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Germans Counter-Attack Ten
Tih es in Desperate Effort
To Check British Avalanche
French-American Troops are
Advancing East Toward Laon
23 Divisions Thrown in Fight
AsstraHans Drive Germans From Position Captured B?
Them, Force Way Across Rirer South of City And React
High Ground BeyoEd Peronne.Maay Prisoners Were
Taken And Heavy Casualties Inflicted. British Capture
Towns Near Armentieres.r-Berfia Admits Loss Peronne.
By Lowell MeUett
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the British Armiei In France.
8ept. 2. The British Fourth army at
tacked it 5:30 a. ni. today in the re-
sion of Peronne. Tkls a.Knlt -n-1
e " z.:j":r"" tz;a' m ,ls u,lir""
by the Canadians south of the Scarpa!
this mornlM.
The Germans yesterday attempted to
stave off today's renewed rush by
counter-attaaklng ten times againet
the British positions on Mont St. Quen
tin. They succeeded in pushing back the
British flanks or. each side of the
mountain, bnt the crest of te hiU was
held.
The Australians then counterattack
ed in turn and recaptured the flank po
sitions, including the town of Fenllan-
cuon. u;ner Austrauan detachmenViaiouii the eanal. North of tim Vuin
simultaneously forced their way across , Ham railway line, an enemy attack
the river south of the city and despite j failed. The attack was renewed in' the
the marshes there, reached the high! evening but the -nemy was driven out
ground beyond Peronne. (of imr rsitfBj aud bis own Jiues m
Another unit to Anvil wood and, penetrated. ,
pushed through, mopping up Flami- j "South of the Nesle Hum? railway
court, and attacking Bacquets and i line, the enemv was eompletvly repulaed
Fllsques mood. As the result of -these South of Libermout, French "attacks in
utForaiiow, many uennan prisoners were
taken and heavy casualties were
in-
flicted on the enemy.
The desperate German effort to hold
back the avalanche until ther were
U.ln V TTI . n. v
""""""'K ws suvwu j.-'uissons, enemy partial attacks were re
today by the identification of some pulsed.
twenty three German divisions which! "On both sides f Valeut Braueou-t
have been thrown into the fighting on an nemy tank attack failed. Bout! east
..,i!?f.2-'"l!-B' n Vlllm-
. ; ., - "" iuu
thirty di1sious used.
By John De Gandt
( United Press staff correspondent)
Paris, Sept. 2. (10 a. m.) With the
Freuch outposts at the gates of Coucy
le Chateau, less than two miles from the
iXiudenburg liue, Franco-Ameiicaa !
troops are advancing eastward alougi
the road towards Laon, the most lm-j
porUnt point behind this section of the
JUiae.iiourg line. All the woods between tn l.v' continued steadilv to drive the for the creation of another army of
the Ailette, Channcy and the railroad in: Germans back toward the Hindcuburg occupation for the east front. A fer
that vicinity have been occupied. j1""; jocious bluff may be made to frighten
This afternoon, the French were re- R''l'lse by the Australians of a ser- Mhe terrorists, but it will be watted
parted approaching close t Coucv-la-
Chateau, pushing northward oIouk th9!iJi,ve the Austra'ians
road running from Boissons to St. Quen
tin,
more Austrian, have been taken
prisoner in the vicinity of Coucy.
t ranco-American pressure betwaej
the Ailotte and the Aisne continues,
tureateniug enemy positions on the ta
ble lauds between Vanxalllou and Mar
givaL Britkh Take Towns
London, 8Spt 2.-6:35 p. mJ-Th.'au, e and 'exerd ii gtr'ng J
British have captured Estaires m.d ; pressure in the Lvs sector. Himlenburj
Sleeuwerck and have progressed t mile U withdrawing steadily j this sec !
ms HTOur piaci.
ssuur u about seven miles went
a:M .llahtlv .-mil. f . ..
