh 0 lhe Ve'slte, int this Ols e-Aisnei t rlingl the liuns wvere aretirincg raithler r'apidl; tndl Genetral MIaangi n toaok muttny Ithout sands of pr'lcisers. A rataom polnats haowevaer, natatbly Vezanihn, the: br'ought u lp r'e-enflorietits anud coon ter-aitttacked'( heav'ily, wvith no r'esutlt eX cept to increriaeI lieir own losses Earitier in the' weeak anagini's trioopa had1( wion a brilliani y'letairy In thin tneihboarhooud, In thle Vessaens v'ailley overc(ominag very'~ heavy gats atttacksq 0 tjge I iunas. Still narerta''a Soissons, oa the extremte r'ighit of thIs hai tile front te Fren''ach taook La vail a nd r'eachet tadviaiant ageouts p15 osts on the pititeit north of the Alsne. On 'Wealnesdlay Geneal''t I yng with Ii riatishi a'amy hilt the Hunas w'ith oat oif hiIs suntaaii blow's, attrackin on t clI ten-mtilie frt ot aiaorthi of the Anerea faic lng llapaitmae tandl dri'ving the' enema2 hack in atdllsordei' for' sra'l miles Sntring tat dnan int ai havy~'' foj., the lirt'Iisht toaaok Voni Jhulaw's trtoops coml I cIetealy Icy rapr'is'e andl biafaore the dati elosedl tn.. had eatuared villages, gun! andtc priioners' In hirge tnbera'ts amtl 11:1 latita'tedl heav etiatita's. Clo0s4 lbehitial a swueepinag barage the tantk! atal t hent the infrantry rutsha'd for'wair tutil thaey wer'e jalmost within reachl 0 Ih"onumettt. The Gletnrans put uip iftou reaslstian~e tat somei platcs, e'spectill ('iurcellues, baut the tantks rolled ove thlemi r'emior'selessly. Mteanwhillle thi "whiippetsi" tore about the fid, clean 4" l.r.la. .. *euism es i{ winvg t he hast p1 tinge of a torpled4 stel il ~e at Lyons, France. 3-Rtuins of the hei heir'ii' guns. ing. out1 thle IIu4InerOuiS itiulebille glin lsts. The Jisoners were in' go'd cnitliio , ut seeniei ietr gin1l (o be1 Neext d, .arshal I-Ri <elivete n-fl eiotr low, tis siine intnediately touth ot the scnerofs mani' e unss heswti h'e Arners ler he Ioodn. ( ondtintry prgres wasy gnad tohe a (l4o. 1 i t I N Thurday ldinig let asusl a irln t 41 k, in lw tih Albert sector e'xteriiling sullh t i . t i,- S ' li'tclow of1 Asuc ert was..' taloni and1' the British r'ushvil4 for hnett11 fle Anr anildo liver-ll llit's . S1tli te' e1prgitte rIsttaee the lI tlawhille the Unt otia we :t Slow- t ly getting iout of the sallent between Yitres and Lay asee uinder stealy t pressure by the British. The fighting here was continuous and sharp for the t liuns did not wish to he hurried, bue t When they moved too slowly they were lrolded with vicious attneks, as north of Ia1Iileul and near Merville. Newvs from the Americans chiefly coIerned those holding the center of The Vesle river line. These men iade no especial efforts to advance, but su ccess'ulllly held on 'to all their posI tions, despite the great activity of the en('oy artillery. 'T'heir avintors did itutch excellent work dtuiing the week, especially in the line of bombing. This seemns destined to be their particular duty. un1d it will prove to he (f ut tmost ilpo rtance. The arrival at tie front of American-ma ile planes causel great rejoleiIg In the rtily. In the W\oevre the Aiterieans, by (iuick work with rifle and grenade, frust rated attemnpts to raid their All of the Japanese troops for the Siberian1 expedition have been landed at 'ladivostok, ad( iore of the Amer leai ('(ontingent heve arrived therc. lespite rumors to the contrary, these I wo4 ntinils and( Chlina are 01perating t here in comp~ilete lutrmony 1and4 thir forces are getting into actiotn at once 1t) assist the Czechu-Slovaka ail to minlt aini control o4ver tihe I tans' berian railwa. Teleemy, olpposing thle Czechs ini eastern't Sibherint, madeti( uip (of soviet. trloops a11u( TeuCtitni wa i' isonCh4ers, has a striengthI of 410,000 mn with 70 big gunls 111o4 200 machi ne guns. In trans-Baikalia, ailso, the Czechs are fighting lgailnst heavy odds1 and1( haste is needed to1 s((cure Irkcutsk andi( western Siberia, in Hussia the (Czeeho-Siovak~s captured Shadlrinski, ii nl nporI4tan t ralwa june'iiln4 (eat of 4h Ii I'ra Imaounitains1 amt~i hetwieen i1:kuterinblulrg and1( Kurigan. No def'iiite newsV enmeC from41 Arch unIe t aml 114 thle Murman coast,45 thouigh Geri'ta diispa11tches assertetd the allies 114 ithdrawn14 belWf iyond range of thle .hlhvi'.iki artillery, 1444od hItles htet wenn' LettIi sh guards'4i :!l! 41iot4rs whoi4 d1emandi1ed food. Ilhun dr4' were'~ killed( andi wounded, aInd L 1444'44w thlere is ai verilable re4ign1 of (tr 4 nd 4erl hun drSI '''544 ttied 1 f the' 15, . SeareitI 13 f1 rice (a 4sed4 serious riots , ill .Jli'4an. thle tr'oule sprIeainitg to 41143 many arts of1 thle emp11ire . Then gov . 