\ <>l.. III. NO. 348
ALLIES CONTINUE ADVANCE EVERYWHERE
ALLIED SUCCESS
IN GERMANY
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 6.—According
to a Cologne newspaper, the city of
Beilin and the province of Branden
burg have been platen under a law
providing for line or imprisonment
for persons inventing of circulating
untrue rumors calculated to cause
disquiet among the populace, due to
gossip relating to the enemy's suc
cessor.
STEAMER LAKE
UP BY A SUB
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The
American steamer Bake Owens has
been sunk by a submarine. Five mem
bers of the civilian crew were lost.
The Bake Owens was a cargo car
rier of 2,300 tons. All the naval
guards on hoard were saved.
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♦ HERE’S ANSWER ♦
♦ TO WAR CRITICS ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON, Sept Ik— ♦
♦ General March told the house ♦
♦ ommittee on milit.ir.v affairs ♦
♦ today that confidential trios- ♦
♦ sages Iron) General Pershing ♦
♦ indicate that the American ♦
♦ army now has sufficient air ♦
♦ planes of all kinds to protect ♦
♦ its men in buttle. ♦
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♦ USE AUTOMOBILES ♦
♦ TO KEEP UP WITH ♦
♦ FLEEING GERMANS ♦
♦ WITH THE AMERICANS, ♦
♦ Sept. d.—In their endeavors to ♦
♦ keep up with the Germans re- ♦
♦ treating beyond the Aisne. the ♦
♦ Americans have organized au- ♦
♦ tomoblle machine gun detach- ♦
♦ meats, with three men to each ♦
♦ car. Thirty of these cars were ♦
♦ operating north of the Vesle ♦
♦ today. ♦
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CHICAGO, Sept. ti ■—Assistant
I State's Attorney Sullivan declared to
j day that John W. Wilson, arrested
j last night, has been positively iden
tified as having been implicated in
! the planting of the bomb in the Chi
j oago federal building, the explosion
of which on Wednesday last killed
four persons and injured a score of
othres.
“Shorty" Wilson, an I. W\ W. leader,
and Mrs. Minnie Wyman, a sister of
William D Haywood, were also taken
into custody.
MORE PEOPLE ARE
RETURNING TO CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Sept. D.-Aii Alaska
| Steamship Company's vessel which
■ liar, sailed for the North had the fol
; lowing passengers for Cordova:
Miss C. W. Cooley. Miss S. F. N.
No: II. J. A. Webb, Mrs. F G. Grimm,
K R. Nathan, Walter Dempster, Mrs.
W. S. Rogers, C W. Beers, C. J Iver
son. John Freeman, J. II Iderstein
and Ralph Wheaton.
HUNS BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED
AT ALLIES’ CONTINUED SUCCESS
AMSTKKI >A M, Sept. (i. Apparently it has not been p<>s
sible to hide from the German people the bitter disappointment
among the German military authorities over the evacuation of
Keiumel hill, one of the strategic strongholds southwest of
Ypres. The Kokal Anzeiger’s correspondent says the evacua
tion was made “with a heavy heart.”
The military critic of the Berlin Vorwaerts is completely
at a loss to understand why the proud Keiumel bastion was
surrendered. He concludes that some enemy coup had been
planned, which the Germans had cleverly frustrated without
casualties.
Victory or Destruction for Huns
To counteract the questions being asked by the German
people, Chancellor Yon l’osadowski Wchner has publicly7 stated
that it is now a matter of victory or political and economic de
struction for the fatherland.
Ludendorff’s Braggadocio
That American assistance will be a decisive factor in the
war is a vain hope on the part of the entente alliance, according
to General Ludendorff in a statement given to the Vienna news
papers. Ludendorff admitted that the Americans were ren
dering no inconsiderable assistance to the allies, both in men
and material, but, he said:
“The French nation always lives on hopes. First it was
hope in Russia, now in America. But as we settled Russia, we
shall settle America. German w ill to victory remains unbroken
and that spirit shall break the enemy’s will to annihilate.”
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EXCHANGE RATE ♦
INFLUENCED BY •
ALLIED SUCCESS ♦
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COI’KNH AH KN. Kept, ti -The «
present situation on the west- ♦
ern front lias mused a fail of ♦
about 17 per cent in the price ♦
of tlie Herman mark, while the ♦
laigllsh pound sterling lias ♦
risen to $5.05. ♦
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REPORTED FRENCH HAVE
VIRTUALLY TAKEN HAM
PARIS, Sept. (>.—General Debeney’s army is steadily ad
vancing toward Ham, which lias been completely encircled.
General Mangin's troops are now in sight of laion, being
within ten miles of the city. General Berthclot's soldiers have
reached the Aisne on a large front.
The French yesterday continued to push forward on the
entire front between the Somme and the Veslc. Smith of
Pennine the French made further fcrossings of the Somme in
the region of Fpenancourt and captured several towns.
General Humbert’s army is making steady progress today
in the region of Guiscard and Ham. It is reported that the
French have virtually taken Ham.
Old Battlegrounds Recaptured by British
I.OXDOX, Sept. (i.—The British today captured Xeuve
Chapelle and Bnssu, and crossed the Canal du Xord on their
whole front from Savrineourt north to the Scarpe. The French
between the Somme and the Oise took Outrecourt and Massif,
within three miles of Olianny, and are approaching the I linden
burg line at St. Gobain and Massif.
