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FALL OF NOYON TO FRENCH MATTER OF FEW HOURS; BRAY TAKEN BY BRITISH TROOPS Third and Fourth English Armies Are Advancing Over Old Battle Field of Somme- Germans Make Desperate Effort to Retain Important Base Allied . Troops Smash Ahead in Picardy Heavy Fighting in Flanders Several Towns Taken by Allies in Advance on German Lines. BRITISH TAKE 14,000 PRISONERS IN THREE DAYS (By Associated Press) The town of Noyon is expected to fall at any moment, according to information received here this afternoon from the battle front in France. Bray is reported to have been captured by the British. The British are reported to have reached Biefvillers, one and a quarter miles from Bapaume. Fighting is going on there and in the vicinity of Mory, some distance to the east of the Arras-Bapaume road. A battle is raging furiously in the vicinity of Bihucourt and Sapignies. The Germans are trying desperately to save Bapaume. There wa3 some heavy fighting in Flanders this morning on a small scale in the neighborhood of Dramoutte ridge, in the Lys salient, which is reported to have been captured by the Germans. British forces are within two .miles of Bapaume, according to dispatches received in London. The British third army has gone forward in some places to the depth of four miles on a front of twelve miles.

CLOSE ON BAPAUME British troops along the extreme northern sectors of the battle line in Picardy and Artols are advancing at a comparatively rapid rate. Their attack in the Albert region was continued early this morning. According to unofficial reports from the field the British have reached the village of Henln on the Cojeul" river, five miles southeast of Arras. They have also advanced tarther to the -south and are in the outskirts of the town of St. Leger. . Advancing Britons appear to be closing iu on Bapaume, the reputed keystone of the German positions between Arras and the Somme. The Germans have been forced to give up towns Just to the north of Bapaume, while the British are reported to be operating just to the west of the town. Take 14,000 Prisoners. It is officially reported that in the fighting since Wednesday morning, when the offensive began in this sector, the British have taken more than 14,000 prisoners. It is stated in unofficial advices that whole batteries of heavy guns have been taken from the enemy. " South of the Somme and betwen the Oise and the Alsne artillery duels are reported. French patrols operating in Lorraine have penetrated the German trencheB at many points. Allies Smash Forward. Overcoming enemy resistance with smashing blows, the allied forces between Arras and Soissons are moving stetdily forward. The menace to the German positions on the fifty mile front increases hourly as the allies take thousands of prisoners and inflict heavy losses. On the north, having hurled the Germans from most important positions on a thirty mile front, the British are nearing Bapaume and threatening the outlying defences of Peronne. Field Marshal Haig's men now are but a little more than two miles away on the northwest, having taken Chiel, Le Grand and Bihu Court in determined fighting. West of Noyon the French have forced a closing of the Divette at Evricourt, three miles from Noyon. and they maintain their strong pressure from the south and cast. Between the Aisne and the Ailette. north of Soissons, General Mangin's troops are pressing close to the heights dominating the Chemin Dps Dames from the west. Increasing the menace to the German pavilions along the Vesle. On Old Somme Field. The British Third and Fourth armies are fighting over the old battlefield cf the Somtne and are making ma;ked progress in fighting which resemues in intensity tne nrst days Df the drive of July, 1916. They have

:rossed tne Aloert-Atros rod over.be extensive"

aiObt of its length. They have seized :he high ground north, west and southwest cf Bapaume and have surrcundd the Important position of Thiepvial 3n three sides. North and south of the Somme. the CrMsh are closing in on Bray. They loll the heights to the northwest. South of the river they have taken two (Wages fast of Bray, which lies on :he north tank, in the area of Lipo :he north bank. In the area of Llpo Llhons. and the British are east of Herleville. Pour Heavy Fire Into Front. From Chaulnes to south, of Roye, J :he battle line remains unchanged. Trench and British guns are pouring i heavy fire into and behind the front ere, the stability of which is seriousy shaken by the allied progress to lie north and south. Noyon is still n enemy hands, but its usefulness vanes as the French artillery bomards it and the armies of Generals iumbert and Mangin move toward it. On the front, north of Soissons. Genral Mangin apparently is giving most ttentlon to sharpening of the salient

