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be main weight to the Allied blow
directed against General von
fc..e muers .digiueemn uerman ivrmy.
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, iw iorce, oi inc uruisn siroKc waa
.,Krted in the Villcrs-Bretonneux
,if Ainiens, where Field Marshal Haig's
&H- troops had an advantageous jumping
- ire
" v OH Blaco from the Villers-Brcton'
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j, une line atiacKea mis morning
.t AvtAnrla rnlil" f,-nm tho nmi-blvnr.
'"tiKood of Morlancourt, about three
yfjUliles and a half southwest of Al
bert, to the Avre Valley south of
KlHpreuil.
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he Uerman positions just south
of the Ancre River were heavily at
tacked by the British. Their assault
extended to the south where their
right wing joins the French lines.
Three-quarters of an hour after the
British attacked the Germans, the
French took up the battle.
Details-of the fighting are coming
to the rear slowly. "Going fine,"
constinues the best available infor
mation. The British launched their
attack in a mist after only three
minutes of artillery preparation.
The greatest secrecy surrounded
plans for the attack. During the
night the Germans heavily bombard
ed the British lines, but their shells
were ineffective. An extraordinarily
large number of tanks accompanied
the storming troops, clearing the way
for them in the gray light of dawn
and helping to overcome enemy
strong points.
Attack on Wide Front
The British attacked over a
twelve-mile front on both sides of
the Somme. They gained all their
objectives within four hours and
have captured a considerable ntrm
ber of prisoners and guns. The
French apparently nttacked on a
front of similar length.
According to front line tidings
the Allies have ndvanced at some
points to a depth of more than
three miles.
French and British tanks have
crossed the Avre-Luce Valley in the
new drive.
The assault began exactly at dawn
and a success was scored immedi
ately. The British advanced toward
Cerisy-Gailly, on the south side of
the Somme, east of Sailly-Laurette,
and Marcelcave. The French ad
vanced at the same time in the di
rection of Demuin and Avbercourt.
Along the French front the artil
lery preparation lasted for forty
minutes, after which the troops left
their trenches with wonderful dash.
Before 8 o'clock considerable projr-
$y "ress had been recorded and all the
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, m-i o-jecures nau ocen attained.
Around Jrorisel and Moreuil the
German resistance is terrific.
In the district north of the
Somme the Germans are reported to
have launched two counter-attacks.
The British artillery fire broke them
both up.
The prisoners taken are so numer
ous that there is difficulty in hand
ling them.
By the Associated Press
London, Aug. 8. British and French
troops launched an offensive east and
southeast of Amiens this morning, says
a. statement from Field Marshal Halg
today. Early reports Indicate thai, the
attack Is progressing satisfactorily.
The attack Is under the command of
Field Marshal Hals and Is on a wide
front, tho statement adds. The troops
engaged, the British Fourth Army and
the French First Army, advanced at
dawn.
i The statement rtads: "At dawn this
morning the British Fourth Army and
the French First Army, under com
mand of Field Marshal Hals attacked
on a wide front east and southeast of
Amiens. Reports indicate that the at
tack Is progressing satisfactorily."
, By the Associated Press
Paris, Aug. 8. Franco-British troops
at E o'clock this morning began an of
fensive In Picardy in the region south
east of Amiens, the War Office an
nounces. The attack Is developing
under favorable conditions. The state
ment reads:
"At 5 o'clock this morning (Thurs
day) French troops in company with
British forces attacked In tho region
southeast of Amiens. The attack Is
developing under favorable condi
tions." The attack southeast of Amiens
probably Is aimed at weakening, If not
to wipe out. the German position In
and around Montdldler, where the bat
tle line swings to the north. The Brit
ish troops hold a sector south of the
Bomme which joins up with the French
lines south of Vlllers-Bretonneux.
Last week the Germans withdrew to
tho east of the Avre In the region
west and northwest of Montdldler.
Since then the French have been galn
Jng ground on the same front.
A line from the Somme to the Avro
nri thpnrn vnnrh alnnv !. vt..n- ..
fei fairly open country and the region of
r" -v'u) " Hum ui u is part or the
., region devastated by the Germans in
tne retreat irom the Somme In March
1917. A break-through In the Mont
dldler region would have a meaclng ef
fect on the German lines from Tthelms
to Ypres.
American troops have been holding
part of the French line at Cantlgny
west of Montdldler.
'AMERICAN UNITS MAY
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BE, IN NEW OFFENSIVE
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By the Associated Press
Walilnfnn, Aug 8.
Rn far Ik known hot-a narlu rau nn
American divisions were Involved In the
.Franco-British thrust south and south
east of Ami'ns.
i . Aiucnuau uuupa luriuoriy in me tan-
ft tlrny sector, where the first American
r.jftjjT attack resulted In the capture of the
P'iSw, tewn of Cantlgny. are understood to
A.!y fcave been withdrawn many weeks ago.
rif ,kAflB troops who cttjuurca anugny
have been encaged in the fighting In tha
1,"- AlBt-Mrne salient.
fiurioiui uuiib . lire priKaoea
i wtlb MUK units. Mweysr. ana may
by General Foch. It Is also possible
Americans are with the first French
srmy,
TERRIFIC GUNFIRE
HEARD IN ENGLAND
Ixindon, Aug. 8. (By t. N" S ) Tor
rifle gunfire, apparently from the British
front In France, was heard on the south
east coast during the night, Increasing
to tho Intensity of drumfire after mid
night, said a dispatch to the Star to
day. The bomhnrdment fwhleh 1m helleveri
to have been preliminary tn the Franco-
uruifin oncnsive on the I'lcarciy rront)
could be heard as far Inland ns East
bourne. it began at 7:30 In the evening and In.
creased In Iolenco until midnight. Dur
ing me morning tne cannonade had ap
parently risen to drumfire
(Amiens Ii nbolit eighty miles from
tho southeastern const nf Kngland).
