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8r . By PHILIP GIBBS
f, Ifteial Cable to Evening Public Ledger
. ,'J) Copyright. 19tS, by Xcto York Times Co.
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rtnno TvltVi Prlnfn RUD-
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Miv"icht's croup of armies opposite the
SStf British front from Flanders to
BM) Bomme remains the chief prob-
thtHn in this present stage of the war.
L1m armies are still mighty strong
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f'ied i have but little doubt that, if
Rjitthg' -had gone well wl
&f:iikri, Crown Prince, we sh
vlth tne uer-
should already
stoave" felt their weight In another
ierlea lof battles against the British.
KSlfo .tie general situation of the
twsiemy'a offensive power on the west-
S;.!:-rn front has been entirely changed
jJjjjTjVFoch's counter-offensive and the
rSttttirt d'isaster it caused to the Ger-
fcaiail plans. The Crown Prince's group
rs armies are almost out cf business,
fri&sm rar as onensive action counts, .uuai
Vi ...! m i.. jf..l-l .. l.n..n Vtaart
BVied up. their losses in men and guns
iCiX.jiv oeen very neavy, uuu uic wca
&8itBy can hope to do for some ume
pmjito establish themselves on a new
Ifete'Hne of defense and prevent the fur
&ther pinching out of their salient by
B.'f-Tpawiperaie resistance un mo wne.o.
ft What la the very best they can hope
$. and even that may not be fulfilled
jMAlt "Foch can stUl be kept moving and
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T Doubt Rupprecht Will Attaclc
tb prance Kupprecnt, tnereiore, is
fiw'Jhced with the task of playing a lone
Eyhand unrelated to a larger strategy
t'lj'ne is ordered to atiacx on tne isrit-
;in ironc, ana It is at least uuuunui
jtO jmy mind whether the German high
femmand will give him that rcsponsl-
SW.Olty while their position is in flux
t'l&irn south. Hut that is simply a
FtZS&Stittar of the Dsvcholotrv of the Ger-
".JBin leaders and one can have no cer-
Pk'tajnty of what w'll happen from day
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efr the"French "generalissimo,
Wao has proved now
that his genius
jfc'iliteg-y is patient as well as bold.
WM''that he will bide his time until
i'V4 .right moment comes.
iSypW. aide under Prince Rupprecht
..v v'tKi'Savaria. and nn tho ntVior llnrtor
mW Douglas Halg, watching each other
hSv.-'.aWady and walUnc unon events else-
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T iwi miiv.il iviti ucuiue tlicir uwit iu-
Hlr.-"-" -v "lOl-UriUitl -BllUilliUIl Ui
:ivomous
and terrible interest, be
.V'Ah.o
lt is the turning point of the
': war, ana
the issue of it will be a
I I vfa.faln. 1U.
k,g2jtft decision of the war, what
aUNW happen Afterward and how
whatever
ever
se. may be.
-4cL"'l lTtT1tlfi flnnmn t.llr.
jir'i'anwhl'e" there ls much harassing
vg.tmiw -neai-ructive nre rrom the artillery
iAyonVboth1' sides. The German gunners
tin i nooung -with most violence In the
,iYm5the British side of the Lys in the
4Shyewlo been pouring gas shells, as
ftmnya 7000 rounds In one day, into
"W , iv ' l w",reu tuiu iva iicisuuuriiuuu.
!f."2Ki'TPyJ'f0.unf1 Heputejne, wnere
'i-'Ww,t''a day or two ago to Eee the
r-sflw .eajanaers at work, is another-
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slfiFw " vutiiJ iiu Lilts trueiiiy jias
lS'P,,r--ll thla ground of old -trenches
Sao ,jlead woods and winding tracks
&t,xmnmgn - nems Knee-high In flowering
EM-yweiUi with innumerable shell craters.
tftj1lt there he is getting the worst of It
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E,V, niiia, hd a Ban lur myseii wnen
L'S'wtched the bombardment of the
!vrv VtlW .beyond Rossignol "Wood, and the
5kJ(,w zaianaers nave movea tneir line
:?rfartkr ftrt-warr! unrtpr rnvii- nt tVtla
&, Intense Ire.- '
Th, German troops In line are suf.
