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WEATHER.
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afternoon; not much change in tem
perature.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 p.m. today: Highest 95,
at 4:20 p.m. today: lowest, 72, at
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AUGUST 14, 1918?TWENtY PAGES.
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AMERICANS' PARI
IN SOMNIE BATTLE
WINSHIGH PRAISE
131st Infantry Engaged in
Desperate Fighting at
Chapilly.
CAPTURED 3 OFFICERS,
150 MEN, 7 BIG GUNS
Situation Stationary on Aisne
Marne Front, With Fismette Be
taken, Says Gen. March.
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Gen. March, chief of staff, in his
talk to the newspaper men today, gave
accounts of the continued success of
the forward drive of the allied forces,
and said that the conduct of the Amer
ican troops wins the praise of the
fellies.
He briefly reviewed the sit
uation in the Picardy salient. There
the lines have now reached the gen
eral position of the front in 1916, be
fore the Hindenburg withdrawal. At
no point is the enemy now within fifty
miles of Paris.
The 131st Infantry of the 33d United
Btates Division has been engaged in
the fighting north of the Somme and
'particularly in the repulse of an ene
?my counter attack at Chapilly: This
'?regiment alone captured 3 officers. 150
fcnen and seven 105-millimeter guns.
The 181st Regiment is composed of
Illinois national guardsmen, and is at
tached to the -64th Brigade of Infan
try, in the 33d Division, commanded
l>y MaJ. Gen. George Bell. The troops
fcprere trained at Caitiff Logan, Tex.
Americans Betake Fismette.
The Pieardy salient baa been trim
In ed away on a front of fifty-three
tniles te a maximum depth of fifteen
miles, the chief of staff said, and the
line on the Aisne-Marne front has re
mained stationary. American troops
have recaptured Fismette, on the
north bank of the Vesle, from which
they were driven.
Discussing the work of the 28th
Division in the Alsne-Marne salient.
Gen. March said the only report upon
its casualties received was that 400
men had been hit during twenty-four
hours on July 30 in the drive to the
Vesle.
The 28th Division, Gen. March said,
was in positions near Dormans on
July IS and participated in the ad
vance across the Ourcq river on the
28th. when the attack against the Ger
man lines attained its full momentum
and thrust the enemy back to the
Vesle. The 28th was flanked on one
side by the 42d (Rainbow) and on the
other by the 3d Regular Division. Its
position in the line was between Sergy
and Roncheres.
The work of the American troops
"both on the French and British fronts.
Gen. March said, continues to win the
highest praise from the allied com*
?manders.
First Army Organization.
Gen. Pershing's announcement of
*he formation of the 1st Field Army
tehows It was organized on August
30. In this connection Gen. March
declared there are thirty-one Ameri
" can divisions in France, and the
Field Army includes approximately
1,250,000 men. The organization of
additional corps and. subsequently, of
additional armies will proceed with
out delay. Gen. March added. Even
tually Gen. Pershing will take com
mand of all the armies, leaving com
mand of each to a general officer
whom he may select.
It is assumed that Gen. Pershing
fcas taken over his own staff as the
?taff of the 1st Field Army. In that
case Maj. Gen. James W. McAndrew
is the chief of staff, both of the Army
and of the American expeditionary
forces.
Gen. March was asked as to the
truth of reports that the American
forces north of the Marne lacked
adequate air service. Gen. Pershing's
dispatches make no mention of any
such condition, he replied, and added
that a specific report as to the opera
tion of airplanes in action and the
conditions in that regard had been
asked of the American commander,
the substance of which will be made
public when received.
Gen. March said no American troops
had landed in Siberia as yet, and he
did not have available figures oij the
total embarkation for France, which
he will make public on Saturday.
who's who nr it-boat was.
Pereentagei Given Showing Allied
Nations' Part in Fighting Snbt.
LONDON, August 14.?Interesting
figures and percentages concerning
allied warships engaged in anti-sub
marine warfare have been .prepared
in London. They show that in the
eastern Atlantic 80 per cent of the
vessels are British, 14 per cent Ameri
can and 8 per cent French. Subma
rines engaged in hunting submarines
in the same waters are 7^ per cent
British. 17 per cent French and 6 per
cent American. Of the miscellaneous
patrol craft 88 per cent are British,
11 per cent French and 3 per cent
American.