SEEBJGADVMCE
IN CITY EXPENSE
Department Heads' De
mands Will Total $50,
000,000 forNext Year
WAR CALLED ONE CAUSE
Advance to Be Srm?lit is SI 5 J
000,000 Over Five Years
Ago
Mnlntemnee of th city during 111!)
will ran nenrlv $r,n nnn.nnn if .lnm-,,,,!.,
now belnir framed hv department hearts
arc allowed by Councils. The vast ln
creaio s best shown hv theJfnct that
Jho city (.pent $32.fil0,finii 88 In 1914 and
had available $33,506.540 74 In 1915.
Thesn wero typical years of the Blank
enhurg administration.
Jumps of several million dollars have
been of yearly occurrence until the
grand total has reached a point never
dreamed of by former municipal finan
cier? The total appropriations for 1917
were $38,933,085 13. while this year $48,-
'"' " ' was originally asked, and the
grand total allowed .s about $46,000.
f00. with the prospect of a good
elzed deficit unleps unexpected revenue
turn up to cut the debit column.
TVar emergency prices and the labor
situation have been offered as explana
tion of the Jump that carries cost of
maintenance $15,000,000 In excess of five
years ago, although the very conditions
complained of have resulted In savings
In a number of payrolls where, be
cause of tho many men quitting to enter
the war, It has been Impossible to keep
ftrces up to full capacity.
An extra $1,000,000 will be needed In
1919 to provide In some measure for the
increased wage Items contemplated and
th" sum Is Ilk, ly to be much larger If all
the Increase asked by department hfads
In their requests are to be allowed Other
Increases anticipated include another
Jump in thi cost of street cleaning and
kludied work. This yei.r the Bureau of
Street Cleaning is expending nearly
$3,500,000, the major portion of which
goes to ccntiactors Some saving In
garbage collectors Is promised If the
work Is gi.-en to -in outside contranlng
concern which promises to do the work
for $80,000 less than the price being
paid the I'enn Reduction Company this
year.
Director Datesman, of the Department
of Public Works, last year asked for
$10,156,329 94. while Director Wilson,
of the Department of Tubllc Safety,
made a demand for $10,580,186.25. Both
say that in 1919 they will have to pro
vide for unexpected expenses Incident
to tho war, nnd In the case of the De
partment of Tubllc Safety provisions
will have to be made for an augmented
fire force and for Increases In both the
Bureaus of Fire and Police.
Heads of all bureaus and departments
are spending this month In making up
their estimates, and these will be placed
before the Finance Committee of Coun
cils In September. Revenues from the
present tax rato and from all other
sources are estimated to approximate
between $46,000,000 and $47,000,000. nnd
the exact figures will be given to Coun
cils by Controller Walton, so that the
present tax rate may be continued or a
higher one fixed on or before December
1.
Having twice Increased the city's lax
rate on realty during his short admin
istration. Mayor Smith Is very eager not
to have to resort to this measure a
third time. In the event of thi present
high rate's being alowed to stand, coun
cllmanic financiers may have to turn
some sharp corners to meet the demands
of polltcal patronage seekers and con
tractors. Along with the annual budget consid
eration may come an effort to secure
loan funds for "war emergencies," It
being argued that as the Federal Gov
ernment Is making long-term loans to
coer Its emergency, the city should be
permitted the same kind of financiering.
Tho one Important and Imperative de
mand for money comes from the Bureau
of Water, as the present system Is ad
mittedly Inadequate to meet continu
ously the heavy demands that are een
now dally made upon It From $8,000,
000 to $12,000,000 Is needed to make the
extensions and lnstal new machinery
necessary to make the system adequate
for years to come
In addition to this. It Is planned to
provide, from loan funds, for all lm-
nrnvfmpntH made bv tho cltv to fxne- .
dite war wnrK A,m lor naira ""," I King, of 2227 North Fifth street, ae
rellef of dependents of soldiers and sail-1 cwn o ..ki,inaping her two sons,
ors. Such a move might bo counted rharl cs nve yeara pdt and Kdward , six
upon to relieve the current expense Item j yean 0i(j,
of a part of Its, burden. A teegram was received by the de-
No matter what final disposition Is tcctVta from Burlington, N J saying
made of war emergency expenses, the n woman believed to be Mrs Lyons was
current operating expenses of a number rcKgtered at a hotel at Brown's Mills In
of departments are certain lo exceed Ue pnes,
those of the present year Especially I According to Detectives Schwar, Doyle
is this the case with the Department nml Beokman. Mrs. King, who Is dl
of Supplies, us the amount provided this vorccdi advertised a few davs ago for
year Is proving at least $1,000,001) below Rome person to adopt the children,
the actual cost of operation. Director In an,wer to tho advertisement, she
Macl.aughlin will find It necessary to rpCCiVed a letter signed by Mrs. Beatrice
ask Councils for more than $500,000 for IyonSi offering possibly to adopt the
supplit-s during the latter part of the chlldrcn nfter seeing them According-
present year in- u"j " '""'"
several hundred thousand dollars In ad-
dltlonal appropriations. This money was
spent principally for coal,
The task of "paring" demands will be
taken up last next montn or early in
October and weekly meetings of Coun
cils' Finance Committee will be held with
the view of keeping expenditures bome
vvhere i.tar Income
Bring Your Own Sugar
to Picnics and Parties
The Federal food administration
strongly discourages the use of
bugar at picnics, porch parties, etc.,
and the regulation Is that in cases
of this sort each person will bring
his own sugar.
