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. ! DAILY EDITION Vou IX., K. ttflo. OBAirra pam, tmzemsM cocitt, obbqoit. Monday, avgiht la, im. WHOLE NVMBER ZtSX. no phiie ami EDiiE 1 IS, FAR REACHING SPy SYSTEM IS DISCLOSED ANAIUillHT, I. W. W. AMII IIAIH t'.Ul VKIJKI IN ANTI-WAIl I'ltOPAUWUA MACHINM PLANS FINANCED BY HUN FUNDS ItatfM'tlvra (Me (irrl Nupplli of IJtmUura Many Arm Arretd Mhnm I'aiW Hurvelllanre Chicago, Au. II.- Positive evl deaco that tha far-resctilng (rnian py system has gathered to I tin" If an-1 rchlat, I. W. V. aad other Interna tloaal radical organisations In A mer le and ha welded them Into one (real anti-war probanda machine la declared to be In the hands of the federal government. ' Dlaclnturea that federal agent, Id conjunction with the Chicago police, lave unearthed at leant three differ ent anxlea of anarchistic activity, each apparently having a close con inn t Ion with German agent, and be llaved to be largely financed with Carman fund, came today with tha announcement that tha plant ot n anarchist newspaper at Ilk South Morgan street had been raided and Frank and Nicholas Cornavall. rather of the late Dan Wallace's group of conscientious objector, r Teated. Dotectlves who conducted the raid nd made the arrest are aam to have seised a big mpply of lletera tura and Important correspondence which sheds further IlKht upon the personnel of the men who are guild lag the alien enemy propaganda work, and Indicates new lines of Its ramifications! It was learned that at leaat a doi n other parsons who have been ar rested, and whose record are being investigated by ImmlKratlon agents, with a view to deportation, are ac cused of being actively engaged In ne or more of the German anar vhlatlo propaganda branches, which Include: The Anarrhlnt Red Croas. The Milwaukee Defense league. The International Propaganda "Group of Anarchists. It was stated that besides the men and women who have been arrestod and questioned by the federal au thorities at least 25 other persona In Chicago are now under the close sur veillance ot government agents. With the American' Army on the "VoBlfl, Aug. 12. Allied aviators ' havo. reported that the Germnns are -digging In opposite the Franco-Am ' orlcnn line along the. Veslo, and are ntilnnln barbed wire along the hills northwest of I' Initios, it was learned from Gnrthnn prisoners Unit an old quarry near Longueval, large flnoimh to conceal two regiments was bring imed as a rofug tor troops :. nt rest. Tim Frnnco-Amorlcan heavy nrtll ; Inry shelled the cave nil day Satur t -day and the Goxninnn were finally compnlInd to abandon It. VnrlB, Auk. 12. A fllBpatch re , celved horo from Stockholm , snys ', that as a result of tlift efforts nf "Swednn's representatives In Moscow, the British and French consuls who ' wore recently nrrestod. by order of the Bolohevlkl, have been rolonsod. S OFF ATLANTIC IIHtUli Hint KHmlloh VemtHw Arm Vlo- Mm f l'.iNtl Mim Hhlng H ixiiir TorprvttHsl , , t . ' I Washington, A ii it. IK. The, d triicllun of th British trainer Pen tiums ind tha 8dlh teumr Hyd land, by a German sulimurlne off th New Kniclnnd iohuI Ii rnui ti to day by the nary depariumnt. A Nantucket, Mass., Aug. 12. Nine fishing schooners were sunk off George's Hank todsy by a German submarine, a naval scout boat which put In her tonight reported. Tha scout boat picked up word of the raid from the auxiliary fishing schooner Helen Murley, which had rescued four survivors, and was tsk- ng them to port. George's llanka are 60 miles off this Island. M HELD REPORTED TO BE NEAR DEATH New York, Aug. It. Anna Held, the well known actress la reported to be very low thla afternoon. " " Washington, Aug. It. American war worker after September I will wear diso-shaped badge slightly larger than a quarter with a red, white and blue enameled bar at tached. The department of labor announced today that the design for the war Industrie badge had been completed by Jo Davidson, of New York, Ind that th first of tha med al would be ready for award on time. UIU ItKMCl K HIIU IH I'liACKH AH THADK VKHNKL Victoria. D. C, Aug. 12. The steamer Salvor, of the British Co lumbia Salvage Company, the most famous of all salvage vessels on the Pacific roast, has been sold to Pow ell Davis, of Montreal, and will be placed In the Vancouver-Australian trade In the course of the next few week. Amsterdam, Aug. 12. The hands of all public town clock In Koenlga- berg, Gefmany, have boen removed, with the single exception ot the clock at City Hall place. The lone clock was spared In order to give the peo ple a chance ,to regulate their watche. ' : STEAF.iERS CHATEAU THIERRY, SCENE OF AMERICAN VICTORY r,-.v r: ".Aj-p- yr:iir--wrriz.