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British Start New Offensive This Morning And Break
Through Hindenhurg line Despite Spirited Resistance
Advance Of Two To Three Miles Made On fifteen Mile
Front-Attack May Develop Into Great Battle-Americans
And French Drive Nearer Outposts of Metz.
London, Sept. 18.The British have crossed the Hin
denburg line in their new attack at Villeret and at the
sugar beet factory, south of Gouzeaucourt, according to
battle front dispatches received here this afternoon.
The British are-within a mile cf the Hindenburg line
on a wide front, the dispatch stated.
The advance was made on a front of nearly 15 miles,
extending northward from the village of Holnon. The
latest advices said the British had advanced an average
distance of two or three miles and bad taken 1500 prisoners.
Villeret is five and a half miles northwest of St.
Quentin. Gouzeaucourt is five and a half miles north and
west of Villeret and seven miles southwest of Cambrai.
FRENCH LEND SUPPOBT
By Lowell Mellett
(United Proas staff correspondent)
With the British Armies in France,
Sept. 18. (Noon) British and French
troops swept forward in a simultane
ous smash against the Hindenburg line
defenses centering about St. Quentin,
this morning.
The British attacked on a front of
about 12 miles, extending from Savy
wood (two and a half miles directly
west of St. Quentin), northward to Pic
ziyre (12 mile southwest of Camrai.(
At the same time thi French, sup
porting the British right flank, ad
vanced southwest of St. Quentin. De
lite u heavy rain, the attack was go
ing well at the hour of cabling. Te
.attacks began at 5:20, following a
brief ' ' crash ' ' bombardment-
The attack caught the Germans in
the midst of the new trench building
"begun a few days ago. A long tunnel
had been partially constructed in the
middle of the portion of the line lin
ger attack.
METZ GUNS USED
By John De Gandt
(United Press staff correspondent)
Paris, Sept. 18. (3:2." p. m.) The
advanced defenses of Metz have enter
ed the action against the Americans,
according to L Heure.
American forces are continuing their
progress along the left bank of the
Misirllo. The Germans are slowly with
- drawing toward their prepared line cov
ring the Conflans junction of the
Metz-Conflans-Montmedy railway.
At certain points the Americans
(have advanced about 27 kilomoters
(nearly 17 miles) since the start of
Hlieir offensive. Our infantry has reach
ed a point loss than ten miles from
Ooiiflans (12 miles west of Metz) while
patrols have advanced from two to
five kilometers (a mile and quarter to
jnnro than three miles) farther north.
The Americans are nearing Pagny-
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Metz front American and French
forces continued to advance on the
two wings. The Americans are moving
up the Rupt De Mnd valley toward
(l.irze and Chambley, while the French
ar?' striking eastward and northeast
ward from Verdun, along a front of
more than tvi miles, toward the new
jliudenburg line at Etain.
I'icardy front The British attacked
DRIVING
PORTANT POINTS
MICE mu
D
SuHMosclle (nine and a half miles
south and west of Metz.)
The Important Chemin Des Dames
grove, is near1 its fall, as a result of a
later push by the French who have
reached LaMalmaison fort and ridge
north of Vailly, forcing open the way
into tne rinon region ot the Ailette
valley.
Amaricang Advance
Paris, Sept. 18. Amorican forces
striding northeastward along the val
ley of the Bupt De Mad in the direc
tion of Gorze and Caambley, have cap
tured a scries of important fortified
positions, La Liberto announced todaj)'.
(Gorze is seven miles southwest of
Metz and a mile within the German
frontier. Chambley is five miles from
Gorze.)
At the same time the French, operat
ing in the Woevro advanced two to
three kilometers (a mile and a quarter
to a mile and three quarters )
They reached a line east of Watron
villo, Hautecourt, Dieppe and Moian
ville, it was reported.
(Dieppe is six miles northeast of Ver
dun. Hautecourt is three miles south
east of Dieppe. Moranville is a mile
south of Hautecourt. Watronville is
three miles south of Moranville.)
British Nearer St. Quentin
London, Sept. 18 The British at
tacked this morning northwest of St.
Quentin,' Field Marshal Haig announc
ed. British troops' yesterday captured
Holnon, two and three quarters miles
west of 8t- Quentin. The Germans re
captured most of Moeuvers' (seven
miles west of Cambrai) by a counter
attack yesterday evening. The British
advanced slightly last night south cf
the LaBassee canal in Flanders.