u , e. 4 o-w-m ui -Annenueres, j "e iiuisu iiavr rrosseii ne awe riv
while Steenwerck is a little over five''r B'"1 are ajpraching La Pns-ee on
miles almost due west of Armeutures ; I ,t"' r'-taires road.
ef ,. s Meanwhile at the southern end of
Lli:e la 8uashed ' ' '-at le front the F'en, h n Ameri-
London, Sept. 2. (517 p BDThe""an rontil"w' u Pr,, 'wward. They
Orocourt-Queant switch line has been
smashed in by British troops on a front
of to mam. it was ?A
Bureau Of Advisers
Was Helping Slackers
Nw Vcrk. Sept Ees-o-ds anl'
W of the Sew York burea . of .
legal advi. es-ablished to gite free'l. 7," " ' T V recy .,. Mont
Ieal se.tice to men li.M. TL1U talr'1 U 1 l'" "r
of the federal officer, who. rmefiLJZ, ?. u-Vl'lt ?.
M-arch warrant
"ffirials ir.a.ntsio the burecu bai vij-
raiueii u rnaar. TheitK.. i . . .
laiea bo law and that it has been main
tairiMi rf.rS .k. ..... j . .'
. ,, ,HU aj.prutai or
hT.s KtaTV-
JL If M . f""" Cf n,ny
young men. M of Hew from Xe
KirV, t S'',',-.'"r "
if bm,?h'u'' " hvlnB b gives
ci.ra.iiuaui,a irer ttesr cases j
wrr bnufit to the attention of the!
bureau. I
The rsii.1 f..il.,-. ...t... f... rv-
wh.ch Atta th,. bereaa was oa
Kite,
I'titei States dis rirt attora'cy.
tively this afternoon. Le Transloy and
St. Pierre Vaast have been captured.
The German Version
Berlin, via London, Sept. 2. Occupu
Ition of Peronuo bv tne Hritish ta ri
,:n, .i . u., :.. .
"""wi the Searpe and the Somuie
"". a"ea is ronunmng on
4.1 kilnlllptnp tmnt lvnu-.n Un.l..n..b,
iaild Xorcuil, through a shell cratvr
. field," &aid the statement.
"East of Bupaume, between lt!neitii't
and Coueliavcncs, theie wab hot xigtit-
Xorth of Hendeeourt, the vnemy
gained ground but our counter attack
drove him bark to Hendeeourt and Nore
uil which w8 retained.
"North of Xesle, the Freueh again ev-
temiitvKl to break through our positions
the evening broke down.
"On both sides of Noyon after Sut
urdnv's fighting, the cne'my was inact
ive as by s between the Oise and the
Aisne. On thp Ailott.. ...
U,.,.. . J'"""' """"
nu riog was repulsed
ui me nomme enemy auvar.c
e since morning was brought to a
standstill on a line of Saillv-St. Pierre
;;ast wood, east of BouHiavenes rnd
Mont Quentin."
Vrt,.,U .L. O .
Took Many Prisoners
London, Sent 2. With Jn
ready in British ban. Is and British
troops pushing forward relentlessly in
tHe region ef Lens, the allied pressure
;ies or desperate counter sttneks nhi.-h
final possession I
. . .'' st- W''"ntiu. the dominant
t-eronne, settieii
..... i.F. Ino .Australians quick
ly carried Pernnne's eastern sul.ui'.s
and .forced the enemy to yield the en
tire town. Two thousand prisoners fell
to the AiiMpodesu truoiw iurin- thee
operations. j
SiiHiiltaneoiisly the flritish coniplcted '
the capture f ltullecourt und Hendc !
Court lrtril!t ,1 .. ...,.. . I
jiion an,l lass report
indicated that '
''he Iwi.-h are aaain threste:
ng Lens.
Tk. r,:.- .1. 1.... ... .
