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WEATHER.
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight;
tomorrow fair, cooler.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 p.m. today: Highest 78, at 4
p.m. yesterday; lowest, 5?, at 8 a.m.
today:
Full report on page J9.
ynterfcy's Net Gradation, 102,942
~ two centsT" v
Closing New York Stocks, Page 19.
washington,
VOTE ON SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT GOES
OVERTOSATURDAY
Polls Taken by Leaders
Showing Lack of Two
Thirds Majority, Cause.
LONG-DISTANCE PHONE
INVOKED BY BACKERS |
Wire Messages Used to Urge*
Speedy Return to City of Sena
tors Favorable to Passage.
Tlans for a vote by the Senate today
ion the federal woman suffrage
amendment virtually were abandoned
Jn the midst, of debate. Chairman
Jones of the woman suffrage commit
tee, Majority L?eader Martin and other
leaders of both factions joined in
private statements that the resolution
would go over until Saturday.
While the Senate debate was under
4"*ay, with crowded galleries awaiting
the final test. Chairman Jones made
t,he following statement to a repre
sentative of the Associated Press:
"It now appears likely that no vote
^ ill be taken today and that the reso
lution will go ovet until next Satur
day, when Senator La Follette of Wis- j
consin is due to arrive." j
New polls taken by the suffrage ?
leaders today are reported to have i
shown one or possibly two votes short j
of the two-thirds necessary to win. j
They decided, therefore, to delay the !
vote until every possible vote could
be mustered.
How Plans Were Upset.
Chairman Jones indicated, and other
champions of the resolution stated
that the plans for a vote today were
upset by changes in the attitude of
one or more senators who had
promised to vote for the resolution
and also that the suffrage forces de
sired to muster every possible vote,
preferring to await the return of Sen*
ator L?afollette, who favors the resol
ution and who was without an ar
t Tangement for pairs.
The long distance telephone also
?was called into use to try to get one
or two other senators to hurry back
to Washington.
While the Senate leaders revised'
their plans, the crowds in the galleries
remained to listen to the debate, most
of /hem oblivious of the developments
regarding postponement of action un
til Saturday. Some of the leaders of
the women's organizations,- however,
"were consulted by senators favoring
a delay.
The suffragists are determined not
to let their resolution go down to final
defeat for this session by any false
move. If a vote could be reached to
day or within the next two days and
it becomes evident before the final
ballot is east that it will fail of pas
sage. one 01 the suffragist senators
far down the list will vote against I
the resolution, so that under the
parliamentary rules he may have the
privilege after the vote has been an
nounced to move to reconsider.
Tn this way the suffragists may
have a second opportunity to put the
resolution through.
That the democrats will permit the
resolution to be defeated at this time
appeared incredible to the women. It
*aa rumored that at the last moment
the administration would deliver some
of the democratic votes in the Senate
and save the resolution.
"Antis" Are Pleased. *
The anti-suffragist senators, under ,
the leadership of Senators Martin, Un- |
d^rwood, Lodge and Wadsworth, were j
visibly pleased with the situation. ;
They were anxious for an immediate !
vote, believing they could defeat the j
resolution today. Being in the mi- j
nority. however, they could not force i
a vote and had to wait for the de- i
c is ion of the majority.
Soon after the Senate met it was
lrhispered around the chamber that
Senator Drew of New Hampshire, \
hitherto an unknown quantity in the j
suffrage equation, would vote against
the resolution. This dashed the hopes
of the suffragists.
Women Throng Capitol.
At an early hour today women in
terested in the vote on the suffrage
resolution began to assemble in the
rorridors of the Senate wing of the
<"apitol. Those who were lucky
enough to have a pass ticket to the
Senate galleries stood in line before
the doors of the gallery until they
were opened, shortly after 111 o'clock.
l.eaders on both sides of the suffrage
question were among the women who I
assembled early.
The representatives of the National
American Woman Suffrage Associa
tion. headed by their president. Mrs.
i'arrie Chapman Catt, occupied one
irallery and the representatives of the
National Woman's Party occupied an
other. The two factions were sepa
rated. however, by the press gallery.