Each home must live on one tea
spoonful of sugar a person a meal.
Jay Cooke, Federal food adminis
trator for Philadelphia, desires
again to impress on all the resi
dents of the city the absolute neces
sity of living up to this minimum,
It we are to get through the
present sugar shortage without
serious Inconvenience.
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ARENA OF ALLIES' DUAL DRIVE
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The Allies today opened a double "minir npnimt the German. Ameri
can artillery and machine Runner ied an attack in the sector between
Fitme and Soiasons centcihiir about Brainc. the Amerirnm mid French
effecting croffinps of the Vclc and driving the rnemy northward toward
the Aisnc, derpitc furious coimlcr-attarks. On the Picardy front the
British and French arc availing Teuton positions southeast of Amiens
under favorable conditions it i reported. The arrows indicate lite loca
tion and direction of thc.-i- two Allied blows, while the shaded portion
west of Amiens shows the extent of the batllefront in that sector
PICARD Y PUSH MEN A CE
TO VAST GERMAN LINE
Threatens Kaiser's Positions to North and Menaces His
Armies as Far South as Aisnc-
Vcsle Front
By the Associated Press
British and French troops attacked
this morning from Albert, northeast
of Amiens, to Montdldler, on the
Avre, southeast of Amiens, the front of
attack being approximately twenty
eight miles.
Meager reports from the field Indi
cate that the Allies have advanced to
a depth of about two miles south of
the Somme, and probahly have taken
the villages of Marcelcave and La
Motte-en-Senterre.
It wa-s reported from Washington
that It Is not belleed American
divisions are engaged In the present
fighting Amei leans were holding the
line at Cantlgny, some time ago, but
I were withdrawn and sent to the
Alsnc-Marne salient, where they par
ticipated in the recent victory over
the Germans.
However, some American troops
brigaded with the British, may be
engaged In the battle.
OfTrnnIre Win Expected
This new attack, launched Just
three weeks after Field Marshal
Foch's masterly counter-offensive
against the webtern side of the Sois-
sons-Hhelms salient hns been ex
pected since tho Germans were driven
back to the Alsne and the Vesle. It
was not believed that tho Allied com
manders would permit the Initiative to
pass to the enemy after the stunning
defeat administered to him along the
Marne. Foch Is known to be an of
fensive fighter, nnd It has been pre
dicted that a new blow would fall on
th- German lines before they had
time to reorganize their shattered di
visions behind the Vesle and the Aisne.
The Germans seem to hae nad
knowledge of the plans of the Allied
commander-in-chief, for during the
last ten days they have carried out
three local retirements In the north
ern sectors of their line, two of these
withdrawals being in the Picardy
salient one on each side of Albert,
along the Ancre River and the otner
along tho Avre sector, north of Mont
dldler. In both cases the enemy re
tired to positions before which rivers
offer partial protection.
The fighting In Picardy recalls the
"KIDNAPED" BOYS
SOUGHT IN PINES
Mother Tells Police Woman
at Brown's Mills Took j
Them
City detectives today went to Brown's
Mill in the Tines, X. J, in search of
Mt-d nftatfifn T.vons. ivhntn Mrs Tnnlao
y, It Is said, a negresi, representing
herself as as a maid of Mrs. Lvons.
called at the house and later a telephone t
message was received, supposedly from
Mrs i.vons, offering to adopt the chll
dren, Mrs Lyons gave her address as
the Bellevue-Ktratford Hotel.
A wonan who said she was a foster
sister of Mrs. Lyons called at the home
of Mrs. King last night to get the chil
dren. Mrs. King accompanied them to
Sixteenth and Spruce streets, where
Mrs. Lyons told her she had better leave
them.
! TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
Anthony II Kampmex-r. H21 Arch t., and
Kstherlne " llnrlev 1K00 Arch it
John rermack. MR f Water St., and VVlady-
KHivn Kurharska 3 Kimball m.
Victor Lewla I.erue laland nnd Elizabeth
Thompson. r,r,(l Westminster ave.
, (leorge Plrtti 4H2 Lancaster ave.. and Iso-
llna Marlnl 231.1 N 2'.'1 at
1 Joaeph J areenbsTB 2ilH lleulah at. and
I.ia I-azar 3 US M M st.
Walter P. Corlett, 914 B. Tloa at . and
Klla M Irelan. 2127 H. Romtraet at
! John McCarthy, Jr , 22SS N Cleveland at.,
and Margaret Ktmpel. 48.10 Falrhlll st.
Louis Goldberg 7&o McKean st , and Julia
Katz. H0.12 Ituth st
Morrla Woarman. lfcOf! Glrard ave., and
Helen Schwartz, Ml VVInton at.
Adolph J Tl'tce, 47 Klpka at..' and Mary
( Crock 2714 v Allegheny ave.
John II. Young, 1012 Carlton st . and Caro
line Walters, 4HV7 Germantown ave
Budolnh Krlti liiM Karl at , and Florence
M. Fryer. 1722 N. IRth st.
John Perry. 2041 E. Sergeant st., and Catha.
rlno Patterson, 2041 firgnt st,
Samuel O. Hamilton. 7RO N Itth St.. and
Klltabeth II. Carson. 17 N 4.1th at.
Edwin g. Brarisbaw. 2.1A N. 12th at,, and
Annl ". l-eaarsan. li n. Stn S. c
Philip Silver. 5CO miner it, and Eitelld
Mw - im. silver. co Rtner it., and Estello"
great offensives carried out there by
the British and French In lf)16, and
the Germin "strategic retreat" to the
Hlndenburg line In February and
March, 1917 The British had forced
their way during the fall eastward
from Alhert to the neighborhood of
Grnndcourt, west of Bapaume, and
the Frennch wern beforo Noyon, al
most directly to the. south, when In
the1 early months of 1917 the Germans
discovered that the Allies had massed
guns and materials for "a major offen
sive They then retreated to the Cam-bral-I.a
Fere line, which they occu
pied until March 21, 1918, nnd from
which they launched their first great
offensive of the present summer.
