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EATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
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Unsettled, cloudy and warmer to
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For": EDITION
TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1918 EIGHT PAGES
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LASSIGNY IS
REPORTED TO
HAVE FALLEN
Pall Mall Gazette Says French
Have Taken City.
Have Advanced Two Miles i
Toward Jfoyon Today.
ENEMY RESISTS DESPERATELY
British Unable to Advance in
the Somme Sector.
Germans Have Been Bringing!
Up Their Big Guns.
ALLIES TO STORM NOYDN SOON
French Sow About Five and a
Half Miles Distant.
Germans Make Use of Former
Fortifications.
Paris, Aug; 14 (5:10 p. m.)
"Our methodical pressure war
rartts the hope that the whole
triangle formed by Lassigny,
Ribecourt and Noyon soon will
be occupied," an official state
ment declared this afternoon.
London, Aug. 14. The town of
Lassigny, on the southern part of the
Picardy battle front, for which the
French have been struggling over the
hills to the west and south, has beer,
captured by them, the Pall Mall Ga
zette today says it understands.
The capture is reported to have
t.ken place this morning. The news
of the fall of the town has not been
officially confirmed.
Press on Toward Xoyon.
Paris. Aug. 14 (1:05 p. m.). Gen
eral Humbert's army operating on the
southern end of the Picardy line is
reported today to be progressing
steadily toward Noyon. The desper
ate German defense of the-Chaulnes-Roye
road" has caused 'delay in the
storming of the Noyon position, which
is now said to be Impending.
The army of General Rawlinson,
which is holding the line just to the
north o the French positions, is meet
ing most desperate resistance along
its whole front. The Germans seem
determined to retain the Chaulnes
heights at all costs.
Germans Use Many Machine Guns.
On the French Front in- France,
Aug. 13. The Germans 'are combat
ing the French In the Lassigny region
generally with machine guns, which
are as numerous as soldiers. The val
leys and woods which the French
Rtust traverse are toeing flooded with
mustard gas. The French, however,
are advancing thru the valleys by in
filtration. The German tactics indi
cate that the main enemy force is re
tiring upon a defensive line not far
distant.
The French success today in gain
ing important local positions south
east of Lassigny gives prospect of
complete success in overcoming the
ma.-fcif of Lasoipny.
Huns Bring Up Guns.
I By the Associated Press.)
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 14 (10:30 a. m.). There is no
cl anse in the situation on the new
bomnie battle front this morning ex
cept for the fact that & considerably
increased artillery fire indicates that
the enemy has tirally decided to bring
up more of his guns.
Various small artillery concentra
tions have sprung up during the last j
few hours and are now active in firing
on some points within the British lines,
uch as Yauvillers, Framoiville, Proy
art, Lihons, Dernancourt and the for
ward areas south of the Villers-Bre-tonneux-Chaulnes
railway.
The Germans have also subjected the
valley north of Morlancourt to heavy
gas shelling and have similarly treat
ed Harbonnicres and the Gressaire
wood region. No further counter at
tacks by the enemy are reported.
In the region of Bray, north of the
Fomme, as well as immediately sooth
of the river, the British have been ac
tively straightening and pushing for
ward their lines. Northwest of Bray,
the British raided the enemy lines and
found them unoccupied.
Kxcept for a little increase in the
raiding activity by both sides, which
Is customary immediately following a
battle for the purpose of ascertaining
possible- changes ir dispositions, the
remainder of the British front is In a
normal state.
French Gained Two Miles.
(By the Associated Press.)
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 14 (1 p. m.) The Germans now
are in Plemont, about a mile south
east of Lassigny, to which they re
tired, following a new advance by the
French. General Humbert's army
moved forward two miles yesterday
and took the St. Claude farm, which
makes the hold of the French on the
southern part of the Thiecourt plateau
secure.
At Plemont the Germans found po
sitions all ready to receive them and
were able to off strong resistance.
The enemy took Plemont during the
fighting early in ."ue and their old
trenches there are still organized with
wire entanglements.
French Make Progress.
(By the Associated Press.)
While there have been no definite
reports of a resumption of the drive
against the German positions on the
southern end of the Picardy battle
line, dispatches from Paris this after
noon would seem t to indicate that
fresh progress has 'ieen made there
by General Humbert's army.
It is aid that the French afe ad
vancing steadily on Noyon and while
U-BOATS STRIKE
AT ENTRANCE OF
NEW YORK PORT
Sink Oil Tanker at Very, Gates
of Harbor.
Thirty-five; Members of Crew
Picked Up.