In the Mediterranean 38 per cent of
the destroyers are French, 27 per cent
British, 26 per cent Italian, 7 per cent
Japanese and 2 per cent American.
Of the submarines there 50 per cent
are Italian. 37 per cent French and 13
per cent British. Miscellaneous ves
sels are comprised of 65 per cent
French, 23 per cent British, 8 per cent
American and 4 per cent Italian.
Corrected figures to date for Atlantic
, 4Dcean convoying show that the Brit
?/Jah have 70 per cent, the Americans
?7 par oeat an? the French 3 per cant.
U. S. Soldiers in Europe
Despise Term "Sammies"
"If there Is one thing the
American aoldiera abroad de
a?ise.*? nil Gen. March, chief of
staff today, "tt is to be'called
Sammies.' If you could we the
fine, virile men who comprise
the expeditionary force yon
would understand that they do
not deserve to be *o called, and
they onsrht not to be.
"The British upon seeing them
refused to term them 'Sammies,*
and refer to them a* 'Yanks.*
Stop calling them Sammies.**
MEN JUST 21 TO
REGISTERAUG. 24
President Issues Proclama
tion to Increase Draft Calls
for September.
150,000 IS ESTIMATE
A proclamation issued today by
President Wilson fixes Saturday, An
gust 24, aa the day for the registration
, for selective military Service of all
i young men who have reached the age
of twenty-one since the second regis
tration, last June 5. Orders for the
registration were issued today by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder.
The purpose of the registration of
these men at this time is to add quick
ly to the almost exhausted class 1 to
meet the Army draft calls in Sept em
her. (
Text of Proclamation.
In his proclamation the President
quoted from the draft law and re
ferred to thq last preceding: date of
registration, Juao 5. and then said:
"Now. therefore. I. Wood row Wil
son, President of the United States,
do call upon all male persona
either citizens of the United States
or* residing: in the several states,
or in the District of Columbia, who
'he 5th day of June.
J J1S. and on or before the 24th day of
August. 1918. attained their twenty
nret birthday, to regtsttr in accordance
with the above law and the regu
lations prescribed thereunder: Pro
vided. however, that the following
persons are hereby exempted from
registration: Officers and enlisted
men of the Regular Army, the
Navy, the Marine Corps and the
National Guard and Naval Militia
while In the servioe of the United
States, and officers in the officer*
reserve corps and enlisted men in
the enlisted reserve corps while in
active service.
"And I do further proclaim and
give notice to every person sub
ject to registration in the several
states and In the District of Co
lumbia, in accordance with the
above law. that the time and place
of registration shall be between 7
a.m. and 9 p.m. on the 24th day of
August. 1918. at the office of the
local board having jurisdiction of
the area wherein he permanently
v8lnH' or such other place as
shall be designated by public no
tice by such local board.
"And I do call upon the gov
ernor of each of the several states,
the Board of Commissioners of the
hJ? ?. Co,lu/nbu- *nd all mem
bers of local boards and agent*
thereof appointed under the pro
vision of the act of Congress an
Pnrrei May Mn to ^rtJ^
certa!n duties In the exeeffiSTS
h.t. J"?50lnK >*?? which duties
dh^?r.n
resolution* pub,lc
.-3. d?r fo,r registration m the
territories of Alaska, Hawaii aid
Porto Rico will be named in a la
ter proclamation. |
Duties of Local Boards.
As required by the regulations,
every local board having Jurisdic
*!?n to f. city of 30,000 population^
fhCr TH PfoniPtly cause the mayor
thereof to be notified of the place or
Places designated for rStmSSJ^'
?ven^ local board having Jurisdiction
to acounty, parish or similar unit
will promptly cause the clerk thereof
to be notified of the place or places
2?^^?dx?r/e8lstr*tlon' and ev^
fry local board having Jurisdiction
to J* ?tft?jpr territory, the area of
tK? * i divided into divisions for
the administration of the act an
proved May 18. 1917. will promX
cause the cterks of the townSSui
th^i2 It3 divia]on to be notified of
registratton?*" PtaC?B ?>'
And I do call upon every mavor
county clerk or township clerk re
ceiving such notification to have a
list of said places of reri^Jfin!
posted, and do charge him with the
duty of having all persons makine
inquiry informed of the placT of
places at which they may register.
