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THE WEATHER Today? Fair; continued warm. To morrow?Fair; continued warm. Highest temperature yesterday, 98; lowest, 74 YOU MUST READ A MORNING NEWSPAPER . TO LEARN THE LATEST WAR DEVELOPMENTS ? NO, 4302. WASHINGTON. D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. 1918. ONE CENT ELE ??Inutili TW? O?il?. 123 DIE AS HUNS SINK AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP fi ? ? ? ? limn, ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? |l< KKiaiSi??. t '? '? -?<,?i'?ii?ii?[ieueti*iiaii?ii?ii?it?iian? I I J I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I PERSHING REPORTS 706 NAMES IN LATEST CASUALTY LISTS ioiiiimi ii.initiniiiwaa ll?|:|<l:|.K|illl I f | ?:.? ???????????? Ml'lrtl 11.1 I 111 IWII1I I I I I lililTH' ??*??'?????????1???????????????"1????1??,? lili? OUR ARTILLERY ACTIVE AS GERMANS HOLD Warilda, Australian Ambulance Ship, Sent Down Saturday; ?Americans on Vessel. NURSES AMONG 500 ABO.ARD (any Arc Trapped with Their Patients" as Escape from Upper Deck Is Cut Off by Result of Explosion. London, Aug. 5.?Th? admiralty today announced the torpedoing and sinking by a submarine of the Australian am bulance transport Warilda Saturday. The number of drowned is given at 123. Two British destroyer? were sunk on Friday as a result of striking mines. Ninety-seven men are missing. EIGHT WOUNDED AMERICAN SURVIVORS. At aa English Port, Aug. 5.?Eight wounded American soldiers, most of them from Chicago, are among the survivors of the Aus tralian ambulance transport Warilda. torpedoed and sunk without warning at 1 o'clock Saturday. ?Survivors of tke ?disaster have been landed bere. No other Americans, are said to have been aboard tke Warilda. The vessai was carrying $00 persons, including many nurses, at the time site ?tras sunk. Fourteen were killed or drowned as the result of the explosion. One torpedo ?was fired. The Warilda was ea route from France to England. American and British destroyers hastened to her rescue immediately after she had been struck. SCORES TRAPPED. < No U-boat was seet*^?Scores of -wounded on tke third ?lack were trapped with their nurses, lad ders snd foreways being wrecked . by the explosion. Heroic efforts to save these victims by means of tropes failed. Lieut. H?ben, of Chicago, said most of the American wounded bailad from that city. Capt. Beatty, of Quincy, 111., endeavored to save a "Waac" nurse from the demolished deck oi the transport. At least six women are believed to bave been lost in the sinking ef tbe Warilda. Albany and New York nurses who attended the rescued Ameri can soldiers who had fought side by side with tbe Australians on July 4, said there was no panic on the upper deck, nurses, orderlies and the crew all working like beavers to bring the wounded on their cots to the top deck. ? Tke Americans aboard included Lieut. Harold Huber, Corp. Ralph D. Buchman and Privates Carl Schweiding, Thomas Stathas, George W. W'cnthe and Herbert R. Nelson, all of Chicago and Capt. James Beatty, of Quincy, 11L MRS. WILSON NAMES HOG ISLAND'S FIRST "Quistconck" Launched Successful ly at Philadelphia Yesterday. Philadelphia. Aus. S.?Ho* Island's pioneer ahlp, the Quistconck, chris tened by Mra. Woodrow Wilson, In the presence of th? President and 100,000 persona, alidad from the ware Into the Delaware River at ir:lS yesterday afternoon ? deafening; cheer want up aa the hall started to mova six minutes after tha Prealdent party had ar rived from Washington. A ainsi? Maat from a nearby whistle, a shout from a vole? on the ship? thia waa Um sismal that started the 7,500-ton earso carrier down the waya on Ita plunse lato the water. Mra. Wilson, her ana unralsed, her ? hand clutehlns a bottle of champagne, heard the ?Una! and bar arm