On Old nattlegrnund'
The field over which the British are
fighting today Is familiar ground to
them, but to the south the French
must force the enemy back from ter
ritory newly occupied during the
March offensive. Six. miles to tho
eastward they will come to the old
battlegrojnd nf Picardy.
When the Germans withdrew in
February and March, 1917, they de
strojrd every houso and building In
the evacuated urea, cut down every
tree and, In the words of a German
military critic, "prepared the ground
for future operations." It 1h over this
battlefield that the Germans must
again retreat If the Allies are suc
cessful In their present attack.
Viewed on tho map, the front over
which the new attack Is being made
was chosen because of its strategic
relations to tho German positions to
the north and south If the assault
Is successful, the Germans, to the
north, must drop back over the ground
they won at an immense cost In lives
In March
To the south their positions south
east of Montdldler, taken by them in
the terrible battles early in June, when
they were foiled In their effort to reach
Camplegne, will be In Jeo'pardy,
Indirectly, an Allied victory from
Montdldler northward would weaken
the line along the Alsne, to which the
Germans seem about to retire after
their defeat north of the Marne.
WAR SERVICE
Today's Evening Public Ledger
gives WAR NEWS SERVICE
brought to the highest efficiency.
Here is the way this newspaper
presents the war situation accu
rately, ably and first:
Lloyd George's "Militarism
Must Go" speech is printed in
full, exclusively.
Walter Duranty cables the in
side facts of the French surprise
attack that overwhelmed the Ger
man lines.
Edwin L. James sends from the
American front the accurate news
of the preparation for the sweep
north of the Vcsle that is pro
gressing today.
Major General Frederick B.
Maurice, Britain's peerless war
critic, le veals the strategy of
Marshal Foch that ironed out the
Marne salient.
The most extensive and com
plete cable service is reporting
the double drive of the Allies
as it advances.
tThp Evening Public Ledger
Serves
ALEX. CADWALADER, SUICIDE
Coroner's Verdict Finds Young
Clubman Killed Himself
Alexander Cadwalader, twenty-nine
jears old, found dead Tuesday after
noon in his room at the country home
of his father, Blchard McCall Cadwala
der, in Whltsmarsh township, commit
ted suicide by shooting, according to
Coroner Neville, of Montgomery County.
Members of the family heard tha shot.
When they reached Mr. Cadwalader's
room he was dead, a revolver In one
hand. He waa said 10 have been men
tally unbalanced. The funeral was
held at noon today.
Mr. Cadwalader was the youngest of
seven sons of Richard M. and the late
Mrs Christine Riddle Cadwalader. His
surviving brothers are Dr. William Bid
die Cadwalader, a major in the medical
corps of the army J Lieutenant Thomas
Cadwalader, menard M. Cadwalader,
I. riAiivntir and Charles niddle Cad
walader, of Philadelphia, and Lambert
Cadwalader, Triple Creek Ranch, Teton,
aawaiaaer, V" " - """!, preserve calm and order.'" '"II
WORK SLACKERS
FACE JAIL TERM
Campaign Against Loafers '
and Part-Timers Begins
in Earnest
ROUND-UP IN ALTOONA
Those in Draft Age Must
Show Cau8c.Why They're
Not Fighting
"Work, fight or go to Jail!"
This was the law laid down today by
the Federal Government through the
I'nlted States employment service to
loafers, nart-tlmers. and labor r.imou-
I fleurs generally In Pennsylvania, mnrk
1 Ing the beginning at AHoona of a State
wide campaign against work slackers
In response to an appeal from Wnltrr
S. Greevy, superintendent of the Federal
employment service In Altoonn, two Fed
eral labor Inspectors have been sent to
that city to round up more than 200
, Idlers. t'nless these men, who have
steadfastly refused any and all employ
ment offered them. Immediately find
work In some essential Industry, they
j will he prosecuted as vagrants. In-
rineniany, inose among mem witnin tne
draft ages will have to show cause why
they should not enter the military serv
ice. While thp first move against vagrancy
Is being taken In Altoona, officials of
the employment service at the head
quarters here today made It clear that It
means the establishment throughout
Pennsylvania of a more drastic policy
In dealing with men who refuse to work
at all or who work only a few days a
week.
Following quickly In the wake of the
anti-labor slacker campaign will como
definite action to remove able-bodied
men from employment in nonessential
Industries, replace them with girls and
women, and shift the men to war indus
tries. Twenty-nine Inspectors aro mak
ing a Mirvey of the situation here pre
paratory to such a move. TUo Federal
officials believe that there aro few
Idleis In this city
Besides the small nrmy of Idlers In
Altoona, according tn Mr Greevy, there
are about 600 men In his district en
In nonessential work, whom ho believes
come within the rppllcatlon of the
"work or fight" rule.
Labor requisitions were received today
for a. large number of carpenters. So
far trie employment service has been un
able to supply tho nunfber needed. Ar-
rangments are being made by employers
In Philadelphia to provide living quar
ters through their own welfare depart
ments for workers broirght Into the city
from other places. It was nnhounced.
Americans Drive On
North of the Vesle
Continued from Tare One
cd the railway and main highway
friA14ll-i n 4Va TVAattj 'T'tsb Ar AMAa.it nsl 4hVi
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HV7i uu imntiinihcn nil utniPru 1 1 will i
th tr,mu nf fMinn fri,-s inahi n. I
pettier.