German Artillery Moving to the Rear
WITH THE BRITISH FORCES, Sept. C.—Along the
"hole front from the southern extremity to the BapaumoT'am
i hrai road the fire of the enemy's hig guns is dwindling. This
indicates that the (iermans arc making strenuous efforts to get
fheir artiiiery behind the ifimlenburg >h tenses.
I he British today captured more posts around llavrm
court wood.
I he Australian troops have crossed the Somme on a wide
1 front south of I’eronne. The British have captured St. ('hrist,
Brielimesuil, Doingt and Athies.
In many places north of the Sensce river the Germans an*
firing thousands of gas shells indiscriminately.
Germans Retreating on the Lvs
The (iermans launched three counter attacks against Mill
• to, in the I,ys salient, today. 1 wo o| these altaeks were re
i pulsed at once and in the third the British fell back to positions
north of the hill for a moment. Farther north the British
reached the crest of the important ridge northeast of Wulver
ghcin. Fires and explosions are taking place in the whole le
gion from which the Germans arc retreating.
Americans Advancing Between Vesle and Aisne
WITH IMF A M I'.li I( A\S, Sept. ii. The Franco Ameri
can forces reached the south bank of the Aisne last night be
tween < nude and Vielarey, on an eight mile front. The Ameri
cans occupied JFHui/.el and Barbonval virtually without oppo
sition. Tin* Americans advancing from the Vesle captured
('leinies and advanced their lines as far as the ’outskirts of Vil
lers Knprayeres, on the Aisne.
SEE TI ENLIST
WASHINGTON. Sept ti.—Secretary
of War Baker has ordered the chief
of each bureau fn the war department
to replace by December ".1 nil men
within the draft ages who would be
classified In Class I now assigned to
duty in Washington or In war de
partment branches elsewhere, with
men physically disqualified for gen
eral military purposes.
CHICAGO TAKES SECOND GAME
BY DEFEATING BOSTON 3 TO 1
( 111 ('A< i< ), So|>t. (I. The second game in tlm world’s chain
}ii<>nslii11 hasehall series brought out a slightly larger croud
than yesterday, owing to warmer weather. Tim line up for Lo
dn\’s game was as follows:
Boston Hooper, r. f.; Sliean, I’h.; Strunk, e. f.; \\ liitinnu,
I. f.: Mclnnis, lh.; Scott, s. Thomas, .‘lb.; Agnew and Sluing,
e.; Bush, p. Chicago—Flack, r. f.; Hollocher, s. s.: Mann, I. f.;
1‘askert, c. f.; Merkle, lh.; Pick, 'Jh.; Heal, ,'!h.; Killil'er, c.; T\
h*r, p.
In the second inning Merkle bunted safely past Thomas,
Heal popped out, and Killil’er hii for two bases, scoring Merkle
with the first extra base hit of the series. Tyler singled over
second, scoring Pick and Killil'er. Tyler was out on second.
Flack hit to Mclnnis and heat him to the bag. Flack stole sec
ond, but was out when he overslid. Tim score was Chicago b,
Boston, 0.
In the sixtlw Hollocher tripled w ith nolle out, but he was
I out trying to score on Paskert’s grounder. Merkle -bugled, but
was out trying a double steal with Paskert.
In the eighth Sehang, batting for Agnew, singled. Bush
flied out. Hooper singled, and Flack's great throw caught
Sehang at third. Sliean grounded out.
In the ninth Strunk tripled to center and Whitman also
t ripled to center, scoring Strunk. Mol unis grounded out. Scott
walked. Hubuc, batting for Thomas, fanned. Sehang popped
out. Scon* :
K. H. IT
Boston . I b I
Chicago . •”> i I
Batteries Bush, Agnew and Sehang; Tyler and Killifer.
Hildebrand umpired on ball and strikes.
HUNS FORCED TO RETIRE
UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE
THE HABIT',, Sept. (i.—The Dutch minister at Berlin lias
been instructed to protest against the destruction by Herman
submarines of vessels within the barred zone, and against the
sinking of seven Hutch fishing vessel on August 'J4. He has
also been instructed to protest against the fact that skippers
of the fishing fleet were forced to sign a declaration the con
tents of which were unknown to them.
W GHILKIT CD.
• ■core C. llazelet returned this aft
ernoon from Katalla, where he Is at
the head of the (Jillkat Oil Company,
and he brings encouraging news of
another oil well having been struck
on their property This is the second
well in whi h pay has been found this
summer, and the rapacity of their
plant has now been increased to
nearly nine hundred barrels per
week.
In tic las; wt 11 bored pay was found
nt a depth of Cun and sun feet, but
the drilling was continued to a depth
of S20 feet, when a pump was in
stalled, and this well is now producing
about ten barrels per day. The other
well was struck In July, from which
f:\. barrels per day are being taken.
The output of the plant has thus born
doubled during the past two months.
The work of drilling another well
will be started within the next week
or ten days.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. C The food
administration today announced the
retention of the present sugar ration
of two pounds per month tier person.
DUTCH PROTEST AGAINST
HUNS SINKING THEIR SHIPS
LONDON, Sept. 6.—Tilt* slight losses of the allies and the
large number of German prisoners taken in the present offen
sive is attributed to the temporary lowering of the fighting
power of the German army as a result of being overfought, and
a certain disorganization due to the general retirement under
constant heavy pressure.