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Vaughn Touched for Five, Two
of Which, With Pass, Win.
Contest Pitchers' Battle, Both
Hurlers Putting Up Master
ful Game, Backed by Errorless
Support on Both Sides.
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lUUsboro, Sept. 6lTwo of nine In
mates of th Washlngrton county poor
(arm at Newton station, one mils and,
a half from HillsAoro, were burned to
Acath in a fire that destroyed the home
between 3 and 4 o'clock this mornins:
The victim, are-John Rheinberger. 80,
and a man whose first name was Ru
dolph, and whose last name has not
been determined because the records of
the institution were destroyed with the
building-.
Besides the nine inmates, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gardner, in charge of the
building-Si were In the building whan the
fire broke out. The first intimation of
the-fire was when the roof fell in. ,It
is believed that the fin was' started by
an inmate who has been in the "habit
of building , a . fire on he floor in his
room - and ; from whom- matches have
been taken on a number of occasions.
The county had $2750 insurance on the
building, 1750 on the contents, and be
sides Superintendent Gardner had $700
insurance on his furniture and belong
IngS.
Every grand Jury for the last 20
years has reported the county poor farm
buildings ' In dangerous condition and
though every year for many years an
appropriation for a new building has
been put in the budget, the budget meet
ing has voted It down. County Judge
Dofsey B. Reasoner has been a leader
in the fight for a tiew building and has
repeatedly made effort to put through an'
appropriation for the Improvement,
s The survivors of ,the fire are in tem
porary quarters -at the Tualatin hotel.
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Prisoners Captured by British
in Four Days "Number 16,000,
More Than 100 Guns Taken;
Americans Aid in Pursuit.
LONDON, Sept. 5, 3:2i p. m.
American and British troops
are still closely -following the
'Oenpan withdrawal in the Lys
salient in Flanders, It was learned
here this afternoon. The enemy
has' lost enormous material of
every description.
Americans Flee
From Russia Is
Messages Confirm Earlier Report
of Attack on British Consulate
and Killing Attache.
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pitcher By , Ruth (FUck). Left oni'kaan
Bnaton. '8; Chieaco, 8, Cmplwi O'Day St
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Owens at third baas. Time, 1 :63. Attendsirc.
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By Luther A. Huston , .
0M1SKBY PARK, CHICAGO,
Sept. 5. (1. N. SO A pass ,tq.
ftave Shean followed by hits by
iNvTiltetnah and Melnnls spelled
'defeat, t or Big Jim 'Vaughn, of
the Chicago Cubs, in the open
ing game of the world's series
with the Boston Red Sox - here
this afternoon. The final score
was: Boston, 1; Chicago, 0.
It was a pitchers' battle m which both
Ruth and Vaughn pitched masterful
ball and were accorded errorless sup-
Assistant Secretary of Labor to
. Make Public Address in The
Auditorium Tonight
(Continued on Pits Tour. Column Two)'
FINEO S50 FOR
CONDUCTING DANCE
Montrose M flingler-Pays Heav-
Tor lestmg Law at mver-
sidei Park Club.
Any: lndltlduai business man or set
of business men or organisation 'of bos-:
iness men who attempts lni any. .way
to interfere with the peaceful organisa
tion' of laboring men or to .discriminate
against the members of a .labor organi
sation, even in an open shop, is flying
in the face of the, war work policy, not
only oi trie department or labor ana the
Tart commission but of the administra
tion Itself.
xtus is the gist or the message
brought by Louis F. Post, assistant sec
retary o labor, who Is In Portland to
day and "who . will speak at , The Auditorium-
this evening -at 8 o'clock on
the policy of the department of labor
as related to wartime ' conditions and
labor questions.
Will Speak Tonight
tendon. Sept. 5. 11:31 a. m.
:(t Tt.' S.)p1oegsteert. on then,
Flanders front. . has been cap ,
tureel by the British, the war of- "
flee; announced today T
- In; the past four days the Brit
ish have captured 16.000 prison
ers -afad inore , than 100 guns.