-A-ny person who, cn account "of
sickness will be unable to present
himself for registration may ipSy
on or before the day of registration
+th* ?* any local board for
absent o'nThe day? &
registration from the Jurisdiction
of the board In which he perma
nently resides may register bv
mail, but his registration card must
rea^h the local board having Juris
diction of the area wherein he per
manently resides by the day h^.
In named for registration. Any
such person should apply as ^oon
? Practicable at the offiie of a ???
board for Instructions as to how he
may register by mail.
"Any person who has no ?
nent residence must register aPtha
place designated for re*iatr?tiAn
by the local board havinITjirff
?'ct'on th? ?*?? wherein he may
registration here'n named <?r
absence W0?Stl o?{
absence without the territorial
limits of the United States, miy^bi
unable to comply with the regula
tions pertaining to absentees aha.ii
within five days after rea^o'^he
ot hera bae ntee^'* """"on. *>r
180,000 Will Register.
About 150,000 young men will n.
Ister August 24. Most of tKin ^2157
?U,al",K f#r. c'aa3 1. and therefore ?1"
Join the Army probably withi?.
month after their namea arere^rted
MONTEVIDEO UT TJF&0AB.
Two Killed, Over Fifty Wounded,
as Beralt of Strike.
MONTEVEDO, Uruguay, Tuesday,
August 1*.?Two persons were killed
today and more than fifty were
wounded yesterday in clashes be
tween troops and workers ^growing
out of the general strike in progress
here, according to statements from
strike headquarters tonight. The gov
ernment refused all information re
garding the number of persons
wounded or in hospitals. The prin
cipal trouble today occurred when
cavalry attempted to disperse s meet
ing of several thousand strikers In
the Plasa Indepencia and shots were
exchanged.
The mnstier of publlo instruction
was wounded by troops during the
afternoon because he was net'recog
nised in the crowd. Heavy cavalry
detachments are patrolling the city
tonight and the government Is ex
pected to proclaim martial law. -
18-10-45 PLAN IS
Public More Acquiescent as
New Draft Measure Is Be
ing Studied. *
TO STABILIZE INDUSTRY
As the underlying: motives of the
administration's request for extension
of the draft age limits to eighteen to
forty-flve years begin to become ap
parent there are indications of a more
acquiescent state of public opinion.
At first blush the suggestion of reduc
tion of the ddaft age to eighteen was
an unpleasant shock, and not with
out opposition.
It was felt that the average boy of
eighteen is not sufficiently formed in
character, or in physique, for that
matter, to make good material for the
Army. The idea of the lads being
interrupted in their educational
courses was repugnant, too. The
proposition grated upon the average
mother, father and big brother. No
one found any particular fault with
extending the draft age upward, as
it was felt that many men over the
present age of thirty-one can be
found available and willing for serv
ice.
Not to Bush Boys to Front.
After explanations of the practical
working out of the new draft pre
scriptions the sentiment is swinging
toward inclusion of the age of eight
een. It is certain that no boys of that
age will be rushed immediately into
the fighting line of the Army. They
will be placed under military train
ing. many of them in thefphools and
colleges where they are nPir at study
or in the vicinity of their homes. It is
conceded that the country now indorses
military training.
It is realised that when the young
men are called upon for actual service,
if that necessity arises, they will thue
be better prepared to go to the train
ing fields in Europe for instruction in
the last word in military preparation
for conflict. Those whose education
has been interfered with will be given
exceptional opportunities after the
war to resume academic courses.
Will Stabilize Industry.
Over and above these considerations,
however, is another more important still,
realization of which is gradually com
ing to the public. The new man-power
plan has another objective?to stabilize
industrial conditions at home and to as
sort the citizenship of the country into
classes where the males can render the
most effective service to their country,
in the Judgment of the directing powers
which are conversant with all the neces
sities of the occasions as they may
arise.