A SUBffllME OFIv CAPE COD j
Steam Trawler Walrus Escaped
Enemy in Fog. ,
The Frederick B. Kellogg Was
a Big New Tank -Ship.
New York, Aug. 14. A German
submarine, approaching the very gates
of New York harbor, sank the oil
tanker Frederick R. . Kellogg off tho
Ambrose channel last night. Thirty
five members of the crew brought
her today reported that seven others
are missing. These, survivors were
picked up by an American steamship.
The Frederick R. Kellogg was a
new tank steamship of 7,127 tons
gross register, valued at more than
$1,500,000. Under command of Capt.
C. H. White, she was on her way from
Tamoicc. Mexico, to . Boston with a
cargo of approximately 70,000 barrels !
of crude oil. The ship was owned by j
the Petroleum Transport company and
wets iauin.iicu a. jca-6" ""o juuhlu
at Oakland, Cal. ...
V-Boat Off Cape Cod.
An Atlantic Port, Aug. 14. A Ger
man submarine sighted jott the tip of
Cape Cod early last night fired at the
steam trawler Walrus, and missed
by a narrow margin. Capt. Clayton
Morrisey of the fisherman reported o.i
arrival here U day. Because of the
fbg; Captairt Morrise.- said, he was
able to escape and warned other craft
of the danger.
The Walrus left this port at 11
o'clock yesterday vheaded for the
Georges banks. At 7 o'clock last
night eight miles southeast of Cape
Cod, the U-boat came to the surface
within hailing distance of the trawler
and fired a shot over her bow.
Without giving the submarine a
chance to fire again. Captain Morrisey
rang for full speed ahead, and headed
for the raider in aij effort to ram and
sink her. The submarine submerged.
The Walrus then began a zigzag
course back to port. The appearance
of the U-boat off Capa Cod indicates
that the- --Gernrians are not satisfied
with their bag of ten trawlers Satur
day and Sunday, ar.d probably are ly
ing In wait in the course of coast
shipping.
NEARlCElAMlNE
Shortage to Be Acute, in Kan
sas by End of Month.
Food Administrator Asks Every
Person to Conserve.
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 14. An Ice
famine is impending in Kansas and
unless every person saves all the Ice
possible there probably will be a se
vere shortage te-'i re the end of the
month, it was stated at federal food
administration headqur.rters today.
the stubborn defense of the Chaulnes
Roye road has delayed operations, the
storming of the Noyon positions Is im
pending. Further; north the British
son Is known to be encountering des- 1 e tne registration as those covering
perate resistance Plong its whole front, .previous registrations. Any person
It U at a virtual standstill, and the w on account of sickness, will be
advices show that the Germans hold- unable to present himself for registra
rs the Chaulnes heights seem deter- un on the day set, may apply before
mined to cline to their oositions at,the dfiy of registration at the office
all costs.
The French army on the southern
end of the battle line was at least five
and a half miles from Noyon accord
ing to latest detailed reports. '
Allied progress eastward in Picardy
with the Germans fighting desperately
for every vantage point continues to
be slow. On the northern end of the
front the British and GemAns are oc
cupied mainly with reciprocal artil
lery bombardments while 01 the south
tow, T Jl. . advanced further j
toward Lassigny in heavy fighting, i
Prnm Mnrlsnr . I.K..
,uA T,i. u , ,
ing tne captured ground while the ar
tillery is being brought up to bombard
the Germans, who maintain them
selves in the old positions of 1916-17
west of the upper course of the
Somme. The infantrv activitv hero
Tuesday was comparatively ouiet.
Field Marshal Haig reports, but there
seems to be little doubt that the Brit
ish are only awaiting a favorable op
portunity to again hit the German
line.
Mile and a Half Nearer Noyon.
In the hill and wood region between
the Matz and the Oise, the French
have made appreciable gains and are
reported unofficially to be holding the
important massif of Lassigny against
heavy German attacks. North of Gury
the French are .fighting forward in
the parks south of Plessier de Roye.
while to the east they have reached
Belval. one and one-half miles south
of Lassigny. At Belval the French
outflank the western end of the
heights south of Lassigny. East of
Belval the Germans apparently have
been able to hold th Prrh tn v,Ai
Along the west bank of the Oise the
French have gained one and one-half
miles toward Novon.
German prisoners taken at Belval
numbered 177 and they declared they
had been ordered to hold on at all
costs. This high ground is important
to the ;ncmy because French guns
placed there could command all the
terrain northward toward Boye and
eastward toward Noyon.
