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GREATEST BATTLE OF THE WAR IS NOW IMPENDING
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GERMANS MASSING TROOPS
TO CHECK THE TIDE
A siimmarv of the war situation issued hy the Assn
dated I’ress this afternoon is as follows:
“A hat t le which seems to be Oils ot t lie great est of the
war is developing along the northern Picardy front, and
if; it is reported that disaster is threatening the whole tier
if! man army on this front. The Germans are throwing
masses of 1 roops into t lie st niggle to cheek t he tide of hat
tie, which is reported to he setting against them.
“The British are advancing from the m>rt hern end of
the front at Boiry, Bee<|iierclh» aiul Boyelleii. Tim Brit i-h
have captured Mixllo. near Albert, and Happy \alle>,
north of Bray. It is reported alfothat the liciti^11 have
if: ea pt n red ( 'Inti:' holies a ml I lerlevillo, -mi! h o| t h < • Si mi nm.
“The I lift iii'd < i i ■ i • 111 a 11 lines ftr- wavering on hut i t he
iini'lien and -mit hern < nds of tin I'uardv I 111 < - I rm t
I a ■ ( 11 'inia It • ■ 11< a I i 11L’ preclipit; i 1 el \ ;, 11111: • ' • h-w
\ 1: i • 1 pn -nil - -' '.oi u ah mg tile v I ■ de front. I n ■ I! i a ’
i'ii and < i i • it: i. i ifS ai.- halt ling along a tweiitv mile front
i lorn I ,ih on.-, i > miles smith of tin Somme, in the t '.m nl
river, smith of Arias. \ovonr ti e < i •' ri i in 11 pivot, stiil
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IN 1Y BEING SWEPT
ASIDE ALL FRONTS
Allies Winning Everywhere
L<>.\1)<>\, Aug. lib. Tlm liiittle now raging i- along one
n!' the widest ITi nit - uf the war. which extends fifty miles north
from Sbissoiis. The allies are winning everyw here. The Brit
i>h have gained mure than two miles and are rolling up many
prisoners.
Tlm British Third army is pushing toward the suiithcuM
from (loniieciuirt toward Bapaume.
Developments Coming Fast
BKITISH IIKAlnjl AKTKKS. Aug. lib. ..Tensive
has Iii'conic so vigorous that it is difficult to keep pace with
developments.
Eliminate Bend in Line
W ITH Till; BKITISH FuKCKK, Aug. lib. The British
are reported to have captured ('hiegnolles and I leilevi I |e. south
of the Somme, and more than a thousand prisoners have lieeii
taken. The I tend in the line has liei-n eliminated.
French Capture Five Thousand
W mi Till-; l'KK.\< 'I I FoKCKS, Aug. XT (ieneral Man
gin's I'n•?idi army has driven the Hermans across the Ailette
vallev along a front of several miles. Between the < >ise and
tlm Aisiie (Ieneral M,ungin took five thousand prisoners on
W i dnesdav and Thursday.
With the Americans
W ASH I \’(iTO\\ Aug. -T tiencral Pershing's com
nmiii(|Ue sav s t hat many direct hits were observed w hen Ameri
can airmen successfully bombed the railway yards at Lou
guyon, Adunde b’oman and Confliins on August ill.
EXPLOSION KILLS
3 ENLISTED MEN
WASHINGTON. Mm. L'T The ex
plosion of a depth charge on board
the T. S S. Orizaba at sea on August
17 killed Lieutenant Commander Will
iam Price Williamson and three en
listed men and wounded Commander
ft l> White and eighteen enlisted
men.
Commander William Price William
'«»n was horn in Virginia in l*v| and
Mr appointed to ?h*- Vnnapblis naval
a- ademy from Wisconsin
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le-. and univ er-it if- met here onlay
and discussed plans lor turning all
western colleges into military acad
emies similar to West Point for the
LONGSHOREMEN STRIKE;
MONTKVIDKM. M; : 1 Tile long
!.,iral.vi- of port activities here has
been broken by the government put
i ti. -ohlier- to work loading voxels
This action was taken alter tin*
striking workmen had refused to obey
the government order to return to
work.
LONDON, Aun. Hritish airmen
bombarded b\e important Derman
towns and five (IcrniHii airdromes on
VtigUHt JL\ according t«» an offn ial
• laleineiii today.
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.ill . 1.1,, , i i..u - e iii -1.• 11!n. .1 :k
], :it pci'. - : • -1 • •!. ■ i I ■ in I.kI i li
Tip.in anil I In I ii it - -I S'.ih It "ill
hi Kim I > I > „nu, wiili a l.it ion Imaied
at Sail I'll in: a, i TIik pn *u t sv—
Min lias a relay Mint inn in the lla
| vsaiian islands.
new syslerti will deliver mes
rdistanye of 4,iiiK) miles, and j
one el till lotiRest direct wire
less routes in life world.
MEN MAKERS
10 GET INCREASED PAT
LONDON. \m: l*:*, 'Hie ministry <■:
munition- lias ordered the wanes of,
• miieii munitions workers increased
shillinns weekly alter September 1
Dirls under Is: will rereive an in
ti ease of hall a crowd weekly.