, .1 cleare" ,n,! ,rjiu of Coney
T V "au K"T r"P"r,"J f' t
i.,Jv,""" '"n .' "
I.aon. which is !es tha U nine iiillei Ks-
I rout"
. ...
frem-h infantry units have eroed
tne .-soiume csnal east of Knaneourt :
"' iurtner, south, have co:iiplete, the
' Koay-li Cent Uw 2'0
PI?.?.7' ,
TL m 1 . . . .
j shortened our front by giving up the
"l . " "" " V Iwrl tint
. t,r,iti .
Ti- l""-" of American trr at
northern end of the battle front,
; ia lwittusa. ha, t. revealed Ther
are cooper. i,,g with the British in pur
'suing the (iera.an, north ef Kcomei.
Advance at ail Points
".,.'
I lrll SCf.l l.r . . I .
e.t tif Pant Hr. Mard (two B i'et t'.nth
iCoatinnci oa -age three)
KAISER IS HELPLESS
AGAINST NIHILISTS
CANNOTRULE RUSSIA
Attack Oa Lnine Following
Killing Of German Offi
cials Proves This.
. . . By J. W. T. Hasan,
(Cnited Press War Expert.)
New York, Sept. 2. The designs of
the Hohenxollcrn militarists to make
uieir nomination or kiissiu tne basis of
tiermany future eeoiiomic etpansiou,
have been heavily discredited by the
attempted assassination .of Iienirie.
Kussia has again proven herself un
1erar
alterably hostile to all forms of h
the kaiser or the Bolsheviki, The ter
rorists, who killed the German ambas
sador to Russia, aud the German dicta
tor iu the Ukraine, have proven by
their third victim, that Germany has
been unable to take repressive meas
ures following the deaths of Ambas
sador von Mirbaeh and Field Marshal
von Eiehorn. The .helplessness of the
llohenzollerns when faced by the
Nihilist oranixations is now demon
strated. The kaiser cannot carry out
his anti-democratic policies in Hussia
against his own s.df-coufessed failure
to protect his reactionary agents. The
.shots fired at lienine will cause echoes
of dismay to ring iu Berlin. The
Ifohettzollerns not only are helpless t-i
safeguard German representatives in
KHi, but they cannot rely on the
help of Kussian tools for their unholy
purposes-
The attempt against Leiiine ia due
to the fait that through him German
influences have tried to make their
way into the governing control, of Kiwi
sia. The policy of assassination re
cently put into operation by the terror
ists shows every evidence of being
exclusively anti-German in its purposes.
German victims have hitherto been
the only ones selected, and the terror
ists proclaim that they will not tolerate
foreign interference with the Moscow
and I'kraine governments.
The selection of Leuine as the third
victim can have no other meaning than
to warn all whom it may concern that
Hussion leaders who connive at German
oppression may be classed with the
German autocrats themselves.
A few more such lessons as these
three and (Jermany must abandon the
quest of dictator to Russia, or else
embark on a new campaign of repres
sion. It is impossible for Von Hill
denbiirg to spare the troops necessary
There can be no doubts that events
are stirring Kussia, destine. I eventually
to drive out tne reaitionurv influences
of the Huhenxi Hern for a flee, reprr
seutative form of deinocriitie govern-
I
HELD NEAR GRESHAM -
LAST HALE OF WEEK
Nearly 30 Makes Of Tractors
Entered For The Practical
Demonstration
'.ie of the biggest tjst'ir demon
tralioii ever he'd in the Pacific north
west will take place this week at Lin-
neman Junction, just this side of
Gresham, and about
II iiiilei from
port'an-l.
The show dars are on Th..ay, Fri-
.'lay M riatorday. Hepteml.c, 5. 6 and
The show will be held nnder the
auspices of the Portland Implement
Tra-tor ass'M-iatinn, of which II. W
Mitchell, of the Mil. hell, I.rwi Hta
ver company, is president.
Nearly 30 different makes of tractor
have been entered for the show and
the tftal number of tractors of which
demonstrations wiil be ma le is about
t. This i a lut of tractors but the
Lshow space It Irge enough for tbem
all. It llicillde B-Xt S res o the f'oOB
and Kiicgg ranches.