Hill No. 63, Southwest of Me-
sines, ns Deen iaKcn oy me
British.
In the "Ploegsteert 100 German pris
oners: and many machine guns were
captured. " '
The Germans attempted to hold up the
British advance toward the Messines
ridge, but all of their , counter attacks
were repulsed. .-
The, fighting north of the Lys river on
Wednesday was very bitter, the British
concentrating strong pressure against
the German . positions In the center of
the Franco-Belgian frontier. .
The capture of Ploegsteert shows that
the Germans are being driven from Mes
sines ridge, which they occupied tn their
April drive. " . ' , i
Ploegsteert is only three, miles north
of Armentieres and is about eight miles
south of Ypres. It is on the Warneton?
Armentieres road. -r
The German counter assaults in the
.Messines ridge sector centered about
wytachaete, which rests upon the con-
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Mr. Post, accompanied by his secre
tary, Hugh Reed, reached Portland this) tested strip of high ground
morning' from ' Seattle. He "spoke at The Germans were quickly hurled
the Pregresslve Business Men's noon- I back when they tried to stem the British
day luncheon at the- Benson at noon onrush.
ana win address tne general public South or iseuve onapeue as far as
at The Auditorium' tonight. He will j Givenchy (on the Flanders front) the
spend Friday visiting friends, with, fed- British have regained the old lines held
eral .department officials ' and viewing by them prior to April 9,
some of the industrial plants in Port- J (The taking of Ploegsteert shows the
land, -seeing the eights of the city and British have advanced more than a mile
vicinity and wul leave in the evening f between Armentieres and Ypres. Ploeg
for Ban Francisco. I gteert village and wood" have been the
Mr. Post Is one of those interviewees
,, London, Sept. i-iV. PJ Boris Lit
vinoff, Bolshevlkl envoy to Great Brit
sis, has beea imprisoned with hit staff
at Brlxtos. This is probably retaliation
fbr tne BolsbTik raid ob tie British em
bassy In Petrograd.
--..Washington, Sept. 6. -CL N. S.)
Americans are fleeing Russia. The
state department today , received word
from' the American consuls at HeLslng
fori and Stockholm to this effect.
According to the report from the
latter place, 40 officers and members
of the American consular . forces in
Russia. 40 T. M. C Ai workers, ZS em-
ployes of the Petrograd baanch of the
National City 'bank, two1 Red Cross of
ficials' and 15 other' Americans are en
route from Petrograd. via .the Russo-
Finnlsh frontier, on a special train.
The, Helslnxrfors message says that
they .already , have-, reached Finland.
which they are crossing in a special
train., and that they, arm Jue at Hapa-randa-
s,bout , rgeptamber . - 4. (, There
have been ; renewed ' wholesale u arrests
of . .British ; subjects ; In :Tt"cra am
? lAmHcail4 uonoui'-eneTa.: ros; ts
reported having . returned to- PetrograA
to-assisti. lus eolieaguasj axera, -
The - messages confirm th earner ra
porta ' of "the attack on , the - British em
bassy , In- Petrograd, in which--. Captain
Francis Cromie, British naval attache,
was 'killed.
Accompanying' the- Americans who
are fleeing Russia are Italian and Brit
ish MnrAaentativea. " "
The Eeneral Russian, situation.. oftU
claisnsay, is hourly becoming more
acute. .' The Bolshevik! -governnMat, fn
again 'rousing- their subjects 1h Petro
grad and Moscow, has added to the
frictlonf jjUp to the present, time Amer
icans haynot been molested.
