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Domestic
William D. Haywood, who has been
called the "uncrowned king" of the
Industrial Workers of the World, and
fourteen of his chief aides in the conspiracy-to
overturn the American war
program, "were sentenced to twenty
years in the 'federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kans., by Federal Judge
K. M. Landis at Chicago.
August Herrman, chairman of the
national baseball comnrissicn, while at
tending the Republican state conven
tion at Columbus, received the offi
cial permission of Provost Marshal
General Crowder for the pennant win
ners of the National and American
Leagues to engage in a world's se
ries. Senator Ollie M. James of Kentucky
died at Johns Hopkins hospital of an
acute affection of the kidneys. Mrs.
James and the senator's brother, E. H.
James, were with him at the Baltimore
hospital when the. end came.
- No new schoolhouses may be built
during the war, the war industries
board announces, except for replace
ment. Gov. James P. Goodrich of Indiana
was seriously and perhaps fatally in
jured in an accident when his auto
mobile collided with a street car. He
suffered concussion of the brain, a
slight fracture of the skull, a broken
collarbone, a fracture of the left hip
and several cuts and bruises. The ac
cident occurred about nine o'clock at
night.
Upwards of two million letters and
other mailed documents of alleged se
ditious import have been seized in
Chicago recently. As a result, more
than 300 search warrants were issued
secretly to postoffice inspectors co
operating with United States district
attorney at Chicago.
Under orders of Maj. John C.
Townes, Jr., head of the Texas selec
tive service department, military,
county and local police conducted a
raid at Austin, rounding up "approxi
mately two hundred men.
Drunken civilians oh the Mexican
side of the border are held responsi
ble for the shooting which occurred
late at night and resulting in wound
ing slightly an American soldier.
Dispatches from Amsterdam say
that In spite of a program of villiflca
tion of President Wilson being carried
on by the German press, the masses
of the German people are giving the
Wilson peace aims consideration.
"It fills me with pride , to record in
general orders a tribute to the ser
vice achievements of the first and
third corps, comprising the first,
second and third, fourth, twenty
sixth, twenty-eighth, thirty-second
and forty-second divisions of the
Americain expeditionary forces." This
is the order issued by General Per
shing to the troops in France.
"You have shown that American in
itiative and energy are as fit for the
tasks of war as for the pursuits of
peace. You have justly won unstinted
praise from our allies and the external
gratitude of our countrymen." Thus
reads a general order issued by Gen
eral Pershing to the men engaged with
the French against the Germans."
Preparation of a plan looking to the
providing of farms for returned sol
diers has been given into the hands of
A. P. Davis, director general and chief
engineer of the reclamation service, it
is announced by Secretary Lanei "We
can have a job at good pay for every
soldier who returns from France," says
Secretary Lane, "if congress will give
us the financial support needed."
During the skirmish between Amer
ican soldiers and Mexicans, on the
Mexican border, armed Mexicans en
tered the American consulate at No
gales, Ariz., forced Vice Consul Mc
Guire and Consular Clerk B. Tooley
to leave their consulate at the point
of guns, and Tooley was shot and
wounded. An investigation is now in
progress.
In order that younger men may be
released for more active positions, the
enlistment of men between the ages of
45 and 55 years has been approved by
the war department for the ordnance
department, quartermaster and medi
cal corps and for certain branches of
the signal corps. Instructions to this
effect have been sent to army recruit
ing units throughout the country.
Washington.
Advices received in Washington
from Vladivostok say that General
Horvak has failed completely in his
attempt to establish a dictatorship in
Siberia,
Selection of a date in the near fu
ture for the registration of the 18 to
45 year old men is now under consid
eration by the provost marshal gen
eral, and the prospective dates are
September 10, 11 and 12.
Summarizing the military activities
on the western front. General March
says the British have carried the al
lied lines between the Scarpe and the
Somme over the hilly plains east of
Albert against determined resistance
on the part of the enemy.
The reported advance of the Aus
trians in Albania, resulting in the
withdrawal of the Italian front east of
Berat is confirmed.
