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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1918
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THREI? CBNTS
Blae where
Allies in 50-Mile Attack Gain 7 Miles;
HamandChauny Captured by French
Beer Brewing
To Stop Dec. 1
On U.S. Order
Food Board Issues Ruling
After Conference With
the President
Senate Passes Rider
To Make Nation Dry
Agreement With House Ex?
pected for Country-Wide
Prohibition July 1
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.?Prohibition
forces won a dual victory to-day with
the announcement by the food adminis?
tration that the manufactura of beer
in the United States will be prohibited
after December 1 next, and the passage
by the Senate of the emergency agri?
cultural appropriation bill with its pro?
hibition rider.
The statement from the food admin?
istration followed a conference be?
tween President Wilson and representa?
tives of the food, fuel and railroad ad?
ministrations and the War Industries
Eoard at which the decision was
reached to stop brewing as a war
measure.
Factors which influenced the decision
to prohibit the manufacture of beer
after December 1, the food administra?
tion nnnoujicemrnt ?aid, were "tho fur?
ther necessity of war industries l'or the
-.hole fuel productive capacity of the
country, the considerable drouth which
has materially affected the supply of
feeding ptuff for nest year, the strain
on transportation to handle necessary
industries, and the shortage of labor
caused by enlargement of the army
programme."
Soft Drink Warning
Warning also was issued to manu?
facturers of all beverages and mineral
waters that for the same reasons there
will be "further great curtailment in
fuel for the manufactures of glass con?
tainers, of tm plate for caps, of trans?
portation and of food products in such
beverage:-."
Action along this line, it was said,
had becTi expected by the brewing in
?erests in view of the fuel adminis?
tration's order of last July 3 reducing
coal consumption of breweries 50 per
rent and a warning that they might
not be able to continue in business.
Under national prohibition legisla?
tion passed by the Senate to-day and
sent to the House, which enacted simi?
lar legislation last.May, the manufact?
ure of beer and wine would be prohib?
ited artr-r next May 1. To-day's order
will move up fin months the timo for
that date am! the effective operation of
beer, although the breweries may b"
allowed to resume operations between
'hat date and the effective operation of
the dry legislation., if finally enacted,
since to-day's cider was "until further
orderp."
The manufacture of whiskey wa\
prohibited last year, and there have
been repeated demands in Congress
?hat the President exercise his war?
time power to stop the manufacture of
beer as a. food conservation measure.
'he House last May, in adopting tho
emergency agricultural appropriation
hill, attached a rider, which provided
that none of the funds appropriated
by the measure should be used until
'he manufacture of beer was discon?
tinued.
Senate Votes to Make U. S. Dry
The $12,000,000 emergency agricult?
ural appropriation bill, with its rider
?or national prohibition from next July 1
until the American armies are demob
lllzed after the end of the war, was
Passed by the Senate without a rollcall.
The hill row goes to the House, and
because of the many amendments in?
serted by the Senate, it undoubtedly
*"' be sent to conference. Prohibi?
tion leaders, however, expect the House
^ agree to the "dry" rider, so there
*'? be no possibility of changes being
m*de by the Senate and House man?
agers.
Before final passage of the measure
?9 Senate voted. 45 to 6, to retain
'"prohibition rider. A final effort to
Postpone the effective date of the "dry"
'?Halation to December 30, 1919 was
?efeatcd.
?h .M10" VOtmS aRainst retaining
" dry" legislation in the bill were
?randegee, of Connecticut; Gerry, of
?Me lsland; PheUn, of California;
Continued on page ttix
For the New Draft
The registration card for
the new draft and regulation?
for filling it out will be print?
ed in to-morrow's Tribune.
The new questionnaire
which men of 18 to 45 must
fill out will be summarized in
Monday's Tribune.
Revokes License
Of Newsdealer
For Second Time
City Official Penalizes John
Williamson on Ground That
He Fights Hearst
John Williamson's license to sell
papers at Borohgh Hall, Brooklyn, was
revoked again yesterday. With it this
time was revoked the license for the
stand operated by his aged father. The
reason specifically assigned for this ac?
tion is Williamson's persistence in his
refusal to sell Hearst papers in defi?
ance of the wishes of his patriotic cus?
tomers, many of whom, like himself,
have close relatives fighting in France.