General Kornlloff Reported Killed
rnnonhairen. Sent. 5. (I. N. S.I 3en-
eral Kornlloff. the Russian army officer,
K.. wn killed bv- a shell, at Yekatar-
inodar. the Helsingf ors correspondent ft
th Tniitikn learns. Yekatartnodar Its
k iAnitai of the Kuban territory. The
Politiken 8 corresponaeni oaya inai
.rM of his information was rmtl
army: officer. - 5
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.The deatn oi uenerai a.onurou,ui
hAon reoorted a number of times, lie
has been variously mentioned In -news
dispatches from Russia as executed, as
sassinated ana Kuiea in acuon.
Assembly ft-- Meet'.Sibon ,
Archangel. Sept 6. (U. HPJ Thro-
vinion&l rovernment or nortnern kus-
.io annnnoed today. that a. Russias con
stituent assembly win meet, in Arcnangei
shortly, -i - ' " "
Archsnael since its occupation by the
allies is the rallying place ror anti-uoi
shevikt Russians. From the above dis
patch it appears that a Russian, gov
ernment In opposition to tnat oi tne
Bolshevlkl Is about to be launched un
der protection of the all ffes.
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French Forces Carry Lines North
of ? Guiscard and to Border
of Berjancourt; Two Violent
Counter Attacks Are-Repulsed.
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Evacuation of Alh French' TerrU
tory Likely to i Result ;From Britri
ish Blow' in Sensee Valley, m
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Montrose M. RIngler, manager of Riv
... erslde park at Milwaukle. was fined
1250 by City Recorder Matthews at Mil
waukle this morning on his plea of
..guilty to charges of operating a dance
, hall without aj permit. , ' " - ;
The pavilion at Riverside park in the
" ante-prohibiUon da;4 was used as a
roadhouse known as the Friars' club
Charging that many people who made
. the old Friars' club notorious were still
" frequenting the place after RIngler ac
; -quired contrail the city council passed
' an ordinance requiring permits for od-
, erattonrr The council refused RIngler a
- permit and closed the place last May.
On advice of his attorneys, who de
clared the council had exceeded Its
charter rights in passing such an ordl
V nance, RIngler arranged with the MH
maukie volunteer fire department with
Hie 'approval, i he said. of the tmayor. to
give two dances, on on Sunday, and
, one Lajjbr day. During the Sunday fes-
VvltleaVi ity marshal' arrested RIngler
and closed Up me ban. taking him be
fore Recorder Matthews, who released
turn ont 1250 ball. ' - -
7 .t RepresentaUng the City of Milwaukle
'. af the hearing was John McCourt. mem-
ber of .the Fosdick commission. United
, : Sutee Attoraey Bert E. Haney being
, uso present.'! )-.
' ' Rlngters plea of guilty was on two
Counts, one charging failure to obtain
. a permit for his baiL and another, fall
j. ur to " have; a , permit for the dance
"jrtven tn It. :Tbe fine was $100 for one
and "$lf0 for the other. A tentative
, stenca- of 19 days - In jail was mis
f' tended on the plea of RIngler counsel.
who - believes In - the old Injunction,
"ssk ana it enau oe given unto you.
Having been an editor most . of his
working life he knows something about
the interviewing game himself and he
takes the unhappy newspaper man
through a course of cross examination
scene of some, ol the- bitterest fighting of
the entire war. Thousands died in bat
tles around : Ptoegsteert during the late
1914 And the 1915 campaigns, and there
was Stubborn struggling there last year.
Ploegsteert is known to the British sol
diers: everywhere as PJugstreet.") ,
(Concluded on. Pace. Twelve. Column Two) .
ROLL OF HONOR
In tho lt f casualties bcknr thm arw n.
eluded tho names of the following rah from th
i'aciitc nenoweat:
KILLKD IN SOTtON
PRIVATE JOStPH ARBKR. neanst nda.
Uoo, Li. u. i nnsn, re cu. wash.
DUD OF WOUNDS . t
ItftlVATg CLMCR St.' OOLt, neanat rate
ties. Mr. Ltlnaa Oclc. 3988 . Usrtin- trct
Spokane, Wash.
tlVERUV WOUNDIO
rlvate John r. tekart. nearest wlstinn.