Would Have to Retire.
With the massif in possession of
the French, the Germans probably
would be forced to evacuate Lassigny
tConunned on Page Two-J
ALL BOYS NOW 21
ARE ORDERED TO
REGISTERAUG. 24
Applies to Those Beaching Age
Since June a.
Is to Prepare for Delay on 'ew
Man Power Bill.
MORE TM 3,000 KANSANS
Registration on June 5 Brought
in 12,521 Men.
Men Are Jfeeded to Meet Com
ing Draft Calls.
Instructions were sent to all Kan
sas draft boards today by Charles S.
Huffman, adjutant general, calling for
registration August 24 of all men In
this state who have reached the age of
21 years since June 5. The registra
tion will be held independent of the
! big general registration of men from
IS to 45, which will probably be held
September 5. Estimates in the adju
tant general's office show that Blight
ly more than 3.000 Kansans will be
enrolled under the new order.
In June. 1917. when the state regis-
tered all men between the ages of 21
and 31 years, a total registration of
slighUy more than 151000 was re-
eorded. The registration of June ' 5,
this year, when all young men who
had become -21 years old since the
1917 registration, enrolled 12.521 men.
It is probable that 3,000 men will be
registered August 24. Of this number
1,500 to 2,000 are expected to be eli
gible for advance classifications.
Arrangements will be made imme
diately by all local boards and it is
believed the special registration will
be handled without friction. All men
who have attained the age of 21 years
since June 5 and on or prior to August
24, will be required to register Local
beards were instructed to enroll regis
trants between the hours of 7 a. m.
and 9 p. m. Following the registra
tion this month, the general registra
tion under the new selective service
act will be held early next month
probably September 5.
Order From Washington.
Washington, Aug. 14. August 24
will be the next registration day for
.American boys who have reached 21
since? iluiis 1 0 -4usfc. ' '" 1 ..v .
To prepare for any delay " in trie
passage of the 18-45 man power bill,
Provost Marshal Gereral Crowder has
issued orders to state headquarters
calling for a registration August 24.
It is planned to hold the first regis
tration of men between 18 and 21, and
between 31 and 45, early in September
if the man power bill passes by that
time, as expected.
Expect to Get 150,000.
Abour150,000 young men will regis
ter. Most of them will qualify for
class 1, and therefore will join the
army probably within a month 'after
their names are recorded.
No Registration September S.
September 5, the date originally set
for the big registration of men in
cluded under the new man power bill,
will be changed because in a number
of states primary elections will be
held on that day. It was officially
stated by Provost Marshal General
Crowder that the object of the new
registration Is to keep class 1 full
during the fall months, pending regis
tration and classification of the new
millions to be added under the man
power bill.
Same Rules as Before.
Under a presidential proclamation
issued today, the same rules will gov-
lot any local board for instructions as
to how he may register by agent, tne
proclamation says:
Persons absent from their place of
residence on this day, may register
Yiv moil hut tV) -r&erltatmtinn rfl
must reach the local board having
jurisdiction of the area wherein the
registrant permanently resides by the
day named for registration.
Those on sea, or outside the terri
torial limits of the United States, shall.
within five days, after reaching the
fj United States port comply with
th( ,,. inlnir to h-
regulations
;BemeeH.
Persons without permanent resi
dence will register with a local board
in whose jurisdiction they are In on
August 24.
Persons Who Need If ot Register.
The proclamation exempts the fol
lowing persons from registration:
Officers and enlisted men in the reg
ular army, navy and marine corps,
national " guard and naval militia,
while In the service of the United
States and officers in the reserve offi
cers corps and enlisted men in the en
listed reserve corps while In active
service.
The time of registration will be be
tween 7 a. m. and 9 p. m., August 24,
1918.
A day for registration In the terri
tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico will be named later.
PONCELET TO TOPEKA
Well Known Hotel Man Takes Charge
, of National.
I E- M- Poncelet. known all over the
1 country as a hotel manager, has taken
i charge of the National hotel follow-
' Ing the resignation of T. C. Jones,
I manager for the last five months, who
j has gone to Wichita to take charge of
the Eaton hotel.
I Mr. Poncelet came to Topeka from
' the Dallas club, where he has been
-acting steward for three years. He
has been connected with the New
! Youree hotel at Shreveport, the
Cadillac at Detroit, the preat North
ern hotel at Chicago, the Cadillac hotel
at New York City and the Bristol
hotel at Houston.