'irmnent too44k for4c'eful neal'l on to Slt) n the dIke" the r'ie breatks b)y the i' of provi tion and1( inflationW The at. tioni m1a4 the ("rm ter' wias ' gins a41 e vessels,. 1 -her of1 s 9 wasi'e~ lre three tsul tht the . I hers of1 I . i~",a: mWeatt'rn Newapatper Un1" il Vu J~BY YiA01{" '"...i i o.. nN ship. 2-American troops at the utiful Albert cathedral' which the Losses of allied 1an(i neutral mer hant shipping during July aggregated 13.011 gross tons, an increase over he tMonth of June but a big decrease r'ol the losses of .1uly, 11117. T'here s nothing in the shipping situation to liinge the opI11iion that the Submarine amtipaign is a 8Iat falluire. Its out realks iow are sporadie and more nll Itying than ser'iouls. Amlong thle nieu ra l inationls tiat. have suftfered from tSiain is showing the muost resent witit. and last week it notitled the nty erial Gernmani government that, puntish tonnage having been reduced 1 the extreme limit, Spain will he bllged, In case of new sinkings, to uhstitute therefor German vessels in erned in Spanish ports. At the same lie, the Spanish cabinet announced, ,pain will continue to observe neutral ty. 'T'here Is a strong pro-German lemnent in Spain, and every hint of 1 rupture of relations brings violent wlotest from the pro-German press here. Germany's Iat(st pealee off'n'Cive, 'onslsting of speeches by lealing ten, va's opened by Ioctor Sill'. minister. if colonties, who devoted hiirni-'if main y to blilning E-aml: il for "-arating he( wart" and attackin-.: thl"lBritish tin elentionl to reltainl lte 4 e n1t tr l tier fli:ui (l44 idie'. lit' ails 4 lt'fi'erlel Ger 1tu:1n's m'orse in 1; ilm near l-:ast. as serting that she wias iere'iy pirolte4t ng ilte f1ron1tier 14 piieo les f uissii un11 tih they ar isijpaliie of ileternititing 4tir w ind iomi 'l infure. The (z+i4-8lovaks ht' th1'nounceii as "liiii ht' - 1 robter Ihaiii s.'' T'Ie expressed (e Iterninalion o'I the allied nations to diefeat the Germans on the battletielil ives I bet 4r1 Solf great pain and tiro(ises his litterI anger. With troops going across the Atlan tic at the rate of about 250,000 a month, with the new draft law about to be put on its passage, and with wat rudust ries well organizedl and ready to operate full blast, thle A mer lean government Is confronted wvith a serlous shiortage of labor. A million workers arie nleedIel at once and the iladinist ration intends that thley shall be0 provided for thle concer'ns that are making war matertr.ls, no matter what happens to pirivate business. Nones senitlal industries will be called Onl to) give up iminy of theIr men ; all idler's will be put to work, and women will Ibe used to releaise mna for war work that womeun cannot do. The emergen cy is one0 that must be met, and those in authority propose to mecet It In the saime spirit in whIch t hey have met the need for a huge army of fighters. A general feeling of satisfaction perv'otiueCl the counutr wh' ven It wias anniounced that the 100 I. W. W. leadi ers onl tia l in C~hiengo for disloyati Iy had been coniivictedi. Next 0on the list of talleged di sli yatlIsis to be given a (lose oIf justtE'ice are lIve Sochilists V'icto L1 1. 1 er'ger, Adolph Germier, Ir wVin St. Johlin Tucimker. J1. LuiIs Fingda l and14 Wi11ll I. K(ruse. Th'le hla rges agaiInst them -arme even maore serous than1 wer'e those)5 againmst (lie "Wob Ibles." Tihie house watys 0a(1ni eanis commit tee no'h -' fthe had Ac hese ~tion e x 0 15 * ., tax ecC - - fits -- .* ,per per 10 'C.914 r'e of per. Its ny -'1, I' . 