Mrs. Mary 1 Eckert. 1310 Main street, Boisa,
tdano.
Privste Oewttantlne Ctoehhem. nearest rela
ticn, Joan Eiacsaom. messa. Wash.
Waahinton. Sept. 8. The Hut of casualties
in the United States service made public today
iCtmsatod 188 names, of which S an members
W WW UUMUW - . AU .1, UJTIUCU
follows:
ARMY
KiUed tn action , 4R
kllvinc in action , ,. 86
Wottndod sevessly -. 1. 7S
Died of disease 4
Wounded, decree undetermined. Is
thed of wounds..,, , , B
tried of accident and other csuws. ....... 6
; ( MARINE CORPS -Killed
is action.
pied of wounds teceiTed In action . . . j 1
Wourtled in action laeTerely) ..... 1
Wounded in action (tUshtly) ............ J
-.
Total....'
' ; Ust 18, ; SectioB 2 ARMT UST;
- KILLED IN ACTION
, MKUTEXANT CHARLES ALLEN HAM
MOND, Port Huron. Mich.
Huns Retreat on 188 Mile Line
London, Sept. 5. 11 :0T A. M.) (I. N.
S.) The Germans are falling back oyer
a front of 188 miles before the blows
of the allied armies in lYance, accord
ing to a .News Agency dispatch from
the battlefront today.
The Germans are falling back in five
different sectors of the battlefront, de
stroying their depots as they retreat.
These retirements are being carried
out to ithei regions of the Lys, Scarpa,
somme, Auette ana yesie rivers.
(Co&cluded - JPs Six. Coiuma One)
General March
and the General
i Staff
'l The war department has asked
and has been granted permission -to
reprint the articles written by
William Atherton Da Pay whtch
; are now" running in THE SUN '
DAY, JOURNAL. i
' This official v recognition of ;
. Mr. Du Puys articles i$ farther ;
evidence? of their unusual merit
Jand timeliness.
I - Next Sunday be will relate an. i
intenriew with General P.eyton
- C March, chief of staff of the!
-. United . States army, about the-:
work of fhe general staff.
NEXT SUNDAY
PARIS, Sept 5 (5 p. m.) l.
N. S.) hauny . hu been
evacuated by the Germans.
' 3iaunyVls tfn the-Oise river,
south of the St. Quentin-La fere
sector. It is about five - miles
from the battlefront as it stood
before the Germans began their
first offensive in Plcardy , on
March. 2i) - v - . '
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Vuriker progress over s.f wide, root and
the ' yepulsa , ef two violent, eountar - at
tacks werer reported by the Preach' war
office .today.' . , " , s . ''.
East o! "the CanaVDu Nord the French
maintained, their contact with the Ger
mans, pushing onward.
Progress., was made in the direction
of the Alsne liver alsov .
Tha Canal de la Somme has been
crossed by the French. ;
French, forces have passed Hombleux.
Esmery-Hallon and Flavy-le , Meldeux,
carrying their lines to the north .pf
ouiscara ana to tne ooraer- or ueian
court (about five miles south. of Ham).
Clamecy. Braye and Missy-Sur-Alsne
have.-been captured.
: American - forces are now holding
cretes height, dominating the Alsne
rrvw. the communique said.
The Vesle river has been crossed at
new points? by. French troops. German,
counter' attacks were 1 delivered in the
sectors of Mont res Combes and east
of- LeuUly . (north -.or the Alsne), .but
were without result. . m
The text of the communlaua followa:
Turtng the night the French main-
tained their contacttwith, the" enemy
rearguards, making fresh progress east
of the Canal Du Nord and tn the direc
tion of the Afnne .river.