The Yankees waded through the
marshes on the south hank and
charged up the high northern bank In I
tho face of heavy machine-gun and I were seized in ine rams maae yesier
itrtillery fire. German counter-attacked ! lay They were brought to this city late
immediately, but were completely re- lnBt n'Bht ln an automobllo by Daniels
pulsed. . and several of his agents.
The advance yesterday was made I Daniels announced today that the
In the midst of a heavy rain, but when People's Trust Company, at Wyomlsslng.
the attack was resumed on n larger on the outskirts of .Reading, was entered
scale this morning tho weather had late yesterday by jhe operatives, and the
cleared.
ay ine issociaica tress I
Willi the American Army on the Vcsle, Federal authorities today declared that
Aug. 8. I the campaign against pro-Germans ln
Additional American Infantrymen this country "Is only beginning."
have crossed the Vesle east and west r-i. .... , .,
ofFlsmes. The Germans are counter- Charge. Propaganda Work
nttacklng the Americans west of According to Mr. Kane, the Invcstiga
Flsmes. hut the Americans nre shat- K'0" thus far has been productive of But
tering the enemy efforts and holding flo'cnt e;'ldenee to connect some of those
their ground despite the enemy ef
forts.
In support of the Americans who
had crossed the river during Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning a de
tachment of Infantry crossed the
Vesle tinder a Franco-American bar
rage Just before noon yesterday. Two
other detachments reached the north
bank during the afternoon.
Tho Germans counter-attacked the
Americans west of Flsmes, but were
scattered by tho American artillery
fire. The enejny Is endeavoring to
prevent the American advance, but
the Americans have pushed on tinder
a heavy fire and gas waves, and In
bitter fighting, In which the men from
overseas used their bayonets effective-
l ly. A few Germans were tnken prls
I oners, while the others retired.
I The stiffest resistance now facing
I the American Infantry north of the
j Vesle In the region west of Flsmes is
I from a knoll north of Bazoches. Hero
i il iiuiiiuci ui itciiiiciii luauiuiit'-HUII
1 companies hnve dug in and are cling. .
In? ripitnerntelv tn thn hilt deisnltA tht
M-. .. 1.A ,...... A11I.W1 ..n f .-
j Jilt: UI llic Hiiivy siiii-u sunn, VJlie UI
the American detachments
WHICH
crossed the river today re-enforced the
Americans along the Hhelms-Solssons
highway who are endeavoring lo
diive the Germans from tho knoll.
Among the prisoners taken by the
Americans yesterday were tin officer
and several privates fioni a fresh di
vision which has Just ai lived from
the German front In Flanders.
Allied Murman
Join Advances
Continued from Tnz One
J of local power with the Government of
the North
"Second. The defense of the region of
I tho north and the whole nation against
I all territorial .violation by Germany,
l Vinlnnd nnd other nemles is the second
I t inland anil otner enemies is ins seconu
aim of the government. Third, It becks
, a reunion with Bussla of the peoples
I who have been taken from her; fourth.
the re-estahllshment of tho two organs
of the people, namely, the Constituent As.
I sembly, municipal dumas and zemstvos :
I fifth, the re-establlshment of legal order
I by the egression of the will of the cltl
I zens and the re.establishment of polit
ical and religious liberty: sixth, tho se
curity of the rights of agricultural
workers ; seventh, the defense of the
interests of the North and the rest of
Russia; eighth, the suppression of
famine.
Relies on Allied Aid
"The Government will not fall to pub.
llsh regulations for the application of
tho foregoing program. The Govern
ment relies upon the support of the
whole population, which Is dear to It.
and hopes to realize the program with
the help of the Allies.
"The Government counts upon the
Russian. American and British peoples,
8b well as those of other nations, for aid
in combating famine and ameliorating
the financial situation. It Is recognized
that the Intervention of the Allies In the
Interior affairs of Russia Is not directed
against the interests of the people, and
that the people will welcome 'the- Allied
troops, who have come to fight against
the common enemy.
"The Government. In maklrur the nres.
ent declaration, calls upon all the people
LIHLE GERMANY
IN RAIDED HOMES
Pictures of Kaiser and Iron
Crosses Seized in
Reading
MANY LETTERS TAKEN
Suspected Mill Chiefs Said to
Have Relatives in Ten-
' ton Land
A miniature Berlin was revealed, It is
said, to agents of the Department of
Justice here, when they raided the homes
of nearly, a dozen wealthy residents of
Wyomlsslng, a suburb of Reading, fori
evidence in the German propaganda
campaign.
Numerous pictures of Kaiser Wllhclm,
General von Illndcnbtlrg and other Ger
man leaders were on the walls. There
was wealth of German literature In
libraries.
All this was dercrlbed today by As
slbtant District Attorney Rosenbaum,
who partlrlpated In the raid, with Todd
Daniels Lend of the Philadelphia Bureau
of the Department of Justice and his
operatives.
According to Mr. Roscibaum, much
evidence was obtained to show the
strong sympathy of the suspects with
Germany, at least before the war.
"You might just as well have walked
Into Germany ns Into the homes we en
tered In Wyomlsslng," continued Mr.
Rosenbaum.
Find r.fttrx from Germany
Photos of German medals, Iron crosses,
numerous trinkets of war, all ante
dating rur entry Into tho war, were
found by the Government operatives.
Several letters were found that, had
come from Germany through neutral
countries.
Virtually all of tho persons Involved,
said Mr. Rosenbaum, have friends nnd
relatives In Germany.