de scended. A sac-sod later the wicker-covered b-u'.l? crashed asalnat th? sh'pa bow ?nd a foarains ?pray of champasne Waved Into the air. There waa another deatenlns roar from th? vast crowd, which crowded about the ahipway. Th? Presidental party arrived at Hot*. Island at U 30 o'clock tn th? afternoon. Thlrty-Bv? minutes later tn? Quistconck was In th? Dela ware, and th? special train carry laa" th? party back to Washington left Hos Island. In tbe great assemblas? witness ing tha launchlns war? officials of all branch?? of tb? government, rep resentatives of foreign embaa?!?a la Washington, ondala of the Shipping Board and the Kmergentry Fleet Corporation aad ofBcers of the army aad aayy. ENGLAND BEING RAIDED. Hun Airships Approach Coast As Darkness Falla. Lando?. Aus. S.?Hostil? airship? dpprsacbtil Um coaat at SJ? o'clock ??nlaM. Thay did not penetrale far Inland. An offici?! statement to UUa oBo-l haa been inuett. ?**-.* Two or More U-Boats Lor king ? At-?He Coait Waters. Belief Of Navy Department Two or more hostile submarine? are lurking In Atlantic coata waters. Sec retary Daniela yeaterday declared this waa the belief of Navy Department officials They are of the opinion, he added, that at leaat two. and possibly three, U-boats are off our coaat. Thia ia the flrat time that subma rines "In force"?such aa waa prom ised upon th? first visit of a raider have been reported In American wa ter?. One steamship has fallen vic tim, the oil tanker O. B. Jennings, which was sunk Sunday 100 miles oft the Virginia coast. Aaether OU Baramt Coaat. The department ha? aleo received report? that another submersible was operating off the Barnegat coast. This waa the scene of much of the activity of the first underwater craft that attacked American shipping. The Jennings waa sunk by gunfire and thirty of her survivors have been landed at Norfolk. The captain and thirteen of the crew are ?till missing. The vessel waa of 7,890 net tons snd owned by the .Standard Oil Company. Thus far none of the hostile U-boats that have visited this coast have dar ed to trespass on the transport alnea Their latest reappearance will mean no relaxation In the shipment of men or supplies. Navy vessels? destroyers and chasers?are now also out "In fores" and no anxiety la felt in the department over the present visit. 8tnce Germany's surprise visit of a submarine to this side, all others of her undersea attempts have been fail ure? because of the vigilance of the navy. For thia reason ther? I? no apprehension, at leaat In the Navy Department, over the reappearance of raiders. Mar Be Expiring Effort. Some official? believe the present raid to be the expiring effort of the German admiralty, which Intended to terrorisa shipping and cities along the Atlantic. They baae their belief on trustworthy reporta to the effect that Germany's submarine losses prevent any action on a large scale, and per mit only spasmodic raids undertaken with the aole hope of but a single "big catch." The loss ot the U. S. Submarine Chaser No. H7 wa? reported by th? Navy Department yeaterday. The aael waa aunk Sunday night near Hog Island, off the Virginia coaat. after a colllaon with another vessel. There waa no loss of life, sil the crew being rescued. CHARGE, BIG ItEBATMG. Pennsy Railway. Armour, Swift and Yards Are Indicted. New York, Aug. 5.?Conspiracy and rebat?as were charged la Fed eral Grand Jury Indictments return ed today agalnat the Pennsylanvla Railroad, Armour * Co., Swift and Company and tha Jersey City stockyards. The Indictments charge that re bating involving $2.000,000, con tinued from November 6. 