3Kiiitfniw'neavy casualties every day. and
L-rs to 'iriiMrinifLn ni. an iimx -nrAni4
& -Aft AlhH- WhdrA tnov rty a. In 1nu
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riK.f,"w -uiiuci vile tuuauiiiL jidraeiiics
rff5:f,Ji?rjtliH guns, their conditions of
fi?'flM are .truly frightful. Prisoners taken
?;.: hatpart of the line bemoan the
.5f,J-fton( they suffered.
Vit.'The place they most dread Is Aveluy
Titfclr5way to the line night after night.
WZfafrBrr shells iiave killed many of them
t.'uwi passage oi tne stream ana tne
fe" btMM about ls strewn with ripari hnrsAa
vJSii'tue wreckage of transport wagons
s vmim'Bcia Kitcnens. mw, wnen tne re
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.'g$rliai) (joned . the attempt to get their
rbn&-lri anu ieiu ttitcnens as lar as
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e "U,have no food except what they
j' liMiyiththem -and -no hot- drink of
o iney are miserable and
men.
IEAGUE OF NATIONS
Ready to AcceDt Wilson's
laa, Says Albert Thomas
I' Cable to Evening Public Ledger
qhU lilt, by A'-w l'orfc Timet Co.
', July 28.- James Kerney, dl-
'pl tha- American Committee on
L'lnfotmatfon in Paris, has told
JhwcU League of the Rights of
lt.Hthe ultimate object of Pres-
niton's policy ls the foundation
ftftSttV of nations.! anrf "anr, a
rM' the 'goal' and .Ideal which
aiaent nas set up for himself.
wryinced' that there should be a
1 ' association of nation., whlrh
beta ruarantee of terrltnrial
r and political Independence" and
Ka United States, ls willlnir to
Vartner In such an association.
n.i nomas, wno was present at
ntvren.'n, tola Mr. Kerny that
ptap.e of France were ready to
r.;any principles i-resiaent Wilson
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lea'fi-Thierry' Sector
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DENIES CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Former Lord Mayor of Sheffieltl
on Trial in London
By the Associated Press
London, July 26. Giving testimony Iti
his own behalf' In the Old Batley Court
today, sir Joseph Jonas, former lora
mayor of Sheffield, who Is charged, to
gether with Charles Alfred Vernon, a
former employe in the Ministry of
Munlttdns, of conspiring to contravene
the official secrets act by obtaining and
communicating Information that might'
be useful to the enemy, said he had been'
told by business associates in mnin in
1913 of the Intention of a British firm to
manufacture rifles.
He was asked what number of. rifles
the British firm Intended to turn out and
said In these circumstances he wrote a
letter to Vernon asking for the Informa
tion on which the charge against him is
based. He denied the conspiracy charge.
MANGIN FORCING
FOE BACK SLOWLY
Desperate and Powerful Re
sistance South of Soissons
Being Overcome
GERiUANS DIGGING
By G. H. FERRIS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copunaht, tSlH, bu Xtw York Times Co.
With the French Armies, July 26.
After a further advance early yes
terday morning, the French and
American divisions between the
Ourcq and the Marne were held up
by violent enemy counter-attacks be
tween Bcuvardes and the bridgehead
of Dormans and Chasslns. Hard
fighting- continues right across the
wooded plateau of Fere and Rlz on
each side of the village of Le Char
mel. On the British sector west of
Rhelms, English county troops on
the north and Highlanders on their
left were also subjected to a strong
enemy reaction and heavy fighting Is
going on.
The Allies had. on the whole, a very
good day Wednesday between the
Alsne and the Marne. and the con
tinuance of the German retreat sug
gests that Von Boehm does not mean
to stop short of the Vesle. I say on
the whole, because there Is a marked
difference between the situation north
and south of the Ourcq. On the north
General Mangln has to do with the
army of Von Eben, Interjected lately,
for the purposes of the offensive, be
tween the armies of Von Hutler and
Von Boehm.
Foe's Resistanco Desperafe
To have allowed Mangln to break
through south of Soissons would have
been for both Von Eben and and Von
Boehm to suffer a first-class disaster.
To prevent this was necessarily the
first object of the German command.
The most powerful and desperate re
sistance has been offered In this part
of the field, and since the first ad
vantage of surprise was lost Mangln
has been able to make slower prog
ress, but, as was the case with Ma
noury ih the battle of the Ourcq in
1914, his constantly renewed attacks,
though often repulsed, have none the
less had a decisive part in the general
result.