10. - -'' STEADY PROGRESS MADE BY ALLIES NO ABATEMENT IN STRENGTH OF PFFENSIVE ALLIES ARE PRESSING ON THE ENEMY. HARDEST KIND OF FIGHTING Successes Gained Render More 8 cure Lines Outflanking Aisne and Other Points. There has been no, abatement in the atrength of the offensive the British, French and American troops are throwing against the German armies from Arras to the region of Soissons, And as yet there is no indication that it is the purpose of the seeming% ly demoralized enemy to turn about and face their aggressors or to offer more resistance for the present than through the activities of strong rear guards. Not alone have the allied troops all over the battle front from Arras to Soissons gained further important ter. rain, but to the north the British have advanced their line materially in the famous Lys sector-and apparently without much effort on the part of the foe to restrain them. Of greater significance than any of the other victories achieved in Fri. day's fighting is the gain of the French with whom Americans are brigaded in this general sector north of Soissons. The latest French official contnuni. cation records the capture by the French here at. Chavigny, three miles northwest, and ('ulfies, a mile and a halt north of Soissons, and the entry into the outskirts of Crony, a short distance to the northeast. These victories, gained only after the hardest kind of fighting, make more secure the allied line running northward and outflanking the Aisne and the ('henin-Des-Dames positions. Also bettering this general stina tion has been the crossing by the French of the Ailette river at Champs. BIG SHIPBUILDING PLANT TO BE ESTABLISHED AT NEW BERN Washington.-New Bern has been slected as the site of a big shipbuild ing plant. Several million dollars will be spent there. The West Coast Shipbuilding Company ,of Everett, Washington, which has several large plants on the Atlantic and Paciflo coasts, will build the yard. Harry B, Spear, the Washington representative, will reach New Bern next week to be. gin preparations. Five hundred to one thousand men will be employed at the outset in construction of the yard. Tn reality It will be two plants, as both wooden and concrete ships are to be b~uilt. The emergency fleet corporation, through General Mlanagrr Piez. ap provedl the site, which was really se lectedl by the war department, since the vessels to be built are for that department. Five 26i5-foot car ferries wvill he the first products of the plant. Tugs, concrete schooners, river steam ers and transports will also be built there. PREACHER CHANGES HIS OCCUPATION TO SAILOR MAN Washington. -- Rev Paul Plunkett Boggs. or Grcenwood. S. C.. soon will "ship out"' abioardl a merchant ship as an ordlinary seamon. Quitting his pulpit recently. he signe dai contract to remain in the merchant marine for ho period of the wvar, and he is now among the reruits in training at Bos ton. Serubbing paint and polishing brass are a part or his sea eduication that he had gonce through. "I thotight I knew human nature, when I was preachhg. lbut I am just beginning to see t hi real meaning of life," he says. "Thlousands of boys, -whose uncomp lla in ig spirit is one of genuine and willing sacrifice, are help. ing save democracy and I am proud to be among themi in that wvork." AMERiCANS' POSITIONS ARE PERHAPS NOT SO GOOD Wth the American Army in France. --The positions of the Americans are perhaps not so good and the contest seems to have narrowved doewn to one of comparative merits of officers and men of the two organizations. Before the dlay was over the Ger mans had begun to show signs of weakening and observers reported troop niovenments which appeared to indicate a regrouping and perhaps re tirement. RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER ARMY CAPTURES B3LACK SEA PORT Amsterdam.--A Russian volunteer army has captured the Black sea port of Nororossisk,. according to a dis patch from Kloev. When the Germans cap~tured Sebas. topol. the base of the Russian T11 - Sent fleet a part of the Rlussian fi escapedl to Novorossisk. Tn May G-ermans threatened the port wa . submarines and arplanos, but it u parently remained under control of the trans.Caucasin goverment