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VOL. 13, NO. 228. GRAND FORKS, N. D.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1018. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

HAS BttNWON

V SEPTEMBER 12, FIXED

Wilson Issues Proclamation Calling on Young and Old Men to Enroll on that

Q.,: Day With Boards in District of * L. Their Permanent Homes

BOLSHEVKI DRIVEN BACK

. FIFTEEN MILES Number of Prisoners and

Large Amount pf Booty Captured by Allies.

Washington, Aug. 31.—President Wilson today signed the man -power act bringing all men in the United States from 18 to 45 years of age within the army draft and immediately afterward issued a proclamation fixing Thursday, September 12, as registration day. \ Speaker Clark and .Senator Saulsbury, president pro tem of the senate, signed the man power bill today shortly after noon and. a waiting messenger took the measurp to the White House for Presi­dent Wilson's signature. . '

An official estimate by the war department today places the number of men who will register for military service on September 12, at approximately-15S, 178,758. This is on the basis of the last census and the figures, in the opinion of some officers, may be ex­ceeded.

Washington, Aug. 31.—Thursday. September 12, was set toddy by Pres­ident Wilson as the date for regis­tration for the army draft of all men in the United States between the ages of, 18 and 45 inclusive who have not already registered or who are not now

I In the military or naval service. I President Issues Proclamation. In a proclamation issued immedi­

ately after he signed the new man-. power bill, authorizing extension of

the 21-31 draft ages, - the • president called on the younger and older men

i- to enroll on that day with lopal draft boards where they make their per-manent homes. -v

: "We solemnly purpose a decisive victory of arms," said the. president, "and deliberately to devote the larger

- part of the military man-power of the' natipn to. the accomplishment of

' that purpose., .*. • It is the i tcajll to duty to Which every truei man in the country *wHV;>espond with pride and-w>fh Uie c&rioci^uWJlessr^liiiif in doing so h& plays hispart Jn vin­dication' of a great ; .cause >a.t .whose summons. every true -heart otters Its supreme service. .

The hours of- registration will be from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m., and all state and local Officials 'are called on to make immediate arrangements for maintenance of registration places, on that day-

All men within the new ages, whether citizens of the United States or not must register, unless they are. diplomatic or consular representa­tive^ of foreign nations.

In case- of illness on the- registra­tion day, arrangements for tardy en­rollment may be made with local boards and-men who expect to be ab­sent from their homes may register by m&ll,' Sufficiently in' advance that the registration record reaches the board" by September 12. If a man has no permanent residence he is to register at' the place lie 4s on Septem­ber 12 and those out of the country on that day are required to enroll witllln •' five days after their return.

13,000,000 to: Sign. At' least ..thirteen million men will

placet' themselves subject to call: for war service ~ under the new. registra­tion, it is estimated, although only those without dependents, in1' good-health and otherwise qualified for arduous duties of soldier life are to be takkn • first. . ' .

Youths in* their V eighteenth year wljl be placed in a separate group, the war department announced, to be subject to a: special educational pro­gram and-will not-be called until the. supply of other avallabjlef men in the,'n^w...classes is exhausted., This doesinot mean that their calling will: be' long. deferred, however, inasmuch as It' has" beeh announced that all men', in the> new registration accepted for general service will be under arins by June 30, 1919. The man­power -bill makes' no. specific provi­sion for separate classification of 18-year-old boys and war department plans for their treatment have been mkde ah executive initiative. . Although the ' "work or fight"

which would have affected striking workmen was taken out of the bill before passage yesterday, Provost Marshal ' General Crowder ' has plan-* ned to apply vi-ok-ously existing reg­ulations; relating to idle men or those engaged In. non-essential employment to the mewly registfered men.

#he man-power bill wail signed to­day by presiding officers of the house and senate and sent to the White House for the" president's signature whic^i made the vmeasur ̂ law. The president at once signed and- Issued the proclamation carrying . the new draft provisions Into a«U6tt.