John N. Harman, Commissioner of
Parks for the Borough of Brooklyn, is
the official who revoked the permits.
He did not act until after the formal
discontinuance of Williamson's suit'to
enjoin Hearst's friends in the city ad
ministration from interfering with his
business, had been filed and the courts
had adjourned for the day. New pro?
ceedings consequently could not bfc be?
gun until this morning.
Mr. Harman personally served the
notice of cancellation, and assigned as
his reason for so doing Williamson's
point blank refusal to sell Hearst's
"Evening Journal."
"I have got to hand you this," said
ho. "inasmuch as you refuse to handle
'The Evening Journal.' "
New Injunction Sought
Williamson at once turned the notice
over to Lemuel Ely Quigg, counsel for
the venders, who, if he can find a
justice of the Supreme Court sitting in
Brooklyn to-day, will file a new injunc?
tion suit. In any event, the case will
be in court not later than Monday.
Mr. Harman's explanation of his ac?
tion is that before ho withdrew the
Muldoon letter revoking; the William?
son license he had Williamson's prom?
ise that he would sell Hearst papers.
This is flatly contradicted by William?
son and by his counsel, Lemuel Ely
Quigg. Both state that the only condi?
tion on which the injunction proceed?
ing was dropped was that Williamson
should have his right, to do business
restored without limit, condition or
stipulation.
Harman Obeys Orders
The newsdealers' explanation of the
new move is that the Hearst crowd,
finding the newsdealers ready to take
advantage of what they considered
their new Magna ("harta, again ap?
pealed to Mayor Hylan for help, and
that in acting as he did Mr. Harman
was following orders.
"The effect of the restoration of
Williamson's license on Thursday af
ternoon was to throw the Hearst crowd
inlo a panic. Ordinarily Williamson
does a fair business. Thursday aftei
noon and yesterday it was of the land
office variety, with men and women
going out of their way 'to patronize
him. Dealers in the vicinity who s?v,
customer after customer pass their
stands to do business with him were
very restless when Hearst agents, this
time taking a diplomatic course, be
seeched him to get into line.
Ile was told by these that they were
glad to see him back and that they
would "fix things all right" if he would
agree to sell Hearst papers. On his
refusal he was told that he would again
lose his license.
Williamson Not Surprised
He was therefore not surprised when
Mr. Harman issued a statement to the
Continued on last page
I
Nation Honors!
Lafayette on
Marne Day
Ambassador Jusserand
Tells Diners Hun Peace
Offensive Will Fail
Plea for Soldiers
Made by F. K. Lane
Col. Roosevelt Says There
Is No Place for Germany
in Nations' League
The nation yesterday acknowledged
ts two great obligations to France by
celebrating the one hundred and sixty
first anniversary of the birthday of the
Marquis dc Lafayette and the fourth
anniversary of the Battle of the Marne
In New York the celebration took
the form of colorful f?tes and cere?
monies in the parks, exercises at City
Hall, where Colonel' Roosevelt spoke,
and finally last night a big dinner was
given at the Waldorf-Astoria by tho
France-America Society, at which the
guests of honor were Ambassador Jus
serand and Secretary Lane.
Justice Dowling was the chair?
man of exercises held in the Alder
manic Chamber in the City Hall yester?
day afternoon. The windows of the
historic room were curtained with
American flags. The colors of France
and America hung from the balcony.
The walls were lined with French saiL
ors, British bluejackets and British
marines, their bayonets forming a steel
hedge that fenced in a notable gather?
ing of military and civil notables ol
the Allied nations. In the gallen
there were several platoons of Unitct
States soldiers.
Gay With Uniforms
More than half the gathering won
the uniforms of one or another of tlv
Allied nations, and most of these glit
tered with decorations won by braver;
in the present war. There were pr?s
ent the following representatives o
the French Republic: General Vigna!