"As the result of our operations yes
terday on the southern portion of the
battle front, we gained possession of
Holnon village, with snveral prison
ers," the statement said.
"This morning our troops attacked
(Continued on page seven)
I northwest of St. Quentin this morning
following the capture of Holnon, two
and three quarters miles west of that
' city yesterday evening. A German coun
Iter attack on Moeuvres, seven miles
back to the wtstern outskirts last
ni'-ht.
Flanders front British troops ad
vanced slightly last night immediately
south of the. LaBassee canal.
TOWA
in HA F
v 1IHLI
IS MADE
Is Now On Way To Switzer
land To Arrange For Ex
change of Prisoners
.
By Robert 3. Bender.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.).
Washington, Sept. 18. John W Davis
solicitor gcenral of the United States,
has been selected by President Wilson
as American ambassador to Great Brit
ain, it was officially announced today.
Davis, who is now euroute to Berne.
Switzerland, to confer with German rep
resentatives on questions involving dis
position and vxchange of prisoners, is
one of the less widely known, but most
popular officials of the government.
In many ways Davis' position as Un
ited States ambassador to Britain would
not be uuliko that of Lord Reading
British ambossador to the United Sta'
tes. Both men are legal minds of
great repute, Davis being recognized as
one of the most auK' solicitors general
the government ever had.
Both Davis and Beading ate of the
so-called "liberal" element in world
politics and both are of charming per
sonality. ,
In view of the delicate probh'ms
which. jug, bound, to, come ut ot .the
war and the need for studious handling
of -these situations between the United
States and, Great Britain, Davis' selec
tion carries with it the knowledge that
ho is held in extremely high esteem by
Preside, nt Wilson.
Many times he has been mentioned
for important cabinet posts but at the
time when his svlection was deemed
likely, he was involved in important
government cases before the United
States supreme court. 1
His selection for an ambassadorship!.
now would be timely, becauw the jus
tice department has decided to drop
trust prosecutions for the war period
and Davis' duties as solicitor general
have been lightened. .
John William Davis was born at
Clarksburg, W. Va., April 13, 1873. He
graduntvd from Washington and Lee
laws school and later was associate pro
fessor of law in the institution. He has
been prominent in democratic politics
all of his life, being a former member
of the West Virginia house of delegates
ck'legato to democratic conventions and
member of thP 62nd nnd 63rd congress
es, from which he resigned August 30,
1913, to become solicitor general at the
request of President Wilson. He is a
32nd degrev Mason, an Elk and a promi
nent clubman here. Davis is married
and has a daughter.
LATEST NEWS FROM
BALTIC PROVINCES
Indications Germany Is Pre
paring To Withdraw From
Baltic Front.
Washington Svpt. 18. Germany
gives some indication of preparing for
a future withdrawal from the Baltic
provinces.
State department advices today ro
tated that the Teutons had bvgun re
moval of all useful materials from the
provinces (probably chiefly Esthonia
and Livonia), with the apparent in
tent of getting out later.
The advices came from Moscow,)
The advices canw from Moscow, via
Kamara and Irkutsk. They said hunger
and disorder are everywhere in Russia.
! bolshevik treatv. according to this mes-
sage. In showed the Gwnans had tried
I to form an alliance with some strong
faction against the bolshevik. This ef
fort having failed the Germans took the
only other available course and made
a treaty with the bolsheviki whereby
tb latter was to attempt to hold the
aiues iu me nuriu.
I Lenine'u condition was reported lin
' proved.
All the department information coup-
I led with press messages tends to show
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l BALKANS
WILL SLOP BULGARIA
ASS1STINGCERHANY
fs Wanting To Bulgars That
They Must be Prepared to
Defend Themselves.
By J. W. T. Mason.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
New York, Sept. 18. The French,
Serbian and Greek operations along the
Balkan f.-ont give promise of a major
offensive being conducted against Bul
garia next spring in strategic conform
ity with theoperations which America
and the allies will then start against
Germany in the west.
The present movement, itself in'
Macedonia, can scarcely have been
planned to preserve for any length of
time Into the winter season, which soon
begins in the Balkans. It would be
hazardous, if not impossibh?, to prolong
an offensive during the severe snows of
mountainous southeastern Europe. A
Balkan offensive has always been asso
ciated with the spring.
The purpose of the present drive is
doubtless to seeure possession of local
points of vantage for which a spring
advance can sucessf ully be undertaken.