which has its apex north of Soissons. He has gained further ground east

of Bagneux, and vest of Crecy Au Mont toward the Soissons-Chauny road. Any advance here adds to the vulnerability of the German line eastward from Soissons. Fires are reported burning behind the German position north of the Vesle and it is believed the enemy may be preparing to retire. Infantry and transports have been observed moving northward from' the Vgs'te,1ft"'the last few days. American and French pressure continue along the river and the Americans have gained some more ground in the areas about Fismes in a local action. Foch is Satisfied. "Everything is going well we have begun our action and we Bhall continue." These are the words oX Marshal Foch, whose strategic work has placed the Germans in their present unenviable positions. While the fighting has been raging on the front from Ypres to Rheims, the stretch of front from Rheims to Switzerland, where American troops hold many sectors, has been quiet. A blow by the Americans on the line east and south of Rheims would not surprise some observers in Washington. For five weeks now, Marshal Foch has held the initiative and the Germans have suffered probably the most severe setbacks and have lost more ground in that time than in any like period since 1916 on the western front. The sixth week has begun auspiciously, with the German line from Arras to Soissons wavering under allied blows and unable to retire without inviting disaster. In the last week more than 20,000 prisoners, not counting Friday's captures, have been taken, more than 60 towns and vil lages regained and the allies have pressed on unchecked. Minor fighting is going on in north ern Italy. North of Bassano, the Ital ians have taken some ground in the Brenta valley. In central Albania the Austrians have been repulsed in an attack against the Italian lines. TROOP SENT FROM RUSSIA; LONDON. Friday. Aug. 23. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from The Hague, says: " It is indicated that some German units under orders to proceed to Finland by way of the Kiel canal are being diverted to the western front. According to a frontier message, Landwehr infantry from the Rhenish industrial district which was to leave for Kiel Thursday, was held up and will leave for France shortly. It is not indicated that such diversions will The Germans evidently expect to be pressed back to the Mouse, says ftho Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Express as they are fortifying positions along that river in Belgium. i The Germans are digging extensive trenches between Dinan and Givet. Thousands of prisoners and Belgian civilians are being used in the work. Givet is 90 miles directly east of Bapaume. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE FRONT. Friday, Aug. 23. A number of fires were reported i late Thursday night within the Ger man lines between the Vesle and Aisne. American officers are of the opinion that the Germans are burning buildings and material which they do not want or have not time to move. French and American observers several days ago reported heavy movements of enemy infantry and trucks northward. Prisoners captured by the Americans in the last few days declared fhey knew nothing about troop movements between the rivers.

U. S. Railroads Carry 5,377,468 Soldiers in Less Than Year WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 Railroads carried 5,377,468 soldiers in the United 6tates, between May 1, 1917, and July 1, 1918, including each movement of a soldier from one point to another. Up to January 1, the movement numbered 2,218,532, and from January 1 to July 1. 3,169,587. More than half, or 2,902,000 of these troops were carried on special trains, 1,079,000 on regular trains, and 1,395,were drafted men carried to the training camps. The average distance run by each special train was 937 miles and the average number of troops carried by each train was 405.