In addition to the homes of Ferdi
nand Thun and Harry Janssen, al
leged to be the most active In spreading
propaganda by the Government olllclal,
Mr. Rosenbaum announced that opera
tives had also searched the homes nf
August Ulshoefer, Reading boulevard ;
Hugo Hemmerlch, Van Reed road ; Fritz
Ahlfeld, Iris Club; Max Mlttendorf,
Wyomlsslng boulevard, nnd Gustavo A.
Oberlaender, Wyomlsslng boulevard. All
of these men are either superintendents
or managers of three textile mills that
were t-carched yesterday.
felie rrofessor's Letters
A great mass of correspond snee was
brought here today from the Lancaster
hon.o of Professor R. C. Schledt, for
merly of Franklin nnd Marshall Col
lege. Examination of thousands of letters,
pamphlets nnd articles In publications,
seized Jiy agents of the Department of
Justice, was started today.
Further raids aro expected to develop
as the result of Information obtained,
T. A ... i, ll,.,i U., ....,.,... ,!
The!e may b followed by arrests and
Internments.
In the office of the Department of
Justice here are bundles, littered about
the desk and office of Mr. Daniels, that
lock boxes of many of the men under
suspicion, including those of Thun and
Janssen. were opened and papers seized
whose homes and places of business
were raided with being In charge of Ger
man propaganda work since the de
parture of Von Bernsiorff, Boy-Ed and
Von Papen.
1.5 More Deaths
Caused by Heat
Continued from race One
deaths, the toll of fatalities In the heat
wave was Increased to thirty-five.
Fourteen were reported yesterday and
fojr Tuesday.
The extreme heat spell has been
broken and the temperature Is consider
ably below yesterday's, when the maxi
mum was 100.2. At 2 o'clock this af
ternoon the temperature was 91,
Thunder showers are scheduled.
Thoso reported dead today Included
four babies and four aged women. The
list follows:
1IOWAKI) O. IIIM.VlF.I.nniCH. for-
I ... ....A .......... nM Rill! fAn n..A..
, iy-nu JC.W3 ,J1U, UU1U VCUIll U.C11UC,
worker at Hog Island, was overcome by
the heat today and fell off the building
on which he was working. He died at the
Mlserlcordla Hospital.
FRANK .TRUNK, aixty-elght years
old, died at his home, 2412 East HinroPfT,
street.
EMMA W'Onitr.M.. slxtv-four years old.
Sixty-fifth and Vine streets: died In West
Philadelphia Homeopathic HoBpltnl.
ROIIKRT I1KI.I.. flftj-two scars old. colored.
address unknown: died In Philadelphia
Hospital.
ANI1KF.A AZZAREI.LA. fle months old.
704 South Fehell street; died at home.
ANNA OERI.ACH. alxty-flvo years old. 1538
Oermantown avenue; died at home
MARY M'F.NCnt. eighty ear old, 414
North Klfth street; tlted at homo.
MANUS MrNlCIIOI,. thlrt-IHo jcara old,
11 I'ean sireei; oit-n ai nome
!l."lI';H.;BX. -s.arld. 2170
ANNA R. HUTT. eight months old, 2728
Fletcher sjjjrji.i'fl at hnm'.' .
?,vnStrrSr3il5-'.Thorn',?"
WILLIAM KKEGAN, sixty sears old, 11123
I South Croskey atreet. died at home,
J0SE, JKK nne months old. 1314 South
-rwentv-nlnth street; died at home.
MICHAEL UDELL, forty-four scars old.
I 2T1 " "K ' nkfort. "ed at
josEril DYKES, 270S North Taslor street
died
t l'rankford Hospital from uroken
neck after plunee Into Pennypack Creek
.....it.. vlnr relief from the heat.
JAMES FARI.KV. forty years old. R Marlton
avenue. Camden, N. J.; died In Cooper
rATRlCK' TARR. fifty years old. 1720
Juniata street; died at home.
JAVIEH FARItKV, forty sears old. 8 Marl.
ton ive Camden, died In Cooper Hospital
PATRICK CARR.ifty sears old of 1728
Juniata ilreet. died nt his home.
Fire in South Fortieth Street Home
A slight Are In the Second-story front
room at 217 South Fortieth street today
caused damage estimated at 1100. John
J, McCreesh, the owner, was across the
street in his garage, and when called by
his wife he extinguished the blaze be
fore the firemen, arrived. The flames
started ln a clothes hamper.
GRATITUDE
In these trvi0, heated hours
Thank the Lord for thunder show
era '
Due this afternoon.
W'CJl 6c also oratefulquUel
For cooler iceather due tonight.
It tell! be a boon.
Hqdcrate the temperature
UaM nest winds will make it sure.
'""nmmmmuamHmemmaimuimwmmmmmimmm
KILLED BY FALL
Lieutenant Richard W. Evans, 2101
North Seventeenth strcel, who died
today at Belleville, III., from in
juries received when his airplane
fell at the Scott aviation field
WAR TAXATION
BY EASY STAGES
Bill Provides Three Install
ments for Income and
Excess Profits
PRESIDENT MUST PAY
By the United Press
Washington, Aug. 8.
Provision for payment of Income and
exce's profits taxes In three Installments,
was developed by the House Ways and
Means Committee today.
The dates of payment suggested are
March 15, June 15 and September 15,
with the added provision that any cor
poration or Individual who pays the
whole tax by. March or June shall re
ceive a discount of 1 1-0 per cent on
the portion paid abeid of schedule.
Tho plan of paylnx taxes In Install
ments Is a concession to big corpora
tions, officials of which contend that
the present plan of forcing the pay
ment of all taxes on one date Juno 15
Involves too great a strain on their
finances and forces excessive borrowing
to meet their .taxes.