This, of courso, implies the issuance
of notice to the Bulgarians that they
will bo attacked next year. There is
good strategy in giving the notiw.
Germany is desperately trying to pcr-j
snade Bulgaria to send troops to the
West Front to holp Von Hindenburg de
fend German territory. The Bulgars
have been ivluctant to agree, but thero
have lately been some signs of waver-1
ing at Sofia. Now, however, it would
positively be dangerous for tho Bulgar-j
ian government to permit any large
number of troops to go to the wyst
front. If this were dono Bulgaria's
own defensive position would- be
weakened to an extent that would give
high encouragement to the allies to
strike for Sofia itself.
. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, is a
timid monarch, who is out exclusively
for spoils. The changing conditions in
the war situation are1 alroady reported
to have 80nt u'm to health resorts
where brken down nerves aro treated.
The Bulgarian retreat along tho Mace
donian front is certain to make Ferdin
and still more timorous and to cause
him to think of the Safety of his own
throne befons considering tho plight of
the Hohenzollenis. This means the
kaiser will be unable to rely on silous
Bulgarian military support when the
Americans start for the Rhine.
NO COMPROMISE WITH
CRIME SAVSKIKISTER
Premier Clemenceaa Says No
Bargaining Between Crime
And Justice
Pni-ia Knitt IS. Premier flemenceail
speaking in tho senate last night, de
clared tnat tne ames must Koep on
fighting until Germany understands
there can be no compromise between
crime and right.
France desires the honor of express
ncr her orntitiiiie to tne SDienaiu sol
diers of the entente whose efforts are
about to free the populations trom the
subjugatbn of barbarism," the pre
mier said.
Referring to German atrocities, ho
said: "Thero will be no victory until
such criminals aro made to pay in
full."
"A TPvennl nf fortune has brought
about a falling back of the kaiser's
armies before tho peoples of free con
science," he continued, wnat do mey
want and what do you wantf Vou must
..... . . I .nAf
keep on riguting unin me
when the enemy can undersiand there
is to be no compromise between crime
and right.
"I have heard it gaid that peace can
nnt lie hronirht about bv s military de
cision. That Was not what Germany
said when she let loose the war with ail
its horrors. Therefore, let it be as Ger
many has f illed, and as Germany has
done.
"Wo nnlv eek hence so that future
generations may be spared the abomi
nations of the past.
"Forward, then, to the liberation of
people from the last fury of foul force!
Forward to victory! The wholo of
France and all of thinking humanity
are with you." .
Soanish' Influenza
Epidemic In Navy Yard
i'liilndelnhia. Scot. IS. Several hun
dred cases of Spanifh influenza have
dcvelop-'d a,t the Philadelphia navy
yard and the naval home, ao-ording to
"reports to the bureau of health today.
City Health Director Kruzen will
confer with naval authorities later in
the day and will cooperate in every
way possible to stamp out the myster
ious malady. The disease is said to
have been 'brought here by sailors re
turning on transports.
ALLIED VICTORIES
PRINCIPAL CAUSE OF
i fit
Secretary Daniels Says Teu
ton Rulers Acting Quick
ly Because Afraid
Annapolis. Mr., Sept. IS. Austria's
peace conference note; Germany's
peace offer to Belgium and the 'scream
of the kaiser at Essen" were all due,
directly to the allied American victor
ies, Secretary Daniels said today at the
graduation of 646 ensigns for the naval
academy.
"If the allied forces had not won
military victories," said Duniels, "no
such remarkable speech as Wilhelm
made to the workers in Krui ps would
have been delivered, the tender to Bel
gium would not have been made and
the Austrian feeler would not have been
put forth.
"There is a lesson for us today in
the sequence in these events. Military
success is the only argument German
militarists can now understand- .
" The allies advances are alone
responsible for the offer of peace to
Belgium nnd tho proposition of the
Austrian emperor for a conference.
"American courage on land and sea
wrote tho first notes of the peace of
fensive. Having failed of their ob
jective by their utter disregard of hu
man standards of warfare, tho German
war lords and their associates start a
peace drive."