PEACE MUST BE DICTATED
AND NOT NEGOTIATED
\\ AS111 ,\(i'l'i >.\, Aim. -•!. Senator Lodne of M,i>saolins
setts tod; I) nave the senate ;m earnest w a 111 i i m against insidi
oils and poisonous (lei man | leiice propaeanda. lh* declared that i
peace must lie dictated, not neyotinted, with (iermany, in order
to place here in a position where she can never .main disturh
the w olid V | leace.
Tile terms which imi-t lie and will he forced on (iermany,
declared the senator, included the complete restoration ol 1 I
Ltinni, the return of AUaee Lorraine to France, Italy irredenta,
safety for (irecce, independence for Serhia, independence for
Poland and the freedom of Russia from (ierman domination.
HUNS TRYING CAUSE
ALLIED DISSENTION
WASHINGTON. Aug. t!l>.—Gorman propaganda designed
to cause dissension among the allies, with stories to the effect
that the United State's will use its enormous fleet of transports
and other ships for trade conquests after the war, was the suit
jeet of a statement of Chairman Hurley of the United States
Shipping Board today.
Mr. Hurley said that even nation lined up against autoc
racv can he depended upon to detect the source of these sug
gestions. He said that in building her merchant marine fleet
the United States plans first to win the war, and later to oyer
come her own neglect to provide ocean transportation for her
own trade.
LONDON. Aug 23.—A large Drltlsh
airplane, carrying Its crew ami nine
passengers, has made the trip from
France to Kngland In half an hour.
The passengers carried u normal
; mount of baggage, as when traveling
1 y boat.
SENIORITY RULE
WASHINGTON, Aug 23—The war
department ban ordered an abandon
ment of the rule of aenlorlty In the
appointment and commissioning of
army officers. All future officers
must come from the ranks after n
term in the training schools.
I'OKTI.ANI). Me. A UK 'I'll.'
commander of the submarine which
1 ( apt tired the trawler Triumph boasted
i to members of the crew o! the tish
I inu \ esse 1 that ttie Amern an oruiser
, San I bc^o was torpedoed, and not
| mined.
Hoston, New York and Portland
'newspapers taken Horn the Triumph
w ere i .-ad bv t he ^’i'uii trill1' < .»m
niande-. w ho d»‘. 1 tred In* >, a uiiiim iI
1" t • ol ho . • uhj11arin<■ had b« e'n
i i in ni' il by i• i*i h' : • 11 \ ; n.. i1
\ ! I. e ri < .ill |io|"
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\.N \TI,\NT|r Pol;!', \iu
'I he | ’.rit ish -t eanistii p | domed
submarined op tin A.ii- r. . n coast
vesterdav. More than one hundred ol
tier crew were rescued.
BUENOS AIRES REGULATES
LOCAL SALE OF MEAT
P,PIANOS \IKt:S. \ a. Tin
! mu uii ipa I a at liorif ms oi Hu- \ n ■
i tui\ e taken ..V rl the .11 '• ! \ . SI m
| t ti" sale of me if r i t !ie puldn .
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ALASKA STOCKS
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WASHINGTON. \UV j: A d; •
pateh trom Switzerland -ays that at
tempts on the It'.*- ot \ti-tnaij o
tirer are in rea-ini; S- • • r:iI < o:
mandant s ha \ •• ordered «>: • r at t !:•
rear to keep the revolutionist wph
them always
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' Ih-rtha i> tin- name applied to
the monster • ierman r ;n ' hi h has
he. n he 1 i111:' Pan .it ?nt• ■ r v.»I tor
some time past.
RUSSIAN RED GUARDS
PUBLICLY EXECUTE SLOVAKS
1.1 )X I m >N. Aim. -T A I lartmi • ii-1•.-!I<• i - ' mi t he
< ■ 111 ■ m \ mil numbered tin- s 111 i < ■ - mi t i it ■ I —mi liver l rm;!. nmtli
,11 Vladivostok and I'mved the aide- t<> withdraw . I'*,,!.- . \ ik
monitor- are hara-sitm the aide- mi I .ale- II., a
(’,>its 111;111,1 - ar<‘ uiv ,*11 in the I’>, ,1-lie v i k tr,,,,|,- in lien am.
Hundreds of Czecho Slovaks Executed
A M ST KIM ».\ M. Aim. The l>u-'ian led final, I-. alter
eapturiim Simbirsk. mi the \ <,Iua. handed three hundred
•'/.echo Slovak- in the market place. in ropn~.ol Ini aliened
at rueit ie- said to have been committed durum the tune the
('/.orlm Slovaks occupied the town.
SKILLED SHIP BUILDERS
ASK FOR INCREASED WAGE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2)!. Skilled workers in shipbuild
ing plants throughout the country have presented friendly de
mands to the labor board of the department of labor for an
increase of wages to a dollar an hour, double time for overtime,
a Saturday half holiday throughout the year, and 10 per cent
bonus for all night work.
The present wage is approximately 7f> cents per hour.
Opposes Increase for Coal Miners
It is intimated that Fuel Administrator Garfield is opposed
to a wage increase for coal miners.