The show field is easily accessible
from Portland. Iinneman Junction it
no the Teg hi Water Power diviMnn of
- l ,.:i
""'"
i-ight and Power
K-ta.-aia aud Gresham ear.
sv b
taken t First Sua Aider
(Ctntiaoi'd on pas two
GUARAffTEED PRICE
OFWHEATTO REMAIN
SAME AS IT IS HOW
President Points Out This
Guarantee May Cost
Washington Sept. 2. President
Wilson today proclaimed the govern
ment's guaranteed, price for Xo. 1
northern spring wheat to be the Mine
for 1919 os guaranteed for the 1918.
crop. Next spring a commission will be) l'a Kaplan, who has been involved
appointed. the president announced, iu revolutionary activitK's during recent
to investigate the Increased cost of years, has been arrested, charged with
production and from this data will de-, 'hooting Lrnlne. She was born in Kiev
teriniue whether the price should be in-,1)1' iu her early years began to operate
creased shore the present level in or .with tvrroriate in their campaign against
der to provide a good return for the M'e war.
farmer. If an increase ia then granted I" e was arrested in eonnre-
it will be opplied only to those who Hon with this activity aud during her
have by' the next harvest already mar-. '"at attempted to kill the ehief of the
keted their 1913 wheat. " car's secret police with a jack knife.
The price per bushel in the various The trial resultvd in her conviction and
maikets include New York, 2.SBU'.; sentence to thirteen vears' imiitison
Newport News, Va, 2.3S 3-4; Minneap
olis. .t'1 "lli- (Mil.H.r.i. li. k'a.aa
City, Mo., fcl.lH; Omaha $2.1S; Toco
ma, $2.20; Portland Or., $2.20; Astroia,
Or- $2.20; San Francisco, $2.20; Los
Angelesd2.20; Salt 1-ake, 2 00; Great
Falls, Moi.t., $2.00 j Pocatollo, Idaho;
$2.00; Spokane, $2.00; Seattle, $2.20.
Frices on other grades, said the pre
sident, ''shall be based on the slmve V ' v
""tw1o "U'M "ld ,r iust r1"' Aaiser expresses Hope
The president announced that it Is' . Herfa Maj'Mafc PeaCC
the desire and iutentiou of all depart-1
ment of, the administration to give the Amsterdam, iept. 2. Congratulating
wheat gn-wer a fain ami stimulative Chancellor Von Herlliug on hia wven
return in order tha( the present acre- tr-fifth birthday, the kaiser express
age in wheat maye maintained. "I ed the wish that the chancellor might
find a great conflict of opinion among be able ta bring peace, according to a
various sections of the country as to Berlin dispatch.
the price that should be named as a Ocrmaiiv unites iu the wish that
minimum guarantee. It must be obvious your life work will soon bo crowned
to all, however, that t..e factors which and that you will secure peace with
will make for increased or decrees- the enemy, upon whom our Invincible
-.. cimi i pruuucuou oi next year s
harvest cannot ha (determined until
near approach to the harvest,
in giving a guaianteed price fori The emperor presented Voa llcrtllng
wheat one year ia siVvjiiice, (the onryjwith a voc. A'cknowlerfgliur this tele
industry guaranteed '-'by the govern-. gram, Hert ling rpelled:
ment) there is Involved a considerable, "I shill devote my strength h oh
national risk. If there should be a peace taiuing fo rlhe fatherland peace. Iteply
or increased shipping available before . ing on our splendid army, the German
the middle of 1920. Kurope will natur-; people confidently look forward with
ally supply itself from the large stores um.hakol.le perseverance d despite
" . I privations, to the day when the world
(Continued on page seveu) I war w ill end.''