"We believe in the speedy convales
cence of our country; we believe In
the friendship and consequently in the
final victory over the enemy. We be
lieve in the abolition of the treaty of
Brest-Litovsk and in a national regen
eration in a near future." Thus spoke
President Tchaikowski of the govern
ment of the northern region of Rus
sia. Secretary Lane says that "there is
enough waste and undeveloped land
in the United States to give every sol
dier a farm."
The Germans continue to retreat
everywhere between Arras and the
Soissons sector. There seems to be
no slackening in the offensive that is
steadily reclaiming captured territory
from the Germanic hordes.
A dispatch from Nogales, Ariz., says
Gen. P. Ellas Calles, military gover
nor of Sonora, Mexico, has issued a
manifesto ordering all civilians in No
gales, Sonora, to deliver their fire
arms and ammunition to the general
military headquarters at once to pre
vent farther sniping across the bor
der. According to a French dispatch a
German audience of 6,000 people re
cently ax plauded the name of President
Wilson -t a public meeting organized
by the syndicates of Mannheim to dis
cuss the food situation.
Government financial aid is availa
ble under certain conditions to indus
tries in the process of conversion from
less essential production to manufac
ture of materials contributing to prose
cution of the war, it is explained by
officials of the war finance corpora
tion. Men likely to be affected by the ex
tension of draft ages to include all be
tween 18 and 45 years have been noti
fied in a statement from Provost Mar
snal General Crowder that the obliga
tion rests on them to ascertain their
exact age before the new registration
European.
There has been no abatement in the
strength of the offensive , the British,
French and United States troops are
throwing against the German armies
from Arras to the region of Soissons.
The British have advanced their
lines materially in the famous Lys
sector, apparently without much ef
fort on the part of the foe to restrain
them.
The latest French official communi
cation records the capture by the
French of Chavigny, three miles to
the northwest of Chuffles, a mile and
a half north of Soissons, and the en
try into the outskirts of Croup, a short
distance northeast.
The French have crossed the Ailette
river at Chaps-des-Dames.
The French have crossed the Ca
nal du Nord at several places in the
region north of Noyon, and have ad
vanced materially in the direction of
Noyon-Ham railroad.
A royal decree has been issued call
ing to the colors recruits of the classes
of 1900, 1901 and 1902 in Greece and
Macedonia.
The Americans are fighting with the
French northwest of Soissons in the
operation which has in view the bloU
ting out of the Noyon sector and the
outflanking of the Aisne and the old
Chemin-des-Dames positions.
Official reports say that the French
and Americans are fighting violently
with the enemy around Juvigny and
Chavigny.
In a swift advance in one day, cov
ering more than six miles at certain
points, the French troops south of the
Somme recaptured forty villages.
The left bank of the Somme has
been reached between Cizancourt and
Nesle, as well as the west bank of tb
Canal Dunerd, between Nesle and
Noyon.
The German retreat north of the
Avre river has been far more speedy
since the fall of Chalnes than previ
ously, f
The Germans around the Avre river
when they commence their retreat
were harassed by their own mustard
gas shells which they left behind and
which are betag fired from German
guns by French gunn".
Says a Vladivostok, Russia, dis
patch: The enemy in considerable
numbers attacked desperately along
the Ussuri front. All the allied forces
participated in the fighting except the
Americans. Upwards of three hun
dred of the enemy were killed. The
Japanese bore the brunt of the fight
ing. Entente allied and Czecho-Slovak
patrols in Vladivostok, Russia, have
succeeded in disarming all the "Rus
sian volunteers who revolted and who
had gone over to Lieutenant General
Horvath, the anti-Bolsheviki military
leader in eastern Siberia.
Numerous towns, villages and ham
lets have fallen into the hands of the
British and French, the Germans being
able only to delay the allies when
they have knocked for admittance to
the German line. !
Frenzied counter attacks by the Ger
mans have failed to hold Vck the
British and French armies '
The British ire reported unofficially
to have reached the western outskirts
of Thilloy in the nipper i movement
they are carrying out against Ba
paume. In the region around Arras the Brit
ish now are well astride the roads
leading to Doual and Cambrai.
' Late reports say the British are at
the gates of Peronne.
The backbone of the German resist
ance is reported by the French to havt
been severed.