POPULATION OF RUSS VILLAGES DIE OF HUNGER Disease and Famine Raging in Northern Provinces Train Connections Cease. (By Associated Prss.) AMSTERDAM, Aug. 24 Hunger, typhus and cholera are raging in the northern Russian provinces, says a Petrograd dispatch to the Weser Zeitung, of Bremen. The population of entire villages are dying in great numbers. In some places, each person receives only two pounds of oats weekly and no bread. Railroad connections between Moscow and the rest of Russia, except the provinces of Tver and Tula, have ceased entirely, according to a Moscow despatch to the Dusseldorf Nachrichten. This condition is due in part to the passive resistance of the rail way men and Dartlv to the acts of counter revolutionists in blowing up railway bridges and destroying tracks General D. G. Stcberbatcheff, former Russian commander on the Rumanian front, and General V. A. Tcheremisoff, former commander on the Russian northern front, a Moscow dispatch to the Rhenisch Westphalian Zeitung says have accepted commands in the Czecho-Slovak army. After the fall of the Kerensky govejfltngnt General.,, Slcherhatcfceff ,-vbe came commander , in chief of the Ukrainian armies opposing the Bolsheviki. In January last he wa3 outlawed by the Bolshevik government as an enemy of the people. There had been no reports concerning him since the Ukrainian peace with the central powers. The last report concerning General Tcheremisoff was In December 1916, when he was released from imprisonment in Petrograd by the Bolsheviki. Would Form New Party. Paul N. Milukoff, former Russian i foreign minister, has resigned from the Constitutional Democratic party, according to a Moscow dispatch to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, quoting the newspaper Isvestia. It is added that he intends to form a new political faction in Russia to be called the Constitutional Monarchist party. FIFTEEN YOUTHS ARE REGISTERED Roy Vernon McMath was the first man to register Saturday at the court house. Fifteen men registered out of the 45 who come in this registration, which includes boys 21 since June 5. The list of those who registered Saturday up to 2 o'clock follows: Roy Vernon McMath, Thomas McCree Larimore, Charles Lloyd Coulter, Clay Smith, Howard Albert Veregge, Carl Everett Schaffer, George E. Campbell. John M. Bowen, Lewis Wallace Hill, Richard Leo Zeyen, Calvin James Meyers, Thomas Fitzgibbons, Edward Theodore Vo3meir, Lawrence Henry Westendorf and Raymond Paul Paxton. The registration will be continued until 9 o'clock Saturday night. Nineteen U. S. Gun Plants Have Been Completed (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Completion of nineteen out of twenty-six proposed plants for the production of gun carriages and recoil mechanisms was announced today by the ordnance department. Of the seven other plants four are 98 per cent complete and others are more than 85 per cent complete. All the plants are in operation. To provide plant facilities buildings andj machinery for the production on a large scale of carriages and recoil mechanisms for artillery of all calibers, a total of $24,837,336 has been expended. TAYLOR ENTERTAINS SOLDIERS In a letter received here from Edgar F. Taylor, formerly connected with the Adams and American Express companies of this city, he Btated fnat the rmy trucks that pass through Richmond also pass through Crawfordsville two nights before and the trucks are stopping over night in his orchard. He said that the trucks would be passing through until November 1 and they would continue . to stop in his orchard.

U. S. TROOPS MAKE LOCAL ADVANCE

(By Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE FRONT. Aug. 23. American troops today carried out an other local advance in the same region where they increased their holdings along the Vesle on Thursday. Hand grenades . and flame throwers were used by the Germans in ao attempt to check the attackers. The flame throwers had little effect, the American troops managing to keep out of the way of them until American reinforcements and the American artillery had forced the men with the flame throwers to retire with losses. The Americans overcame a detachment of German infantry and took twelve prisoners. East of Fismes an American patrol and a German patrol clashed during the night, the Americans taking four prisoners. AIR FIGHTING MENACES HUNS LONDON, Aug. 24. British air fighting on the western front during the last week provides a striking indication of the difficulty now confronting Germany in the air, which must increase in the near future as the growing air superiority of the allies makes itself feltIn the battle area, probably owing to the recent heavy German air losses, over the Somme battlefield, enemy scout planeS are compelled to operate in large formations at a much greater height than formerly. Notwithstanding this, the British airmen continue to take heavy toll of them. Severe air fighting has occurred on the front between Albert and the Aisne-Re road, resulting, according to latest reports, in the destruction of 62 enemy machines, and the driving ' down of 21 out of control. Twenty- ! 6lx British machines have been reported missing. Every Available Man in Germany Has Been Summoned to Colors ; (By .Associated Prnss) THE HAGUE Aug. 24. Every man hasruwir f flWtooffeif Yd'lhe color s. says a letter received from a newspaper correspondent in Germany. Of the 200,000 workmen at Krupps between 30,000 and 40,000 have been called up for service at the front. Elsewhere the correspondent adds, the comb-out has been even more vigorous. MAN POWER BILL STILL IN HOUSE 'By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. When the house resumed consideration of the man power bilModay the amendment of Representative Madden of Illinois to bar government employes from deferred draft classification on account of their employment was defeated 140 to 128. The McKenzie or military committee amendment requiring that youths from 18 to 20 years old be placed in a separate class to be called to the colors only after the supply of older registrants had been exhausted, was rejected by the house late today by a vote of 167 to 120 after a stormy debate. SENATORS ATTACK NAVY FOR DELAY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Delay in the capture or destruction of the Trawler Triumph, armed and set loose by German submarines to prey upon American fishing crafts was criticised in the senate by Senator McCumber of North Dakota. He declared since the trawler could not make over ten miles an hour there was no excuse for the navy's failure to deal with her promptly. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, followed with an attack on the navy department saying the submarine chase program had been delayed and that it was due largely to "procrastination of the secretary of the navy." Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chairman of the military committee responded with a defense of the navy and praise of its work In safely convoying troops to France. Senator Penrose said his information was that the troops were carried over largely in British transports convoyed by British war vessels. Fourth Liberty Loan Expected to Break the Record for Size WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The treasury feels so sure the fourth Liberty loan will break all records for size and number of subscribers, it has ordered the bureau, of engraving to prepare about 35,000,000 separate bonds, or 8,500,000 more than for the third loan, t when about 26,500,000 bonds were sold. One-third of the fourth loan bonds already have been engraved and they are being turned out at the rate of 600,000 a day.