No Question As To Direction German
Army Is Traveling, But Only of Speed
Latest Battle of the Somrne Is Definitely Won.-Only a Little More Pressure Needed To Force The Germans Back
Into Their Old Line, To Recuperate If They Can.Itrit.Hh In Touch With Old Une At Many Haces.-.. Are
I utlmg : Up Stiff Defense Against Australians To Save What Material They Can.- Greatest Distance From
Hindenburg: Line Is At Peronne, Ten Miles.-Wholc Allied Armies Are Keinvigorated.
By Lowell Mellett.
(Toiled Press Klaff ('orr-ss.uleiit.)
U ",l. Tl. . 14..;, ; i t .. ; I 'c. l-- t I
, . ' v - i , -ci l i V i
u l--VKht7I,f lu,,' "f.
tl.v isoinnie is ilcfimiely won-tliere re-
" ' r-
nerp 01:111 11 1 .nieinmi g s 111 v i sioi.s
are aain all U linul the line which bears
"i' - ! si m
lime, from the cons, ipicnees of his mis
cu' lied plans. ' ,
Ther,. is little doubt that the: British
ABE MARTIN
W hat gih me i. how ih' kair could
nun wnn bis u-ai tiiiowH inn a't'j mis
raoiiti, full o tools, sk i Mis t.-in ii-
Moots wus asked about th' rumor that
m i.wa r.-.l 1' ft-rtaia Ci.ri-i.rsl.
I she rci.lied. "In far a re.atd thafs
ciiii-erned ther iiaint aothin' into It."
SAY HIS DEAD
ROWMOMF
REPORT IS RECEIVED
Wire From Copenhagen Says
He Succumbed To His
Wounds.
Copenhagen, Pi.pt. 1 Nikolai Lea
ine, bolsheviki premier of Knssia is
dead, according to dispatches from re
trograd today. He succumbed to woutds
iniiu-it-u at -orc rrutav nv girl
revolutionist.
ment
London Says "No"
London, Kept. 2. Nikolai I.cnii.e is
not dead, but hia condition- is very
grave, a message received here today
says. ThP report of Leniue'a death re
reived from Copenhagen has not been
confirmed from any oflier eonrcv.
miy ha inflicted bloody wounds, hut
who persists in the desire to annihilate
sire to annihilate
us the kaiser wired
opcralious around Peronne will tad with . there uie always fresh ltiltih mills for)
t lie wil lid Ml will of tile Germ no II m iiiil.',....... ....,.; l... i..,..i I. I. !
, I -,
,M"",'I"1,I"1 counter attacks reported .a literal fnc, today that Canada is iv-
today. There i, i, .piestioii of tlai di-1 pi-sented heie bv a fighting strength
rcclu.n in which tl. German an.,v i!,..Uiil to her l,.-t ,-f foils si anv tine!
iiiotuig, im-ic is oniy a oiiesuon or inn
. jiee. it will make.
i ('iiiiiiter-atiucks about i
rnilllC khilUi
j ineiiiv iiiui I in- weiuian coiniliiiiHlHis ar
objecting to the pnc,: set by the An
' rnlicns. fin.l .. '.Iirf..l.i.. k..i. .I.f
-n "i i UK IIIU lllUllTrilll IIISI -
lions even though materials is saved aC
the expense of men takeu primmer.
It is iiiipo.'silde, liowetvr, to quarrel
with t,u German tactics since if theyj
accepted the Australian puce their rc-i
tieai wiuld be a rout, involving the loss,
of prisoiK'i by thousands in.itca-l of
hiiielrcds. I
At the other end of the line, he fc r-j
man linc ilfected the withdrawal fsoin
Mont Kcliitiiil compuiatively smulli
loss;.
British Close to tha Liu. i
Tim ltriiish are now within touch ofi
the Hindeuliurg line at many pluccs, li.c!
farllfrst point they are from it being;
ill the region of Fcrurme, where the old;
line of di-feiiv is about ten mile dis !
taut. Much has bei-u ai-'oiiii.lislied since.