21 tfSfifs
cTOPCK A
The above design Is that used for
the "Suburban-Harvest Sale" on liter
ature, advertising matter, window
cards and circular matter distributed
broadcast over Shawnee and adjoin
ing counties the last two weeks. The
sale which is to be held beginning Fri
day has been advertised for a hundred
miles around in the papers of the
smaller towns, by special circular
matter mailed out by the institutions
of the city having mailing lists and by
word of mouth assisted by the speed
of automobiles.
The plans for "Suburban-Harvest"
sale have been worked out definitely,
carefully and thoroly, thru two months
of earnest co-operation on the tart of
the merchants of Topeka. Greater
enthusiasm on the part of the people
and the business men has never been
displayed regarding any previous
LOVE,KISSES,WINE
Topeka Husband Tells of Al
leged Actions of Wife.
Of Course, Display of Sentiment
Was With Another. I
SHE HAS STORY TO TELL, ALSO
When She Was Away He "En
tertained Lady Friends." .
Incident of Embracing Event
in Kansas City Hotel.
One flowered silk kimcno one green
Georgette crepe waist, many kisses
and a like number of embraces figure j
in a contested divo'ree case on trial In j
the first division of the district court.
Guy O. Dana, who tells of hours
spent by his wife, Nona Dana, with
another, man listening to the popping
of corks at the Plantation Grill in ,
th Hotel Muehlebaclv Kansas City,
filed the application for a decree. Mrs.
Dana didn't let. the matter rest with j
the defense of a denial. She entered
a denial and a cross petition. Her
counter charges are not surrounded
with the atmosphere of Frill rooms
and cabarets but they do, throw high
lights on social circles In Ottawa.
Mr. and Mrs. Dana were married In
Topeka. October 16. 1901. and seven
teen years from that date, they agreed
to a division of property and a separ
ation, according to testimony. They
lived then at Ottawa. Mr. Dana came
to Topeka and Mrs. Dana went to
Kansas City.
Posing as "Single," 1
Dana alleges he must have a divorce
because his wife has brought about
an impossible condition by represent
ing to her neighbors and friends at 724
Harrison street, Kansas City, she Is
a single woman." He alleges, she is
entertained evenings and on Sundays
at various places in Kansas City by
one Judd West, and that they "act
like married folks."
All of this Mr. Dana denies. She
admits no wrong doing. To the con
trary she alleges that while she and
Dana, still were living together at Ot
tawa he entertained varioUB women
friends at their home In her absence.
Dana alleges an Ottawa hotel man
was Mrs. Dana's affinity while they
lived In that city: that she made fre
quent trips to Kansas City and met
the hotel man there and told a woman
friend she was "crazy about him."
Once, Dana alleged, he and his wife
went to Kansas City, accompanied by
a girl,ince dead, and engaged a room
at the Sherman hotel: that -fie, Dana,
left about midnight. He learned later,
he said, the Ottawa hotel man. had
engaged a room across the hall, and
after midnight Mrs. Dana disappeared
from her room, clad only in the flow
ered kimono. She returned at 3 o'clock
in the morning. Dana alleged.'
Embraced Across a Table.
Dana said the hotel man showered
presents upon his wife, the gifts In
cluding oie green Georgette crepe
'waist:, that he greeted her fit the
Union station at Kansas City Vith a
kiss and that they were observed kiss
ing and embracing across a table at
the Plantation Grill at the Hotel
Muehlebach.
All this Mrs. Dana denied.
Most of the testimony introduced
was in the form of depositions taken
in Franklin county and In Kansas
I City. Dana did not appear. He was
representee oy .u jicj.eever. JHrs.
Dana, accompanied by one woman
friend, sat thru the reading of the
depositions, manifesting little interest.
She w'as represented by Tinkham
Veale.
GAIN IN FLANDERS
British Make Local Adtance on
Lys Salient.
Bepulsed German Attacks on
Northern Side.
London, Aug. 14. British troops
have gained further ground at the
a. ex of the Lys salient in Flanders,
says the official statement from Field
Marshal Haig today. East of Meteren
the line was advanced slightly." while
east of Vieux-Berquin and south f
Meteren patrols established a new line.
Tuesday the British threw back Ger
man local attacks on the notherh side'
of the Lys salient. Last night the
German artillery was very active in
this region.
Senator GaUlnger HI.
Franklin, N. H.. Aug. 14. United
States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger -was
reported today In a serious condition
at a hospital here. He is suffering
from heart trouble and physicians ex
pressed anxiety regarding his Illness
because of his age. He la 81 years of
age.
