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JIMA__________________ BRIEF NEWS NOTES WHAT HAS OCCUIIRED DURING WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN TRY AND ABROAD EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE Gathered From "All Parts 0f The Globe And Told In Short "?Prgah Domestic. 'er'ieary o.f tut' 'liet'a.tivy' ile':\eleci illlt t' t 't i that the tV~tII Iitt.v1tte' vvilt';v6 Ing of list' e. 'I'\to t aI is' htttt ;i+;rtti'-s wiltl i t, createcd byv :' C-att I loan etot' otit I ion wtith ltis,!ttate'S' at lKaitsal- Ct'y and la iilva-. 'eas. Courtesy is tie tla ad e t t'l 1 lir I'eten' (.'unerat l~ MAdoo'~ of' .5 1il road s'ti p+ioyc'$.l! , .t",y a mtt no de'iat. t'~: a : . Ite 111011tt o Quit 111t, h ~is inl a sneerinjlg \1a;l thast 4.11 ae iit s running the ratlro'atis 11,',t nt s:a~e r s'i't'rat l3turclesn, dit c. blr zttts: o I.' t' giapl and ltelehone' ay-; '.1 ;proved a en It'l C r tt :hs ~~ge'sof ,li tt i' (of tl:c \1t~ r r ~tt'l ltll'tt :'e.r ;'hl s'i, i!~~~:iptitt '1 t taint h1as dtalit ft: :' ..:utt st .' :i I'll:.:\'lvia to tsl' lit,'C ps'nn1, c. h to :, 't:i' rv ta~:: ;n force :ill tho ti ' tr tilt.d ' vn found I:. .. : ::. :'..i i' s +':.. "i:a le b to lit l~. 1Y.~nn of south1 C( r .. ?:. h t . ...vhted th a: hi1 Ci''"' , -? .. : :.. .. e ,Ori, ill f,'- Csrns in ii f:* f". I'C r lia C' 1*the \.. 1 An -. 7 2..' l 1 :. . f t5 t. t . San. LUa. 'd !'&r ., ,. '{'".4 ..~ + " i<:, siv" rr t/ 4/: : %.": ;:y}{tftj; ...... tf I '{ i v i : . :Y " ."y ;: :r :i ir s : + ' .ti 4dibzt)*rfl i'i ..:? ?:;?['>}_ h:.: . .; . r., },v Ie1 i:%r~'i } a Ii(III 7.t:'}". ii ' r:[>..r r [.: :r INI'E( II .,> {' {ib tti wti "~~iiI tyj YrV {Ii ^I'a veyLI tliu hui fl~ %nd d ' ;; Inforniation furnished by offi0er o vessels attacked by (Jel a'tan subma rines along the American colat, hn strengthened the belief held by sevena OxporJtenced officials that the enena raiders have had cointnieatLioU wil persolls, on shore tud niy even havt lauded members of their crews in anl effort to sccure reliable information The navy departiment wil not endorse tills belief, but adnits its possibility. 'T'ho first officer of the U. 13. Jen. nings, which was sunk by a Gerutaut submatrine, mlakes the positive claini itha he met in it New York saloon the the first officer of the submarine. The recognition betwet''n the Anterican and Getrlnuin wats mutual, and the (h-rman un luetdiately withdrrew. Other inl 1t1nesar reported. but not conitru't eti. One story along this lint is that the captain of a coastwise vessel, be itg otrderetd to the subinarine with hspapers, was astounded to seet ont the lesk of the Ge'nan cond:tder copies of the New York dailies of the samte date. One of the subinarines toperating inl American iwaters cut lit' internttional cable connet.ing this ' country with the continent of Europe. A natal re pair ship hts sintce piecked tip and spliced hoth c:thi's. A Get'rmil subitrine was sunk in a runnting hattle with a 13ritish tank steatute'r thtsoit thret' huldreid inles tot'tlteast of Nantucket, aiet'trotli t to itutibhers of :he ttiikt's crewit. 'T'hel . i'l ship arrived in l'hibidelpia from Mlex.icto. A set';itei tlituspiit'I, carrying Altteri t.l1 tio'ops. hasi. arrived at Vliadivos tu. A third troop ship will shortly arrive thtr-t. 'ableatgrauins anneeti-t' that the Chi tese gve'rt'nIlletiI has stnt itt rge' ftorces of troops ti the Siberian border to pre v'enlt 11 t hrt'eatenred invasion of ('hini-so territory by G'ermtan and 1lungarian l'rtsoners of war who joined the lIed ttard and other elements of the Itol sheviki. lFreedot of departure from this colintry of alitns by means of which a ntnmiber of dangerous eneny al ions has been able to escape from the au thorities since the United States en tered the war will not he permitted after Sept emhcr 15 under a proela mat ion sigitd by l'rt'sident Wilson atd an