Admiral Grout, Consul General Gastoi
Leibert, Captains Velay, Loyer, d
Roquefcuil, de Fr?gate and de Granee
and Lieutenant de Chevigne, the nava
attach?.
The American army and navy wcr<
represented by General Bingham, Rea
Admiral Usher and members of thei
staffs, and Great Britain by Sir ?Uenr.
Babington Smith, Acting High Com
missioner; Commodore Wells, the cap
tains commanding two British warship
now in American waters, Brigadie
General Kenyon and other officers o
both services.
Besides these there were officers c
the armies and navies of Italy, Japa
and Russia. Poland was represente
by Ignace Jan Padercwski, Belgium b
Major Ostcrreith, Portugal by Alfred
do Mesquith, Consul General at Ne
York. The Czechoslovak nation w?
officially represented at a function a
tended by all the Allies for the fir?
lime since it was formally recognize
by the United States. The represent!
tives were Professor Thomas G. Mi
saryk and Captain Hurban.
Greetings from Poincar?
Colonel Roosevelt delivered the at
dress of the occasion and Ambassade
Jusserand replied to him. Appropri?t
messages were read from Pr?sider
Poincar? of the French Republi
Marshal Joffe, Marshal Foch, Genen
Pershing and Admiral Sims.
Over the speakers' dais was a po
trait of the great Frenchman, wr
was a major general in the Americi;
army at nineteen years of age. Th
picture ordinarily hangs in the Mayor
Continued on jxtge six
Notice to Newsdealers
The Tribune finds itself again obliged to post?
pone the inauguration of its new delivery system.
Negotiations with the labor unions through which
all newspapers are handled have been unavoidably
delayed. We hope to settle these matters next
week, and just as soon as arrangements are com?
pleted we will make the announcement.
German Cities
Placed Under
Martial Law
Morale Shaken by Allied
Successes, People Forbid?
den to Discuss Losses
Berlin and Breslau
In State of Siege
Foreign Minister Hintze
Predicts Peace in West
a la Brest-Litovsk
Intense activity on the part of
Germany's leaders in an effort to
combat the growing despondency
among the people over the outcome
of the war was indicated by many
dispatches yesterday.
In Berlin, Breslau and other cities
the military commanders have been
forced to declare a stale of siege.
Heavy penalties are announced to
be imposed on those spreading
stories about Germany's situation
which might cause alarm.
German Foreign Minister von
Hintze, in a speech at Vienna,
promises peace will come in the
West "as it came in the East."
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
and General A'.?i?ulort?" are giving
rosy interviews to the press. Hin?
denburg says Germany will survive,
its present perils and emerge
stronger than ever after the war.
In a proclamation Hindenburg be?
seeches the people not to lie misled
by Entente pamphlets secretly dis?
tributed throughout the empire.
The Altona military commander
warns the people against damaging
Tailroads and endangering military
trains.
Berlin Placed in State
Of Siege as Result of
Heavy Losses in West
AMSTERDAM, Sept. .">. A decree
signed by General von Linsingen, rom
mandant of the Brandenburg Province, :
according to the Cologne "Volks-Zei
tung," places the city of Berlin and the
province of Brandenburg under "the
law relating to a state of siege, which
provides for a tine or imprisonment for :
persons inventing or circulating untrue,
rumors calculated to disquiet the popu
lace."
A notice accompanying the decree '
calls attention to tho circulation of
frivolous and sometimes malevolent and
traitorous gossip, exaggerating ili?j
Continued on page three
Battle Hindenburg Calls "Decisive"
Goes Decidedly Against Germans
(( HTHE decisive battle for the Central Powers, however, is taking
?* place on the Western front, where the Central Powers are
standing shoulder to shoulder in a defensive battle."?Field Marshal
von Hindenburg.
The Balance Sheet in Northern France
In much less than half the time it took for Hindenburg to force
the Allies back this year, Foch has regained 82 per cent of the
ground lost, has taken almost as many guns and three-fourths as
many prisoners, and is still driving on.