1)11, to December 27, 1*17. PLEADS FOR ROYAL FAMILY. Ex-Czar Nicholas' Request At He Faces Executioners. Amsterdam, Aug. I.?"Spare my wife and my Innocent unhappy children!" waa th? last request of Nicholas Romanoff Just bef?le be waa executed, the Moscow corre spondent of th? Berlin Lokal Ani gler t?l?graphe bla paper. The ex Czar added : "Hay my blood preserve Russia jTom ruin.*_ 299 YANKS OH LAST NIGHT'S HONOR ROLLS Latest list Shows 253 Kill? ed in Action, 46 Died of Wounds. D. C NAMES TO COME Afternoon Report Included, Total from Big Offensive Thus Far, 706. Names of 299 members of Uic Ameri can expediUoiiary force werv contain ed In th? latest lista of casualties from overseas, made publi: late laat night Ot these soldiers, S3 were killed In action, while forty-six died of wounds. There were no Detrict. Maryland or Virginia men named In this list Buch names wll come later. The let follows: Killed la Aetlea. Capt Howard C. McCa'.l. Philadel phia, Pa. *UEUTEN?\"NTf*. Davld II. Barry. Santa Barbara. Cal. Charlea H. Evana. Marbiehead. Maas. David J. Ewing, New Orleans, ba. Donald F. Ghent. Ana Arbor, Mich. Robert at. bovett. Chicago. 111. SERGEANT? Herbert H. Bell. Hlsh Gates Springs. Vt. George H. Bohlman. Lancaster, Ohio. Kenneth ?. Burns. Rodeo, ?. Mex Austin ?. Carey. Westmoreland Depot ?. ?. Clifford Cartladge, WtrtervUle, Coon Arthur V. Chailbourn. Dover, Me. Harold E. Dowd, Manchester. ?. M. Theodor? Goble. Boaton, Mn-s. Paul L Hon, Deland. Pia. John F. Lynch. Brooklyn, ?. T.? Charles O. McKay, Jonesboro. Ari?. Archie McKensle, Falrf?eld Center. Me. Guy Mlnkler. Philmont N. T. Jeremiah T. Merley, Manche-rter, N. H. John W. Powers. Medway. Mass. Alexander Searle?, Plymouth, Pa. Arthur F Shells, ?ausertl*?, ?. V. l?iinard Thomas, Damrlscotta. Me. Elisha L. Turner, Mountalnburs, Alt*. CORPORALS, besay A. Allen, Brldgeton. Maine. Frank Allridge. PhUadelphia, Pa. Bert ?. Baker. Danby. Vt Ralph L. Chabot, Worcester, Masa. Millard W. Corson, Madison. Main?. Antony Delmonlco. Syracuae, ?. Y. John J. Dillon. Plains. Pa Fred S. Freeman. Jr.. Augusta. Ufa ine. Harry I, Geist Mt. Carmel. Pa. George O. Grover. Falrfleld. Main?. James I. Haag, Rockton, Pa. Edwin W. Halden. Hyde Park. Maas. Glenn W. Harmon. Chappell, Nebr. Victor J. Nartoff. Nashua, N. H. Ralph S. Hosmer. Wilton, Maine. Jamea J. Kelley. Jr., New Bedford. Mass. Frank L. Kirk. Stoneham. Mass. Albert Lavorgna. Canton, Maine. Anders Laycock, North Port Ala. Andrew W. Layden. Philadelphia, Pa. Marshall D. Leach. Plymouth, Conn. Harold C. Lee. Montevideo. Minn. Luvelle E. McAllster, Norway, Maine. August Mathlaon. Methuen. Maaa. Herman H. Morrison. Ashley, Ohio. Oscar R. Nichols, 8. Chestcrvllle. Maine. Simon Peters. Skowhegan. Maine. Verne O. Reed. Bloomfletd. Iowa. Clarence Rivers, Hawklnavllle, Ga. Frank L. Rosa, Mancheater, N. H. Charlea H. Savage. Everett Maas. Georse L. Stewart, Erwin, Tenn. Harry D. 8t Ledger, Skowhegan. Maine. Benjamin V. Tutt. Meridian. Miss. Jamea Albert Walsh, Chicago, IU. Jack Wasserman. Newark. N. J. John C. Watson, Pin? Apple, Ala. COOKS. John Donnelly, Columbus. Ohio. Claude C. Jackson. Kansas City. ?a MECHANIC?. Theodore E. Jacqnet, Franklin, La. Albert I- Johnston. Cape Cod, Mass. MUSICIAN. Giovanni Strom?!. PlUsburgh Pa PRIVATES. Arthur Aeree. Andalusia, Ala. Julius P. Allen, Boaton, Masa. Henry A. Andrews, Huntington Milla. Pa. Henry Apel, Thoeny, Mont. Harry C. Arndt Newport. Pa. Guiseppe Ausilio, Paterson, N. J. Joseph Tony Baker. Syracuse, N. T. Frank O. Bemls. Hlllsboro. N. H. Walter O. Bennett E Auburn, Mt Chartes ?. Bennicker, Philadelphia. Alme Benoit. Nashua. ?. H. - Henry C. Bernhart. Reading, Pa. Earl Bishop. Orange. Mass. James H. Blankenshlp, Monette. Ark. Lenton Bostlck. Dexter, Ga. Frank Brazun, Pittsburgh, Pa, James T. Brown, Montpeller, Vt Montpeller. Vt William A. Bruton,' Hartford. Conn. Jnlian J. Bucali. Nashua. N. H. Emile T. Burns, Nashua. N. H. Myron Daniel Burns, Eldred. Pa. Paul W. Butler. Hartford, Conn. Scott C. Campbell. Cambridge! Maaa. Eugene 8. Carter. Worcester, Maas. Lester Q. Carter. Mt Gilead, Ohio. Jamas A. Candle, Frica, Va. Daniel W. Cavanaugh. Mattatati, Maaa. Roydan L. Cbappel. Rlchford, Vt Raymond 8. Church, Bennlngcon. Vt _ , Harmon Clougji. Enosburg, vt OOMWiCaD ON VA?? IW* First of ?Big Offensive Lists Shows 706 Names ' Night Caeualty L?t Killed in action. 