Once the weight of Mangln's blows
had decided the enemy command to
abandon the Marne, Generals De
Goutte and De Mltry were able to
set forth on something like a pursuit,
not rapid, but a steady and a Bure
one. Yesterday General de Goutte's
advance was about four miles and
brought his lines within the same dis
tance of Fere-en-Tardenols, a little
market town on the upper course of
the Ourcq. which Is the central cross
roads of the German salient between
the Alsne and the Marne.
The villages of Colncy and Brecy were
captured during the day, with the
greater part of jthe large wood of La
Tournelle, Immediately to the east. The
German artillery fire was very light,
all the guns, except a fewrtn the Ourcq
valley, having been shifted north.
Machine-gunners had been left behind
In large numbers In the woods, and our
usual tactics were to surround these and
ltave ibem to be cleared out by support
troops.
Southeast of this sector both the
armies of General de Gouette and Gen
eral de Mltry are approaching Beau-
vardes. The Americans recovered Epleds
during the day, and went forward a cou
ple of miles, taking the hamlet of Cour
poll In their stride. Beyond them, again
converging, columns from the west and
south have made some progress on the
large forested plateau of Fere.
Heavy fighting continued In the
Franco-British sector west of llhelms,
and French troops captured the farm
of Commentreull, southeast of Boullly.
Thus on both sides the enemy flank
guards hold, though with difficulty, while
the retreat Is hastened between them,
and no doubt a large part of the two
armies Is engaged In digging an in
trenched line on which they will stand.
DUastroun Week for Kaiier
When we consider that on setting out
at the beginning of last week to finish
off the French aimy the Germans had
the unquestioned Initiative and a dis
tinct total superiority of forces, the
transformatl n which General Foch has
produced by a single blow, following
upon his splendid defense, is very remarkable.
ITALY'S KING ROUSES ADMIRATION
OF VISITING U. S. CONGRESSMEN
Receives Delegation at Front and Converses Intelligently About
America and Happenings in Various States Yankee
Troops Lauded by Italian Press
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvriaht, 131S, bv Sew York Times Co.
Rome, July 26.
Members of the congressional party
from America are delighted with their
Interview with King Victor Emmanuel at
the front, and with his cordiality, his
true, broad, democratic spirit, as well as
his thorough knowledge not only of the
mlnutest'detalls of the Italian front and
the western front, but also of American
affairs.
The King shook hands with each dele
gate and spoke with familiarity, toevery
one of them. He expressed deep admira
tion for the bravery and heroism of the
American troops in France, who, like
tb Italians there, although they are
among the Allies, have the disadvan
tage of fighting on foreign land far
from their mother country. What, how-
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AUSTRIANSRAGE
AT GERMAN YOKE
Seydler Deposed ,in Storm
of Curses Against Ty
rannical Rule
CZECHS URGE TREASON
By GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copvrlsht, 1018, bv Xew York Times Co.
Amsterdam, July 26.
A remarkable message from Vienna
In the Berlin press shows that ex
Premier von Seydler was sent into
retirement with a storm of curses
against the tyrannical rule he repre
sented and against Germanism in Aus
tria ringing loudly in his ears. The
Austrian lower house has heard many
passionate and noteworthy utterances
from representatives of the country's
oppressed nationalities, but never, per
haps, speeches 'of an unbridled rage
as those which on Tuesday marked
the last onslaught upon Von Seydler's
rule.
The Czechs put forward a motion
for an Indictment of the Premier and
Count von Toggenburg, Minister of
the Interior, with reference to the
policy of the partition of Bohemia.
In cascades of wrathful oratory. Doc
tor Stransky, on behalf of the Czechs,
Impeached the Germanic oppression
which Is at the bottom of all Austria's
sufferings and wrongs.
"We are determined to show foreign
countries," he declared, "how intoler
able the foreign German dominion
over the Austrian nationalities has
become and how Austria ls misruled
by Illegal enactments. We impeach
this Premier as a typical representa
tive of that Germanized Austria, the
existence of which means the pro
longation of the war.