Daniels scoffed at the kaiser's Es-
aen speech. "Let nobody question the
truthfulness of tho statement tnat ne
did all he could to shorten the war,"
the secretary continued, "for no Hun,
no Atilla medieval sought his end by
less consideration of thoso upon whom
his soldiers trampled in their eager
ness to 'shorten the war' and fatten
upon the fruits of the laW of the con
quered." WILSON'S NEXT MOVE
WILL BE RECOGNITION
Of These There Are Six Mil
lion In Austria-Hungary
-Hit Austria Hard
Washington, Sept. . 18. Resognition
of the Jugo-Slavs in Austria will be
President Wilson's next thrust at the
enemy, according to diplomatic offi
cials hero today.
Outright recognition of the inde
pendence of over six million Jugo
slavs in Austria-Hungary will follow
the blunt dismissal of the Austrian at
tempt to entice the allies into a secret
peace conference, authorities predict
ed. Jugoslavs in the United States,
formerly Austrian subjects, havo shown
their loyalty to tho allies again by de
feating an alleged Austrian socialist
coalition which attempted to get con
trol of tho convention ,of tho national
Croation society, now meeting in Chi
cago. At the request of Secretary of
Stato Lansing, officials began work on
their brief, setting forth the grounds
on which they will ask recognition.
Military aid to tho allies, as well as
political organization looking toward
independence, we the grounds on which
the Jugo-Slavs will present their caso
to tho alliec.
In the recognized Serbian army,
which has made advances in Mac.odonia
this week, are thirty thousand Jugo
slavs formerly Austrian subjects, rep
resentatives here state. '
ABE MARTIN I
lit
In th' years t' como tho won't bo
nothin' that'll conjure up th' golden
days 0' youth like a whiff o' violet tal
cum. If thcr's anything a dentist
hates it's a droopin' mustache.
GERMANY 11D
AUSTRIAN PEACE
OFFER TO ALLIES
Vienna Papsr Says Note Dis
patched Only After Full
est Consultation.
NOTE HAD NOT REACHED
VATICAN THIS MORNING
German Press Already Using
American Refusal To Stir
The People.
Rome, Sept. 18. The Vatican chan
cellory had not received the Austrian
nnto to tho pope up to a late hour last
night. It was considered possible that
tho message was sont directly to the
pope, not passing through the chancel
lory. " ' s
"We hope that the entente's answer
to Austria will bo prompt, precise and
offoetive," tho Corriere Delia Sera
said. "They know what is behind the
action at Vionna. Let them respond im
mediately. Delays arc too dangerous.
Germany Behind It
Amsterdam, Sept. 18. The Austrian
peace note was dispatched after the
fullest consultation with Germany and
with tho latter V approval, according
to the Vicuna Reichspost.
The newspaper said the proposal was
composed following an exchange of
views, tho German government express
ing the belief that the moment for
publication was not ill chosen.
Belgium Scorns It
Paris, Sopt. 18. Belgium, after con
sultation with the allies has decided to
reject Absolutely Germany's offer of
a separate peaco, tho Petit Parisien an
nounced today,
Amjsrioans Wtchful
Washington, Sept. 18. American
government officials are on guard to
ward off any Teuton move in the des
perate peace offensive.
It was foreseen here today that Ger
many and Austria are likely later to
make some fresh maneuver, perhaps at
tempting to start a discussion on cer
tain points of President Wilson's
peace terms.
The United State position, however,
is that these terms stand; and that
there will not be peace until they are
accepted. Any further boche peace drive
will bo considered just as insincero
and unacceptable a-s the previous smash
es. Only clear cut acceptance of all the
tonus will got an audience here, offi
cials siy. They do not believe that Ger
many or Austria is prepared to go that
far now. It is anticipated that the Teu
ton will make as much use at home
as possible of the Wilson rejection. Al
ready press comments indicate a new
attempt will be staged to blame the
president for prolonging the war, thus
luifkin. afinmlntiita tlm Hermann to
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m, nfltita tin thn ntbfir hflTld. it. IS
held that the thinking -people of the
: ...:n !,. thn
central empires win icoi
TT-L...1 Utnta, 1, n a "nut tliA ftllOA OB
Ulllbdl .llWt.T HUE, J'".
the other foot." In any event, offi
cials here are anxious to have all peace
:.. n.:.. ...,..t. tl,t tho
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(Continued on page two)
ALLIESJO THE END
This Until The Central Powers
Are Driven Out Of All
Invaded Territory
T.nnilnn Sont 18 Hnmuel GoninerS.
president of the American Federation
of labor, presenting the prnponnls of
that organization at the inter allied la
bor conference today, said the delega
tion is unprejudiced and open nnnueu,
htit that it to hnnrwl Itv the nri lici nlcS
expressed in the proposals.