253 Died of wounds.v. 46 ? Total.*'.299 Afternoon Casualty List. Killed in action-... 203 Died of wounds. 37 Died of disease. 9 Died of airplane accident. "? Accident and other causes.. 6 Wounded severely. 48 Wounded; degree undetermined. 100 Missing in action-.. 3 - Total. 407 Grand total, day and night lists. :.... 706 ??t??t ? p ? cimi" LLOYD GEORGE TELLS BRITISH Premier Declares Prospects of Allies Have Never Been So Bright. London, Aug. 1?"Hold faat" ia the message of Premier Lloyd George to the people of the Britlah Empire on the fourth annlveraary of Great Bri tain's entry into the war. "Our pros pecta of victory have never been ao bright aa they are today," aaya the prime minister. The message In full ] reada aa follows: "The message which I send to the people of the British Empire on the fourth annlverssry of their entry Into tb? war la a simple "hold faat" Retrihatloa Ceanlag. "We are In thia war for no selfish end. We are In it to recover the free dom for the nations which have been brutally attack and despoiled, and to prove that no people, however pow erful, can surrender itself to the law less ambitions of militarism without meeting retribution, swift, certain and disastrous, at the handa of the free nation? of the world. "To stop short of victory for this cauae would be to compromise the future of mankind. "I say, 'Hold fast.' because our pros pects have never been so bright ss they are today. "Six months ago today the rulers of Germany rejected a Just and reason able settlement proposed by the allies. Throwing aalde the last mask of moderation, they partitioned Rus sia, enslaved Rumania and attempted to seise supreme power by overwhelm ing the Allies In a final, desperate attack. "Thanks, to the invincible bravery of all allied armies it is now evident that thia dream of universal conquest, for the sake of which they want, only a prolonged war, can never be fulfilled. "But the battle la not yet won. The great autocracy of Prussia will atill endeavor by violence or guile to avoid Ita great defeat and so give militarism a new lease of life. Cannot Escape Horrors. **We cannot seek to escape the hor rors of war ourselves by laying them up for our children. Having aet our handa to the task, we muat ?ee It through till a Just and laatlng settle ment la achieved. "In no other way can we ensure world aet free from war. "Hold fast." ?BAN NEW NEWSPAPERS. industri? Board, to Conserve Pa per, Forbids New Journal?. Angel? with more money than ex perience are going to be protected by the War Industries Board's white paper conservation plans. "No more new newspaper? until the war ovar" la the board's announcement yeaterday. Millionaire? who - feel a desire to influence public opinion will have to buy papers whose pres ent owners are tired of the load or wait 'til the war la won, for the board will not allow the paper mills to aell white paper to any papera except thoae already established, and not aven to thoae unless they agree to the radical conservation program outlined by the newspaper publish ers at a recent meeting here. HUN ADMITS TANKS' VALUE. Vorwaerti Say* "Americani Attack Regar?eu of Perils." .Amsterdam, Auguat 5?The German socialist organ Vorwaerts aaya: "According to tha general opinion at the front, tha combative value ot the American regiments Is not to be despised. They attack regardless of tk? <"?a?dli?**t ???*?.??." ??