GERMANS FEAR INVASION BY

ALLIED TROOPS jjss V ti . r c i 4j'u final uerman 0011 win Remain Inviolate Has Vanished Fear Airmen. LONDON, Aug. .24. The German population along the Rhine expects an allied invasion, in the opinion of a Dutch woman of German descent who has Just returned to Amsterdam from visiting relatives in a small village near Bonn on the Rhine. In a statement to the Amsterdam correspondent of the Daily Express she said: "The impression gathered from what I saw and heard in Germany was one of real despair. In spite of what the newspapers say or do not say, the German retirement in the west is making the worst possible Impression, especially along the Rhine. The people there know that they will first to be hit if the allies ever come. "The idea that German soil is to remain inviolate to the last has disappeared completely and on the Rhine everybody expects a foreign invasion sooner or later. Many families are preparing to leave for central Germany. "The ravages of allied aircraft are simply terrific. When you read: 'There was some material damage.' it means that whole streets were torn up, with a heavy casualty list to complete the picture." . LONDON. Aug. 24. Germany's apparent reliance on machine guns to counter-act her waning man power in France is reflected in an article in the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, by Captain von Salzmann, a military critic. The Daily Mails correspondent at The Hague says that the captain explains that the western front has been made impregnable by machine guns. The critic declares that the effort of Marshal Foch to convert tactical gains Into a strategic victory, will be defeated by machine guns. Horse-drawn machine guns, he adds, have been distributed to each company. COLORED DRAFTEES GIVEN SEND-OFF BY 2,500 -PEOPLE -II.-, II ! t A contingent oj. colored men left Richmond for Camp Dodge Saturday afternoon. They met at the court house and marched to Tenth street on Main street turning north to the station. The parade was led by the Richmond City band. Mayor Zimmerman, Chief of Police Gorman, assistant Chief of Police MacNally and four members of the police force followed with Dr. Bulla, SherlfT Carr and Mr W. Kelly of the Richmond conscription board, after them came the selects. W. W. Reller of the County Council of Defense introduced Cornelius Richardson, colored lawyer, who said that the colored Americans realized that this world war is to establish world democracy and make it a fit place to live in whether people be white or black. Henry U. Johnson said, "We did everything to avoid coming into this conflict, but it became necessary for our personal and national honor that we become involved. You are colored men an dthe colored race has never failed to do its duty in times of peril. No colored man has ever been found to be a pro-German. The whole world will see you In this world war and I know that you will bear up well under your patriotic duty. Go into battle and love yor country as you love it at home. Drown out the roar of the guns of the foe with your patriotic American applause." Will Reller drew forth much applause when he told them that the Crown Prince of Germany was taking a six months vacation and he would arrive at the front Just about the time these men got to the front. "A high standard has already been set by your race. We will be behind you until this dirty, miserable Job is done." Wesley Howard the protege of Richmond musical circles was one of selects. The men who left were: William S. Green, Robert Burton Howard, Russell Tracey, Ernest Jones, Ollie H. Archey, Walte Cox, Samuel B. Hatchet, Mathew Duncan, Lewis Thompson, Amos E. Carpenter, Garrison, Floyd Rowe, John Tife, George Ross, Carl Mabra, Emery Tate, Bert Means, Charles Russell Reynolds, Cornelius Oxindine, William Orville Ross, Julian Cornelius Jackson, Cornelius Jones Henderson. George Edward Hicks, Charles White, George D. Martin, John Saunders, Herman Kilgore, Frank Alcom, Howard George Smith. Charles Rudolf Johnson. Charles McGray, Walter Johnson Pleasant, Wesley Isaac Howard, James Williams, Harry Burnell, Jordan Embry, Lacy McConnell, George W. Withers, VerHn Burden, William Franciis Wells, Belton Austin, John Henry" Moore, Joseph Jones Brock, Charles Woodson, Leonard Benton Rhodes, Edward L. Young, John Luke Bryan and Everett Elmer Carpenter. REPUBLICANS URGE SUFFRAGE ACTION WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Republicans of the senate in conference today adopted a resolution urging action at the .earliest possible date on the fed eral pending woman suffrage movement. The resolution did not advise the Republican membership how to vote. " ' ' - , . ,.