"In the sector of Nesle the Canal De
Ls Somme has been 'crossed between
Voyenhes and Offoy ton' the eastern side
tOoacladed oa Pace . Twelre. Comma . Four)
Outrages In Other Places
Washington.' Sept. 5. (U. P.-While
Bolshevlkl at- Petrograd were kiUiatf
Brltlsh Embassy , Attache Cromie, ar
resting the British embassy staff ana
sacking the embassy . there, - "simultane
ous" arrests were occurring in Moe-
Redmond Man Killed
On Way Home From
u; 0. Training Camp
British Relegates Cheer Rom
pers' Declaration Labor Should
Uphold Democracy. t .
l uerpy. uaigianui sepv. 9.-i. rt. o.-r-INLabor
would be unworthy of democ
racy if it would (ail to uphold the cham
pions of die) cause now. American labor
would not prolong the war I a yninute
longer than necessary, but we - are un
willing to shorten it an hour If it should
mean that militarism, would be contin
ued with a new war in a decade. That
is the American labor splrlC : 5
This statement by Samuel Rompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, was heartily cheered today in.
the labor congress, now in session ner.
Gompers also declared that his aynv
pathy waa witl the ""real' heart of Ire
land." In this connection he paid -tribute
to the British government for giv
ing home rule to fhe Boeri of South
Africa. . . , -
- There 'is more talk -of freedom- In
Germany," he continued, "but less there
aetnairy . than m -. any nation - in tne
The ' Dalles, Sept. 5. Returning from
Eugene,, where he had been attending
the training camp at the university of
Oregon, ,W. E. Durand, 27. assistant
cashier of the Bank of Redmond, lost
control of, his automobile this morning
on ''Brewery grade." east" of town, and
plunged to the rock 15 feet below; dy
ing almost Instantly. His head was
crushed. He ' leaves a wife and two
ehildreiuv. ...... .... '. .
tty Women Spies
"Arrested in Eaid
New York. Sept. B.I. N. S.) Wsr-
rahta wera issued today for five per
sons ; living' in 1 the metropolitan district
as tho result . of information obtained
from Mrs. Margaret VoorbJes. arrested
with ; 40 other women spy suspects in a
raid last nlghf, Mrs.- Voorhies was
taken in Custody in her handsome
apartment at West 111th street. She
Is .young, pretty and wore an expensive
costume when she appeared at the dis
trict attorneys office Tor examination.
She Was born In. Germany.
. By WllUam PhUly filmmt , ,
Paris. Sept lU. "FO The German
general staff is today facing the possi
bflity of a vast new withdrawal which
would entail giving 'up practically the
remainder of Franco under the Teutonic
heel. , ; , ' ;
It is practically certain that the plans
of Hindenburg and Ludendorff must un
dergo Important revisions; owing to the
British' blow in the Sensee valley, which,
as I cable, has brought the allies to with
in seven miles of Canabrat and within
six miles of Douai, or leas than the dis
tance from tho Battery to the 'Central
park lake in New York, while important
railway communications between Douai
and GambraL as well as the highways
snd communication -generally between
these two cities, are themselves genera
iy qonunatou. -.
-.Xere- Berincea rreaasie
TTsless the Germans can stop the ad-
vsrs?exf General Horn tho whoko sys-
eanro tho Hindenburg defenses tausU
Mnmbis and beyond uus tnero apears
Xba Bothla'g until the Ilna 4s- reached
runnlns; jsm-xytauport on ute jseigian
scoast, , past .- LlUe and Mons, - (rem
there -to- Mesieros V and -..-. CharieviMe.
through the valley t - th Mepso nd
Joinrog up wica ine om ant mtrnrw
'Such a retreat would open tne eyes
of even Jthe German borne folk to such
an extent that the higher command wm
not dare to face It unless forced to
do so W allied Jblows. -The Germans
will, unmistakably sacrifice additional
legion before they begin sucn a crawi.
They nay yet be forced -to - sate them
selves by . retreating from the Hinden
burg line : as they did of old.