-??-.-. 18 TO 45 BILL, INTRODUCED, TO BE PRESSED Military Service Extension Measure May Shorten Congress Recess. The War Departments new man power bill, to call into the military service of the nation all men betseVen the ages of IS and 4... waa introduced In both houses of Congress yesterday. Senator Chamberlain and Representa tive Dent, respectively, chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Military Affaira, presented the draft of the bill as soon aa the House* were called to order, and the bill went to the committees ot which they ?re chairmen. Early action on the bill Is looked for in each House. Senator Chamberlain hag called hi? committee ? meet thia morning to give the first hearing to the measure. It Is not believed the committee will take much lime to con sider it. May Shorten Rare??. In presenting the bill In the Sen ate, Senator Chamberlain aald that he would not be unwilling to have the recess terminated thia week so that the Senate could be called back earlier than the date aet for the re sumption of Ita regular aealone. The recess is due to end August ai, bot the urgent nature of the meaaure may Induce the leaders to decide to have the regular sessions resumed next week, ao that the bill may be put on the way to prompt passage. The situation in the Houae la not ao favorable for early action an the bill, aa most of the members of the Military Affair? Committee are oat of the- city. Chairman Dent aald yesterday he did not believe It would be possible to obtain a quorum of the committee before the end of next week. Estimates ?ubmitted to Senator Chamberlain by Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder show that the total num ber of fighting mep added to the American forcea by the new bill will be alightly less than 2.300,?*00. This, with the more than 3,ooo,ooo now In training or under arma, raises the maximum fighting strength of the United Statea army to more than 6,000, 000 men. . , ? Gen. Crowder'? Figure?. General Crowder'? ? glares are aa follows: "Between the agea of SI and 43 there will be a maximum ot 10.tes.973 males of whom 7,734.483 are married and with other dependent? Deductions foV these in tha deferred classes for industrial and agricultural pursuits will amount to 401,159; other defer ments, 501,t?; leaving a total of men who can aafely be counted, upon of 1.W1.SM. From thia. deductions for alien enemies, enlistments. ? physical defectives and workera for the Emer gency Float Corporation, will reduce the aggregata to ?VI.236 lighting men of these ages. "Of the registrants between IS and 20, It la eatlmated there will be 3,171, ?371. of whom 272.315 are married with dependent?, leasing a total of 2,89?, 317; deduction from these of tha num ber of aliens, defectives, and workers for the Fleet Corporation, leaves 1,797, 609 fighting men of these agea." Tbe total number of all agea under the new bill would thus be :,ae.M5. Oen. Crowder recently told the Mili tary Affairs Committee that by tha first of this month the total number of men in service under tha present law would be 3,000,000, and that 875,000 would be added by-the-drsft up to next January. Thia-would make the grand total of men under arms by the end of* the year ?V?6iv8is. Important provlsioiui In the bill, aside from Increasing the draft agea, ?ra that tk? Preeident will be au roan-su.? ?