Through the system of questionnaires
which will be a feature of operating the
selective draft, the authorities will be
stole to locate the energy ajvfl ability
of the male population so as beet to
apply it. There will be lessened chance
of sqttare pen in round holes, when the
time comes to avail of the servlcee of
the selected ones.
To Pnt Cheek on I. W. W.
In this plan of stabilising indus
try, the new draft will give the
government powerful hold upon la
bor of all classes. The new law, as
now proposed, will contain a strin
gent provision to prevent the I. W. W.
and the anarchists from doing dam
age by interfering with industry. It
is not aimed at patriotic labor, the
kind which has made such a glorious
record in the country by "keeping
the works going," but it will effectual
ly suppress the disaffected whose mal
contentism at home would work in
the interest of the enemy abroad.
It will be noted that the ages from
eighteen to forty-flve will take in
the great bulk of physically efficient
labor in the country. The men in
this class will be classified either to
work or light, and when those who
are designated to do their part by
working in the supply lines show
signs of yielding to propaganda of
disaffection they can be sent into the
fighting forces, where they will en
counter an iron discipline. Disaf
fection there means mutiny and
mutiny means facing a firing squad.
ECONOMIC AID MOST HEEDED.
Commerce Body Notes Most Effect
ive Way of Assisting Russia.
NEW YORK, August 14.?The most
effective aid the United States can
render to Russia is "economic as
sistance,'* the American - Russian
Chamber of Commerce declared in a
statement made public today.
"No matter how effective the pres
ent movements may be in regard to
eliminating the destructive elements
in Russia's life," the announcement
stated, "they cannot bring about a
sound basis for Russia's regenera
tion unless economic assistance and
aid of the most generous character
are fully provided for."
Russia is rich in raw material, the
statement continues, and does not
ask charity but full assistance for
the restoration and reconstruction of
its economic life. It faces a terrible
winter. An ordinary suit of clothes
is said to cost $700, sugar $16 a pound
and other necessaries bring fabulous
prices. The peasants have furs, flax
and hides stored in large quantities,
which they desire to exchange for
American products.
Economic assistance will not only
help win the war, but will save
thousands of Russian lives, the state
ment added. N
"ttlTABT" LAW SMASHED.
Florida Court Declares Whisky Re
striction Unconstitutional.
TALLAHASSEE. Fla., August 14.?
Florida's "quart-a-month" law. regu
lating the amount of liquor any resi
dent in a dry county might import
from a wet county, has been declared
unconstitutional In a decision of the
state supreme court. The decision
also eliminated provisions of the bill
penalising public carriers for deliver
ing "excess" quantities in dry terri
tory.
The 1(17 act provided that not more
than one quart of alcoholic liquor per
month could be delivered to any per
son In "dry" territory for private use.
and possession of more than that
amount constituted a misdemeanor.
Civilian Clothing Assured for Tear.
NEW YORK, August 14.?Despite
the fact that the government has
taken over the entire wool stocks of
growers and dealers for war uses
there remains in the hands of jobbers
and cutters enough material to sup
ply civilian clothing needs for a year,
Herbert Feabody, chief of the woolen
division of the War Industries Board,
declared here yesterday in an address
before the National Association of Re
tail Clothiers. .
THE OCULIST.
DOCUMENT CONFIRMS
HUN MAN-POWER CRISIS
Paper Signed by Lndendorff Show?
That Fighting Reserve Strength
Is Being Depleted.
B/ the Associated Press.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Tuesday. Augusf 13.?The
anxiety of the Germans concerning
the depletion of their reserves appears
to be confirmed by a document signed
by Gen. Ludendorff. a copy of which
was captured with other papers during
the recent fighting.
"The state of our resources in men
and tlve economic situation in the in
terior," says the document, "oblige us
to send back to the fighting forces all
the men of the armed service."
The document prescribes the destina
tion for all the men of this servfae
then employed in the rea^r, and adds:
"The high command defeires abate
everything to restore the Infantry re
serves."