AUGUST i&At IT
fsale.' "With weather conditions favor
fable, work in the country well in
Iiiand, returns from the harvest com
puted and amounting to splendid fig-
urea. "Suburban-Harvest" sale prom
ises to be the greatest ever held in
Topeka.
; "With supply and demand, possibility j
of great advances in prices on all ar
ticles needed by every family, with
the possibility of added governmental
tax present special prices which will J
oe made in "SuburDan-Harvest . sale
wiH prove intensely interesting to pros
pective customers.. ;
Never before, have such conditions
faced the public as do today. Never
before has the advice to buy early and
all one can, been so sound and been
heeded as it is now. For these many
crowning achievement of Topeka'a
Business men-
NJDHUCK ANETTOM
Boys Don't Bother Watermelon
" Patches 3Tear Topeka Xow.
Grown Men Cause Great Dam
i age Along Kaw Valley.
GUARDS OUT MH SHOTGUNS
Drastic Move to Protect Farms
Must Be Undertaken.
One Ad in State Journal Smokes
Out Mature Victims.
'Watermelon raids, to a certain ex
tent, are expected from the barefoot
boy overflowing with the stories of
the wild and woolly west. But for
grown men, and boys of eighteen and
nineteen years, such depredations are
unexpected for the reason .that men
of this age should know better.
A statement covering these points
was made at the State Journal office
this morning by J. C. Banta, a promi
nent melon grower north of the city.
Banta said that following his adver
tisement In the State Journal offering
a reward for the persons who had
ruined a good percentage of his water
melon crop that fifteen -boys and men,
all of. them more than. .18 years old,
Jad been caught in the melon patches,
pxita of - these' men paid: damages to
escape the- publicity of arrest and a
court trial. ...
But the threatened arrest of these
fifteen men has not stepped the raids,
Banta said today. It is absolutely
necessary,, he stated, that he and other
melon growers hire a corps of guards
to watch the patches thru the nights.
Banta said that the guards are armed
with shotguns.
Couldn't Walt for- Ripening.
Speaking of the destruction the men
have caused in their raids on the
melon patches ear the city, Banta
asserted that the forays began very
early in the year before . the melons
were ripe. The men, he said, tramped
thru the patches ii, search of. the rare,
melon which was ripe, and on their
way stepped on the vines. between the
forming melons and the parent vine.
The least injury to one of the stalks
means the death of the melon on that
stalk. Banta said, and as a result there
are thousands of melons In the patches
which will never ripen and are fit for
nothing but hog feed.
Banta asserted that in his case alone
the loss was not lesrs than $500 from
the results of the heedless trajriplin
to death of his melons, tip until to
day, not a single n.an under 18 years
old has been caught in the patches,
according to Banta. He says that the
efforts to catch the raiders will go
on unabated and that those caught
will be turned over to the sheriff for
prosecution. - ' -
PEACE TRAP NEXT
Belie ye Germans Plan Clever
Trap for Allies.
May Offer Plebiscite in Prov
inces of Alsace and Lorraine.
Washineton. Aug 14. That Ger-
ma.nv an d Austria will offer to submit
to President Wilson's policy of self
determination in Alsace-Lorraine and
the Austro-Italian Tyrolean provinces,
in a new peace offensive of the central
powers. Is expected in the diplomatic
advices received here today.
Reports are arriving from various
sources of political manipulations in
Alsace and Lorraine which would in
dicate that the Germans In desperate
attempts to end the' war without a
military decision, might agree to a
plebiscite in the "lost provinces."
Hans Plan a Trap.
It is believed Germany will make an
open proposition, but will attach such
conditions to it as would put the mat
ter entirely under her control and as
sure a favorable verdict for Berlin.
Italian Czech-Slovak advices point
to the activities of Austria toward the
Germanization of the Tyrolean prov
inces. The Crecho-Slovak national
council has word of the removal from
office . of Dr. Conci, Italian deputy
governor of Tyrol, because' he partici
pated in the conference of oppressed
nationalities at Prague, May 16.
It Is considered probable that ex
cuses will be found by the Austrians to
remove all officers of Italian blood
from power In Tyrol that a loyal Haps
burg organization may be effected for
political operations following defeat of
the central powers.
Prononnce by Sneezing.
Belloire, O., Aug. 14. The judge did
did not address the complaining wit
ness of the defendant by name when
Walter Zharickosowsky had Salu nas
Voiceiljchowonishwiski arrested on a
charge of provoking him. He tried
the names several times and then took
the case under advisement.
PUSH SLOWLY IN
THRU THE ENEMY.