When these nrguments were put be
fore the Treasury internal revenue col
lector, Mr. Boper wai Inclined to allow
Installment payments under the present
hill, but the plan was vetoed by Secre
tary McAdoo. ,
Committee members, however, have no
word that McAdoo wjll oppose the pro
vision In the bill, which was fathered
by Representative White.
The schedule of Income surtaxes de
cided on by the committee Is now vlr
.... ...j .... ...in ,
vuaiiy worKea uui turn iiu uo iU,juiii.,Ai Moore, 0013 Lansdowne ave. Solemn high
by Chairman Kltchln late today or to- ri-qulem masa Our Lady of Ixiurdea Church
morrow.
'",' , ; , ,.. ... ,
This leaves the committee with excise
taxes, Including liquor, luxury and a
host of other rates, to be worked out
between now nnd August 19.
The committee yesterday decided to
lax the salaries of the President, Judges,
Cabinet ofllccrs and State, county and
city officials as well as county and
municipal bonds hereafter issuea ana
those Issued to refund old bonds. Sev
eral committeemen today privately ex
pressed doubt as to the constitutionality
of the new bond tax.
Want Packers
Under McAdoo
Continued from rase One
preparation, nor the sheer momentum of
great wealth, but the advantage which
Is obtained through a monopolistic con
trol cf the market places and means of
transportation and distribution.
"If these five great concerns owned
no packing plants and killed no cattle
and still retained control of the instru
ments of transportation, of market and
of storage, their position would not bo
less strong than It Is.
"The producer of livestock Is at the
mercy of these Ave Companies because
they control the market and the mar
keting facilities and, to some extent,
the rolling stock which transports the
product to the markets.
"The corrvpettors of these five con
cerns are at their mercy because of
the control of the market places, stor
age facilities and refrigerator cars for
distribution.
"The consumer of meat products Is at
tho mercy of theso five because both
producer and competitor are helpless to
bring relief.
"Out of the mass of Information In
our hands one fact stands out with all
possible emphasis. The small dominant
group of American meat packers are now
International ln their activities while
remaining American ln Identity. Blame
which now attaches to them for their
practices abroad as well as at home In
evitably will attach to our country If
the practices continue.
"This urgently argues for a solution
which will increase and not diminish the
high' regard In which this people Is held
in international comity.
"Some show of competition Is stnged
by the five great packing companies. It
Is superficial There Is tho natural
rivalry of officials and departments and
this Is made much of as Indicating the
existence of Veal competition. It is not
real.
"Somo Independent packers exist by
sufferance of the five and a few hardy
ouch have survived in real competition.
Around such few of these as remain the
lines are drawn ln.
ARTIST ROSENTHAL
IS DEAD AT AGE OF 85
Was
Pioneer in Field of
Chromo-Lith-ography
Max Rosenthal, an artist of note, who
first Introduced chromo-llthography and
a leader in the field of meziolnt engrav
ing, died today at his home, 150 North
Twentieth street, at the age of eighty
five years.
Mr. Rosenthal was the father of Al
bert Rosenthal, 1722 Walnut street, him
self an artist of international reputa
tion. The funeral will be held Monday
morning at 10:30 o'clock, at the resl.
dence.
Mr. Rosenthal was born at Tourck,
Russian rolandd. He studied litho
graphy, 'drawing and painting in Perls
from 1847 to 1849, and ln that, year came
tn Thtlnde1nhla with hla teacher nnd
entered "the Acadffny of Fine .Arts as
IU Btvident. : '
j student.
PHILA. AVIATOR
KILLED IN FALL
Lieutenant R. W. Evans
Loses Life at Belle-
' ville, 111.
HIS COMPANION ESCAPES
,
Airplane Crashes to Ground
From Forty-Foot Elevation, .
Following Altitude Flight
Meutenant nichart W Kvars. of 2401
orth Seventeenth street, this city,
aviator, died today at Belleville. III.,
rrom Injuries received when his airplane
Zf, , forty-ve feet to the ground,
following a high altitude flight at the .
Scott Aviation Field. Cadet Douglass,
wno accompanied Evans in hla flight,
escaped injury. j .
,.Jnleu,enant Evans left tho field at
. w,vnd afler rl'ne to a great height
"(..it a iower altitude. The country
was wooded and the aviators were flying
so low that It was necessary to wind
in and out to avoid contact with tho
In making a sharp turn Lieutenant
ivans lost control, and. although he was
only forty feet nbove ground, the ma
chine wan badly wrecked when !t struck.
Lieutenant Kvans's skull was frac
tured and his leg broken
Lieutenant Evans was the son of
Pr'inf . E,';ars' He ,as a equate of
Princeton University, and entered tha
service December 10. 1917. He was de
tailed to the Trlnceton aviation school
and later to Camp Dlx. A brother,
James A. Lvans, Jr., is on the U. S. 3.
Minnesota.
Lieutenant Evans was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Ray Evans, and was only
twenty-one years old. He attained hla
majority last December, and the same
day enlisted In the new nvlatlon section
of tho signal corps. He was sent to
the ground school at Trlnceton Univer
sity, and made such good progress that
after eight weeks there he was sent
to Camp Dick, Texas, for training In
actual flying.
lie graduated from the Camp Dick
School last June, and was commissioned
a second lieutenant ana assigned to duty
at the Scott training camp at Belleville,
HI- He was considered a careful and
.skillful aviator, and had a gift for teach
ing others, so was retained In this coun
try ns an Instructor Instead of being sent
to France.
Born In Richmond, Va., Lieutenant
Evans was broughtt to this city by his
parents when a child. He grew up here,
attending the Claghorn Public School,
but went Into business with his father, a
grocer. Instead of going to high school.