Prisoners belonging to forty-nine dif
ferent garrisons in Germany give con
firmation of the existence of this man
power crisis, showing that the garri
sons have been largely depleted by
calls from the front and that numbers
of other men have been gathered up
from the rear.
? According to such prisoners the men
sent to the front include mechanics
from the central tfviation shops at
Adlersdorf, near Berlin, and miners
from Aix La Chapelle. Some garri
sons it is stated, have furnished from
400 to 500 men of the contingent of
1920, that is, young men now eighteen
years of age.
GIRL JOINS DEVIL DOGS
Private Opha M. Johnson Is First
- Woman Recruit to Be Sworn
Into Service.
Washington has given the Marine
Corps Reserve its first woman re
cruit. She is Miss (now Private)
Opha M. Johnson, 1745 Kilbourne
street/
Private Johnson was sworn in yes
terday by MaJ. T. H. Low at the
Marine Corps recruiting station.
Formerly she was employed in the
Civil Service Commission.
Private Johnson immediately as
sumed her duties at the Marine Corps
headquarters here. She is the first
woman on the job there to relieve
men for active service.
She soon will have plenty ot, com
pany. The Marine Corps Reserve
is going to make a "drive* for young
woman privates to fill the clerical
positions at headquarters, and thus
release a number of "devil dogs,"
now irked by desk Jobs, for over
seas service.
Private Johnson said today that she
likes her Job. She is to look after
the interests of the other' young
women soon to be enrolled in the Ma
rine Corps Reserves.
PROFITEERS DT HEW YORK.
Retailers Jump Prices to Cover
Government Taxes.
NEW YORK. August 14.?Profiteer
ing by retailers by advancing prices
to cover government taxes which they
do not have to pay has been discov
ered by William H. Edwards, internal
revenue collector here. He said to
day that certain automobile dealers
and jewelers had Jumped prices to
more than cover the 3 per cent sales
taxes they have to pay on the manu
facturer's price and then, in addition,
charged the customer with a 3 per
cent sales tax which they fraudulently
claimed they also had to pay the gov
ernment.
He cited an Instance of the manu
facturer's price of an automobile at
$2,&00. on which the retailer paid ITS
extra to cover the tax, being Jumped
to SS.000, and the buyer of It charged
|90 extra or S per cent to cover the
retailer's alleged tax.
Prosecutions may be taken against
some concerns, Mr. Edwards said.
Week's British Losses, 8,620.
LONDON, August 14.?British casual
ties reported in the week ending today
totaled 8.620, Compared with an aggre
gate of MM reported In the previous
week. They are divided as follows:
Killed or died of lmtirwls OfTliais. 216;
men. 1.441. Wounded or missing?Offi
cers. 447; men. Mil.
Must Take Troops Soon From
France or Lose Ground
in East.
ALLIES' HOPES BRIGHTER
BY DAVID LAWBBBTCB.
(Copyright, 1918. by the New York Boning
Post.)
Germany is having trouble galore
in Russia. She must soon withdraw
troops from the western front or lose
some of the territory wrested from
t!>e helpless Russians through the
Brest-LItov?k tfekty. Day after day
the Department of State here receives
oablegrSins from different pfcrts M
Russia showing a widespread antag
onism toward Germany on the part of
the Russians, so that while the lat
ter have no organized army, it will
take many hundreds of thousands of
German soldfcers to keep communica
tions open to get needed supplies.
German press comments are gloomy.
They seem to recognize that Germany
got more than she bargained for in
Russian, and that the bolshevik gov
ernment which negotiated the Brest
Litovsk treaty cannot command the
confidence or support of the Russian
people. Every report received here
indicates that the power of the soviet
is dclining rapidly, and that Lenine
and Trotzky will soon represent no
body but themselves.* In the meantime
counter revolutionary movements are
astir throughout Russia, and Ger
many is not getting the foo<| out of
Ukrainia which she so eagerly an
ticipated a year ago. Bitterness
against the Germans is indescribable,
and the possible arrival of the Czecho
slovak troops in that region with sup
plies sent from Vladivostok may yet
make the Ukraine an allied outpost.
Cause of Disorders.