ext c: iv order. Furopean. Ad:ics sent out from Japanese vte a:1-r: to the et'tTeet that the reat'n s ' f svet rat millionaires have be". . *rn" d. Th ovrr r of Tokio. Japan, in a manI. turs .he reside nts of :ha .. :. ......n ind-.'ors at night. The - n to and the kading .. .:t'. ..3:- ."i :he ci:ty have- beeti rT . l:... Cn thr"- importan - r .:n b t' - fron s:.a:"_:c ... ' nder n-. of the iBri: sh ant I- ; - _ ,etr, ea: of Arm:n -e:-Ly has re:ra-.d over f near.y siX nles, .ea;ing wn of -Ali ,ie in B3ritish hands :-- -'-n '-~ Matz and Ose: rivers * e P-rh el hav- fough: Their way :c .e wes'.ernt _u:skir'- of the dominat. .:g uo-iein of L.asigny, and farther 1e' hae debouched from the Thies. Cour-. woo I and rapt ured the :own of AXrur.l 1:.' Curv'- in the battle line norw-.w: of Soisi-ons, the French, !rvsmi n;-r (hri>-pont. toi Fonte'ney, on ':-~ A~sri-. a d;."tance- of approximrately nirne mnies, have: driven the G'ermans br: an averag'- depth of more than a ril~e and captured eeveral villatg-. and over two thousand prisoners. Londojn reiports the capture by the British of the railroad station on the we- -rn outs kirts of the important town of Royt., one of the 1)ivotal point s on the ha' tt:i ft be wenn~ the Oisie antd the Sommeii. Lordi Robert Cecil, it ih untder sec rtiary of state for forei gn a ffa i rs, s he hul'.v'- the inittrnat ionail etorinmis sionf tin revittoitlizting frmts the nucle us of a ileagui of naitionst. A vailable Itorn i-'r-ench sources, it sine- the begifinfg of theo war to thle pr-esenit has be-c-n not it-ss than six Jludiging fromu the newst' ernattnatiung raidly am3 iurting protpoertijons of a r-out to the liouIaheviki. he-art int their htiroit- light against the Germtuans tandt Autstria ns, due to thet iahli iovemtl tof allied tr'oops- tat. Viadiivtstok and to the west of thttA city. Ju tst foutr we-es tago I Ihe residenlts of t'aris wierie a wakten(edtt by the soundits ort suchl t liltla (annonade I tey ne'ver haduo yet heard-t. it was Gemna Mtang int's "countert prtepaationt tti" taginal~. th Gt (er mtani at tack whlit-l the -eimy believed wias to taike him inito thie galteis of elas Allied troop0, amiontg ivitn t enW fromi Amtericta have botrne ai crie-dit able latI, have caiptutred 73,000 lrisonlers tand~ miore& than sevetnteen hutndredt gtuii in the four weeka' drive agaitnst the ct'nt ral powet's. The Frank fort Ganzette is hleatding with the Gebrman miiiitary tauthorities to tell thec wholte trtuh "aa far tas pos. sible."' Alliedt andl tneutratl shipping suink by enmy suibnmriines during July atmout-t - td to 270,000 tons. fThis is about tone halt of the tonnage stink int July, 19117. - lhe enttente nat ions constructed during July a tonnage itn excess of 2S5e,000 tonis that were deCstroyedt dur Iting t he month by enhemy ope-ra- ion . Munich ne-wspapers say it is hley.v ' El thMa '-venf a -light inle%-tnt will - bring abouit a general uprising inl Bo. NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Allies Continue Their Advance in Picardy Steadily but More Slowly. ROYE AND NOYON IN DANGER First American Field Army Is Formed -Situation in Austria and Russia Improved-Man-Power Bill In troduced in the Senate. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Moviit,: more slowly but steadily and with deteriinat ion, the allies last week iutshed the tirainanas further bnaek in Picardy. t~ieral von 1'.oehin. the llun "ret reait slwclalist,'" having leetn phied in co nuinul on the Sotrine front. put up an increasiugly strong resi -tune toi it protect his withdruwal, atld the lighting beatne rather local ized. 