Another gallery was reserved for the
anti-suffragists. 0
Flowers of the colors of the sev
eral organisations were worn by the
I women, giving a vivid color setting
to the galleries.
Gore Speeding: Here.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma was ex
pected to return at 2:15 o'clock this
afternoon from the west, and his vote
is needed by the suffragists. Senator i
l.a Follette. another suffrage voter, is ;
on his way to Washington, hut is not
expected to arrive until Saturday. His
friends today are trying to arrange a
pair for him.
The republicans say that thirty-two
of their number will vote for the suf
frage resolution and eleven will vote
against it. One republican, they ad
mitted. they were not certain about.
Senator Drew of New Hampshire.
Senator Drew is himself opposed to
?woman suffrage. He is filling the
place in the Senate of the late Senator
ilallinger. who was a strong supporter
?>f suffrage. For that reason, he may
decide to vote As Senator Gallingcr
would have voted.
:
McLean. Opposing, Returns.
Senator McJ-ean of Connecticut, an
m?ponent of woman suffrage, who was
. \pe< ted to be away, returned to
Washington today, which upsets the
j.'an of the suffrage supporters.
The democrats claim to have won
over several senators to the suffrage
? ause. one a dark horse, whose name
beery made public.
* ^^^^^^jy^been arranged wherever
High School Students Are
Anxious to Qualify for
War Work.
NO CHANGE IN COURSES
Approximately 300 high school stu
dents already have informed the
school authorities that they will
make thelj school day longer to com
plete the year-s work ahead of. time
land make themselves available to
help win the war.
Jh?? "tudents Within the draft age.
fini a.uC the lntensive course, will
finish their studies sooner in order
o enter the Army or one of the col
leges which MLve been designated as
Army training- camps. The girls who
take the intensive course will make
themselves available sooner In order
to become teachers or enlist for the
many kinds of war work whleh wom
en are now performing at home.
Mr. Thurston Is Elated.
Ernest L. Thurston, superintendent
or schools, expressed gratification to
day over the prompt manner in which
these first 300 boys and girls volun
teered to lengthen their study period
and he expressed the hope that hun
dreds more would make the sacrifice
in order to get out into some service
where their country needs them.
Mr. Thurston made It clear that it
Is not the intention of the school
authorities to rush students through
their studies in order to get them
out into the world. The intensive
course, he said, will not mean re
ducing the number of subjects, but
devoting more time to certain
*'ra"ches' so that the usual amount
b? co,v*red ln a shorter
period of the school year.
The intensive course already is in
operation at McKinley High School,
^ students are reporting
for school at 8 o clock instead of 0
in the morning. In the other high
schools it will be started within a
few days.
Central Is Overcrowded.
wWhtr?i 'V5e on,y hi*h school in
which the Influx of new students,
w. y ">e increase in the city's
population, is being seriously felt.
The classrooms there have bees occu
pied to a point where thesohpol au
thorities are now weighing care
fully every application for admission.
J,h.e ?b.3*ct of this scrutiny is to And
out if the applicant can conveniently
Rttend one of the other high schools
'"crowded. "?ftSSzZj
SPSSSt* *a?i toOmy the .nfgftt
schoote-wotifd open about the mid- I
ale of October. Numerous inquiries
reaching the Franklin School buildtl)*
Indicate, he said, that the night
schools will be taxed to their capacity
this year even to a greater extent
than the day schools.
School officials believe this will be
d.J,e to the.fact that the city ia crowd'
ed with people who want to take ad
vantage of the city's night school# to
brush up" fn certain studies, and
thereby advance themselves in gov
ernment or other positions.
TWO OF A. B. C. ARBITERS
RECEIVE GOLD MEDALS
Third Is Sent to Chile for Delivery
by Ambassador; Result of
Mexican Mediation.
Senor Romulo S. Naon, Argentine
ambassador, and Senor Domicio da
Gam a, the Brazilian ambassador, to
day were presented by Secretary Lan
sing rft the State Department with
handsome geld medals "for their gen
erous services as mediators in the
controversy between the government
Of the United States and the leaders
of the warrjng parties in the republic
of Mexico.".