Oppression Delating Peace
"One of the greatest hindrances In the
way of peace ls the oppression of small
nationalities. Not only has President
Wilson put that clearly In the fore
ground In his peace utterances, but
Burlan has also recognized It by point
ing to the necessity of Austria reforming
herself
"Instead of endeavoring to reconcile
the various races, Von Seydler pro
claimed the German policy, and seeks to
crown fifty years of German terrorism
by throwing those nationalities as
chained slaes to the 'engeance of the
German Moloch. The Germans indeed
are beginning to perceive that their he
gemony Is apprqachlng Its close, and
they wish to set seal on their brigandage
by the foundation of the German prov
ince of Bohemia, and the partition of
that country is to be the first step toward
that end.
"This shows that even the Germans
have ceased to believe In the continuance
of German Austria, Therefore, they pre
pare for the partition of Austria. As
they will not agree on the only solution
a free federation of the various races
they are preparing a political orientation.
toward the Hohenzollerns. That does
not matter to us, but the Germans must
not take anything which does not belong
to them, and the splitting up of Bohemia
would be such a theft."
Then came a number of passionate and
bitter outbursts.
was to see how well acquainted the sov
ereign is with everything going on In the
different States of America, even outside
of politics.
"Why." explained Mr. Chandler, "he
knows more about the oil wells Jn Okla-
noma than I do."
The front pages of the newspapers
here are completely taken up by the
news from France, reporting the splen
did behavior of the American troons.
The accounts bear big headlines, show
ing satisfaction at the success 'of the
coldlers from the United Statesand full
confidence In their ultimate victory.
The newspaper Epoca, after narrating
glorious deeds on the western front, con
cludes: ,
"If this can be done with the present
forces at Foch's disposal, think what
will happen soon, considering that 10,000
Americans land dally."
The American Ambassador and also
the American consuls throughout Italy
are receiving tha warmest congratula
tions ana enthusiastic expressions of
OULCHY-LE-CHATEAU,
bastion of the German right flank in
GERMANS NOW FACE
RETREAT OF 20 MILES
Believed to Contemplate Withdrawal From Salient to
Cut Losses, Following Hindenburg's Example
After Battle of the Somme
By MAJ. GEN. MAURICE
Former Director of Operations
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CoturloM, 1311, bv .Vfio l'orfc Times Co.
London, July 26.
The opinion Is still being freely ex
pressed that the Germans intend to
withdraw from their salient to posi
tions behind the Ardre or even behind
the Vesle. The former would mean
a retirement at its maximum depth of
some fifteen miles to a line running
along tho plateau between Soissons
and Fismes and thence along the
ridge .north of Ardre to the neighbor
hood of Vrlgny, five miles southwest
of Rhelms, while a retirement over
the Vesle would entail a retreat of
some twenty miles to approximately
a straight line between Soissons nnd
Rheims. ,
It is rjulte possible that the Ger
mans may have made up their minds
to cut their losses just as they did
at the beginning of 1917 when, as the
result of the battle of the Somme, they
fell back some thirty miles to the
Hindenburg line in order to avoid
having to fight under unfavorable con
ditions. But their position in 1917 was
very different from that of the present
day. Then the Germans were play
ing for time In the west while they
completed the defeat of Russia in the
east. Now they have boasted openly
and frequently that their object ls
to finish the war by a decisive victory
In the west, and consequently the
moral effect In Germany of giving up
the greater part of the ground which
the Crown Prince won in his June
offensive would be very great.
Could Hold Position
There has been nothing In the recent
lighting to show that the Germans do not
intend to try to stand upon the line
which I Indicated In my last article, run
ning from the high ground east of Oulchy
through the forest du Fere and the
forest de Rlz to. the Marne north of Dor
mans. This,. would give the thin salient
a, width at Its head of about twenty,
miles and a depth of about twenty-fi'e.
and from our experience of salients In
the war there does not seem to be any
reason why the Germans should not stay
tn such a position If they wish to.
The chief difficulty of the Germans at
the present time must arise from con
gestion Inside the salient caused by the
assembling of large masses of troops for
their offensive and by the sudden changes
GERMAN PRESS RAILS
AT ENVOY TO MOSCOW
I Appointment of Helfferich
Unwelcome to Public, Ber
lin Paper Says
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 101S, bu New York Times Co.
The Hague, July 26.
Dr. Karl Helfferlch's appointment as
German envoy to Moscow Is the cause of
considerable comment In the German
press. The Berliner Tageblatt says that
Von Hlntze makes his debut as Foreign
Secretary by sending Helfferich to Mos
cow, and stales that Von Hertllng was
right when he said that the war had
been waged for four years and yet the
method of distributing offices remained
the same.