'Ihe liercest st rug::le. was toward tilw ' auth end of the tmttle line, where the F'rench were fo 'rcingi their way to < w r Nayon. Overconiiuir t raieiitouis r.an-t-rtcea, they drove the ;eriaus frait tiiu 'st of the naussif ofr liei~lhts of I.ai;.:ny early in the week, and also inoved forward in the ()ise valley. Th. : tiy gainedi a secure footing on the' Ihiescoaurt platetau and thus doan initted llust of the country northeast of then I fir miles. This uinveinefnt and the unceasing pressure of the British frein the cnorthi ward imperiled the en ery's position in 1toye, although he clung w th despration to that city and to C'haul ns further north. Along rnuch of the line lie was holding he had the advaait;igo of the old trenches and wii*re enta;gIlements built by hin prior to July, 1"16. Whether Von Ba"'hrn would elect to try to make a pralI.iged stand there, or fall back on thoe nuch stronger 'eronne-Noyon line was not revealed, tut observers hll eved he would choose the bitter coirse, and the fact that he was witidrawirig his troops north of Albert strengthened this view. He 'vneueaid tho towns of Beatinont, Iairnei, Serre, Puiiisieux au Mont and Jiu(liioy, taikling up positions oii heights inore easily defended. Along tle S'oun, on hots banks, the Iritish, Wiiii the iilde assistanee of somne A1-r11144an traoops have been advaricrig slowly, taking I'ray and Itlinehen. In the a(lvaince4 on Itoye and Noyon from the southlwest the French have been lighting over extreinely dificulf groundis waiih niurainaroes ran ines Itntl fIrtnaish voter for Ilt liiaiuumrble ma cinie gins the ('.-rmns have been us inig. flat the ''renchi kelt bringing tip theIr artillery anil (hi'aning out these nPHt.i, ;Inl long before iiei enid of the week they hal taken Itilherourt, on the (lise, anl had Noyon unaer (-on tiinual fire, remerinig it alnost unten able. On the Solssons-felmis front the light lng was mostly cntinedl to repent ed but fIutile attacks on the Amerleans at I"isanes, F'isaiette and the nielglabor In ri. egi on. A rtIllery or both I sI des wit veriy activye a long iihe Vesle rliver. Alihough thle Il'i car dy "Iffensivye was slowed upat a;)smewn-vhail, army (41lit'ers see. no inilention of a Ilettlng dowvn on the( pat o(f MbarishaIl Foeh. (On Ithe con aryaa*~, t hey predict that anoth Ier great. div' e will comte soon41, itlhera-I i lan dlers or het Wee n t Olise an ad Solssns, ail expelCt m~oveaane-nts oaf fair greater sttope itIn thle anar fuI t'. The Ger-. inan high (omniluinIid sees to have ne' c'opted eeuea tand41 to be t ryinlg to get ouit o'f Its dhl ilffi-ths us biest It ay. 'Fhe~ en'i-ct or tiis on the mor 4'niha or the Stihliary is qulite evidentl in Ithe prls ones~ taik n, and1( Its effect in (Geranny rS't..eed ini fhe pre'ss, wh Iichn admits fitair ong the we(st fronait, as) else 1ntliy ini thle week it was announcaai(ed t hat thle 11irst Amaerlean iiIeldli army' oif 'ye (orpis, had1( been coanstitted waal i Geneal Pe'srig as conmmndl aaer. It Is unders~atood( that thIs airmy will by itself hold( thei eastern part of the tine, to Al'sace, and some officers beliey'e ati 'ill-A~meriean dive east of Verdun may comle son Swiss frontier was closed for sornm dlaiys atnd till Irains were full of Aus trian troops going to the Itllian front, which was laken to miean another on ing oflfettsive' there. Ilowever, the Ital inn2 w\ ere ready fo r It a1nd1 daily in i'i'd their positions, especilly in the ruountains. In Allatia the Austrians evacuated all points bel by thern south of the Setneni river. An a1nni .ing developient is the seiz ure of Ihik i, (:('iter of the Caspian q4en oil district, by it iritish force which 2ade its wiy up through Mesopotmt111 and1[ P'ersia. The parlous condition of the central powers resulted in a "kaiser confer ence" at Gerintan 1aln headquarters which was attended by the rulers of (eritnlty and( Austria and their chief advisers and by representatives of the 'l'Turks. Bulgarians and lRussian holshe viki. The internal situation in Aus tria-llungary es 'eially is growing w(ort'se-or r'a(he(r better--daily; an11 x plosion there aliost any day would not greatly surprise anyone. Ilulgaria