-The two embassadors, together with
Senor Eduardo Suarex, ambassador
from ,Chile, wtere the "A B C" arbi
trators that met at Niagara Falls, N
V. in the summer of 1914 to mediate
between the United States and politi
cal factions in Mexico. In March,
191 j. Congress parsed a Joint resolu
tion appropriating,' $3,000 for the
award of suitable medals to each of
the arbiters for their cervices.
Senor Suarez is now in Chile, and
the medal intended for him has been
sent to the United States ambassador
to that country for delivery. The
?^?iLaxre?f 8?lid goId *nd were
modeled by Miss Jeanette Scudder an
artist of New York. . ' an
COST OF LIVING INCREASE
IN PHILADELPHIA IS HIGH
Cost of living investigators of "the
bureau of statistics now working in
the principal cities reported today
that costs in Philadelphia have in
creased 67.17 per cent >ince Decem
ber, 1914. Clothing increased 108.22
per cent in cost; furniture, 105.76 Der
cent; food 6S.08 per cent; hoosinr.
9.?9 per cent, and fuel and light, 31 &
per cent. The increase was 13.36 per
cent since December, 1817.
U. S. SHELLFIRE FORCING
EVACUATION OF METZ
AMSTERDAM. September 25. "It ia
announced that, owing to the long
range bombardment of Met* and
other places, preparations are mak
ing for the expeditious, evacuation of
civilians and movable property from
places within range of such guns,
when the evacuation becomes nrrcs
sary," says a dispatch received here
from Berlin.
FAVORABLE REPORT ON
MURDOCK NOMINATION
Favorable report was today ordered
by the Senate interstate ?* commerce
committee on the nomination of Vic
tor Murdock of Kansas to be a mem
ber of the Federal Trade Commission:
No opposition has been manifested
to the nomination. Stnate leaders ?x
confinn?d by the Senate
without |
Responsibility for Ad Direct
ing Vote of Wisconsin
"A
v Soldiers Disclaimed.
TUMULTY'S STATEMENT
BT DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Copyright, 1918, by N. Y. Evening Post, Inc.)
Chapter two in the controversy be
tween Will Hays, republican national
chairman, and Joseph P. Tumulty,
secretary to President Wilson, as to
whether , the war . is being used to
adwaee the fopt'uheg' of either politi
cal party, was written today.
ChWter one was given to the pub
U4 a forthifc-ht age, wfien Secretary
fflmultj-, by instruction of
President"; asked Chairman Hays it
he had said. in a .speech that "the
democratic leaders would not Atop at
anything that they believed would
Insure the re-election of a democratic
Congress this fall, and they would
even end the war with any kind of a
compromise if that would insure the
continuance of the democratic party
in power."
Mr. Hays denied using the quoted
words, but claimed that he had ac
cused "the democratic leaders in Wis
consin". of inserting special advertise
ments addressed to the Wisconsin
soldiers at Camp Grant, near Rock
ford. 111., asking them in the name
of their com/nander-in-chief to vote
for the democratic candidate for sen
ator in Wisconsin. The republican
chairman went on to call this "an
Infamous prostitution of all patriotic
proprieties and the grossest violation
of the plainest civil duty, jworthy of
the severest condemnation of all
Americans."
Editorials Echoed Indignation.
Mr. Hays was indignant and many
editorials echoed his indignation. The
whole reply of Mr. Hays was based
on that accusation. "
The charge had been made in po
litical discussions here once before,
and, having been orally repudiated by
those who managed the Wisconsin
campaign, it was not followed up.
When, however, the republican na
tional chairman gave widespread pub
licity to it. Secretary Tumulty
promptly instituted an investigation,
and during the last ten days a can
vass has been made by William J.
Cochran, director of publicity of the
democratic national committee, to
learn the origin of the advertisement.
Mr. Tumnlty received the answer yes
terd&y and mftde public the following
statement, therefore, at the White
House today. . - .. ...
I "Chairman Hays of the republican
? national committee, in his recent let
1 ter to me, made reference to an ad
vertisement -which he said had ap
peared in Wisconsin papers, and the
j inference which he sought to estab
I lish was that the democratic leaders
at Washington or the democratic na
i tional committee or some organiza
; t'on within the democratic party was
! responsible for the advertisements.