Here is the comparison :
Qerirwn Allied
Days on the offensive. 1 IS 50
Prisoners . 208,000 150.000
Guns . 2,550 2,200
Territory gained (square miles). 2,915 2,450
British Colony
In Petrograd
Under Arrest
Grave Situation of Resi?
dents in Russia Makes
London Anxious
LONDON'. Sept. 7.?News of the
grave situation of British residents tn
Russia reached London Friday and ha?
caused great anxiety.
"The Daily Express" says the entir?
British colony in Petrograd is undei
arrest, including Consul Woodhouse.
Matters at Moscow arc still mort
alarming, according to the newspaper,
which says the Bolsheviki there have
acted, in frenzied hostility toward the
British and French residents. It adds
tha't full details have not been received,
but that enough is known to cause tin.
woist fears.
The government lacks news concern
ing the fate of certain officials.
Americans in Peril
As L?nine Is Shot,
But All Get Away
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 6.?The 'Ameri?
can refugees who left Moscow August
"'i arrived at Huparanda, Sweden,
Thursday, after an uneventful trip.
The attacks on Nikolai L?nine, the
Bolshevik Premier, who was badly
wounded, and Moses Uritzky, Commis?
sioner for Elections to the Constituent
Assembly, who was killed, occurred
while the Americans and Italians were
in Petrograd.
They say there was creat excitement
and disorder, but that, the party was
allowed to proceed after a slight de?
lay.
Major Allen Wardwell and Captain
William I!. Webster, of the American
Red Cross, remained in Moscow with
their comrade. Captain Andrews, who
was loo ill to travel.
One of the Americans with the party
says many French and English are im?
prisoned in Moscow and Petrograd and
that Tehiteherin, the Bolshevik Foreign
Ministor, refused to allow the British
and French to leave.
))i- Witt C. Poolo, jr., acting Ameri?
can Consul General at Moscow, and the
Italian Consul remained i" Moscow to
cooperate with the other consular otTi
ers in trying to >ret the French and
English out. of jai'.
Other Russian neirs o v. ?"ifje three.
Columbia Will Be Reorganized
As a War College on October 1
Under orders forwarded here by the
War Department yesterday Columbia
University will bo converted into a
military training camp on October 1,
tor the purpose of preparing men be?
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
live for military service, while they are
awaiting call in the draft. Details of
the plans were announced yesterday
after a conference o? administrative
officers and trustees of the university.
This is in accordance with tho War
Department's plan to use 400 colleges
to train members of the Students'
Army Training Corps during Ihe war.
According to a statement by Presi?
dent Nicholas Murray Butler, the uni?
versity proposes to alter it entire or?
ganization and methods in order to
carry out to the fullest the plans of
the War Department.
Colonel John P. Finley, detailed by
the War Department, will take com?
mand of the military camp on October
1 All men, who after registration,
are put in Class 1A, or are accepted
for limited service, may, instead of
awaiting assignment to a cantonment,
enter Columbia, and if accepted after
physical examination, become members
of the Students' Army Training Corps.
They will be members of the United
States army, will wear uniform. ;ii\d
will be under strict military discipline
and control. They will receive the
army pay of a private $30 a month. '
The training will include military drill
and instruction from TioO to 9:30
o'clock every morning. In addition,
they will be required to take three
subjects of instruction to prepare for
some special branch of military ser?
vice. '1'he subjects recommended are
French, history, geography, mathe?
matics, chemistry, physics, topography
and map making, hygiene and sanita
t i o n.
Courses also will be arranged for
the benefit of those who look forward
to the special study of medicine or en
gineering, and for those who wish to
prepare for aviation, machine gun
work, artillery or other branches of
the service. A special course on the
aims of the war will be taken by all
students. The instruction will have no
bearing upon candidacy for any aca?
demic degree, although any student,
who, when his military service is com?
pleted, desires to return to the uni?
versity, will then make application in
the usual way to receive academic
credit for work done by him.
All students of college age who are
physically tit, no matter in what part
of the country they reside, will be ac?
cepted for admission at Columbia up
to the limit of its capacity, on the rec?
ommendation of the administrative
board of the corps and the director of
university admissions. In admitting
students, particular emphasis will be
laid upon their personality and titne;?,
to become officer'. Hundreds of appli?
cations already have been received.