shows signs of breaking away froi its confederates, and as for Turkey, the general pubilic knows nothing of what is going 41n1 there or what Is expected. The situation in Itussia. including Siberiai. also is linproving, for the forces opposed to the bolshevik i and the (sertitIns are growing stronger anltd aUn3algantttirig. The possibility of os talblishing 3a1n eastern front that will seriously worry the Illis is being con sidered, especially speCe the "suprene governinent of the northern territory,'' embracing half a dozen districts, has declared itself opposed to the Germans and ready to fight theni. Possession of the port of Archangel and the Mlur man coast gives the allies an inlet for troops to help this niovernent. That Germiany recognizes the menace Is evi dent from 1he facts that she is sending more soldiers fromn the west front to Itussia, an(1 has ordered Finland to prepare to iake war on the people of M urimnntsk and the allies there. Dis patches from Ielsingforsdeclared the Germans intend to occupy Petrograd, though what they would gain by pos session of that hunger-stricken city is not apparent. Lenine and Trotsky and Iheir soviet government were re ported to aine fled from Moscow to Kronstadt, the great fortress near Petrograd, and to have placed the exe 'utioni of power in the hands of a trl unvirate comnposed of Lenine, Trotsky and '/inovie'ff. Lenine also issued It Inanlifesto urging the 1pitiless annihila tion of aill cottager- r(volutlonarles. Ailosci.mv binIug ad2n2ittedly in the (on 9 1ol 3h counter-rvoutionists, th14I erntnt eitinassy also Iled from that. city to 'skov, which greatly perItIrbed the Gcrnuan p~ressa. The- diplollials of all the alljed pow. ers, now living on warships at Arch angel, have dernanded of 'T'rotsky an explan ailion of his Ihreat that itusslt would declare war" "against Anglo ''rench in(per'ialisit" The first American regiment sent to Siberia. hw ''wenty-seventh regular in fatiry rit Iatniiht hunie( at Viii Vostok 'Iutrsdaty, 111( other Yani kees 11 r-4 on thse way. Thei' t'zechoii-5)lovks '4In ('a2ternt SI her'iia22 to hve' 1134 assIst ance of firIt Ish an 133('1renich foices w32h 922 hunted' at Vladtiivi3sok and24 JoIined ltheilit inhe I)'suiri rive valleVii1y. Thoi~se ini western'P SIb1er'ia 2w'ee lait reortedi as( en4 gaged n a despe'rrato ha1f1tle with a lar ige hot hievlk arI'ny,' A~ Iiing s9(93 forwa'ird in the1 moi(P1 upp~lori of9 ths f25'iIghtIig Cze'hs and3( dl theIr fellow% ntionals2211 who2 12re 1in ('heillon3 3 agit I1 Autsirt'-Ilun 2gary was 33 Ldie forn222l recognillon11432 by (Grea32 tP Ir .t'9 22d(1 jmiontail 4of the4ir armies15 as5 an2 .991ied( force4 regulal wa ' 3 32ginig war tfaire gainItsil h 194 '(lnrl powe'~rs. It is .4)0: a'ii hIelIeived( i A22ner1(en 2and other lid nation 1024will follow33 t' e'xample)I .I Grea3t Jliritaini. Eas 39week 's dilsptches24 1old of fur'i 322nsS nii sevra 23243 us32 i1'ihm 14 ltie cause >y 12 theat tetsI of' t I1heluns to seize4 The activiIties of' (ermtan U-hoats iff hle Atlantlc coast have grown so0 ant oying that the caineIIt ia said to have 2evoted a long meeting to discussing themn an! the ways of combating them]. '11The submarines, in addlition to sininlog at minher of stearners and at tucking (tihers, in somec eases only a few railes from the harbor of New York, also destroyel it considerable numler' of ilshing vessels off New Eng lain I. Several fights with these U-boats were relporte'l ailt( it was believed that at least ont' of tin was sunk. What was believe(l to be a gas attack on the coast giuard station and lighthousn on Sniith's islantI, South Carolina, in which several men were overcoie, has not yet been explained though the theory that the poison gas came from ia submarin e was discarded. P'resuiu ably the fact that our naval vessels are pretty busy on convoy duty accounts for the comparative Immunity of