Correspondence on Subject.
"The following correspondence is,
therefore, self-explanatory:
" 'Washington. D. C., Sept. 12, 1918.
" ?William J- Cochran, Director of Pub
licity. Democratic National Com
mittee, Washington, D. C.
'Dear Hr. Cochran: Statements
have been made that in the special
senatorial election in Wisconsin last
spring democratic leaders published
advertisements addressed to Wiscon
sin soldiers at Camp Grant, near
Bockford. I1L, as follows:
??' "To the Wisconsin soldiers at
Camp Grant, Tuesday, April 2: You
are entitled to vote for United States
senator from Wisconsin, to succeed ]
Senator Paul Husting.
" 'President Wilson, your commander
in-chief. desires all loyal Americans to
vote for Joseph E. Davies for United
States senator. Davies" election means
Joy at Washington and gloom in Ber
lin. Davies' defeat means gloom at
Washington and Joy at Berlin.
- ?will you kindly inform - me as to
the tacts and advise me whether any
such advertisements were authorised
by you or any one connected with the
Wisconsin campaign?
" 'JOSEPH P. TUMULTY.'"
"Washington, D. C.,
"September 21. 1918.
"Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty,
Secretary to the President,
Washington, D. C.
"My Dear Mr. Tumulty: During the
greater portion of the time covered
by the Wisconsin senatorial campaign,
I was in Chicago and In close touch
with the management of the cam
paign for Mr. Davies, the democratic
candidate for the Senate, which was
directed from state headquarters at
Milwaukee. No advertisements in be
half at Mr. Davies were authorised
by me or by anyone connected with
the campaign so far as I know, to
Inside Story of Germany
Told by Swedish Writer
Hope of Victory Gone, Food Conditions Wretch
ed, Man Power Waning?German
Lies and Miscalculations.
BY BASSETT DIGBY.
Cablegram to The Enatair Star and
Chicago Dally News. CopjriBhl, l>18,
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September
25.?The most outspoken story of real
conditions in Germany to reach Scan
dinavia in a longr time is told by Gus
taf Siosteen, a respected Swedish
journalist and correspondent of the
Gothenberg Sjo Och Handelstidning
(Sea and Trade Journal), who has
lived in Berlin for fifteen years. Early
in the war he .was an enthusiastic
(Jermanophije,- as he feared the threat
which $ cfaristic Jiosgto Jiold oyer
Europe. He is stilf'iwpl&y to
German people, but his experiences
la tl|e last, tlifree years, together with
the Breat^bitovsk peace and oUier
oveDta ffr eaBt^rn. Europe, have. since
cumulatively brought -him to. a frame
of. rfiifid' practically identical with ourt
in that he is convinced that Gerfnan
militarism with it<j annexationist am-'
bltibns a.nd lack-of political check is
a world menace and a worse enemy
of the German people themselves.
Hence he packed his bags and left
Germany in order to be able to tell
the truth, unfettered by the insuf
ferable and grossly dishonest mili
tary censor.
In view of the way in which the
eyes of the' world are keenly fixed on
Germany and her internal events and
the extent to which our Judgment
must largely be formed by what we
read in the German newspapers I se
lect first for The Evening Star Mr. Sios
teen's remarks on the censorship
through which every scrap of news
appearing in print is first strained.
He shows with -what cynical freedom
lies are used when they appear to
subserve Germany's military interests.
He tells how the American Army took
Hindenburg unawares and describes
the war tflwhlefc the summer has seen
a definite reversal of Germany's man
power and Germany's public opinion.
Hour fiu'ns CfcsOrad "W*r IfeVto.
"The military censorship in Ger
many during the time of successes,"
said Mr. Stoseen, "had a compara
tively easy time for it is easy to tell
the truth while all goes well, but the
more the difficulties are piled up and
the public morale declined on account
of the heavy losses and the. more
hopeless the length of the war, the
(Continued on Sixteenth Page.)
FIGHTING IN BALKAN REGION
HAS TWO PRINCIPAL PURPOSES
Will Draw Men Away From West Front
and. May Open Way to Aid Jugo
slavs Against Austria.