'The chief thing," saja the paper,
"Is that the masters, who divide up the
posts, are satisfied, but .there Is no doubt
that outside thls'narrow circle the send
ing of Helfferich Is unwelcome."
The paper says that Helfferlch's qual
ities as a banker will be useful, but that
he will not negotiate with bankers in
Moscow, but with Russian revolution
aries and the people of another world.
It adds: "The representatives of an an
ticipation viewpoint will be faced by
the pronounced capitalistic Helfferich.'"
The paper reminds Its readers of
Helfferlch's apptltude ' for " quarreling
with the Reichstag parties and leaders.
Y. M, C. A. MAKES SACRIFICE
By the Associated Pjess
Paris, July It. T. M. C, A. can teem
henceforth Will sell cigarettes and tobac
co at the same price as the quarter
master's stores, according to the Stars
and Stripes,' the newspaper of the Amer
ican army lp Franca,
- Tho paper-aarat tfctthkr mhu' ah
annual om Bl,V.W,UftUf,"U-
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)NOW IN ALLIES' HANDS
the Marne salient is officially announced
of the British Army
In their disposition which had to be made
to meet Foch's surprise attack. They
had, while holding off the Allied attacks,
to bring up fresh reserves to the threat
ened flank to relieve exhausted troops
and thin out their divisions where they
had been massed for an attack which
can no longer be carried out.
AH of this means much marching
to and fro and much crowding on
roads exposed to Allied artllleiy fire
and bombing attacks when tbe roads
nre wanted for long columns of lor
ries, bringing up food, ammunition ar.l
otores, but an experienced staff can
deal very rapidly even with such r prob
lem as this, and the slowing down of
the Allied advance during the last few
days has probably enabled the enemy
to do much to restore order. For these
reasons It docs not seem to me to be
wise at present to bul(d too much on
the enemy's difficulties, nor to discount
a retreat which may not, after all,
mature.
If the enemy comes to the conclusion
that to save his face he must stay more
or less where he now ls, we Bhould bo
able to guarantee him a very veom
fortable time, becaus although, as I
have said, It ls quite possible for de
termined men to remain In an awkward
salient and to keep them supplied with
their bare needs, yet the strain upon
them Is very great and the moral effect
of that strain Is bound to tell before
very long.
These considerations may Induce the
enemy to retire." and It Is one of the
advantages of his posltldn that he can
when he Is In trouble fall back for
considerable distances without affecting
materially his general position on the
whole front. For, with the one excep
tion of the Belgian coast, there Is noth
ing within thirty or forty miles of his
side of N'o Man's Land which Is really
of vital Importance to him. We Allies,
on the other hand, for obvious reasons,
cannot do the same, at any rate upon
the northern part of our line.
On the whole, however. It seems to
me probable that the enemy will not
retreat a yard further, than he Is forced
to by attack, at least until he has a
new Hlndenburg line ready to receive
his troops or has gained elsewhere some
success which would cover up the ef
fect of the abandonment of ground re
cently won at great cost, or until he
Is obliged by another failure, to econo
mize In men and reduce the length of
his front.
WINS AN AIR FIGHT A DAY
French Flier Makes Record in
Fifteen Successive Days
By the Associated Press
Tarli, July 26. (Havas Agency)
Second Lieutenant Ooeffard, of the
French army, has broken All records in
aerial fighting, according to the news
papers. He has won fifteen aerial victories In
fifteen days.
Let Cuticura Care
for Baby's Skin
It's really wonderful how quickly a hot
bath with Cuticura Soap followed by a
gentle anointing, with Cuticura Oint
ment relieves skin irritations which
fctp uauy wuciui aiiu rcillfgs, per
mits sleep far infant and rest for mother)
and points to healment in most cases
when it seem nothing would help.
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French official photograph.
by the French War Office
BERLIN EXPECTS
RETURN TO AISNE
German Militarists Recon
ciled to Prospect of
Big Retreat
DEFEAT IS ADMITTED
By GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright, 1918, 'bu A'cio Vorfc Times Co.
Amsterdam, July 26.