Officials here attribute the disorders
entirely to the misguided German
policy, which encouraged the bolshe
vik! and opened diplomatic relations
with the Lenine-Trotzky government
before determining whether the lat
ter could command popular support
on domesti cissues. The Germans,
therefore, have reaped all the disad
vantages of bolshevik rule, and the
wide-spread discontent which has
grown up in the Russian masses now
is as much aimed at the Trotzky ag
gregation as the foreign invaders.
Much satisfaction is derived here
from the situation by those who con
tinually urged caution in dealing with
the internal affairs of Russia. The
United States has thus far not in
curred the enmity of the people of
any faction, though Lenine and
Trotzky have shown a measure of
unfriendliness, but the latter have
nevertheless a good deal of respect
for American friendship and what it
means to their followers, for they
have not included the United States
in the declaration of war against the
allies for landing troops on the Mur
mansk coast, and it is a well known
fact that American marines have par
ticipated in the movement.
Allies to Proceed Cautiously.
Affairs are turning in favor of the
allies in Russia because of the mistakes
of the Germans as well as the growing
recognition of the fact that the entente
cause represents true democracy. There
fore it is urged that the allied expedi
tion into Siberia proceed cautiously so
that no step may be taken which may
forfeit the sympathy which the allied
powers now enjoy.
In a sense the commanders of the
Siberian expedition will have more to do
with the future attitude of Russia than
any diplomatic dealings which the al
lies will have with the Russians at
Archangel or other points of contact, for
Germany Is using the Japanese bugaboo
to stir up feeling against the allies.
This makes it necessary .for the al
lies by their propaganda to emphasize
repeatedly that the expedition Is in
ternational and that its object is not
to occupy any territory, but to reach
Germany through the back door by
bringing supplies to the Czecho-Slo
vaks and such forces of Russians as
want to join in the reconstruction of
an eastern front. . But whether a
fighting line is re-established or not,
the Russians themselves are helping
the allies by making it so unpleasant
for the Germans -Xhat they must em
ploy more and more troops to keep
their hold on the eastern frontier of
Russia. Hitherto a small" police force
has been sufficient. The demand for
more German troops is growing at a
time when casualties on the western
front are increasing and Ludendorff
is calling for an economy of expendi
ture in man power. Viewed from
every angle, the situation grows bet
ter for the allies dally. Russia is cer
tainly Germany's Frankenstein.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH M
ALLOWED NEW RATES
t
Ten Per Cent Raise in Commuta
tion Tickets and Other Charges
After Season Ends.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
granted permission today to the Chesa
peake Beach Railway Company to in
crease the price of round-trip, com
mutation and mileage tickets between
points on the line.
An official of the road stated this
morning that one of the changes in
price would be that of commutation
tickets, issued only from the District of
Columbia line to Chesapeake Beach
The present rate is $12 a month for
tickets. An increase of 10 per cent
h?s been allowed, which will increase
the price IJMO. \
It was pointed out fcy the official
that local passenger rates will con
tinue at 3 cents a miW. The commis
sive granted the road permission to
Charge I. cents a mile. This was un
necessary. as that rate has been in
operation.
'Doable Local" Plan.
Round-trip tickets between local
points will be sold and the rate will
be on what is termed the "double
local" or 90 cents of the entire fare
between two local points at 3 cents
a mile.
A case in point: Owen is about
twenty-four miles from the District
line. The fare both ways at the 3
cent rate would be $1.44. Under the
"double local" rates It will be about
$1.30, or 10 per cent less than the
flat rate.
Excursion rate tickets will not be af
fected.
Two-hundred-trip commutation tick
ets will be increased from $40 to $44;
mileage books will be sold on a three
cent-a-mile basis, insteady of 2%
cents.
D&cit to Be Made Up.
The Increases are expected to raise
$5,500 for the road this year.
W. P. Jones, president and treasurer
of the road, in the application for in
creases said the operating deficit ?or
this year is indicated at $24,000.
Present fares to Chesapeake Beach
are 10 cents higher than last year.
This is expected to yield $15,000,
which, with the increases granted by!
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the other 10-cent increase sought |
from the Maryland commission, are j
expected to make up the deficit.