BY FRANK H. S1MONDS.
It is a natural but not less obvious
mistake to assign to the present cam
paign in the Balkans remote objec
tives and grandiose purposes. The
-Sanation of the sudden renewal of
* rations on a considerable scale
iter nearly two years of relative calm
is to be found in the announcement
that Bulgar troops have arrived be
hind the western front. As a result,
and as an evidence of the admirable
results of unity of command. Foch di
rects Franchet d'Esperey to attack
in Macedonia. If they are strong in
France the Bulgara will be weak
about Monastir.
In Macedonia the purposes of the I
allied offensives are plain. These are: '
First, to exert upon the Bulgar army,
weakened by transfer of divisions to
'the west front, such pressure as will
recall the divisions sent away, pro
duce defeat before the divisions can
be recalled and add to the discontent
and apprehension already existing in
Bulgaria; second, by.thrusting up the
Cerna valley, to cut the Bulgar com
munications in the lower Vardar val
ley. compelling a withdrawal from all
the strong positions near the Greek
frontier which have been occupied for
more than two years; finally, by
breaking the communications between
the Vardar valley and Monastir by
way of Prilip. to compel the Bulgars
to retire out of all of Macedonia
west of the Vardar, thus disengaging
Monastir and thrusting a wedge be
tween the Bulgars in Macedonia and
the Auatrians in Albania.
Aid Jugo-Slavs Against Austria.
So much for the military purpose. In
addition, the allies are now striving !
to get north and into communication i
with the Serbs of "the conquered re
gions of Serbia, and with the restless
and disloyal Jugo-Slavs of the Aus
trian and Hungarian Adriatic prov
inces, to enable these to make a suc
cessful rising against the Austro
Hungarian government. Not even
the occupation of all of Serbia would
interfere with Austro-German com
munication with Turkey and Bul
garia, because there would remain the
Rumanian . and Russian railways,
reaching the Danube opposite the ter
minus of Bulgarian railways or
touching the Black sea at Constanza'?
| and Odessa; but an allied advance'
through Serbia might rouce Rumania,
brutally oppressed by the German in
vaders and already Showing unmis
takable signs of resentment.
I The gallant Serbs have attacked the
Bulgars along *t%e crests of the very
mountains which saw the high water
mark of the allied offensive of 1S16.
This was the thrust which retook
Monastir. They have captured the fa
mous heights of Dobropolyle. Vetret
nik and Sokol, which'were the key
stone of Bulgar defenses between the
Vardar and the heights west ^
northwest of Monastir. As a conse
Ji?nn*w tlwr km ftroken ^
through the Bulgar front and are. now
pushing up the Cerna valley toward
the Vardar.
If the Serbian advance continues it
will presently reach the Vardar val
ley, near Krlviolek, the high-water
mark of French advance in 1918, when
the allies endeavored to open a road
for the Serb retreat to Salonikl. If
the Serbs reach the Vardar at Kriv
iolek. not only will the Bulgars have
to retire out of the Vardar valley
south of this point, but they will also
have to retire out of the Monastir
plain upon Prilip, and we may expect
to see an allied thrust upward to Prl-,
lip from Monastir.
Effect of Probable Retirement.
Success in the preent offensive will
thus immediately turn the Bulgars
out of all the Macedonian country
west of the Vardar as far north as
Veles, and by interrupting the com
munications between the Macedonian
and Albanian armies of the central
powers compel the latter to retire
northward out of Albania, for it has
no decent communications by way of
the Adriatic seacoast. Such a double
retirement will -have political as well
as military effects. Bulgaria will not
quit the central group as long as she
holds, with their aid and consent, her
Macedonian conquests of 1916, but if
she loses these, then she will be faced
with a protraction of the war and
no likelihood of further reward,
rather the centainty of greater losses.