* ta? ihjus. ALLIES REPAIR REAR LINES AS FIGHT SLOWS Foch Got hers Reserves Be fore Vesle?Crown Prince Still Hoping. EXPECT CANNON DUEL _ Two Bridgeheads Establish ed Point to Superiority of AUied ArtUery. Late reporta from Franc? received through diplomatic and American army channels Indicate clearly that the force? of Oen. Foch ar? prepar ing their support lines thoroughly be fore atteroting to move beyond the Vesle River. Aa tha progreas of thia work depends in larga measure upon local conditions and th? aid or block ! Ing of the engineers' efforts by the ? elements, few facts are at hand by which th? Immediate procrea? of the allied armi? ia ?yedicable. Ailed mlitary strategists her?, how ever, ara convinced that tbe German army ia in a stale of confusion bor dering upon d?moralisation. Careful calculations of the number of trans port trains, men and ordnance which \ the Germana have been forced to move over restricted roules of egresa ia the paat ten days giva ?-rery reason ; te beli?*? that th? crown prince focas a herculean taak la re-organising hla battered am acaltered divisions. Nor U bis staff In a posiUon t? give muoh attention to th? re-organlsaUon of the .harried corpa; tbe allies arc cloae upon their heels, and every effort must be put forth by the German leaders to preserve tbe figbUng morale of their rear-guard unita \ Veal? I'rmlis IIHBratl. Of sit military operations one of the moat difficult la that of crossing a river, particularly under Are. It ia assumed here that tbe Germana will not forego th? opportunity to strike at their pursuers and the crossing of Um Vesle river give? to th? srtllery a rare opportunity to do mach In holding up the allied advance. The fact that the allies have al ready established two strong bridge heads?by which is meant a bride or aeries of small bridges, adequately covered by large numbers of guns and defended by a gradually broaden ing fan formation of advancing troop? ?indicates to the experts here that the allied advan.se Is making every reasonable progrtess. Genua Effort? DIvMed. As the situation Is now presented the German general staff must give attention to two sectors widely sep arated. They must guard against the continued onrush of allied reserves toward the Chemtn-des-Dames. They must also give heed to the steady feellng-out processes which have grown more and mor? pronounced in the region of Albert where the Brit ish forces are straining at the leash. It is safe to assume that the Ger mans still hold force In reserve. How great thee rese?es may be is among the most closely guarded of all ?arar Information. 'The hope of the nllles that the German general staff, reallx ing the political unrest of the Ger man people, would determine upon a battle to the bitter end on the Marne aector is not fulfilled. German lead era. It appears, are not ready to stake their all upon a singt? throw. On the other hand the criais In the present battle will not have passed until it Is established that Gen. Foch is fully satisfied with th? blow dealt the crown prince, and haa refused to use additional re serves in tbe exploitation of vic tory. Just when that crisis may be Is of course known only fo the few men who gather about the council table of the generalissimo at his headquarters. Aille? Stay Slow G?. It Is possible that thia week will see the allied drive slow down. For within a space seemingly short to tha observer, but to the fighting man full thirty-six daya, the allied armies have turned the German tide and aent It curling back. What be gan aa a major offensive with Paris aa the prise has become a ? ?treat which haa at any moment threat ened to be turned Into a disaster. For all that. It Is agreed tn military circles her? that he allied pressure has by no means been relaxed. The pressure will grow even gerater at many pointa, for now the allies hold the baiane? of power, they now can haa?? the time and place of battle, aad it la by such a situation taht the morale o fthe German army can be crumbled. "PROTESTERS" TO MARCH. Members of "Picket" Party to Pa rade Before White House. Tha demonstration of "protest" planned by th? National Women'? Suffrage party will take place this afternoon in front ot tha Waits Houae. .At ?VJO o'colck a procession of wom en m?tti In white will start from th? doors of tb? Woman's party head quarters. At their head an American flag win be carried by Maa Haasl Hunnlnsa. of Billings. Montana, aad after bar Miss Mary Gertrude Fen dali, carrying a banner with an ?a Brisk Fighting in Progress Along Vesle as Huns Stiffen Re sistance for Delay. % Y.ANKS FIGHT WITH BRITISH Our Men Join in Repulsing Raids North west of Meyenneville, Near St Martin Wood. The War Dripartment last night made public the following com???