After biting'the law and stating the regulations for registration* the president's proclamatibn jread as fol­lows: • f ̂ "Fifteen months ago the men of

the eouqtry from- 21 to 3D years of age were registered. Three months ago and aga|n'last month ihoiie -i*|io had just reached the age of Jl were ad­ded. It how remains to include all

f men between the ages of 1« and 46. Kot .a .Ke«f Mhqr.

"This Is not a new ' jpoUcy. A «eiw ty and a quarter ago it was d^-

_jerate|y Ordained by those %h« were, then responsible for the' safety and defense of the nation that .the duftr i of . military sirylce rests upo^t all able-bodied mm betf^en the. ages of ,ll and 4B. We now acoept and fulfill the. ;obUs*tl«n *rhich .they es-tabllahed, ah obligation expressed' in our nClonal statutes froin that tl«ie until'- now ̂ We eolei|(ii» a

; ̂ deeiaive vjctory of arms fend diellber-R*rt of the

•military man-power of the nation to

flcft been ready to gpj They have fornished voluntary enlistment* .out br .s afi proportibn to " their numbera. Our military authorities regard them

ngthe highest combatant %, % v'SSETSt.K

• . \

qualities. Their youthful enthus­iasms, their virile eagerness, their gallant spirit of daring make them the admiration of all who see them in action. They have not only the distinction of serving in this great war but also the inspiring memories whicn hundreds of thousands of them will cherish through the years to come, of a great day and a great service for their country and for mankind-'

"By the men of the older group now called upon, the' opportunity now opened to them will be accepted with the c^lm resolution of those who realize to the full, the deep and solemn significance of what they do. Having made a place for themselves in thiir respective • communities, hav­ing assumed at home the graver , re­sponsibilities of life in many spheres, looking back upon honorable records in- civil and industrial -life, they will realize as perhaps no others' could,

" Iwrw -entirely their own forfe»tni>!^Tft»«^ the fortunes of all whom tifey love are put at stake-in this war for Tight and will" knowf that the very records they have made render this new duty the commanding duty of their lives. They know how surelythis is the nation's war, how imperatively it de­mands . the mobilization and massing of all our ,resources of every kind. They will regard this ckll as' the su­preme call of their day and will an­swer it accordingly.

Only Few to Be Called. "Only a portion of those who reg-

Vladiyostok, Monday, Aug. 26.— (By the Associated Press.)—Entente Allied forces and Czecho-Slovak troops have' attacked the Bolshevik Red Guard on the Ussuri river front and have driven the enemy back for a distance of fifteen miles. Prisoners were taken and booty captured by the Allied forces.

Thirty-eight wounded French and Czecho-Slovak soldiers arrived here this morning from the Ussuri fighting zone, being transported by the Amer­ican army medical corps. The' men were turned over, to the care of the American Red Cross.

TELEGRAPHIC BfllEFS

idter will: be called upon to bear apms. Those 'wno are not physically fit will be excused;' those exempted by alien allegiance! those who should not be relieved of their present responsibili­ties; 'above all those who cannot be 'spared from the civil and industrial tasks at home upon , which the suc­cess of our armies depends as much as upon the fighting at the front. But all must be registered' in order that the selection for military service may be made intelligently and with full information. This will be our final demonstration of loyalty, democ­racy and the will to win, our solemn notice to .all the world that -fte stand absolutely together in a common res­olution and purpose. It is the call

duty to, which every true man in" the Country will respond with pride and with the Consciousness that in doing so he plays his part in vindica­tion of a great cause at whose sum­mons every true heprt offers its su­preme service,"

f WEATHER FORECAST.

Minnesota: Generally fair to­night and Sunday; warmer to- . night, > -

North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Sunday; warmer to­night: cooler in northwest por­tion Sunday.

• Great I<akes Region.—Showers

Monday or Tuesday and again at end of the week., Temperatures generally above normal.