German Soldiers Still Tricked by Military Leaders (By Associated Press. NEW YORK. Aug. 24. Soldiers of the German army are still ignorant of the causes which led America to en-

I ter the war, according to J. J. Mo Graw, Republican national commiteeman from Oklahoma, and member of the supreme board of directors of the Knights of Columbus, who has just returned fro a two months tour of the fighting front In France. Mr. McGraw declared that when he told one German officer, who was a prisoner, one of the outrages which drew America into the war, the officer said he had not heard of them and added, "we are being tricked." Describing a visit to a prison camp, Mr. McGraw said the German prison-j ers ranged in age from 17 to 49, and had a "dog tired, hopeless expression.'" j "The men I saw have been licked,! properly and well," Mr. McGraw added. Mr. McGraw brought back messages to Col. Roosevelt from his wounded sons, Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Capt. Archie Roosevelt, whom he saw in Paris hospitals. U, S. CASUALTIES REACH 20,444 Total number of casualties since the United States entered the war have reached 20,444, according to the announcement of the war department Saturday. Of the number 4,212 were killed In action, including 291 deaths at sea; 1,260 died of wounds; 1,594 died of disease, 715 died of accident; 10,476 were wounded in action, and '2,187 were missing In action or taken prisoner. Saturday's list, issued In two sections, shows: Killed In action, 9; missing in action, 17; wounded severely, 73; died of wounds, 12; died of accident and other causes, 6; died of disease, 1; wounded, degree undetermined, 5; prisoner, 1. Total, 124. Anthony Wilken of Lafayette, listed as died from accident, is the only Indiana man named. McKlnley Robinson, of Waueeon, O., Is listed as died of wounds. Marine Corps Wants , .... v 'Copies ofVetters from U. 5. Marines Overseas WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 24. Marine corps headquarters desires to sectire, for its historical records, copies of letters written by marines flgbtlea of letters written by marines flghtthe following request of relatives of members of the corps: "The marine corps Is preparing a history of the marines' share In the great war and would appreciate receiving letters which may reach you from your relatives who are serving with the marines in France. "Up to this time no systematic effort has been made to gather these letters. From the few which have reached this office it is apparent that they are productive of a large amount of material which will be of value to marine corps historians." The letters should be addressed to the Adjutant and Inspector, Marine Corps Headquarters, Washington, Tk C. WORK TO MODIFY EXPRESS CHARGES (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Modifica- i tions of the scale of express charges for short hauls within the so-called "first zone," now being worked out by the railroad administration, probably will result in a number of increases in rates on fruit, produce and other materials shipped into cities from adJoining localities. These local rates have been unusually low for many years. The ten percent general advance In express rates, recently approved by the interstate commerce commission, now has received the sanction of public service commission in all states except Utah, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa. Reports here indicate that the commissions of these states will act shortly. Instead of being required to settle daily for freight charges on shipments of newspapers as would be required by the recent railroad administration order, abolishing credit for shippers, publishers have been allowed to use the former practice of paying weekly. LODGE IS ELECTED FLOOR LEADER (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, senior republican in point of service and ranking minority member of the foreign relations committee, was elected 'unanimously floor leader by republicans of the senate in conference today to succeed the late senator Gallinger of New Hampshire. FEW APPLICATIONS IN. Very few applications have been received for the clerk-carrier examina tion for local service, which is to bo held at the post office fcn-Aug. 31. The salaries for these positions range from $1,000 to 1,400 a year. There will probably be a number of vacancies to fill in the near future.