Mr. Jones pointed- out that these
Increases, however, fail to provide j
means for payment of interest on first i
mortgage bonds. -
SENATOR GALLINGER ILL,
HIS CONDITION SERIOUS
Xa Reported to Be Sufferer From
Heart Trouble at Franklin,
N. H-, Hospital.
FRANKLIN. N. H.. August 14.?
United States Senator Jacob H. Gal
'llnger was reported today in a seri
ous condition a a hospital here. He is
suffering from heart trouble and phy
sicians expressed anxiety regarding
his illness.
He is eighty-one years old and Is
serving his fifth term In the Senate.
He had not been in rood health since
returning from Washington in July.
He was at his summer home at
Salisbury Heights when physicians
last week sent htm to the hosptal.
CUTS OUT MIDDLEMEN
IN EGG DISTRIBUTION
With the object of keeping fresh
poultry and egga moving from the
producer to the consumer in as direct
a line aa possible, the food adminis
tration today Issued orders against
resales between the following class
es of dealers: Original packers and
shippers, commission merchants and
wholesalers, Jobbers~~wid suppliers of
hotels and institutions and retailers.
Backward movements of poultry
and eggs will not be allowed under
the orders. For the present sales be
tween wholesalers and different cities
will be permitted when necessary to
supply the reasonable requirements
of the buyers' business.
Patty Honor for Secretary Baker.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August. 14.?
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War.
was nominated democratic state cen
tral committeeman from the twenty
?ibbM district hero at yesterday*#
STORMING OFNOYON
NEARS AS FRENCH
PUSHSTEADILY ON
Hans, on Chaulnes Heights,
Determined to Hold
at All Cost.
GEN. HAIG GAINS GROUND AT
APEX OF THE LYS SALIENT
By the Anodftted Press.
While there have been no definite reports of a resumption of
the drive against the German positions on the southern end of
the Picardy battle line, dispatches from Paris this afternoon would
seem to indicate that fresh progress has been made there by Gen.
Humbert's army.
It is said that ti.? French are advancing steadily on Noyon,
and, while the stubborn defense of the Chaulnes-Roye road has
delayed operations, the storming of the Noyon positions is im
pending.
Farther north the British army commanded by Gen. Raw
linson, is known to be encountering desperate resistance along
its whole front. It is at a virtual standstill, and the advices show
that the Germans holding the Chaulnes heights seem determined
to cling to their positions at all costs.
The French army on the southern end of the battle line was at
least five and a half miles from Noyon, according to latest de
tailed reports.
Humbert's Army in Picardy
Advances te Storm Noyon
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 14.?
The town of Lassigny on
the southern part of the
Picardy battle front, for
which the French have been
Straggling over the hills to
the west and south, has been
captured by them, the Pall
Mall Gazette today says it
understands.
The reported capture took
place this morning. The
news of the fall of the town
has not been officially con
firmed.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 14, 1:05 p.m.?Gen
Humbert's army operating on
the southern end of the Picardy bat
tle line is reported today to be
progressing: steadily toward Noyon.
The desperate German defense of the
Chaulnes-Roye ro$.d has caused de
lay in the storming of the Noyon po
sition, which is now said to be im
pending.
The army of . Gen. Rawlinson,
which is holding the line just to the
north of the French positions, is
meeting most desperate resistance
along its whole front. The Germans
seem determined to retain the Chaul
nes heights at all costs.
Only the artillery was active daring
the night on certain sectors between
the Avre and the Oise. says the war
office statement today. Along the
Ve8le, where French and American
troops are stationed, the Germans
made vain raidB. The French took
prisoners in a raid in Champagne.
In comparison with the quick ad
vance of the first four days, the battle
in Picardy now may seem to be stag
nant, but, nevertheless, the French
have pushed nearer to the Chaulnes
Roye-Lassigny-Noyon line, to Which
the Germans are clinging: desper
ately. It took the allies a fortnight
to get the Germans from the Marne
to tha Vesle.