Zejnstro Troops Disarmed. (Vladivostok, Monday. Aug. 26.,—:

(By the Associated Press.)—Four hundred 'Zemstvo troops who joined the forces of, Lieutenant General Hor-vath, the anti-Bolshevist leader, have been disarmed by the Allies. The dis­armament was accomplished without violence. Th'e recent attempt of ,L»ieu-' tenant General Horvath to gain con­trol of the Russian military forces in Siberia was such a complete failure that it is probable the 400 Zemstvo troops which sided with him and sub­sequently were disarmed will join; the army of General Semenoff, anti-Bol­shevik leader In trans-Baikalia, who Is co-operating with the Entente forc­es.

An aide to General Horvath today sought to explain away the defection of the troops.

The Zemstvo troops,_ he said, had long chafed because of'thelr inaction and desired to fight the enemy under General Pleshkoff. Therefore, he said, when General Pleshkoff' arrived he issued a call for the troops to assem­ble and all came except those of Gen­eral Ttflstoff. who refused to subordi­nate himself and was dismissed from command. ...

"The affair is simple," said the Mieie, -/'and I -cannot -understand why there is .all this excltfement about it."

Believe Position Secure. .-Copenhagen. Aug. 31.—Bolshevik

authorities in Russia appear to regard their position as more secure than formerly, according to Hans Vorst. probably Germany's best informed writer on Russian affairs. In a review of the situation printed in the Tage-blatt of Berlin. •

Vorst says that the main reasons for the change in the attitude of the authorities are the recent victories over the Czecho-Slovaks, the feeling that Entente intervention in Ruseia is less formidable than was at first feared and the recent German de­feats which have given rise to a feel­ing that there was nothing to fear from Germany. Vorst calls attention to .the fact that an article appearing in the Pravda on August 17, from the pen of a Bolsheviki leader, employed a tone never before used from this source in an appeal to the Bourgeoisie to make common cause with .the la­borers. ' Vorst, in qpncluding his" article, says: ' v ' "It cannot be mistaken that a quieter and more confident feeling prevails-in the soviet government, and in connection with this feeling the in­clination through intensified terrorism is diminished."

Berne.-r—Thomas Hitchcock. Jr., \an 18-yeai;-old American aviator cap­tured by the Germans last Ittarch has escaped and . arrived here.

< Washington^—Temporary reduction of/ 2c a hundred pounds in rates on grain handled through the lakes from -Lake Michigan ports to the eastern seaboard was ordered,by the railroad administration.

An Atlantic Port—The crew of the tug Triton reported being fired on by^ a submarine off Boone Island.

Washington-—Coal miners were urged by the Fuel. Administration to make sure the labor day celebration does not seriously decrease produc­tion.

VONHERTLING WILL RETIRE,

SAY REPORTS Advanced Age Givep as the

Cause—Dr. W. S. Solf Will Succeed Him.

HAYW000AND ASSOCIATES

WILL APPEAL 1HQR CASES

I. W. W. Leader is Sentenc­ed to 20 Years and Must

Pay Large Fine.

MOVED OUT OF POSmON wrra PRACTICALLY LITHE

Nicholas Body Not Found. Archangel, Friday, Aug. 16.—(By

the Associated Press).—No trace was found of the body of the former em­peror, Nicholas when Czecho-Slovak forces captured Yekaterinburg July 26. This information was brought to David R. SYancis. the American am­bassador by- a Czecho-Slovak army officer who has arrived at Archangel from Yekaterinburg. The officer said the most credited reports was that the body had been taken to the deep­est pit in the Yekaterinburg coal mine and there destroyed. The offi­cer was unable to learn the where­abouts of the deposed ruler's family except that he knew they had been spirited away from Yekaterinburg.

London, Aug. 31.—It is rumored in, Berlin, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Central News Agency, that Chancellor von Hertling shortly will retire owing to his. ad­vanced age and will be succeeded by Dr. W. S. Solf, the German colonial secretary.