At the moment we have to watch
the advance of Serb and allied forces
down the Cerna toward the Vardar,
the possible capture of Prilip and the
expulsion of the Bulgars from all the
trans-Vardar districts. This would
constitute only the first, but still a
very considerable, step toward the
liberation of Serbia. If the advance
could be pushed up the Vardar as far
as Uskub it would mean the libera
tion of all of Serbian Macedonian from
the Bulgars and would lay the foun
dation for a real campaign of Jugo
Slavic liberation next year, with Bel
grade and the middle Danube as mili
tary objectives and the opening of
communications with the Austrian
Serbs and Croats as the political ob
jective.
B ill gar Propaganda in IT. S.
We most not expect too much in the
Raiir?TT this yea* for the Qghtlng
season is rapidly drawing to a close
and the snow will appear on the
higher mountains in the next month.
The real value of the new thrust is
the eventual threat which It carries
to one of the central powers, already
weary of-the-war and beginning to
be disturbed by the long series of
German defeats. But It is essential
that we in America should be on our
guard against a very real Bulgar
propaganda' existing in this country,
which advocates buying oft Bulgaria
at the'expense of Serbia and Greece.
If this should happen Bulgaria would
be free to repeat her several acts of
treachery, and Germany would retain
tier actual domination of the Ballcaaa.
(QMBtafeViau. J(?w Jvk Tiiin?. It J
FRENCH AND AMERICANS STORM
HUN LINE IN THE CHAMPAGNE;
BRITISH INVADE BULGARIA
BULGAR KING ASKS
AID Of MACKENSEN
IN CHECKING FOE
By the Associated Press..
PARIS, September 28.?"Fresh
dispositions mate by Gem- Fna
eket d'Eaperer, who has passed
tkroixh Prilep, JostUlea the be
lief that there will be an ener
getic expleitation at the great
Interallied victory la Mace
donia," says Marcel Hatla, edi
tor of the Echo de Pari*.
King Ferdinand of Bnlgarta
has asked Gen. Maekeaaea. who
la aow la Bucharest, to take the
command of his armies ao aa to
block the advance of the allies
la old Serbia aad preserve Bal
garla from Invasion, according
to Information. rC'^eived here
| from Switzerland.
45,000 TURKS NOW
IN BRITISH CAGES;
~ TR00PSIN TRAP
Annihilation of Fourth Army,
Now Imminent, Would
\
Clean Up Palestine.
SUCCESS WILL ACCOUNT
FOR 80,000 ENEMIES
? ^
Gen. Allenby Striking Forward
With Firmness, Bringing Dire
Peril to Foe.
LONDON, September 26.
?The four$i Turkish army
on the Palestine front is
virtually surrounded in the
region east of the Jordan and
faces annihilation by Gen.
Allenby's forces, today's ad
vices show.
The total of prisoners al
ready taken tfas increased to
day to 45,000.
The annihilation of the
fourth army, now hoped for,
would complete the cleaning
up of the Turkish forces in
Palestine, accounting for
about 80,000 men. .
By tlio Associated Press.
PARIS, September 20 (Havas).?The
number of Turkish prisoners taken in
Palestine now aggregates 42,000, ac
cording to the latest advices reaching
Paris.
Liberated territory In Palestine will
be administered under the agreement
reached between the British, French
and Russian governments in 1916, it
is learned here. England and Franoe
will carry out t^e agreement, under
which France is charged with the
preparation of a scheme of self-gov
ernment for the people of Palestine.
This work will be the object of
conversations which will take place
ahortlye
(When the bolshevik authorities
'took control in Russia they published
a number of secret diplomatic docu
ments found in the archives in Petro
grad. Among them was a convention
negotiated between Russia, France
and Great Britain, under which Alex
andretta, in Asiatic Turkey, was to be
a free port and Palestine was to be a
protectorate under the three govern
ments.)
British Occupy Amman.
LONDON. September 26.?British
troops operating in Palestine are ex
tending their occupation about the
Sea of Galilee. They have occupied
Tiberias and Semakh, on the borders
of that sea. and En-Samra, it was
officially announced today.
Pushing on to the east of the Jor
dan the British have occupied the
strategic town of Amman on the Hed
jas railway.
May Cat Off Turks.
LONDON, September 25.?More than
40,000 prisoners and 265 guns have
been taken by the British in their suc
cessful offensive in Palestine, it is of
ficially announced this afternoon. The
British forces operating east of the
Jordan apparently are in a favorable
position to cut off the Turks retreat
ing north along the Herjas railway.