LINE IN PICARDY
Battle Front on West Seems to
Be Stagnant.
But Steady Small Gains Menace
German Positions.
FRENCH TAKE VITAL POINTS
Fall of Koye Would Automat
ically Take Lassigny.
German Machine Gunners Stick
to Post Until Killed.
Paris, Aug. 14. In comparison with
the quick advance, of the first four
days, the battle In Picardy now may
seem to be stagnant. Nevertheless,
the French have pushed nearer to the
Chaulnes-Roye-Lassigny-Noyon line to
which the Germans are clinging des
perately. It took the allies a fort
night to get the Germans from the
Marne to the Vesle. The ground be
tween thesvre and the Oise is much
more difficult than north of the
Marne, being a labyrinth of small
wooded hills in and out of which the
troops have to worm themselves, sur
rounding and reducing each summit
separately and successively. It is no
easy task because the enemy laid out
his positions long ago, so he is able
to defend them with groups of picked
machine gunners who have orders
which they invariably obey to the let
ter to resist until killed. Conse
quently every inch of ground requires
not only great determination in over
coming,' but experienced skill.
Make Steady Small Gains.
Tuesday's fighting put the French'
more than a mile north of Cambronne.
close to Attiche and Carmoy Farms
which are two big machine gun nests.
The French left advancing on Las
signy, met with vigorous resistance
north of St. Claud farm and north of
Mareuil-Lamotte. However, they suc
ceeded in fighting their way thru th
woods and moved their line 800 yards
northeast of Gury. North of Gury they
reached the. southern edge of Loges
wood and also penetrated the park be
longing to the Chateau of Plessier de
Roye. They also reached Belval be
tween Plessier de Roye and Thies
court. The enemy still holds the greatest
part or Thlescourt wood and the for
midable plateau of Plemont-
The French now have advanced
their line to within less than a mile
and a half of Lassigny. It will, how
ever, undoubtedly require a tremen
dous effort to capture either Lassigny
or ' Roye. The fall of Roye would
automatically cause the evacuation of
Lassigny.
MAKE SEA SAFE
America and Italy Will Co-operate
in Mediterranean.
Cargoes Will Now Go Directly
to Italian Ports.
Rome, Aug. 14. Co-operation of
the Italian and American navies in
future operations in the Adriatic and
Mediterranean is the chief concern of
the mission to Italy of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
United States navy, Roosevelt said to
day in an Interview.
"With the intention of increasing
cur assistance to Italy," he said, "we
are now endeavoring to solve the
problem of using Italian ports to their
fullest capacity. Henceforth, goods
shipped to Italy must be discharged at
Italian, instead of French ports.
"It Is imperative that we do this In
order to relieve congested traffic con
ditions on the French roads. To put
the plan into effect, the Mediterranean
must be made safe from submarines.
"The American and Italian fleets
can easily accomplish this task. We
should also close the Adriatic and pre
vent the exit of enemy craft as well
as paralyze the exploits of the Aus
trian fleet."
Roosevelt declared the United
States is prepared to send to the Ital-rf
lan iront enougn troops to insure vie
iory xor Italian arms. . From the
North sea to the Adriatic the Initiative
both o land and bV r
passed to the allies, he declared.
. .. .
FIGHT 0NV0LGA
Bolshevik! and Czecho-SIovaks i
in Heayy Battle.
The SoTiet Forces Are Reported !
. to Sumber 150,000.
. . . I
u' . ""ie '
'"s ieiween uzecno-siovaks and
Bolshevikl forces along the midd!e
Volga, especiallr around Simbirsk, ac -
cording to dispatches
Germany today.
receivea irom
(Simbirsk, 400 miles east of Mos
cow. Is ope of the key position on the
new "Russian front.")
The Soviet army is said to number
150,000. The Sov5efs fleet in the
Volga has seized all Czecho-Slovak
vessels, breaking the latter s com
municafion with their headquarters at
Simbirsk.
U. S. AIRMAN LOST
Was First American Trained Flyer to
Bring Down a Bocfae Plane.
Paris, Aug. 14. Lieut. Alan F.
Winslo.. of Lake Torest. III., the first
American train. d flyer to briijg down
an enemy airman, has been- killed in
an air fight in Picardy. according to
information received here today. No
details have been received.
WILL BE WARM AGAIN
Cool Spell Doe To Bo Blown Away ,
- by Soutli winds. j
' WEATHER FOKECAST FOR KANSAS:'
Unsettled weather tonlplit sad anurauay, i
partly cloudy and warmer.- .