SECONDFRENCH ACE BRINGS 41

Chicago, Aug. 31.—William D. Hay­wood, general secretary and treasurer of. the I. W. W., and ninety-four of his associates sentenced by Federal Judge Landis yeeterday to prison t&rms ranging from ten days to twen­ty years and to pay fines aggregating (2,735,000 for conspiracy in .interfer­ing with the government's conduct of the war, will appeal their cases. Geo. F. Vanderveer, chief counsel for the defendants, fs preparing to take the cases to the higher courts. He an-

'nounced that next Tuesday he would apply to the United States circuit court for a writ of error. The I. W. W., it is said, has collected a large defense fund with the idea of ulti­mately taking the cases to the United States supreme court.

RHINETOWNS WILL PROTEST

AGAINST RAIDS Eleven Towns Sentl Repre­

sentatives to Conference at Saarbeucken.

Madden Has New Game to Play with Enemy Aviators

German Soil.. on

THIEVES START WORK IN LONDON WHEN THE CITY IS NOT PROTECTED

City of London Police Join Metropoli­tan Force—Most of ^2,000 Con­stables Join Movem«tf>—Few Mill-

'tary Police All That Can Be Seen on Streets Men May Demand-to "See Premier. '

London,c . Aug. 31.—Considerable lawlessness' marked the first night t>»—ed by London without police/pro­tection. { During the earlier hours of the morning there were some harm­less demonstrations but later on . the thieves became active and, daylight found a ituniiber of windows of Jew­elry ̂ sliops and other places of busl-ness brolceiy' and considerable prop-e'rtjr stolen,

'This was paHicularly true in such eentera aa the Wrtad, Aldgate and other busy street* which are usually *o well guardedthat shopkeepers leave their goods on View during the lUght. ; Some of these places were en­tirely without, civilian police protec-tion last night

There were K few military police about, 'including Americans, but they devoted their attention entirely to their own men and even if they had tried Would not have been able to cap* wlth^the thieves, who 'generally Worked in squads. ' •

The strike of boudon police, spread steadily throughout the n'lght and earty today a majority constables had joined 1

of .the 22,000 the movement.

The city of London police joined the Metropolitan forces last night • and «nly, a feftr members of the night shifts, wltich come on duty at 6 o'clock appeared on .the streets. 1 -

' London is customarily the most thoroughly and efficiently policed of all the great cities 'of the world, but one mierht walk for miles today with-out the sight of the familiar helmet and •* blue, uniform. Comparatively few special constables responded to the, call to v take the- - policemen's places and as a consequence the city is practically unguarded. That Lon­don is one of the most orderly cities is proven bv the absence of the po­licemen from their befits.

Following a meeting In the open air at Tower Hill at which their grievances were discussed three thou­sand strikers in plain clothes paraded the streets., At the meeting It was decided that the executives of the po­licemen's union should renew their request today 'of the- police commis­sioner! for permanent' increases lii wages. Secretary Carmlchaei of the London trades council and other lead-era assured the strikers that organ-ised labor is In sympathy with them. Mr. Carmlchaei declared that work­men stood ready to make Monday a general • holiday as an expression of sympathy.

It was proposed at the meeting that the executives of the union, go to (Whitehall today and demand to. see Premier. Lloyd George, It was also resolved at the meeting that' the po­lice remain on duty at aH government works in recognition, it was ;sald, of

(By The ^Associated Press)' Paris, Aug. 31.—'With forty-one of­

ficial victories,to his credit, Captain Maddon ,thft sedond ..French ace, is reputed to have the most unique tac­tics and for adroit manoevring is said to be second only to the first French ace, Rene Fonck.

Maddon has formed the habit, of taking occasional holidays far aver the German lines. His particular hobby is to settle near some enemy airdrome, to play around it for a time until he has aroused his Boche ad­versaries. They start after him think­ing that i he has been brought there by engine trouble and just at the mo­ment when they are ready to pounce upon him he showers them with a load of incendiary bullets from his machine guns.

This method has succeded again and again in forcing Boche aviators to earth, either willingly or by force of gravitation. , It. is said that his record of forty-one victories • waa made possible largely by these tactics.