I August 3. What K.-plt-iiiber will prmbice;
lit i impossib'e to forecast. j
I The belief that Hie Hindenburg line
is not vulnerable is not entertained anv-j
(where among the ineii who aw facing it
j in the light of Improved method of ov
incoming trenrhis sod wires. Hut it!
rests with ilatihsl Foth to say whether'
ill w.ii e aili . leu. (
at of Arras!
I Our troops now fighting
eoDipow iu nisnv respects lhe fiw n"t -"'"" "'-"" 17
! force Great Mr'Hairt ,.. in the fW,, r, other government heads r, lay.ng
I sm the war b.g.n, rcgardle,, ( iheiP1"" mht"1-, " f V
j !. whiri, Ui., taken plac in the -or 'ight. Km I other chieftains a
(four y-.r, of hostilities. ,""'"" themselve. for a strong show
j America is to b, tl.ai.ke.l fr ll.i ia'u' ''""' lea.h r, should
rnthM , jn
pan, jut rfintrimiium 19 ihr line na
lip of tf. Hriti.h
ff((1
t at ail point, and ha giwn it the""" f". " ,,"
off.n-ive r. iiath needed. Just a the.
, . , , i
i(ru,ai.s consistently refue to believf
! t the Au'.rican army in Fran
'tiny cannot uadcrstand tin- fact that'ivpiarelv Iu all rescctt. Govei unitut !
PRESIDENTS LABOR
DAY MESSAGE STAITS
SITUATIONS CLEARLY
Industrial Workers Have
Greatest Interest Ia War
Welfareat Stake
"My Yllow VHtiaen Lalntr day,
19IS, is tot like any Labor day th;t we
have" known. Labor day wa always
deeply significant with us. Xirw it is
supremely significant. Keenly as we
were aware a year ago of tiie enter
prise of life and death upon which the
Nat ion had embarked, we did not per
ceive its meaning as clearly as we do
now.
"We knew that we were all part
ners and must stand and strive to
gether but we did ot realiise, as wc
do now, that wo are ill enlisted men,
members of a single army, of many
parts and manv tasks, but'eommanded
by a single obligation, our faces set
towarda a single object.
"We now know that every tool in
every essential industry is a weaimii,
ai.M a weapon wielded for the same
purpose that an army rifle is wielded
a weapon which if we were to lay
down no rifle would he of Bnv use
War One of Emancipation.
"And a weapon for what! What Is
the war fori Why are we enlisted i
Why should we be ashamed if we were
not enlisted f At first it seemed hardly
more than a war of defence agaiust the
military aggression of Germany. Mel
giuni had been violated, Franet in
vaded an. I Germany was afield aguln
as in 1870 and 1HM, to work out her
ambitions in Kurope; and it was neces
sary to meet her force with force. Hut
it ia clear now that it Is much more
than a war to alter the balance of
power fat Kurope.
"O-ermany, it la plain, was strik
ing at what free men everywhere de
sire and must have the rijjht ' to do
tannine their tiwa fortunes, to insisl
upon justice and to oblige governments
' to set for them and not for the vr'vatc
ana seirish interest of a governing
class. It is a war to make the nations
and people of the world secure against
-,r7 .,.. mrr , ueruiau ail
toenjey represents
t Is a war of emancipation. Not
until it l won can men anywhere live
rri f ruin Htiimtiinr fnir fit Vis-sib r It n
freely
while they go about their daily
w
taskg and know Hint governments are I
I'fnntlniierl on psge twnt
.:. - 7 my ,i "in m ii m. jl 14 i
Tliis rmileii ref ection n t o-
lirly
: !... ..-I.IL , ......l..
..it,, - , nini, ii,iir: i, ni.irt ,.in.,
. Il,r..ft l.it.u I. i-li... If... I'l.na.i;...,
row bonl would Ink,, them back.
"Good Old Fifty first."