Today's Temperatures.
7 o'clock... ..73 I 11 o'clock 84;
8 o'clock 74
9 o'clock 78
12 o'clock. .
.85
1 o'clock o ;
2 o'clock 90 i
10 o'clock . .7
In spite, of the cooler weather en- I
joyed Tuesday night and this morning, j
State Meteorologist - Flora says that I
the hot weather will continue to pick
on Kansas as "its favorite stamping I
ground." The cool weather can only J
be temporary as the area of high pres- J
sure over Florida, known as the Ber-
MnnMnuP1 I'nire "I wo
FINNS MUST FIGHT
on
Germans Send Ultimatum
Murman Coast Matter.
Demands They Attack Allies
There Within Two' Weeks.
Washington, Aug. 14. A report
from Stockholm reaching the state de
partment today from sources consid
ered reliable, says the German gov
ernment has addressed an ultimatum
to the Finnish government requiring
that the Finnish army prepare to
march against the entente forces on
the Murmansk coast within two
weeks.
RAPS DRAFT LAW
Organised Labor Wants
"Work or Fight' Clause.
Samuel Gompers Sends Em
phatic Telegram to Senate.
Washington, Aug.. 14. Organized
labor's emphatic . opposition to any
work or fight provision In the new
manpower bill extending the draft
ages is expressed in a letter from Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, received to
day by members of the senate military
committee.
MEXICO IS PERT
When Britain Protests Against
; - Oil Decree.
Tells England It Is None of Her!
Business. "
Mexico City. Aug. 14. Replying to
a protest from Great Britain against
the provisions of the oil decree of
February 22, which was declared to be
confiscatory and In violation of the
rights of English companies holding
oil claims, the Mexican government
has declared that it does not recognize
the right of any foreign government
to protest against decrees of this na-
ture. It holds that by virtue of its
sovereign rights the Mexican govern- , ment in reply reports that the Ameri
ment is free to adopt such fiscal legis- I cans are at disadvantage because of
lation as Is" necessary. It suggests I a lack of aircraft. March appealed
that recourse to the court would be the i 'or the elimination of the word
proper method of determining wheth-
er the oil land decree is unjust and
confiscatory.
FOUR MEN SHOT
Citizens of Kansas Town
Fight With Bandits.
in
Robbers Had Blown Vault and
Taken $2,500 From Bank.
Greeley. Kan.. Aug. 14. Three rob-
h.r, -a-i tsxAa, ii,. ,i.
of the Bank of Greeley and escaped
with between 12.500 and 23.000. Cit-
lzens, awakened by the sound of ex-
plosives used by the robbers, attempt
ed to capture the men and in a pistol
fight that ensued four of the Greeley
men were Injured. The robbers es
caped.
Robliers Opened Fire.
Five Greeley men heard the einlo-
?lns and hurried in the direction of
tne sound. inree blocks from the
bank they met three men whom they
commanded to halt. The three men
f .Pend their revolvers and
Tnmn man ..m 4....a . '
1 Ji" 'i ueurgB
Ramsey. Boyd Spencer, Floyd Rogers
and Andy Blair. None is believed to
oe injured seriously. After the
72 ZV bf1?18 t"e robbers are believed delay, he added, and eventually Gen
,L 3?'?u d 'hers j" waiting mo- eral Pershing will take command of
tor car at the edge of town. -i, the armies, leavine command of
. Greeley Is In Anderson county.
(twelve miles east of Garnett. Kan.
SPAIN NOT AFTER WAR
i She Slay Break With Germany Bnt
...... . . -.1 . L mi 1 1 III
Washington, Aug. 14. A dinln.
matio hro.ir h.t.u. o..,
! many is heTd
1 and neutral diplomatic circles here
, but Spain as an actual combatant is
1 OI""a"Ml unlikely. Official dis-!
patches from London. Paris and Rome
report a grave crisis at Madrid and i far cry from a reputation as an all
throughout Spain. , Details of the ca- t star baseball and football player to th
bles widely differ. . ; claim of champion man-knitter of the
Spain has completely exhausted her
stock or many staple foods. The
Spanish see that the French and Ital-
J ians. although actually at war are
i kattar t .
better off In many respect.
An official Rome cable suggests that
the Spanish cabinet is likely to de
cide upon immediate "energetic ac
tion" against Germany.