these U-boats along the Atlantic coast. The steatly decline of the German submarine campaign is emphasized by the ofileial reports on sinkings and shipbuiling for July. The allied and neutral shipping sunk during the month arntounteti to 270.000 tons, comupared with 534,s:39 tons sunk in .1uly. 1917. I' uring the month the allied nations constre i n tonliiage in excess of 20.000 to that destroyed by enemy op erntlions. The ( dministraion's man-power hill extending the draft age to eighteen ii ml forty-five years wias reportedl to the senate Ti ur lay and that body prepared to take It up and act on it slpedtily. Chairman Chambinerla in in reporting tih mtasure said (eneral a lch told the iilitary'atf'a irs com l1itte that lie believed .1,000,000 Amer leans tutler o~ne comnatnder couldi go through the German lilnes whenever they pleased and that if the ages are fixel as asked, the voluntary enlist ment system automatically ends. lie also said all the men called for active service und'er the atmended act would be In F'rance by next June. The new American war prograi, it was re vealel, (nlls for 80 divisions, or about .000,000 muen, in Perance and 18 more divisions in traininiig in America, by June 30, 1919. Mr. Chamberlain told the senate that President Wilson's program called for concentration of American forces on the westerns front, including Italy, and that the theory of the fighting in the future is that we must force the Issue andt(] win on the western front. The hill ias reported contains a work or fight provision to which organized labor, through Sauel Gompers, hais fIled( emphatie objection. The 11mnediate need for more fight ing men induced the president to issue on Wedniesdlay a pr'ocbunn111 Ion calling for the registration, on August 2-1, of all young muen who shall halve hecome twenty-one years of age het ween June 5 lust am1 that 'ay. 'T'his extra enroll mteni, it is belieived, will include cbout V50,. iaien, one-hmlf of whom are lit for military dutly. Chatilrtunn Kitchtin and other mem hers of the house ways anid mnee s comnittee being wedhbed to the Ideal that the lst way to raise more rev enue is to increase the excess protlts tax, rathfer than to impose it war prof its tax, Secretary of tie Treasury Mc Adoo was compelled to go before the conlnitIe with at m1ss of figures to sustain his contenItIon that the war pro'(fIt 18ax iliif h1od is thet bes't and1( only Iflir' 44ne. Ini replyI3 to KIt chin's asser lion I intt a war ri4tIts tax was "'only ('amouillflaigte to let (411t t' bIg fellows"' tile stecretar y prloductd figures to show 1tlit In a great majorlityi 3 of cases the var (I Iil proIfgts '(tax ua ~ouldfulmrhav iat 80 ier' cent as the comitltee pro posedt, lit saidt wiold touch riot more than11 lilt of' thei iiirge c.orpora'ltionls. I~e faivor's the~ ('(ontinoulne of t he existinog ('xcess8 profits tanx, with (correction~s but1 wiulI 1(1 increase, lie also) urPged( heaIv Ier levies til unlt'lr'in'ed i'comes thain 01n earnedlt'l in'omes, 11( an t'e14 impsition11 of al Iiix 11(l ti~ upon1srvant 111uxurit's. 'T' 8 setary i i linilir'4ssedl oni theW ('ommii ft' tilt necess'5iy o3Ef pallss ig the thle da11te set for inuni 1tbloug It' foulrthI thle intervals btee ~~tthiIle 1iberty loans. In Watshington mo(st 01f tile de lay in pasing the measureI~i Ia expect ed to d(laniij in thea nate GERMANS MEETING HEAVY REVERSES 9 OVER FIFTY MILES FRONT THE ENEMY IS MEETING WITH DISASTROUS DEFEATS. FRENCH ALSO MAKE GAINS American Troops Are Not Mentioned in Battle; Probably Reserved for Later and Heavier Blow. Over the 50-mile front from the re gion of Arras to the north of Soissons the German armies are meeting with defeats which apparently spell dis aster. Everywhere the British and. French forces have continued on the attack, the enemy has been sanguinar ily worsted. And the end of his trials is not yet in sight. To the