-i--- a the food , .. Vfy. ' i FRENCH Thin In the rullimul minimi ol Clmteiiu Thierry, tho tou ou tho Slarne Boo(l beating mill from which tlicy expelled the enemy soon after the allied ALLIES PUSH: RESISTING Cties of Bray'and Gury Captured by French acd British Roye Reported to Have Been Evacuated Mighty Efforts Made by Enemy to Check Advasce Paris, Aug. 12. Nearly 40,000 prisoner and 700 guns have been taken by the allies In Plcardy. Ex tremely bitter resistance I being en countered along the Chaulnes-ltoye-Noyon line. The enemy I bringing up strong reinforcement, while the allies are preparing for further ad vance. London, Aug. 11. The French have captured, the town of Leschelle St. Aurln, three miles west of Roya. The advance continue between the Avre and the Olse river. The Brit ish have captured the western edge of the town ot Bray on tha Somme. Tha towns of Albert and Roye seem ed to be held by th enemy today and Roye has not fallen. London, Aug. 11. American troops are In the suburbs of Bray to day. The fighting la a continuous battle for tho outskirts of the little French city. - A ding-dong bayle I raging all up and down the northern section of the fighting front today. ; London, Aug. It. Allied forces have captured tho town of Gury on the right flank of the Somme battle front, according to advice received this morning.' tandon, Aug. 11, Sunday. On the Solsaona-Rhelms front the enemy Is contesting every Inch of ground with the Americans, who are fight ing with superb heroism. The Ger man retreat to the. River Alsne la clearly Imminent. London, Aug. 11. Sunday. Chau- , Ines. the Important railway town In the heart ot the Somme battle front, and the key to the southern line of the German salient has been cap tured by the allies. The rapture was effected by Australian and Canadian troops. London, Aug. 11, Sunday. Furth er progress was made last night by the British on the left flank of the battle front north ot the Somme. THROUGH B Paris, Aug, 11. Th number of prisoners taken so far In tha allied offensive In the Plcardy aector Is 36.000, Including more than 1,000 officer. On the French Frout, Aug. 12. The French troop have pushed far ther east ot Montdldler, taking many prisoners and guns. The German re treat la disorderly. Paris, Aug. 11. All bridge over tho Somme between Peronne and Ham have been destroyed by French aviators. Tho German are trying to establish temporary bridges. which are systematically bombed by allied aviator. , Parla. Aug. 11 Mighty effort are being made by the Germans to check the ,nied ,dvanoe through Plcardy. At the northern end, the BrltUh have been enable to progress rapidly dur. Ing tho past night. On th right the French have 'gained ground steadily and have virtually cleared the Matt valley of the enemy. Tho Intereat centera on the Ger man efforte to atablllte the front along the line from Albert aouth of Chaulnes and to check the French effort to envelop the enemy post tlon at Lasslgny. The coming day or two will probably be marked by savage fighting, especially In ' the south, where continued progress of the French would weaken the whole German position. , SENATE TO CONSIDER AGE LIMIT QUESTION Washington, Aug. 12. Steps were taken today to reconvene the senate immediately to take up the new draft bill. Senator are asked to be pres ent next Thursday, when the bill will bo presented. Consideration will begin next Monday. wtiere the Aiuerlcnnx gave Hie tluns a drive betwem the Mnrne nnd the Alsue OCHE LINE U. S. FIELD I.1Y IS OiMYml pnmhliitf to Command the Troop Who Will Opermt la the Manse Area With the American Army, Aug. 11. Th organisation of the Flrat Amer ican field army of five corp baa been completed with General Per shing lb command. They will oper ate In the area north ot the Marne from which the Oermana have been expelled. POVR THOV8AJTD CANADIANS TO BR SENT INTO SIBERIA Ottawa. Aug. It. Canada will be represented by military unit of ap proximately 4,000 men In tho expedi tionary force which the- allied gov ernment will tend to Siberia. Tbla wat announced here today by tho Dominion government, which promleed a more detailed