Diplomats are inclined to believe
that Spain's first step in a program of
energetic action" would be to put In
to use all the ships of the kingdom,
now detained in port on account of the
submarine menace on the high seas to
bring food to the striken populace- A
demand upon Germany to spare the
ships probably would be made simultaneously.
iPinflRnY CM ICMT
REDUCED 1 5 MILES
ON 53-MILE FRONT
Paris Is 3fow 50 Miles From
.
Searest Point OH Line.
One U. S. Regiment Fighting In.
m
the Present DriTC
.
OBJECTS TO WORD "SAMMY"
j March Says Soldiers Don't Like
to Be Called That.
! :
!Xo American Troops Haye Yet
Landed in Siberia.
I Washington. Aug. 14. The 131st
' regiment of the 23d United States di
vision was the American unit which
took part in the Franco-British-American
offensive in Picardy, General
March announced today in his confer
ence with correspondents.
The 131st regiment is composed of
Illinois National Guardsmen and Is
attached to the Sixty-sixth brigade of
infantry in the 33d division, com
manded by Maj. Gen. George Bell.
The troops were trained at Camp Lo-
: gan, Tex.
This regiment, operating near Chl
pilly. captured three officers. 150 men
Poland seven 105 millimeter guns from
the Germans. The conduct of the
American troops, March said, won the
highest praise from the allies.
- Huns Fifty Miles From Paris.
He stated that the Picardy salient
has now been reduced on a front of
fifty-three miles to a depth of fifteen
miles. This makes the nearest point
in the German line fifty miles from
Paris.
The British and French offensive
has now driven the Germans back to
the line they held in the winter of
1918 in the region of Santerre. March
said. The fact that the Germans
found there the entrenchments they
left in their advance probably ac
counts for the stiff resistance the al
lies are getting on that' front, he
added.
At some points the old line of 1916
has not yet been reached by the allies.
No Change on Vesle.
March said that the line across the
Marne salient Is practically as It was
last Saturday. He declared an Amer
mette.
ican counter attack had recovered Fia-
Angust 10 was fixed by March as the
date of the final organization of the
first American field army. He added
that General McReynolds is chief of
staff of this army so tar as the de
partment knows.
Objects to "Sammy."
General Pershing has been asked
for specific information on the ques
tion; of air craft in fighting. March
stated that Pershing's dispatches do
not indicate any shortage of aero-
I planes for the Americans in the Marne
I sector at least. He made this state-
i oammy with respect to American
i iroops. saying tnat ir tnere is one
i tnlnK tne United States soldiers did not
: iiko n is to De cauea tsammy. tie said
: the British and French can't under
; stand why such vigorous men should
I be given such an appendage. The
British have discarded it in favor of
: "Yanks" March said.
, Twenty-Eighth In Heavy Fighting.
! The Twenty-eighth f.ivlsion. General
March said, was ii. position near Dor
mans on July 16, and participated in
: the advance across the Ourcq river on
July 26, when the attack against the
i German lines attained Its full momen-
turn and thrust the ei.emy back to tho
j Vesle. The Twenty-e ghth was flank-
; ?" on? side by J,S Forty-secord
1 (Rainbow) and on the other by the
i Thrd regular divls on. Its position (n
! the .line was between Sergy and
Roncneres.
The work of the i.ierican troops.
both on the French and British front.
General March said, continues to win
the highest praise from the allied com
ma mi ers.
1,250,000 In First Field Army.
General Pershing's announcement of
, the formation of the first field army
shows it was organized on August 10.
and in this connection General March
disclosed that there were thirty-on
American divisions in France and the
field army included approximately
1,250,000 men. The organization of
additional, corps and subsequently of
le,e,
y ' .
o Americans In Siberia.
IrrSSTS? lainrH0,
American
Siberia as yet. He
did not have available figires on the
i total embarkation tor France, which
ATHLETE A KNITTER
,d Football Star. T.lle Petersoa.
i Has Turned Ont Fourteen Sweatera.
j Beloit. Kan.. Aug. 14. It may be
! state, hut such Is the station of Is1!e
Feterson. ex-county clerk of Mitchell
county, now employed In the office of
the county treasurer of Abilene. Kan.
Peterson knits at the same pace he
used to brick the line when he wae
known as "the terrible Swede" on the
Lindsborg and State Normal school
footba!! teams of a score of years sgo.
Since May 25 he has knit fourteen
sweaters, and he says he can koit
Bed Cross sleeveless sweater In three
evenings without over-exertion. As a
mtter of patriotic divers! m. on Jul7
4th. he knit one entire sweater for the
Tied Cross. Leslie spent a few days
vacation here recently, renewing old
acquaintances and brought his knit
ting along. .