"(. old Fifty first; still sliikiug
j
'
'"n
tins t lit message I lie aduiiiing G"i-
wit over during the buttle In
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
BROOK PROFITEERING
OF LABOR OR CAPITAL
nrnth I . I olinf I tirlpre '
ijoiae Local Laoor Leaaers
Not Possessed of Lofty
Brand of Patriotism
By Carl D. Oroat
( I'nitcd prewt staff correspoadent)
Washington, Sept. 2. With President
I Wilson declaring this is th war of all
wr w,''l''' '"'ulJ upprl '
' 1 7-7
"l- ,n"w . . '"""
'"" rB" , V .
wit around the t-on.er. The govvrnmcBt
. ,.iuii,..in
Ihut labor shall l treated fairly and
HINDOIBURG LINE
ioraiiiE
SOUTH OF El
fir
lit
Germans RusEi
ay
And Night Oa Defenses
IfciytAaUV
FEAR THEY CANNOT HOLD
TRENCHES IF RUSie
If He Cannot Rebuild His Ar
mies Here Must Fall
Back To Border.
By William Phillip Simmi.
(Vitited Press staff correspondent)
Paris, Sept. 2, From Flanders to
tViissons, Germany's stono wall resist,
ance, upon which she is slaking her
all, is shaking today uuder allied an-l
American attack.
field Marshal von Ludesdorff is con
tinuing his desperate strugale to hold
the allied forces back until the Hinden
burg line can be put in shte to serve
as an adequate defense of the Herman
frontier. Himultancously comes word
from some neutral sources that the ena
my I showing signs of a panic ami
is pushing work on new Rhine defense!
day and night. The capture of Peronne
which dominates the couutry for miles
in every direction, will certainly cost
Von der Murwitu, German eommande
in that -sector, all the ground he holds
between his present position and St
Quentln, just westward through which
ran 'the lines' from which the enemy 'a
March offensive started, if Gtvnnrar
Kawlinson, the British eommande",
presses his present advantage. Inten
tion to do this vigorously forma part
! of Marshal Koch's tactical scheme.
((lv, (i
s withdrawal from the Noyon
,,u,t w, lHnft vull uttr'
fpom eonwUMM ho
Fr,,n,h , ,,,, f , A.
,, 0 l iUllln., joil)i0(t
!... ... .... "
e Kfisirt nf (CiiitMtHil II ti ti Hurt at nrmir m ak
! ;1Illklllf ,hl) fnll.i, i fh. Oi. oast
(Continued on page six)
March, as the victor compliments Mr
. -. i. i mm. :.. a. tn .... :
a n( o i sih-i i. i ii in sh ni( ii 11 nrsi. n in-
f o-ced by Scotch divisions, ha, been
rudiing (iennutis back nlong the Scurpe,
winning t.uir I nation .wr, tfi-mjjrs
'ler-lthev bote not s in over any message tit
il.at clf 'ct.
It was Hie fondon troops who held
Amu t.he.i the whole line bint. UiT
ma.i iiitellig.'ticu i.l'fiiei ivported tliia
diviMfoii Mist reciiiieral ion. v,-t the sniLk
.
(I'ontiiiued on page three)
,'a '" i"i' t erti fiiadi-
,, ,prl-i,.i..- ,tll...utn th
war and dealing with labor.
i - -
The war department has let it bo
known that it fvei there may be
wdon as a rvsult of it, letter It
the Mouth Host ii u terminal case, ileclar
ing that the government wilt brook no
profiteering by labor. It is ready for
a fight if labor insist, on having s
fight.
It declare Piesiihiit Ooiiiiera ami
the other American Federation of La
bor leaders havo dune all within their
power to have organied labor support
tin-, govt riinu'iit. But they add that soma
of the local leaders have not bea fit
cd with the san-e brand of patrionnci.
Meantime, department heads have
In n framing up methods vf Iian.il in.
labor in the new draft. KtempUous will
le giarited to skilled worker engage!
on war contracts.
And "industrial f uilouglis" w'-U L,
(Contliiui-d cu psj? three)