Arab forces are pressing the retir
ing enemy northward from Ma'an
(Ma'an is on the Hedjas railway
southeast, of the-Dead sea. Amman is
twelve miles to the north).
Turks Resist at "w-iffi
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN PALESTINE, Tuesday, September
24, via Montreal. September 25.?A
few hundred Turks left behind at
Haifa resisted the British advance,
taking' advantage of the configura
tion of the ground, with a marsh An
one side and Mount Carmel on the
other, but were finally driven out.
German Major Taken.
Among the prisoner^ is a German
major, who wanted to leave Haifa
with other German troops on the day
previous to the British entry Into the
town, but was compelled by the
Foch's Latest Stroke at Vital
Point Upon West Front
Progresses Favorably.
ALLIES PRESS FOE HARD
01V130-ML1E MACEDONIAN LINE
By the Associated Press.
French and American troops today are storming the German
positions in Champagne and further east in what apparently is
another major stroke by Marshal Foch. The new offensive is
progressing favorably according to early reports.
On the Macedonian front British troops have invaded Bulgaria
as the Serbian -and other allied armies pursue the hard-pressed
Germans and Bulgarians east and west of the Vardar.
The new allied thrust in the west comes on a front which has
not been very active since the Germans failed to advance in
Champagne in the defeated offensive of July 15 east and west of
Rheims. French soldiers are attacking in Champagne which runs
from Rheims eastward to the Argonne west of Verdun. The
Americans are moving forward east of the Champagne simul
taneously with Gen. Petain'S men.
Great possibilities might result from a successful allied ad
vance on the front east of Rheims, as the German communications
would be severed and the formidable enemy position from Arras
to Laon endangered, with the important southern end outflanked.
The length of the attacking front is not disclosed, but it may
possibly be from Rljlfeims eastward past Verdun to southwest of
Metz.
Advanca on 130-3Cile Front.
In Macedonia the allies are advanc
ing all along the 130-mile V-shaped
front between Monastir and Lake
Dclraji. The Bulgarian first army on
the allied left has been placed in a
dangerous position by the cutting of
the Prilep-Veles road at Izvor, while
the Serbians afe in the outskirts of Isk
tib, eighteen miles east of Veles, and
one of the bases of the Bulgarian second
army. Apparently the Veles-Iahtib line,
the most formidable for the army south
of trskub, Tjgjl prort untenable.
Enemy Left Hank Threatened.
Northeast of Lake Doiran British
t.roops have crossed the frontier into
Bulgarian Macedonia, threatening the
extreme'enemy left flank. Enemy ter
ritory was invaded at Kosturino, a
few miles south of Strumitsa, the Bul
garian base in the region north of
Lake Doiran. Kosturino is at the head
waters of the Trekanya, which flows
through virtually level country to
Strumitsa- Meanwhile the French and
Greeks are pushing eastward from
the Vardar river in the direction of
Strumitsa, which is situated in a vai
ley between two high mountain
ranges.
In local operations between Cambrai
and St. Quentin on ?ie western front
the British are pushing farther into
the HindenAurg line and capturing
points vital to the defense of St. Quen
tin. West and northwest of St. Quen
tin the British have advanced in the
region of Selency and Gricourt.
Franco-American Assault
Launched in a Thick Fog
By the Associated Press.
PARIS', September 26.?French and
American troops attacked this morn
ing on the Champagne front at S
o'clock, according to a statement is
sued by the war office today.
k The statement says that the French
attack was launched in the Cham
pagne in co-operation with the Amer
ican Army, which is attacking farther
to the east.
Renewed German attacks north of
the Aisne have been repulsed. At one
point, where the Germans gained a
foothold upon the French positions,
they were ejected by a counter at
tack.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FRANCE!, September 26, 9:10 a.m. (by
the Associated Press).?French troops
today attacked in the Champagne in
a thick fog after a period of artillery
preparation which terminated after
an hour of most intense gunfire. The
early Indications were that the attack
was progressing most favorably.
Attack Logical Move.