It ls reported that Berlin military cir
cles are becoming reconciled to tho pros
pect of an eventual retirement behind tho
Alsne, though most 'of the German
papers again are busy wiping out on
paper tne reserves or tne Kntente, en
deavoring to prove that Foch's offensive
has completely collapsed. The more seri
ous critics, however, by no means will be
comforted by the solace which Luden
dorff pours out so readily In his commu
niques. Baron von Ardenne, the mili
tary critic of the Berliner Tageblatt, ad
mits an "anxious suspense" and says it
would be a ' "pleco of dangerous self
deception to deny that Foch's counter
attack, or rather his concentrated return
offensive, conceived on extensive scale,
had brought him noteworthy advances."
The critic of the Vosslsche Zeltung,
who refuses to be comforted In these
days, after his Instructive visit to neu
tral countries, seriously considers the
question of a retreat.
"It Is not In the Interest of the Ger
man command," he says, "to allow the
'ront In France to become stable and
fixed again. Our strength Is" In a war of
movement, Hlndenburg showed by his
great retreat that it was possible, with
out endangering, the whole situation, to
transform trench warfare Into a war of
mo'vement by moving our positions back
wrrd. In this connection the Germana
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A Sale That Men Are Looking
For 1975 Tropicals Reduced
$8.50, $10 and $12 Palm Beach Suits, $7.50
$12,00 & $15.00 Palm Beach Suits, $8.75
$16.50 & $18.00 Mohair Suits . .$11.50
THAT'S the great, good news Oak Hall
prints for today's buyers who are seeking
Clothing that will give them .the maxi
mum of hot weather pomfort at a minimum of
cost! -
Palm Beaches are in all the wanted colors and there la a
great variety of every kind and color of tropical cloth besides the
mohairs to be had at the same prices.
So Men May Save Money ,We
Re-print July Sale Prices on
Thousands of All-Wool Suits
$18.00 for Oak HalFs all-wool suits wbrth $22.50
$19.50 for Oak Hall's all-wool suits worth $25.00
$22.50 for dale Hall's all-wool suits worth $30.00
$25.00 for Oak Hall's all-wool suits worth $35.00
$32.50 for Oak Hall's all-wool suits wqrth $40100,
$35,00 for Oak Hall's all-wool suits worth $45.00
Only four more business days of the July
Sale remain. Time now to hurry.
(Oak Hall Closed All Day Saturday)
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ave a trMt advantare. aeelnk that
they stand far in the enemy country. We
have, therefore, all the territory between
the German frontier nnd the present
front at our dlsnoaal as our field of
operations."
Tn Foch. he nAd. It In elear tha Clrr.
inan high command has to deal with "a
shrewd matter of war" and he admits
that, If the enemy gets across the Soli-sons-Chateau-Thlerry
road then ' tha
German "sack" running down to the
Marne will be In great danger. He
points out how Inadequate communica
tion against the Chemln-dea-Dames
hinders the development of the German
plans and say's Rhelms Is a serious
barrier against all German operation
In the direction of Paris. I '
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Cooling News
for
Hot Weather
Genuine Palm Beach
Suits in every wanted color
sizes for big men plentiful-
$10
Separate Norfolk Coats in a va
riety of green, blue, brown, gray and
novelties serges arid flannels
$8.50
White Flannel Trousers (to g6
with the coats) striped or plain, as
you prefer.
$6.50 & $8.50
"Komfort Kloth" Suits, thin, open
in weave, handsome in patterns
$15 & $18
Suits of every good kind especially
designed and built for hot weather
wear
$10 & $20
Not forgetting that the July dis
posal of our fine quality all-wool cloth
ing is rapidly coming to an end
$20.00 for $25.00 Suits
$22.50 for $30.00 Suits
$27.50 for $35.00 Suits
$30.00 for $40.00 Suits
$35.00 for $45.00 Suits
Summer worsteds, flannels and thin
woolens in almost unending variety.
Store Closed Saturday All This Month and Next
William H. Wanamaker
1217-19 Chestnut St.
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Vorwaerta Deplores Victory, Mis
taking Jllsticla for Larger Shipl
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
The Hacne, July 26. On an obscure
back page the Vorwaerta deplores the
sinking of the" Valeriana, pointing out
that even patriots must regret this sue
cees, and for Socialists It it specially a
tragic examplo of the overthrowing of
culture, ' "
The Dutch papers state that the tor
pedoed Justlcla. formerly the Statenaam, ,
was taken for the Vaterland by the Germans.
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