0. S. SOLDIERS STAND IIP TO EVERY TEST

SAYSJARCH "American Troops Have Delivered the Goods, States Chief of Staff Situation Very Favorable. 1,500,000 MEN ACROSS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. The total number of soldiers embarked has now passed the 1,500,000 mark. General March, chief of staff, announced today to newspaper men. General March spoke warmly of the achievements of the American soldiers In France. The American soldier deserves the confidence of the American people," he said. "Every time they have been tested they have absolutely delivered the goods." Every man who has served with the American troops has absolute confidence In them, he added, citing the report made to him personally by American officers returning from France to take higher rank In new divisions. One of these described an action in which an American division captured 68 German guns and brought them back at the rear of army trucks. Ohio Troops In Action. This division at the same time captured 3,500 prisoners. Another American division in a single action took 10 complete German batteries and presented them to General Pershing. General March said statements he made recently In hearings before the military affairs committee, were the results of cold-blooded military opinion and were not Intended to raise th hope of the people. He apparently referred to bis testimony that an army of fonr million Americans could win the war next year. In answer to questions be said the 83d divisions (Pennsylvania and Ohio troops) are serving as a replacement division; the 37th division (Ohio troops) is in the fourth army corps. No recent reports have come to the department from General Pershing regarding progress in the organization of the first field army. General March was unable to say whether the American divisions forming this army have been concentrated in a new American sector. Casualties Sent Promptly. Members of senate military committee were assured by General March at their weekly conference today that stories of great unpublished American casualties over seas are wholly false and that all casualties among the expeditionary forces are given to th public as promptly as the cable can transmit them. The chief of staff without discussing in detail the great allied forward movement now under way said the situation on the western front now was decidedly favorable to the allies. NINE SOLDIERS OF WAYNE COUNTY DIE IN SERVICE Nine Wayne county families now have gold stars appearing in their service flags in honor of sons who have died in the service of their country. Two have been killed in action. Following are the men who have died in service: William Fishlettl, Richmond, killed in France, June 25, 1918; Reroy Tout, Pershing, killed in action in France, Aug., 1918; Frank Flemming Genn, Richmond, killed in action, Aug. 21, 1918; John F. McCarthy. Jr . Richmond, Mare Island, Cel., April. 1917; George Harry Crammer. Richmond, Camp Shelby, Dec. 26, 1917; Roy Sherwood, Richmond, Camp Taylor, Dec, 1917; Robert Flook. Centerville, Oglethorpe, May 5, 1918. Richard Steinbrink, Richmond, Washington, D. C, May 18, 1918; Luther DeBreler, Dublin, Wadsworth. S. C, April 24. 1918. The Weather For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Probably showers tonight and Sunday. Cooler Sunday. Today's Temperature. Noon 82 Yesterday. Maximum 88 Minimum .! 60 For Wayne County by W. E. Mocre Thundershowers this afternoon or tonight and Sunday. Probably cooler Sunday. ' General Conditions Weather has been generally fair east of the Mississippi river and an area of unsettled weatntr due to low barometric pressure is over southern Canada. This will cause unsettled weather for the next 36 hours with occasional rains. Heavy rains have fallen over the drouth district in Kansas, Oklahoma, and parts of Texas. Wichita, Kansas, reports 3.4 Inches cf rain.