AMERKANSHIP TORPEDOED AND

62 ARE MISSING Two Submarines Said to

Have Madie Attack and Two Torpedoes Hit. v

the fact that the public appears gen­erally .to be1 in sympathy iwlth the po­lice, who it recognises have always been .underpaid and that, wages have

been, increased proportionately the war. during

- Washington, Aug. 31.—The United States cargo steamship Joseph Cud-ahy was torpedoed at sea about 700 miles from the English coast Aug. 17 and sixty-two members of the crew are reported missing. Thirteen were rescued. <•

Two submarines made the attack and two torpedoes struck the ship, the first striking the fuel tank and the second' the engine room. .The captain of the Cudahy reported that he was taken aboard one of the U-boats and 'questioned.

Of the missing 22 were members of the naval armed guard, only two of the guard being reported rescued.

The ship was torpedoed about 12:30 o'clock' that night and apparently went down quickly. How many, if any,, of the^satlors lost their lives in the .'iexplbsMm has not been reported. .'The names of the civillan members of the ere# have not been reported. Missing members, of the naval guard Include: >

Edwin F. Bresinski, boatswains mate, Neftnah, Wis.: Goddard p. Clarke, radio electrician, Helena, Mont.; Claude M. Stark, seaman, Appleton, Wis.; Anton M. Ssudera, Winona, Minn.; Edyr- C. Masterson, sekman,. 306 Pleasant avenue, St Paul.

Geneva, Aug. 31.—An Important meeting of representatives from eleven Rhine towns began yesterday at Saarbrucken. 'The conference was called ..to: 4i*cTjs6 means of, protesting to the govenrhinent against Allied" air raids.

It was decided to appeal to Ger­man headquarters to come to some ar­rangement for both sides to abstain from air attacks upon open towns. The question of air defenses, if the appeal fails, also was discussed, as were measures for the repair at property damaged and the payment of indemnity to the families of persons killed and-injured. Meanwhile insur­ance rates have increased 38 per cent in Rhine towns, it is announced*

SPANISH STEAMER ~ ALEXANDERINE -

WAS TORPEDOED Paris, Aug. 31.—Another Spanish

ship, the Alexandrine, has been tor­pedoed. according to a Madrid dis­patch to the Journal.

MORE MINNESOTA MEN CALLED. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 31.—A draft

call for 773 Minnesota registrants of grammar school education to report September 19 at Dunwoody institute, Minneapolis, was received at the stat$ capitol today. The men Will be ..train-: ed for automobile mechanics, carpen­ters, electricians, radio operators and sheet metal workers.

Pause in Fighting Along Greater Front Occurs For First Time in Many

Days—-Allies Have Moved Ahead At Only Two Points Since

Yesterday (By the Associated Press.)

Alt. Kemmel. the height dominating virtually all' the northern side of the Lya salient in Flanders, is again in the hands of the British. Dispatches to London state that this famous hill, for which the Germans paid & terrible price in April acd which was defended to the death by the Allies, has been captured.

There Hfcve been no reports, however, of an attack being -tnade on this hill and it seems probable that the Germans retired from it and that the British .quickly tfloved in. There are evidences that the enemy's retreat from'the Lys salient is being accelerated, the Brit­ish having taken the station of Bailleul, as well as Mt. Lille to the east, and-being fa possession of the bank of the Lawe * river1 from Vielle Chapelle to Lestrem on the southern side of the salient.

In certain vital sectors of this battle area the British have gained from one to two miles during the last day.

' While there is every evidence that Allied pressure against the German lines from Soissons to Arras continues, the desperate at­tempt of the enemy to cover his retreat seem to have brought about a virtual pause for the moment. At only two points—southeast of Arras and northwest and north of Peronne—have the Allied forces I moved ahead.

In the former sector north of the Arras-Cambrai road, the Brit-, ish have occupied the St. Servins farm, close to the highway and have moved into the village oTEterpigny, to the nprtheast. This village is on the east bank of the Sensee river and it's capture marks, the passage of that small but important waterway a) a vital point. !