atatement within a short time. BuPLOKESOFMI U! New York, Aug. 11. A general increase of'10 per cent for all west ern Union employes belonging to the association recently organised by tho company, waa announced today.. It 1 retroactive from July 1, 1118. GER7.1ANS LOSE HOPE SUBMARINE PtT.VER London, Aug. 11. Germany's un restricted U-boat warfare can. neith er keep the arm ot the United States from taking part in battles on tho fields of France nor break, tho will of the allies to continue the war. If the admission made by th Munich Post, a copy of which has been re ceived here, Is to be believed. In a review of the situation at the be ginning of the fifth year of the war, the Post aays: "Eighteen months of unrestricted submarine warfare could not break the enemy's will to war nor prevent America' putting a well-equipped army of a million men on the west ern front. Hopes that after the con clusion of peace in the east the final struggle In the west would be decid ed In favor of Germany and bring a general peace have proven deceptive and the eastern peace Itself is a dis appointment" , . ID ne rosi k eciuou io ln ,n fc dl8p8teh to the rny Mail des word "unfavorable" In describing!. ,. .ni.. .,i.i, ..... situation In Germany and says "chronic famine" would be I nearer the truth. EX. GOES INTO EXILE Paris, Aug. 12. Ixiuls J. Malvy, . i exiled former minister of the interior i left Paris last night for Irun, a town In Spain, nonr the French frontier. Before his departure he addressed a letter to President Deschanel of the against the Judgment" of the hishor court . . . ' , ' Hp obeys the order of banishment, he says, at this grave hour, when the future of the country Is at stake, to save the nation from being distract ed by an agitation In his behalf. . He calls upon nil those who are with him In heart to give the best of them selves to the country's defense, for "the victory of France must remain first in our thoughts." . Ill RUSSIA FES TOHSTADT BOLftllEVIKI IX SKUIOIS BITI A, TlOX GERMAN AMBASSADOR 1 ' MOVES. TO HAFKTV CZECH FORCES tO, 3000 Japanese Advance Troop Slovak Serbian aad Ooaaack tight London, Aug. 11. Premier Len- Ine and hi chief assistant. Leom Trotsky, havo fled to' Kroostadt. ac cording to tho aeml-offlclal Wolf Bureau ot Berlin, says the Haraa report from Parla today. Amsterdam. Aug. 11. The posi tion of the Soviet a-overnm.nl la . ,v Hw m rva. serious one by a Moscow eorrespoa dent. The Tageblatt announce that tho Cxecho-Slovsck's force now nanv- ber 100,000 and are- being relator d by the Serbian and th Coseacka. Amsterdam, Aug. 11. The Bol shevik! government will toon leavw Moacow tor KronaUdt, the Berlin. Local Antleger state today. . Tho Hague. Aug. 12 JapanoM advance troop are In touch . with. Csecho-Sloraka. aay a Moscow dis patch to the Wexer Zeltung Bremen. London. Aug. 11. The antl-Bol-shevjkl movement In Russia la grow ing rapidly. 'The Bolshevlkl soviet organisation ha virtually gone to piece and Nikolai Lenlne, the pre mier, and Leon Trotiky, hi war min ister. Intend to flee to Germany should the situation become too ser ious, according to recent Russian newspapers, the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Copenhagen tele graphs. Copenhagen. Aug:. It. The Ger man embassy at Moscow will remove immediately to Pskov, owing to con ditions In Moscow, according to ad vices from Berlin today. AMAZED AT TANKS London, Aug. 12. Beach Thomaa Abundant evidence is found at all centers of the amazing Impudence and skill of tank crews. One large park ot motor lorries coming up with supplies met .the advancing tanks. Four mounted German officers, who could not believe their ' own eyes, rode forward to Interrogate these poachers and were shot. The tanks then proceeded to deal with tho transport, which began by upsetting itsolf In a vain effort to wheel and fly. , "In the direction of Peronne, far beyond our advanced posts, the cav alry and tanks captured part ot a Red Cross train and burned another train meant for troops. In the same village Framvilcrs they charared down a street,, shooting through the windows at officers sitting down to their meals. "The alarm produced by this dash of tanks was such that soldiers and transports fled belter skelter back in the direction of Nestle. "Miles further back bridges were seen to be Jammed with troops and a state ot general confusion such as exerted everj' cuergy of their staffs PREMIER FR