The Franco-American attack on the
I Champagne front is the first allied I
thrust ma<?e on that sector since I
! Marshal Foch assumed the initiative1
in July, and is the logical result of
the allied success in Picardy in driv
ing the Germans back to the Hinden
burg line from Rheims to I^on.
A drive northward i>i Champagne
threatens the communication lines in
the rear of the Hindenburg defense
system, where the Germans are strug
gling to keep the British and French
from breaking through. While the
length of the front of attack is not
disclosed, it is probable it extends a
good part of the distance from Rheims
to Verdun and probably beyond.
Military critics have pointed out that
the Champagne front was the logical
place where an allied effort intended
to destroy the effectiveness of the
Hindenburg line could be made. For
soim distance east of Rheims the
terrain is fairly level and - open and
an advance of some distance here
would outflank Laon and possibly St.
Quentin.
Slight Sever Communications.
More important still, such an ad
vance would sever the communication
lines eastward from Laon. the pivot
of the Gerifian defenses between
Rheims and Ypres. An allied break
through might separate the German
forces in the west into two groups.
There has been rather lively raiding
activity by both sides on the Cham
pagne front in the last two weeks,
and some military commentators have
felt that these were the forerunners
of greater activity.
British First on Bulgar Soil;
Enemy First Army in Peril
By the Associated Press.
SALONIKI, September 26.?Bulgaria
has been invaded by allied troops, ac
cording to a British official statement
issued here today.
British troops entered Bulgarian
territory opposite Kosturlno, about
six miles south of Strum itsa, the en
emy base in this region.
Bulgar Army Isolated.
LONDON. September 28.?Reports
in official quarters here indicate that
the Prilip-Veles road has been cut at
Izvor, isolating the 1st Bulgarian
Army from its main line of communi
cation and placing it in a precarious
' position. The lBt Army Is on the al
lied left.
Serbian troops reached the outskirts
of Ishtib, an important Bulgarian
base. Tuesday, says a Serbian official
statement, dated Wednesday. Else
where east of the Vardar the Serbians
have made important gains.
Gr&dako Station Seized.
The Serbs also have captured Grad
sko station southeast of Uskub. It was
defended by German troops. An enor
mous quantity of supplies, including
nineteen guns, was captured by the
Serbians.
North of Prilep the * Serbians are
pursuing the Bulgarians, who are in
complete retreat and are approaching
Izvor, midway between Prilep and
Veles.
The position of the 1st Bulgaridh
Army on the allied left in Macedonia
is dangerous, according to reports
reaching here. The Italians who are
advancing against the 1st Army from
the sontb must pass over much ex
tremely rough country before they
can set in contact with it. It is be
lieved that 1st Amur, which U
commanded by Gen. Geshof, will be
forced to attempt a retreat westward
into the mountains on the Serbo-Ai
banian frontier. The country is vary
rough and it would be impossible to
handle artillery. The matter of food
supplies also would be difficult.
The reports indicate that the Serb
ians who have cut the German-Bul
garian communications are joining In
the allied race for Uskub.
Further Disaster Ahead.
LONDON. September 25.?Develop
ments on the Macedonian front today
point to further disasters for the Bul
garian armies, which are fleeing be
fore the allied troops.
The Serbians, according to the latest
news reaching London, have crossed
the Vardar river northwest of Grad
sko and have established a third
bridgehead south of Enish Oba. They
are also advancing along the Bregal
nitsa river, which flows into the Var
dar about four miles northwest of
Gradsko, and have cut the main road
to Ishtib. The Bulgarian army has
now been cut into a number of groups.
The whole of the Monastir-Prilep
Gradsko road connecting up the two
Bulgarian armies, is in the hands of
the allies.
The enemy is fighting hard to obtain
possession of this road and also in
the sector west of Prilep, and it seems
to be a race for Uskub, as the allied
forces are as near to the city as the
Bulgarians.
Possess Whole Course of Vardar.
The allies are now in possession of the
whole course of the Vardar river from
Grievgeli to Gradsko. Tonight's reports
say that the Serbians have taken thirty
guns, in addition to those already re
ported.
The Bulgarians are now retreating on
a total front estimated at about 1M
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