The ground between the Avre and
the Pise is much more difficult than
north of the Marne, being a labyrinth
of small wooded hills in and out of
which the troops have to worm them
selves, surrounding and reducing
each summit separately and succes
sively. It is no easy task because the
enemy laid out his positions long ago.
so he is able to defend them with
groups of picked machine gunners
who have orders?which they in
variably obey to the letter?to resist
until killed. Consequently every
inch of ground requires not only grreat
determination in overcoming, but ex
perienced skill.
Tuesday's fighting put the French
more than a mile north of Cambronne,
close to Attiche, and Carmoy farms,
which are two big machine gun nests.
The French left advancing on Las
signy met with vigorous resistance
north of St. Claude farm and north
of Mareuil-Lamotte. However, they
succeeded in fighting their way
through the woods and moved their
line 800 yards northeast of Gury.
North of Gury they reached the south
ern edge of Loges wood and also pene
trated the park belonging to the
Chateau of Plessier de Roye. They
also reached Belval, between Plessier
de Roye and Thiescourt.
The enemy stills holds the greater
part of Thiescourt wood and the for
midable plateau of Plemont.
The French now have advanced their
line to within less than a mile and a
half of Lassigny. It will, however,
undoubtedly require a tremendous ef
fort to capture either Lassigny or
Roye. The fall of Roye would auto
matically cause the evacuation of Las
signy.
British Throw Back Enemy's
Attacks North of Lys Salient
By the Aw#etated Pr**?.
LONDON, August 14.?British troops
have gained further ground at the
apex of the Lys salient in Flanders,
says the official statement from Field
Marshal Haig today. East of Meteren
the line was advanced slightly, while
east of Vieux-Berquin, south of
Meteren, patrols established a new
line.
There was no infantry fighting dur
ing the night on the British sector of
the Picardy battle front, says the
official statement from Field Marshal
Haig today. The German artillery was
active. Tuesday the British threw
back German local attacks on the
northern side of the Lys salient. Last
night the German artillery was very
active in this region.
Somme Situation Unchanged.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, August 14, 10:30 a.m.?
There was no change in the situation
on the new Somme battle front this
morning, except for the fact that a
considerably increased artillery firs
indicates that the enemy has finally
decided to bring up more of his guns.
Various small artillery concentra
tions have sprung up during the last
few hours and are now active in
firing on some points within the Brit
ish lines, such as Vauvillers, Framer
ville. Proyart, Llhons, Dernancourt
and the forward areas south of the
Villers - Bretonneaux - Chaulnes rail
way.
The Germans have also subjected
the valley north of Morlancourt to
heavy gas shelling, and have simi
larly treated Harbonnieres and the
Gressaire wood region.
No further counter attacks by the
enemy are reported.
In the region of Bray, north of
the Somme. as well as immediately
south of the river, the British have
been actively straightening and
pushing forward their line. Northwest
of Bray the British raided the enemy
lines and found them unoccupied.
Except for a little increase in the
raiding activity by both sides, which
is customary immediately following
a battle for the purpose of ascertain
ing possible changes in dispositions,
the remainder of the British front Is
in a normal state.
Germans Shell American Line
While 'Digging In'Along Vesle
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE VESLE FRONT, August 11.?The
exchange of high explosive shells, shrap
nel and gas projectiles on the front held
by the Amerfcans between Soissons and
Rhelms Is taking place. Another in
effectual stab has been made at Fla
mette by the Germans. This occurred
last night. Today has been compara
tively quiet. The front and back areas
of both sides along the Vesle are being
reached by shellflre. but there has been
no alteration in the line.
The Germans are digging in. but not
in such a manner as to Indicate an In
tention permanently to stay fwfcere they;
are. The reports of observers continue
to show there is a probability that it is
only their intention to fight off the
Franco-Americans until they can con
solidate more completely their scattered
organizations and make a withdrawal
over the Aisne in orderly fashion.
Two Britons Escape From Germans.
By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE VESLE, Tuesday. August 18 ?
Worn out from fatigue and suffering
from hunger, two escaped British pris
oners staggered into the American lines
north of the Vesle today. They had es
caped from a German pen after having*
.been captured in the Marne fighting,
and it took them seven days sad nighU
'to work-their way to Fismetta.