ihc following, he said, are tho es
sential fundamental principles for a
peace treaty:
A league of free peoples; no politic
al, tconomie or diseriiniuntory restric
tions, no indemnities or reprisals for
vindictive or injurious purposes, but
to right manifest wrongs; recognition
of the rights of small nations; no ter
ritorial changes, except for the wel
fare of tho people affected. t
The American Federation of Labor
delegation submitted the following pro
posals to the conference:
That the conference is unqualifiedly
determined to as'nt the allies in driv-
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Railroad Director Then Ap
peals To Exertion Boards
To Hcb Him Out
MANY RAILROAD MEN I
REQUIRED IN FRANCE
Places Cannot Be Filled And
Boards Asked To Exempt
Every Real Worker
Washington, Sept. 18. Railway em
ployes, like allother workvrs must prova
their services are essential, to avoid th
draft. Provost Marshal General Crovr-
der has ruled that there can be 'no
blanket class exceptions of any kind.
Director Uvneral McAaoo, wno sougni
such blanket exemption, today directed -regional
chiofs t0 ask deferred classifi
cations for every necessary employe.
His directions follow: ',"
"Sincethe railroad are indisjrjnsab
le and branches of the service to
which employes bolong are indispen
sable, I undcrsatnd the remaining quea?
tions for consideration by, the district
boards aro whvthcr a particular em
ploye can bo dispensed with (1) on the
ground that the railroad has' more of
such employes than It needs, or (2) up
on the ground that it can readilj re
place such employes with others.
Appeals to Boards.
"Pleasu stuto to the district board
with my full authority that after eight
and a half months of a thorough and
continuous study of this subject, being
constantly in touch witu employers oi
railroad labor, tho representatives ol
railroad employes and the reports of tha
labor situation generally for the whole
Mimtrr. tl.vrn ia 110 surplus supply Of
labor from which employes can -b
drawn to replace those wno may o
taon for military service. Any com
natitnt mill-nil d emulove taken from an
indispensable branch of the railorad
service will be subtracted irom a iorc
milieu la already too small and whlchv
cannot bo adequately replenished. Tha
taking of any such employe uy any uin
trict board would be a step tending to
injure war operations of sou'O railroads.
Tho taking of sucj, steps by numarous
district boards, would in the aggregate,
constitute a cumulative and far reach
ing injury to tho United States railroad
administration and would destroy the
purpose for which tho government took
possession of such control of the roads.
Skilled Labor Scarce.
"Tl.j scarcity of skilled labor em
ployes is du partly to tho fact that
up to tho present time tho railroads of
tho country, in addition to meeting
their full share oiW.hedemands of men
for general military service, haw boon
subjected to the peculiar disability
that they nltne out of all the industries
,.e tl, niiTitn have haH to furnish
largo numbers of men for special mili
tary service,
'Hundreds of miles of military rial
rouds in Franco are hvng operated for
the military forces of tho United Sta
tes by men wh0 have been drawn from
tho ranks of the skilled officers aud
employes of railroads in this country.
In thi"s way thw drain upon skilled rial
road b:uor "has already been proportion
ately greater than tho drain upon skill
ed railroad. labor of other industries.
And this, in part, accounts for the ex
ceptional shortage of skilled labor that
confronts the United States railroad ad
ministration. Cannot Be Replaced
"It must also b0 clear that employes
in these classes cunno be supplk-d by
the employment and training of new
employes Practically without excep
tion, theso vinployineiits are not suited
tn witmpn. but. fibln bodied men are
needed for th0 discharge of tho duties.
Theso men are not available in ade
quate numbers and will become less and
less available as the war progresses.
Besides, untrained men cannot perfurm
the functions and if skilled railroad
employes are taken for military servicn
tho substitution of untrained vmpYiyei
even if available would prove destruc
tive to efficient railroad operation.
"It i desired that the undertanding
and sympathetic co-operation of tho dis
trict boards shall be sought in all in
stances. To thv extent that railroad
men can be spared from railroad service
for military service we ought to spajs
them. But to the extent that they aro
needed for railroad service tiro district
boards .hould not attempt to take them
!for military service.
Is patriotic jjuxy.
"The United States railroad admin
istration intends to ask for deferred
classification only whon the men on
whose bvhalf the request is made ara
needed in the publie interest for tho
continued performance of their duties
and when experienced substitutes can-
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