_lique received from Gen. Penhing: "Section A?On the line of the Vesle brisk fighting is g. progress. On August 3 our aviators shot down four hostile _?__??." NEW DELAYING BATTLE BZGINS. Paris. Aug. 5.?Another delaying battle has? begun. All aloag the north bank of the Vesle German resistance itiffened earl? today, though it did not prevent the continuane* of allied crossing of the ' stream at many points. Late today two main bridgeheads wert firmly held by the allies. Bazoches. three miles west of Fismes. and Jonchery. six miles to the east of Fismes. Between Jonchery and Rheum the river it solidly held by the French. Americans are extending theu lines beyond Finne*. The German positions between the Aisne and the Vesle are thoroughly organized and well backed up by artillery. All along th? front heavy gun duels went on throughout the day. TELEGRAPHERS GIVING THREAT OF WALKING OUT W. U. Policy, Discharging Union Men, Enrages Wire Operators. Continued Hacharse of telegraphers in a s.-ore of offices throughout the covnlry by Western Union manager., alleged to be because of the men'? af filiation with the Commercial Teleg raphers' Union, ia bringing a series of protests Into the Poeto!*?. I Vi ?a ri ment, which has for a week been in charge of the wire companie?. The last and moat serious is one re ceived from tba New Tork union of the telegraphers and signed not only by the local*s officers, but alao by TVrcy Thomas, deputy International president, whose authority and Juris diction is co-extensive with that of 1'reeident Konenkamp. 'The telegraph situation In New Tork city and at many other points threatens to eventuate In a great walk-out of Morse and machine oper ators now employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company." the tele gram warns the Postmaster General. "This U what Presiden! l'arleton and his subordinate officer?, desire particularly, to discredit goxern ment control." Reports from many cities in th? country Indicate that operators* re sentment is ?rrowtng so heated that some believe a walk-out of Western Union men cannot be much longer avoided. Bari?? I ?nfer. V, ricrei... Mr. Burleson ha? returned from his nshig trip, and the press bureau of the Postoffice department said President Konenkamp haa an appointment with him Wednesday. He feels that It would be lack of courtesy to move In the case before hearing Mr. Konen kamp. In the ?meanwhile his wire committee is considering financial conditions of the company, and acknowledging the telegrams of protest that are pouring In from the operators' unions. None of the union committees reported en route here, have yet arrived, and they are now expected with Kcnenkamp. In the previous action Joint Chairmen W. H. Taft and Frank P. Walsh, of the War Labor Board recommended that the Western Vnlon allow th? mm to be member? of th? union, and that no discrim ination be allowed because of auch membership. President Carleton. of th? Western Union refused to ac cept the recommendation, but lat?r said that he would abide by a rul ing of the entire board. The action of the governm?nt in taking over the lines waa then Imminent and th? board decided to leave the matter ap to Mr. Burleson However, the basic policies of the board provide