The British official statement says that the towp of Clery, which' is located on the Somme to the northwest of Peronne has been taken from the Germans. Advices reaching London today however, state that Mont St. Quentin, a mile and a half north of Peronne, has been capfured by the British. This report would seem to indicate that Peronne is being surrounded by the British, Field Marshal Haig's men having forced their way across the Somme to the south of Peronne yesterday. *

There is hard fighting going on north of Soissons, American and French troops ̂ striving to, capture the Jiigh plateau that donji^il^js.;^ the Aise and Ailette valleys, and also endeavoring to force thc;r:'-way further tbward Coucy-Le-Chateau, an important concentration point between the Oise and the Ailette. The Germans'are fighting hard in this sector, however, and appear to have, checked the Allies for the time being. '

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MIIjK INSTEAD OF WIJfE. Washington, Aug. 31.—Bottles of

milk have been substituted for bottles of wine in Christening ships at port-land, Oregon, and suggestions have been made to the shipping board that the substitution be made general at all shipyards.

HORSESHOERS TO MEET. Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 31.—The

Wisconsin State Association of the Master Horseshoers Protective associ­ation will hold their annual meeting here tomorrow and Labor day. About one hundred members with their families will attend.

CONFESSED TO MURDER. Maquoketa, Iowa, Aug. 31.—Guy

Wilford, it was announced today, confessed last night to County Attor­ney C. 11. Ely and Sheriff Justin .Mc­Carthy that he murdered his wife early Wednesday morning, and that his story of a struggle with burglars, dur­ing which the fatal shots were fired, was false.

MONT KEMMEIi WON. Tjondon, Aug. 31, 1:10 p. m.—

Mpnt Kemmel. the famous stronghold southwest of Yprcs, which was the scene of terrific fighting during the German of­fensive In Flanders late in April, has been captured by the Brit­ish, according to advices from the front. i

Mont St. Quentin, a mile ana a half north of Peronne, has been taken by Field Marshal Haig's forces.

French troops made a small advance on the Ailette river and In the neighborhood occupying the southern outskirts of toe wood, 500 yards southwest of Ooucy-Iie-Chateau.

In the Iiys salient the British hold la Couture and Iiestrem and are west - of Doulieu at Nooteboom.

Field Marshal Haig's forces also have progressed a mile and a half east of Bailleul. British troops have taken Mont de I/llle and Kemmel Hill.

The British troops whicn cap­tured Mont St. Quentin now are moving ip the direction of Bus-su. about two miles northeast of Peronne.

British Official Report. London, Aug. 31.—German troops

have been driven from their positions east of Clery, on the Somme, north­west of Peronne and the British ad­vance in this locality is continuing, according to the official statement is­sued at the war office today.

British forces have entered the •vil­lage of Dranoutre, sopth of the Locre on the north side of the Lys salient, according to the official statement is­sued at the war office today.

On the south side of the Lys salient the British have occupied the village of LaCouture, northeast of Bethune.

The British have captured a strong point known as the St Servins farm and the village of Eterpigny north of the Arras-Cambrais road and south­east of Arras.

ATTEMPTS HADE ON LIFE0F IEN1I$E

• London, Aug. 31,—Attempts have been made on the life of Unttt, Uie Bolshevik premier, 'at- Moscotov .ac-cordib'g to li'Russian wireleto message received here .today from the Russian capital of August SO. Lenine waa wounded.

"SECRET,ALLIANCE" CAUSED U.S. TO ENTER WAR, SAYS HUN OFFICER

Captain Boy-od, Former German Navy Attache at Washington, Wrote Book oh His "Investigation," Says Young German Soldier Who Was Taken Prisoner in Recent Battle. - '

With the American Army in France, Aug. 81.—(By the Associated Press).—Captain Karl Boy-ed, for­mer German naval attache at Wash­ington, who with Captain Frana von Papeh, former military attache, was credited with engineering ' German propaganda designed to keep the United- States out of the war and was expelled by the American 'gov­ernment, has come out with a book containing a fantastic account of his ' 'inveetigaU ona'' In the United States, according to a prisoner talcen north of Soissons. One of the captain's most striking "disclosures" -is that the United 8tat«B entered the war because of 4 .secret treaty with Great Britain. He fcon tends that had it not beta for this alliance Amerlba would have kept out of the conflict.