It is expected that the enrolment.
may exceed that of last year at the
Continued on page six
Spires of Laon
SpurN.Y.Boys
In Chasing Foe
Germans in Retreat Burn !
Everything Between
Aisne and Vesle
By Wilbur Forrest
'Special Cable to The Tribune i '
(Copyrljht, 191S, h.v The Tribune Association?
NVv. York Tribune)
WITH THK AMERICAN' FORCES IN*
FRANCE, Sept. 5 fdelayedl.?From a
high tree overlooking the Vesle in the.
vicinity of Bazoches tc-day I saw the
German withdrawal from the big pla?
teau between the Aisne and the Veslo
and looked on thjt towers of the I-aon
Cathedral poking their noses hazily
over the Chemin der? Dames in the dis?
tance. More properly speaking, it was
an Allied advance .toward the Aisne,
because from this particular vantage
point only six Germans could be seen
during the day, and they were rear?
guards who had remained behind with
a machine gun or two to put up a bluff.
The main German forces, after burn?
ing everything between the two river?,
figuratively folded their tents and
crept away in tho night. On the Amer?
ican sector of the Vesle the Joughboys
began to feel their way forward before
noon and within two hours had mounted
tht- high plateau looking down the
Aisne Valley. By nightfall they were
on the downward slopes making their
way slowly in the general direction of
the Aisne heights and the Chemin dos
Dames, which skirts the ridges of these
heights.
Had an Uncanny EfFec!
The entire area of retreat during the
afternoon had an uncanny effect. Ex
cept for tlie desultory fire of our guns
and the tire flecks of the shells explod?
ing on the slopes north of the Aisne,
where enemy transport wagons could
occasionally be seen through glasses,
creeping up the hill like ants, it was
absolutely quiet.
Directly ahead, walking calmly along
?he crest ol ths plateau. I saw more of
our advance patrols, and closer, on tho
flat surface of the river basin, our sup
j por; lines tramped ab. ne the men walk
? ing well spread out in Indian tile as a
precaution against enemy shclltir",
which didn't exist.
Follow ing the support lines came tho
? artillery and machine guns drawn by
1 mules and horses, which could he soo!?
through the glass creeping along slow?
ly and reaching down occasionally to
; munch the grass on the roadside.
Bazoches was hidden in a grove on
; the Vosie slopes, its houses battered and
. torn. About 1 o'clock 1 saw the ?r.-?
; evidence that Germans were still on
! this side of the Aisne. A Boche sau
: sage balloon poked its head audacious?
ly above the vicinity which the map
1 marked out as the village of Dhusiel,
about a mile and a half south of the
Aisne. It ascended slowly to a low
I altitude, remained aloft about five min
! utes and then descended. The Franco
i American line at this hour is so fai
\ advanced that Dhusiel is becoming dan
; gerous for the Boches.
1 later learned that the German bal
I loon crew pocked up their gas bag ami
: fled on a motor truck just ahead of .
French colum.ii which entered the towr
i about 5 o'clock.
Saw Evidence of Retreat
Toward evening great dust cloud;
i were plainly visible en the big Rouen
I Rhcims niirh'.vuy across tn ?? ?usne
i showing that the enemy was losing nc
| time in putting his heavy vehicles-an?
i heavy guns behind the comparative
I security of the Chemin des Dames. Thi
most audible evidence of war this af
I ternoon was the constant rumble o:
I guns on our left toward S lissons, ivfier?
?the Allied troops w*?re slow'y or-pening
forward between Ailette and the Aisne
It was that advance north of the Sois
sons in which American troops bril
iiaritly cooperated that caused th?
enemy to abandon the strip bftweei
the Aisne and the Vesle, and he wil
probably go furtner uortli over tin
Continued on. next page
British Seize 12
Villages as Foe
Hastens Retreat
Great Fires Kindled by Enemy Show Teuton
Leaders Are Making Frantic Efforts
to Escape From French and
British Armies
Americans Bring Up Troops to
Attack Huns' New Positions
Haig's Men Capture Neuve Chapelle in New
Advance in Flanders and Gain on Both
Sides of Armenti?res?Counter
Attacks All Repulsed
September 7, ~:S0 A. M.