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GREATEST VlCTo
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Situation of Germ,
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1 Remarkable photograph of th? big German U-boat which attacked and stopped the steamship New Am
sterdam off the Norway coast 2 American military bands passing in review at the ceremones of the renaming
of the Avenue du Trocadero, Paris, the Avenue du President Wilson. 3 British soldiers from India repairing
New street, one of the principal thoroughfares of Bagdad.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAR
Germany's Strongest Bases in
Picardy Are Occupied by
the Allied Armies.
NOYON TAKEN BY FRENCH
British, Advancing Along the Scarpe,
Cross Hindenburg Line Desperate
Resistance of the Huns Is Un
availing American Man
Power Bill Passed.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Croisilles. Bullecourt, Bray. Hebe
court, Chaulnes, Ooramiecourt, Nesle,
Roye, Noyon, Chavigny one after an
other the German strongholds in Pic
ardy, all down the line from Arras to
Soissons, fell Into the hands of the al
lies last week. The redoubtable Hin
denburg line was broken through at
various points, and so menaced at
others that It was In a fair way to be-
' come untenable, even before the re
treating Huns could reach It. East of
, Arras the British had turned Its right
flank, and the French, passing through
Nesle, threatened It farther south.
Astride the Scarpe and the Somme,
Field Marshal Hnlg's armies moved
steadily If slowly toward the east, nev
er giving the enemy an Instant's rest,
relentlessly pushing him back In the
direction of Cambrai, Peronne and St.
Quentln. In the midst of furious rain
storms the British fought unceasing
ly and tirelessly to overcome the des
perate resistance put up by the Ger
mans. The battle developed and
spread day by day until It became one
of the greatest conflicts of the war.
In these regions, as elsewhere, the
Germans sought to stem the advance
mainly, by Innumerable machine guns.
The crews of these, left to fight while
the main bodies of the troops contin
ued their retirement, did fight, and to
the death. The Hun Infantry In many
coses showed the greatest reluctance
to attack, sometimes flatly refusing to
obey the orders of their commanders.
By the end of the w'i the British
had Peronne under their guns and the
Huns were falling back to the river
crossings there and at Rrie. Farther
; north. Bnpnume was taken on Thurs
day and Halg's forces had pushed far
beyond it on the north. Having crossed
the Hindenburg line, they were threat-
: enlng the Queant Drocourt support
line. v Perhaps the most Important ef
fect of their advance along the Scarpe
was that It menaced the group of con
verging railway lines that are vital to
the enemy in handling men from the
I Belgian and northwestern French
fronts.
I During the week the British took
something like 30,000 prisoners and
more than 100 guns.
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The severest blow to the Germans
was the capture of Noyon on Thurs
' day by the French troops of General
j Humbert. The city, which had been
practically enveloped for a week or
more, was powerfully defended by the
i Germans, who had counted on making
It the pivot of their line to the north,
j Its southern and western outskirts
were lull of strongly entrenched machine-gun
positions. The French were
not to be denied, however. Noyon is
j a great highway center and Its taking
j opens the way for the French to drive
, the Germans back to the St. Gobaln
forest, La Fere and maybe St. Quen
tln. The Intervening terrain Is such
that the enemy could scarcely hope to
make a stand there.
The three French armies under
Humbert, Debeney and Mangin gave a
splendid display of teamwork In their
advances on both sides of the Oise.
Mangin's men crossed the river and
took Morllncourt while Humbert was
outflanking Noyon from 'the west and
south, and the Huns had the choice of
retreating or being captured. On the
left the First army occupied Quesnoy
wood, a strongly fortified pos'tion
which the enemy tried hard to hold
because it i a dominating point.
On Tuesday the French had cap
tured Roye, one of the Important Ger
man bases, but as the enemy In de
parting left it full of mustard gas it
could not be utilized, by the French.
However, they didn't need It, for they
pushed ahead so relentlessly that the
next day they passed through Nesle.
and on Thursday they were near Ham,
only 12 miles from St. Quentln. In
their retreat there the Huns lost three
complete munition trains, which
proved they were in something of a
hurry. This drive on Ham made a big
salient In the German lines and ren
dered the enemy's situation along the
entire front more desperate than ever.