The prisoner was thoroughly con­vinced, as he said his countryrten, generally wet*, «( ibi truth of thefts assertions.

ESTH0NIANS ARE BEING GERMANIZED

Stockholm, Aug. 31.—An official Estbonian courier bound for France, has arrived here. He states that the Germans are suppressing the Estho-nian national life and culture in every way. Newspapers are censored, he said, pad schools were closer or are being Germanised, while Esthonian music is forbidden.

Food requisitioning has been' insti­tuted and the bread ration has been fixed at a quarter of a kilogram dally and the meat ration at a quarter of a kilogram weekly. The courier atatml that German oppression was strength­ening the national spirit and increas­ing the passive resistance.

NBW DISKASE IN BELGIUM. Amsterdam,' Aug. SI.—The Tele-

grasx says it learns that a" hew sick­ness, probably choler*. has broken out in Belgium. Thirty young per­sons died this week in a village near Diest, it miles northeast of Louvaln. The , Germans are vigorously trying to loculie the dissaae.

The text of the statement reads: "During the night Australian troops

drove the enemy from positions east of JClery-Sur-Somme, capturing many prisoners and a number of machine guns. The advance in this locality is continuing.

"Yesterday afternoon English troops carried out a successful opera­tion north of the Arras-Cambrai road, capturing a strong point known as the St. Servins farm and the village of Eterpigny on the east bank of the Sensee river.

"On the Lys front our troops hold LaCouture and the line of the Lawe , river from Vielle Chapelle to Lestrem, both of which villages are in our i hands.

"We are approaching Doulieu and have gained Bailleul station and the ' hill to the east of it known as Lille | mountain.

"Our troops have entered Dranoutre i and have gained ground north of Mt Kemmel." i

(By The Associated Press) Huns Attempt Raid.

With the American Army in ftmaee tFriday, Aug. 30.—German troops at­tempted to raid Aiherican advanced posts in the Vosges sector early this morning. Their artillery and mine i throwing activity caved in one Amer­ican dugout burying 12 men and wounding two others slightly before the enemy made his attack.

The ten unwounded men dug them­selves free as soon as the artillery lire stopped. They drove off between thirty or forty Germans and killed at least one.

German machine - guns are keeping up a steady Are.

Americans Bomb Railroad. With the American Army on the

Lorraine Front, Friday, Aug. 30.— (By the Associated Press.)—American bombing machines this morning suc­cessfully attacked railway yards and buildings at Conflans. Several direct bursts were observed and enemy pur­suit* planes followed the Invading Americans back to their lines but did not attack them. .

At noon American airmen dropped bombs on the railway yards at Lon-guyon, scoring several direct hits. Late in the afternoon Conflans was again raided but poor visability made it difficult to ascertain whether the bombing was. effective. Enemy anti-aircraft guns were active against the "*j American raiders in all three of the day's excursions. AH of our machines returned.

One lone American aviator today -1

attacked a German who was divlng at a French balloon. Despite the fact ;. ̂ that there were six German airmen above him, 'the American foreed the ' German machine into a nose dive. The six other Germans then attacked • "•'*? • the American and forced hiftt to de­scend. He .landed behinfe the Ameri­can lines uninjured.

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Whir Flghting Ftoaturaa. Paris. Aflg. 81,—While the center »

of the . eighty-mile battle line waa relatively quiet, enemy resistance iar' ̂ • creased yesterday on both wings. He waa unable, however, to arrest the progress or he Allies ̂ At the north­ern end General Home and, General. t . Byng gained Important ground for -future operations by taking Belts-; , court, the moit solid poslUoa in that • sector.- • ' •>": •f

• Last nights BriClah offlclal stats#; . ment admittad that British .troops hist ; been foroed to fall baetc to the * em outskirts -of BuUSoowrt ̂

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