The British and French yesterday, fighting side by side on
a fifty-mile front from Bapaume to the Aisne, drove forward
for wide gains, advancing seven miles at the deepest poi:.r.
The beaten enemy fell back rapidly along a wide front from
below Arras to Rheims before fresh onslaughts of the Allies.
Fierce rear guard resistance was repeatedly crushed.
Ham and Chauny, keys to the southern reaches of the Hin?
denburg line before La F?re and Laon, have been captured by
the French, who are advancing beyond these villages. The
Lower Forest of Coucy has been occupied as far as Petit Barisis.
The British east of P?ronne swung forward in pursuit of
the retreating enemy and at last reports were still advancing
along a line seven miles east of the Somme and the Canal du
Nord. Twelve villages and additional prisoners were captured
by Haig's men.
The armies of Humbert and Debeney above the Oise capt?
ured eight villages and quantities of abandoned guns and stores.
Mangin's army is rapidly approaching the Oise in the neigh?
borhood of Chauny.
The French armies north of Soissons have reached then
old trenches along the whole front between the Ailette and the
Aisne, the War Office in Paris announced last, night.
The Americans have reached the Aisne on a still wider
tront and have wrested four villages from the foe's rear guards.
American attacks north of Fismes were repulsed Thursday, the
Berlin War Office stated yesterday.
In Flanders the British?took Neuve Chapelle and gained on
both sides of Armenti?res. To the north the}- broke three Ger
man counter attacks against their new lines and advanced
further. West of La Bass?e the British pushed into the Cer?
n?an positions on that front.
Creat fires of ammunition dumps and stores are reported
by observers on the whole front from Arras to Rheims. There
is every indication the Germans will retire t<> their prepared
line west of St. Quentin and La F?re.
British Capture Five Villages
In 3-Mile Drive on St. Quentin
(By The Associated Press: j
LONDON'. Sept. 6 (7 p. m.).?Brit?
ish troops arc reported to have ad-'
vanced this morning astr.de the
Amiens-St. Quentin line, on a front of
twelve miles to a depth of three miles.
British troops to-day captured Neuve ?
Chapelle 'Flanders).
Other villages captured by Field
Marshal llaigr's forces include Tin
court-Bouchy. three and one-half miles
cast of P?ronne, Bouvincourt. Estrces
en Chaussee, Monchy-Lagache, about
five milei east of the Somme River,
and Quiviercs.
The British are at the western edge
of Templeux-le-Fosse, three and one
half miles northeast of P?ronne. The
Germans are strongly resisting tho
Br.ti-ii advance by rearguard actions.
The Canal ?lu Nor.] lias been ? ros.-, d
by the British on the whole front, ex
cept from Havrincourt to the River
Scarpe.
Attention frequently has beer, called
to the Summe du Nord and Tortille
wat?rline as being a check to the prog
t'fs-: of tanks. Tins ''heck has no*
been over?eme, and except in the nori
there is now no watcrline between the
Fntente Allies and the Hindenburg
!me.
The Germans have put in 101 div:
sions since August B, besides two dia
mounted cavalry divisions. Twentj
nine of these were engaged twice.
British Pressure Forces Germans
To Hasten Retreat to Old Line
( By The Associated Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Sept. 6. All day the Germans
have been retiring gradually but surely
toward the Hindenburg line in the face
of steady pressure.
At Nurlu and Tenjpleux-le-Fosse,
v. here strong German rearguard and
machine gunners had been holding, the
positions were swept clear and now are
in the hands of the British.
On the northern part of the battle
| front there have been slight skirmishes
and intermittent machine gun bursts
along the canal, but the British here
are making no attempt at a real ad?
vance.
Further progress has been made both
north and south of this locality, and
the British, advancing, are overcoming
opposition south of Peronni\ on the
east bank of the Somme.
Far in the north the British hara
made further progress along the cours?
of La Bassee Canal and elsewhere
Along the whole front, from
southern extremity to th? Bapaunic
Cambrai road, the enemy artillery m*