Haps Hope to Get Initiative
There' la reason to - believe that the
Germans hope to snatch the .initiative
from tho allies before the end 01 tne
season's campaign by rapidly withdraw
ing the bulk of their armies to the
Hindenburg line, leaving their picked
troops , and ' a screen of - machine guns
and Heavy, artillery to prevent the rapid
advance ol the alilea. -,
fi It ts argued -that they might have
surzwienc - aivision . resivu vj
reserye for; uso asstorm troops., these,
to attack at 1 the precise 1 moment when,
the" allies come into contact with the
HiBdenWrglinei when the Germans
might believe them disorganised.
V ;Teeh . Spoiled Germaa Plaai
' But instead of stopping when; they
reached the Hindenburg defenses, Foch
sent the British tearing through, com
pletely smashing any plans the Germans
had. . i Whatever 'fresh reserves they
were saving for of tensive purposes were
sent to' fill, the breach in the line. . ;
With, the reported evacuation 'of Lens
of air save nests of machine- guns arid
with the, great possibilities opened up
with , the threat against Cambrel and
Douai the focus, of interest is en this
Dart of the line. However, to the north.
in Flanders, the British are at the doors
of AnstentUres, tn which region the Ger
mans are continuing to retreat, while
around Soissons and in the vtctnlty of
Noyon the French troops are ceaselessly
biting Into the enemy's names, malting
further withdrawals thereabouts im
minent. '
American Cavalry Has Also Crossed the
Vesle and Is Operating Towards the
Aisne; Germans Nearly Back to Line
Occupied Before Drive in May Began
FRIS, Sept. 5.(I. N. S.') American and French :
forces have-reached the Aisne river at several points,
. it was learned by the" International News Service this
afternoons r ' , t , s
rlTie Germans are nowsiiearlv back to the line thev oc- :
rdi'ied:brt Before "they began fheir.
: s.f he advance; t)y "the f tanccrHerican forces " f rorn the v .
Vesle river to -the Aisne is a distance of about five rrmes.
AH of this progress ha$ been made since Wednesday. " :
American cavalry has 'crossed the Vesle river and is "
operating towards the Aisne. '
By Fred S. Ferfuon
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Sept, 5.
(U. P.) The main Geniian . forces have, retreated icros :
the Aisne. The American artillery, supporting the pursuit,
is over the Vesle.; .Bridging material is beingj rushed forward to
be used in crossing the Aisne and the' Oise-Ame canal beyond it,
if the enemy withdrawal continues to the CheminTJes Dames.' -
American patrols are filtering down the draws on the slope of
the plateau north of the Vesle. This plateau is entirelyMn ;jthe 1
American -sector. -There is some German shelling of this terrain :
and bitter resistance i& being made by machine- gun companies in S
the ravines on the northern' sloDe. ' -
-Fires continue at various' points, where the enemy' is destroy -ing.his
stores.. . .. .. ,. . ' ' ' ' ;
The pressure, nprth,,ofT Soissons,, where American and. French
brces are moving eastward in their flanking movement, was
steadily .maintained today,": v . -
' American artillery - participated with the French in sweeping
plateaus over which the Germans aye retreating. ' '-r
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PrisoHers "taken Since H
Augrl Number 11 0,000z
Capt. Watkins Gives
iTurilling War -Talk
Captain S. G. Watkins of the Eight
eenth infantry, Juat, back from the front,
where he was a member ef the . first
American contingent in France, gave
an llluminatlhg talk before ' the Pro
rresstve Business Men's club' at lunch
eon at the Benson hotel today. Ho has
boon 'detailed as instructional officer
In American cantonments. He described
thriUlngly many- of the batUee in which
Standifer Construction Corpora
tion Appeals for Aid From Pro
fessional Men, Too.
An anneal to business and professional
men sot Portland to work in the ship
yards was -issued today oy tne u. m
Standifer CoostrocUon corporation
through' the Chamber of Commerce. The
letter of appeal, sent by H. T;. Shaver,
employment agent of tho company, says
GOO men will 00 neeaeo una numm uo
600 more next month, in tne new siee
vrd to keen- UD with the program.