British over the 30 miles of the fighting zone from the Cojeul river southeast of Arras to Lihons, south of the Somme, numerous towns have fall en, and the enemy territory has been penetrated to a depth of several miles. Where the French are fighting be tween the Matz river and the territory north of Soissons additional goodly gains have been made in the envelop ing of Noyon and the general maneu ver which seeks to crush or drive out the Germans from the salient be tween the Somme and the Ailette. and to put into jeopardy the entire Ger man line running to Rheims. Notwithstanding the fact that the Germans brought up large numbers of fresh reinforcements in an endeavor to stay the progress of Haig's armies their efforts were without avail. Where they were able momentarily to hold hack their oncoming foes, the Germans finally were forced to cede he ground demanded. And they paid t terrible price in men killed, wound 'd or made prisoners. The entire Arras-Albert road has been 'rossed by the British. The strong 'y held positions where the Germans saw disaster facing them if they fell were stormed and captured, and the tritish p'ushed them going eastward. Although the Americans at the j commencement of the Somme offen sive were brigaded with the British :along the northern bank of the Somme no mention of their having taken part in the fight is made. It is probable that they have been moved to some other portion of the battlefront from which Marshal Foch, contemplates another smash at the enemy. HAPPY VALLEY AN UNHAPPY VALLEY Happy valley truly is a shambles. Its name belies it. South of the Somme the Austral ians were most successful in the part they played in the batlte. They easily attainedI all their objectives and ap parently hold Chuignolles, Chuignes andl H-erieville andl are pushing east ward of those villages a little distance to make sure of holding them. In thi sregion 33 German officers and 1.500, men of other ranks were made prisoner. Eleven of the cap-. turedl officer's were from one regiment. The Germans offered heavy resist ance at Chtuignolles, butt with the as sistatnce of tanks the Australians ham mered through the enemy and swept on, leaving the town and its envi. rn'ns filled wvith (lead Germans. On the ridlge south of this town there also wvas fierce fighting which almost reachedl the hand to hand) stage befotre the Australians made it (clear to the Germans that they were not to be stoppled andl shoved over the' ridlge and~ onwvard. Just now large numbers of guns are roaring aw~uay all along the line. All daiy long streams of wounded, priniciplnly Germans as weli as great . numbers of enemty prisoners, were flowing towards the rear-. The day wast cooler' and the Briitish soldiers wore refreshed by it. it was slightly (loudy but the tit "-as full of British airplanes. A number of Giermatn planes were shot dlownt over the battlefront during the day. each fail brilnging a cheer from the Briftish.p BRITISH TROOPS SHOW . . FINE SPIRIT IN' FIGHT Paris.-The nlewspaper correspond ents at the front lay stress on the .magnificent enthusiasm with which the British are attacking and over comitng the enemy. They point out that the British opposed stout resist- , ance wheti the Germans counter at taokedl, andI when they sawv that the onomy was staggering tunder the shower of blows intcreasedl the punish- * ment without giving hint time to look around. ALMOST UNVARYING SUCCESS RA1SE6 STRONGEST HOPES' Washington--Al most unvarying site ('e55 or the great allied offetnsive on lhe 50-mtilhe front citretchIting front Sois. sons ntorthItward to lhe envirotns of Arras raised hopes in tmilitary circles lhere for thte most decisive defeat yet adlministered to thle Germans. Ohsery oe wvere of the opinion that Gonot-al Poch's whittling tactics of the past sis weeks have boon so effective that op ,portunity has come for a glorious har vest.