that employes shall have full right to Join Isbor unions. and If the matter should sgsln be brought up with the PostofSce De partment aa a party, there Is no doubt on tbe part of officers of the board but tbat It would order Mr. Burleson to reinstate all opeiators discharged by President Carleton for union membership, aad at the same time order tbe Western Union to atop further action of similar character. DEATH AT PLATTSBURG. Plattsburg, N. T.. August t-Th? death of AlUa O. Wlae. of Balada. Ce a member of Q Company, waa placed oa th? recorda today aa Um first death at the aecond camp her?. ilo was stricken wtth typhoid tb? day ba arrtrsi ta sattfc. 1 Oermaa troop concentrations ara ? particularly strong oa th? tar? ? Hanks, northweat of Rheims and ? northeast ?t g ?I? ?on?. ti? ?alUtasy critic believe? the Germait? tncea , to ?tand permannelyt between the ? two river?, hut hove ?imply deter? , mined to withdraw in their owa 'time and rerum? the proceaa ow I "selline rreun? " ???art? 1?M? riUeaer? I?an. London. Aug. ?>.?German prlsoa et? taken in the ?1???-?>?1? acht ln? state that th? German war ?f ; flee haa conceded the los? of 12.a?? . in prisoner? but that among tha German ?old.er? It 1? a common re port that the allies hsre taken ?*. , ??? prisoner? since July IS and that the Gertnaa? lost SO? (uni. | "Germany ta slowly crumbling to ' piecer." wrote a German eoldler te a comrade in another eector, m who??? po?se??-ion the letter w?a found when 1 he ws? taken prisoner a few daya aco It reflects the increasing? da? pression arid discontent shown by all German prisoner? taken In the recent ? ngrhtmc. The turn In the tide of mar has hsd a tremendo.? effect upon German morale. ? "This i? the itreaiest massacre ever.*? ?aid the samt letter and the writer concluded: What will happe? next . I don't know." PhlFoners alao ssy thst the drive waa planned for the middle of July becouee the food was better just he. t fore the di.ve. They aay that In tba last two montha their rations ha?? been curtailed. Repulse German Raids Near St Martin Wood. At the British Front. Aug. I.-? . Americana and Britlah fltrhtlnc aida" I by aide ?t two point?, repulsed Gee. ! man raida laat nitht. northweat oC Meyennevill?. near 8t. Martin I Wood. The German? attempted a 1 ?urprMe attack with grenades. ! They were scattered and ddrlve? back. The Britlah are Kreatly please} I and Impreaaed with the briliialaX I mark?.???nship of the Ainreicanja ? nd the fearlesanea? tbe Tanke?? displayed during their baptisas of , nre. The accuracy and rapidity of the ? American rifle Are baJTled the ea { In the ?econd ?klrsai*h which t place In the Ancre aector enemy retired In the la on an eight mile front 1 of a mile at aome placea. American patrola operating in co operation with the Bnueh scouts croas tb? Ancre River at _)erna?ceart ans] encounwred a ?tiff machine-, ua uttacX tot ?pit? of which tbev ae pliailed their purpose, bring.?r tn I reporta I The American? made heir ?debut with the Britlah at Jaly i. There had been no Arnencen infantry fighting on the BnU?h front ?ince until yeaterday*? two <*nasbea? Lata reporta ?how that tha Oar. ? man? ar? clinging to Albert, aat are ? ?helUne tbe linea ot ?eULha? ther abandoned on the Amlen? road astg | on the Ancre. Bulre and MlUancostrt have been heavily bombarded wtth gaa ?hell* and high explosiv??. Tb? enemy howitaer? strafed'' Deraan court. Abnormal activity la ? ?ptil ta? badi of the German front aloag tbe Wills?? Douai-aalnchtot-Aulara line. Wrthdrawak Admitted By Official B?__ Berlin, vit Laonalo?. Aa* aV?' of Mondidler." aaya t?x?y'a war report covering yeaurday'? on the Weatern front. **??! from tha West bank of th? A?? Don p??G?. **W? ?llfcjhiii also to bank of tl?e Veele tor where tba ia?t two oarm. ? to the depth