By this plan, -the men would go to
work at Ian p. m. and work until U
a. nu. and would bs enabled to get sleep
enough, to get 4own to their, offices at
S or 10 ocloclt next morning. la. Seattle
the, nian has worked well, tt.ls said by
the United States employment bureau.
whirh ;4adorses . tho movement oi -io
Standifer; company here.
r Men are needed tn the wood yards of
IOO, 11 IS SSKI.
By Earle C Beeves
London.. Sept. (I. N. S.) (J:25 p.
m.) Since August 1 the British, French
nd Americans have : captured ' 110,000
German prisoners.
Forty thousand of these were taken
by tho Americans and French, the bal
ance by the British.
The chief feature of the flrhtinir has
been the extraordinary small losses of
the allies. This Is mostly due to the
exhaustion of the Germana 't
The German command is keeping (he
situation fairly .well in hand, but wins'
unable to continue indefinitely without
sustaining grave losses.
,. By Hcsry G. Wale
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Veale Battlefront, Sept. 4 ( p.m.)
(Li N. S.) An American doughboy's
falling 'into the Vesle river tipped , oft
to the American troops the fact that the
Germans had fallen back towards , the
Alsne, giving .up their positions on the
northern bank of the Vesle. Y
When the splash of the falling Amer
ican was not-answered by a burst of
machinegUB fi rev: tho troops Immediately
realised that the Germans had retreated.
The doughboy was a member of an
American patrol that was: crossing 'a
footbridge. -OOnstruete4 out of a tree
trunk, when his foot slipped and he
took a phge into the battle-famous
stream. Iastead of the splash drawing
German maehtnegun fire there - was- a
dead silence on the northern bank.
The doughboy - swam ashore ' and his
comrades quickly -Infiltrated the north
ers bank. -
7 They encountered no opposition what
soever, finding only deserted' positions
that had previously bristled with ma
chine guns. . ,. .
' The word was quicklyi passed - back
and a strong combat patrol, armed1 with
light -machine guns, swarmed forward,:
Tboy foundi Innumerable empty dugouts
Land as they went on they met with oc
casional Dursts ox . isou tea macnine gun
fire from the plateau on which -Faars,
Perles and Baal leux-les-Fismes rest,
The Americans continued their prog
ress northward of the Soissons road and
Magneux, but Vrflen day brote . Krupp
field gun opened up against the south
ern slope of the plateau. - ..-.
German, airplanes swooped downward.
to reconnoiter. reported a thick smdke
screen along the Alsne river, obscuring, j
the territory. ,
. 'Despite this, American long range
guns continued bombarding the German
positions in that region, the artillerist .
firing by targets registered on manev
Thv cannonade t was followed by a "
(CMsrisded es Pare Twelve. Colam Two
P DRAFT WEN TO
LEAVE INOCTOBER'
the, sisndlfer company
f'K sttusiiinn there is not as serious
as -1 the steel yards, wnere men mnsi 1 looseoing . macoine-gun lire ana . pomos
be secured or work wUl be' badly de- against tho American detachments. ,
Men Who Will. Register ,Nnt
in m m eaa asa - - - a -k sss a a-'. ? -
v weeK to Be tailed on to Mil :
. October Quotas.,
Washington. Sept. f. I. K. av So-' ,
lecUve . service ; mem needed to fill up -"
the October callserwlll. be rtaken , from '
the ranks of thoss who register under' -the
provisions of the new manpower act
next 'Thursday, Provost Marshal Gen-
eral Crowder. announced this afternoon. J.'
General Crowder. also, announced that .
up to September 1. 2.006.442 selective "
service men had been Indoeted Into the
army.. "He stated -that while 4 the date
for the national lottery had not been '--set
it would be possible if the desired
J speed was attained, to .hold ltjby Octe-