South of the Oise General Mangin
made use of some American units in
his attacks on the salient north of
Soissons. He was aiming at the
heights at the western end ot the
Chemin des Dames, and the decided
progress he made imperiled the Ger
man positions both to the east and to
the west. At Juvigny on the Ailette,
too, the Americans canv Into action,
helping the French to ?'lfulse heavy
attacks.
Along the Vesle the Americans had
some severe fighting during the week.
They attacked Bazoches, gained a
foothold there and clung to It; but at
the same time the Huns attacked Fls
mette In force and compelled the
Yankees to fall back. The enemy,
however, was not permitted to cross
the river. This little reverse was not
considered by General Pershing to be
of especial importance.
Over in Germany the, effects of Mar
shal Foch's successes became more
apparent daily. The press and certain
emissaries of Hindenburg and Luden
dorff endeavored to explain away the
German defeats or to minimize them,
but the murmurs of the people grew
louder. Their confidence in final vic
tory Is waning rapidly, despite the
pan-German organs, which violently
prod the faint-hearted. Dispatches
from neutral sources Indicate that Ber
lin will soon launch another peace of
fensive, offering to give up Belgium
and northern France. It is against
Just such an Illusory proposition that
the wise men of the allies are warn
ing the people. Nothing would suit
Germany better just now than a peafe
on such a basis; but nothing should
or will suit the allied nations except
a peace dictated by themselves after
the military power of the Hun has
ben utterly broken. The peace of
compromise, leaving Germany the pow
er' to make a new and more terrible
war In future. Is sure to receive the
support of the Influences In the country
that are controlled by the insidious
German propaganda, and It Is against
this that America must especially
guard Itself.
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Spain's threat to seize Interned Ger
man shipping to compensate for
Spanish losses by submarine warfare
had its effect In Berlin, for though
the German government did not yield
entirely. It made it plain that it want
ed no more countries added to the list
of its enemies. While the discussion
was going on, however, another Span
ish vessel was torpedoed, and the sit
uation became yet more critical.
Indirect advices from Austria-Hungary
emphasize the desperate Inter
nal condition of that empire. The Bo
hemians appear to be on the edge of
organized revolt, and they would re
ceive the support of the Slovaks. Aus
tria and Hungary are in a perpetual
quarrel. The former has now forbid
den the export of pharmaceutical sup
plies to Hungary, and the latter has
retaliated by ordering that Its food
supplies shall go only to Hungary and
the army.
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After a slight set-back, the cause of
the allies In Siberia and Russia prop
er made good progress during the
week. At first the bolshevik! forced
the allies on the Ussuri front to retire,
but re-enforcements came up. Includ
ing Japanese and American troops,
and the satisfactory conditions were
re-established In quick order. The
bold attempt of General Horvath. self
styled dictator of Siberia to execute a
coup d'etat and gain control of all the
Russian military forces- In the far
East was blocked by the allies, whose
representatives at Vladivostok in
formed General Pleshkoff, Horvath's
emissary, that the allied nations would
countenance no government not In ac
cord with the wishes of the people.
Meanwhile the allied expedition was
strengthened by the arrival of more
Americans, and Italy announced it
would send a regiment there. The
Japanese forces took control of the
Manchurlan border, China having with
drawn her objections. The Japanese
engaged the bolshevikl near Dauria,
and General Seinenoff. anti-bolshevik
leader of Cossacks, crossed the Siberi
an border and captured Matslevskl
station.
In the "Country of the North" the
fighting of late has been In favor of
the Russo-allied troops. The bolshe
vikl river flotilla, which caused them
some trouble, has been dispersed and
the Red guards have surrendered the
town of Shenkursk, south of Archan
gel, the last place of any size held by
them in the region.
News from the far East is likely
to be rather scanty In the future, for
Its dissemination has been taken In
charge by the Japanese, and they are
notoriously close-mouthed concerning
military operations.
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Reports from Albania have uot been
very satisfactory lately. The Austri
ans "came hack" hard at the Franco
Italian forces and compelled them to
retire somewhat, retaking the town of
Berat. Later In the week the allies de
feated the Austrians in two battles.