He was anxious to ,enllst even before
this country declared war on Germany,
but his parents would not give their
consent. The moment he was of age he
fclgned up.
DEATHS
ATCIUNQIIAUS. At Oulf Mills. Mont
gomery Co . aub. 7. JOHN A. aon of lato
James and Mary Atchlnghaus. Relatives and
f l lends, also societies of which he waa a
member. Invited to funeral. Sat , 8 a. m .
from hla late residence. Gulf Mil's. Mont
gomery Co.. ra. Hlh mass of reoulem St.
Gertrude- Church. West Conshohocken. 0:30
hocken.
m. ci, inunew a ueniy consho
IIUKNS,-Aug. 7. JOSnnilNE C. BUHN3
(nee Fox).
tlVCR nnd friend Invito tn .,&lt a-.
"p wi j.num . jiurns. Hela-
i'R.30 a. m.. residence of her dauchter. Mrt
i.l..i "'it.'"1- ,lnlv '-rnra em- auio ru-
'nerat. Altoona capers please copy.
i'ULT.iin. An. pA-rnrr-if K,..i,. .
' Ann Cullen. Relatives and friends,
Vrlanhlkn-hed.aKn1;
rtellef Aso., Invited to funeral. Tuea :3o
ft-,' rji.f"1,". lenl.
mam Church of the Visitation 10 a. m. Int
H"lv- i'roa Cem. Auto service.
OAFNELI,. Auff. 7. MARY WHITH.
widow of William Onfriell. Relatives and
friends Invited to funeral aervlces. Frt.,
7:30 p. m . at the rhapel of Andrew J. Hair
& Son, 10th nnd Arch sts. Int. at lloney
brnok. Pa.
PKENER. Aur. 7. at Atlantic City. N.
J,, SARAH R.. wlf of H. O. Teener. Serv
ices and funeral will be held nt Middletown,
l'a . Sat.. 10 h. m
PENNOCK Auk. 7, at Coatesvflle. Pa.,
CHARLES i:. PENNOCK. aped 02. Itela
thes and friends. lnlted to funeral without
further notice, Mon.. 10.30 a. m., from
78 S. lat ave., CoatesvlUe Pa. Please omit
flowers.
REEDEH At her residence. 3840 Market
St.. Aur. 7. ADA BEEDER (nee Raker).
Relatle and friends invited to funeral
mr1cea, fiat.. 2 p. m.. Oliver H. I3alr Illdr..
1A20 Chestnut st. Tnt. private. Trtenda
mav rail Frl., 7 to 10 p. m
RODMAN. Aue. 7. FRANCES A., widow
of Theodore Hodman Relatives and friends. ,
alito Aftnn M Ross Circle and Garfield Lodge,
ao, iv, . ni v., inviien to tunerai, sai..
1 p. m.. from the residence of her dauchter,
110$ North st. Rmrtlns may be viewed
Fri.. nftpr 8 p. m. Int. private. Burllnrton
pnpprs plea se copy.
ItUiSWr..!.. AUZ. ft, AIAAiNUtiK WJU-
SO.N RUSSELL. Relatives and friends, also
Pennsylvania Society. Sons of tfce Revolu
tion. Society of Colonial Wars of Pennsyl
vnnln. Mllitarv Order nf the Laval Lerlon
of the United States and Military Order of
Foreign wars or tne uniieu maies. invuea
to funeral services Sat.. 3 p. m., at 434 'S.
42d et. Int, private. Woodland Cem.
WILSON. Auar. 7. FLORENCE M. (nea
Peterson), wife of Captain E. T, Wilson,
BKed 44. Funeral services Sat., 1 p. m..
at the residence of her son-in-law, Warren
II, Nelson. 20 Ijakevlew drive, Oakljn, N. J,
Int. K. or I, urrn., i nna.
IIBI.l' WANTKH MALE
CARPENTERS WANTED
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WORK
APPLY
HE"?RT E. BATON, EUILDER,
60TH AND WOODLAND AVE.
10TH AND HUNTING TARK AVE.
MAN wanted to charse, wash and make
minor repairs on four electric trucks; S
nlchts and 1 day or 0 nights a week: must
lurnlah referencea aa to honesty- and char
acter: imIUn permanent: full pay for holt;
days. Write or apply II. J. Helm 'Co.J'
:iln(i N lL'th at. ;
WATCHMEN
WANTED AT ONCE"
ABLE-BODIED MEN
WAGES J51 FOR 0 NIGHTS
WITH ADVANCEMENT
JOSEPH CAMPBELL CO.,
ID AND MARKET STS.
CAMDEN. N. J.
FIREMEN
WANTED AT ONCE
Wages 45 tents per hour
Tims and half-time over 48 hours
Plenty of overtime
Apply ready for work
7 a m
JOSEPH CAMPBELL COMPANT
Ud and Market ats.
Camdvn, N. J.
MAN'-i-VVr have a permanent position in our
factory that a man from 4.1 to .10 years of
e ran fill: work Is settln out envelops,
orders Apply Whltlnrattersfln Co.. 3J0'
N 18th at. .
II KM'
WANTKD ri'.M M.K
nini. about 1H years old. wanted In bank:
experience with adding machine profound.
P II1U. Ledger Office.
m KltVC tn otBce of manufacturing concern,'
nnrih I'hlln.: pleasant work and permanent
million P. O. o BH.H. '
OIRL Good npenlns In e. 'eal estate office. ..J
tor enereetlo youns slrli ktiowlcdgavl4. iM
. '.rritmg.rfealrable. Apply ITS! lValnut'tr4 i,jU
-jrJll-l.' ni'J ftnanln rilet.lthnn.t mini. Am .'Ma.-j 4.FJ
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