On the Italian front there was not
a great deal doing, but the allies made
several successful raids and repulsed
all enemy attacks. American airmen
Ir. Italy raided the big Austrian naval
base at Pola, on the Adriatic.
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Both house and ; senate passed the
man-power bill making the draft age
limits eighteen to forty-five inclnsive
Each body inserted its own amend
ments, but most of these went by the
board in the conference. The most
Important of these was the senate
anti-strike clause. The house con
ferees, led by Dent, absolutely refused
to accept this, and rather than risk
delay, the senate conferees consented
to sacrifice the amendment. One new
provision in the measure which will be
welcomed by all officers is that the
government shall furnish uniforms and
equipment to officers at cost,
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Continuing Its efforts to clear up the
muddled aircraft production situation,
and at the same time evading the de
mand for the creation of a separate
department of aeronautics, the ad
ministration made John D. Ryan an
assistant secretary of war and director
of the air service. In starting on his
new work, Mr. Ryan made no boasts
or promises of what he would accom
plish, but said he hoped order would
soon be established In the airplane
branch and that quantity production
of military planes would be accom
plished. The De Haviland 4's im
proved to meet all objections, he said,
are now being turned out rapidly and
orders for the Liberty 12 motor have
been Increased from 22,500 to 50,000.
Our allies like these engines so well
that we cannot keep up with their de
mands for them.
First Assistant Secretary of War
Benedict Crowell has been made di
rector of munitions and given the pow
er to keep our forces supplied with all
the munitions they require.
The long-expected shortage of gaso
line is developing, and consequently
the fuel administration last week re
quested that for the present all auto
mobiles, motorboats and motorcycles,
used for pleasure, be not used on Sun
days, in all states east of the Missis
sippi river. As the gasoline is needed
for war purposes, all patriotic owners
of cars accepted the request as a com
mand. fca
Members of congress who have been
pacifists and anti-war obstructionists
have been having a hard time, to the
great satisfaction of all true patriots.
The list of those turned down by their
constituents already Includes Senator
Vardaman of Mississippi and Repre
sentatives Lundeen of Minnesota, Dil
lon of South Dakota, Woods of Iowa,
McLemore of Texas, Crosser and Gor
don of Ohio, Shackelford and Hamlin
of Missouri, Keho of Florida and Sloan
of Nebraska. Last week Cole Blease,
pacifist candidate for! the senate in
South Carolina, . was j. defeated, and
Henry Ford failed to get the Repub
lican nomination in Michigan, though
the Democrats did accept him.
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the German front i
The
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has been L", 1 ""ch vl
bulwark 17 ra &S the i!rJ
violence of the Brit
its entire f,.7 ltlshiy
to ouea;, riey
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taken fm 1 "lsuaerU
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gradually approaching m 1
front. Already thoroughly J
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upon its southern w Jl
cessity apparently will m
the Germans relinquish tie't
burg fortifications and refir
front from Flanders to Rh
The situation of the
from the war maps, is the J
lous he has yet been in I
The Americans, who took 'I
zeele, are well into the regul
town, having overcome the J
sistance of the Germans wit
orede to bar their wav
Hard fighting has been in J
between the British and J
around Peronne, where the;
Hans successfully withstood i
attacks and have taken severJ
sand prisoners.
These gains, if thev are ce
seemingly cannot but resu'u
In the enemv withdrawine ar
from the Vesle river positions fel
adn reconstituting his entire!
Rheims.
GREAT REVENUE BILL I
READY FOR CONSIDERS!
Washington The new rod
greatest of all tax measus
history of the nation with
f ecting every individual and lJ
concern in the country, was i?
unanimously by the house r.i
means committee. Chairman
introduced the measure in ft
Leaders hope to send it to
within 10 days after debate I
The final committee estimate:
revenue to be yielded under
. ... . sv- r fAfl AAA no flff'.l
Dill IS $S,U1Z,4."UU e"
Q41 nnn last vear under tiel
ent' law. The largest source ij
mated revenue is from taxes oil
wRr nrofits. $3,100,000,000. Cl
next is from taxes on ifl1
482,186,000 from individual
000,000 from corporations.
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